Fletcher stood on Haggard pier. He was doing dives off and into the water below. Valkyrie snuck up behind him and pushed him off. He landed on to the sand below, missing the water by centimetres. Valkyrie fell to the floor laughing. Ghastly came up behind her with six shopping bags. Valkyrie saw him and stood up.
"What are they? I thought Tanith went shopping yesterday?"
"Um..." Ghastly bit his lip. "She did, but, um, she, like, she forgot... she forgot the, um... dog food! Yeah, she forgot the dog food, for the, um, cat..." He frowned, then continued to bite his lip.
"Ghastly?You don't have a cat, or a dog... What's going on... Oh my God! Did you buy more shoes?"
"...No..."
"Ghastly! Tanith is going to kill you! She said one pair a month!" He broke down into tears.
"I can't help it! They're so beautiful! And they tell me to buy them! I'm so sorry!"
"It's okay Ghastly, I know some peoplewho can help you."
They went to the town hall. Valkyrie walked over to the woman in reception.
"Hi, my friend's addicted to buying shoes."
"Ah, yes. Room 18, down the hall, up two flights, to the left."
"Thank you!" Valkyrie dragged Ghastly and his shoes to room 18. The sign said 'S.A. meeting today,11:30'. Inside was a woman, four men, and a baby.
"Hello there, and welcome to Shopaholic Anonymous. Today, we will meet each member."One by one, everone in the room stood up and said their name and problem. The man sat next to Valkyrie stood up.
"Hello, I'm Skulduggery Pleasant, and I'm addicted to One Direction, hat products, and anything with Jedward on." He sat down. Valkyrie was speechless. But she didn't have much time, as she was up next.
"Hi, I'm Valkyrie Cain, and I'm not addicted to anything really. I'm here for my friend. He's Ghastly Bespoke, and he's addicted to buying shoes." Everyone gasped, and Ghastly stood up.
"Wow! This is a major case everyone. Once you get this bad, it's very hard to become unaddicted. So, what was your name again?"
Ghastly smiled sheepishly. "My name is-"
"Not you," the woman snapped. "The young lady!" Valkyrie frowned.
"Me? But I don't have an addiction." They all shook their heads and started to mutter.
"We were all like that once, lil' darlin'," Valkyrie could hear Sanguine's voice from somewhere in the crowd. He stood up and everyone nodded.
"Hi, I'm Billy-Ray Sanguine, and I'm addicted to handbags and scarves." Valkyrie laughed. Everyone looked at her. She disguised it as a cough.
"The first exercise we are going to do is witha partner, but make sure you pair up with someone you don't know." Valkyrie looked around, and the only person that wasn't partnered up was a fat, sweaty man named Boris Johnson. He was addicted to polotics products and sweets.
"Okay, have we all got a partner?" Everyone nodded. "Okay! Grab your partners' hands. look them in the eye, and tell them theyhave a problem."
Valkyrie sighed. It was going to be a long day.
A few hours later, they were at Ghastly and Taniths' house. They were talking about their days.
"So,what did you do?" Tanith asked. Valkyrie, Ghastly and Skulduggery looked at each other.
"Nothing," they said in unison.