[3] Three [3]
I [s] hate [/s] dislike aeroplanes. They jolt you about and shake you until your insides spill and all in all, this was my first time in one and it was an eleven hour flight! I had earache most of the time and spent a lot of the time was a sick bag – which I christened.
I vomited into the bag then looked up and wiped my chin with my sleeve, gross I know but I had no tissue on me. "How can you like planes?" I asked before heading back to the sick bag.
L shrugged, "I don't, I can't sit comfortably, but I guess my stomach is not as sensitive as yours."
I looked up from the sick bag, "I think I need a new one."
L grimaced.
Half of the flight was over with and I was getting used to the gentle jolts and the movement of the mechanical bird. I was sitting by myself by now because L decided he wanted to talk to Light and Misa. I got up and walked over to L. Misa looked up from her magazine and smiled. "You are feeling okay now?"
"Yeah, thanks," I replied in Japanese.
"Yay! I can speak an easy language!" Celebrated Misa in her native tongue...Didn't I say something about bubble-headed a minute or so ago? I sat down next to L who was speaking rapidly to Light – who was taking it all in.
"Oh, hey Ella," Light said. L stopped talking and turned to me with a smile.
Suddenly a lollypop popped up in front of my face making me go crossed eyed.
"Do you want one?" L asked.
I smiled and popped the lollypop in my mouth and took possession of the stick. "I'm happy now." I then saw something, a piece of paper, on the table, "What are you doing?"
"Discussing the Kira case," said L.
"Oh, cool, explain please."
And this is the Kira case: Lately criminals have been dropping like flies around Japan, L and other cops are trying to find out who's causing them and to stop it. L thinks Misa and Light are behind it all and that is why they're with us. Light is currently helping L catch Kira even though he's a suspect. Now, so far there has been two Kiras. The first Kira and the second Kira. The first one needed a name and face to kill; the second one just needed a face. Its L's job to create justice and lock both Kiras behind bars. And of course, they'd be sentenced to death.
I stared at Light all the way through this and he held my gaze.
"I think your right in suspecting Light," I said. I twirled my lollypop in my mouth and got up. "Do you know where the toilet is?"
"I'll show you," said Light getting up, "I need to go too so it makes sense."
I looked at him weird.
"There are two cubicles."
"I knew that."
He led me to the cubicle. As I went to open the door he held it shut with his hand his arm just skimming against my face.
"I don't understand why you think I'm kira," he said.
"Can you see yourself right now?"
He pulled back his arm and looked apologetically at me, "Sorry. I just don't like being accused of something I didn't do. Look, Ella, just don't tell L about this okay." He picked up a strand of my hair and twirled it around his finger.
Was this him trying to seduce me to keep quite? I pushed him back with the palm of my hand, "You've known me for less than seven hours; don't try to convince me this way I'm not stupid like Misa."
"No, of course you are not," he said, "You're extremely smart and extremely cute although you're probably not got the innocence."
"No, I have not got the 'innocence' I know all about 'it' but I am not a slut that throughs herself onto people; now if you don't mind, I need to pee."
I turned my back on Light and walked into the cubicle. Locking it quickly, I sank back against the door, my heart was pounding. I put my hand to it, it was more than pounding, and it was racing! Anyway, I needed to pee and I couldn't hold it in any longer, I did what I had to do, and washed my hands. Walking out I adjusted my slacks, so they fell of my hips better and pulled my top straight. Light was there waiting.
"Light, you didn't need to wait for me," I said.
He shrugged, "I just wanted to make sure –"
"That I'd keep quite? Look, if you're that bothered about it I will."
"See, you like me really," he said with a smiled.
"Get lost."
Now, as you can expect from a ten to twelve hour flight, I was tired as hell and suffered from jetlag.
I couldn't even remember where I was. I was just shown the bedroom and fell into a deep sleep onto the bed and woke up to a vibrating in my jean pocket.
I rolled over and groaned, pulling my mobile out and flipping it open. Once it was to my ear I said: "Hello?" And the conversation started.
"Where the hell are you?"
"Japan."
"What are you doing in Japan?"
"Sight-seeing."
"Do you know how worried we are?"
"Not worried enough to let me sleep mum just calm down, I'll come home eventually and to be honest, you're in no situation to tell me what to do; I know everything."
She went quite.
"Just be safe," she said.
"You know I will I'm the safest girl around when I'm not falling off stuff."
"That's because you have my bad sense of balance. Just be okay? Ok?"
"Yeah, I know, Love you, bye."
"Bye my darling. Be safe and I want to hear from you everyday –" I flipped the phone shut and then took out the battery. [i] I don't want to hear from her every day. [/i]
