The next day, I woke up. I gasped, realizing what today was. Today was my 14th birthday. I ran out of bed and took a shower. During my shower, I listened to "Lush Life" by Zara Larsson. After my shower, I put on my birthday dress. Even though I hate wearing a dress, I loved the dress that I was wearing.
It was one of the dresses that Leia wore in Star Wars:A New Hope. I grabbed my blaster and headed out of my room to practice shooting targets. On my way there, I was stopped by Tony. "Where do you think you're going", he asked me. Was he serious? Does he not see the blaster in my hand? Does he need glasses that actually help him? "I'm going to go practice using my blaster", I said.
"Leya Stark, put that blaster away. It's your birthday. You should be having fun", Tony says. I guess he was right about that. I gave in and returned my blaster on top of my nightstand.
I went to the kitchen and sat at the table next to Peter. I'm shocked that he's still alive after what happened with my father yesterday. "You're alive", I said to Peter with relief in my voice.
Peter seemed to know what I was talking about. "You're Dad did talk to/threaten me. I'm just lucky that your Uncle was there and that Loki didn't have his dagger", Peter explained. I nodded in agreement.
In the most worse timing ever, Loki and Natasha came into the kitchen with Thor behind them. Luckily, Loki and Natasha were having a conversation so Loki didn't notice us.
"So how long did you know?" Natasha asks.
"I told you. Barton told me when he was under my spell", Loki says. I think they're talking about the Battle of New York and when the Avengers first assembled.
"What else did he tell you?" Natasha asks.
"Wouldn't you like to know", Loki says, amused by Natasha's curiosity.
"I believe that's why she's asking", Thor says. Natasha nods in agreement as Loki rolls his eyes.
"Did he tell you about Budapest?" Natasha asks.
"Yes. And the Red Room and Sau Paulo", Loki says.
"I knew that you know about Sau Paulo".
"Is there anything about you that I don't know? Something you'd offer to share?" Loki asks. Natasha smiles and shook her head.
"We're not there yet", Natasha says.
"So there's a 'we' now?" Loki asks. Yeah, this is the part where things get mushy so I clear my throat to get their attention.
Loki looks at me and smiles. "Good morning, love. Happy birthday", Loki says as he walks over to me and kisses me on the head.
Loki glares at Peter. "Parker", he growls.
"Hey, How old are you cause you don't look a day over 35?" Peter asks nervously. I looked at Peter and confusion while Loki continues to glare at him.
Just in time, Tony came into the kitchen. He had a pink apron on and I was trying to not laugh. "No", I said, amusement in my voice.
Tony looks at me in confusion. "What, you don't like my apron?" Tony asks jokingly.
I couldn't help but fall to the ground, laughing. "What are you wearing, Stark", Loki asks in disgust.
"Take a guess", Tony says.
"A dress", Thor guessed.
"Pajamas", Peter says to be funny.
"A hot mess", Natasha asks.
"A bikini", I joked.
"I'm going with Romanoff's guess", Loki says.
"Yeah, it's better than my guess", I said.
"No, your guess describes that perfectly", Peter says, pointing to Tony and his apron. Loki growls at Peter.
"It's an apron", Tony says. Everyone looks at Tony with a "I don't see it" look. Tony rolls his eyes and gets started on breakfast. Loki sits down at the table next to me. Natasha sits next to him and Thor sits next to Natasha.
Clint comes in and sees Tony's apron. "Hey Tony. Nice dress", Clint jokes. I was once again on the ground, laughing. Clint sits at the table across from Natasha.
"Barton, it's not a dress", Loki says. Tony smiles. At first, I thought they were actually going to be nice to each other until Loki says, "It's a hot mess".
I was laughing harder as I listened to my adoptive father and biological father trash talk each other. Well Tony wasn't trash talking anyone.
"We all agreed that it is a hot mess", Natasha explains to Clint. Clint nodded in understanding.
"It's called fashion", Tony says.
"It's called trash", Natasha says.
"No, Romanoff. What you wear is trash", Tony says. Everyone looks at Tony with wide eyes. Natasha gets out of her seat and chases Tony all over the kitchen.
"REINDEER GAMES, GET YOUR GIRLFRIEND", Tony shouts as Natasha chases him out of the kitchen.
"Not my girlfriend!" Loki shouts.
"You sure?" I asked as me and Loki got up from our seats.
Me and my father ran after Tony and Natasha. We all ran past Wanda and Vision, who looked at us in confusion.
"Couples. Am I right?" I asked as we ran past the two confused mind controllers.
"Natasha, he's not worth it!" Loki shouts at Natasha.
"I don't care! He needs a nuckle sandwich!" Natasha shouts back.
"Namaste, Natasha! Remember namaste!", I shouted.
"Nama-nothing!" Natasha snaps.
After saving Tony from the wrath of the Black Widow, we went back into the kitchen where the rest of the Avengers and the other kids were sitting at the table. Me, Loki and Natasha sat down at the table in our seats that we were in.
"Tony, why are you wearing your pajamas?" Bruce asks.
"Bruce, they're not pajamas", Steve says.
"Thank you, Spangles", Tony says.
"It's a dress", Steve finishes. Tony throws a pan at Steve, but because Steve is a super soilder, the pan didn't hurt. Me, Peter and Artemisia were laughing.
"It looks like a hot mess", Sam says.
"Before you all got in here, Me, Loki, Leya, Clint and Peter agreed that that's what it is", Natasha says.
"So it's settled. Tony's wearing a hot mess", Sam says.
"Breakfast is done", Tony says in a snappy tone. He gave us a plate of burning pancakes.
"I didn't know we roasted our breakfast too", Artemisia murmurs to me, Tony could still hear us.
"I'm a little tired today. I'm sorry", Tony says as he rubs his eyes. I looked at him sadly.
"I understand, but making pancakes is easy. It's a piece of cake", Clint complains.
"A piece of cake? I thought these were pancakes", Thor says.
"It's a metaphor", I said. I looked at my dad who still looked really tired. I felt really bad for him. At least he made breakfast. The others were talking at once, but they stopped when I spoke. "Guys, I'm sure they don't taste bad". I took my fork and a knife. I took a piece of the pancake and put it into my mouth.
"Leya", Tony and Loki says at once in concern. I chewed the pancake, causing a loud CRUNCH CRUNCH CRUNCH. It tasted really bad. I had a hard time swallowing it.
"You can tell me. I know that it's terrible", Tony says. I looked at him sadly. Then I had gotten an idea.
"I could help you cook", I said. Everyone looks at me like I had a snake crawling on me. Then I noticed that everyone was looking at something else. Both of my fathers pulled me away from my seat. I turned around and saw a snake hanging from the ceiling.
"That's unfortunate", Loki says calmly.
"At least it didn't drop from the ceiling", I said happily, but my happiness was cut short when the snake drops onto the table.
Everyone except for Thor and Loki, panicks and ran away from the table and ran to the doorway of the kitchen. We stopped and looked back at the snake. Thor and Loki stood where they were. I looked at them like they were crazy and at this point, they were. "WHY ARE YOU BOTH STANDING THERE", I shouted.
"When have you all known me for freaking out over the most smallest things", Loki asks calmly.
"You do realize that snake could have venom, right?" I asked.
"It won't hurt us. Besides, Thor loves snakes", Loki says. The snake slithers toward Loki.
"Is this one of your illusions, Reindeer games?" Tony asks.
"I don't know. Let's find out", Loki says as he picks up the snake. The snake goes wild in Loki's hands. Everyone except Loki and Thor, starts panicking.
"Not an illusion! Not an illusion!" Artemisia shouted.
Loki calmly walks to the elevator with the snake in his hand. When the door closed, we are still in shock by my father's behavior.
"Why?" Tony asks. I could agree with him. A snake that could've been venomous almost fell on my head. My uncle and my father stood where they were like this happens every day and Loki went into the small elevator with a snake.
"I'm relieved that we didn't have to keep that snake", Tony says.
"I wouldn't have minded", Thor says.
"Well IÂ don't want a snake in my tower", Tony says.
Loki comes back with no snake in his hand. "Bad news to me, the snake is gone", Loki informs.
We all rolled our eyes. Tony looks at the clock on the oven. "Sorry guys. Breakfast is over", Tony says with guilt in his voice.
Stupid snake ruins everything. I gave my adoptive father a hug to cheer him up. "It's okay. We can make dinner", I said.
"Now?" He asks me. I nodded with a smile on my face.
"Loki, do you want to help?" Tony asks. Me and Loki were both shocked, but Loki said that he'll do it.
He looked at Natasha as if asking her if she will join us. "Come on, Nat. It'll be fun", I said. Natasha smiles as she takes Loki's hand.
She looks back at Clint. "Clint?" She asks. Clint nodded and smiled. Wanda and Vision joined us.
From 1:01 pm to 5:08 PM, we've cooked dinner. It took so long because someone had to teach someone else about the measurements used in cooking, two people were kissing none stop while someone was trying to pull those two apart, and someone went into the living room to throw pots and pans at Steve and Thor. There were a lot of distractions, but we had gotten it done.
Me and Tony were sitting at the table, waiting for the food to cook in the oven or on the stove. We didn't talk to each other until Tony spoke. "Leya, I just want to apologize if this wasn't really your best birthday ever", Tony says. I looked at Tony with a small smile.
"Dad, it might not be what I expected, but that doesn't mean it wasn't great. I got to help you cook, I got to have both of my fathers here, and I got to see Loki take out a snake. Literally. This is the best birthday ever", I said. Tony smiles.
"It gets better".
Me and Tony looked towards the doorway and saw Loki and Natasha standing there. Natasha motions for us to follow them. Me and Tony got up from our seats and followed the two. "Make sure her eyes are closed", Natasha says. Tony and Loki covered my eyes. We walk to somewhere, but I can't see it.
"Okay, Leya. Are you ready?" Natasha's voice asks me.
"Yeah", I responded.
Tony and Loki removed their hands from my eyes. I was on the balcony of Avengers tower. There were string bulb lights everywhere. It looks like there were stars on the balcony. It was so beautiful.
"This is amazing", I said, admiring the beauty of the lit up balcony. Luke and Artemisia were wearing prom outfits.
"Do you want to dance, Luke", Artemisia asks. I could see a hint of red on Luke's cheeks.
"Really, cause I'm not a good dancer and I'm not used to pretty girls asking me to dance and-", Luke was cut off by Artemisia.
"You'll get used to it", Artemisia says as she holds both of Luke's hands and begins dancing.
I smiled as my best friend and my cousin dance together. Wait a minute. Something ain't right about that.
"Leya".
I turned around and saw my father, Loki in a dark green tuxedo and a green and gold scarf. I looked down and saw that my dress had transformed into a dark green dress.
"May I have this dance, Princess Leya Stark", he asks. Loki held out his hand for me to take. I held my father's hand and we both began to dance.
"Do you want to dance, Milady", Jack asks Natasha.
"That's real sweet, but I can't dance", Natasha says.
"I'll teach you", he says as he and Natasha walk onto the dance floor.
This was a beautiful moment that I never wanted to end. Me and my father danced while Jack danced with Natasha.
We switched partners, but instead of ending up with Jack, I found myself dancing with Peter.
"Hey", Peter says.
"Hi", I said.
3rd person's point of view
Natasha Romanoff and Loki were dancing while Leya and Peter were dancing with each other. Loki looks back at Leya and Peter.
"Let them be. They're children. She's not going anywhere. Besides, we should be dancing. Not worrying about each other", Natasha says. Loki looks at Natasha with a small smile. "I know I'm not really dressed occasionally but-", Natasha was cut off by Loki.
"It's okay, Natasha. You look beautiful already", Loki says. Natasha smiles. She looks down and sees that her red shirt and black jacket with black jeans transformed into white dress.
"But you don't need to wear a dress to be beautiful", Loki says. Natasha and Loki kiss.
Meanwhile, Jack joins Tony, Steve, Clint, Sam, Bruce and Thor on the side while everyone else dances. "My date rejected me", Jack says.
"Isn't she your cousin?" Tony asks, referring to Leya.
"I'm talking about Natasha", Jack says.
"I think Natasha is too old for you, kid", says Clint.
"Point Break Jr, you could dance with Rogers. He owes someone a dance", Tony says.
Steve gives Tony a "You did not just say that" look. Jack takes Steve's hand and ran over to everyone who was dancing.
Tony, Thor, Clint, Bruce and Sam watched as everyone else dances.
"Isn't this wonderful, Thor?" Tony asks. "Your brother found a girl, your sons found a date. Well one of them found a date, but they're both dancing. Not to mention your niece has found a date".
"Yes, it is nice to see my brother happy again", Thor says.
Leya and Peter are still dancing with each other. They looked into each other's eyes as they smile at each other.
"I have a present for you", Peter says. Peter reaches into his pocket and pulls out a black and white Star Wars bracelet.
"Peter...it's beautiful. Thank you", Leya says. Peter puts the bracelet on Leya's wrist.
"Happy birthday, Leya", Peter says.
Leya looks up from the bracelet and at Peter. She smiles at him.
There is a moment of silence between the two. They lean closer to each other as if they were about to kiss. Before their lips could touch, Jack blows an air horn, scaring Leya and Peter.
"Jack, you stopped them from kissing", Loki says. Everyone nods in agreement. "I'm impressed".Everyone glares at Loki and Natasha punches him in the arm.
"Alright Couples, it's dinner", Tony announced.
Leya's point of view
We all head inside for dinner. After dinner, I went to my room. Not long after, I heard a knock at my bedroom door. I opened the door to find Loki and Tony standing in front of me. "There's one more surprise for today", Tony says.
I followed them both into the kitchen. I sat down at the table next to Artemisia and my cousins. Tony lays a cake on the table. Birthday flavored with chocolate frosting and candles on the top.
"Happy Birthday, love", Loki says.
"Make a wish, kiddo", Tony says.
I didn't know what to wish for. This moment was perfect. What else could I wish for? I didn't know so instead, I just blew out of candles.