Chapter 1: First Meeting.
"Would you like some help?" Asked an unfamiliar voice.
The young brown haired boy's head shot up to look at who had spoke; there was a boy -about his age- standing in front of him. The boy was hunched over and had black scruffy hair; his eyes were almost a grey, black colour which had large dark circles under them.
"Please...just leave me alone..." The brown haired boy whimpered.
"You don't want help?" The dark haired boy asked as he tilted his head to the side. "You want to be tied to the post...all night? You know the kids who did this will be back in the morning and if-."
"I know that! B-but you're not r-really gonna help...y-you're probably here to make f-fun of me t-too..."
The dark haired boy looked at the other as tears started to roll down his face; his face was red from been beaten and crying, -the dark haired one was sure of it- his face was also bruised and his bottom lip was cut. He sighed and walked around the post. "Why would I do that?" He asked as he started to untie the rope that was holding the brown haired boy to the post.
"They tied it really tight...just give me a...moment..." He said and as he finished, the rope fell from the boy and down to the ground silently.
The boy's eyes widened and he stepped away from the post.
"Your back and face look really sore...maybe you should go to the doctors or the hospital...or something..." The dark haired boy walked back round to the front of the post to face the brown haired boy. "Here..." He said and held out his hand.
The brown haired boy looked down and realised what it was the other boy was holding. "Are they my...?"
"Ah, so they are yours...I thought they would be. I haven't met anyone else with...your...err, fashion style." The dark haired boy smiled lightly. "I found them when I was walking over here."
"Huh..."
"You are probably going to catch a cold...if you are naked for much longer." The dark haired boy moved closer and held the cloths out again.
"Huh..." The brown haired boy's eyes widened and his face turned red. "Err, oh y-yeah...err, thank-you." The boy took his cloths and turned around to put them on. Although the dark haired boy has already had plenty of time to see every inch of his body.
The brown haired boy quickly pulled his cloths on and turned to face the other boy. "You're English, aren't you?" The boy didn't answer. "You sound English...I'm sorry if I was wrong..." The brown haired boy looked down to the floor.
"What...err, no...you are correct. I am English."
"Did you know that there are only nine per-cent of America's population that is English? Eleven per-cent is Japanese, five per-cent is French, sixty per-cent is actually American and the rest is a mixture of other countries." The brown haired boy said in a sort-of know-it-all tone.
The dark haired boy smiled at the other. "Actually...I did know that."
The brown haired boy smiled. "Wow, really? I doubt that anyone in this school knows that. Come to think of it...I haven't seen you around before."
"I don't go to this school." The boy simply said.
"Oh...anyway, I'm Spencer Reid." He said and held his hand out.
"I am L. Nice to meet you Spencer." The other said and took hold of Spencer's hand, shaking it.
'L? That's a different kind of name...maybe it's short for something.' Spencer thought. He would have asked what it was short for, but decided it would be rude to ask such a thing, seen as how they had just met.
Spencer looked up to the sky when he felt something wet drip onto his face. It was starting to rain. "Oh great." Spencer looked back down to L. "Oh no, I bet Mom's left the doors open again..."
"Left the door open?" L repeated. 'Surely a grown woman would shut the door if it was raining...unless she is...' L's thought was interrupted by Spencer.
"Hey, where do you live, L?"
"Live? Err...on the outskirts of town...a few miles from here."
"Miles! The rain's going to get really bad...wanna come to mine till it stops? Then we can sort a way for you to get home later."
"What if it doesn't stop?" L asked. At some point he had looked down to the floor, his bangs cover his face; so Spencer couldn't see his expression.
"Then you'll have to stay at mine." He smiled. What Spencer couldn't see...was L smiling too.
Spencer walked in through the –open- front door. "Come in." He told L. L walked inside and shut the door behind him. "Thanks." Spencer whispered. "Wait here, just one sec." Spencer walked down the hallway and into the kitchen.
His Mom wasn't there. He came out of the kitchen quickly; a worried look on his face as he rushed into the living room. She wasn't there. "Mom! Mom I'm home...it's me...Spencer." He yelled and walked out of the living room into the hallway where L was.
'Why did he say his name?' L wondered.
"Spencer...is that you? You're home early. Are you skipping school?" A woman's voice asked. L looked over at the stair case where the voice had come from. There was a woman walking down the stairs in her nightwear and a dressing-gown, her hair was even messier than L's and she was pale and skinny...she looked very ill.
'Early?...it's after midnight...' L looked away from the woman and back to Spencer with a confused look spread across his face.
Spencer ran to the bottom of the stairs –avoiding eye contact with L- and looked up at his mother. "Mom...be careful...why are you carrying so many books?" Spencer held his hands out, and his mother passed him a few of the books she had piled up in her arms.
"Don't be silly Spencer...I have a lecture today...and you're just in time." She said and walked down the rest of the stairs. "Oh, and your strange little friend can come too..." She said looking at L. L couldn't help but smile a little.
"Mom..."
"...but he has to be quiet...and if he gets lost be sure to explain what it is I'm talking about, won't you?"
"I am sure I can keep up...Miss Reid." L said politely.
"Oh I don't know about that...but don't worry, Spencer is very smart...he will explain for you." She smiled and wandered off in to the living room.
Spencer walked over to L. "I'm really sorry...she doesn't mean it...it's just that...well she's...my Mom is..." Spencer looked down to the floor.
"Your Mother is a Schizophrenic...is she not?"
"A Paranoid Schizophrenic...t-to be exact." Spencer told him. "H-how did you know?"
"You are very smart for your age...as am I." L walked off and into the living room, where Spencer's mother had gone into. Spencer followed.
Spencer's Mother had fallen asleep a little while ago. Spencer and L were sat in his room talking.
"You have very many books..." L stated as he stood in front of one of the many book cases in Spencer's room.
"Yeah..." Spencer smiled. "My Mom was a College Professor and she would always bring books back for me to read or she would read them to me." L's eyes flashed to him and then back to the book case. "Err...I mean...now you think I'm weird, right?"
"Not at all. Having books read to you...is a nice way to learn...I'm sure."
"Huh?"
L looked to Spencer. "No one has ever read to me...apart from your Mother tonight...it was...fun." He said, saying the word fun quieter than the rest.
"No one has ever read to you?" L shook his head. "Why not?"
L shrugged. "I guess I have always been able to read...so I have never needed anyone to read to me."
"What about your parents?" Spencer asked, feeling a little awkward asking something personal. L just shrugged again. "Well...you can come over here and listen to my Mom whenever you want."
L's eyes started to widen but he quickly looked away to hide the fact from Spencer. "T-that...would be nice." L whispered.
Spencer smiled and was about to say something when a phone started ringing. "Oh, excuse me." L grabbed a phone out of his pocket and walked outside of Spencer's room. 'He's only twelve and he has his own cell phone? Cool...'
L popped his head around the door. "I'm sorry...I have to be going now." Without saying another word he shut Spencer's door and walked down the stairs.
"Huh, w-wait!" Spencer ran out of his room and down the stairs; almost falling down them, he was running so fast. "A-are...will you be able to come back?"
"No." L said. Spencer's eyes widened and he looked down to the floor. "Not tonight...but...I would like to return...if that is alright with you...and your Mother of-course."
Spencer looked up to see L was smiling at him. "Yeah!"
A car horn beeped from outside. "Watari is here...I must get going...I'll see you soon, Spence." L walked quickly to the car outside of Spencer's garden. It was the latest BMW Spencer noticed.
'Wow...how can he have that...and who is Watari? And did he just call me Spence?' Spencer waved back at L as the car drove off.
One Month Later
-Knock- -Knock-
"I'll get it..." Spencer shouted up the stairs and ran to the front door. He opened the front door. "...I-It's you..."
"Hello to you too..." L said and walked into the house. "I assume I'm allowed to come in."
"What...err, no! You have to leave now!" Spencer shouted. He put his hands on L's shoulders and tried to push him out of the front door.
"What? Why? You said I could come back!" L told him.
"What's going on out here?" Spencer's Mother asked as she walked down the hallway.
"Nothing Mom, L's just leaving..."
"Why? He just got here...and you have been saying you wanted him to come back." She said as she walked into the living room.
Spencer's face turned bright red from embarrassment. "N-no I haven't!" L grinned at Spencer. "W-what?"
"You wanted me to come back, didn't you, Spence?" L asked; his grin still placed on his face.
"N-no! That's not-!" L pushed Spencer lightly; making him stumble back. "What was that for?"
L grabbed Spencer's hand and started to run up the stairs. "Come on...I don't have long..." Spencer tried to pull his hand free of L's grip, but instead he made L stop walking as he reached his door. L turned to face Spencer. "What?"
"W-what do you mean what!? You can't just...you haven't been back here for a month! And you push your way in and...and...now you're holding my hand!"
"So?" L asked and took a step closer to Spencer. "Oh...I get it...you are mad because I have been away for so long..." He smiled. "Don't worry...I will explain."
"Wh..." Spencer started but decided not to finish. L was right. He was mad because the scruffy haired boy had been away for so long...and...because he thought he had finally made a friend.
L yanked on Spencer's hand and pulled him into his room. L shoved the door shut and pushed Spencer down to the floor, before kneeling down in front of him. "Hey! W-what was that for?" Spencer asked as he tried to get up. L moved closer; making it impossible for Spencer to move away. "What're you-!"
L moved his face closer to Spencer's; so close that there noses were almost touching. "I'm...I am a detective."
Spencer's eyebrows pulled together. "You came back here to lie to me!? What kind of friend are you!?"
L's eyes widened. "Friend?"
Spencer's face turned red. "I...er..." His eyes roamed all around the room, everywhere but L's face. "Y-yeah...I mean...we are friends...right?"
L leaned in closer to Spencer; their noses touching. "You are...my friend?"
"Yeah." Spencer couldn't help but look straight at L. He had thought he was happy when he thought of L as a friend...but L seemed...even happier.
"If we are friends...why don't you believe me?"
"You mean about you been a detective?" L nodded. "I'm not stupid. You're only twelve...how can you be a detective?"
"Fourteen actually..." Spencer pulled a confused look. "I never told you my age. And I have been a detective for four years now...and are you not entering college next September. So why can I not be a detective?"
"How do you know about that?"
-Beep- -Beep-
-Ring- -Ring-
"Ah...Watari is outside. I will be back soon." L stood up and turned to walk to the door.
Spencer shot to his feet and grabbed hold of L's arm. "Wait! You only just got here!" L turned to look at him; he smiled.
"I said I'll be back soon...sometime next week. Okay." In a flash L bent forward and gently pressed his lips against Spencer's. "See ya soon, Spence." And in another flash...L was gone. Spencer's eyes were wide and his face was as red as a tomato. 'What the? Did he just? That was my...my first kiss...and it was with a boy!'
End of chapter 1!
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