A/N: Is it just me or has Skulduggery Fanfic been deserted? :P

Get yo asses back on! :P :L

aaanyway, enjoy! :)

Also, this is a good few weeks after the first chapter.

And it won't be depressing :P

Chapter three:

Skulduggery noticed Valkyrie's mood improvment. He was so relieved, for a while he didn't think she'd ever be happy again. She never smiled or laughed and he was noticing her getting scarily thin. But she was eating again, when he cracked one of his jokes that were so bad they were funny, her lips tilted into that sweet little smile he loved so much. She was laughing with Tanith and spending the night in Tanith's hotel, watching movies and whatever else they got up to. This was what gave Skulduggery hope, she was finished grieving and she was moving on.

They were browsing in China's library, he was reading in an armchair and she was looking through the shelves, every so often she would sigh loudly and pause. He could tell her mind wasn't on the books that her fingers were tracing over.

"Something wrong?" He asked, marking the book page and getting up.

"Mmm?" Valkyrie replied, deep in thought.

Skulduggery laughed and Valkyrie turned around.

"Sorry," Valkyrie smiled, "Was just thinking."

"About?" Skulduggery asked, leaning against the bookshelf beside her.

What he wasn't expecting was for her to blush and look away.

"Just stuff.." She said, still not looking at him.

"Valkyrie, I know somethings up, just tell me." Skulduggery said, laughing slightly.

"I love you." Valkyrie said, bluntly.

Silence.

Skulduggery started to laugh hard.

"Why are you laughing?" Valkyrie asked incredulously.

Skulduggery stopped abruptly.

"Oh. You're not joking then."

"Why would I joke about that?"

"Well I thought it was funny."

"Well I wasn't joking."

"Yes I realise that now."

Pause.

"So..." Valkyrie said, feeling incredibly awkward.

"Indeed." Skulduggery reply, crossing his arms.

"Indeed what?"

"I don't know. I just felt like saying indeed."

"Right.." Valkyrie replied slowly.

"So I better be going then!" Skulduggery said, making a quick exit to the door.

"Skulduggery!!!" She shouted after him.

Valkyrie just stared after him.

"Unbelievable..." She muttered.

"Pardon me but that was just hilarious."

Valkyrie whirled around and saw Billy-Ray Sanguine standing there.

A/N: Damnit I'm being made get off my laptop...

But I'll continue next chapter I just really wanted to upload another chapter! :)

There'll be more Sanguine in the next don't worry!

Thank you by the way Nerdy Skeleton! :D

I'm gonna be updating alot more lately :)

Hope you enjoyed that and please review and let me know what you thought and if I can improve and shizz in any way (:

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