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Chapter 140
"Good evening ladies," Dexter smiled as he strutted into the parlour.
Valkyrie followed behind, shaking her head. He was only messing, she knew, but at the same time, it was sort of embarrassing. Maybe that was the point, Valkyrie pondered.
"Hi Dexter," Nadia responded. She was smirking slightly, looking at her friends, especially Fleet, who seemed as if she might combust. "How was your morning?"
"It was lovely thank you," he said, throwing an arm around Saracen in the most casual way. Fleet knees shook. "We've been going over house plans with Valkyrie. She claimed you don't need a large wardrobe."
Valkyrie rolled her eyes. "It's the size of a bedroom."
"It's perfect," Nadia said snootily.
"It's ridiculous."
"But the point is, she's given us the go ahead!" Dexter grinned and Fleet squealed.
Valkyrie had to roll her eyes. "Okay, that's enough. Stop torturing her."
Dexter laughed, which immediately made Fleet giggle, let Saracen go and stuck his hands in his pockets. "Sorry, I didn't mean to offend you."
"Oh my God," Valkyrie muttered, sitting on the sofa with a huff.
Charlotte sat neatly next to Valkyrie. "It's alright. She's always like this."
Nadia snorted a laugh. "Yeah, an embarrassment."
The girls laughed and teased Fleet, but she took it all with a laugh and even made some jokes back until they were all comfortable, even the men who had sat around with them. They spoke for a while on the plans the girls had, which included an early night because they were all tired from their travels and wanted to acclimatize to the country quickly, and that they planned on going to Dublin, having 'at least one meal out a day' and a few other activities over the next four days they were there. For the week they were staying, today only counted as a travel day, then there were the four days they talked about and on the sixth day they were travelling home. It would be a tough week for Valkyrie because she was already so used to curling up in bed with Nadia, but she was also glad Nadia got to have time with her friends. At any rate, she had to finish her own plans while all that was going on, so she wouldn't be a part of much of those activities.
"Should we order in then?" Dexter asked, snapping Valkyrie from her thoughts.
The girls quickly agreed and Erskine was quick to throw the menus they had on the table. Valkyrie sent a text to Tanith and Solomon and a few minutes later – the girls were distracted with arguing about a takeaway claiming to serve both Chinese and Cantonese and questioning if it could be authentically both while serving what seemed to be only typical Chinese takeaway – the two walked in with little Laila.
"I am starving," Tanith stated and almost threw herself onto the ground to look over the menus. "What are we thinking of?"
The girls looked up from their argument and all immediately awed at the child. Valkyrie, who had quickly stolen her godchild, faced the baby to look at them.
"She's so cute!" Charlotte squealed. Being seated next to Valkyrie, she was the closest and got to stroke Laila's cheek. "I love her."
Valkyrie laughed. "Yeah, she's pretty cute. And I think we're having some of everything, Tanith. They can't decide."
"We can," Nadia said.
"No, you can't. It's okay to order from more than one place you know."
"No, it's rude," Nadia argued.
"No, it's not. Just get the Indian and the Chinese. It's not that hard."
Tanith chimed in that she wanted the Chinese and, although it took about an hour, Valkyrie was finally able to phone and order to the three takeaways the various things they wanted. Tanith was able to report about her trip with Ghastly too. It had been good, if a little awkward, and they had been congratulated for going to the class together even though they weren't together. Then Ghastly had been told off for not doing enough before getting some sympathy for his night alone which had helped his case it seemed. Tanith had got to learn some new ways to feed and burp Laila that could help with her reflux, and they worked out a little routine to help both Tanith's confidence as a mother and also Ghastly's bond as a father with his daughter. It was an achievement in Valkyrie's eyes and she was happy to see how enthusiastic Tanith was to learn more. It was far from the crying mess she'd been a few days ago and that was what mattered the most.
In fact, Tanith and Valkyrie hid from the group and waited it out in the hall for the food. The girls were too loud for them, and Laila seemed happier in the quiet also. When it arrived forty-five minutes later, all three carriers came at once and it was taken through to the parlour.
"Finally!" Erskine cheered over the girls. "I am so hungry."
Valkyrie practically threw it on the coffee table and it was attacked as if by savages. When the rush died down, Valkyrie and Nadia shared a smile and filled their plates.
Not long after the food came, the decision of what film to watch that night came. Valkyrie stayed out of that but it was an easy choice it seemed. They chose a romantic comedy. Valkyrie rolled her eyes and the Idiots cheered and very quickly Valkyrie was being pulled by an overly excited Nadia to their bedroom to change into their pyjamas.
"I'm so happy!" Nadia squealed, jumping onto Valkyrie.
Valkyrie picked her up and went to the dresser. "Are you sure you need more sugar?"
"Stop being pessimistic," Nadia grinned. "Aren't you enjoying this?"
"I am," Valkyrie admitted, kissing Nadia on the lips. "You taste like sweet and sour sauce."
"It's what I ate," Nadia rolled her eyes. "I'll brush my teeth. What are you wearing?"
"Clothes."
"Don't be irritating," Nadia warned and Valkyrie grinned cheekily at her. She pulled out a long-sleeved top and trouser set and got the approval. Quickly, she changed and turned to see Nadia in shorts also and a small, thin, low cut top without any sort of padding.
Now, Valkyrie didn't believe in telling her girlfriend what to wear. In fact, she liked what Nadia was wearing and Tanith had ingrained nipple power into her since she was twelve so that would never been an issue for her. But she had a suspicion that one certain other girl might also like Nadia in that top and that made Valkyrie hesitate.
"What is it?" Nadia asked, suddenly unsure.
Valkyrie cursed internally. "Nothing baby. You look good."
"You look upset."
"I'm not, don't worry." Nadia didn't stop looking worried. "Look, I just think that your pyjamas are a tinsy tiny bit, you know… revealing."
"What? How?" Nadia asked, looking down. "I wear these all the time."
Valkyrie had to check herself again because, if she thought about it, Nadia probably had. In India it was probably really hot and pyjamas like that were probably common, especially by a girl that grew up in cold little Ireland. So that meant all the girls wore them and Valkyrie was just going to sound like a dick if she continued with her narrative.
"I'm sorry," Valkyrie said, shaking her head and smiling. "You look great, alright? And I love you."
Nadia hesitated but then decided to believe her and kissed Valkyrie instead. "You don't have to wear that either you know."
"Around you, maybe. But I don't want to give your friends nightmares."
Nadia was confused for a moment and then suddenly remembered the scars on Valkyrie's wrists, ankles, thighs and collar bone, as well as the mess of her stomach, and closed her mouth. Instead, she kissed Valkyrie deeply until Valkyrie had forgotten all about the girls and was pushing Nadia back towards the bed. They fell onto it and Valkyrie was kissing Nadia feverously while Nadia grinded against her abdomen. Nadia kept her head a little better and giggled into Valkyrie shoulder, or she did until Valkyrie sucked on her neck and she began to moan.
They were interrupted by a knock on the door.
"My ladies!" Saracen's voice boomed from the other side. "It fills me with regret to inform you that you have guests waiting."
Nadia went bright red and Valkyrie called out an "Okay, we're coming," before looking Nadia in the eye and twisting them so Nadia sat on her lap. "I love you."
"I love you too Val," Nadia said quietly.
"Whispering doesn't stop Saracen from knowing," Valkyrie grinned.
"Yeah, but I can pretend," Nadia said, cracking a smile and hiding her face in Valkyrie's neck. "I feel like he walked in on us or something. Oh my God, Val."
Valkyrie just laughed. She wasn't embarrassed, and she knew Saracen wasn't. She assumed that by the time she was four hundred the simple idea of someone having sex, or just kissing for that matter, wouldn't embarrass her either. "We should go and see your friends though. They might start without us."
Of course, as soon as she and Nadia walked into the room at the back that was filled with mattresses, pillows and blankets all over, Dexter, Saracen, Erskine and Tanith all smirked at Valkyrie. She stuck her tongue out at them. The others didn't catch this exchange at all and gave Nadia her share of the sweeties and chocolates they had.
They ended up watching two movies in the end before the girls decided it was bedtime. Her family went off to bed, and within ten minutes, Valkyrie heard the soft breathing of all nine girls.
It was unexpected of course, but Valkyrie was grateful for the quiet at least. She rolled over in her corner of the room so she was facing Nadia and smiled gently before closing her eyes and falling asleep.
.*****.
Valkyrie was woken the next morning by her phone buzzing on her belly where it had ended up under her body in the night. No one else heard and after establishing it was only half six in the morning, Valkyrie very carefully and quietly left the room.
Running on seven hours of sleep felt good, and quite unusual to Valkyrie. She usually got half that or overslept out of exhaustion. She shook her head at herself, trying to shake all forms of badness from her mind and simply be happy at this moment now rather than what happened before. She had a lot to do that day and waking up early after a surprisingly good sleep was a blessing. She went straight to her bedroom and after deciding what to wear – a t-shirt, light jacket and jeans – she took a quick shower, got her hair dry with the drier, missed having magic to dry her hair, told herself off for feeling bad about little things again and got dressed. A quick breakfast, a cup of coffee and she was on her bike to Roarhaven.
She parked out the very front of the building and got down to find Tipstaff at the front of the building.
"Detective Cain," he smiled at her. "What do I owe for the pleasure of seeing you so early in the morning?"
"Coffee and Corrival texting me about my department again," she told him, leaning against the wall as he did something with some papers. "Why are you up so early?"
"I sleep when the Elders sleep," he told her.
"So, never," she nodded. He gave her a smile. "Do you know where my Pa is right now?"
"You'll find Elder Deuce in his office, he has had his morning tea, but I should warn you he is not in a good mood."
"I'll tell him off for you," she said and went off to Corrival. He was indeed in his office and was indeed in a bad mood.
"Why can't they shut up?" He said as a way of greeting. "Damn children, the lot of them."
"I find that offensive," Valkyrie stated and sat down on the other side of his desk. "However, I have found a solution."
He watched her, hand resting on his teacup. He looked like he knew she was going to say something bad. "What?"
"I'm resigning."
He took a long time to answer, perfectly still. "Resigning?"
"Yes, sir. I no longer wish to have my position as Head, nor as a Detective of this Sanctuary. I am resigning all powers and responsibility. I merely wish to remain working alongside the Dead Men against national, and international, threats."
Very slowly, Corrival took a drink of his tea and set it back down, staring at Valkyrie the whole time. Then he spent a moment observing her before continuing. "This is your final decision?"
"Yes. I want to appoint Amelia in my stead, who has been on the team for seventy years, been constantly loyal and, when on my team to find Skulduggery, she was one of the few that did not act wrongly when I was absent from work. She is also well known and well-liked by the department which will hopefully ease some of the unrest and complaints," Valkyrie told him in a steady voice. "I am happy to complete any outstanding paperwork before the transition can take place."
Corrival looked at her, unimpressed, and pressed a button on his phone. It beeped. Nothing else happened and Valkyrie and Corrival waited in complete silence until, five minutes later, Meritorious came in. He was also sombre and stared at Valkyrie as he went around the desk and took a seat beside Corrival. "What has happened?" He asked.
"She's resigning."
"Resigning?" Meritorious asked flatly, stating at her with more scrutiny.
"You two have the same expression, did you know that?" She observed. "Honestly, I don't think this is a bad choice. I don't want to put in the hours I need to, and I haven't done so. I haven't kept on top of paperwork. I've barely spent more than two hours total with any of the staff and I haven't paid more than a few hours attention to what's happening in the country as a whole. Amelia is a good choice for Head, and I'd still be able to take some cases, but not for a few years, certainly not until after the Spiders are dealt with. I'll still be working with the Dead Men of course."
"You are the Dead Men," Meritorious stated boldly. "No one cares for any of them any more except for you, unless they're a criminal that doesn't want to get caught. The public enjoys seeing a young face, they want to hear of your success and work, not of you resigning."
"Well, the public will have to suck it up," she informed him. "I am resigning whether you, Corrival, the Sanctuary or any person in the world cares. I want to spend time with my goddaughter, to work on my relationship and to have friends. I want to see my family for more than a few hours a week! I get that keeping the public happy is important but so is what I want and that's that."
Corrival sighed. "That may be, but we have other Sanctuary's on our doorstep–"
"And I have a plan for that," Valkyrie said, cutting him off. "Send the Dead Men to those countries. We'll help them so you can satisfy them for some time, and then when they forget about us and come back to you, so will we and by then I expect the Spiders will be quite ready as well and with any hope everything will happen smoothly with fixing the Spiders and the other Sanctuaries quite nicely."
"Bullcrap," Corrival snapped, eyebrows drawn together. "The Spiders will come out when the Dead Men are gone."
"On the contrary, they want the kill the Dead Men in very specific, wonderful ways, they will only come out for us."
"They haven't just come out for Dead Men before and you know it," Meritorious snapped.
"Haven't they? They attacked the Necromancy Temple where me and Solomon was, and what are me and Solomon? Great ways to draw the Dead Men out as an easy shot. And the Sanctuary, most of us where here, and at the very least, it was a terrorist move to kill as many people as possible. Plus, having minimal connections to the Sanctuary may help the chances of it happening again."
They both looked at each other with disbelieving looks and back at her.
"Look, you can think what you want, but that's my wonderfully overly hopeful idea," she told them, standing up. "My resignation is immediately and I think it's for the best. Have a good day."
She walked out of that office with her head high and heart pumping erratically.
She'd done it. She was no longer a Sanctuary employee.
.*****.
After a short, neck-breaking journey home, Valkyrie stopped off at the supermarket to pick up some freshly baked croissants and some more milk, because a house filled with fifteen milk-drinking people could only need more milk. Sixteen including Laila of course, but Valkyrie couldn't count her since she only drank boob milk.
She took a more leisurely ride back to her house and went to the kitchen where Anton was – he was another milk drinker to the list, Valkyrie hadn't realised he'd be home – and they set out the croissants to be warmed for breakfast when the girls awoke. It was about to turn nine now.
Valkyrie went upstairs to find them and knocked gently on the door. She didn't want to assume anything like last night again. The girls spent a year getting changed in the same room so they could be getting changed right then after all. There was a groaned "come in" and Valkyrie did that.
All the girls seemed to be awake and beady-eyed. Nadia smiled up at Valkyrie from her place on the floor, breasts practically spilling out of her top, and Valkyrie smiled down at her. Valkyrie caught Vasuda running her eyes up Nadia's body and tried very hard to not glare in front of her girlfriend. Charlotte, Prema and Dhiya were sat up and applying makeup to their faces in the low light coming in through gaps in the curtains. Valkyrie flicked the lights on and they muttered their thanks between patting foundation into their skin, applying mascara and vigorously brushing powders over cheeks. They were all hair loose, barely clothed and very tired.
"Did any of you actually get any sleep last night?" Valkyrie asked, helping Nadia to sit up.
"Yeah," Fleet moaned from her faceplanted position between two mattresses. "But I'm still tired."
"You said about going to Dublin and going to the cinema didn't you?" Valkyrie asked. "It's nine o'clock so you still have time. I got some croissants for breakfast, but there are fruit and cereal and toast and stuff."
"Oh my God I fucking love croissants," Fleet exclaimed, pushing herself up. "Thank you, Valkyrie."
"It's fine," Valkyrie said, trying to hide a smile.
It took half an hour for all nine girls to get ready, and when they were all as presentable as they were the day before, they were finally allowed to go downstairs. Nadia and Valkyrie had gone to their room for Nadia to get ready before re-joining them. Anton was in the kitchen still and everyone, including Ghastly, was in the kitchen eating or at the table doing the same. When he saw them come in, he greeted them politely. "Welcome," he said simply and put the croissants in the oven to warm.
There was a spattering of "Hello Mr Shudder" and Valkyrie realised they had probably all taken the Midnight Hotel at one point or another being as they all knew about magic from birth. Ghastly still got stared at a little, but he was focused on Laila and didn't care.
"Good morning," Valkyrie said to her family, sitting beside Tanith at the table. "Sleep well?"
"Yeah, Laila was good," Tanith smiled. She had bags under her eyes but there was a spark to her that hadn't been present in a long time. "She ate every few hours like she should, and Anton fed her the last two night feeds by bottle so I got a lot of sleep actually."
"Aww, Anton would be an adorable dad," Valkyrie realised. The picture of her gigantic brother with an itty bitty baby in his arms, staring down lovingly and feeding it just made her all happy inside. It was such a cute mental image.
"Do not get any ideas about matchmaking," Tanith warned.
"What? I'm not matchmaking you and Anton," Valkyrie defended. "I just think it would be cute if he had a baby of his own."
Tanith nodded. "It would be cute. But I'm not dating anyone ever again. I am done."
Valkyrie smirked. "Yeah, yeah. I don't believe you."
"I mean it!"
"Oh, I'm sure you do," Valkyrie teased. "But I also think that you will date again. Just maybe not the Dead Men."
"Can't be trusted," Dexter grinned and winked at Tanith.
Tanith rolled her eyes. "That won't work on me. I'm immune."
"What won't?" Dexter asked innocently.
They began bickering and Valkyrie kissed Nadia's cheek as she sat down at the table. She ate two croissants with jam which Valkyrie was happy about because Nadia was starting to gain a bit of that weight back and it looked really good on her. And all-butter croissants were pretty good at helping weight gain so Valkyrie was glad to see her eating them.
Valkyrie listened into what the others were talking about, which was mainly little things. Soon enough, Valkyrie had called a taxi and the ten girls got in the back and they went off to the city for their day out.
Valkyrie took them over to the nicest shopping centre she knew of and they went over the shops, talking in two groups about different things. Valkyrie stuck with Nadia, who was shadowed at all times by Vasuda. Valkyrie herself was shadowed by Tara who wanted to know all about what working in a Sanctuary was like. She answered her honestly and did her best to be polite but she did get a little annoyed after two hours of wandering around and suddenly having her conversations cut by Tara asking a question.
It was Lian and Zainab that first suggested lunch and they soon found themselves in a Japanese restaurant of all places that Valkyrie had to assume was new because she had never seen it before, and they all ordered food. Valkyrie and Nadia sat across from each other and while Valkyrie spoke with Dhiya – or listened to her – about something to do with her family's work, Nadia talked in low voices and laughed with Vasuda. Valkyrie and Vasuda caught each other's eye and there was a whole conversating in their silent gaze. It lasted only a moment but Valkyrie knew that Vasuda was there for one reason and one reason only. To break up her relationship and take Nadia for herself.
Valkyrie wasn't scared. In fact, it amused her that Vasuda had so much confidence she thought she could steal such a loyal and steadfast person from a place she wanted to be. Of course, she still planned on keeping Nadia's attention on how much she wanted Valkyrie over anyone else. It was only fair and it could surely be counted as her right as Nadia's current love interest.
Lunch was amazing and it sparked conversation about their evening plans.
"I think we should go to the movies tonight," Charlotte told them reasonably. "There's a lot of movies showing."
Phones were whipped out and there was a collective gasp and giggling around the table. Valkyrie raised an eyebrow at Nadia. Her face was a mix of excitement, trepidation and a little embarrassment. "What is it?" Valkyrie asked.
"They're showing Fifty Shades of Grey," Nadia said before blushing and giggling into her hand.
"Oh my God," Valkyrie muttered.
There was nothing she could do. It was inevitable. She plodded along behind the girls who laughed and giggled and went shopping. The shopping was fun to be fair, they thought of Valkyrie as a personal mission to find a new wardrobe for, and it must have been pre-planned because Nadia orchestrated her friends quickly to look over the different types of clothing.
They came up with ideas for clothes and Valkyrie just had to pick. They came up with 'cute feminine', which was not Valkyrie's style, and they gave her the option of 'stereotypical lesbian' which Valkyrie also turned down though not as harshly because button shirts did look good on her. Nadia helped a lot and they narrowed it down to some very nice skinny jeans which she really liked. It was in the designer area which was unfortunate for her bank, but not many places did trousers in the length and fit she liked. And they were amazing. Plus they fit better than her other clothes.
Tops were harder to find because she was very picky. She got some plain, fitted, casual button-down shirts in dark colours to start, and then she found some thin jackets she liked which helped her find the coats that she liked, which lead to the tops section and she finally found one that she liked. It was dark blue, wide neck so it was almost off the shoulder on both sides but not quite and very simple except for the band of satiny material around the neckline. The girls liked it on her and they found a few more like it and very suddenly she had seven pairs of jeans, ten tops and shirts, three summer jackets, and five coats. Shoes were painful to try on because of her awkward foot shape. She had big feet because she was tall, but they were also very thin so finding what she considered to be clown shoes was very hard.
She shouldn't have underestimated the girls though. Even Vasuda was enjoying picking out shoes, and they got her some wedge heels – she hated stilettos and had ruled them out in every circumstance – in both brown and black, she had some nice sandals, some flats and some boots she loved. It took hours, but in total, they found her eleven pairs of shoes, which was more than excessive, but she couldn't put them all back after how long it took. The girls seemed to think it was critically important she have a new wardrobe because she was turning seventeen in a few days and having a mature look was important.
Valkyrie didn't argue. She bought it all and they took a taxi home with their thousands of euros of clothes and shoes between them. At home, they got ready for the cinema trip. Valkyrie was exhausted and almost collapsed on Nadia when they closed the bedroom door but she was insanely happy and pushed Valkyrie to get dressed into her favourite picks.
Valkyrie was left to wear a dressier top they found, a burgundy red colour and very tight and long sleeved with a necklace she'd owned for a few years that her family had bought her. Her bottom half had her new black ripped jeans and she had open-toe wedge heels for shoes that made her two inches taller. A little bit of makeup later and she looked like she was going on a date rather than out to the movies with her girlfriend's friends. Then again, that might be the point for Nadia.
Nadia had gotten into a dress in the meantime, a white dress with a floral design over it with pink and purple flowers and birds that ended halfway down her thigh. The dress had thick straps over the shoulders but there was a panel cut out above the boobs that showed off her cleavage nicely, and with a bra that pushed them up impossibly high, there was no mistaking the area Nadia wished people would focus on. And by 'people', Nadia wanted Valkyrie to focus on them - she did so diligently.
"You look amazing," Valkyrie breathed and kissed Nadia.
Nadia grinned. "Thanks. You look great too you know. These clothes make you look so good."
Valkyrie smiled, knowing she was right. She looked amazing. "But not as good as you."
They kissed until they had to reapply their lipstick and then repeated the process until Valkyrie wanted to push Nadia back on the bed like the day before. They were interrupted this time by Nadia's phone being called by her impatient friends. They made themselves presentable and went down to meet the other eight girls. They all looked amazing and it was easy to see the mix of cultures. Charlotte was in a tight champagne dress that flattered her golden skin and curves, Fleet wore an emerald shirt that complimented her eyes and dark blue jeans and boots. Lian wore a traditional Chinese outfit, though Valkyrie didn't know the name of the dress, and she looked stunning in it. Dhiya wore a sari made of red and deep orange with tiny gold beads with a matching headscarf in the same style she had worn previously. She stood tall and look incredible.
Tara had chosen a long, blue maxi dress with a shiny belt around her middle and had some insanely bright eye makeup. It wasn't to Valkyrie's taste, but she had her head up like she was a princess and her confidence was certainly attractive. Zainab had chosen a more modest look in a mostly black dress and headscarf, though she had some hand sewn silver thread over one arm that seemed intricate and made her look more mysterious. Prema had also chosen to wear trousers, but she wore more of a casual women's suit in her dress trousers, heals, shirt and tie. And finally, Vasuda wore a dress, purple all over and so tight Valkyrie was certain she had a corset on under the dress. It stopped right below her arse and was obviously meant to be inciting, made worse by the fact it was Nadia's favourite colour. She wore a string of pearls around her neck that glistened in the light.
Charlotte took over the pleasantries and showered everyone with compliments which made it easy to direct the conversation away from Nadia and Vasuda interacting on any level. Valkyrie could feel a bubble of territorialism inside that made her wrap an arm around Nadia and refuse to let go. She wouldn't let Vasuda near her. Nadia was hers. End of.
Dexter saved her from making an embarrassment of herself. He dashed into the room and had them all take pictures and got a few of just Valkyrie and Nadia which obviously annoyed Vasuda much to Valkyrie amusement. Then it swapped and just Nadia and her friends had a picture and Vasuda wasted no time in holding Nadia a little more roughly than Valkyrie enjoyed for the photo. She could see the moment of shock on Nadia's face and then her pass it off as them all being very tightly packed together and she smiled for the camera. She was still oblivious to Vasuda's attempts then.
Valkyrie at least got to kiss Nadia afterwards.
They took taxi's again to the movie theatre and Valkyrie produced her fake licence to get in, as did the other's, bar Lian and Zainab who had real licenses as they were already eighteen. They got popcorn and pick-a-mixes and drinks. Then it was time for the movie.
Unfortunately, Valkyrie got held behind so she and Nadia got split up. Cursing herself, Valkyrie saw Nadia at the very end of the row with only Vasuda next to her. They were sharing their sweets and popcorn together already, as friends would Valkyrie assumed, but she knew Vasuda was trying to flirt so it wasn't so funny to her. All the other girls were sat down and there was no way she could move them all to sit with Nadia although she really wished she could. She sat on the other end next to some man and ate her popcorn despondently.
The plot of the movie was somewhat disturbing to Valkyrie, but she watched it for what it was. The point, and the only point people seemed to care about to her, was to watch for the sex. Maybe it would mean more if Valkyrie felt anything at all for men. At the very least, she tried to distract herself with, she could confirm she wasn't bisexual. Just into girls. She took some deep breaths and tried to stop turning to look at Nadia and Vasuda.
She managed well up until the actual sex parts started and then she gritted her teeth. It was impossible. She went from finding Vasuda an annoying girl messing with her to suddenly being incredibly, irrevocably, uncontrollably jealous. She wasn't jealous of anything to do with Nadia, she was just territorial and loved her, but for Vasuda? All she saw the movie as was Vasuda's imagination of what she wanted to do to Nadia. The girl, Ana, would be Nadia, and the Grey guy was Vasuda. And once that started she just felt the wreathing, swirling pit of jealously open up. She hadn't even done anything but Valkyrie couldn't stop that hole from opening wide once it had started.
She closed her eyes and used meditation for the rest of the movie. It was hard to ignore the moans and grunts and cries, but she had to control herself. She just kept repeating 'she hasn't done anything' in her head and kept her breathing steady until finally, blessedly, the credits started rolling.
Valkyrie shot out of her seat and looked at the girls to leave. They were all giggling and looking at each other with little smirks. Nadia and Vasuda had their heads together laughing over something and the pit opened wide again. She glared daggers at Vasuda's back. Feeling she was doing something wrong because this pit had nothing to do with Nadia, Valkyrie turned her back and walked away, going to the bathroom before anyone else had left the room.
She locked herself in a bathroom stall and sat on the lid of the toilet, head in hands. She was being so stupid, but it was hard to not be when she had sat through a porno movie with her girlfriend and girlfriends secret admirer huddled together in the corner with no one to supervise.
It's not Nadia's fault, she kept thinking. She wouldn't turn into a control freak that didn't like Nadia out of her sight, Nadia was free to be friends with who she wanted. But the angry, jealous pit was free to think of Vasuda. What a conniving thing to do, cornering Nadia against the wall so that she'd be free to spend time with her in a pornographic movie! Valkyrie vowed to not let anything like that happen again. She had to stick to Nadia like glue when they went into buildings so that she could sit with Nadia. It cut Vasuda off from cornering her girlfriend again.
Taking a deep breath and going to the toilet, Valkyrie cleared her mind and washed her hands. She heard the other girls around now, talking between the stalls, and made sure her makeup was in place before going out of the bathroom. Nadia, Fleet and Prema were there and Nadia greeted Valkyrie with a kiss and a big grin. Valkyrie smiled at Nadia and teasingly asked her if she enjoyed the movie which just got a blush and small yes out of her. Valkyrie laughed and spoke with Fleet and Prema about the characters while they waited. Valkyrie kept an arm around Nadia and didn't so much as look at Vasuda. She couldn't let her know she was getting into Valkyrie's head.
The trip home was full of giggling and the girls slowly broaching the topic of the actual movie. It was Fleet that asked Valkyrie what she thought, to which she shrugged and said that it was a bit weird.
"Weird how?" Lian asked. She was grinning far too much and had enjoyed the movie far too much.
"I don't know," Valkyrie tried to wave off, but it didn't work.
"Other than the whole control-ly thing, did you like it?" Tara tried.
"Well, not really," she tried again.
"What? Not even the – the you know, bit where he, you know?" Lian asked, eyes wide.
Valkyrie wasn't sure which part Lian was referring to but she still knew the answer. "Nope."
It was Vasuda that rolled her eyes. "I think you're missing the point."
Valkyrie felt her eyes narrow. "What do you mean?" She asked, happy to hear her voice sound measured and calm.
"Not you," she said too nicely. "The rest of you guys. She's obviously unattracted to men."
They looked at Valkyrie with obvious curiosity. Valkyrie rolled her eyes. "Yes, that's right."
There was some ooh's and Valkyrie was happy they stopped questioning her but Vasuda's comment, of course, went straight into the list of 'why I hate Vasuda' because it wasn't for her to out Valkyrie. Not that Valkyrie cared because she genuinely didn't mind if people knew she didn't like men but at the same time, her hate for Vasuda was already so great that it just added fuel to the fire. She could have said anything and it would have added to it.
Back home again, they all ran off and got ready for bed, giving Valkyrie her time alone with Nadia once more.
"Nadia," Valkyrie said as soon as she closed the door. Nadia turned and looked at her. "I love you."
Nadia smirked and sauntered up to Valkyrie. "I love you too," she whispered and pushed Valkyrie back as hard as she could into the door, rubbing their bodies together and kissing her fiercely.
Valkyrie groaned into Nadia's mouth and let her do what she wanted. After only a minute of kissing, Nadia pulled Valkyrie's top off of her, and a moment later she'd pulled her own dress off and they were back to kissing. The feel of Nadia's skin against her own was heavenly and she freed herself from Nadia only to pick the shorter girl up and put her on the desk to kiss her better. Bras were thrown off and shoes kicked away. They had hands all over each other's bodies while their tongues danced, all thoughts of anything but the feel and taste of each other disappearing completely.
Before long, Nadia was pulling at Valkyrie trousers, trying to undo the button on them and Valkyrie's heart jumped with excitement, picking her back up and going to the bed. Nadia kicked her underwear off the moment she was sat down and broke her kiss with Valkyrie only to undo her girlfriend's trousers and pull them down, underwear and all.
Breathing hard, Valkyrie kicked them off and crawled over Nadia, their bodies flush and breasts rubbing together, shooting sparks through both their bodies. She could feel how wet she'd gotten and wanted more than anything to feel Nadia. Travelling slowly down her body, Valkyrie kissed every part of Nadia, her neck, her collar, her breasts and nipples, her ribs and belly, her fingers trailing alongside and feeling all the goosebumps along Nadia's skin. The high-pitched moans that followed the kisses gave Valkyrie confidence.
Heart beating erratically, Valkyrie looked her over for just a moment before kissing Nadia's stomach and taking her time going down one thigh and up the other back to her goal. It only took the smallest nudge of her hand for Nadia to open her legs and Valkyrie, for the first time, got to actually see Nadia. Nadia moaned and Valkyrie looked up at her. Both their faces were flushed and without any words, Valkyrie slowly trailed her hand up Nadia's thigh, still looking her in the face, and brushed over her clit.
Nadia hissed loudly and Valkyrie revelled at the feel of Nadia's soft, pink skin. She tried to remember what Nadia liked, but it felt so different from this position and she was more interested in watching Nadia's expressions of pleasure. She wet her lips and used both hands to tease Nadia, pulling her lips apart and seeing how wet her pussy was, watching the muscles of her thighs jump in anticipation when she touched them.
Slowly, she leant down and kissed along Nadia's inner thigh until she was finally in front of Nadia's pussy. She breathed in the heady smell of her girlfriend and, tentatively, kissed her lips.
The whines and moans Nadia made encouraged her more, and Valkyrie gently licked along the edges of Nadia's clit, teasing and tasting until Nadia's hand gripped her hair and her hips pulled up unto her face. Trying not to grin, Valkyrie played with Nadia's clit with her tongue, rubbing and moving it, eliciting sounds from Nadia she'd never heard before. She sucked her clit into her mouth and Nadia became louder, and almost whined when Valkyrie moved back.
Flicking her hair out of her face, Valkyrie went back in and pushed her tongue into Nadia's pussy, lapping her up and loving every sound she made. She used one arm to keep Nadia's hips down and the other to play gently with her clit, the hand in her hair pushing her down further. Only when Valkyrie started to hear Nadia's breathing become shallower and quicker did she change position and pressed her tongue to the clit while her fingers took over pushing in and out of Nadia, making Nadia cry out in pleasure, repeating only Valkyrie's name and swearing a lot. Nadia was soaking wet and Valkyrie only focused on how good Nadia felt around her fingers once more, flicking and thrusting them to get the best reactions, focusing heavily on messing with her clit which got the best moans and cries out of her girlfriend.
So much more quickly than Valkyrie wanted, she felt Nadia start to pant and the words stopped and she just focused on the overwhelming pleasure of Valkyrie ministrations. Her legs tightened around Valkyrie's head, which made Valkyrie feel even wetter for no reason she could explain, and the hands in her hair clenched and pulled her down like her life depended on it. Valkyrie felt the walls of Nadia's pussy constrict and she quickly flicked her tongue on her clit, feeling as Nadia came on her hand and mouth. Her whole body shook and shuddered.
Valkyrie pulled out her hand to lick her pussy, listening to Nadia groan her name and roll her hips against her mouth.
More languidly now, Valkyrie licked her until she stopped shaking and kissed all around her swollen lips, not bothering to stop until she was pulled up to lie on top of Nadia. She kept her messy hands from touching her beautiful girlfriend and smiled down at her.
"Hi," she whispered, and Nadia giggled breathlessly.
"That was," she whispered, "fucking incredible."
"I know," Valkyrie whispered. "You're amazing."
Nadia kissed her and, on her hands and elbows hovering above, she rubbed her thighs together. Being so wet was almost frustrating, almost irritating. She needed a release or to calm down.
Nadia noticed immediately and didn't waste any time in reaching down their bodies and very quickly inserting two fingers into Valkyrie.
Valkyrie's whole body shook with sudden pleasure and she groaned into Nadia's mouth. She could hear how wet she was as Nadia thrust her fingers slowly back and forth and it took everything in Valkyrie not to rock back into her hand.
Nadia snaked out from under Valkyrie and right when Valkyrie was going to flip onto her back, she felt Nadia stop her. Valkyrie felt more than exposed, and turned on, by her position on the bed, but all thoughts about being somewhat embarrassed evaporated when she felt Nadia lick from her clip up to her pussy and put her tongue into her wet hole. Her thumb played with Valkyrie's clit and Valkyrie thought she'd cum right then. It really was impossible not to rock back into her as she felt her whole body tingle with pleasure and the fiery heat of Nadia's mouth do things to her she didn't know possible. She tried to be quiet, gritting her teeth and moaning into the bedsheets but it was hard when Nadia just flicked her tongue like that she felt herself press back and mouth open wide.
It felt so good to Valkyrie and with just a few minutes of Nadia licking, stroking and fingering Valkyrie, she came with a small, muffled cry.
Barely controlling her breathing, Valkyrie flipped over and caught Nadia as she licked her lips and grinned with pride at Valkyrie's stunned face. "Oh my God," was all she could say, and Nadia laughed and fell forwards into her and they rested, messy and exhausted on the bed.
Valkyrie held Nadia close, forgetting about her cum covered hands and stroking Nadia's back. They laid there for far too long and it was only when Nadia groaned and sat up, sitting on Valkyrie belly, that they realised how much they needed showers.
"We smell," Valkyrie realised.
"Yeah, that happens," Nadia commented.
"Oh, you're an expert now?" Valkyrie grinned, teasing her and getting up, pulling Nadia with her.
She rolled her eyes. "Shush. Or I won't do that to you again."
Valkyrie stopped and looked at her. "How dare you threaten me like that."
Nadia laughed and they both took a moment to wipe the rest of their makeup off before carefully looking around the corner of their bedroom door and running to the bathroom together. Their shared shower was innocent except for their shared smiles and a few lingering touches and kisses, and then they were done Nadia dried them both with her magic and they got into their pyjamas. Valkyrie couldn't care less what Nadia wore now. After seeing such intimate parts of Nadia, nothing would ever be too little again, and she liked it.
Nadia's friends were happily distracted from them being missing for an hour and a half as they were downstairs with the rest of Valkyrie's family. Valkyrie did wonder for a moment if they had come down to avoid listening to their activities, but then shook the thought away. The Three Idiots at the very least would have let on if they knew anything.
The rest of the night was spent talking, playing board games and enjoying themselves, no cares at all.
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