This was suggested by SkulduggeryGirl109…like a trillion years ago. I did have the words "jealous much" written at the top of this word document. Then I reading this REALLY cute drabble about these two people from this other book I'm reading and the guy was jealous and it was really cute. So then this came up.

And I'm glad I'm back! Dunno if I got all my inspiration back…but I came up with another idea that I'll get working on later :D Love ya!

Skulduggery's POV

Alright. Yes. I'll admit.

Her shorts were quite short and they were riding up. It didn't really help that she was sitting in the supposed comfortable way. And it really didn't help that I could see some rather…horny looking boy staring at her like a piece of meat.

I swear if that drool on his face…Damn. He's going over there. Why hasn't China separated the library into the sexes like I asked? I asked nicely at that.

Tanith!

Stay there! Do NOT leave that girl alone. If you do I swear on my life – Dammit Tanith! Why would you leave poor, defenseless, twenty-five year old Valkyrie alone? She's a necromancer for God's sake!

"Hey," she said, sitting down next to me, "you look like you might burst there. Something on your mind?"

"Of course not, Tanith," I muttered.

"Oh," she said, her eyes followed my gaze. How she figured out where I was looking at, I'm not quite sure. "She's old enough, Skulduggery. You got to let go and stop being such an over-protective older brother!"

"I am not being an over-protecting older brother! I'm just worried about her is all…"

Tanith snorted. "Yeah, alright," she murmured. I huffed and took back to staring at Valkyrie and the boy.

Fine. He wasn't a boy, per se, but he was still young. Probably around twenty-five. Way too young for Valkyrie. He reminded me of Fletcher…Which wasn't really a compliment. He had floppy blond hair and eyes that contrasted completely. They weren't even a dark brown, but completely black.

"Hey." Tanith brought me back to earth. "You're going to creep out the kids if you keep staring!"

"Well, Tanith, who in the world has black eyes? That's just stupid."

"Says the living skeleton. Very nice."

"You know what I mean!"

"Maybe people with black eyes are automatically nice or something. You never know."

"But people's opinions of nice differ," I explained. "You may think whoever that is, is fine. I, however, may not."

"I bet you'd love him if you knew him," Tanith said.

"Doubt it. Anyone who looks at Valkyrie like that is instantly an enemy."

"That's horrible."

"That's true." Tanith rolled her eyes and looked over at the two. She looked up at the sound of China's heels clicking gracefully on the wooden floorboards.

"Good afternoon, Valkyrie. Good afternoon, Deviant," she greeted the two across the room then turned towards us. "Good day."

"What's Deviant?" I asked.

"I'm sorry?" China fixed some hair and sat down in the chair next to me.

"You said 'Deviant.' Who's Deviant?" I asked again.

"Oh. The man over by Valkyrie. He comes in a lot to read about the different things here. Quite nice. It doesn't surprise me that he and Valkyrie might get along," she explained. "He's a necromancer as well. He may have been with Solomon Wreath, but I could be mistaken."

"Necromancers…" I growled, clenching my fists. China laughed delicately. "What?"

"You should see yourself, Skulduggery." She laughed again. "It's quite entertaining to watch you fume over Valkyrie and Deviant."

"I am not fuming."

"Oh really?"

"Really."

"I keep telling him to let it go," Tanith said, "but he doesn't listen."

"Men!" China rolled her eyes and stood up again. She strolled over to Deviant and cleared her throat. They both looked up and smiled. China handed him a pendant and nodded her head a few times. He nodded as well, and turned to face Valkyrie again. He handed her phone back to her, and vice versa. He gave a wave and was swallowed up in shadows. Valkyrie looked at China and smiled widely.

Dammit.

"Skulduggery," Tanith whispered, "I can't believe I didn't notice it sooner."

"What are you talking about?" I whispered back.

Tanith shook her head and chuckled. "You are so jealous."

"I am not jealous!"

"I disagree."

"Well you're wrong. I'm not jealous," I said.

"Yeah, I'll believe that when China gets ugly," Tanith muttered under her breath. I folded my arms and crossed my legs and turned away from her. "I mean," she continued, "it's totally obvious. You not wanting Valkyrie to get a guy…you freaking out when she does…teasing her non-stop-"

"Oh please," I huffed, "we're not in second grade. Nobody teases the person they like! That's preposterous."

Tanith laughed and patted my shoulder. "All in good time, Skul. All in good time." She got up and walked over to Valkyrie, and they both began giggling. Valkyrie's face fell when Tanith told her something, but then perked back up. She nodded vigorously and stood up, adjusting her short shorts.

Dammit!

Why is she so pretty? And why must she such a good fighter? Is it really necessary to wear small clothes and attack things? Or to stand there…taking instructions from Wreath…doing all those jumps to avoid his attacks.

Dammit again!

"Think he died?" I heard someone ask. Another person giggled and hit my skull.

"Ow!" I yelped. Valkyrie laughed and plopped down next to me.

"A penny for your thoughts." She smiled at me. I looked up and China and Tanith had disappeared.

Oh hell.

"Hello?" Valkyrie waved her hand in my face.

"What?"

"Having fun inner-monologue-ing?" she asked.

I nodded. "Oh you know. Thinking over how amazing I am." She hit me on the arm. "So who was the guy?"

She tried to hide a slight blush. "Deviant Script. He's a really nice guy. He's a necromancer, so he said he could help me with training and stuff." She paused to play with her shorts. "Do you mind?"

I was shocked. "Of course not. It's not like I can help you with your training or anything. I don't mind at all." Valkyrie smiled and stood up, in search of Tanith.

Maybe I was jealous. Maybe I was being a horrible person for thinking all this. But at least she was happy. And as clichéd as it may be, I was happy she was happy.

ALRIGHT. DONE. This didn't take me long, but I just kept writing and I just wanted to end it.

I imagine Skulduggery to have sort of jumbled thoughts. Or that's how he would inner monologue. Something like that.

So, I hope you enjoyed this and I'm sorry for any mistakes! :DD