I'm Sorry!

I know I haven't updated in forever, but I just edited all the chapters, and I'm going to finish this story, by Kira! So thanks for being patient, and I hope you enjoy!

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I woke up in a under furnished hotel room, struggling to remember what had happened yesterday. I rolled out of bed, stumbling over my too big jeans. I looked behind me to see Matt sleeping on the floor, and Mello spread out across the other queen sized bed. I walked over to the sink and splashed some water on my face. I looked up into the mirror to see someone else looking back at me. I poked my face, and the girl staring back at me in the mirror poked her face at the same time. My jaw dropped as I realized that the girl in the mirror was me. My eyes wandered up to my now red hair, which had been chopped at haphazardly, and my glasses sat crookedly across my face. I stumbled back from the mirror, tripping over Matt, who had rolled over to face me, grinning up me like a Cheshire cat.

"Good morning, Calm. How was your sleep?" He said. My mouth couldn't form any words, and I climbed onto Mello's bed. I placed a hand on his stomach, rocking him back and forth gently.

"Mello? Mello. Melllloo." I eventually gave up and elbowed him in the stomach. His eyes shot open, and in the space of a second, he sat up, grabbed his gun, and had it pointed at my head.

"What do you want?" His finger was poised on the trigger, ready to pull it in a heartbeat.

"I want to know why you dyed my hair red, Mello." I looked up at him, trembling slightly. I had never expected Mello to point a gun at me! He put the gun on the side table and fell back onto the bed. I got up shakily, almost stepping on Matt, who was still lying on the floor looking up at us.

"You're going to throw Near off our trail. He's going to be looking for a girl with glasses and dark brown hair, not a girl with contacts and red, short hair." He covered his eyes with a hand, and Matt finally decided to get up off the floor.

"Contacts? You don't mean…"

"Yes. You're going to wear contact lenses from now on, Calm." Mello pulled a box out of the nightstand and tossed it to me. I looked it over for a second, and pulled them out of the box. They sat in their cleaning solution, glinting up at me in the dull light that filtered through tattered curtains. I got off the bed, and walked over to the shattered mirror I had looked in earlier. I took off my glasses and leaned into the mirror. I peeled back my eyelid, and got the contact on the pad of my finger. My hand trembled as the contact neared my eye. I swallowed nervously, and Matt laughed from his new position on my bed.

"Stop laughing! I'm just afraid of things getting near my eyes, okay? I've been wearing glasses for as long as I can remember, so you can't blame me!" I spat back at him. I faced the mirror, ready to try again. My hands trembled as if I was having a seizure, and I sighed as I put the lens back into the cleaning solvent.

"Matt, give her a hand." Mello said from his bed, which was closer to the door than mine. Matt got off my bed, and came to stand behind me.

"Here, just do it like this." He gently pried open my eye, and almost had the contact in when I blinked, and he had to back off. Mello was done waiting. He vaulted himself off his bed and pushed Matt out of the way. He grabbed me in a headlock, keeping me still. He wrenched open my eye and shoved the contact in before I had a chance to squirm. He repeated the process for the other eye; then shoved me away from him. I had to grab the counter to keep myself from falling after the strong shove that Mello had given me. I pocketed my old glasses and my new case for the contacts, and followed Mello and Matt out the door. Mello pulled out a chocolate bar as we ran down the stairs of the dilapidated motel. Matt tossed me the keys, and got in the back seat of his orange 67. Mello got in the passenger seat, while I jumped eagerly into the driver's seat. I slammed the key into the ignition, adjusting my mirrors.

"So, why do I get to drive?" Mello took another bite of his chocolate bar, and reached into the glove compartment. He pulled out a nondescript manila envelope, and tossed it to me. It fell into my lap, and I pulled out the first sheet of paper in the envelope. It had a picture of me from when I had first gone to Wammy's House in North America after my parents had died.

"This file says that your dad was guilty of grand theft auto."

"Your point?"

"It also says that he took you with him while you lived in Australia," He took the envelope back from me, shoving it back into the glove compartment, "so, I know that you are an accomplished auto thief, Calm."

"That works for me." I turned the car on, and the tires squealed in protest as we flew out of the rutted parking lot. I cackled maniacally as the car gained speed and flew down the desert road.

"Calm, you're going the wrong way." Matt pointed out, ever the backseat driver.

"Oh. Just give me a minute!" I spun the wheel, fish tailing the car. Matt had to scramble to find something to grab onto, since he hadn't put his seatbelt on quite yet. I grinned a little internally as Mello's chocolate bar was smashed in two. I couldn't hear him shouting at me over the purr of the car's engine.

"Can we get ice cream, Mello?" I asked after we had passed the motel again.

"You don't need ice cream." He sat back in the seat.

"But if you get chocolate, and Matt gets video games, I should get ice cream. That's just logic, Mello."

"Calm, where would you get ice cream in the middle of the desert? What about that logic?"

"I see where you're going with this, but I'm just not seeing your point." Matt started chuckling after I'd finished saying this. Mello just muttered something about 'Shouldn't have brought that stupid girl with us, should have left her at Wammy's house.'

"But you just couldn't bear to leave me with Near, could you, Mello?" I laughed out loud as Mello reached for the gun in his pocket. I floored the gas, jerking his hand from his pocket.

This was going to be a long drive… for Mello at least.

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