The Dead Men and their demented mischief - A Skulduggery Pleasant Fanfic

Chapter 3

After a while of Valkyrie staying embarrassed in her room, there was a knock on her door. Skulduggery entered the room and sat next to her on her bed.

"Still sulking?" Skulduggery asked, putting his arm around Valkyrie.

She swatted it away and put her face in her hands, "More like sitting in here absolutely embarrassed and mortified," she moaned into her hands.

"Well, you shouldn't be, I mean, your body is something which you have nothing to be embarrassed about..." Skulduggery said nodding approvingly then paused. "Did I just say that out loud..?"

Valkyrie looked up, "What are you trying to get at here Skul?" She said with a playful smile on her face. Skulduggery got up and stammered, trying to cover his butt with the statement he just said.

"I mean, well what I meant was...ugh," Skulduggery tried to explain and instead shook his skull and started to head towards the door.

"Skulduggery Pleasant, are you trying to say what I think you're saying?" Valkyrie teasingly asked at Skulduggery as she got up and started to walk over to him.

"Valkyrie Cain, that mind of yours does not know what it is doing half the time and the other half it's turning innocent statements like mine into dirty sexual ones," Skulduggery said and Valkyrie laughed at the accuracy of his comment. "Anyways, all I came up to say is that you should come back downstairs and act like nothing happened."

Valkyrie laughed at Skulduggery's awkwardness and followed him out of the room.

"Don't worry Skul, I know what you really mean," Valkyrie said and elbowed him in the ribs after winking at him. She started to walk down the stairs as Skulduggery stood there, trying to make sense of the situation.

"Hey Val! I think I'm the embarrassed one now!" Skulduggery yelled after Valkyrie and headed after her down the stairs.

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"She's alive!" Dexter said and came up to hug Valkyrie with a sheepish grin on his face. She hugged him back and all awkwardness was gone.

"Hey you know Val, we were thinking that you should totally wear underwear around the house more often," Saracen said and winked at her suggestively.

"Hey you know Saracen, I was thinking that maybe we should just completely forget about this whole thing and move on?" Valkyrie said back in retort.

Ghastly and Anton murmured their agreements while Dexter, Ravel and Saracen pouted and looked down miserably.

Valkyrie flopped down on the couch in between Saracen and Dexter and finally got comfortable when the doorbell rang. She got up, letting out an exasperated sigh and headed to door.

'Goddammit...freaking...key...won't...turn," Valkyrie mumbled and let out an irritated and unintelligent sound. "Skulduggery! The stupid key isn't turning and I can't open the door!"

"Have you tried turning it the other way?" Skulduggery calmly asked back.

"Yes of course I tried turning it the other – oh."

"Did it work?"

".......yes."

Valkyrie finally yanked open the door and smiled instantly at the visitor. "Mr Bliss! I wasn't expecting you to be here!"

"Well I had some few issues I needed to cover with you and Skulduggery, may I come in?" Mr Bliss asked Valkyrie.

"Yeah of course, come in, oh and sorry about the whole thing with the door..." Valkyrie said awkwardly and Mr Bliss smiled.