Melinda dropped her books on a desk grumbling to herself about how much she hated Mello.

"Melinda. Melinda!"

Melinda turned around to see who was calling her. She saw Ray and Sayu standing in the doorway. The teacher walked up between Melinda and Ray, "I'm sorry, the two of you can't come in. It's detention."

"Just hold on for a second," Sayu said. "Melinda, Ray says you should take off your reading glasses."

Melinda put a hand up to her face and hit her glasses. She took them off and put them away, not saying a word of gratitude to either her sister or her new friend.

"She'll be out in ten minutes. You're welcome to wait out here, but you can't come in," The teacher said before she closed the door.

Sayu turned to Ray, "Well that was rude."

"Not really," Ray stated, "I mean, she has a point. It is detention after all."

"Not that. Melinda didn't thank us or anything after we kept her from getting nauseous from her glasses. She didn't even say anything to you and you're her sister," Sayu said. She couldn't believe how Melinda could have been so cruel while Ray was so calm about it. "Yeah, she gets like that. When she gets in a bad mood, she has to take it out on something. Better us than the teacher or Mello," Ray explained. "But I don't think she got it all out yet. She'll be done as soon as she smiles or cries. I don't think she'll need to cry this time."

Sayu couldn't believe Ray's reaction. "I wish Light were this understanding with me. If I ever got like that he wouldn't take it for a second. I guess she doesn't know how good she has it." Sayu was truly jealous.

As Sayu and Ray had a moment of silence to end the conversation, Mello and his friend walked passed them. As they both tried to enter the teacher called, "I'm sorry Matt, you can't come in."

The other boy nodded, closed the door, and stood outside on the other side of the door as Ray and Sayu.

Ray looked at Sayu, "Who is that?" She asked.

"That's Matt. Him and Mello are best friends but he's clearly more down to Earth and calmer than Mello," Sayu said.

Ray turned to the goggled boy on the other side of the door and said, "I'm sorry about this. Melinda doesn't always know how to tone it down." Ray gave a small smile while Sayu was amazed that she would just start talking to someone that she didn't know.

Matt put his hands in his pockets and looked up. "Don't feel bad," he said. "It's Mello's fault they're in detention anyway." Matt looked at Ray and Sayu and said, "She's the only person who really stood up to Mello in this school and I guess he felt threatened by it."

Ray leaned over to Sayu, "Kind of makes you wonder what kind of trouble she got into back home."

Mello and Melinda sat in silence while the teacher just watched them. "Would either one of you like to explain what happened second period today?" She asked.

Mello shot a glance at Melinda who was just sitting in her seat, staring at her hands in her lap.

"Jun-sensei, I didn't do anything wrong," Mello started. "Her and Sayu were sitting in mine and Matt's seats. I was just trying to get her to move." He was expecting her to but in, but when she didn't he continued, "I was only standing my ground and since I've been in this school longer than she has, I have a little authority over her."

Jun looked at him and said, "Mello, she has a name. Do you know it?"

Mello looked at Melinda. He couldn't even believe that she was the same girl that picked two fights with him already. Mello looked away, "No."

"Why don't you introduce yourself," Jun said.

Melinda looked up, "Hm? Oh um. M-my name's Melinda."

Mello looked at her like she had two heads. 'This is not the same girl from second period today. Maybe her and her sister switched,' Mello thought.

Jun hung her head over the chair she was sitting in, "You know what, this is torture. You guys get that you shouldn't do what you did today again so I'll let you go and you don't have detention the rest of the week. I just don't want anymore arguing. Okay?"

"Hai," Mello said.

Melinda just nodded her head quietly.

"Okay, dismissed," Jun said waiving her hand in the air.

Both students exited and walked away with their friends. As they were walking away, Matt turned to Mello, "Don't you think you should have apologized? I mean you did get her detention on her first day of school."

Mello kept looking forward and said, "Don't be stupid Matt, I didn't do anything wrong."

-&-

As the week went by, Melinda and Mello talked less and less until on Friday, they didn't even look at each other, and Ray and Matt thought everything was okay, until after 8th period science one day.

Everyone was leaving, when Masao, the teacher said, "Gordon-san, Matt-san, and Mello-san, may I see the three of you for a moment?"

As the three of them got to Masao's desk, Ray walked in, put her books at her desk and froze. 'Did she really do something that would get her detention again?' Ray wondered.

"I've been noticing that Melinda's grades are increasing steadily."

Mello rolled his eyes. "I've also been noticing that your grades, Matt and Mello, have been steadily decreasing until the point where you're almost failing."

Mello smirked, "Almost but not quite yet."

"Yes Mello. You must be quite proud of a…" He trailed off as he went to look up Mello's average, "A 65 average."

"WHAT?" Mello exclaimed.

Matt chuckled, "You're dead."

"You're one to talk Matt," Masao looked up Matt's average on his laptop. "63."

Matt's mouth fell open.

"So what I'm proposing is that Melinda be a tutor for the two of you," Masao said folding his hands on his desk looking at his three students.

"Her?" Mello raised his voice slightly.

"Of course if you guys don't want a tutor, I could always make the two of you come to mandatory extra help, before and after school everyday. Well, what do you say?"

The bell rang.

"We'll take the tutor," Matt said quickly.

"What?" Mello asked annoyed. Matt looked at him and looked him in the eye through his goggles, "We'll take. The tutor."

Mello crossed his arms across his chest and looked away. "Fine."

"Alright then, the three of you could work out a schedule while I write you three passes."

As if it wasn't bad enough that I have to tutor him now I have to walk to next class with him too! Well I could always walk on the other side of Matt and not talk to him at all. Melinda thought as she took her pass from Masao.

As Melinda walked out of science she gave Ray a reassuring smile and said, "I have officially fallen into the depths of hell." And with that said, Melinda left the room with Matt and Mello.