Thorin and Alina slept for two hours. About twenty minutes into their nap, Jarvis informs Alina that all the groceries have arrived. Alina tells him she'll be awake in a while.
When she woke up, she very carefully extricates herself from Thorin's grasp as to not wake him. She gives him her pillow so he has something to snuggle into.
Alina changes into sweats pants and a tee shirt, then she heads for the kitchen. She takes the frozen turkey out of the freezer, puts it in the sink to let it thaw. Using her powers she made the water so hot, the turkey thawed in 20 minutes.
While the bird was thawing, she gets some potatoes to peel. Using her telekinisis, Alina had a potato peeler begin to peel the potatos. In the mean time she works on the stuffing. With the stuffing ready, she goes back to the thawed turkey, puts it in a roasting pan and begins to baste it in butter. Then she puts both hands on the turkey and begins to roast it. She makes a small fire ball to place the turkey in so the outside will cook.
While the turkey roasts, Alina put some rolls in the oven along with several pies. In the other oven she puts in a green bean casserole. When the potato peeler finishes peeling the potatoes she mashes them up to make mashed potatoes with gravy. She opens six cans of cranberry sauce and puts it in a large bowl to put them in the fridge.
Thorin wakes up alone hugging Alina's pillow, he gets up and goes to the bathroom. When he come out he gets dressed, as soon as he opened he door to his room, he was assaulted by the smell of food cooking. Following the scent, Thorin goes to the kitchen, there he sees his beloved bustling around in the kitchen preparing a feast. He quietly sits down on the bar stool to watch, at that time he feels a hand touch his arm, it was Tony.
"It's pretty cool how she cooks, like that turkey for instance would normally take three to five hours to cook because of it's size. Alina will have ready in an hour and a half." Tony says, preening about his sister.
"Will she be needing help?" Thorin asks.
"Just stay out of her way so you don't get hurt, She's almost finished anyway. Jarvis, inform the Avengers, Natasha and Dwalin that dinner is almost ready.
**Yes sir**
Alina turns around, she sees Thorin and Tony watching her. "Hi guys, I'm almost finished. Would you mind setting the table?"
Thorin and Tony get up and get all of the dishes to set the table, when they hear the ding of the elevator.
"I knew it, Alina is cooking." Clint said , "Do you suppose she made any deviled eggs."
Right on cue a platter of deviled eggs land on the table close to Clint.
"Alright, I love these, Thorin you have got to try these."
Thorin picks one up and bites it. The taste is amazing, he takes another one. Tony goes to his bar and get Thorin some wine, He figured he wouldn't like beer. Thorin thanks Tony for the wine.
"Do you have any ale?" Thorin asks.
"Yeah I do but it's not as strong as the kind of ale you're used to."
Thorin wants some anyway, he takes the ale from Tony and downs it. "It tastes good, you are correct though it is not as strong as Dwarvish Ale, but it is still good."
At that precise moment Dwalin and Natasha come into the room, "Is that turkey I smell?" Nat asks.
"Yep, Honey Bunny, is cooking us a early Thanksgiving dinner just in case we can't all be together on that day." Tony informs them.
Once Bruce Thor and Steve arrive, dinner is served. All of the side dishes float out of the Kitchen and land on the dining room table. Alina comes out of the kitchen with an enormous roast turkey following her. She sets the turkey at the head of the table where Tony sits, so he can carve the turkey.
Normally, Tony loves doing this part, being head of his family and his house. Carving the turkey and handing out everyone's plate, but right now, he felt a little intimidated. He didn't want to look like a fool in front of the Majestic Thorin Oakenshield. Tony looks at his sister, who already knows what's on his mind, Alina gives him an encouraging smile.
Tony takes a deep breath. "Thorin, would you like to carve the turkey?"
"Oh no thank you, Brother, you are the head of this family, the honor goes to you." Thorin tells Tony.
"But you're King Under the Mountain, shouldn't you carve?"
"Tony, I am King in Erebor, but here I am only Thorin Oakenshield. Husband to your sister, and your Brother-in-Law. I would never take this honor from you."
Tony, feeling a lot better after what Thorin said, begins to carve the turkey and handing the plates to Pepper so she could load them up with the side dishes. When Tony gets to Dwalin, Tony asks Dwalin if he wants white meat or dark.
"Just cut off the leg and thigh." Dwalin says to Tony.
Tony does just that, he hands the plate to Pepper who piles on the side dishes like she did for Thor. Tony knowing, his sister, carves some white meat and puts it on the plate, but Thorin wasn't satisfied with the portion.
"More, Tony, she needs to eat more."
Tony cuts two more thick slices of turkey and puts them on Alina's plate after which Thorin makes sure that Pepper piles on a great amount of food for her.
Tony and Pepper give them an odd look.
"He always makes sure that I'm eating enough for three." Alina explains to Pepper and Tony.
Tony finally gets around to serving Thorin, who also wants the leg and thigh, his plate is piled up high of all the side dishes.
Once Tony cuts some turkey for Pepper and himself, they all begin to eat. Everyone's drinking either wine or Ale, while Alina and Natasha sip on Iced Tea.
Dinner wears on and everyone is enjoying it, they are all having little conversations here and there. Clint asks Thorin if Legolas is enjoying his compound bow.
"I have not seen nor heard anything about the Elf Prince. The only thing I know for certain is that he has gone North." Thorin informs Clint.
Once everyone is finished with dinner, Alina and Thorin get up and go to the kitchen. He helps her take out the pies, that have cooled a bit. Alina puts them on a tray while Thorin carries it out to the dining room, Alina is behind him carrying a coffee pot. Thorin sets down the tray and begins to put them on the table. There were several differnt pies, from apple, cherry, peach, peacan and of course pumpkin pies.
Alina has a small stack of plates, she begins dishing out slices of pies. All the men got two slices from different pies. Natasha stood up, she went to the kitchen to bring the coffee cups. She begins to pour coffee for everyone, then she whispers in Alina's ear.
"Do you think they'll notice it Decaf?"
"Nah if Tony hasn't noticed, the others won't either." Alina tells Nat.
Alina was about to serve Dwalin when Natasha said she would do it. She gave him a slice of every pie, him and that sweet tooth. Thorin is almost as bad, but all he got was the peacan pie and apple pie.
"You do not want any, My Love?"
"Yes, but I'm being sneaky." Alina tells Thorin with a smirk.
Tony knows that smirk, "Alright where is it?"
"Where is what? Alina asks innocently.
"The chocolate pie you're going to devour by yourself."
Alina acts shocked, but then Tony makes a move towards the fridge and sure enough there's a chocolate pie in there.
"You really are a bad liar." Tony tells his sister as he cuts a slice of the chocolate pie for himself. Everyone looks at Alina when Tony bring out the pie.
"That's just wrong Munchkin, withholding the best pie."
"I know, but the babies want chocolate and I wanted Thorin to try it."
"Well too late now, Dwalin just took the last piece." Bruce informs Alina.
"I thought that might happen so I made four more."
She pulled out two from the fridge and put them on the table.
"Why only two," Steve asks.
"Because if Nat is like me right now , she wants a whole pie to herself."
Natasha raises an eyebrow, then smile. "You are so right, Alina, so if your guys touch those pies, you will answer to me."
Dinner and dessert were finally over, the Avengers decide that they will clean up, so that Alina and Natasha can go to bed early. Alina kisses her brother and says goodnight to everyone.
Thorin stayed for a moment to ask if they need help. The Avengers tell him no that they had everything under control, and that he could go on to bed. But before he left, Thorin grabs the chocolate pie and asks Tony for two forks then Thorin leaves.
"I don't even want to imagine what they're going to use that pie for." Tony says with a shutter.
Thorin get to his room, he comes in to find Alina watching a movie. Thorin strips down to his boxers and gets into bed, the pie in hand he kisses his wife.
"That, my love, was the best meal I have ever had, thank you."
"I'm glad you liked it and that Tony came up with this idea, we may not be able to come back for Thanksgiving. And I am very happy you loved it." Alina says, when an idea struck her.
"Could we invite them and the X-Men to Erebor for Christmas?" Alina asks Thorin.
"What is this Christmas?" Thorin asks.
Alina begins to explain to Thorin what Christmas is, she left out all the religious stuff as she didn't know it and didn't care to know it.
Thorin thought it over for a while, he thought that his people may enjoy this holiday and it certainly makes his queen happy.
"Aye, Amrâlimê, we will celebrate your Christmas, and invite your friends and family. Now shall we eat this pie?"
The next morning Alina finds herself alone. She reaches out for Thorin's side of the bed, to find that it's already cold.
"Jarvis where is my husband?" Alina asks.
**King Thorin and Master Dwalin are in the gym sparring.**
"Are they alone?"
**No ma'am, the Avengers are observing.**
"This should be interesting, alright Jarvis, have any of them eaten yet?"
**No ma'am they have not.**
"Okay, let's get breakfast going."
**Miss Potts is about to begin making breakfast.**
"Ask her to wait and I'll help her, just let me take a quick shower."
Alina walked into the Kitchen, where Pepper is sitting on a stool waiting.
"Good morning, Pepper, how are you this morning?"
"I'm good, still feel a little stuffed from last night, but the food was so good I couldn't stop eating."
Alina chuckled, "How about I make breakfast and you can relax."
"Thanks, Alina, but I'm not hungry, I was only going to make breafast for you all. I'm actually running a bit late."
"Oh then go, don't worry about breakfast I got it covered."
Pepper thanks Alina as she rushes for the elevator. Once Pepper is gone, Alina begins making the batter for chocolate chip pancakes, Tony's favorite and something she hopes Thorin and Dwalin would like.
She decides to make at least two dozen pancakes, two dozen scrambled eggs, two packages of bacon and two packages of sausage. Hopefully that will be enough for two Dwarves and the God of Thunder and for the rest of them.
While Alina was making breakfast, Natasha and the others are watching Thorin and Dwalin spar, with weapons.
"First blood, Dwalin?" Thorin asks.
"No, first to yield." Dwalin answers, Thorin agrees.
"Do they mean what I think they mean?" Steve asks.
"Yes, Steve, First blood means the first one to draw blood on their opponent, little cuts and scratches don't count. Or the first to yield in combat." Nasha says.
"Of the two, first to yield is a lot more dangerous, They could be on the verge of death, but they'll keep fighting." Bruce informs the others, "Last time this happened, Dwalin had to carried in on a stretcher and Thorin could barely walk. Alina had to heal them both."
Thorin and Dwalin continue to spar neither able to get the upperhand on the other. They were bruised and bleeding, but they still keep fighting until Tony declared a draw.
"Lad, why did you stop the match?" Dwalin asks.
"There are three reasons I stopped the spar. One: you two have been fighting for two hours and it looked like there was no end in sight."
"Two: We're all hungry and want to go to breakfast, Honey Bunny did the cooking.
"And three: If you get hurt any worse, Alina will kill me. So go get showered and changed, then after breakfast we're going out, just the guys." Tony smirks.
"What do you mean 'just the guys' what are Alina and I supposed to do?" Natasha asks.
"I'm glad you asked, you and Honey Bunny are going to the spa for pregnant women." Tony tells her.
Natasha perked up when she hears the word Spa. She couldn't wait, but first breakfast.
Thorin and Dwalin shower and change in the gym locker room, then they all get into the elevator. The minute the elevator doors open and the smell of bacon and eggs hit her, Natasha slaps her hand over her mouth and runs for the bathroom, Dwalin right behind her.
"Are you alright, ghivashel?" Dwalin asks.
"Yes, baby, I'm fine, just a little morning sickness, just give me a minute and I'll be fine.
Dwalin didn't move from his spot until he knew his One was fine. When she finally came out of the bathroom, Dwalin gently envelopes her in a hug. "Are you sure you are alright? We can go back to our room if you like."
"No, Baby, I need to eat something anyway, lets go."
Natasha and Dwalin come back into the kitchen, Alina is instantly by her side.
"Do you want some tea to settle your stomach, it's from Rivendell."
Natasha gladly accepted, she thanks Alina and lets Dwalin pull her to the kitchen table, where everyone is seated waiting for breakfast.
"Do you need any help, Alina?" Tony asks when he enters the kitchen.
"Whoa, you made enough food to feed- are those chocolate chip pancakes?"
"Yes they are, dear brother, I made them with you in mind. And to anwer your questions, yes I made enough food to feed a small army. Or as I look at it, feeding a supersoldier, a god, and two adult Dwarves that have probably worked up an appetite will they were sparring. Tony, it will be a miracle if there is anything left for us."
"You're right, you're absolutely right. And before you ask, yes I set the table."
"Thank you Tony, now lets get this food out there."
It didn't take long for Alina and Tony to bring out the food. Setting all the meat, eggs and pancakes leaves the others in shock. Thorin and Dwalin begin to serves themselves The Avengers watch as Thorin and Dwalin pile on all the sausage and bacon and eggs they can get their hands on, they don't touch the pancakes. Bruce and Tony, having seen how Dwarves eat, are not fazed by the amount of food the Dwarves are eating.
"Aren't they worried about their cholesterol?" Clint asks.
Bruce chuckles, "Dwarves are not known for having heart problems. I've taken blood from a lot of different Dwarves all at different ages and size. You all remember Bombur, well I checked his cholesterol, and it's lower than Steve's. I got the same result from other Dwarves."
"Shit, I wish I could eat like that all the time." Clint says.
"Eating like this one time is not going to kill you," Tony says as he piles on the pancakes eggs and bacon.
All the discussion about meat and cholesterol was making Natasha a little green she was about to excuse herself. Just then Alina teleported beside Nat. and gave her more tea, some yogurt and some fruit. Natasha thanks Alina and she sits back down to eat her fruit.
Following the example of the Dwarves, Thor begins to load up his plate as well. Steve and Clint look at each other and do the same thing. Alina comes out of the kitchen with the last batch of pancakes an more eggs. She was about to sit down when she noticed there was no syrup, she gets up and grabs the syrup from the fridge. Handing it to Tony, he beams at her and thanks his baby sister.
Thorin and Dwalin watch Tony as he happily spreads maple syrup all over his pancakes, then takes a huge bite. Tony notices the Dwarves staring at him. "What?" Tony asks between mouthfulls of pancake.
"What is that?" Dwalin asks.
"These are, Master Dwarf, chocolate chip pancakes, one of my favorite things to eat.
"Are they any good?" Thorin asks.
"Of course they are, and since Honey Bunny made them, She puts extra chocolate chips in there just for me." Tony says smugly.
Alina finally gets a chance to sit down next to Thorin, she heard the entire conversation. So, she take two plates adds one pancake each then poured maple syrup on it. She sets the plates in front of Thorin and Dwalin.
"There you go, try them." She said cutting off a piece for Thorin, while Natasha does the same thing.
Thorin takes a bite, he leans back in the chair, while his eyes roll back. Thorin takes the fork away from Alina and begins to devour the pancake.
Dwalin has the same reaction as Thorin does. He devours the pancake, when he takes the last bite he turns to Alina. "Do you have more?"
"Aye, My Love, is there any more?" Thorin asks.
"Sure there is how many would you like?" Alina asks
Thorin and Dwalin look at each other. "Five."
Tony and Alina look at each other, as do the rest of they Avengers. They all know how Alina and Tony have this weird thing about even numbers, they just want to see who will crack first.
"That will be fine, Thorin, five for each of you. That makes a total of ten." Alina says as she looks at her brother who has calmed down.
As breakfast comes to close, Alina stands up to put everything in the dishwasher, but Steve stops her. "Alina, you did all the hard work, let us clean up."
"Thank you Steve I appreciate that." Alina says to him.
"Just don't take too long, we have places to go." Tony yells as he walks into his bedroom.
"What is that about?" Alina asks Natasha.
"They're going out to have some guys time or something like that." Natsha answers.
"What are we suppose to do?"
"Tony arranged for us to go to a spa for pregnant women." Natasha informs her.
"Oh that is just what I need, a spa day, when do we leave?"
"As soon as you braid Thorin's hair again. Happy is waiting outside." Tony says as he walks by.
Alina goes into her bedroom, she sees Thorin sitting on the edge of the bed. He looks a little conflicted about something.
"Love, what's the matter?" Alina asks him as she sits down next to him.
"Tony has informed me that he would like to take the men out and leave you and Natasha alone. As interesting as his idea sounds, I do not think I will be going. I cannot leave you here alone." Thorin tells Alina.
"Thorin, you don't have to worry about us." Alina tries to comfort Thorin. "We'll be fine, don't worry, My Love."
After convincing Thorin that they will be safe, Thorin lets Alina braid his hair again. She gets behind him on the bed in order to braid his hair. Alina first massages his head, trying to get rid of his stress, then she begins to braid his hair. For his part Thorin closes his eyes and relaxes with the feel of Alina's hands running through his hair. He was startled awake when Alina tells him she finished.
"Did you fall asleep?" Alina asks.
"Aye, but only for a little while, your hands feel so good in my hair."
"Thank you, Baby, I'm glad you enjoyed it." Alina says as she hugs Thorin from behind.
Thorin turns and gives her a kiss, "Now my queen help me pick out something to wear."
Alina goes to the closet, she takes out blue jeans a black t-shirt, his boots, and his leather jacket. "There you go, Husband, I have all your clothes laid out for you."
Thorin grabs Alina by the waist, pulling her towards him he whispers, "Thank you, Wife, I shall miss you today. What does Tony have planned for you?"
"We are going to a spa after you guys leave."
"What is a spa?" Thorin asks.
"It's a place where women go to get some relaxation, with hot mineral bath, massages, steam baths. This particular one will show us new ways to exercise while pregnant." Alina tries to explain.
"Basically they get pampered all day long, and they come back in a much better mood." Tony tells Thorin.
"Will there be guards, Brother?" Thorin asks.
"There is alway security in places like that. So you don't have worry about Alina and Natasha, so relax, the girls are going to have a wonderful day and so are we." Tony says.
Thorin went into the bathroom to change when he came out he saw Dwalin sitting on Thorin's bed.
"Dwalin what brings you here?"
"I need to ask you something in private, so Alina said I can wait here." Dwalin explaines, "are you sure that the girls can be left alone in an area we have never seen before?"
"Aye, Dwalin, Tony has explained everything to me, they will be perfectly safe." Thorin informs Dwalin.
"I hope you are right."
"I am positive nothing will happen."
Dwalin accepts Thorin's explanation. He leaves to go find Natasha, before she leaves for her spa day he spots her in the kitchen drinking coffee.
"Ghivashel, can you drink coffee while you are pregnant?" Dwalin asks.
"No I'm not supposed to have coffee but this is decaffeniated coffee. It means that all of the caffeine has been taken out of it. This type of coffee I can drink."
Dwalin sits down on a stool and motions for Natasha to sit in his lap. She smiles at him and kisses his nose.
"I am going to miss you today." Dwalin says to Natasha.
"I'm going to miss you too, but it will only for one afternoon, Baby, so there's nothing to worry about. And if by some miracle something does happen Alina can teleport us home."
"That is true, I had forgotten that she can do that." Dwalin says.
"Stop worrying, the baby and I will be fine. You go and have fun with the boy's whatever they're planning on doing today."
"I will try, Amrâlimê, but you must promise that if you see something suspicious, you will leave right away."
"I promise, Alina and I will leave right away." Natasha assures Dwalin, "now get going the guys are waiting for you."
Dwalin gives Natasha a kiss and a hug, before he reluctantly leaves her. While Dwalin and Natasha are saying their goodbyes, Thorin and Alina are doing the same thing
"Goodbye, Amrâlimê, enjoy yourself at that spa place, and please be careful."
"I will, Love, don't worry about me. I've been to lots of spas before, and nothing has ever happened." Alina tell Thorin trying to calm his nerves.
"I am glad to hear that nothing has ever happened, but still be alert of your surrounding"
"I will, now you go have fun with Tony, and try not to get in trouble."
"Yes, my queen, but before I go, I would like to ask for a kiss."
Thorin leans down, cupping her face with both hands, he gives Alina a tender kiss, then hugs her tightly. With that, Thorin leaves with Tony and the others. Once they had gone, Alina and Natasha get ready and head down to the garage, where Happy is waiting for them.
"Good morning, Ladies!" Happy says with a smile.
"Good morning, Happy, how are you this fine morning?" Alina asks.
"Never better, are you ladies ready to go."
"Yes we are, Happy." Natasha tell him.
Happy opens the door for Alina and Natasha to get in the car, then Happy gets in the driver's seat. Then Happy drives out of the garage.
"How long will it take to get to the spa?" Natasha asks.
"About an hour, Ms. Romanoff."
That being said Natasha sits back and relaxes, putting hand on her baby bump.
Sure enough it takes an hour to get to the spa. Once they got there, Happy helps Natasha and Alina out of the car.
"Thank you, Happy, why don't you come in and at least get a massage or something while you wait?" Alina asks
"I couldn't do that, this is for pregnant women."
"Oh please, Happy, I'm sure they'll let you have a massage, it'll be fine." Alina reassures Happy.
Finally Happy agrees, they all walk inside, Alina goes up to the front desk.
""Hello, I believe you have a reservation for us." Alina states.
"And your name?" asks a skinny little blonde behind the desk.
"It should be under the name, Stark."
The young lady finally looks up, she stares at Alina for a minute then her eyes widen.
"You're Alina Stark, Tony Stark's younger sister!" The receptionist nearly screams.
"Yes, I am, now would you be so kind as to see if we have reservations?"
"Yes you do, Ms. Stark, Mr. Stark called himself. He said to give you and you friend the royal treatment. For you to have whatever you want." The receptionist says.
"That's good, because I would like my driver to get a massage while he waits for us. Will there be a problem with that?" Alina asks.
"None what so ever, Ms Stark."
"Good, now where do we go from here? Natasha asks.
The receptionist calls two therapists to take Alina and Natasha to the changing room. Alina and Natasha change into fluffy white robes. Once they had changed, the therapists, take Alina and Natasha into a large room where their treatment will begin. They first begin with deep cleansing facials, then they moved on to a salt body scrub. They were scrubbed from head to toe.
Once they finished their body scrubs, they are instructed to take a shower to remove all the salt. After Natasha and Alina got out of the shower, they are taken into another room where they were wrapped in seaweed in order to detoxify the body.
They are wrapped up and kept warm for twenty minutes. As they lay there, Natasha looks at Alina and asks her, "What do you suppose the guys are doing?"
"I haven't the slightest idea." Alina tell her.
As the girls are wrapped up in seaweed, Tony is driving the guys to a jewelry store first.
"Why are we here, Stark?" Steve asks.
"I want to show Thorin and Dwalin engagement and wedding rings."
"What exactly is an engagement ring?" Dwalin asks.
"An engagement ring traditionally given by a man to a woman when they agree to marry. It symbolizes the love, devotion, and fidelity a couple shares." Tony explains to Dwalin, "It's kind of like the marriage braid you guys use."
"So this is a human tradition?" Thorin asks.
"Yes it is, at least in this world." Tony says
"And you brought us here to pick out engagement rings for Natasha and my beloved?" Thorin asks.
"Yeah I want to give you an idea of what one looks like." Tony admits.
Thorin and Dwalin nod, "Show us these engagement rings." Dwalin says.
They go into the jewelry store, the store clerk immediately recognises Tony and goes up to him.
"Mr. Stark it is truly a pleasure to have you and your friends in my shop." The owner says, "Is ther anything I can help you with?"
"Yes, you can show us your engagement rings and wedding bands.
The shop owner leads them to a case that has the most expensive diamond engagement rings he has.
Thorin and Dwalin look at the rings. "Are these the biggest gems you have?" Thorin asks.
"No, sir, I have more in the back, let me go get them."
When the shop owner left, Thorin turns to Tony, "These rings are all unacceptable, they are too small."
"I thought you might think that, but that's not the reason I brought you guys here, I wanted you to see what engagement and wedding rings look like, so that you have some ideas." Tony explains.
Thorin and Dwalin nod, "We can do that, look at the settings of these rings."
Right then the shopkeeper came back with some of the most beautiful engagement rings and wedding rings they had ever seen. Thorin and Dwalin were not impressed with the size of the jewels but they were impressed with their settings. They went through every ring ignoring the diamonds but looking at their setting,
Thorin also looks at the wedding ring for himself, Bruce had explained to him and Dwalin that during the wedding the bride and groom exchange wedding rings and that they were worn on the left hand on the third finger by both the bride and groom.
"So did you like any of the settings?" Dwalin asks Thorin.
"Some of them are nice, they do give me an idea of what I will make for Alina and what metal to use for the ring itself."
"What are you going to use?" Clint asks.
"I am going to use Mithril to make her rings, with sapphires and diamonds. And you Dwalin have you decided what to use?"
"No, I have not, I only know is that I will use diamonds as well." Dwalin tells Thorin.
"May I make a suggestion? Why don't you use Natasha's birthstone and diamonds?" Clint suggests.
"What is her birthstone?" Dwalin asks.
"Topaz, I think it would make a perfect ring. Clint says.
"Aye, Lad, I think those two gems will make a fine ring."
"Good, now that we got that squared away, let's go watch a football game. Oh, but first let me buy a diamond tennis bracelet for Pepper, so we don't leave empty handed."
Once Tony bought the bracelet, they all pile into the Hummer and head off to MetLife Stadium. They get there and are led to Tony's Private box, Tony orders all the food they could eat beer and ale. Thorin and Dwalin decide to try the beer and it turns out that they like it.
Before the game starts Clint explains to the Dwarves and Thor how football is played. So by the time the game starts they understood more or less what it was about. They watch with fascination as the players collide with each other trying to move the football down the field for a touchdown.
"This is a violent game," Dwalin comments, "But I like it." He says with a smile.
For three hours the Dwarves and Thor watch the game, They are so excited that Thorin and Dwalin make a bet as to who will win. When the game ends the team that Dwalin picked had won, Thorin tosses Dwalin a pouch of gold.
"You guys bet on the outcome of the game?" Tony asks.
"Aye, Tony, we Dwarves enjoy betting on anything." Thorin informs Tony.
"Hell, you should have told us you were betting, we would have too." Clint says.
"Do you have gold?" Thorin asks.
"Well no, but I have like $300.00 on me right now."
"Your paper money holds no value in our world." Dwalin explains.
"Well, its too late now, let's go have lunch, then we'll play paintball." Tony adds as he walks toward the Hummer.
Back at the spa, the girls were taking Prenatal yoga to keep in shape. The class was almost over and the girls are having a wonderful time, They notice that the yoga gave them a nice stretch of their back which they will need later on when they begin to show more. They were told that it would help with their labor when the time comes. They also learned that these moves will help alleviate aches and build strength in your legs, back and abdominals to prepare you for giving birth. Yoga also can ease labor and delivery, with moves that relax the hip muscles and use gravity to your advantage. That yoga is a way to get physically stronger and emotionally healthier during pregnancy.
After the yoga class they were each taken to diffferent room where they would be getting deep tissue massages. The massages lasts a whole hour, after which they had lunch and got ready to leave. When they went to the car, the discovered that Happy did get a massage and felt better than he had in a long time. He thanks Alina as he opens the door for Natasha and Alina.
It was nearly dark when they got back to the tower. Natasha decides to go to her floor to take a nap before Dwalin gets back. Alina on the other hand decides to make dinner again. This time she decides on making lasagna, with three different meats and four different cheese, she made two of them. She also made garlic bread and a salad to go with it. She also has a bottle of red wine chilling in the fridge to go along with the meal. For dessert she made four cheese cakes. By the time dinner was ready Thorin and Tony walked out of the elevator covered in paint.
"What happened to you two?"
"I took everyone to play paintball after we saw a football game. Damn Clint does have good aim."
"And how did you do?" Alina asks both her brother and Thorin.
"We did pretty good once Thorin got the hang of the paintball gun, we were the last to fall at the hands of Hawkeye."
"Did you have fun?" Alina asks Thorin
"Aye my love, it was most enjoyable, though I do have a few welt from where the paintballs hit me." Thorin answer.
"Do you want me to heal you?"
"No, my Love, I wear them with pride."
Tony do you want me to heal your welts?"
"Nah, they're not that bad." Tony says.
"Okay then, I made lasagna for dinner." Alina tells both Tony and Thorin.
"Great! Just give a chance to clean up and then you can call everyone else." Tony tells his sister.
Tony strides off to his room so he could shower and change, While Alina leads Thorin to their room. The minute the door closes, Thorin turns around and kisses Alina passionately.
"I missed you so much, My Love, did you have a nice time at that spa?"
"Oh yes, Thorin, Natasha and I had a wonderful time, it was so relaxing. Maybe next time we come back you and I can go together, you'll love it.
"Perhaps we can, Sweetling, if that is your wish. What exactly did they do?" Asks Thorin.
"Oh they gave us facials, body scrub to exfoliate our skin, see feel my arm?"
Thorin did and it felt even more silky than before.
"We got a manicure and pedicure, we also got massages form head to toe, but before that we learned some exercises that will help during the pregnancy. Did you have fun today?"
"Aye, we went to see a game called football, it is truly a violent game, But Dwalin and I enjoyed it anyway, then we had lunch, and then Tony took us to this place where we played with paintballs. Over all Dwalin and I had a good day."
"I'm glad you had fun, now get out of those dirty clothes and get in the shower, Then we'll have dinner." Alina tells her husband.
Thorin smirks at Alina, "Will you join me?"
"No, My Love not this time I have to make sure the lasagna doesn't burn, and if I take a shower with you we'll never get out." She says with a little giggle.
Thorin huffs,"Fine I shall bath alone, but you must undo the braid for me."
Alina has Thorin sit so she can undo his braid, then she massages his scalp.
"Thank you my love, I shall go shower now."
Once Thorin was in the bathroom, Alina went to check on the lasagnas, they were almost done, She asks Jarvis to call everyone to dinner. The first to show up are Thor and Clint.
"Ooh what are we having?" Clint asks.
"Lasagna, garlic bread, a salad and a bottle of red wine." Alina informs Clint.
"Oh good I could go for some wine about now." Tony says as he comes in the dining room, "Where's everybody else?"
"They should be along any minute now." Alina tells her brother.
A few minutes later the elevator doors open and out comes Bruce, Steve, Natasha and Dwalin.
"Okay, we're all here, let eat" Clint says.
"have you forgotten that Thorin isn't here? Let me go see what's holding him up. If you guess want to start on the lasagna, go ahead."
Alina went to their bedroom, just as Thorin walks our with nothing on but a towel around his waist.
"What's taking you so long?" She asks Thorin.
"I was relaxing in the shower, and scrubbing this paint off me. Why are we later for dinner?"
"Yes we are, come on, Love, get dressed, I'll brush your hair."
Thorin quickly changed into some sweat pants and a T-shirt like Alina, then sat down in the chair so Alina could brush his hair.
Thorin Once again fell asleep at her touch, but wakes up the minute he feels her stop brushing he hair.
"Alright all done. Now lets go to the dining room." Alina tells Thorin.
Thorin and Alina come into the dining room where everyone is waiting for Thorin and Alina. Thorin pulls out the chair for Alina and then sits down in the middle, between Tony and Alina. Once Alina and Thorin sit down, Everyone began to serve themselves Lasagna, salad and garlic bread. Alina serves Thorin Lasagna salad and Garlic, he looks at her quirking an eye brow.
"What is this?" Thorin asks.
"Its Lasagna, trust me you'll like it, and you'll like the salad too."
Thorin took a forkful of salad and put it in your mouth, he chewed it and swallows. He actually enjoys it.
"Why does this green food taste better than the green food in Rivendell?"
"Because I put Italian salad dressing on it." The dressing gives a whole other taste." Alina explains.
"I like it, Sweetling, thank you."
"You're welcome, now try the Lasagna."
Thorin tastes the Lasagna, he loves it. Dwalin does the same thing and it turns out that he likes it too. And with that everyone starts eating.
After an hour, both dishes of Lasagna are gone, Thorin and Dwalin were eating the last of the garlic bread, when Alina came in with two cheesecakes then went back for the other two. Tony stood up and takes the coffee pot and the plates for the cheesecake out into the dining room.
While they were eating the Steve asks, "So, when are you guys going back to Erebor?"
All eyes look to Thorin, "Tomorrow morning. It is time for the king to make an apprearance in the the council room. That is of course if you are all in agreement?"
"Aye, Thorin, I've been away from the guards too long. They are probably slacking off as we speak." Dwalin says.
"And the rest of you are you ready to go home?"
Bruce, Natasha and Alina look at each other, "Yes, my love, we are ready to go home."
"Well if this is our last night together, lets have a Harry Potter marathon." Tony suggests.
"That sounds like an excellant idea, Tony." Alina says to her brother.
"You'll love these movies, won't they, Nat?"
"Oh yeah they're very interesting
Once Dwalin and Thorin agree they all head down to Tony's home theatre to watch the movies. There are all sorts of comfortabe chairs in his theatre so that everyone would be comfortable. He had two loveseats that wee now comendeered by Thorin and Alina on one and Dwalin and Natasha on the other
Once everyone was settled Tony starts the movie. They were barely into the second one when Thorin noticed that Alina was leaninng on him, asleep.
"I think it is time for bed, Tony, I enjoyed the film immensely, perhaps we can finish it the next time we come to visit."
"How long will that be?"
"I do not know, a king's job is never done."
"How about you take these and the Star Wars one too."
"Thank you, brother, I will take good care of them."
Thorin picks up Alina, then says goodnight to Tony and carries her to there room. Where he undresses her and puts her pajamas on. Thorin covers her up, he strips down to his shorts and climbs into bed, Pulling her close, they both fell into a peacefull sleep.