True Love's First Word's

This is going to be a very short multi-chapter fanfic probably around 3 to 4 chapters depending on how much love you guys all give me! Next chapter will come soon as its already in progress.

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Chapter 1: The want to be Normal.

The weather outside was beautiful just like the fully grown woman in front of him. Every inch of her reminded him of something… well beautiful, like a butterfly or a daffodil or something like that and as cliché as it sounds he had fallen head over heels for her. The once stuck up teenager had finally grown up and took thing's seriously for once. That's, of course, not to say she didn't make the occasional snappy comeback once in a while but I guess you could say that was part of her personality and he wouldn't dare change a thing.

Comparing himself to the said gorgeous woman, he was worthless. Yes, yes, yes he was very egoistic but who said that it was just a bubble to stop people coming in, to stop them hurting him with their malicious words and dirty look's.

All he wanted was to be normal again.

And you may ask what's normal? Well he wasn't asking for much, just a second chance at love and if that also included him getting his skin back so be it. He was actually thrilled by the idea.

So he sat, all his problems floating around his head as he watched her reading, trying to find any lead's on their new case. So far they hadn't one speck on evidence that the man they were after actually committed the crime but he had a feeling in his bones and when has he ever been wrong.

"Hey Skul, can you pass that book over?"

Skul peeled his eyes away from the refreshing weather to look at the twenty one year old. He tilted his head silently asking which book she was referring to, see they were in china's library and just from the size of the room you could tell there were millions of books. Catching on to his question she pointed to the book in his gloved hands with a raised eyebrow.

"That one."

"Well I think you best come get it." He said calmly even though his voice wavered with excitement. He had always wanted to run around china's library. Just running in general was great it made him feel young again, he could still remember running around with his daughter his wife trailing behind slightly; she was actually quite the runner, just like Valkyrie.

He ran for a while before rounding the next book case expertly then he bumped into something making him fall unceremoniously over something that felt like a female body, well it was technically, he couldn't close his eyes, seeing as he didn't have eye lids, so he had seen Val standing there with her arms crossed over her chest. They lay for an awkward moment before she cleared her throat signal for him to get off.

Also clearing his throat he got up brushing his self of before looking at Val who was propped up on her elbows. Offering her a hand he apologised. She gave him a worried look.

"Hey, are you ok?" She asked Smiling slightly. "You know you can tell me anything right?" She's right he can tell her anything but he's scared; he's scared that if he tells her she'll be disgusted and not want to work at him, and he's fine with that, he can't live that. Just being close to her is enough.

"I'm fine why?" Was he becoming obvious? Or was he being to flirty? Oh! Had she caught him staring at her ass!? These questions seemed to be buzzing so loud in his head that he hadn't even heard her response.

Val looked at the daydreaming man; well skeleton, not that she could care less. It was obvious that he wasn't paying attention to a word she was saying. Sometimes she wondered why she even tried, but then she would always remained herself that she loved him.

She knew it was wrong –Not the fact he was a skeleton- Because it just wouldn't work out, she couldn't mix her work life up with her love life not that there was much going on in that department. Still she didn't want to ruin their friend ship and then have to split up because he didn't love her back. She wasn't stupid she saw how he went into a dream sate with a love struck look on his bone-y features. She guessed he was thinking about his wife.

Valkyrie snapped her fingers in front of his face trying to get his attention back sighing. "Did you hear a thing I said?" She asked traces of annoyance in her voice.

Snapping out of his trail of thoughts he looked up at his secret love. "Huh? Uh no…" He trailed of. "Could you repeat please?"

"I said." She started, "You've been so out of it ever since I turned twenty and I'm worried about you, I'm scared my best friend's getting old and crooked!"

Skul rolled his metaphoric eyes, "You missing the fact that I'm over three hundred years old."

"Oh… Ye. So you a lost cause then." She cried, causing Skul to laugh.

"Says the nut case."

"Hey! There's the old skully I used to know!" She exclaimed happily smiling brightly now that her friend was his sarcastic self for now.

"Shhh!"

"Sorry!" Both Valkyrie and Skulduggery shouted back simultaneously followed by another 'Shhh!' this time from the other side of the room. "Sorry." The whispered again looking over at the troll who had an unimpressed look on his face.

They looked at each other silently and laughed so hard that by the end they were both coughing violently. Val's phone started to ring and she cleared her throat before picking up the call.

"Hello… Yes… I'll be there… Ye… Ok Bye." She looked over at Skul Apologetically. "Sorry Skully but I need to go to Ghastly to pick up my new jacket are you going to be ok here?"

"Oh ye sure I'll just keep looking for leads."

"Ok Bye." She said quickly before sprinting over to the front door, down the stairs and into her shiny black car courtesy of her parents who had gotten it for her on her 19th birthday.

She just hoped that Ghastly knew what was wrong with her best friend.

Woohoo first chapter this story is gonna be super short but please follow and I'll make it worth your while! And don't forget to review.