GUESS WHO'S BACK?!

IT'S ME. DON'T YOU REMEMBER? I FEEL FORGOTTEN, GUYS! Anyway, it's me... Shan! I'm sorry that I left the world of FanFiction-ness... Uhm, but I got into a fandom, and school got difficult. But I'll update whenever I can! Isn't that great news, huh? Well, here's the chapter you all have been waiting for!

HAVE FUN~!

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It was twelve in the afternoon, and the mischievous group crime solvers were lost on what to do on a gloomy evening such as this. They were sat on the floor of Skulduggery's living room in front of his newly acquired TV.

It was completely silent, seeing as no easy conversation could be passed between any of them that would last for more than two seconds. Eventually, to break the uneasy silence, Ghastly got to his feet and coughed awkwardly.

"I uhh... I think that I will go and continue on the latest fashion rack."

Tanith looked up at him and made a face. "You and fashion? Don't make me laugh."

Fletcher laughed a little too loudly for it to be normal, and decided it was the best time to start rolling on the floor laughing. He clutched his side in pain from the excessive amount of laughter. Everyone was completely baffled as to why he found Tanith's comment so hilarious. His biggest mistake was rolling a little too close to Valkyrie for her liking, which resulted in her sending a forceful blow to his stomach with her boot.

Changing direction due to the force of her kick, his body rolls and slams in to the wall which they were sitting near.

"What the- what was that for?" Fletcher yelped as he curled in to a ball.

The group chuckled lightly, happy to have found someone to laugh at instead of the awkward silence. Tanith placed her boot on his back and shoved him as hard as she could in the direction of the kitchen. This continued for a while, with Fletcher rolling pitifully in the direction she was sending him.

All that remained in the room was Valkyrie and Skulduggery, and the silence returned to them. Valkyrie, being the lazy little being she was, crawled on all fours towards the stack of DVDs her and Tanith had supplied Skulduggery with, purely for their own entertainment, and started sifting through them.

"What are you doing?" Skulduggery asks inquisitively. He shuffles closer to her and peers over her shoulder.

"Do you mind?" she said, glancing back at him. "I'm looking for a film to put on."

"Oh."

Once she had gone through the whole pile unsuccessfully, Skulduggery reached over and pulled out a specific movie, which happened to be a horror movie; Paranormal Activity.

"Really? A horror movie?" Valkyrie whined, but was ignored as Skulduggery moves on to put the disc in the DVD player and sits down on the couch. Valkyrie pouted but eventually joined him as the opening started playing. Valkyrie put on a brave face as the movie continued on.

Throughout the film, Valkyrie jumps at various noises coming from the couples' house on the screen, and mutters many inaudible curses each time she claims to have 'seen something'. Skulduggery snickers at her antics, and at one point he tries to comfort her by putting a hand on hers, but instead she yelps and smacks him away.

By night 21 in the film, Valkyrie is hugging a pillow and peaking over the top of it whilst sitting as close to Skulduggery as possible. Her breath catches as the woman gets out of her bed and stares at her partner, anxiously waiting for something to happen. When she turns away, Valkyrie lets out a relieved sigh and watches the woman go down stairs. Val turns her head to Skul as if to make a funny comment, when the loud, blood curdling scream comes from the TV, sending Valkyrie up in the air with fright, and landing behind the cough in a shivering mess.

Skulduggery lets out a loud laugh, pausing the movie so that he can peer over the couch and examine her current state of terror. Shaking his head and tutting, he stands up and makes his way around the couch.

He sat down next to her and wrapped his bony arms around her in a careful and protective embrace.

"It's alright, scaredy-pants." He said calmly as soothingly strokes her back. After a while, Valkyrie calms down with his soothing words and gestures.

"Hey," she began with a breathy laugh. "Don't call me scaredy-pants."

They remain like that for a moment, with his arms around her and her still gripping on to the pillow she originally had before leaping in to the air.

"Skul?"

"Yes?"

"You can let me go now. I'm alright."

"It's okay, I'm pretty comfortable."

Valkyrie opened her mouth to protest, but was cut off as his hold on her tightened, pushing her face against his bony chest. Being unable to say anything, she allowed herself a small smile as she adjusted herself to get more comfortable.

Skulduggery, although no one could see it, was also smiling with content. He looked down at her for a while, and noted that she had gone quiet and that her breathing had slowed. She had fallen asleep in his arms.

I should watch horror movies with her more often, if this is the outcome, he thought as he lifted her in to his arms and laid her down on the couch. After brushing some hair from her face, he sat down at her feet and watched over her as she slept.

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AND. Did I change? Or did the story-type change? What did you think of the new chapter? I hope you liked it! I was inspired by one of the comments. Thank you for this! Like I said, I will update ASAP.

If you have suggestions, please leave a comment. And else.. WAIT FOR THE NEW CHAPTER!

-Your Shaniee