Chapter 141

That night was harder than the last as Valkyrie desperately wanted to hold her girlfriend, but there was no chance of that happening so long as Nadia's friends were there. They still had two more nights with them visiting, which was the first thought in her head when she woke that morning.

She groaned to the sound of the girls getting ready and scrunched her eyes in protest. A moment later she felt a hand on her stomach and opened one eye to see Nadia smiling down at her. She smiled back and rolled into Nadia's body, hugging her.

"Eww," Lian said flatly from her position in front of a mirror. Nadia threw a pillow at her and ruined her friends make up.

There was a small scuffle which led to Valkyrie abandoning Nadia and going to her own room because it was far too loud in there. She took her time getting ready and got downstairs after the others. She and Nadia kissed and then it was onto business.

"I want to go to the beach today," Dhiya was telling the others. "Erskine said it was the last good day of the year!"

Valkyrie nodded. "Have you ever been cliff diving?"

The girls looked at her like she was crazy. "What?" Dhiya asked.

"Cliff diving. Me and my friends did it all the time when we were kids. I grew up on the coast. And if it's going to be good weather, we might as well."

It took a little while to convince them, but after they realised there was going to be a sandy beach only a little way up the coast and Dexter got enthusiastic and agreed to go also, it was a breeze. They got themselves ready once more, Valkyrie instructed the girls on how to dress – not in small bikinis – and they covered up, they got in the car.

Valkyrie and Dexter drove two separate cars down to Haggard but drove past it to an area about ten minutes away to have the sandy beach nearby. They parked, got out towels and went down to the beach.

"It's lovely today," Nadia commented from Valkyrie's side.

Valkyrie smiled at her. "It's alright. Are you ready to jump from a cliff?"

"Nope."

"You're going to do it."

"Nope."

"Yes, you are."

"Nope."

"Repeating the same word isn't going to help you. It's still happening," Valkyrie informed her. "Also, that bikini was an awful decision."

"I like my bikini and again, I'm not jumping so it doesn't matter what I'm wearing. Do you not like it?"

"Let me check." She stared at Nadia's boobs and Nadia started laughing. "I like it."

"Stop it!" Nadia laughed. "You're so embarrassing."

"You love it," Valkyrie grinned, hugging Nadia. "But seriously, you're going to lose that bikini the moment you hit the water."

Nadia just rolled her eyes and pushed her away to help her friends with the blankets. Dexter appeared next to her on the rock a little way from the others.

"So," he grinned.

"What?" She asked, eyes narrowing.

"Nothing, nothing," he said, not hiding his giant grin in the least. "I just happened to notice that you and Nadia are especially touchy feely today."

"Mm-hm," Valkyrie hummed, looking out to sea.

"And you were like that yesterday evening too."

"Yep."

"After having an hour alone. All alone. With no one around."

"Yep. We spend time together, you know," Valkyrie nodded.

"What type of time together?" He grinned, practically jumping.

"Oh my God Dexter, what are you trying to ask?" Valkyrie asked, not wanting to hear what he wanted to know whatsoever.

"Did you and Nadia do the deed?" He asked excitedly.

"'Do the deed'?" She asked. "What, are you twelve now?"

"Valkyrie. You have been with Nadia for nearly four years. It's in my right as brother to know all the juicy gossip!" He said. "I want to know."

"Yeah, but 'do the deed'? Seriously?"

"Fine. Did you and Nadia fuck? Is that better?"

"No, it's not. You've gone to the complete other side of the spectrum," she told him, frowning.

"Well, you're the one being awkward! It's a yes-no question!"

"We're not playing twenty-one questions Dexter. I don't have to answer if you're being annoying about it."

"Baby, look. I bet with Saracen that I could find out if you and Nadia had sex by midday. If I lose, it will mean bad things for me. Please, just tell me."

She crossed her arms and faced him. "What did you bet?"

His face dropped and he crossed his arms too. Behind them, the girls were giggling about something. "Something big."

"Tell me and I will consider telling you what happened last night. In detail," Valkyrie offered, raising an eyebrow.

He took a deep breath. "If you tell me, he has to do everything I say for a whole weekend. No ifs, buts, or questions. If I don't find out, I have to be his slave. Now tell me."

Valkyrie smirked. "I'll think about it." With that, she got down from the rock, leaving Dexter to grumpily follow her to the girls. "Come on then. Who's going first?"

"ME!" Fleet screeched, jumping up. "Charlotte, come too!"

Charlotte bit her lip but nervously stood up, looking at Valkyrie nervously. She gave her a sweet smile to help her feel better and gave Nadia a look.

"No way!" Nadia said. "I'm not ready to jump from a cliff."

"You know how to control the air and sea to keep yourself safe. Why is this a problem?" Valkyrie asked.

Nadia shrugged and smiled. "I mostly just like seeing you get annoyed. Have fun!"

Valkyrie rolled her eyes but let it go, rounding up as many people as possible and becoming cold inside when she realised that Zainab, Prema, Nadia and Vasuda were the only ones staying behind, and Nadia was in a lovely little bikini and small shorts. And Vasuda was giving her a smirk.

Taking a deep breath, Valkyrie thought of the night before, gave Nadia a smile and walked off.

It physically hurt to do it, but she would control herself. This time.

It took a little while getting to the top of the cliff, and Dexter and Fleet talked the whole way. Fleet was still blushing like the schoolgirl she was, but she spoke about her multi-cultural experiences in Australia confidently and Dexter told her about Mage history with the Australian aboriginal people. Valkyrie and Charlotte talked about the towns they grew up in, and then they were at the top.

"Right!" She called, rounding them up. "Here's what we're going to do. Over there is the high jump, and over there is the shorter jump. If you're scared, go to the short jump, if you're not, go to the big one. If you can't swim, don't you dare jump! And I mean that. Do you all know how to swim?" They all nodded. "Good. Still, make sure you're ready to manipulate the water, it is a really good day for jumping but the sea is still stronger than you. Understand?"

"Can I jump with someone?" Charlotte asked quickly.

"Of course. Get in pairs, first jump rules!"

They paired off, Valkyrie going with Charlotte, Dexter with Fleet and Tara, and Dhiya with Lian. Fleet claimed to be a good swimmer, but she was practically attached to Dexter by this point so he had two partners.

"Alright Charlotte," Valkyrie said softly, trying to calm the girl down. "Here's what we'll do. I'm going to jump with you but we're not holding hands, alright? Cross your arms over your chest. It's actually easier to give a run-up to the cliff, so as soon as you jump, cross your ankles and hold your breath. If you want, you can hold your nose but keep your arms tight, okay?"

Charlotte nodded, testing out holding her nose and nodding. Valkyrie smiled encouragingly and pulled her over to the run-up line. It took a little while to talk her into it, especially as she was worried about the sea smashing her body against the cliff and Valkyrie's lack of elemental abilities to save her from that, but in the end, she nodded bravely and they stood together.

"Three… two… one!" The two of them ran at the cliff and Charlotte threw herself from the cliff, Valkyrie right behind her – she'd slowed down, expecting Charlotte to stop – and dropped down into the water far below. The rush was just like when she was a child, and her lack of magic made it all the more fun as when she dove into the frosty waters below. She had to use her own strength to pull herself up and swim around the cliff towards the beach, giving her that burning exhilaration in her muscles. Charlotte was speeding ahead, using her magic rather than swimming.

Charlotte and the four other girls on the beach were laughing with each other when Valkyrie pulled herself out of the water and walked over, throwing herself onto the towel next to Nadia. "That was awesome!" Valkyrie grinned.

"It was amazing! Nadia, you have to do it!" Charlotte enthused, kneeling on the sand. "It's really cold, but it's worth it."

"I don't want to get cold!" Nadia complained.

"You don't have to go, we'll stay warm together," Vasuda grinned, playing along with Nadia's dramatic monologue and pulled Nadia into a hug. Nadia hugged her back, suspecting nothing, but Valkyrie watched Vasuda holding Nadia around her sensitive belly and around her shoulders, keeping her arms pinned to her body. It looked a whole lot different than an innocent hug. But Valkyrie couldn't do anything because Nadia thought it was a game and if she broke it up it would look as if Valkyrie was jealous or didn't trust Nadia.

Instead, Valkyrie plastered a too big smile on her face as Dexter, Fleet and Tara ran out of the sea.

"It's fucking freezing!" Tara was shouting, running onto the towels and rolling around to dry herself. Fleet was just staring at Dexter's bare torso like she very much wanted to lick it, and Dexter was pretending he didn't know she was doing that. In fact, Dexter was looking at Nadia and Vasuda and after glancing at Valkyrie's face, she was sure he'd caught onto Vasuda as well.

"Well, how are you doing? Nadia, ready to jump yet?" Dexter asked, grinning widely.

Nadia looked at him around Vasuda's hair. "No!"

He nodded and sat down opposite Nadia, getting the other girls to gather around, although Vasuda didn't let Nadia go. In fact, she looked like she was holding her closer and Valkyrie felt the pit starting to open up again.

Dexter, amazingly, spend some time talking with the girls and managed to get them to all come and jump from the cliff. By the time he convinced them, that pit was open and writhing dangerously, making Valkyrie's mood God awful, and when she saw them stand to go to the cliff, she jogged on ahead so no one would see how angry she was. By the time she was at the top, she felt a little better.

She looked behind her and saw Nadia was walking ahead and trying to catch up to her. She stopped and waited.

"Are you alright?" Nadia asked, concerned.

"Yeah, I'm grand, I'm grand," Valkyrie said, not looking her in the eye. "Will you jump with me?"

"I promised Vasu I'd jump with her," Nadia said, holding Valkyrie's hand.

"'Vasu'?" Valkyrie asked before she could stop herself.

"Yeah?" Nadia said, frowning. "That's her name. Val, what's wrong?"

"Nothing's wrong, alright? Come on," she said, turning and going up the hill. She counted in her head, desperately trying to regain her calm even as Nadia followed behind her. She felt bad because she could feel Nadia was suffering for her bad mood instead of the person she was actually mad at, but it was hard to act like nothing had happened.

At the top, they silently waited for the others to meet them and split off to jump. Vasuda and Nadia went first, holding hands and squealing all the way down. Valkyrie took deep breaths.

A hand appeared on her shoulder and she looked behind her to see Dexter once more. He gave her a serious look and Valkyrie could only look away. She ended up jumping with Prema this time around, and didn't waste time in walking straight back up the hill when she got out the water, her fake smile in place. It took some time for them to follow her up, and they all jumped once more, Vasuda loudly talking over everyone and getting Nadia to jump with her again. Nadia was laughing so much she had to almost be pulled along by Vasuda but she didn't seem to care at all. After jumping herself with Dhiya on the big jump, Valkyrie grabbed a towel for herself and dried off as the others went running back up the hill.

Sitting in the car, Valkyrie took deep breaths and told herself how stupid she was.

Valkyrie's an angry baby! How is it she's also so hot though? Even from my imagination? You may be wondering how I suddenly came out of the blue with two updated for you: 1) I just red bedlam and I loved it. 2) It's Pride month so more Valkyrie and Nadia, please!

Hope you enjoyed :)