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Valkyrie and Skulduggery walked towards their room. Up here the walls where made of polished dark wood and the doors where pure white.
Skulduggery unlocked the door and let Valkyrie in before him.
Valkyrie walked in slowly, staring at the ceiling. it was a aqarium. The fishes swimming slowly over her head.
Skulduggery closed the door and leaned agaist it. Watching Valkyrie look around the room.
There was a king-size bed in the middle of the room. The covers a bright blue. The walls where wooden leading into white as they reached the glass of the ceiling. the floor was a creamy marble again and there was a small polished wooden desk in the corner. The seats where the same colour as the bed cover and there where glass doors at the end of the room leading out onto a balcony. Plants where placed randomly and the wardrobes where hidden our of sight.
"This is...Amazing" Valkyrie said as she looked back at Skulduggery, The shadows playing with the gleam in his forest green eyes.
"I thought you would like it." He smirked as he walked over.
"Again good style. But i don't need to make your ego any bigger."
He laughed. "I know. But we should get our stuff packed away."
"Good idea."
She walked over to the wardrobe hidden in the wooden wall, As she put her clothes away. A thought came into her head.
"Where is the bathroom anyway?" she asked.
Skulduggery reached over the the oposit wall and tapped it. A door slid open reveiling a cream painted bathroom.
"Cool. Just needed to know that."
"Good." He said as her turned back to putting his clothes away in the other wardrobe.
Once they where done, They put their suitcases in the corner by the door.
"What do we do now?" Valkyrie asked.
"I don't know. I think we should let the others unpack themselves before we go barging in."
"Tanith won't be unpacking. She will be kissing Ghastly."
"That's typical."
"I know"
Skulduggery sprawled out onto the bed, His arms crossed behind his head and his legs crossed at the ancles.
"Your relaxed" Valkyrie comented.
"You can join me, I'm not going to bite" He said with a playful laugh.
She sat down awkwardly next to him. One leg crossed under her.
"You know last time..."
"Okay, Okay. But that was the only time i have ever bitten you."
"Why did we end up biting each other anyway?"
"I think it was because i wouldn't let you have the popcorn"
She nodded. "Yep. That was it"
She picked up a pillow and hugged it. "I'm tired"
He laughed. "Then why don't you lie down?"
"Cos' your taking all the room."
He sighed. "I can't be bothered to move from my spot."
"The bed isn't yours" She said.
"I payed for it"
"And you agreed for me to sleep in here with you"
He paused. "I could easily send you with Eskrine."
"Oh could you?"
"Yes,"
She layed down onto his chest. Curling into him. "I'm to tired to argue with you. So shut up" She murmured from his Shirt.
"So you decided to lay ontop of me and fall asleep?"
"Yes"
"I feel special"
"Lucky you"
The door was knocked and Skulduggery shouted it was open.
Tanith wondered in. "Your room is different from ours"
"Shu-up" Came Valkyrie's voice. Muffled by Skulduggery's shirt.
"She's tired, Arn't you Valkyrie?" He said patting her on the back of her head. He recieved a growl in return.
"So you didn't move to let her lay down?" Tanith asked with a smirk.
"No. She has me as a cushion now." He replied.
"She ain't going to move for a while now."
"I didn't think so."
"Can i get some sleep?" came Valkyrie's yell. Still muffled by Skulduggery's shirt.
"On my chest?" He asked.
"Yes"
He laughed.
xXx
Around 5 hours later, they where all sat in the cafe. It had red walls and wooden tables. The counters where made of wood with a polished shine.
They where sat by the window. Flecher, Ghastly and Tanith on one side. Skulduggery, Valkyrie and Ravel on the other.
"We are going to the American sanctuary tommorrow. Should be fun" Skulduggery said sarcasticly.
"Don't we ever do anything fun on a case?" Flecher whinned.
Skulduggery laughed. "Come on. I'm insane. Of course we do something completely stupid that i suggest and it might get us all killed."
"Why are you insane?"
Skulduggery sighed. "Name one case that we have not almost been killed on."
Flecher paused.
"Exactly." Skulduggery said as he took a sip of his drink.
"Maybe we should all take a trip down the beach in a few days. I wouldn't mind a tan." Tanith suggested.
"Sure. We'll see who looks best without there shirt." Ravel said with a cheeky grin.
"Who would that be then?" Ghastly shot back.
"Me" Ravel grinned.
"Hey Eskrine," Skulduggery said with a grin. "Its the italian girls again." He gestured.
Ravel's head sank. "You bloody bastard" He growled.
Skulduggery grinned and whistled to the girls. They turned to look at him.
Skulduggery laughed before he spoke. "This bloke is single!" He said, pointing to Ravel as he smacked his head onto the table.
One of them walked over. She had black hair that tumbled over her sholders and dark eyes. Her skin was tanned and she wore a summer shirt and shorts covered in floral patterns. She was skinny and perfect.
"And who are you?" She asked Ravel as the put her hands on his sholders.
He looked around at her. "Eskrine"
"Delia." She said. Pronouncing the E as A.
"Hi"
She smiled. Revieling a purfect white smile. "Do want a drink Eskrine?"
"I'll pay then" He said getting up and ignoring the cheers he got.
They watched him walk away with the girls. Both arms around each of their waists.
"Now its Flechers turn" Ghastly said with a grin.
"Nah" Flecher said. "I'm not looking for anyone. Try Skul"
There was a awkward silence before Skulduggery spoke. "I've...I'm not looking" He said. Correcting himself.
Ghastly arched a eyebrow.
"Shut up" Skulduggery growled.
"When are we going to the beach then?" Tanith asked.
"Well, if not tommorrow afternoon, we go the next day. Unless we need to do more stuff including the case." Skulduggery said.
"For once." Valkyrie said. "Can you garantie that we go?"
He paused, "No."
She sighed and cursed his name.
xXx
Valkyrie walked into the room with Skulduggery. She took her clothes out of the draw and went to bathroom.
She got changed and came out, letting Skulduggery into the Bathroom to get changed.
She looked up, The fishes where swimming in a dim light above her. The reflection of the water on the walls.
She curled into the bed. Still looking up at the fishes. There where so many different types and colours. the corals just the same.
Skulduggery opened the door and she turned to watch him as he put his other clothes in the draw. He was wearing checkered bottoms and a white t-shirt that outlined his figure.
He walked over and layed down. The awkward silence that filled the room to much for her.
"That fishy is pretty." She said, indicating to the fish that was swimming above them. It was a beige colour with dark brown spots. The two fins on either side of it where like half circles. The ends of them had hints of blue in them and like the body, They where speckled with dark brown spots.
"They're rare" Skulduggery said.
"I haven't seen any of them before."
"Maybe i'll take you to see some other fish, But for now, You need to go to sleep."
She smiled. "Good night Skul." She said as the turned over.
"Good night Valkyrie" He said, Both of them welcomed by sleep.