A/N: I don't own Valkyrie, Wreath or Skulduggery. Oh, and if I haven't said it by now, Val is in her 20s.
Wreath stopped by early the next morning to take me to meet with my stalker in a public place. I thought that was a really stupid idea, and wondered why he hadn't killed the man, but when we reached the fast food place I knew why. Wreath calmly got us our food, keeping me by his side. "It's driving him insane, seeing you near me." He murmured. "But then, he's always been obsessed with you."
We went over and sat with my stalker who glared at me from behind his disguise. "You abandoned me to go play with dead things, did you?" He asked, his voice dangerous and suddenly I was angry.
"You abandoned me. You left me without a partner, not the other way around. And the calls stop now, Skulduggery."
"You see?" Wreath asked calmly. "I told you you were frightening her. Though it was a nice touch to also change out the CD in my car. You hoped she'd run right into your arms, didn't you? Tell me, Skulduggery, is that song how you really feel for your student?"
"Enough, both of you." I hissed, because Skulduggery looked ready to explode. "Look, Skulduggery, you can't just abandon me and expect me to come back now. Besides, you hate what I've become." I said, surprised over the bitterness in my voice.
Wreath glared at Skulduggery. "Do you see how much damage I have to undo? You not only made my student fear me with your unreasoning hatred, but she hates herself as well. If you really cared as much as you say you do, you'd support her."
Skulduggery looked stricken, even behind his disguise. "I'm sorry, Valkyrie. You just don't know what Wreath is really like. Why do you think I tried to scare you away from him? What kind of teacher spends all day with his student?"
"What kind crawls in her bedroom window late at night?" Wreath snapped back.
"Will you two shut up? People are staring." I said. And a lot of people were, most of them looking fairly sick that I was apparently sleeping with two of my teachers and letting them fight it out over me.
I started to laugh, I couldn't help it, and some people looked even more disgusted. Wreath joined me and even Skulduggery realized it was funny. "Sorry." He managed as his shoulders shook. "I just missed you. God, that sounds revolting, considering." He laughed harder and I saw the manager glaring at us.
"We better go." I muttered and Wreath escorted me to his car, still laughing.
"Sorry about that, Valkyrie. I'll pay for any therapy sessions you need. Oh Lord, he's right, anything in this context does sound bad. Get in." He waved towards the car and I got in. I wondered what our training would be like now, and if it would continue. Despite having a good laugh over it I knew Wreath cared about appearances and if he thought my being seen with him would make me look bad, he would just not show up one day and I wondered if Skulduggery had thought of that too.
Could the lessons be over before they start? Time will tell!