Now you must know that a friend of mine is helping me with this story she is a great writer..so dont give all the credit to me.
Valkyrie sighed. It had been almost eight months since she had seen or heard from Dusk. She had tried desperately to take her mind off him, but everything did reminded her of him. She tried dating, but discovered that she wasn't interested in any man that wasn't Dusk.
She had just gotten back from a quick trip to the grocery store, and when she had finished putting everything away, she fell onto the couch and grabbed the TV remote. She flicked through the channels with boredom, and when she found nothing watching, she switched it off and sat in silence.
Valkyrie enjoyed being by herself, it gave her time to think without constant interruptions. She thought about her parents and realized how much she missed them right now. They had died when she was only fifteen, and Valkyrie winced when she remembered why. She wished that they were still alive, so that she could pick up the phone right now and have a long chat to her mother. Valkyrie sighed and got up, walking in the kitchen and grabbing a bottle of water out of the fridge. Taking a slow sip, Valkyrie looked around at the familiar surroundings, trying to think about him. She hadn't heard from either Raven or Skulduggery since they had left to Paris, deciding to see the City of Lights together.
Valkyrie had convinced Skulduggery that Tanith, Ghastly and herself had everything under control if a case surfaced. Skulduggery had reluctantly agreed and a day later, he had finally stopped calling her. A loud knock came from the front door and Valkyrie glided down the hallway, unlocking the door and opening it. She pasted a smile on her face when she saw Ghastly on her doorstep.
"Hey Ghastly," Valkyrie said, trying to fake a cheerful mood. Ghastly smiled and winked at her, then Valkyrie stood aside as he walked inside. She noticed that his arms were full or material and other items, but kept her thoughts to herself as she followed Ghastly into the living room.
"You need a new outfit, you've just about worn your other one to pieces," Ghastly said, placing the stuff in his arms onto the coffee table. Valkyrie sighed and sat back down on the couch and watched as Ghastly grabbed his sketch pad and began drawing.
"So, I was thinking we could make this one different from the others, what would you suggest?"
Valkyrie shrugged her shoulders. "Still thinking about Dusk?" Ghastly sat down beside Valkyrie and raised an eyebrow.
"Yeah, sorry….." Valkyrie muttered, blushing slightly.
"Valkyrie, it's been almost eight months, I don't think he's coming back." Valkyrie knew that Ghastly still didn't trust Dusk, but then again, she was beginning to think that maybe she didn't trust him either. She thought she had, eight months ago when she had apparently loved him. She still did, but doubt lingered in her mind.
After Ghastly and Valkyrie had decided on a style for her new outfit, Ghastly had left, probably back to his Tailor shop to begin making the outfit. After deciding that there was nothing to do, Valkyrie showered and dressed for bed. She was just about to have her dinner when the phone rang. Sighing, she picked up the phone.
"Hello."
"Valkyrie, has anything came up?" Skulduggery asked and Valkyrie rolled her eyes. "You're rolling your eyes aren't you?"
"Yes, I am. Skulduggery, if something had of come up, would I be answering the phone?"
"No…"
"Then stop calling okay?"
"What's wrong Valkyrie?" Skulduggery asked. "You seem agitated."
"I'm fine…."
"Well you don't seem fine. Have you been thinking about Dusk again?" Valkyrie was getting sick of everyone asking her about Dusk.
"Why do you always think I'm thinking about him?! Maybe I'm just agitated because perhaps I'm going through PMS, or mood swings…"
"Oh please don't play the female card," Skulduggery whined. "Okay, I get it, I'll hang up now."
"Good, and if anything happens, I swear on my life you will be the first one I call, okay?"
"Okay then." Valkyrie just about slammed the phone back into its handset and returned to making her dinner. She sat silently at the table and ate her meal, not really tasting it. After cleaning up she turned off all the lights and retired to the master suite, grabbing her laptop and sitting on the bed with it on her lap.
Quickly she checked through her emails, found one from Skulduggery and Raven with an attachment full of all the photos they had taken that day. Valkyrie smiled, seeing how much fun Raven and Skulduggery looked to be having. Today that had been to see the Eiffel Tower, something Valkyrie herself had wanted to see. Feeling very jealous once she had looked at all the photos, Valkyrie turned off her laptop and put it back on the desk, turned off the light and snuggled down beneath the sheets.
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The next morning Valkyrie woke at her usual time and went about with her usual and boring routine. She was sitting at a internet café typing an email to Raven when she heard someone stop in front of her, but she didn't bother to look up.
"Excuse me miss," came a tenor voice. "But I looking for someone…" Valkyrie recognized that voice any where and looked up.
"Dusk?" she asked, not believing her eyes. But there he was, standing right in front of her with a smile on his face.
"It's been a while, wouldn't you say?" he asked her as he sat down. Valkyrie didn't know what to say, she just sat there, staring at him.
"I thought you would never come back," Valkyrie said when she willed herself to speak.
"I promised you I would come back didn't I?"
"Yes but…" Dusk put a cold finger over her lips and smiled.
"No buts," he said and Valkyrie nodded slowly. Dusk was back, and Valkyrie couldn't believe it.
They got talking when two familiar girls approached.
"Well, well, well, We never knew you had a boyfriend Edgely." One of the girls hissed and Valkyrie's breath hissed in.