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Skulduggery heard footsteps stop on the other side of the counter. He prayed it wasn't Valkyrie.
But, sure enough her voice was spoken. She closed her hand around his wrist gently and spoke softly.
"Are you okay?" She asked.
"Yeah, of course I am." He replied putting on his best smile. Valkyrie nodded even though she was unconvinced. One day. He thought.
They both walked back into the room where everyone was and Skulduggery sat on the recliner chair. Valkyrie sat on the ground next to his legs and rested her head on his knee. Simone raised an eyebrow but it quickly vanished because of the scowl she got from Valkyrie.
"How about we play a game?" Tanith asked.
"As long as it doesn't involve getting up, I'm in." Erskine replied with a wink to Simone on his lap.
"Do you want to Valkyrie?" Tanith looked at her.
"I don't care." Valkyrie mumbled. She felt jealous of Simone and Tanith. Within days and in one case, hours of coming back they already had the man they wanted. Why couldn't Valkyrie be so confident?
Skulduggery laughed and pushed her head lightly with his hand. "Oh come on Miss Grumpy." Valkyrie couldn't help but smile and hit his leg.
"Well then," Tanith jumped up and clapped her hands together. "What are we playing?"
"How about we just make up questions like, 'Who would you rather be with?'? And kind of like truth questions. Who was your first love, who is your celebrity crush, who is your current crush stuff like that." Simone looked at Valkyrie when she said the last one which earned a glare. Skulduggery's palms began to sweat and his heart beat got quicker.
"This would be much more interesting with Fletcher here, Valkyrie do you want to call him?" Tanith asked. Valkyrie put her head in her hands trying not to remember the memories of the day she broke up with Fletcher. The day that she broke someone's heart and the day she had to see the pained face that replayed in her mind just now.
Skulduggery sat on the ground next to Valkyrie leaning against the recliner. He put an arm around her and put his mouth next to her ear.
"It's alright Valkyrie, she didn't know remember." He whispered. Tanith looked at everyone in the room confused until Ghastly whispered to her what had happened.
"Val, I'm so sorry!" She exclaimed from where she was sitting. Valkyrie lifted her head and her eyes were watery but the tears didn't fall, she wouldn't let them. She didn't want to cry about a relationship from the past. It wasn't the relationship though, Fletcher moved to Australia because of what she did. She felt like she destroyed a person but still she wasn't going to cry and especially not in front of Skulduggery.
"It's okay Tanith. Well are we going to play or what?" Valkyrie finished with a grin. Tanith decided to move the coffee table from the middle of the room so everyone could sit on the ground. Skulduggery and Valkyrie stayed where they were and everyone else got pillows and laid them out to sit or lay on. They all formed a circle basically.
Valkyrie nudged Skulduggery. "Thanks." She whispered and he smiled in response. It felt nice to be just sitting so close to Valkyrie without feeling awkward.
"How about we start off with a simple game of Truth or Dare?" Simone asked.
"Ah, you'd think Truth or Dare is a simple game but with us... it's weird." Valkyrie said and Simone shrugged.
"Okay, um I choose Skulduggery! Truth or dare?" Simone said.
"Damn you Simone, um truth." He grinned.
"Oh okay." She gave a devilish smile. "If you could kiss anyone in this room, who would it be?" Valkyrie snapped her head up and Skulduggery coughed.
He began to panic. "Um, uh, I don't know. I guess, uh... well you're going out with Erskine now and Tanith's with Ghastly so I'll have to say Valkyrie. And technically you didn't specify what sort of kiss so yeah." Valkyrie went red and Simone gave her a quick wink.
"Alright fine, truth or dare Tanith?"
"Dare." She said with an evil voice.
"You have to make a prank call to Anton Shudder, okay?" Tanith nodded and shrugged.
"Seems easy enough."
"Wait. You have to pretend you are selling him a phone and even if he says no, you have to keep talking until he hangs up." Tanith rolled her eyes and pulled out her phone.
"Hello Mr. Shudder I am calling you today about an offer of a brand new and fantastic technology for free! It's a phone which includes–" Tanith had put her on her smoothest voice but got cut off.
"I'm sorry but I'm not interested." Anton replied with a friendly tone.
"It has so many good features like a very clear camera and a market store full of apps." Tanith pushed on but rolled her eyes at the giggling Valkyrie. Skulduggery held a hand gently over her mouth so her giggles could be heard over the phone. She leaned over instead and hid her face with Skulduggery's suit jacket.
"No sorry..." Anton tried to be heard but Tanith wouldn't listen.
"You can even get unlimited text messaging for just an extra 10 dollars!" Her tone was on the brink of sarcasm as she looked at everyone. She put a hand over the speaker.
"Guys I'm running out of stuff to say!" Skulduggery motioned for her to just hang up and they could just hear what Anton was saying before she flipped the phone shut.
"Stupid, bloody people trying to sell me damn crap I don't–" Then the phone shut and everyone burst out laughing.
"Okay Skulduggery's already gone so I have to choose Valkyrie for this. Truth or dare?"
"Hm, dare."
"I'm sorry I have to do this to you Valkyrie but as revenge for Pleasant's dare I'm afraid I have to. I dare you to kiss Skulduggery. And it's a proper kiss too." Tanith grinned evilly at Skulduggery but smiled apologetically at Valkyrie. Valkyrie realised Tanith didn't know how she felt about Skulduggery. If she did, she probably wouldn't have made her do this... or would she?
Valkyrie sighed to make Skulduggery think it didn't bother her. They leaned in slowly and Valkyrie's hand went to his shoulder. Once their eyes closed their lips touched. Their lips moved together in perfect synchronisation. Both their stomachs were doing flips. They stopped and parted slightly but their lips still lingered around each other's.
Everyone was stunned and silent. They all looked at each other and grinned at the perfect match sitting across from them.
Now it was just a matter of time until they finally admit it to each other. Simone thought.
As the game continued Skulduggery and Valkyrie kept throwing glances at each other. Ghastly had picked truth when Valkyrie asked.
"Who was your first crush?" Valkyrie asked.
Ghastly went slightly red. "I can't believe I still remember that far back but I was ten and I thought I was in love. Her name was Anna Grace." The girls let out Aw's and the boys laughed so ghastly glared at them in return.
"Alright Erskine, truth or dare?" Ghastly challenged.
"Truth." Erskine's eyes narrowed.
"How many girls have you been with since you were twenty?" Ghastly was prepared with this question if he said truth. Everyone watched Erskine as he fidgeted nervously and looked worriedly at his current girlfriend. "Come on I know you know. You told me the other day how many was it? I think you said something about eighty something?" Simone choked.
"Serious?" She exclaimed. He looked at her apologetically. "I'm not breaking up with you but if you screw me over I swear to god I'll break you." She threatened.
"I don't blame you." Erskine replied and held her hand.
"Okay I'm done playing anyone want some tea?" Valkyrie asked.
"Actually I was going to go to Ghastly's shop for a bit..." Tanith said awkwardly.
"Yeah me and Erskine were going out for dinner, sorry." Simone said as well.
"Oh okay then." Valkyrie replied. They all said their goodbyes and shuffled out the door.
Now it was Skulduggery and Valkyrie... alone.
Finally finished! This was a long chapter, lol :P
