When death is decided for oneself, the person starts to get ancy. Payton hid it but she was seriously worried about the last day of school. Tomorrow. Could her death come that simply? Would she get time to say goodbye?

Could they stop it?

Payton shook her head and continued eating, listening to her friends talk about random things. 'Larry' was not with there today and neither were 'Lisa' and 'Michael'. They were trying to catch Koneko, who had decided to run after they tried to come to her house.

Of course that didn't help Payton's ease at all. She could just see herself crashing. What would happen to her family? They were already broken as it was, but what if the glue that held them together left their lives?

"Payton you ok?" Payton hadn't realized that she had been looking down. "Yeah i'm fine. Just thinking about the summer." With that she cleared her mind and talked about her plans, while the others shared theirs as well.

When Payton got home, the house was empty. She found that odd because someone was usually there. Whether her brother or his friend or one of the spies. But virtually no one was in the house. She put her things down and looked around the living room.

"Payton."

She whipped around to see Koneko standing there, sketching in one of the recliners. "You should have just let the future be written...now i have to kill you ahead of time."

"Payton"

Payton blinked as she found herself walking to the kitchen and grabbing the sharpest knife ever. "Bye...friend..." The knife flew towards her own chest...

"Payton!"

Her eyes snapped open. She had fallen asleep in her brother's car. They were home now. Payton got out and went in. No Koneko. But her brother did leave for work. She grabbed a Dr. Pepper and sat in front of her computer.

She had an e-mail from Koneko waiting for her.

Payton's hand shook a bit but she waved off her anxiety. She opened the letter.

"Payton...i don't appreciate you sending them after me. I thought we were friends. Aren't we? I'm assuming not. I'm going to make sure tomorrow happens...whether you wanted to or not. Don't reply to this because i won't be responding. Bye."

Payton found herself frowning as she read the small letter. Shouldn't Koneko know that this would happen? She guessed she thought that Payton would be so frightened that she wouldn't say anything to them. Or that she didn't figure in that Payton was in on the investigation.

She heard the back door open and close. She got up to go see who it was. She froze. Koneko. "Payton. Please hide me!" she ran to her. For once, Payton remembered how she and Koneko used to be as friend. This was different. Payton put her hand up as if to say stop. She did so blinking.

"You're...not going to help me are you..?" She asked, a bit of shock in her eyes. "I will if you stop killing and destroy your sketchpad." Payton said. "Just give it to me and everything will be fine." Koneko shook her head. "I can't do that..."

"Why not?" She stepped towards her a little, her eyes searching for where her pad was. It was pressed to her chest tightly. Payton suddnely had an idea. She walked past Koneko. "I'll hide you." Koneko's eyes lit up as she followed Payton.

As they walked past the kitchen's back door, Payton saw L standing there slightly hidden. Koneko wasn't looking so she mouthed 'Wait till we're out of sight then come in' He nodded and hid fully. Payton got her to her brothers bathroom. "They won't look in here if you hide in the shower." Doubt flashed through her eyes. "It's...not wet...is it?" Payton shook her head.

Koneko slowly got in and Payton closed the curtain. She left the room and got to L quietly. "She's hiding in..." "We know. Payton this could get dangerous." Payton shrugged. "Just turn on the shower really fast when you go in."

Things happened too fast. Payton heard a scream. Water running. Another scream. She ran inside with L following her. Koneko was shaking on the floor. Her pad was beside her, wet and ruined. No one was around. Payton ran to Koneko's side. Koneko jumped at her and tackled her down to the ground.

It took Payton a while to realize two things. One was that she had accidently turned on the shower by leaning on the knob. The second was that Koneko was dead weight on top of her. Payton looked up to find her eyes closed.

L pulled Koneko off of her and checked the girl's pulse. "...she's...dead..." he said confusion apparent. Payton stood up and walked to the book. She tried flipping through it but it was soaked front to cover. She dropped it as it started disentigrating before her eyes. With it Koneko did too. "What the crap..." Payton said, her eyes going wide with surprise.

"It seems that she wasn't as real as she let on to be." L stated staring at the place the girl had been laying. Payton turned off the shower and sighed as she stood back up. She looked up at L who was now staring at her. "I guess this means that you can go home now..."

He frowned a bit nodding. Payton looked down. She knew it was for the best, they needed to be in their world. She just enjoyed the company of most of them. "You know...we still have those finals we have to take..." Payton's head shot up and L was smiling a little. Payton smiled back. "Thank you..."

The next day Payton was over at the Death Note spies' house again. She was there to say goodbye. Payton watched as once again it seemed her anime characters stepped through a portal to reenter their world. L turned and waved to her slowly. She returned it, knowing her fun for the year was over. He stepped in and everthing was suddenly gone. The computers, the food, everything. Had this all been an illusion to begin with? She slowly went home, her head down. Now who did she have?

Sorry it was a bit rushed but i needed to finish it. I felt a riot coming lol.

Thank you all so much for the reviews and things. Coming back from a week at a camp, that made my day completly.

Gaara-Rulezzz (ie Payton)