hey guys, this is my first fic, valduggery is amazing, and unfortunatley i dont own any characters,they are all derek landy, im still getting used to this site so sorry if its not alright. there will be more chapters!

'Gossip time!' Tanith squeals, she was sleeping over at Valkyrie's/Gordon's mansion, and they had just finished watching her favourite movie. 'Come on, any new boys in your life?'

Valkyrie sighed and slumped down onto the sofa, after fetching drinks from the kitchen, 'what about you and ghastly, it's about time you two got serious. You make a sweet couple.'

'Aw thanks Val, but you've dodged the question.' Tanith points out while coming to join her on the sofa.

'Sorry, I just don't really want to talk about it.' The truth was, there was someone, he wasn't new and he wasn't a boy, but she loved him just the same, she wasn't sure if Tanith would understand, at least her and ghastly didn't have that much of an age difference. Apparently her face was easy to read.

'There is isn't there, why won't you tell me! Do I know them? What is he like?' Tanith questions.

'Well, you know him, he and I have been quite close for a while now, but he doesn't know I like him.' Valkyrie mumbled. In her mind she picture him dressed up in his usual suit, his hat on his head, her cheeks went red.

'Hey, whoever this is you're obviously serious about him, I've never seen you look so love sick. Please tell me' Tanith giggles and prods Valkyrie in the side. 'Just tell me who it is!'

'It's…'she hesitates, is Tanith going to do something stupid once she tells her, like tell him or something. Then she sees her best friends eyes pleading with her, she laughs. 'It's skul.'

'I knew it!' Tanith gets up and starts dancing round the room saying, 'I knew it I knew it'

Valkyrie tries to sink deeper into the couch, sulking.

Tanith notices, giggles and then walks back over to sit next to her, 'I'm sorry but it is predictable.'

Valkyrie sighed 'Is it really that obvious?'

Tanith smiled and nodded. 'But it's alright, he hasn't a clue about how you feel about him. But he will do soon because you are going to call him and tell him.'

Valkyrie is about to protest when Tanith whips her phone from her pocket and dials the number .'Hi skulduggery I have Val here and she wants to tell you something'. She hands the phone to Valkyrie.

Valkyrie pulls it to her ear and hears the soft velvety voice that can turn her legs to jelly.' Hello Val, what's wrong?' she just stands there in silence frozen and lips clamped shut, she hears his voice. Tanith takes the phone off her, and apologizes.

Then Tanith walks into the kitchen with skulduggery still one the phone, and Valkyrie slumps back into the couch and switches the TV on, its 1:00 am and yet there is the news on.

Tanith comes rushing back in with a grin on her face, 'You have a case, detective Cain, and it begins in his house.'

Valkyrie feeling confused lets tanith drag her out the door and onto her bike and they drive off in the middle of the night to Skulduggery's house.