THE SANCTUARY'S DANCE PART 1
VCPOV
Crap, he- I did it, I kissed him… oh, my god.
I didn't trust myself to say anything embarrassing on the way home, it was quite awkward. I waved back at Skulduggery who drove off.
Inside, Gordon was putting finale touched on his work.
"Ah, Ha!" He beamed.
GEPOV
"What?"
"I finished my chapter!"
"Oh." Her excitement faded.
"So, how was your day?"
"Peachy." Amazing! thought Valkyrie. Gordon saw her face and realized something. She noticed his face.
"Oh hell. You did it. Yes!" He jumped out of his chair and scurried over to her.
"I-I don't know what you're talking about." Valkyrie madly blushed.
"Don't play that with me, Cain." Gordon pressed.
"Ugh, fine!", gave in, "OK, fine, alright? I kissed him. Happy?"
"Immensely! Tell me about it!" Gordon begged.
"No way." She teased.
Gordon slumped his shoulders and Valkyrie climbed 3 flights to get to the master bedroom. She slipped under the covers and a wave of tiredness hit her and she slept instantly.
SPOV
My, god. It happened, I kissed her. Her lips were tender against my bone. It was heavenly.
GEPOV
Valkyrie was picked up by Skulduggery the next morning. They kept it quiet at the first half.
"So…", Skulduggery began, "Did you get a dress for the upcoming annual Sanctuary dance?"
"There's a dance?"
"Yeah, you forgot?
"I guess so, sorry."
"Eh, it's in 2 days, we have time to get you a dress."
"Really? I was planning on wearing dress that I wore on my birthday."
"Nah, it's not good enough for the dance, we do have the day off tomorrow. Why don't you get your dress then?"
"Ugh, I hate dress shopping! If I'm going, you're coming too."
"Fine by me…" He paused for a moment, "So, about last night…"
Valkyrie blushed, "What about it?"
"Well, um, it, it was nice…" Skulduggery was speechless, he couldn't think of good words to say.
"Um, uh. Yeah. I agree. It was good, I enjoyed it." Valkyrie's voice was uneasy.
"Could I ask you something?" He said, awkwardly.
"Shoot." where is he going with this? she thought.
"Can the dance be, like uh, date?" Skulduggery and Valkyrie both went rigid.
"Um, yeah, I'm cool with that. Will you bring me a corsage?"
"Sure, what color?" the awkwardness passed and the feeling was easy going.
"Black an' red. K?"
"Gordon knew what happened last night, he virtually peed himself I think." They both broke out in laughter. Twenty minutes passed and they arrived at the Sanctuary. Vendetta was chatting with Rife.
*** Vendetta's chat with Rife…
Vendetta saw Rife at the entrance hoping that she could talk to him.
"Hey, Rife!"
"Oh, hi."
"Can I talk to you about something?"
"Sure, what's up?"
"It's about the dance, did you want to go with me?" am I asking him on a date? Vendetta was worried that it sounded like it.
"Um, yeah. Sure. As friends?" He asked hopefully.
"Oh, yeah. And nothing more. Trust me. I just want to be good partners."
"Alright sounds good." They turned to face the Coupe pulling up.
"Hey, guys!" Valkyrie called.
"Hi Val!" Vendetta called back.
"I got to go, bye." Rife whispered to Vendetta. He walked away.
"What was that about?" Valkyrie asked suspiciously.
"Nothing, just going to the dance with Rife."
"As what?"
"Pardon?"
"Are you going with him as friends or as a couple?" Valkyrie nudged and Vendetta pushed her back.
"Well, what were you two talking about." Skulduggery asked as well in the same tone.
"Nothing! OK? I'm going to the dance with as a friend and partner and nothing more!" Vendetta hollered.
"I think I struck a nerve." Skulduggery muttered and Vendetta made fall to his feet. The girls laughed harshly while Skulduggery pulled himself up, dusting the dirt off his hat.
"Sorry, you OK, Skulduggery?" Vendetta asked.
"Peachy." is all he could say. The girls quietly giggled behind him.
"So, what did you two do last night?"
"Nothing." Valkyrie lied.
"You're not this happy usually, spill it." Vendetta demanded.
"Fine, get Tanith than I'll tell you."
"Tell me what?" Tanith asked as she came up behind them. Ghastly joined Skulduggery up ahead.
"Nothing." Valkyrie said.
"No, you promised."
"Ugh, fine. Lets go somewhere quiet." They left the guys and walked into a storage space.
"OK. I'll tell you. I-I kissed Skulduggery." she felt a thousand times lighter.
"What took so bloody long!" Tanith screeched.
"OK…? Was it good?" Vendetta asked.
"Dreamy."
"Hold long was it?"
"About 7-8 seconds, it felt like hours." The 3 squealed and came out of the storage to find Ghastly behind the door.
*** what the guys did.
"What are they talking about?" Ghastly asked as he joined Skulduggery.
"I-I don't know." Skulduggery badly lied.
"C'mon now, tell me. What did you do?"
"Nothing."
"We know that's not true.", He looked how Skulduggery sped up his pace while tipping his hat forward, "Oh, god. You did it."
Skulduggery sighed and admitted, "Yes, I did. OK?"
"How was it?"
"Very dreamy, actually."
"Skul, this is awesome!"
Skulduggery shook his head, if he had eyes they would be rolling.
"Great. So I have Val-" He looked to his side to find Ghastly at a door.
"What are you doing?" Skulduggery asked.
"Shh. The girls are talking." Skulduggery didn't bother to stop him. Skulduggery kept walking.
"Havin' fun there?" Tanith asked.
Ghastly didn't say anything. He blushed and stood up and wiped off the dust from his lap.
They girls laughed and kept talking about the dance. The guys joked about the girls chatter.
Boring, I know. I basically typed this in 30 minutes, man my fingers are cramping, Where's the Rub-A535!