"Death Note marathon night!" I reminded my best friend as we opened our lockers that were right beside each other. The long black haired 16 year old rolled her eyes.
"You've reminded me 50 times already," she snorted back. Slipping on her red overcoat, she shut her locker as I shut mine. "Let's just go already, I hate walking home in November." She shuttered as we scurried down the hall.
I pulled a black beanie over my long brown hair. I loved this weather, but I hated walking in it. Especially for ten minutes.
On the walk to my house, I giggled. Hayley looked at me like I was nuts. "What's wrong with you? Besides everything," she muttered.
"I bet you can't wait to watch the episodes after L dies," I said, stifling another giggle.
"And why do you suppose that?" she asked though she already knew the answer.
"'Cause Mello's in it," I teased. "I bet every night you dream of being with him. Marrying him, making out with him, and-" She shoved her fuzzy glove up my mouth to shut me up.
At my house, I unlocked the door with my keys. My mother was at work for another 12 hours and my father… well, I didn't even know where my father was. Probably passed out in someone's yard, hungover.
After making us supper, I finished my stupid homework that my stupid English teacher assigned to us at the last minute because my stupid classmate was f****** off. Changing into our pj's, Hayley and I marched up into my room. The sun was setting when we finally settled onto my bed and began Death Note.
We were at the part where L was with Light on the roof because my stubborn best friend made me skip the other episodes just so she could see Mello before knocking out on my bed for the night.
"...I hear the bells," said L looking into the distance. I smiled as he went on. There was a quote he says that I've memorized by heart. "Tell me, Light," I echoed L's words, "from the moment you were born, has there ever been a point where you actually told the truth?"
Beside me Hayley snorted. "I still don't see what's so great about him," she rambled. "I mean, what's with the hair? Come on dude, ever heard of a haircut?"
I shoved her playfully. "Shut up and watch you pessimist." We continued to watch even after L died, though I closed my eyes at that part. When Mello came on, Hayley stared at him with googly eyes. I shook my head and smirked.
Suddenly my lack of sleep caught up to me like it always did. My eyelids grew weary and as I glanced at Hayley, I realized hers were too. We drifted off to sleep while watching Mello and Near at Wammy's House…
"Amber Hathaway, wake the f*** up now!" a voice cursed at me. I opened my eyes quickly and shot up.
"Are we in the Death Note world L?" I asked groggily, referring to a dream I was previously dreaming.
"No you dumb nut, we're in the middle of the freaking woods!" My eyes flew wide open and swept around my surroundings. Hayley knelt next to me, grasping my shoulders tightly. She was scared.
I didn't blame her because it was early morning, moon obscured by dark clouds. The wind blew coldly because it was freaking November and we were in tank tops and sweatpants!
Freezing, I rubbed my hands together. "We've gotta move unless we want to freeze to death."
As Hayley got up, she looked over me. "Whoa," she said. "You look older." Feeling my body, I noticed the difference. My breast were slightly larger and I was a tiny more muscular, but skinny as a twig.
Scanning her, I "hmm'd" thoughtfully. "So do you," I told her. Her black hair was a bit longer and her body slightly more sturdy, but still as skinny as she was when she was 16. "I feel... I feel..."
"Like I'm 18 years old," she finished for me. I nodded.
"If anyone asks, that's what we'll tell them. That we're 18 years old." She nodded and helped me up.
As we ambled naively through the woods, Hayley cursed non stop under her breath. "How the f*** did we end up here? Where is my f****** phone when I need it? How does this f****** happen to us?"
"Shut up," I snapped. "Stop being a pessimist and start being more positive! You're acting like a b**** right now and I don't like it." She was silent after that.
The moon drifted from the clouds and into view lighting our way. Up ahead I noticed a large building, church maybe, that was dimly lit. "Hey, there's a house," I mentioned to Hayley. She followed my gaze and nodded still keeping silent.
Upon reaching the gate, Hayley gasped. "No f****** way," she murmured. I looked at her in confusion.
"What?"
She stared at the building. "Please tell me I'm not going crazy."
I crossed my shivering arms. "Hayley, what are you talking about?"
Pointing at the building, she kept her frozen gaze. "I'm think that's Wammy's House."