Might be slightly depressing at the start and I'm sorry but it gets heaps better, promise :P

Hope you like it!

Falling in love with a skeleton obviously isn't easy, but he's a man nonetheless. When he's your best friend though, it can make things difficult. People say we were meant for each other but when is that going to come into action? I hope and pray every day for his love but scold myself for even thinking of the possibility. How could a 400 year old skeleton love a 21 year old you wonder? He doesn't, well that's what I tell myself. It tears you apart and breaks you to pieces every day, but I can manage that with quiet tears. But, that's why I wrote this, to remind myself that no matter what, the man I wake up every day thinking about, doesn't feel the same way for me. That is enough to break you down.

-Valkyrie Cain, 26-4-2011

Skulduggery held the paper in his hand. It shook, along with the rest of his body. Valkyrie was gone, nowhere to be found for days. Everyone was looking but no sign. Skulduggery tried to stop himself from thinking the worst possibilities but they just crept back into his mind.

The paper was on her bed in the mansion. He couldn't believe the contents of the note, he'd been so blind. All the signs she'd sent him only became visible now. He had tried so hard to hide his own feelings thinking the whole time she didn't feel the same way. He was responsible for this and he was determined to find her but where would she be?

It had 5 days since she'd gone so Skulduggery tried to think. Where would she go? He didn't think she'd be far, so he drove to the Sanctuary to talk to almost every sorcerer and see if they'd seen her. None.
He drove to her parents house and spoke with her reflection while it took care of Alice since the parents were out. She had heard nothing either.

He drove along the road beside beach aimlessly, thinking. He parked alongside the road and looked out at the ocean.

He read the note, again and again trying to see if there was a hidden message but nothing showed up other than the depressing thoughts in his head.

He looked out at the ocean again and seen someone sitting just out of reach of the tide.

He recognised the hair, the way she sat, just everything about her. He couldn't have gotten out of the car quicker. Skulduggery ran out to the shore where the girl still sat.

When he got closer though, she didn't turn, didn't acknowledge him until he moved himself to her vision, then she looked up.

The wind was strong and it blew sand their way. The air was icy as you got closer to the water and all Valkyrie wore were her work pants and a t-shirt.

"I see you've read my note." She said motioning her eyes towards the paper in his hand. He nodded and sat next to her.

"This note was clearly a waste of time." He said to her.

"Why is that?" She asked looking up.

"Because Valkyrie I feel the exact same way, if not, then more." He replied.

"You're just saying that." She said with a cold voice. She shivered when the wind blew harder and Skulduggery took his jacket off and put it around her.

"No, I'm not. This whole time I thought I was hiding my true feelings because you didn't feel the same. You don't know how I was when you were gone. In fact, everyone I came within a 10 mile radius of I think became duller. Valkyrie, I can't live without you, in fact without you in my life and am literally dead. I just want you back to the way you were except I want more with you. I want to be more than just best friends. But only if you wanted to." Valkyrie managed a small smile at everything he said.

"Was my note not enough to tell you what I want?" He laughed and got up, pulling her up with him.

As soon as she was on her feet, Skulduggery enveloped her in a gentle hug.

There was nothing more that Valkyrie wanted than to be in his arms.

(However many months later... you do the math)

So now I write another letter. I feel like I have to since the last thing I ever wrote on paper was what felt like the end of my life. It's seems so silly to me, how drastic I went. My life couldn't be better now. Even as I sit here with a black eye and killer headache. So, Ghastly got Tanith back to her old self and we're all able to be together... like a family. Ghastly and Skulduggery like brothers and me and Tanith like sisters.

Life couldn't be better.

-Valkyrie Cain, 26-9-2011

Tanith peeked over Valkyrie shoulder silently as she just finished writing the date.

"Oh my god guys, who knew Valkyrie could be so corny!" Tanith yelled snatching the note of Valkyrie and waving it in the air. Valkyrie stood on the chair and jumped on Tanith's back trying to grab the note. Skulduggery and Ghastly laughed as they sat down on the lounge in Ghastly's shop.

Tanith ran around in circles trying to get Valkyrie off but failed. It only resulted in dizziness and knocking into a table and making a sewing machine fall. Ghastly looked up, shocked.

Then, all hell broke loose.

Mwahahaha :D