(Chapter One)

Meets, Greets, and Near Death Experiences

Where do I begin, It was so longs ago, but I feel like it was just yesterday. I guess I'll start at the beginning as always. It was my first day at the Whammy House. Fear was all I was feeling and hatred for the man who sent me there. I was read the rules and was assigned a room with a total stranger, Before I even knew what I was gonna be doing there. I walked to my room and unpacked my thinks. Suddenly a girl with long orange hair walked in the door. "Hey...you...girl! Are you my new roommate?" she asked. I looked up. "What a stupid question. No, I'm a stalker who is in love with you and I finally worked up the courage to confront you and ask you if we can get married. " I thought. I didn't say anything, I just nodded and continued unpacking. "Well, quiet we are. I'm Cat. Who are you?" I hadn't thought of my new name yet. I forgot I wasn't allowed to use my real name anymore. It was a rule. "I'm...uhhhh... May." I said. "Yeah May, I can remember that." I thought. She didn't say anything else. She just nodded and turned on the radio. She played a bunch of 80's rock. I hate that kind or music. As I unpacked my things and pulled out the piece of paper that Watari had given me. I noticed on the back it had been hand written. Orthoh's British Literature, Encyclopedia A-K, The complete Shakespeare collection, Uncle Tom's Cabin, Logarithmic Functions, Mathematics Level 35, and Quantum Physics Level 5. I noticed that most of these books can be found in a common library. "Well, time for a field trip." I thought to myself.

I was walking back from the library with my gargantuan stack of books. "Oh my god, these books are so freaking heavy! I wish I had a shopping cart!" I could barely walk without my legs wobbling like wet noodles. I felt as thought my arms would snap as easy as a toothpick. I tried not to think about it, but it was too late the stack started to wobble, I tried to balance it, but suddenly I collided with another person. "Hey! Watch where you're going you blind retard." He said. I looked up. He looked like he was gonna kill someone "I'm s- s- sorry." I said and nearly started to cry. He looked up at me. "Oh, I'm so sorry. No, please don't cry! It was my fault!" He said as I started wiping a tear from my face. I reached over to pick up my Encyclopedia and so did he. Our hands touched and I quickly pulled mine away. "I'm sorry again." I said. He picked up my Encyclopedia and handed it to me. "Don't be." he said. I started picking up my books and stacking them up one by one. He started helping me. "By the way, My name is Mello." he said. I looked up and I noticed he stuck his hand out.

Igrabbed it and shook it. "May." I said. Luckily I still remembered my new name. I continued to stack my books. "I didn't want to shake hands, I was gonna help you up." he said. I looked up again and saw he was right in front of me with his hand out again. I grabbed it. As Mello pulled me up, he fell backwards on one of my books and I went down with him. I tried to get up but I couldn't. I moved up a little and looked down at Mello. The first thing I noticed was his short blond hair. His eyes were really blue. They matched his hair perfectly. He was pale, and wore a lot of black for an eight year old. "What are you looking at?" he asked. I didn't think. I quickly responded "Your Face." How stupid. "Uhhhhh. Not in a bad way! In a -a good way!" I said. He looked up at me (Where else could he look) "Well can you please get off me so I can try again?" I came to. "Oh, I'm sorry." I said. I said I'm sorry a lot as a kid. "It's Okay." He said. I can tell He was tired of saying that. We attempted to try again. This time we succeeded. "Ah. We got it." He said. I laughed. "May, I've never seen you around here before. Are you the new girl Watari told everyone about?" I didn't say anything. I nodded. That was it. "Well, again, My fault. I didn't mean to yell at you. Do you need some help with your books?" I nodded and told him thank you. I leaned over to pick up my big books, suddenly I felt a grasp around my wrist. Mello pulled me back against the wall and placed his body in front of mine. I was frozen, and scared. What was he going to do to me was my first thought. My eyes were shut tight. All I heard was a Whoosh sound. Then suddenly the sound of Mello screaming.

"MATT! WHAT THE HELL!" he said. The boy turned around and yelled back "SORRY, NEW VIDEO GAME, DOWNTOWN, GOT TO GO!" Mello turned back to me. "Sorry about that." He said as he picked up half the pile of books. "Let's go." He said. I picked up the other half and started walking. We started talking about the strangest things I remember because I never laughed so hard before. He told me about how people tell him he looks like Madonna, and how I looked like Drew Barrymore except thinner and with short black hair. I guess I kinda did. We walked back to my room. I attempted to dig my key out of my pocket successfully. I did. I unlocked and opened the door. Kat wasn't there. She must've been out. I set the books on the wooden desk and sat down on my bed. "Welcome to my room, population two." He plopped down right next to me and sat there. "So, What are you doing here?" He asked. I didn't answer. I clammed up and thought about it. I didn't remember why I was there. I wanted to forget.

I didn't want to remember why or how I'm here I just knew I washere, and I would not be sad. Mello placed his hand on my back. "I'm sorry, You don't have to tell me if you don't want to." I looked up. I wasn't crying. I was thinking. Suddenly I heard a click click click. And a loud "YEAH!" Kat was back. "May, are you here? Can you help me. I went love and opened the door and let her in. She walked in and looked at Mello, who was on my bed. "Oh, I see. Mello's flirting with a girl who has no idea what he's really like. Smooth." I looked at Kat. She obviously knew him. "Shut up Kat." he said. "May is my friend." I looked up. We're friends? I made a friend. Mello got up. "I better go now. I have to, uhhhh, make sure Matt doesn't tare up our room. Bye May." he said and waved to me. "Bye Creature." he told Kat in a joking around tone. "Bye Jerk." She said in a joking tone back. "Bye Mello" I said.

"So, You and Mello? Tell Kat everything!" Kat said. She likes to talk in third person. "Me and Mello are just friends Kat. Nothing more." I said. All day we sat there talking about how she thinks I should go out with Mello, and she told me everything about her life. I was so fascinated about how much she had to tell me. She talked about Matt and how cool he was, and All the cool things we get to do. We talked for hours and hours til we nearly fell asleep. After midnight, I woke up and pulled out an empty book. I opened it. It was a present for my eighth birthday from my mother and father. To our dearest daughter, Happy birthday. We give you this diary to fill with your favorite memories and dreams. Keep this as close to your heart as you are to ours. Love Mom and Dad. I took out a pen and wrote my first entry as neat as possible.

Dear Mom and Dad,

I miss you guys. I love you both. I promise that I will keep this book close to me. Today, I made two new friends named Kat and Mello. Kat is my roommate and she has been so nice to me. I met Mello the same way you guys met each other. I bumped into him. He carried half of my books back to my room for me. Me and Kat stayed up for a long time talking about everything possible. I'm happy hear. I don't feel so Lonely anymore. Thank you for everything. I promise I will write more soon. I miss you and love you. Be safe.

-May

P.S. May is my new name. Sorry about the confusion.