Hello people
special thanks to my lovely introductory reviews for the first chapter of this story
PhobbyWriter
Fluorissa Rose
Louisiana Stephenic
and
Rosalie Storm
( oh hey... same last name epic :D)
anyways hope you guys like this chapter and the cheeky bantering... i know it's not especially long but ahh well...
ENJOY :D
oh and an IMPORTANT note:
this is set in England so for all intents and purposes everyone is British/english... rather than being Irish :D just so the story line of a freakshow works and remember its AU
thanks
After listing off the groceries Valkyrie had bought that day from the Hibernian markets and determining that dinner would be the usual, pea soup with mash.
"Lovely, solid meal." Skulduggery said sarcastically. "Couldn't you convince the old prune to cook something better?" He smirked mischievously at Valkyrie and then winced when Finbar clubbed him over the head.
"Oi, be nice to the poor dear Skul, she's just doing her best." Valkyrie blushed out of embarrassment not completely sure whether Finbar was defending her or Mrs Grouse, but concluding that it would most likely have been the later, considering his fondness for Clarabelle.
The next hour passed by quite quickly filled with gossip and general conversation. It had just hit six in the evening when there was a timid knock on the outside of Skulduggery's door. They all fell silent as the person on the other side cleared their throat.
"Mrs Grouse says it's time for dinner." The gruff voice called. Valkyrie thought she recognised the voice and her guess was confirmed when skulduggery replied saying
"Thank you Caelan you may tell Mrs Grouse we will be up in just a moment."
Valkyrie shuddered, Caelan though a nice looking man was slightly obsessive and took the notion of romancing to an intolerable level. She had received on many occasions poems expressing his desire and love for her, which had been laughed over with her friends before Skulduggery, attempting to hold back tears of mirth threw them into a fireplace and chuckled as he coaxed them to ashes.
"Who should I say is with you?" Caelan called through the door once again.
"Oh the usual suspects, Tanith, Finbar, Ghastly, Valkyrie and I." Skulduggery said giving a wink to Valkyrie.
Sure enough Caelan called again. "Miss Cain is in there with you? Did she get my Poem?" He asked his voice eager.
Valkyrie groaned quietly rolling her eyes and burying her head in her arms.
"Oh yes." Skulduggery jeered in reply. "Something about hearts intertwined and beating as one in the eternal Garden of Eden with your ponies and unicorns, or something similar to that." Skulduggery rattled off in an airy voice.
Ghastly attempted to hold down his need to laugh as he watched Tanith slowly dissolve into a shivering mess of silent laughing. Finbar looked amused and rolled his eyes in skulduggery's direction.
Valkyrie's head rose from her lap as she stared at skulduggery in disbelief. "I hope you realise what you've done." She whispered sharply glaring at Skulduggery's grinning face.
"Don't you worry darling I've got it all under control." He whispered back giving her a smouldering smile to tease her. Valkyrie hid her head back in her arms as she felt her cheeks heat till they were sure to be blushing scarlet.
"D…did she like it?" Caelan hesitantly asked.
Putting on posh accent skulduggery replied
"Hmm… I think so, but you may have to ask her yourself my dear man, at dinner, now hurry along and tell Mrs Grouse we are on our way."
They heard Caelan's foot falls fade into the distance and as soon as they were out of ear shot Tanith broke out into a fit of cackling which was soon followed by the deep raspy chuckle of ghastly.
"Unicornssss…. And… p...pppponies." screeched Tanith, fanning her face which had gone beet red. "Oh Skul, excellent purely excellent."
"Yes, I do think it was quite capital." Skulduggery said proudly standing to dust off his brown and scruffy jacket. "But I do think we should really be getting to dinner, won't want to disappoint him by not showing up, and know would we… Miss Cain?" he teased raising an eyebrow in her direction. Valkyrie looked up and met his gaze. Skulduggery winked holding out his hand. "Mustn't keep him waiting."
Valkyrie pursed her lips and stood hastily she jabbed him in the shoulder "shut up you cocky bastard." She said jokingly before heading out of his room and up the stairs to dinner.
might take a few weeks to update again due to it being near Christmas and all... and i have alot of shifts at work currenlty... should actually be getting ready for work now...
so ill leave you be :D
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