Valkyrie and Anton sat next to the two boys and she was aware that both of them were staring at her. She glanced up and Dusk looked away but the blonde boy pushed the sunglasses up his nose.
"Sanguine, don't." Anton growled.
"Don't what?" Sanguine asked, eyes wide in innocence. Valkyrie sensed a history between them.
"You know what." Anton said. Sanguine laughed and Anton started working on his homework like Dusk was. Valkyrie looked down at her science homework and bit her lip.
"Darlin', I could help you with that."
Valkyrie jumped. Sanguine had dragged his chair beside her and his grin was flashing in her face. "I'm fine thanks." she said stiffly.
"Aw, but I'm a dab hand at science."
"I said I'm fine." Valkyrie snapped. If Anton hated Sanguine she supposed that she should.
"Ooh. Fiesty."
Valkyrie ignored him and tapped her pen on the table. "Go away."
"Fine. Fine." Sanguine brushed against her shoulder and she froze as he walked away.
...
She walked out to the car park with Anton and they waited on the front steps for Dexter to pick them up and drop them off home. "What's up with Sanguine and Dusk?"
"Dusk's a vampire." Anton said.
Valkyrie choked on the water she was drinking and stared at him. "Vampires are real?"
"Yeah there's two vamp students in school and a teacher."
"Well what's Sanguine's problem then?"
"He's from Texas, America. He's a bit ugh. Ghastly hates him so we all hate him really. I'm not sure why Ghastly hates him. They had a fight once and it was nasty."
"Here's Dexter." Valkyrie looked at the open-top Mini blaring out pop music parking in front of the school.
"Hop in, losers!" Dexter yelled and Valkyrie laughed as she got in the back. Saracen was in the back as well, on his phone. Anton rode shotgun.
"Yes, yes, no..." Saracen hollered into his phone. Valkyrie tapped Dexter's arm.
"Who's he speaking to?"
"Clarabelle. She's friends with Vaurien Scapegrace and Thrasher, I don't know if you've met them."
"Yeah. He hugged me. Scapegrace."
"Ugh yeah he does that." Dexter braked and Anton got out. "See you Anton!" The car started up again up the street with a squeal. "Anyway Saracen and Clarabelle have a business venture together."
"It's not together. She works for me." Saracen said.
Valkyrie grinned. "What business?"
"I'm trying to get Meritorious to create a tuck shop. Sweets, drinks and crisps." Saracen said as Dexter pulled up outside her house.
"Here you go, love." Dexter grinned at her. "Tell your parents all about your new friends, especially me."
"Yeah I will." Valkyrie smiled back and got out. Once she was in the house, she made her way to the kitchen and was greeted by Melissa, Desmond and Alice.
"How was your day, sweetheart?" her mum asked.
"Good. I made some friends. Mostly Skulduggery's friends but I smiled at a boy who wasn't in Skulduggery's friend group."
"You actually smiled at someone?"
"Shut up, Dad."
"So what did you do today?" Melissa said.
"We picked up Skulduggery's friend Ghastly and his girlfriend Tanith. Then we met four others. Saracen Rue, Dexter Vex, Erskine Ravel and Anton Shudder."
"They're all boys?" Desmond frowned.
"Well yeah. They're nice though. Skulduggery fancies this really pretty girl called China Sorrows. She's got the power to make people fall in love with her at first sight but her main power is to do with symbols or something."
"Oh so Skulduggery has a girlfriend?" Melissa asked.
"He wishes. Saracen said that he even broke up with someone for her but he's never made a move. They're friends." Valkyrie smiled.
"How were the lessons? I know maths isn't your strong point." Melissa said.
"You mean that she's rubbish at it." Desmond grinned.
"Des!"
"Dad!"
"Sorry."
"Anyway I'm with Tanith for maths and she's nice. I got detention because Vengeous, that's the maths teacher, Baron Vengeous, is really annoying. I wasn't even doing anything."
"Poor baby."
"Then Anton stuck up for me and got a detention with me."
"Ooh, who's Anton?"
"I don't like him." Desmond announced. "Anyone who sticks up for my daughter obviously fancies her so I don't like him."
"Dad! He doesn't fancy me. Then after maths, me and Tanith went to the picnic area where the Dead Men - that's what they call themselves - hang out."
"Dead Men." Desmond scoffed.
"Skulduggery was being a bit weird then he told me about a prank he did on Vengeous once and there was an explosion..." Valkyrie trailed off. "Of laughter and anger..." Her parents didn't need to know everything. "Then Anton and I went to detention after school."
"So a good day then?"
"Yes I suppose." Valkyrie smiled then went upstairs to her room. She relaxed on her bed and decided not to mention the VAMPIRE and the Texan boy to her parents. Dusk and...what's his name...
She couldn't think so she got out her phone to text Dexter. Dexter had given her everyone's number that she would need to know. What's that Texan guy with the sunglasses called?
She waited a bit and then her phone vibrated in her hands. Remembering Dexter's really hot body and muscles, she grinned. Billy-Ray Sanguine. He is an asshole. Do not make friends with him. Anton told me about detention. That creep. Sanguine, not Anton. Anyway no friendliness with Sanguine x
Valkyrie scowled at that kiss. She didn't fancy Dexter Vex. No. She didn't. She thought of the really cute boy with the really spiky hair in registration. Something Renn.
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