A/N: This is a very late update, I know. I can only write when I feel a certain way, which is very rare. I have volunteer work at a camp next week, so I might hand write the third chapter. It depends.

AlmostOverTheEdge: As a reply to your statement; yeah, I liked how I started the other version better. But I hated how I was writing it and (to me) it was going nowhere and annoying me. I really appreciate your love for this story.

Disclaimer: I do not own Death Note, Death Note: Another Note, Paramore or The Only Exception.

~You Are, The Only Exception~

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A few times I caught myself standing in front of his closed bedroom door, wondering if I should just go in. L usually would come to my house because "you're house is just so comfortable." But the rare times I went to his house, he never answered the front door. His brother, Near, almost always would. By the time I padded through the white, soft suburban-home carpet, walking slowly up his stairs to his bedroom door, I would be nervous and think about turning around and going back home. The very moment I would think this, L would open his door, a huge smile on his face.

"B, what are you doing here?" Is what he said, is what he would always say.

"My mom's working all day today, so I thought I would come over." My mother is a nurse, so she would work a lot to earn a little extra money, since I don't have a father. We'll save that story for later.

L smiled again, moving so that I could enter his room. As soon as I passed over his threshold, I would relax. L's room is extremely clean, too clean for a teenager. There was always the ghost of strawberry scent mixed with Windex. His bed blankets were black while his sheets were white, which I thought was weird but I never said anything about it. It reminded me of pandas, which then reminded me of L, and then I would smile.

"Why are you smiling?" L said while giving me a weird look. I just shrugged while sitting on the floor opposite of his TV, leaning against the wall. L sat on the edge of his bed, which told me that he wanted to ask me something.

"Hey B..?" My shifted my eyes up to Lawli, who was nervously biting his thumb nail.

"Yeah L?" I replied. Something inside of me told me that I wasn't going to like the question. Shit, this isn't going to go well.

L kept biting his thumb nail. "Do you think we could hang out with Light today..?"

I looked down at my fingernails, pretending to pick dirt out of them. The truth is, I wanted to tell Lawli that I fucking hate Light Yagami and the last thing I wanted to do was hang out with the prick, especially after what he did to Misa.

I looked back up at L, ready to tell him some of this, but his face stopped me. L was looking back at me with this earnest look on his face, like if I said 'yes' to hanging out with Light it would mean the world to him. And the worst part is, I know that it actually would mean everything to him if I said 'yes'.

I sighed and closed my eyes, knowing that I really couldn't look at L as I lied so boldly to him. "Sure, hanging out with him sounds fun."

Sounds of L excitedly clapping his hands and spastically grabbing his phone echoed in my ears. I knew he was texting or calling Light and I really couldn't look at him while he did that. Something about Light Yagami really just makes me uneasy, like if I let him get too close to L or me he would stab us in the back or shoot us in the face. Yeah, that sounds about right.

"Hey, Light? …Yeah, B said we could all hang out today…Yeah, you can come right over. You have the address, right?...Okay, good, see you soon."

L shut his phone and I assume he put it back in his pocket. I opened my eyes and saw L shuffling through his closet. L was saying something to me, but my brain couldn't understand what he was saying to me. My body felt light, almost floating, but my chest and throat felt heavy and full. It felt like Lawli was being ripped away from me, even though he was standing right in front of me, waving his hands in my face.

"B? You still with me?"

I shook my head, looked up at L and smiled. "Yeah, just a little lost in my head right now."

L looked at me unsurely, but smiled anyway. "Okay. How does this shirt look on me?"

I looked at L like he was the dumbest person alive. "Why do you even care? It's just Light coming over."

L shrugged, looking down at his shirt, trying to hide his blush, but I knew he was blushing because I do the exact same thing. "I don't know, I just feel like I should care, at least a little bit."

I sighed and looked at L's shirt. It was just a plain white V-neck with short sleeves, but somehow it looked amazing on L. Anything L wears looks amazing. He could honestly wear nothing but a garbage bag and still look like the hottest person alive. I felt my face go slightly hot at that thought, but I couldn't care less if my original saw me blush at the moment. He wasn't paying attention to me anyway.

"Hey B?" I looked up at L, who was sitting on his bed again, nervously tapping his foot and looking out the window at the sun. "Do you think I'm being dumb? I mean. I've only hung out with Light like, once, but I'm still so nervous. I never get nervous when hanging out with people…"

I was listening so hard to L's speech and letting my heart brake slowly that I nearly had a heart attack as my phone vibrated in my pocket. I ripped it out, my hands slightly shaky.

[ Misa Amane – Are you at L's right now? ]

I let out a shaky breath as I replied slowly, not even hearing the doorbell ringing through L's house.

[ Beyond Birthday – Misa, I'm pretty sure that L likes Light. He asked me to hang out with both of them today and you know I couldn't say now and L was actually nervous about what to wear for Light. Please come save me. ]

"Hello B."

I looked up at the voice, even though I already knew it was Light, I was still slightly surprised. L was standing behind Light, obviously anxious on how I would react to Light. "Hey, Light."

The air was tense and it was obvious to everyone but L. L was saying something and rummaging around his room for something, but I just didn't have the heart to listen to him. I was staring at the TV, wishing with all of my heart that it would come to life and eat me, take me away from Light and L flirting with each other.

My phone vibrated in my lap, making me jump. I guess I had jumped really hard because Light and Lawli were staring at me from L's bed. I picked up my phone and read the text.

[ Misa Amane – I'll be there in 5. Just tell L I'm having an emergency or some shit. ]

"Who is that?" Light asked me. His tone was sort of mocking, which pissed me off. I ignored him while looking at L and standing up.

"That was Misa. She really needs me right now, so I gotta go." Now that I was thinking about it, I didn't really want to leave L alone in a bedroom with Light, but I just couldn't sit there and watch them flirt with each other.

I saw Light glare at me out of the corner of my eye. "Why do you care about her? She's a bitch."

I looked at Light, desperately wishing L wasn't there right now so that I could kill that asshole. It took everything I had to not blow up at Light. "Misa and L are my best friends in the whole world. If you have a problem with that, you can fuck off." The look on Light's face was so worth it. I turned to L and said "Thanks for having me over, I'm leaving now. Talk to you later." Then I turned and left L's room.

I pretty much ran out of L's house, stumbling past Near with a quick "I'm sorry, tell Wammy 'hi' for me." Misa was already waiting at the end of L's driveway in her car. I ripped open the passenger door and slammed it shut, haphazardly sitting in the passenger seat.

"What a fucking asshole!" I screamed before Misa sped away from L's house, away from the person I wanted to kill and away from the person I love.

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A/N: It ended abruptly, I know, but my writing mood is over. I hoped you liked it and you can leave a review on things that you wished were different. I wish everyone the best for summer and I will try to post another chapter before school starts.

With all my heart, xxignoredxx~