Hello again,

I'm back home - forgot to tell you in the last part.

Hope you enjoyed the second part of Dinner With Bery, I certainly enjoyed writing it. I kind of reminded me of Christmas with my family.

Anyways, another oneshot, hope you like, please comment and give suggestions / feedback - it really is appreciated.

Love, Cait (RedIvySparrow)

"I am going to kill Skulduggery," Valkyrie said to herself. She was standing in front of the bathroom mirror in his house, looking at her reflection. Cuts. Bruises. She didn't mind that. But her hair. Her hair - now that was a different matter.

She stormed downstairs. Skulduggery was sitting in an armchair, reading a book. He looked up when she slammed the door behind her.

"What did the door ever do to you?"

She gave him a lethal look. "My. Hair."

"Yes?"

"It is messy."

"Yes?"

"You didn't tell me," she said, slowly, "We were in the sanctuary, we were with China, and you didn't tell me."

"I thought you wouldn't care."

She stared at him.

"I didn't think you to be the girly type." That was Skulduggery's death wish.

"PLEASANT!" she roared.

He flinched. "You're not girly. That was... A joke."

She turned around and stalked back to the bathroom. He followed. When she got there, she slammed the door in his face.

His voice came from the other side of the door. "Valkyrie..."

She ignored him, went to get undressed, realised there was no towel. "Get me a towel." she said quietly.

"Valk-"

Valkyrie interrupted him, "Now!"

"Okay."

He returned after a few seconds and knocked on the door.

"I brought you a-"

She wrenched open the door and snatched the towel.

"-towel..."

She undressed and wrapped the towel around herself. Then peeked her head around the door. "Go away. I'm showering."

"Okay." Skulduggery hesitated, then walked down the corridor.

She dropped the towel and stepped into the shower. The water was hot, and felt good against her skin. For all of about fifteen seconds, she stood in heaven.

And then the water went cold.

She jerked away from the spray, slipped and fell, landed on her ass. She yelped as she fell, and then groaned.

She heard Skulduggery call and she didn't answer. She turned off the shower and wrapped the towel back around herself.

She opened the door again just as Skulduggery came to it.

"Are you alright?" he asked.

She glared. "First, you don't tell me about my hair. Then, you call me girly. Then, the shower goes cold. Oh, and then I fall over."

Skulduggery laughed. He actually laughed.

"It's hardly my fault, is it?"

"It is all your fault."

"How can I affect the power?"

She faltered, and just gave him an evil look instead of answering.

"I will kill you." she said after a moment. That just made him laugh harder.

She groaned, tightened the towel around herself, and went downstairs. She got her phone, dialled Tanith.

"Can you pick me up in 10?"

Tanith sounded cheerful. Everyone was so bloody cheerful. Valkyrie didn't know why. "Sure. Why?"

"Because, Skulduggery's an idiot, and his shower's broken."

"Ah, ok. Can you not use one of the many showers in your mansion?"

She paused. "No," she decided. "Besides, I need to rant about Skulduggery's stupidity to someone. It will stop me from hitting him."

Tanith laughed. What was with everyone laughing today? "Okay, I'll be round in a few."

Tanith ended up taking twenty minutes to get to Skulduggery's, by which time, Valkyrie had dressed and told Skulduggery where she was going.

"You can pick me up tomorrow. I'll be at my place." she said to Skulduggery.

"Okay."

"You're an idiot."

"Okay."

She gave him one last glare, which ended up turning into a grin, then followed Tanith out to her motorbike.