"Lady's and gentleman… Tonight we have a special guest in our show. Tomorrow their first album will be released, but right now they are going to play some of their songs for us. Enjoy this special preview. Here they are… Night Light!"
She opened her eyes. If it only would be that easy… "Jasmine, I've something to tell you. I, well… We might have played some songs together, but… We don't even have our own album! Do you have any idea what the title could be? Then we would have at least something…" she said.
"I don't know… I'll ask Sander, maybe he knows!" Jasmine replied.
A sigh came out of her mouth. How could Jasmine ask Sander something, while she didn't even knew what this Sander should look like! She would ask Lawrence instead, all by herself.
"Hey, Lawrence, I was thinking… We don't even have an album yet. I'm totally out of inspiration, so I wondered, can you think up a name for our first album?" she asked.
He looked up from his bass, and replied: "Give me a few minutes, and I'll have the title ready. Probably also all the songs! Hey, L, could you help me for a sec?"
On her mouth appeared a little smile. Within no time, the album would be finished!
"Hey, have you seen Lawrence and L? I can't find them anywhere!" Jasmine asked.
"Yes, they are busy writing songs and thinking up the right album title. You should see the two of them: L sitting as strange as always, eating cake and the like, and right beside him Lawrence, sitting quit normal with a curious medium sized box before him. I wonder what's inside of that…" she said, while looking out of the window.
"They're back!" Jasmine said, with her sometimes too powerful voice.
"My ears hurt! Why do you always have to scream like that…?" she said.
"Well, were back." Lawrence started. "And we present to you: Night Light's new album!"
L had a sheet in his hand, it seemed just like it was a normal piece of paper, but on it was written precious information. L straightened his back before reading it out loud. Jasmine started to laugh very loudly, because it looked very weird to see L standing there with his back totally straight. L looked up to her and laughed a bit, but his smile faded away very fast. He bend his back again, and stood there the way he always did. Then he spoke.
"Secret Truths.
1. Beneath The Surface
2. Like A Clock
3. A Real Lie
4. Unknown
5. Right In Your Face
6. Why Won't You Tell, Why Won't You Lie
You Can't Hide Forever
8. Thoughts
9. Misery
10. Always Means Never
11. Door
12. Hidden
Bonus tracks:
13. Disaster Is On Your Side
14. This Will Be Your End
15. My Secret Is The Truth
Actually, I'm not sure about putting 'My Secret Is The End' between the bonus tracks. And…"
Jasmine interrupted L: "You said 'My Secret Is The Truth' the first time, which is the right title I assume, but now you say 'My Secret Is The End'!"
"Why are you so overreacting? Jasmine, he could've just mistaken himself." She said.
"I haven't mistaken myself." L said.
Her face became all red, she was so ashamed! If she just had kept her mouth shut… But Jasmine… She had to say something to Jasmine, after she had said such a thing to L.
"Not mistaken? Then why did you say two different things?" Jasmine continued.
"They are the same." L said calm.
"Huh? The same? Are 'My Secret Is The Truth' and 'My Secret Is The End' the same?" Jasmine looked at L as she said this. He didn't answer.
"Well, people, let's get to the point: what do you think of it? The album title, the songs? Is it good enough?" Lawrence looked around.
She thought it was fine, she liked it, actually. But, it was still just a fantasy…
She stood up and walked towards her desk. Her science homework still had to be done. It was not that hard. At least, in class she understood everything the teacher said. But now that she looked at it… It seemed so difficult! Math wasn't that hard, but together with science it didn't make any sense to her. What was the a, b, or c? How could she find x? Maybe… If this was x2….
"What's the problem? You're looking so worried…" Lawrence stood beside her, and looked at her notebook, what she was writing down. "You know those two are the same? You have to multiply them, and then you suddenly get your x2. And then, if you do this…" he said some more things, and wrote something down. "…and that's all. I can tell you paid attention, and you're trying your best. It'll be fine. As a matter of fact, you got two whole weeks before the test. Just read everything carefully. I'm sure you'll get a good grade. If you'd like, I… could help you another time again?"
She looked into his eyes. "That would be great… Thanks. Thank you very much, Lawrence… I… You just don't know how much I appreciate your help. Thanks." She said to him, with a smile on her face.
"You're welcome." He said, also smiling, and walked out of the room.
L came in.
"Science, huh? And what about history, economics, physics, math… And don't forget the languages. I know it, school can be hard. Especially because it's so boring." L said.
She looked at him, didn't know what to say.
"Yeah, you know me. I only take a case when it interests me. If it doesn't, I can't solve it. That means, I could, but I don't. Do you like science?" L waited for her to answer.
Finally she could reply: "I don't like it that much… But, I… I… I do like you…"
A fantasy! Even in a fantasy she had trouble saying things like that… But, she could finally talk to L herself. If only this fantasy could become real…
