I turn around to see someone I never thought I would. Someone I have dreamt about. Someone who cannot exist, but does. I see a dead man walking.
I see Skulduggery Pleasant.
And I feel something that I haven't felt in so long. Bubbles of excitement are rising in my body. And I do something I haven't done in a long time.
A huge smile spreads across my face. I jump up and hug the great skeleton detective. This has taken him by so much surprise that he just stands there motionless. I suddenly realise what I am doing and leap away from him. I start to blush. This wasn't exactly the way I had imagined meeting him. I imagined something more dignified.
"Sorry," I mumble.
Just then I notice his sidekick watching us from behind a door. She doesn't see me watching her. So I do something I really shouldn't. I teleport to right behind her. Then I tap her on the shoulder.
She screams and I teleport back to beside Skulduggery. He steps away from me in shock.
And that is the moment when I realise what I've done.
I curse under my breath.
"You know, I might just leave now," I say as I head toward the door.
"We need to talk," Skulduggery says as his sidekick- I refuse to call her his partner- walks into, the hallway.
I turn to look at him. If he had a face I cannot imagine what its expression would be. So I reach out and hold his hand. I imagine him alive and just for a moment he looks it. But of course I cannot reverse the effects of death. Believe me, I've tried. The sidekick annoyingly screams again. I just got to see Skulduggery's expression for a moment. It was a mix between anxiety and awe. His eyes are brown. The same beautiful shade of brown as cola. Well you have to see them for yourself.
"I have to go," I say as I reach out to open the door. Instead of just walking over to my house I stand in the doorway and teleport away. I leave them both bewildered. Their expressions were quite funny actually.