From the last chapter, people were confused… don't worry it'll all work out in the end… I went back to my first three chapters and frowned, "why did you type this? There are so many typos! Jesus, Zoë, get back into the game!" I thought. I think I'm being hard on myself…if you go back to the 2nd chapter, have you read Sanguine's dialog? It's atrocious!

The familiar itch

Valkyrie took Alice to Sanctuary hospital, she got patched up- except for two scars now.

"Like I said," Valkyrie began, "It's a painful life." Alice half-laughed and opened the exit door. Vendetta skipped past her, leaving a slight blur.

"Vendetta, why are you skipping?" Valkyrie playfully asked.

"Um, I don't know. Actually. Because I can?" she grinned.

"What happened, like, just now?"

"Got an unexpected meeting from someone"

"Cool, alright. Bye."

"Later." She didn't skip, just walked and cornered.

"Why didn't you ask her who the person was?" Alice asked, confused.

"Somethings are better left where they lay, trust me." memories filled her head, but shrugged them away.

"Alright then." she blinked a few times, "So, what's the time?"

"Erm, eight forty-six."

"Huh, thought it was later…" she fell silent. "What did happen to the original Necromancer Temple?"

"It got…" she faltered, "demolished."

"OK." she blinked, "Hey, I'm hungry."

"Alright, I think that fast-food place is still opened."

"OK." Alice echoed herself.

"I'll be right back." Valkyrie stepped out the door and ran to the restaurant. Alice started walking through the corridors and spotted Vendetta stepping out the back door. A familiar itch started crept up her neck.

Vendetta was talking to someone behind a tree when Alice spotted her.

"-bye now." was all she heard. Alice stalked just behind Vendetta.

"Who are you talking to?" she asked and Vendetta squealed back.

"Ah, uh, I was, uh, talking to someone."

"Who?" she pressed.

"A dude." Vendetta tried.

"And?"

"Well, he wasn't a girl." she softly laughed and headed for the door. Alice frowned and checked behind the tree, only simple cracks were left. And she followed behind.

"Oh, hey guys. Got Chinese." Valkyrie dangled or four boxes in front of her.

"Cheers." she muttered and joined her sisters' side.

The four - excluding Ghastly, Skulduggery and Vendetta - were eating in Rife's office.

"These noodles are soggy." Rife complained and examined a chopstick full.

"Live with it." Valkyrie replied.

"Who do you think Vendetta was talking to?" Alice asked, out of the blue.

"What?" Tanith frowned and shoved a mouthful.

"Like, fifteen minutes ago she was talking to someone."

"I have no clue what you're talking about."

"Who knows how long she's been seeing him?"

"Like I said-"

"Yeah, yeah I know. But I want to know who he is." the conversation ended when there was a knock at the door. Vendetta walked through and stole some of Valkyrie's noodles.

"Hey guys, what's up?"

"Nothing much, really." Alice responded and handed Vendetta her half-filled box, but no chopsticks. "Go nuts." Vendetta smiled and dug her fingers in the box.

"Is she OK?" Vendetta asked and sipped some broth at the bottom.

"She's getting suspicious again." Tanith joked.

"What about?" She froze a little.

"She said you were talking to someone, like twenty minutes ago."

"Oh, yeah, that."

"Whatever." Tanith rolled her eyes and frowned, "I'm out of noodles." she murmured.

Again, seems confusing, but I think you get the picture…Something random, my first bike race is tomorrow! And I'm the only girl that's representing my entire school! That's like 1600 students! If I fail at this I swear to God I will never eat beef jerky forev- a day (to tempting)