A/N: Thanks everyone for your nice reviews! :) Glad you all like it! :D

By the way, my story, Like Old Times, I haven't updated it in ages because I've had a loss of inspiration... But if people let me know if they want me to continue it I will :) Just for you all haha :P Just let me know :)

I've been working on an update for it but I don't know whether to upload it... I dunno whether people still read it :S Let me know anyway :)

Hope you enjoy this anyway! :)

Chapter four: That kiss.

"Pardon me but that was just hilarious."

Valkyrie whirled and saw Billy-Ray Sanguine leaning against the bookshelf behind her. She glared at him.

"Why are you back? I told you five years ago to stay out of Ireland." She said warily.

"Yeaah I decided to ignore that, see I ain't here to kill ya." He replied, suddenly serious.

"Then why are you here?" Valkyrie asked, narrowing her eyes.

For as long as Valkyrie had known him, she had never seen Billy-Ray Sanguine look embaressed.

And now that she thought about it, he would usually have tried to kill her by now. What was going on?

Sanguine coughed and looked away. He was confusing her more than he knew.

"I'm here... For you..."

Valkyrie stared.

"As in... 'I'm here to stab you' for you, yeah?" She said slowly.

"Sadly, 'fraid not." Sanguine replied, scratching his head.

Valkyrie didn't know whether to laugh or take him seriously.

".....Is this just some plot to get my defences down and then you stab me?"

"Nope..."

Valkyrie couldn't understand this. He had hated her for years, tried to kill her etcetra and now he was here 'for her'.

But before she could ask any more questions or even comprehend what was going on, he was kissing her and she was being pressed up against one of the many bookshelves.

But she was kissing him back, their lips moving in sequence with eachother. His lips felt nice against hers, they were soft and gentle.

Her arms were around his neck and she was pulling him closer, her hand in his hair as their tongues met. He moaned slightly.

Then her mind caught up to her body and she stopped, bringing her hands down to his chest and pushing him back.

Sanguine grinned at her.

"You were kissing me back."

Valkyrie scowled and shoved him back.

She moved by him and walked down the aisle, expecting him to follow but when she peeked back he was gone.

She walked on and out of the library, extremely confused.

When she got to the bottom of the tenement stairs, Tanith was standing beside her motorbike, grinning at her.

Valkyrie walked fast over to her.

"You look a bit shaken?" Tanith said brightly, handing her a helmet.

"I told Skulduggery that I loved him." Valkyrie said.

"What?! What did he say?"

"...He laughed, thinking I was joking, and then ran away."

"Are you serious?"

Tanith's phone rang and she checked the caller i.d.

"Skulduggery." She said, making a face and answering the phone.

"Yeah Val's with me right now- Yeah I'll bring her to the estate- I'll see you then."

Tanith hung up and looked at Valkyrie.

"He wants to talk to you." She said, winking at her.

"Ah god... This isn't going to be good." Valkyrie replied, putting her hand to her forehead.

"There's only one way to find out!"

Valkyrie didn't know why she wasn't telling Tanith was had happened with Billy-Ray... But she had a feeling in stomach. And that specific feeling was telling her not to say anything to anyone about what had happened in China's library.

Valkyrie mind froze. China.

She could have seen them, that could be what Skulduggery wants to talk to her about.

But would China tell Skulduggery...? Surely she wouldn't have rang that quickly after...

When they got to Gordons estate, Valkyrie's stomach felt like it was flipping around in her stomach.

Tanith dropped her off, she'd given her a look of encouragement.

Valkyrie walked slowly up the steps and opened the front door.

"Skulduggery?" She called, making herself drag her feet through the hallway.

"In here." He called back from the kitchen.

Valkyrie took a deep breath and walked towards the kitchen.

A/N: Yeah I'm gonna start working on the next chapter now :)

I'll try and get it up really soon:)

But I'm trying to update about three different stories at once and it's proving to a bit difficult haha, but I'll try my best :)

Also I'm thinking about putting a bit of M rated stuff into this, between Valkyrie and Sanguine.. Let me know what you think about that also :)

Thanks for reading and please leave me a review to let me know what you all thought :)

Violet Rayne.

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P.s, yeah my name used to be NightVampyre but Violet Rayne is my new name :D

Just in case anyone was confused there. :P