Loki's adopted daughter

Chinese

Holly
"I do not care about Holly!" I went back to say bye to Loki and heard him and Tony yelling.
"Hey Holly" Loki's head whipped around to see me in the doorway as Tony greeted me. He didn't say anything to me so I just ran back to the library. Mommy always said no one would care about me but I thought maybe she was wrong... I guess it's okay though. He's nicer than mommy anyway.
"Holly? Where'd you go?" the tutor person, James, was calling for me. We sat down on the couch and he put some books on the coffee table. He showed me lots of letters and I tried really hard to remeber them. Maybe Loki would like me more if I were smarter? He said he doesn't like stupid people, maybe he just doesn't like me because I'm stupid?
"How is everything going?" I looked up and saw Loki. I didn't realize I was frowning and that my eyes started to water.
"Fine" I looked back down at the letters James was teaching me. I felt him staring at me for awhile before he left. I kept working with James until he had to leave. I didn't feel like eating so I just went to bed. I curled up in the bed and started crying. I didn't mean to cry but I started thinking about... everything. My mommy always said no one would care about me and no one does. Maybe she's right about everything... I ended up crying until I fell asleep.

When I woke up I felt extra stupid. I already knew no one cared about me but I skipped dinner to cry about it. I thought about trying to open the door and getting breakfast but at home I would get in so much trouble. But Loki gave me permission so it's okay, right? It took me twenty minutes to decide to go eat by myself. I tried to be really quiet while I walked to the kitchen. I poked my head around the corner and saw Bruce on his laptop. I don't think Bruce likes me. Everyone in the tower talks to me except him. I was gonna go back to my room but he saw me.
"Hey" he lazily waved at me and I gave him a small wave back. I inched into the room and stood there awkwardly. "Is everything okay?" I wanted to answer him but when I try my throat feels like it closed up and I can't get the words out. So I stay quiet and stare at the pantry door as if I could will it open. He followed my stare and realized something. "We don't lock the pantry here, you can have something if you want" I nodded in understanding before I slowly went up to the pantry door and opened it. I saw some pop tarts on a shelf but it was way too high up. Before I could change my mind and pick something from a lower shelf Bruce pulled out a pack of pop tarts and handed it to me.
"Xiè xiè" he had a wide smile on his face when I spoke to him. It made me feel more comfortable. He sat back down in front of his laptop and I sat next to him. He looked surprised but he just smiled at me. "Nǐ yǒu yí gè piào liang de wēi xiào" he looked at me with a confused face so I translated. "I said you have a nice smile"
"Can I ask why you do that?" this time I looked confused so he explained. "You speak chinese instead of English" I bit the inside of my cheek and looked to the ground.
"Sometimes when I try to talk the words won't come out... Chinese is easier" he nodded in understanding and gave me a small smile before he went back to his work. "Could you help me with something?"