I'm not sure if my rewrite is going to be as popular as my xreader, but I'm going to keep writing it the way I want it. So if you don't like it, then don't read it as normal. I want to finish my fanfictions, that goes for Eva Birthday and The Red Ribbon Straggler which will be my third part in my Birthday Trilogy.
Also to my old readers who have read and reviewed my rewrite, thanks! I'm glad you're going to follow me again, that means a lot to me! Thank you for the Reviews, Favorites, Alerts and to the unknown people who read my story too.
I'm back working on this fanfiction now, but it's going to be slow updates from now on and I'm not sure if people are into this fanfiction anymore. I may just stop writing it until I've got the time to continue it and I'm going to be busy until August. So I'm not sure if this chapter makes sense, it changed since my first Beyond This Love.
Also I've started writing A's side of the story, it's called The Alternative Story.
Chapter 35!
It had taken over 2 hours to get to The Ritz-Carlton hotel, I really didn't understood why it took us so long to get to the hotel. But when Watari explained the reason why to us it became clear, he was such a clever man. He wanted to make sure we were not being followed, so he had decided to take the scenic route to the hotel. He parked his car in the underground car park of the hotel, we had to use the stairwell to get to the reception area of the hotel. But the hotel was stunning, I've never seen anything like it in all of my life. It was enormous and so fancy, I kind of felt under dressed while we waited for Watari in the hotel's lobby to get us a spare room card-key for the hotel room.
Angelica had woken up when we got to the hotel, A had offered to carry her but she said she would like to walk. Eva on the other hand was still fast asleep in my arms, she was a deep sleeper sometimes which wasn't a bad thing. It wasn't long until Watari joined us in the lobby, he handed A the hotel room's card-key and told us that the room's number was 102. He then went on to tell us that he had some important business to attend to and that we had to escort ourselves to the hotel room. I took hold of Angelica's hand as he told us that our room was on the 19th floor, he also told us that Nonie had already arrived at the hotel a few minutes before us with Blaze.
We said goodbye to Watari and took the elevator to the 19th floor. We walked along the corridor until we found room 102, A unlocked the hotel room's door with the card-key and opened the door for us. He walked into the hotel room with Angelica following close behind him, I walked into the room and closed the door behind me. I heard a raised female's voice coming from one of the rooms as I walked into the main living room area, I saw two boys and Blaze sitting on a black leather sofa near a coffee table. I recognized one of the boys from the orphanage, his name was Matt if I remember correctly. The other boy had chin length blonde hair and blue eyes, he was eating a Hershey bar while watching television.
I gave Blaze a smile as he slid from the sofa, he ran over to me and wrapped his arms around my leg. He looked up at me with his big brown eyes, he said hello to me and gave me a small smile. I said hello back to him and asked him where his Mummy was in the hotel room, he told me she was shouting at his Daddy again. I gently stroked the top of his head as I looked over at A, he placed our overnight bags down near a back coloured sofa chair and told me that he was going to see what all of the commotion was all about in the other room. I gave him a nod and watched him hurry into the other room, I then told Angelica to come and stand with us while we waited for A. She hurried over to me, she also wrapped her arms around my other leg and then told me she was getting cold now.
" It's okay Angelica, you will be all cosy and tucked up in bed before you know it..." I smiled.
" What about me?" Asked Blaze.
" And you too, we've just got to wait for your Uncle A and then we will know which room we will be spending the night in..." I replied as I looked over at the two boys sitting on the sofa. " Maybe one of those young gentlemen over there would be kind enough to help us..."
" Mello and Matt, my friends..." Said Blaze while he pulled himself away from my leg. " Mello is meanie, he my Mommy's friend..."
" I'm not mean Blaze, you're just getting on my nerves with your constant questioning about everything..." Sighed Mello as he looked up at us from his Hershey bar and nudged Matt with his elbow. " Hey Matt, who are these people anyway?"
" Do I look like your personal secretary?" Asked Matt as he looked up at us from his handheld game console. " Hey lady, don't I know you from somewhere?"
" Yes we meet over a year ago at The Wammy House, I once was a student there just like you..." I replied.
" Ah yeah, I took you to the nursery part in the orphanage..." He said while he turned his attention back to his game. " L should be back in a while after Nonie as finished giving him a scolding, she's kind of pissed at him because he's put everyone's life in danger over the parentage predicament of that little kid over there..."
" I see..." I said.
" Why don't you take a seat in the mean time, I'm sure they'll be back soon..." Said Matt.
I gave him a nod while I told Angelica and Blaze to let go of my legs. They did what I asked and followed me over to another black leather sofa near the hotel room's giant window. I placed Eva down on the sofa, Angelica sat down next to Eva and Blaze decided to take a look through the hotel's window. I sat down on the arm of the sofa and watched Blaze taking in the view of Los Angeles, there was a great view of the city of angels from the hotel. So many bright and colourful lights, I had forgotten how big this city was sometimes. Blaze glanced at me over his shoulder, he pressed his finger tip against the glass of the window and asked me a question.
" What's that one called?" He asked.
" I'm not sure, but it's a very big and brightly lit building..." I replied.
" Oh, what's that one called?" He asked.
" I'm not sure, I'm not very good at knowing the names of buildings in Los Angeles..." I replied and looked at the building he was pointing at with a smile. " You should ask your Uncle A, he knows a lot things about Los Angeles..."
" Okay, what's that one called?" He asked.
I told him I didn't know with laugh, he's such a curious little boy. He always wanted to know what things were called or he would ask questions about everything you were doing, he's like sponge wanting to soak up all of the knowledge he could get his little hands on. After a while he got bored of asking me questions, he told me he was going to play with his building blocks. I told him okay, he walked over to the coffee table and began to play with his blocks. It wasn't long before A returned, he told me that our room was near the second bathroom on the left and that he was going to keep an eye on Blaze for his Sister until she as finished having words with L. I told him fine as I got up from the arm of the sofa, I carefully lifted Eva up from the sofa and told Angelica it was time for bed.
I had overslept and woken up to an empty room, I really didn't get to sleep until about 4am. I had been listening to Nonie yelling at L for most of the night, she wasn't pleased that he had put their son's life in danger because of Angelica. I heard A telling his Sister not to blame a child over their parentage, I'm happy Angelica was fast asleep while they were arguing about her. I quickly got dressed and made my way to the living room area, the children were busy eating their breakfast at a dining table near the window while Watari was talking with A. There was no sign of Nonie or L though, I guess that was a good thing because I don't feel like listening to Nonie shouting at L again.
I was greeted by Watari, he told me to take a seat at the dining table. He went onto tell me that he would get me bowl of fresh fruit for my breakfast when he had finished discussing some business with A, I'm surprised he had even remembered what I use to have for my breakfast as a child at the orphanage. I gave him a nod and joined the children at the table, they were all busy eating their breakfast. The table was set beautifully, it was laid out with many breakfast treats and delicious looking muffins. To my surprise there was even a fruit bowl in the middle of the table and chocolate covered strawberries, Watari surely knew how to make a hearty breakfast. I said good morning to the girls and Blaze, but the other two boys didn't greet me. Matt was busy playing on his handheld game console while eating his cereal, Mello was eating chocolate spread on toast and looking through some case file folders. It wasn't long until Watari serviced me some tea and a bowl of fresh fruit, I thanked him and began to eat my breakfast while I spoke to the girls about what they had for their breakfast.
" I've had bananas and porridge, it's delicious..." Said Angelica.
" That does sound delicious, how about you Blaze?" I asked.
" Chocolate strawberries..." Replied Blaze.
" Sounds good, what about you Eva?" I asked.
" Mummy, I had blueberries and apples..." Smiled Eva as she showed me some crushed blueberries in her hand. " They pretty colours and taste sweet, I like them..."
" They are yucky, not nice..." Said Blaze.
" No!" Frowned Eva.
" Yucky..." Smirked Blaze.
" No!" Frowned Eva as she held her crushed blueberries towards Blaze's face. " They nice, eat them!"
" No!" Frowned Blaze.
" No arguing Eva, you will make a mess if you are not careful..." I sighed.
" Allow me to clean Miss Eva's hand, blueberries are tricky stains to remove from white table clothes..." Smiled Watari.
" Thank you Watari, where is Nonie this morning?" I asked.
" She's gone out for a morning walk, she needed a break from our detective lordship..." I heard A say from the sofa. " You most probably heard everything last night from your room, she's not pleased about our little situation..."
" I know, when will she be back?" I asked.
" No idea, I guess she'll return when she's cooled down and gathered her thoughts..." Replied A as he got up from the sofa and joined us at the dining table. " But until she returns I guess we should enjoy the peace and eat some breakfast while we've got the chance, we've got a busy day ahead of us. That goes double for Mello and Matt, you boys are shadowing me today..."
" What?!" Frowned Mello.
" Hey, that's not fair!" Sighed Matt as he pulled his goggles away from eyes and looked up at A from his game. " I'm not a successor, I shouldn't have to shadow you if I'm only third best score wise at the orphanage. Can't Near take my place instead? He's been asleep since yesterday in L's bedroom, he needs to wake up and get his brain in gear!"
" I'm not working with the sheep!" Yelled Mello.
" Alright kids, calm down..." Sighed A.
" Yeah Mells, calm down..." Chuckled Matt. " I mean give it a go, you and Near may find some mutual ground. What I basically mean is if Akira can work with a serial killer, then you can work with Near..."
" I doubt Near is a serial killer, if he was then it would be an interesting investigation..." Smirked Mello as he looked over at A. " How did you manage to hold a friendship with Beyond Birthday? From what I read in his criminal records he was nothing but a violent lunatic with sociopathic tendencies, would you like to elaborate on him for me?"
" Orange man!" Giggled Eva.
I dropped my spoon into my bowl and quickly got up from my chair, I need to get Eva out of here before Mello says something else about Beyond. I asked Watari if I could excuse myself from the table with Eva, he gave me smile and told me it was fine. I picked Eva up from the chair she was sitting on, I heard Blaze ask his Uncle A where we were going while I carried Eva to the bedroom we were using. I closed the door behind me and placed my daughter down on the floor, I didn't even know that she knew Beyond's name. I told Eva not touch anything while I got her some clean clothes, she shook her head at me and ran over to one of the bed with a laugh.
" Sweetie, you are going to get blackberry stains on the bed sheets if you're not careful..." I said while I followed after her. " Come on now, let's get your dirty clothes off and get you freshened up for the rest of the day. We're going to use one of the hotel room's fancy bathrooms, you can have a shower with Mummy if you want and then we will play some board games until it's lunch time..."
" No Mummy, I want orange man!" She laughed.
" Eva, please be good..." I sighed.
Eva quickly climbed onto the bed, she pulled some blanket over herself and laughed as I tried to pull the blankets away from her. I blew my fringe away from my eyes and sat down on the bed with a sigh. I looked at my Daughter peeping at me from underneath the blankets, I gave her a smile and curled up next to her on the bed. She ended up pulling the blankets away from her face with a giggle, she told me she loved me and wanted some cuddles before bath time. I told her okay as I draped my arm over her and kissed her forehead, she then went onto tell me that she wanted to play the like game. She would name foods or people and objects she liked, it came in handy when it came to cooking her favourite foods.
" Okay, what else do you like besides blackberries?" I asked.
" I like toast!" She replied as she rested her finger tip against her bottom lip with smile. " I like strawberry jam, bananas, crayons, Uncle A and you..."
" I like you too..." I smiled.
" Mummy, I like orange man..." She whispered.
" I see, do you know his name?" I asked.
" Yes, he as funny name..." She replied.
" I know..." I sighed.
" I like Blaze, Angelica and Beyond Birthday..." She giggled.
" Okay my little monkey, let's go and take a shower..." I said as I sat up and swung my legs over the edge of the bed with a smile. " We better get showered before we start attracting flies or we get ants in our pants, I don't fancy getting ants in my pants..."
" Okay Mummy..." She said.
I got up from the bed and walked over to my overnight bag while Eva bounced on the bed. I opened my bag and took my vanilla scented shower gel from it, I then told Eva to stop bouncing on the bed before she breaks it. She jumped down from the bed as her Uncle A entered the room, she hurried over to him and wrapped her arms around his legs with a giggle. He greeted her and lifted up from the the floor, he then told me that a decision had been made about Angelica's future. I told him to close the bedroom's door behind as I sat down on the bed, he did what I asked and joined me on the bed. He placed Eva down on the floor and ruffled up her dark hair with a chuckle, I then told her to get changed into her housecoat while I spoke to her Uncle A in private. She gave me a nod and hurried over to her overnight bag, I hope the decision about Angelica is not a bad one.