Watari walked out of the room to alow me to change into the clean clothes that Linda gave me to use. It was a long black skirt and a long black shirt with white swirls all over it.
Not really my taste, but it was given' to me so there for I was grateful. I walked out of the room and saw Watari standing right outside, "I see the clothing Linda gave you fits"
"Yes. It does fit, but skirts aren't really my thing if I my say so myself" I was talking while looking over the outfit I was given'. "Well, when we go shopping we wont pick any skirts"
Watari said, smiling at me. "I would be grateful for that" I looked up at him. "How about I show you to your room now Miss Layla?" "Layla, please" "Of course, Layla"
He turned around and started walking back the way to the front door, we came to the stairs and went up them. We reached the top and looking in front of me was a long dark wood hallway.
Everything was dark wood, from the floors to the walls and even the ceiling was covered in wood. Watari walked past 4 doors till he stopped in front of one on the right.
He looked down at me and said "This will be your room Layla, I hope you come to enjoy it" He pushed open the door and stepped aside to let me walk in.
I walked inside and looked around. It was plain, but more than what I was expecting. There was a bed, dresser, book shelf and a closet and everything except for the closet was dark wood.
"This will serfice for now, thank you Watari" I said to the older man "When we go shopping you can buy whatever you want to decorate your room to your own liking"
I spun around and just stared at Watari. Was this man, the man who found me on the streets no more than 2 hours ago, going to give me whatever I wanted?
"Thank you, Mister Watari. There is so much you have done for me and yet you continue to give and do more things for me. There is nothing that I can say to you to show you how much I appreciate this, but the least I could do is try to do my best here and show you that I will not let you down" I looked him square in the eye as I said all of this.
"Then shall I give you a test to take to let you know what you will be learning while staying here?" I nodded. "Then follow me Layla" Watari walked out the door with me following.
He had me sitting in a chair in what looked like to be a class room at a school. Watari walked in with some papers in his hands and set them on the desk in front of me.
You will be given' 2 hours to complete the work, when you are finished just push the button on the wall by the door and I will come back to grade your work. You can start"
I picked up a pencil and began the work that was on the paper. Everything on here was easy to me, I didn't go to school 'cause of the kind of work my parents did.
So they were the ones that tought me everything I know now. They told me to be polite and to keep calm, they also showed me how to do the same work as them.
The pressure points of the human body and how to disarm your opponent. My parents dealt with money, but they also knew how to take out the unwanted trash, if you know what I mean.
I was finished with the work Watari had me do. I pushed the button and walked back to my seat, waiting for him to return. He was back and walked up to me.
"That was fast. It only took you an hour to finish the work, you do know that was a 12 grad math test right?" Was it really? Well, isn't that something.
I shook my head letting him know that I had no idea the test was that high in grade. He hurried and scaned over the sheets of paper and when he was done he looked at me.
A shocked expression on his face, I seem to be doing that a lot in just the few hours i've known him. "This is extraordinary. You didn't miss not one question.
The only other person i've ever known to be able to do these problems at your age was L" Was that suppose to mean something to me?
"Well come, let's go show L that you are smarter than you seem shall we?" I stood from my chair and was following behind Watar,I till a blond person stepped in front of us.
"Yes Mello, can I help you?" Watari asked, the boy "How did she do?" He said, while eating a chocolate bar "She scored as high as L on the same test"
Watari said, with a smile on his face, looking proud of what I was capable of. "SHE WHAT!?" He looked pissed if I my say so myself.
"What does that mean now? Is she second?" Mello said, looking at me with a glare "No Mello, it means she's first" He dropped his chocolate bare on the ground.
At least it landed on the wrapper and not on the floor, I bent down to pick it up for him and held it out for him to take. He snatched it out of my hand, cutting it on the foil that was the wrapping.
He marched away and that left me looking down at my now bleeding hand "Come Layla, let's get that cleaned" We walked back to the room where he first cleaned my cuts.
I sat on the table again and Watari got on a phone "Yes, will you please come to my office? I have something to show you" He said, and hung the phone up.
He was done with the cut on my hand as L walks in the room with his hands in his pockets looking bored, "What was it you needed to talk to me about?"
L was just standing there looking at Watari. Watari held out the papers for him to take. L looked over them faster than Watari did "Did she do this?" "L, you know she did"
"Then that means we have a new number 1 then doesn't it" L said and walked away without look at me "Oh L?" I said, looking at my hand "Yes what is it?"
I put a smile on my face "Found anything out yet?" I looked at him, he just blinked and walked away. "You know Layla, you are a new challenge for him you know that right?"
Watari said, to me "Yes Watari, I know that, just as much as he is to me" I hopped off the table "Can I go look around?" I asked glancing at Watari "Yes you can, enjoy yourself " I walked out the door, ready to get to know my new home better.
It was dinner time by the time I was done exploring the grounds. "Hey you?" I looked to my left seeing the person that called for me. It was Mello.
"So, I hear that your first now" What does that even mean 'First' so I asked him "What does that mean 'First'? 'cause I have no idea as to what you three are talking about"
I replied to him, he just looked at me with a 'are you kidding me' look on his face. "We are ranked by the smartest to well, the dumbest and you are the smartest"
Oh, "But, Watari said, that 'the only one to ever get that high on the test was L?' does that mean I am second to him?" I asked Mello.
"Everyone will always be second to L, he is number 1. We are here to be tested and chosen to be the next L if anything should happen to him and it use to be Near, me and then Matt, but now It's you, Near then me and Matt. Your 1, Near is 2, I am 3 and Matt is 4, do you get it now?"
Why was he talking to me like I was stupid? As far as I knew I was higher rank then he was, according to him. 'DING' "What was that for?"
I said out loud "That's the dinner bell" Mello told me "Oh, thanks" I went back walking, but this time in the direction of the lunch room.
"Do you know where your going?" I stopped walking and looked to the boy beside me "Yes, I do. I looked around before you called out to me"
I went back walking with Mello right beside me "You know what new girl?" I glanced over at him "I think Your not gonna fit in around here"
"You may think what you want, but I know for a fact that I will fit in just fine here thank you" We made it to the lunch room.
We walked in and I sat at the table Linda and Near where sitting at "So, is what I hear true? Are you now the new number 1?" I saw Near playing with a robot toy.
"Yes, I do believe it is" That's all he said and went back playing with his toy. "That's cool" I look at Linda and she's blushes "Yes, I think it's cool too" I tell her.
The doors to the kitchen open and out walks three adults carrying plates of food in their hands. They walk over to the tables and set the plates down along with empty plates in front of us.
They leave just as fast as they came "We can eat now" I hear Near say. We all reach out, grabbing what all we wanted to eat and put it on the plates and began eating.
Never have I had this kind of food at an orphanage before, but May I say 'I like it very much'.
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