L's POV
"I said no." I responded, loading things into the back of the car.
I heard Gia huff. "That's not fair." She voiced.
I sighed and turned to her. Why did she have to be so stubborn? "Life's not fair, Gia. Now go back inside with your uncle B." I ordered.
Gia crossed her arms and frowned deeply, looking incredibly like Anna had at Seventeen. The only difference between the two really was Gia had inherited my black hair, which was now tied back in a high ponytail. "You let Near and Matt and Mello go with you when they were my age. Younger actually. You even took them on the Kira Case."
I paused in my retort. Technically she had a point. "That was different."
"It was because they were boys, wasn't it? I'm just as capable of solving cases as they are." She argued.
"No it wasn't because they were boys. If I had it my way they wouldn't have been there at all."
"L, are you ready to go?" Anna asked coming up to where I stood with our daughter. I took her bag from her and threw it into the trunk and shut it down.
"Mom, tell him to let me go with you guys." Gia pleaded following Anna to the driver's side of the car.
"Absolutely not." Anna said opening the driver's door. "It's too dangerous. You are going to stay here with Beyond. Mello is going to stop by tomorrow to check on you."
Gia let out a noise of frustration, "I don't need my big brothers checking up on me."
Anna kissed our daughter on the cheek, "I know you don't sweetie, but it makes us feel better. We'll call you when the plane lands alright? We'll be back in a week."
I kissed the top of her head. "Be good and study hard. Near is going to stop by sometime this week to give you a test while we're gone." With that I got into the car and we were off. Anna and I drove in silence for a few minutes before I spoke up, "You're daughter is so persistent."
Anna laughed, "We are going to have to take her on a case eventually."
I scrunched my face in disgust at the thought. I didn't want my daughter anywhere near the kind of cases we took, or the kind the boys had gone off to take on their own. Matt and Mello and elected to work together to solved cases, but Near had opted to go off on his own. All of them were private investigators. It had made Anna and I incredibly proud when they solved their first solo cases. Beyond had insisted that Mello become and 'Unprivate investigator'. I had told him that wasn't an actual thing, but he insisted. Luckily, Mello listens to me.
"Love?" I hummed in response and Anna covered my hand with hers for a moment. "Just give it some thought okay? She'll be fine on a case with us."
I sighed and looked out the window, "We'll see."
Gia's POV
"They leave already?" Uncle B asked through a mouthful of jam as I entered the kitchen. His face was full of Jam, as were his clothes. Even parts of his dark brown hair had gotten splashed.
I felt my face scrunch up in disgust as he did, "Don't talk with your mouth full its gross." I went to the fridge and pulled out a bottle of water. "They just left. You know it's not fair. They let my brothers go with them all the time when they were my age." I tapped on my water bottle and felt a smalls smile tug at my lips as I formulated an idea. "I'll be in my room if you need me."
"Okay." Uncle B said scooping out more jam. God that was gross. He didn't even use a spoon, just his hands.
I threw myself onto my bed and looked over the pictures that covered my walls. Countless pictures of me and my brothers and my parents and my uncle. My eyes landed on a specific picture of me and my brother Matt. His red hair was soaking wet as was my black hair. My dad had taken it right after we'd gotten into a water balloon fight with Mello and Near. That was the day of my thirteenth birthday, he was twenty seven in that picture. He never acted his age though. In truth, Matt, Mello, and Near weren't my brother's as far as blood went. My mom and dad had adopted them when I was born. I never could get a straight answer as to why they did that. Not that it really mattered, for all intents and purposes they were my brothers.
I turned away from the pictures and picked up my cell phone. I looked through the few contacts I had and pressed it to my ear.
"Hello?" The familiar voice came through the phone along with the sounds of video games in the background and I smiled.
"Hey, Mattie. Can you come over?" I asked. I didn't need to keep my voice down, Uncle B didn't really pay attention to me. Besides, it wasn't unusual for me to be calling my brothers.
"Yeah sure, let me just find Mello-"
"No!" I jumped in.
"That's not suspicious. What are you planning?" He asked lowering his own voice.
Out of my three brothers, I had grown closest to Matt. He tended to be gone the least and was the most laid back. If there was a problem, I went to Matt first.
I bit my lip before answering, "Matt, just come over please? I swear I'll explain when you get here."
The noises of videogames stopped and there was silence. After what seemed like forever there was a sigh on the other end. "I'll be there in twenty minutes and you're going to explain yourself. Got it?"
"Got it, thanks love you! Bye." I rushed and hung up before starting the pack my bag.
"No chance in hell." Matt said leaning against my bedroom door.
"Come on, Matt. You know I can do this." I reasoned.
Matt rolled his eyes, his goggles sat atop his head. "Just because you can doesn't mean you should." I noticed him looking over the pictures on the opposite wall. "You take a lot of pictures." His blue eyes scanning them before landing on the one of us. He smiled lightly.
"Matt, come on, I could have asked Near or Mello, but I didn't. I called you because you're the cool brother." I flatted and Matt laughed.
"Well of course I am. That doesn't mean I'm going to let you run off. Mom and Dad would have my head." He laughed and I huffed. "Aw, come on, G. Don't be like that."
"You're not giving me much of a choice." I warned.
"Gia, they'll take you with them eventually." He said. "Just be patient, Kiddo."
I moved toward him slowly, "But I can do it now. I can prove it. You just have to help me get to Viborg, Denmark."
"Yeah not happening." He said crossing his arms.
I sighed, "I really didn't want to have to do this Matt."
He didn't get a chance to ask what I was talking about because I hit him. He hit the floor with a thump. My dad had taught me how to do that, just in case I ever needed to protect myself. What I would ever need to protect myself from, I wasn't sure. I knew I had a limited amount of time before my uncle came to check what the noise was or what I was doing so I started in on my plan B.
"Sorry, Matt." I apologized quietly as I pulled his keys out of his pocket. "I'll be fine, I promise." I grabbed my bag and kicked the screen off of my window and hopped out. I was going to do this. I was going to prove that I was just as capable of solving cases as my brothers.
