right so this is a weird little story which popped into my head. its okay ish and yo have to have readthe previous story by me called a pleasant charade other wise you wont understand the carachter.
so yeah this is just a random little story... it has more chapters to come... read& reveiw and hopefull enjoy. oh yeah and skulduggey is human, the facade was made permenant in this...
Charade sighed as she looked out to the sea. She stood just out of reach of the lapping waves and didn't dare to go any closer. Why do you still terrify me? Why can't I just step forward and get it over with? Go on just do it! Just jump in, it's not going to harm you. It's just water for Christ's sake! She looked down at the water, which lapped up and almost touched her feet. She took another step back. She tried to will herself to step forward. To just give up on her paralysing fear of water. The fear of drowning. She'd had this crushing fear for a while now. She could remember it like it was yesterday. She had been chasing a murderer across a frozen lake in the north of England; she was just about to catch up with him when she heard the cracking beneath her feet. The slow and painful noise the ice made as it separated beneath her. She was in the paralysing cold of the water before she could move. She had tried to pull herself out but the murderer had looked down at her and simply smiled, he was an elemental. He refroze the hole she had made in the ice, and she could see his distorted smile through the ice, as the panic set in. She started hammering the ice, trying to break free of the freezing dark abyss which had become her prison. She could feel her lungs burning, her energy waning with every punch at the ice. Her eyes fighting to stay open against the cold and the lack of oxygen. She thumped the ice one last time and then felt the darkness consume her.
Charade gasped when she felt the warm tears down her face, and remembered where she was. She looked down the find the water enveloping her feet. She fought down the scream rising in her throat and moved quickly away from the water's edge. She felt fresh tears run down her face. Then strong, muscled arms wrapped around her waist, and pulled her back, further away from the water. Pulling her to safety. She turned around in his arms and looked up into his anxious and worried eyes. She buried her head in his chest and he pulled her closer to him and hugged her tightly. She was fighting to hold in the sobs that racked her whole body, and was trembling with the effort. He leaned down and whispered into her ear, "Hey, shh, is okay. I've got you, your okay." Skulduggery tried to soothe her and he held her tighter again. "Come on let's get you out of here. What were you doing out here anyway, you shouldn't do these things to yourself, I hate to see you hurt." She turned her big forest green eyes up to him; they brimmed with tears which threatened t roll down her cheeks.
"What's wrong with me?" she whispered. He just looked down at her shocked.
"There is nothing wrong with you, you are smart, funny, outstandingly beautiful, with amazing eyes and beautiful hair. You can kick ass and you are one of the most amazing people I have ever met, I love you charade, and I always will. What would ever make you think that there was something wrong with you?" skulduggery raised his hands to cup her cheeks, and gently rubbed the tears away from her eyes with his thumbs.
She smiled slightly at his words. "I love you two skul..." she whispered, "but how come I can fight horrible monsters, and unimaginable evil, and then laugh in their faces. But when it comes to something as simple as a swim, I become paralysed with fear and run thirty feet?" skulduggery looked down at her,
"Because you can't fight water, you can't do some fancy kick and have it on its knees. But that doesn't mean you let it control you. You are strong and wonderful, and in love with one of the most amazing people ever." She smiled, "you're going to be fine."
"Thank you." She whispered, and leaned forward to kiss him lightly on the lips. He kissed her back and wrapped his arms around her waist. He pulled away but kept an arm around her waist, turning to lead her back to the Bentley. She always felt safe with his arms wrapped around her. She took a deep breath and felt herself calm down.
yeah so it might not make much sense buthopefully it will later on, maybe ish... any wayy send me some virtual love in the form of a reveiw xx