{"id":35057,"date":"2012-08-12T22:54:57","date_gmt":"2012-08-12T22:54:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2012\/08\/12\/still-got-legs-sleipnir-piper-summer-2\/"},"modified":"2012-08-12T22:54:57","modified_gmt":"2012-08-12T22:54:57","slug":"still-got-legs-sleipnir-piper-summer-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2012\/08\/12\/still-got-legs-sleipnir-piper-summer-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Still Got Legs | Sleipnir\/Piper\/Summer"},"content":{"rendered":"

piperparker—iamspidergirl<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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ask-sleipnir<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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iamthefirechild<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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piperparker\u2014iamspidergirl<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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ask-sleipnir<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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iamthefirechild<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Summer shook Piper\u2019s hand quickly. The other girl was young and outrageously cute; it made Summer feel old and worn. She ignored that feeling, though. You were only as old as you let yourself feel, and tonight she intended to feel very, very young.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, my car is ready to go, and I\u2019m ready to take y\u2019all, just as soon as I know where. Sleipnir, you\u2019ve got the backseat, because your legs are longest. Tall people, pff.\u201d She bumped a fist into Sleipnir\u2019s arm.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Sleipnir raised an eyebrow skeptically. \u201cWouldn\u2019t sitting in the back of your iron horse give me less leg room?\u201d He decided to go along with it though, easily shoving back at Summer as he\u2019d seen Thor, Sif, and the Warriors Three do. Only he made it much more gentle.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet us be off, then. I trust you won\u2019t get us into too<\/em> much trouble, Piper.\u201d He opened one of the many glass doors leading out of the building and held it for them.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cMe?\u201d she asked innocently, her grin anything but. \u201cTrouble? Never<\/em>. Perish the thought, Slep.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Inwardly, she was grinning. They had no idea. This was going to be great.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cBesides, my aunt would kill me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Slapping Slep on the back affectionately, she walked with a spring in her step to the door. \u201cLet\u2019s blow this taco stand!\u201d<\/p>\n

In truth, she was really excited. Piper didn\u2019t make friends well or easily; most of the time, she was awkward and shy, and when she wasn\u2019t, her nighttime hobbies made it even more complicated. So this was a real treat for her. Piper couldn\u2019t remember the last time she and some pals just went around town hanging out- if ever.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Piper\u2019s enthusiasm was going to be infectious, Summer could tell. All to the good. Leading the way to the car, she motioned Sleipnir to the backseat. \u201cNormally you\u2019d be right about the leg room, Sleip, but you might have noticed I\u2019m short<\/em>. Therefore, you sit behind me, where you get all the leg room I don\u2019t need. Piper, are you directing from the back where you can cuddle with Sleip, or from the front? And where are<\/em> we going? Details, kids.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hopefully, a lot of chatter would keep either of them noticing how much she envied them. They were cute, separately and together, and that old familiar jealousy wanted to sneak its way back in. A little verbal distance and a lot of talk would keep that in its place \u2014 forgotten, as it should be.<\/p>\n

And maybe she could sneak a few hugs out of Sleipnir later.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Taco stand\u2026? Sleipnir was absolutely mystified at what that could be. He decided he would look it up later. It sounded intriguing. He climbed in the backseat of the car, studying it carefully. It seemed comfortable enough. He froze when he heard Summer\u2019s words, however, and immediately began to protest. \u201cSummer, Piper and I are certainly not-what is the word for it? Dating, I do not know why we would cuddle.\u201d His brows furrowed in confusion. \u201cAnd what is this<\/em> strange contraption?\u201d<\/p>\n

He had picked up the seat belt, eyeing it distrustfully. \u201cWhat does one do with it? And why does it stretch?\u201d He\u2019d begun to pull it out, to see how far it could go, when he noticed the place where it buckled in, and let go of the stretched out seat belt. \u201cAnd what is-\u201d He yelped as the seat belt whacked him in the face. He grumbled, rubbing his face. \u201cI do not think your iron horse likes me, Summer. Does it distrust all strangers? Piper, does it get along with you?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Piper choked on thin air as Slep denied dating her. Of all the-?!\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI, uh, no, we\u2019re not- not like that, I mean, Slep\u2019s a cute human don\u2019t get me wrong, but no offense or anything he\u2019s probably going to turn back into an eight legged horse and that would be really<\/em> awkward and how did you even get that idea?\u201d she asked, flustered.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Not to mention his dad is Loki. And not the nice Loki. Or maybe both Lokis. Or something. Either way, the Loki I met was\u2026 creepy. And evilishy. Lord, Asgardians are confusing!<\/em><\/p>\n

Slep got in the car. Piper hurriedly took the front seat.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, here, see the buckle? It goes in there like this,\u201d she said, showing him helpfully. \u201cThe car isn\u2019t alive. It just takes some getting used to. As for where we are headed\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

Her grin returned.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026We are going to the most wonderful place in New York, where the food is fab and the games are great and the prizes abundant. We,\u201d she declared grandly, \u201care going to Mr. Gatti\u2019s!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Summer chuckled. “There’s a place I haven’t been to in ages. Show me the address, will you, hon? Everybody set?” She threw the car in gear and popped out into traffic, flashing the finger to a honking cab driver behind her.<\/p>\n

“I’m just teasing about the dating, kids. You know people are going to think that, though, right?”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

piperparker—iamspidergirl: ask-sleipnir: iamthefirechild: piperparker\u2014iamspidergirl: ask-sleipnir: iamthefirechild: Summer shook Piper\u2019s hand quickly. The other girl was young and outrageously cute; it made Summer feel old and worn. She ignored that feeling, though. You were only as old as you let yourself feel, and tonight she intended to feel very, very young. \u201cWell, my car is ready … Continue reading Still Got Legs | Sleipnir\/Piper\/Summer<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[10,4335,3923,4336],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35057"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35057\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}