Hello my friends. We've been through so much I like to think of you guys as friends. I'm ok I had my injections last Friday so my arm hurts so much. I am still as danger prone as before and I seem to have all the problems with boys. I said no to one of them and now we act like we are going out. So much for my good intentions about not going out with anyone.
Anyway let's start.
Valkyrie's Birthday
Valkyrie woke up and went downstairs. Her mum was in the kitchen cocking breakfast and her dad was watching the news with Alice.
"Happy Birthday Steph," her mum said.
"Yes Happy Birthday," her dad added.
"Thanks," she replied.
"So what are you doing today?" her mum inquired.
"Well Tanith is throwing me a party."
"That's nice of her," Melissa said.
"Well you're going to stay long enough for us to give you your presents," Desmond said bringing Alice over.
They ate breakfast together and then gave her their presents. From her mum she got the latest Iphone. Her dad gave her a $100 and Alice drew her a picture. She said her thanks put contacts in her phone and then got dressed. She was wearing jeans, slip on shoes and a flowy light blue singlet. She said her goodbyes and left. She walked down to the pier feeling free. Fletcher popped up behind her and grabbed her around the waist.
"Hello Val, Happy Birthday," he said.
"Hi Fletch, what are we doing today?"
"You'll see," he said as we teleported. "Surprise."
"Oh my god, we're back in Australia."
"Yes and I have a picnic."
"Wow Fletch you've really out done yourself."
"Thank you."
They sat on the rug under the tree beside the beach. They fed each other chocolate coated strawberries and laid in each other's arms watching the waves. It was about lunch time when they decided to go back. They were all packed up when Valkyrie turned to see Fletcher kneeling on one knee.
"Valkyrie Cain, Stephanie Edgely. I have loved you from first sight. I love you so much I want to spend the rest of my life with you. Will you marry me?" Fletcher asked with love and adoration in his eyes.
"Yes! Yes! Yes! Of course!"
"Oh thank god," Fletcher sighed.
Valkyrie and Fletcher hugged and kissed for 5 minutes until they remembered they had to leave for Valkyrie's party. Fletcher teleported to her house and slipped the ring on said happy birthday and left. She practically danced through the front door of her house.
"What's up Steph?" her mum asked.
"Mum. Fletcher just proposed to me!"
"Oh. My. God. Congratulations sweetie.
They squealed and hugged for a while until her dad brought Alice in.
"What's all the squealing about? He complained. "I'm trying to get our newest daughter to Hogwarts by pushing her through walls. I can't concentrate with the squealing."
"Stephanie is getting married to Fletcher and give me my child before you seriously hurt her."
"What? You only turned 18 this morning."
"I know," Valkyrie said happily.
"Well I guess I'm glad its Fletcher he's nice and it looks like you could beat him up if you need to."
"Thanks dad."
"Hey and now you have Gordon's house too." Her mum reminded her.
"Stephy get married," Alice said.
"Oh how cute. Alice you're gonna be my flower girl aren't you?" Valkyrie cooed.
"Well congratulations honey, but don't you have a party to go to?" her mum said.
"Ohh… right sorry I forgot."
Valkyrie ran up stairs and jumped into the shower. She had the dress Ghastly had made her laid out. It had a ruby red bodice and a blood red skirt. The two colours were separated beautifully with a line of sparkling diamonds. When she put it on it fell to just above her knees it was also strapless, showing off the work she had done with Tanith. She put on the silver heels Tanith gave her and the diamond necklace and earrings from Skulduggery. She slid on the diamond ring that was her engagement ring. She looked in the mirror wearing all the birthday presents her friends have given her it was a funny thought. She walked down stairs.
"Ohh you look lovely," her mum said, "Tell her she looks lovely Des."
"Her new car looks lovely," he drooled while looking out the window.
"Thank you… did you say new car?" Valkyrie replied.
"Yeah," her dad began still looking out the window, "Your tall thin friend that always wears a suit pulled up in it put an envelope under the windscreen wipers and left."
"Let me see!" she squealed and ran outside.
Her parents and Alice followed.
"Oh! My! God!" she said.
On her front lawn was a new and shinny Bentley.
"It's a Bentley. It's a Bentley," she yelled over and over again.
"It is a beautiful car," her mum said.
Valkyrie took the envelope and opened it inside was a card and a set of keys.
"How lucky is she going to get?" her dad complained.
"Well she better hop in her new car and drive to her party or she's going to be late," her mum said.
Valkyrie hugged and said her goodbyes. Then she hopped in to her new car. It drove like a dream and she reached Gordon's house in no time at all. When Valkyrie arrived the first people she saw were Fletcher, Tanith, Ghastly, China, Ravel, Dexter Vex and Skulduggery. She walked up and gave Skulduggery a hug and thanked him a million times.
"What did Skul do Val?" Tanith asked and everyone was curious too.
"He bought me a Bentley and left it at my house!" she exclaimed.
"A Bentley!" they all asked as a group.
Skulduggery looked smug.
"What? So I gave her the best birthday presents big deal," he said smugly.
"Na ah," Valkyrie replied.
"What do you mean Na ah?" he asked.
"Fletcher did."
"What did Fletcher do?" he asked his smile fading.
"He took me to Australia…"
"He always takes you to Australia," he cut in.
"And he proposed to me," she said holding up her hand so everyone could see the ring with a huge diamond in it. Everyone who had been watching who had been watching the conversation started to gasp and talk.
"Oh my god Val," Tanith said as she hugged her over and over.
China smiled that smile she uses for special occasions. Ravel, Vex and Ghastly were clapping Fletcher on the back and congratulating him. Skulduggery just stared. He was still staring when all the celebrating had stopped and Gordon walked over.
"Hello my only niece," He began. "Happy Birthday."
"Thank you," she replied.
"What did you do to make Skul stare so much? It can't be how you look because you always look stunningly beautiful."
"It could be that Fletcher proposed to me today."
"That could be it and congratulations by the way," Gordon responded.
"My little Valkyrie is growing up," Skulduggery murmured like a lost parent.
While everyone laughed Gordon asked if they should start dancing.
"Valkyrie?" Fletcher asked holding out his hand.
"Gladly," she replied.
"Come on Ghastly let's dance!" Tanith said like an excited three year old.
China and Dexter Vex joined the pairs leaving Skulduggery, Ravel and Gordon alone.
"Umm… would you like to dance Ravel?" Skulduggery asked unsure.
"Sure," Ravel answered uneasily.
"What am I going to do?" asked Gordon not wanting to feel left out.
"You can play piano," replied Skulduggery grateful for a change in subject.
"I can't, my finger goes straight through," Gordon complained dipping his finger through the keys.
"Well I'll put on a CD and you can pretend to play," Skulduggery retorted quite amused by Gordon's behavior.
"Whatever," Gordon replied.
Skulduggery ran to put a CD and Gordon sat on the air fingers ready. The music started and the boys began to sweep their partners around the room. Vex and China were dancing cheekily with dips and fast flowing swirls. Tanith and Ghastly were dancing as he swept her and dipped her a couple of times. Tanith wasn't really dancer and just kissed Ghastly when they slowed down. Valkyrie and Fletcher danced gazing into each other's eyes with love. Valkyrie, being the tomboy she is was unsure about all the dancing and happily let Fletcher lead. Fletcher had secretly been taking lessons from Skulduggery just for this night and seemed to impress his girlfriend with his dancing skills. He dipped, twirled and moved to the music. Skulduggery on the other hand was a bit slow to get back into the rhythm. Ravel who is playing the girl in the dance had tried many time as Skulduggery dance showing skill to whip the petrified look off his face. After the dancing was done Ravel sprang away from Skulduggery while Fletcher and Dexter kissed their partners hand and proceeded over to tease the uncomfortable pair of dancers. They waited a minute for Ghastly and Tanith to stop kissing and realise that the others had stopped dancing and joined them.
"Wow Fletcher where did you learn to dance like that?" Valkyrie asked.
"I took lessons from Skul," he replied.
"Speaking of old Skully nice dancing I'm sure high priest Ravel was flattered," Dexter Vex added.
"Shut up," Ravel started. "Are you still going on about me being Grand Mage?"
"As a matter of fact your Holy Eminence, isn't that right Lord Besboke?"
"Okay Vex fun time is over. They could put you in prison for that," Tanith said trying to contain her laughter.
But at that moment Fletcher whispered something to Valkyrie making them both laugh. Skulduggery being as insane as he is started laughing too.
"But I found that subject quite amusing," China said over the laughing.
"Um… guys would you mind giving my niece, the only one mentioning of course her present?" Gordon said.
"Sorry Gordon I should have noticed," Tanith said walking over.
"Present time!" Skulduggery yelled jumping up and down like a three year old.
"He really is insane," Valkyrie mumbled to herself as he dragged her over to the couch still jumping. Valkyrie sat down. Skulduggery on her left and Fletcher on her right, Tanith perched on Fletchers arm rest and China on Skulduggery's leaving the rest of the boys to stand.
"It's from Gordon," said Tanith passing over a big rectangular prisom wrapped in blue paper.
Valkyrie smiled at Gordon then started to open the gift. She put the paper on the floor and looked at the gift. It was a handbook and the title read "How to look after your Bentley".
"Skulduggery picked it out," Gordon said happily.
"Now we have matching copies!" Skulduggery said his excitement still comparable with those of a child.
"Thanks Gordon, Skul," Val said looking forward to washing her fabulously expensive car while her dad drooled over it.
"This ones from me," Ravel said handing her a poorly wrapped box.
"I can see the Grand mage can't wrap presents," Vex said slightly amused.
Valkyrie chuckled as she unwrapped the next item. She put the black paper on the floor and looked at the box. It was a speaker system.
"I thought since you got a new car you would want to play your music really loud," Ravel said.
Valkyrie instantly smiled.
"I get to play really loud music," she said hopefully.
"Of course," said Ravel grinning.
"Poor Haggard is going to go deaf and I can't save them," Skulduggery said pretending to be sad.
Everyone laughed and Vex handed her a neatly wrapped toxic green box.
"Um… should we be worried about the boxes contentse?" Gordon asked concerned.
"No just the person with it," he replied innocently.
Gordon gave him a quizzical look but then came to realise as his niece ripped of the paper and was left with a big black brief case. She opened it and Dexter grinned.
"It's a gun!" she squealed in delight.
"Oh no," said Ravel.
Skulduggery looked happy while Tanith, Ghastly and china looked concerned.
"Now she won't beg me for a weapon," Skulduggery stated clearly satisfied.
Fletcher had a look of horror on his face and Gordon stated that at least she couldn't hurt him with it. After everyone had gotten over the fact that someone had given Valkyrie Cain a weapon for her birthday, the young detective had put the gun away promising to come back to it later. China decided to present her gift.
"Mine is more suitable she declared," she declared.
Valkyrie took the small fluoro orange wrapped box and quickly threw the paper to the ground. She was left with a red velvet box she opened it to reveal a silver chain with a small black diamond pendant.
"It's pretty China, but why is the sign of the deathly hallows carved onto it?" Fletcher asked while everyone admired the jewelry.
"It is a protection symbol Fletcher. I realise how many cuts in her face and head miss Cain was getting so I decided to help her," China announced looking proud of the thoughtfulness of the gift.
"Thanks China and everyone else," Valkyrie said.
They then all suddenly realised that Skulduggery was gone and desperately called his name waiting for their lunatic friend.
"Cake!" screeched Skulduggery as he pushed a cart with a cake on top over to the young detective.
The cake was three tiers tall with chocolate icing with a blue trim. The eighteen candles around the cake made it look as though the cake was on fire, the cake couldn't have gotten any better until you spotted the small figurine of Valkyrie dressed and positioned ready for a fight but still smiling.
"Wow," Valkyrie breathed as everyone stared.
"And Val the best part is that you get to eat yourself," Skulduggery said enjoying everyone's reactions.
"Ok I'm hungry let's sing and eat cake," Vex said staring at the cake longingly.
They sang her happy birthday then blew out her candles while making a wish for a better future. She cut the cake touching the bottom and listened to everyone tell her to kiss the nearest boy. She waited for them to be quiet before leaning in and passionately kissing Fletcher. While they kissed Tanith and China cut the cake. When everyone had a piece Gordon stuck his head through the cake.
"What are you doing Gordon?" asked China.
"You get to eat cake I make you uncomfortable by sticking my head through the cake," Gordon replied like it made absolute sense.
Fletcher and Valkyrie fed each other cake then Valkyrie bit her own head off and everyone cheered.
"I taste really good," Valkyrie decided after she had finished eating herself.
"And you didn't share any with me? Come on Val we're gonna get married and you didn't share," Fletcher with that joking pout.
She just laughed and ruffled his hair.
".God. I still have to wedding. China help me. Val must look fabulous," Tanith declared.
"Of course I'll help Tanith dear," China responded trying not to look too happy about being included in the celebrations.
"Look at the time, party's over guys we need all the sleep we can get now we have a wedding to plan and the best part is we have a very picky person as the bride," Ravel said.
"Here comes bridezilla!" Vex announced.
Both boys earned a death stare from Valkyrie before she said her goodbyes to everyone else. Sadly that included Fletcher who has to go back to living at Skulduggery's house. After everyone had left Valkyrie made a coffee and asked Gordon if they could stay and talk. He agreed after all it is her house.
Hey guys like it? hate it? Let me know ok. Again I'm so sorry I haven't updated in a while.