AN. HEY EVERYONE! I'm so sorry for not updating soon. I keep making new stories when I shouldn't which is why I don't have much updating time, ugh! I just can't help it! Anyway, here's a new chapter. I hope you like. :-)

Valkyrie's POV

I wake up and stretch. I lay still and keep my eyes closed for a moment. When I finally open them I smile as I remember last night. I sit up, holding the bed covers to my chest and look at the other side of the bed to see Skulduggery sleeping peacefully. I smile softly at him and move closer. I lay down once again and put my head on his chest and cuddle up to him. I think back to the wedding, I don't think my smile can get any bigger. I feel Skulduggery, my husband, wrap his arms around me and kiss my head. I look up to see him smiling down at me. "Hi," I whisper.

He kisses me softly and whisper back against my lips, "Hello. How did you sleep?"

"Very well, thank you. And you?"

"Like a baby."

I giggle and he kisses me again. Just like all the others it starts off soft but soon turns passionate. He kisses down my jawline and neck, hus hands wandering, resulting in me moaning. He kiss back up to my mouth and kisses me deeply and then I gently bite down on his lower lip. His moans and we hold onto each other so tight it almost hurts. Just as we're about to go all the way again, we are unfortunately interuptwd by a knock on the door. Skulduggery sighs and kisses my forehead and gets up and wraps one of the bed covers around his waist. I clutch the other to my chest.

He walks over to the door where China is standing, looking pissed with her hands on her hips. She looks at Skulduggery's chest and abbs in appraisal and I scowl. Suddenly she snaps out of it and barges into the room, giving me a venomous look while doing so. I blush slightly but don't cower away, I keep my head up and look her in the eye. She finally stops in the middle of the room and asks, looking between Skulduggery and I with an emotionless face, "What exactly made you think it was alright to get married?"

Skulduggery comes over and sits beside me and wraps an arm round me, pulling me close. "We love each other," he says simply.

"It was supposed to be me you married not her!" China booms.

Skulduggery growls, "I would never marry you China. Even if I never met Valkyrie I wouldn't. Now please leave. My wife and I would like to get dressed and have our breakfast." I smile as Skulduggery calls me his wife and I rest my head on his shoulder.

China growls and strides oyt of the room, slamming the door in the process. We sigh and get up to get ready.

Skulduggery's POV

We get washed and dressed and go down to have our breakfast. The whole time I can't stop thinking about what China said. I can't believe it. Did she really think I'd marry her, ever? She must be insane.

After our breakfast I go out and pick some of my mother's favourite flowlers, lillies. I put them in a vas and Valkyrie and I head up to her room and when we get her she's the exact same. Pale, unmoving, asleep. Kemspeckle comes to look at her once a day and he said she's improving but we still don't know when she'll wake up. I miss her greatly. We all do. I can tell Valkyrie still blames herself and so does my father for not catching Lightning soon enough. And Time has been keeping to himself a lot lately, they were close. I feel Valkyrie take my and and kiss my knuckles, trying to comfort me. It works, I smile sadly down at her and she gives me the same smile. "She will wake up, it's just a matter of time," Valkyrie says softly. I smile softly and kiss her.

"Thank you, Valkyrie."

She links our fingers together and brings our hands up to kiss my knuckles again, "For what?"

I bury my face in her hair and whisper, "Just for being here, for loving me, for marrying me."

I hear her chuckle, "I could says the same thing to you." I smile and kiss her again. I then lean over and kiss my mother on the cheek and Valkyrie does the same. We then leave. She then says to me, "I'm going to go for a short walk in the garden, I'm feeling slightly light headed." Now I'm worried.

"Are you alright? I'll come with you."

She smiles and shakes her head, "No it's alright Skulduggery. I'll be back soon, I promise." She kiss me quickly and walks away.

Valkyrie's POV

My excuse to Skulduggery was not a lie, I do feel light headed and a little bit sick, I have all morning. Probably just something I ate.

I walk along to where Skulduggery and I had our first pinic together and smile to myself. I think back to the fuss Danger had about us needing a chaperone until Emerald eventually convinced him to leaves us alone and that we wouldn't do anything we shouldn't. I laugh at the memory. Emerald's cool like that, she's easy going, not strict like a lot of women in this time.

I sit down on a bench and my mind travels to Serpine. What will I do? I'm eventually going to have a child with Skulduggery. Am I really going to let him or her die like that? And what will happen after, will I go to the future and where will our child go? I sigh and angrily wipe away the tears that threaten to spill.

I have to think of something, when the time comes.

I head back inside and I follow the sound of Skulduggery's voice to the parlour. I walk in and stop in my tracks and gasp as I see Skulduggery pressed against the wall and China kissing him. How could he do this to me, and the day after our wedding? At the sound of my gasp they both turn my way and Skulduggery's freezes. He then slowly starts coming towards me, reaching out to me. "Valkyrie... I don't...i ...," he starts but never finishes.

I slowly back away from him shaking my head, tears streaming down my face. I then turn and run out as fast as I can towards my room. I hear Skulduggery calling after me, desperately, but I just keep on running until I reach my destination. I go in and close the door and lock it. I lean against it and slide down it and begin crying uncontrolably.

I hear Skulduggery knock on the door frantically, "Valkyrie! Please open the door! Let me explain!" After a few minutes and I still don't answer he continues, "Valkyrie! Please, I'm begging you! I love you! You know me better than that! You know I would never do that to you!" He sounds like he's crying. That's how I know he's telling the truth, because he never cries, only when it comes to me.

I slowly get up, unlock the door and open it. There I see a crying Skulduggery with a look of anguish on his face. Before either of us can say anything I throw my arms around him and cry into his shouldr. He holds me to him tightly and cries into my hair. Both of us repeat 'I'm sorry' and 'I love you'.

Skulduggery kisses me with all his love and passion abd picks me up and carries me to our bedroom.

An hour later...

We pull apart breathless and cuddle up to each other. I hold the bed covers to my chest and kiss Skulduggery softly, I draw circles on his chest with the hand that's resting there and he runs his had up and down the center of my back. I whisper, "I love you Skulduggery, so much."

He kisses my head, "I love you more than anything Valkyrie." We that we fall into a peaceful sleep in each others arms.

A few hours later...

I wake up and quickly get out of the bed. My stomach is churning. I quickly go to the basing on the room and vomit just as I reach it. A few minutes later as I do so I feel a hand on my back, rubbing it and someone holding my hair back. I vomit for what feels like forever and Skulduggery holds me , trying to comfort me and I can tell he's worries. I try to comfort him by saying, 'It's probably just something I ate' but I'm not sure. What could passibly be wrong with me?

AN. Dun dun sun? What do you think is wrong with her? Also I just want to know, do you think should skip a few years ahead (after they have their child, whenever that may be) to the time where Serpine has them (not that exact day of course) ? Or will I do it slowly and make it really long? I hope you liked it. Please R&R. Until next time. :-)