Mello & Near gender switches! The purpose for this gender switch is a friend of mine bet that I couldn't write a story where there is no or hardly any yoai, or as some may call it 'gayfest'. *Rolls eyes* Anyway the aliases are most of the characters names (save for a couple characters) and there are some major and minor OOCs and I am sorry if the characters who will most likely act OOC. Oh, and Linda may act like a jerk, kay? Just a warning! Popularity corrupts people. It's really true, but sad.

Whatever. *Giggles*

R&R and enjoy!

Now, may I present to you Dark White!

"Hey, Near, do you think that I could be a cheerleader?"

"Linda," Near said firmly, "you have got to be kidding." She shook her head in disbelieve as she looked at the clothes she planned to wear tomorrow. It was going to be a good day. Near just had that feeling.

"Come on!" Linda insisted. "I could pull it off! I'm lean enough and lively enough and I'm elegant enough, too! And I'm really brainy when I want to be."

"Brains don't belong on a cheerleading squad." Near said shaking her head for a brief moment. "And if you haven't noticed, Linda, you have to be a blonde or really good at cheering."

"That isn't true Near and you know it!"

"Ashley Crown, Lucy Wales, Mattie Jackson, Mary Halsey, Hide Mieko, and Grace Goldman are all blondes and they all are or were cheerleaders. If you remember correctly they were secretly hiring smart guys at school to do their homework."

"Yeah, so they hired geeks, so what? Near, if you remember correctly, then you would know that Clara Knight, Samantha Fords, Jenny Weiss, Leea Gordon and Madison Lott aren't blondes. They're brunettes or redheaded or ginger-haired or black-haired. And they're popular Near!"

"Popularity is not everything."

"But this is high school!" Linda protested. "We need to be popular so we get the hot guys and the respect we deserve. Last year, freshman year, didn't you have a crush on one of the jocks, but he totally ignored you? Kira. Yeah, you had a crush on Kira Yagami and he didn't even know you existed."

"As if." Near scoffed leaning against her closet's doorframe. "It was you who had the crush. I don't like him whatsoever. He may be good looking, but he is a jerk. He even bullies his younger twin brother. And he isn't afraid to beat up girls. He shoves his sister Sayu around…he's a jerk. A real jerk, Linda."

Linda rolled her eyes. "He's a hot jerk though!"

"Yeah, but he'll probably try to get up your shirt, and then dump you." Near said apathetically. "Mom works in social services, Linda, and you know Laura James who dropped out during freshman year? She got pregnant last year, because she slept with him, and he didn't want anything to do with their baby, so she dropped out and moved off with her parents who were totally pissed she was stupid enough to not use protection."

"What's that got to do with anything?"

"She was also a cheerleader who wanted to be popular."

Linda rolled her eyes. "Have faith in me Near! I'm not stupid! You should try having more faith in your best friend sometime. Another thing you can try is stop being so negative. You should think positive for once."

"Okay." Near said before she started to toy with a curl of her white hair. "On the positive side you could start a family early." She said with a playful smile.

"You're a jerk!" Linda giggled as she got up and pat Near on her shoulder knowing how sensitive she was about physical contact. "Anyway, I should be getting home. Tomorrow will be the most awesome day in the history of awesome days! I can just feel it!" She said excitedly.

"Sure it will be." Near said sarcastically.

She rolled her eyes as she watched Linda prance off happily, but Near was also, secretly, excited about the next day she already had her outfit picked and hoped it would be good enough, seeing as her family didn't have as much money as Linda's family did.

It'll have to do. Near thought staring at the outfit she had chosen.

Her outfit consisted of a white skirt and sweater set and for some reason it included a pair of white ribbons that she planned to tie up in her hair. Near had white socks and pure white nail polish waiting for her to put it on, but she was going to wait until the next day before she did that. Near had also chosen to wear a pair of white shoes, which had little gothic N designs all over them.

Please, be a good outfit. She silently pleaded.

L lay on his bed with his best friend and cousin sitting on either side of him. He concentrated on the movie, which his cousin, Beyond Birthday, had bought from the dollar store and said was awesome, but L didn't think that it was that great. The monster was obviously fake, the actors sucked big time, the locations were misplaced and in the end everyone died, save for like nine people and they were all just minor characters compared to the others. What kind of show ended that way?

"How was that at all great?" Light demanded.

"There was tons of gore wasn't there?" B questioned watching as L turned the television off. "The gore and gross sound effects were real enough, weren't they?"

"Yeah."

"Then it was great." B said smirking, his ruby eyes sparkling beneath the shadowy hood of his hoodie. "Hmm, I should probably get home. It's getting late."

"It's just 2:22 P.M." Light scoffed.

"It's late by Dad's terms." He replied bitterly.

"You should get home quickly then." L said as he typed on his laptop. "See you tomorrow. I'll be waiting for your fashion change."

"I think you'll like it. It's a new hoodie."

"What color?" Light inquired. "It's not another gray hoodie is it?"

"Nope. It's red."

"Ooh, that's a big change." Light sneered jokingly. "Why don't you wear something different? Like purple."

"Purple is for losers."

"Yeah, and your so popular." Light scoffed.

L rolled his eyes. "Gentlemen," he said without looking up to them, "popularity is high school's main weapon for turning us on each other. I'd rather indulge myself with the knowledge that I am around people who want to be around me because I am an epically awesome person, not because I am cute and popular." He hesitated, and then looked up o smirk at them before saying, "But you must admit I am cute."

"Yeah, but you're dating skills are at a zero." B said sticking his tongue out at the elder teen, "Misa is so stupid and it's obvious that she's drooling over Light just like Takada. Sayu is just a kid and Light's sister. Naomi is clearly into Mr. Goody-two-shoes Raye. Wedy is with Aiber. And ya know Mello owns Matt, so you're screwed in the relationship department."

"There are more girls than those six."

"Yeah, but those six are the only ones in your league!"

"Hey what do you mean by Sayu is my sister? Does that make it a problem?"

"You suck!" B snickered.

"Go home Beyond." L said sternly. "Before you get yourself into trouble."

The younger male nodded irritably before giving a small wave and leaving. Light laid himself back flat on the bed feeling more relaxed since B left the room. Neither of them really got along well, since they were constantly competing for L's attention and affection. Not in a romantic sense, but in the sense of he-is-my-friend-so-you-can-back-off-bitch. Light knew that was the sense that he and Beyond used whenever they were together around L, well, except for when they were at school.

"Hey, L, what are you looking at?" Light asked curiously as he glanced over his friend's shoulder. "A chat room?"

"Yes, Mello is feeling rather pleasant today. She said that she is heading over to Matt's. And he last said that he was going to be playing some video games. Ah, and according to Mikami and Takada they'll be at the library, so there is not much to really report or talk about. I guess you should be getting home."

"Why?"

"Sayu just entered the chat room and says that Misa came over to your house and has just left." L didn't get to say anything more before Light bolted from the room hoping against hope that Misa hadn't stolen hair from his brush or comb again. Yeah, she was one of his two stalkers. "Hmm, amazing response time." The panda-eyed teen muttered. He turned his laptop off to re-watch that movie.

It was better than nothing. After the movie he got some strawberries and began to watch another movie, until he got tired and fell into a light slumber.

Takada sat in a chair as she began to read a large, hardback book. Mikami had checked a couple books out and then headed for home. She was peeved when she heard the sound of some twit singing The Itsy Bitsy Spider, but they were totally off-key with it making it into a Pop style version of the song. Misa then sat down in front of her.

Takada glared at her silently.

Misa glared back, but with a crude smirk plastered on her face.

"What are you doing here, airhead."

"I'm here to tell you that you should buy new clothes, you nasty meaner."

"Airhead."

"Frump."

"Why are you even here? You can't read!"

"Yes I can! I can read you witch!"

"Oh? I'm sorry Misa, but they don't have many picture books around this part of the library you should try the children's section."

"I heard that Light had went to your boyfriend's house, Takada."

"Oh? And whose house did he-"

"L's!"

Takada paled drastically. Misa giggled impishly. "L and Takada sitting in some tree…um…something…something...and um…they're doing something that they shouldn't be!"

"That is just wrong." Takada said wrinkling her nose with disgust. "How about you and Matt then? Yeah, I think that is about right."

Misa gawped at her.

"Misa and Matt had a thing and Mello found out about their fling and kicked Misa, Misa's big fat ass, which broke like fragile glass!"

The two teens glared at each other for a while. They dispised each other worse than a cat hated its natural enemy the dog. Or something like that. They just hated each other, okay? The insults and cruel songs continued. Yes, they were wittier and brainier coming from Kiyomi Takada, but Misa Misa managed to hit some weak spots in Takada. Soon they were swearing at each other and arguing. When things finally calmed down Misa was so flustered that she got up and stomped off like a little spoilt child.

Takada grinned as she closed the book she had been reading.

Victory was hers.

Looking at the librarian she smiled her sweetest smile. "Can I have this book checked out please?" she asked nicely. The woman nodded meekly watching as the teenager got up and walked over. Takada knew that if she could outwit Misa so easily there, in the public library, then tomorrow she'd stomp all over the little princess's ego the next day.

She enjoyed the moments when she frazzled Misa's BIG, FAT ego.

Wedy danced around in her room as she tried on various pairs of sunglasses and hats. She needed the right outfit for tomorrow. It was not a big deal to guys, but it was for girls. Clothing was a very important thing to a girl, well, for the reason that they attracted as well as made the wearer look attractive. Fashion was important, but then again, so was gaining other people's attention. Aiber. She thought with a bit of venom. He'd been letting his eyes wander to other pretty girls lately.

Wedy didn't like that. She didn't like it at all. So she bought a bunch of new clothes and was trying to figure out what would be the best attire for the next day, seeing as it was important to make a good first impression.

She finally decided on a tight looking, dark purple tube top, a dark gray miniskirt, black tights, a dark purple scarf, dark colored boots, gold bracelets, diamond earrings, a ruby necklace, some nice looking sunglasses, and a pretty white hat that was speckled with dark purple. She looked at the outfit she had laid out and grinned approvingly. Her cell phone rang she picked it up and recognized it as Aiber's voice immediately.

The conversation was short and pleasant for the most part.

After it was over Wedy started to make plans for the next evening.

Naomi sat writing in her diary as she also made plans for the next evening. Naomi hoped Raye and her would see a lot of each other a lot tomorrow. She felt so nervous and excited. Oh, and she wished she had someone to talk to! Sighing she waved away her boredom by reading a magazine once she finished writing in her diary.

She saw lots of hot swimsuits. There were also jeans. There were adds for music and toys and new brands. She eventually tired of that and started to call Raye. Naomi gave up when he didn't answer after three rings.

"Oh, please let there be more excitement tomorrow." She said to nobody in particular, just wanting to speak her mind. "I'm going to die of boredom!" She whined.

Looking around on the internet she went to a chat room site where L normally was, but found that he was offline and Beyond was, for once, on line. Groaning she didn't see any other way to get rid of her boredom, so she started up a conversation.

It went lovely.

Sarcasm. Long story short there were insults and exchanges of weird stories. Naomi got fed up and logged out. She then began to write about it in her diary.

Tomorrow I'll be so glad when I see that red-eyed creep…I will get him back! She thought snickering evilly.

In front of L!

"Hey, Matty!" a young blonde haired girl called to her redheaded friend who sat playing a video game on his bedroom floor. He didn't pay her much attention. Angered the blonde slammed a book upside his head and wrestled him into a headlock. She then waited for him to scream in pain and sorrow as he was forced to watch his precious solider in his precious video game get eaten alive by some weird looking alien. "What Mello?" he pouted when he was finally released. He was slapped upside his head a couple more times, and then he heard colorful language get shouted at him in Russian, before he heard a frustrated sigh.

"Matt are you excited?" Mello asked with a smirk. "I think I am."

"About what?" he huffed as he started to play a new game. Halo. The blonde rolled her eyes as she spread herself across his bed. "School starts tomorrow." She said glancing over to the calendar, which hung crookedly on the far wall, just beside the television, which Matt, was playing his game on. "Yeah, well, ya know Mels I don't love school as much as you do." He said as he paused his game so he could concentrate on Mello and not die in his game. That would suck, especially since he was only on level one.

"What about boarding school?" she questioned. "You hate that school, too?"

"No way. " he replied giving her a breif affectionate smile that was also a bit shy and nervous. "That is the only time in my life I love school. I always think about you. No, I think about the first time we met and I think about you."

"Sweet, but seriously Matty, the first day of school. How can you not be excited about that?"

"It sucks big time." Matt said sourly as he continued on with his game. "Cuts into my game time ya know?"

"That's because your status sucks." Mello teased. "You're the school computer geek. Nerd. Dorkle. Geek. Loser. Lamo. Creep. Pervert. Techie. Take your pick from the previous choices and that's you."

"It's better than being the school jackass's whore." He muttered still upset about his previous game. He regretted it the moment the words passed his lips. "What was that you stupid bastard?" Mello snapped narrowing her azure eyes dangerously. The redhead had gone too far. He knew that mentioning, as Mello called them, past-boyfriends-who-were-jerks-and-mysteriously-disappeared-without-a-trace, was a mistake. Matt knew he had gone too far as Mello slowly, dangerously advanced upon him. The redhead groaned as he prepared for his thrashing, which Mello always delivered to him when he slipped up as he just had.

He knew that it was his fault though.

Chappie 2 will be coming soon, or maybe later!

~Fairylust~