Valkyrie's Pov

Tanith didn't come back that night and at first I was worried, only to realize that she might have been too tired after the date, and the two of us certainly don't have relaxing sleepovers, so yeah…When I woke up in the morning, I just sat in bed for a while I got hungry and went into the kitchen to fix myself a snack. When I stepped past the lounge room I froze in surprise. Tanith was snoring on the couch but she was still in her leathers. That's got to be just a tad uncomfortable. I went up to her and remembering our previous encounters, nudged her gently and jumped back. She didn't move. I nudged her again, harder this time and before I realized what was happening, a fist was flying toward me and hit me in the stomach. I shrieked and doubled over while Tanith got up and looked around groggily. She focused on me and glared.

"Do you really want to go through this again Valkyrie Cain?"

I gasped and managed to get a sentence in through the pain.

"Was…just…going to…tell…you to…get…changed!"

Tanith looked down and realized that she was still dressed and looked at me apologetically.

"Oh, sorry Val. Good idea."

"Oh…really?" I said sarcastically, still gasping.

Tanith got up and headed into the kitchen. I heard the freezer open and close, then Tanith stepped back in and handed me an ice pack. She went upstairs without waiting for a thank-you and came back down showered and changed. There were huge bags under her eyes like she hadn't slept at all last night and she practically dragged herself around the house.

"Jesus Tanith, what did you guys do last night?"

"I don't think you want me to tell you that." She said slyly.

I opened my mouth to say something and then realized what she meant.

"Oh! I get it." I grinned. Tanith muttered and raised her eyes to heaven.

"Congratulations." She muttered.

I sat outside by myself sulking, Tanith had gone back to sleep and I was so bored. Skulduggery was still on his 'errands' and I would be guessing that Ghastly was just as tired as Tanith was. Despite myself, I grinned. I pulled out my phone and browsed through the contacts on it. There was only Tanith, Skulduggery, Ghastly, China, and Fletcher. I didn't even think about China, because I secretly think that that is actually where Skulduggery went, hehehe. I groaned and called the remaining number, and they picked up on the third ring.

"Hello?"

"Hey, Fletch. Tanith's asleep and I'm bored. Want to come over?"

"Valkyrie, last time I saw you, you shaved me bald and put me in a dress, and you want me to hang out with you?"

"Hey! I got a video of the others falling off their chairs, so it wasn't just you."

"Yeah, cause falling off a chair is so much more embarrassing than looking like a bald woman."

"Please, Fletcher?" He was silent for a minute then I heard a manic laugh, which he tried to hide by putting his hand on the mouthpiece.

"You know what Val, I forgive you, and I'll be there soon." I was confused but relieved. He was there half a second later and I just a foot in the air and hit him.

"Hey!" He yelled.

"Sorry, you know not to sneak up on me. I hit people almost fast as Tanith does when you wake her up." Fletcher winced.

"God, I hate that."
"Yeah, I got a nice elbow to the gut this morning."

"Ow."

"Yeah."

"Okay."

"Yep."

"We should probably stop now." Fletcher said.

"Maybe." I grinned at him. Then I noticed something. I frowned as I beheld his head. "How did you get your hair back." And sure enough, Fletcher had all his hair back, big and spiky as always.

"I seemed Guild didn't want me walking around the Sanctuary like this and he got someone to work on a cure. It took them all night but it was so worth it."

"Damn." I muttered without conviction. It may have been fun to shave his head but it was disturbing to see a bald Fletcher.

I heard Tanith stirring inside. Typical. I headed in with Fletcher following on my heels and saw Tanith pouring herself a cup of coffee. She saw Fletcher standing next to me and smirked.

"Shut up, Tanith unless you want me to tell Fletcher why you only just got out of bed." I threatened. She scowled but kept her mouth shut.

"I'm going to have a shower." She announced and headed upstairs.

"Good to know!" I shouted up after her. As you might have guessed, she ignored me.

Me and Fletcher talked about inconsequential things for the next 40 minutes or so, including muffins, bubblegum, pillows, jellybeans and how much they hated the black ones. We only stopped when we heard the shower turn off. Fletcher got up and I frowned at him.

"I just have to talk to Tanith for a minute." He explained. I raised my eyebrows.

"Good luck with that." I said and he grimaced.

Fletcher walked upstairs and into the bedroom connected to the bathroom. I waited downstairs and listened carefully, not that I needed to. I heard a scream, a thump and a muffled ow!

"I'm not looking!" I heard Fletcher yell.

"Pervert!" Tanith screamed at the top of her lungs. I chuckled.

"Wait I-" I heard him speaking but I couldn't make out the words and Tanith stopped screaming and instead heard insane laughter. I got up, worried for Fletcher when he teleported next to me, laughing as well.

"What's so funny?"

"Nothing!" He said, eyes too innocent. I didn't trust them.

All three of us were outside playing tag when I suddenly felt someone slam into me from behind. They weren't very strong and I went to shove them off when a much stronger person sat on me and handcuffed my hands behind me. I struggled against my bonds and turned my head to see my attackers. Fletcher was holding onto my legs and Tanith was sitting on me and grasping the handcuffs.

"Hey! What the hell?" I yelled.

"Payback time." Fletcher grinned at me and I glared daggers at him. He didn't seem fazed with Tanith on his side. They dragged me into the house.

I was sitting on my bed scowling with Fletcher watching to make sure I didn't run away. Tanith had gone out of the room for something and I was extremely worried about what Fletcher revenge was. I didn't have to wait long because it was only two minutes later when Tanith walked back in with the same pink frilly dress we put on Fletcher.

"This will be even worse for you than it was for me."

I started to yell and struggle against the handcuffs and surprisingly…they broke, but damn Tanith had fast reflexes. I only had enough to throw one fireball – which missed – before Tanith had me pinned again. She charged Fletcher with dressing me while she held onto my arms and he seemed to enjoy his job as my torturer. I turned my attention to Tanith.

"Tanith! Why are you helping him? I thought you were my friend!" I cried.

"Payback for wolf whistling to me and Ghastly."

"And that is worth this?"

"Of course not Val, don't be silly. This is just fun."

I gave up struggling and sat down quietly, determined to punish them. I was going to have to steal that camera too. Oh, I guess I forgot to mention that yeah-Tanith had a camera.

When they had finished forcing me into the dress, Fletcher stood in front of me and pursed his lips.

"I'm not going to shave you because you look much prettier with your hair, I think. However-" He walked into the other room and came back with a huge, bubblegum pink bow. My scowl deepened and I started to struggle again.

When they had finished, there were scorch marks all over the walls and even a door blown in as a result of my struggles and the lack of magic bound shackles.

"Now." Fletcher stated. "Tanith and I are going to teleport away so you can't kill us." And they did, however it was only ten seconds later when I heard a shuffle of feet behind me and I lashed out, not caring who it was. It was Fletcher. For once I didn't catch him by surprise and he grabbed my hand as I went to punch him, but instead of letting go, he held it to his face. I tried to pull away.

"Now we're even." He whispered in my ear. "So I can forgive you now." He finished with a smile. He stepped closer and I shivered. That was odd, because I had never thought of Fletcher that way before, but with his breath on my neck I couldn't resist the pull toward him. When he leaned in to kiss me, I let him. He put his hands around my waist and pressed me against the wall as the kiss got deeper and I moaned. I put my arms around his neck and we continued like that for several minutes until I could take it no longer. I broke away and leaned over, gasping for breath. Fletcher smiled and put his lips back to my ear. He seemed to be hiding laughter from something immensely amusing.

"Did you want to go for a walk?" He asked. I was going to agree to anything he said and followed him out the door.

We walked around for an hour and people stared at us and I didn't know why and I didn't care. We stopped and sat on the bench and again I got the idea that there was something hugely funny that Fletcher wasn't telling me about. It was getting annoying now.

"Fletcher, seriously. What. Is. So. Funny?" He was about to open his mouth to answer when a man suddenly broke through from the ground in front of them and stared at me.