Here's chapter 17, with much thanks to Aphrodite Salvatore, who helped me when I was stuck and gave me some ideas.

CHAPTER 17:

Valkyrie looked up from her book when her phone rang, her eyes were sore from reading for hours and she felt stiff. She held her phone to her ear, "Hello? Fletch, what's up? It is getting late." "You're late, Val. It's not like you. Are you okay?" Valkyrie remembered about the appointment and sat up, dropping the book onto the floor. "Oh my god, I'm so sorry. I forgot, come pick me up?" Fletcher sighed and appeared in her room. "Ready to go?" Valkyrie put her phone back on her pocket. "Yeah."

They appeared in a waiting room. It smelled like bleach and had a faint odour of vomit, the walls were white and covered with posters about teeth, CPR and bicycle helmets. Fletcher approached the desk and Valkyrie looked around, people were looking at her. An old lady walked past, she tutted and muttered something that sounded like, "Children, no bloody brains these days. Always knocked up." Valkyrie stuck out her tongue and kicked the old lady in the shin. "Oi, what do you think you're doing. Child. You boy had better get that girlfriend of yours under control! Stupid children." Fletcher nodded and apologized but Valkyrie refused to. "I'm not a child. You old faggit. And I probably have more brains that you."

Valkyrie sat on the bed and Fletcher sat on the seat beside it. A lady walked in, she had long ginger hair tied up in a ponytail and big green eyes. "Hey I'm doctor Mirren but you can call be Hayley. I'll be your midwife for about the next year. " Valkyrie's eyes widened in surprise. "Why I year. I thought it was only a few months." Hayley Mirren laughed. "I'll have to do health checks on the baby and give him or her their jabs and stuff. I'm sorry that your old midwife couldn't finish the job but she got sacked." Valkyrie shrugged, "I think I like you better anyway. You seem more trustworthy."

Valkyrie giggled, "That's so cold. It's like alien goo, or alien poo. How weird would it be if she was actually spreading alien poo on me? Fletch, what's alien poo like?" Fletcher fought down his laughter. "Smelly." Valkyrie pouted and looked at the monitor. "Spontaneous! Do you think alien poo smells like old people, I'm gonna ask Skulduggery. He'll know, or he'll call me a rabid koala in which case I'll call him a dehydrated poop worm because he's an old wrinkly person who smells like alien poo." Hayley smirked, Valkyrie grinned and Fletcher giggled.

"Are you ready to find out the gender of your child?" Valkyrie nodded and Fletcher took hold of her hand. Hayley went to the computer and pressed a few buttons, "Okay it's a… It's a boy and a, em, ah here we go. A boy and a girl." Valkyrie and Fletcher looked at each other, "Oh my god, it's twins. Oh my god, oh my god. Fletch?" Fletcher stared at the window, blankly. All his courage gone, as well as his good mood. He looked grumpy, Valkyrie wondered if he even wanted the baby or babies any more now there was two of them. She wondered if he was going to leave her. "Fletch, are you okay, if-" "Just shut up Val. Okay, I just need a minute to myself." He realised what he had just said, "If that's okay." He added quickly and stormed out the door. Valkyrie stared dumbly after him. "Twins huh?" She traced swirly patterns on her stomach with her fingertip. She felt lonely until she felt a kick from one of the babies. "Do you want a photo? How many." Valkyrie held up five fingers, one for her, Fletcher, Tanith, Skulduggery and Ghastly.

Valkyrie looked at the picture in her hand, there was no denying it: either that baby had two heads and four legs and four arms or she was having twins. She sighed and put the picture back in her pocket, her phone beeped and she looked at it. A message from Tanith saying "Wot sex it is? Tell me tell me tell me xxo" Valkyrie text back "It's complicated, come pick me up and I'll explain xxox" Tanith phoned her, "Hey Val, what do you mean complicated and where's hair if you need me to pick you up?"

"I dunno where he is."

"But he was with you."

"He ran away with a black man."

"Seriously?"

"Well he ran away but I don't know if a black person was involved."

"But why would he run away."

"That's where things get complicated."

"How?"

"Pick me up and I'll tell you."

"Fine, see you in ten. Love you, byeee."

"Bye, love you too tan."

Fletcher cleared his throat loudly above her, "I don't even like black people, why would I run away with one?" Valkyrie shrugged and leaned back against the wall. She dug around in her pocket and pulled out one of the photos, she gave it to him. "It looks like an alien, it's even got tentacles. There's nine tentacles in total." Fletcher Laughed and pointed to the picture. "Fletch, those are arm and legs and there's two babies. And there's only eight, a primary one could tell you that." Fletcher counted the limbs again. "No nine if you count that mini one." Valkyrie frowned at the picture and looked to where he was pointing. "Fletch, you know what that is, you have one. I don't though but you have one of those, right here." Valkyrie squeezed and Fletcher double over, squealing in pain.

This chapter is actually on okay length, it could be longer but okay, scrap that WHY THE HELL ARE MY CHAPTERS ALWAYS SO SHORT? Right, I'm not done yet, I'm just sooo hyper :DDD OH MY GAWD, MY DAD JUST MADE HIMSELF FACEBOOK AND HE'S LIKE, WHAT? 40! And HE MADE IT ALL BY HIMSELF! I'M SO PROUD! *tears of joy* *sigh* pmsl xxox

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