AN.

Wowee! I haven't written a story in...i think over a year! That's amazing! Ok, so here's the deal. This is a great chapter that I shortened from my sequal to Smiles to a brighter past that I have discontinued. I just had no will to continue it. I plan on posting a new "chapter" which is just going to b a notice stating that i'm not doing it anymore and telling you guys what to do if you want to know what happens. I just liked this chapter so much that im making a one shot out of it!(:

I'm considering making chapters of one shots on this story. They'll tell some of the things thhat happened to linda and mello between what you saw.

Now on to business. I did something really pethetic. I was reading all my favorite stories over again and I clicked on my own by mistake. I was like "OMG!!!! This story is great!! Which one is it?!" I scrolled to the top and it was mine. How do you forget something like that??!?!?? I ended up reading it over again and every chapter of my own story was a suprise!! Amazing what the mind can forget.


Linda sat, legs crossed on one of mello's couches in the hideout. She was using her artistic brilliance to scetch something the japanese task force had asked her to. A picture of near and a picture of her fiance mello.

"Mello. Are you...sure?" she said, with a worried expression.

Mello looked over at her pausing in mid-bite of his chocolate. He sat it down on the table and slowly stood up. Linda was on the verge of tears. What if this picture, the one she herself drew, was the cause of he fiance and her old best friend's death? Mello walked over to her and plopped down on the couch while trying to sneek a peek art the sketches. Linda ripped the carefully out of the scetch book and handed them to mello. He looked them over and smirked.

"I'm sure. And these are perfect!" he genuinely smiled. "Just like my little princess here."

Linda giggled and nervously fixed her hair. She was shaking. She would be a wreck until she knew mello was safe.

"Relax." mello said cupping her face in his hands. He gave her a quick but loving kiss and wrapped his arms around her.

"but how do you know you'll be safe?"

"you drew us from when we were kids. I don't look too much like that anymore. And what are the odds near still looks like that?"

He had a point. It made her feel a little better. Mello fell back on the couch pulling linda ontop of him. They cuddled for a minute.

"So..ya still sick?" He asked linda remembering her latest excuse not to go to the store.

"yes!" she let out a fake cough right into his face.

He laughed a little,

"aww...too bad..."

He pulled her forehead onto his.

"Cause I wanted to have some fun tonight."

He kissed his fiance passionatly, but sweetly.

"You're just trying to suduce me into going to the store and buying you chocolate."

"is it working?"

"i guess...." she got up and stated putting on her jacket. It was the same one near had give her so many years ago. Linda grew up to be a little small. So it only needed to be let out around the chest and arms.

"Don't take too long. Because when you get back, your mine until morning." He winked and Linda laughed.

"but I thought that was disgusting!!" linda said laughing even harder.

Mello blushed thinking of how he found out about the birds and the bees. It happened so long ago.

"That rat told you?!" he said in disbeleif.

"He told me absolutely everything!" she giggled. "and I thought it was cute."

"ooh la la!" mello said in a seductive tone.

"you're such a perve mello!...but I guess you're my perve."

Matt, who had been sitting in a chair queitly playing video games finally spoke up.

"If you guys are going to do that, please don't let me hear you. I'll get nightmares!" he said, not looking up from his Nintindo DS.

They all laughed. They were all happy. They all felt safe and together.


Linda's eyes snapped open. She sighed. So..just another dream.... She had been having a lot of dreams about times she, mello, and matt had.

"maybe...i just miss them, aot more than I thought" she said sadly.

She got out of bed and trudged down stairs to join near and watari in the investigation room.

AN.

Okay, that's it. I hpoe you enjoyed it, Please review!!(: