When she woke up, it was still very early. She thought about Night Light. She, Jasmine, L, Lawrence, Sander… She was glad she had started the band. It made her feel better, not lonely, as she sometimes felt before she had the band. It was also quit exciting: they were working hard on their album, and soon it would be finished. Then they'd start touring…
She had been wrong. First she thought her life was boring, and that it would stay that way forever. Luckily everything had changed. She had more friends, could be together with L, and she could sing…

"You say you feel so down
Every time I turn around
And you say you should've been gone by now…"

It was her alarm clock. Every Friday she woke up to this song. Maybe it wasn't that special, but…
She continued listening to the lyrics.

" 'Cause life starts now
You've done all the things that could kill you somehow
And you're so far down
But you will survive it somehow because life starts now."

She could really relate to this song, today more than every other day.
When the song had ended, she got out of bed and went to school.

At school she was smiling all the time. It was almost weekend, so she could focus entirely on the band! With a little luck, their album would be finished by Sunday.
All of a sudden she heard a voice behind her. "Hey, what's up? I haven't seen you look so happy for a really long time." It was Ashley, a friend of her, or at least, they sat in the same class and could go along well with each other.
This question kind of overthrew her, so before she knew it she said: "Yes, I'm indeed very happy! It's just because of all the things that happened lately! I'm so busy with the band, writing lyrics and stuff, together with Jasmine, L, and…" she stopped talking, and her smile disappeared. Ashley looked at her as if she had just said something weird. Totally ashamed of what just had happened, she turned around and walked away as fast as she could. The rest of the day she kept her mouth shut, afraid of being laughed at, to say something stupid, to say the wrong things…

"Things are going quite smoothly. Here's a quick update. I heard Jasmine already started writing lyrics for Why Won't You Tell, Why Won't You Lie, Lawrence is busy with You Can't Hide Forever, Sander is working on Thoughts, you are working on Misery and I've already finished This Will Be Your End. Just four more lyrics, making nice songs out of all of them, draw a good looking album cover and that's all. After that our album will be finished. On the table beside me, there's plenty of cake, chocolate and lollipops for everyone. Just take what you like. Good luck with writing!" Directly after saying all this, L took the biggest piece of strawberry cake, with three and a half strawberries on top of it.

She was talking with Jasmine again. "Did you notice something about L?" she said.
"Except for his 'mistaking' with the song titles?" Jasmine replied.
"Yes. It's, well… We all write the lyrics in the right order, or at least, first we write for the first song of our album, then the second, the third… But he starts with the last songs! And, because he's L, he should have his reasons for doing so…" she looked at Jasmine, hoping she would know.
"You're right, I didn't even notice… Maybe it's a stupid idea, but… You could just ask him why." Jasmine's answer surprised her.
But, she could do it… Maybe it was a great idea! After discussing it for a while with Jasmine, she went to L.

"Hey, Ryuzaki, I was wondering… Why do you 'mistake' yourself constantly when talking about that one song title, and why does everyone write lyrics in the right order, except for you?" She was more confident than before. Just in common, but especially towards L.
"I think someone is in love with you." That was all he said, and he walked away. She didn't get it. It didn't make sense at all! Did he do those things because someone was in love with her? And if so, who? Was it someone of Night Light? Then it should be Sander, Lawrence or L.
She ran towards L, and asked him: "But who's in love with me? Is it Sander? Is it Lawrence? Is it you? Or isn't it someone of Night Light?"
L looked at her, took a bite of a chocolate chip cookie, and smiled. What a guy… why had his answers to be that cryptic? Couldn't he just say what he meant immediately? Maybe he didn't even mean someone was in love with her… She sighed.

The title of the song of which the lyrics had to be made next, was Always Means Never. Never is the opposite of always, so… Maybe he indeed didn't mean someone loved her… Or did he only say this because he expected her to think it could mean something else? It could even be it didn't meant anything, but he just wanted to see her reaction…

She walked towards Sander. She didn't really know him, but she thought he might be easier to understand.