Chapter 11- puppy

Skulduggery pleasant knocked on the door and when Valkyrie Cain opened it, she had a very small black puppy in her arms. Skulduggery tilted his head.

'What is that?' He asked

'What does it look like?' Valkyrie replied

'It looks like puppy'

'Then that's what it is'

Skulduggery sagged.

'Why have you got a dog?'

'Because I was in town the other day and it started following me. It doesn't have a collar so im keeping him'

'Oh gee, this is gonna be fun' skulduggery sighed and stepped inside.

'Why are you here, anyway?' Valkyrie asked, her eyebrows raised.

'Because I love you' skulduggery replied. Valkyrie set down the puppy and put her arms round his neck.

'I am loveable' she said in his ear.

'Of course you are, now what do you want to do?'

'I want to watch a movie and eat popcorn' she replied, still whispering in his ear.

'Very well' skulduggery said and scooped her up in his arms carrying her to the living room.

It was a pretty wet day that threatened thunder and lightening. The wind howled and hit off the window panes. It was a scary effect. It had been a week since Valkyrie had been let out of kenspeckles after the fire. All her burns had cleared up but she constantly had nightmares about it now. they had planned to put watch my super ex- girlfriend but they weren't really focused on the screen. They were focused on giving the small puppy snuggled in valkyries lap, a name.

'How old do you reckon it is?' Valkyrie asked, tickling the puppy's stomach.

'About three weeks, it's very tiny.'

'Awww, it's so cute!' Valkyrie cooed

If skulduggery had eyes, he would have rolled them.

'So, what about a name?'

Valkyrie grinned

'What about, skeleton?'

Skulduggery laughed

'It's a little long, don't you think?'

'A little- what about….Uh- midnight?'

'That's nice- I like midnight'

'K then, midnight it is.'

Skulduggery lifted the puppy from valkyries lap and looked at it.

'It is very cute' he murmured, almost to himself.

'Not as cute as me' Valkyrie added.

'Naturally' he replied and then put his arms around her waist and pulled her onto his lap.

'Do you like dogs?' Valkyrie asked once she was comfortably seated.

'I love them, especially puppies'

'Oh- I just thought-you know'

'What?'

'I just thought that because you were a skeleton…'

Skulduggery laughed quietly

'No- a dog has ever tried to bite me, im quite good with dogs actually.'

'Really?'

'Oh yes, I never had a dog but I always had a soft spot for them'

'Right, ok. I just thought-'

Skulduggery laughed quietly again and pulled her closer to him.

'I love it when you get things wrong' he murmured in her ear. And she pulled his face to hers and kissed him.