"You do know that it's noon, right?" a voice from behind asked.

Now that I was more awake, I did notice that there was a weight behind my ball-like state. I uncurled myself and turned around, still under the covers, to see that the male next to me was just lying on top of the covers and blankets that adorned my temporary bed.

"As a matter of face, no I didn't. And in case you forgot, but I was on a plane for a really long time, so my internal clock is all screwed up." I replied.

"I guessed that." the familiar person tells me, "Everyone left for lunch, you want something?" he asks while pulling the cover off of my head.

"I could've sworn that I closed those curtains." I said more to myself, as I looked away from my bedmate.

"I opened them a couple of minutes ago, trying to get you up. I guess it worked."

I then looked to the man that was lying down in my bed and saw that he wasn't even looking at me, but at the ceiling. He had a far away look in his eyes, like he was trying to figure something out.

"Is there something wrong?" I ask out of curiosity.

"Nothing really." he replies while turning his head to face me, "Just thinking about things."

"Let me guess. Kira."

"Partly, but I'm also trying to come up with a way to send you back to the States."

I smacked his arm with little effort, but I guessed that he got the point. "You're so mean. I want to help you." I whine, "Why won't you let me?"

L suddenly sits up in his own way and looks away from me. "Because it's best for you." he replies simply, "You still haven't answered my question."

"I don't know." I sighed, pulling the cover back up to hide myself from the world.

It was then that I noticed that my headphones were missing. "Hey, where are my headphones?" I ask him as I push back the covers and start looking around.

"They came out in your sleep." he replies simply, looking my way like it was obvious, "You rolled and they came out."

"How do you know that?"

"75 of the time, you headphones come out in your sleep. 90 of that time, it's because you roll around."

"What's the other 10 of the time?"

"Somebody pulls them out to get you to wake up."

"That's mean." I say was I spot the mini speakers on the floor next to my bed, detached for the i-pod.

"It's one of the very few ways that will wake you up. We only use it as a last resort."

"That's nice to know." I tell him as I sit up and start stretching, "Now leave so that I can get changed."

He got off the bed and started walking over to the door. He stopped in the doorway and turned around. "Do you want me to tell Watari to fix the usual?"

"Please?" I ask as I stretch my arms and legs in front of me as I look over to him.

He simply nodded his head and walked out the door, closing it once he was completely in the little hallway. Once the door was closed tightly, I fell down into the fluffy pillow behind me. I sighed lightly as I rolled onto my side and looked to the door where one of my best friends just walked through.

"You really are mean, L." I whisper more to myself. I then roll back onto my back and threw the multiple covers away from my body. I instantly regretted it as I felt the shivering air touch the skin that my pj's were unable to cover. I quickly headed over to my suitcase because I was not able to unpack, and grabbed a pair of red sweat pants and a white tank top.

I walked out of my room, but not before grabbing a book and my i-pod, and down the hall way and into the living area to see L looking through his laptop. I sit down in the chair next to him with my legs draped over one of the arms and my back leaning against the opposite one. My back was towards L, so I had to bend my head back in order to see him. All he was doing was looking through his different files and typing up information that he didn't have before.

"Whacha doing?" I ask him, trying to get a good look at what he was looking at. The only problem was that my neck didn't bend back far enough, so I had to turn over onto my stomach to look.

"I'm working on the Kira case." He replied like it was obvious. OK, it was, but that's not the point.

I leaned over him to see the screen, but he just pushed me away. "Hey!" I exclaimed, "Let me see!"

"In a moment. I'm almost done." He replied.

Just then Watari-san walked in and handed me a plate with a sandwich and some chips on it. "Thank you, Watari-san." I say in an almost sing-song voice as I smiled up at him. He simply nodded his head with a smile. I had always noticed that he didn't talk all that much, and only when it was necessary.

I then sat back in my original position after placing the plate of food on the table in front of the chair, and took out my i-pod and head phones. I started listening to the music as I took my book and opened it to where I had dog-eared it on the flight over here. Every once in a while, I took a chip or the sandwich and took a bite to help satisfy my hunger.

"What are you reading?" I heard L say. My i-pod wasn't turned up much so that I could still hear anything that anyone said.

I looked over to him and showed him the cover of the book, with a finger where I had stopped. "The Catcher in the Rye." I replied, "I need to read it for English, we're studying existentialism."

He just nodded his head in understanding and went back to his laptop as I went back to my book. This is what I didn't like about talking with L. There really wasn't much to talk about. I will say that I am the person that he will talk most with, but he still doesn't say much. It gets a little annoying because I'm a very talkative person and I like it when people talk to me. I have learned that no matter how much I try, I can't strike up a conversation with L unless it's about the case he's working on, and only if you're working with him. If you're not, then you're out of luck. I have tried to get him to talk more, but it's pulling teeth. It's painful for him because he doesn't interact with people like the rest of us do.

After a couple of hours of silence, L spoke up, "Do you really want to work on this case?" It sounded like he really wanted me to say no and that I wanted to go back home and have nothing to do with this. Looks like I'm disappointing him once more.

"Yes, I really do. I think I can really help you with this. Isn't that what you told them?" I replied, taking out my headphones after turning off my music.

He let out a sigh and hung his head back before answering, "Yes, I did say that you would be helpful, but we can do this without you. I don't want to bring in unnecessary people."

"So I'm unnecessary?" That was a hit for me. I hated being told that I wasn't needed. "So, I would help, but I'm not needed? Don't you think you should get as much help as you can? You said yourself that this case is probably going to be one of your hardest since the BB cases. I mean, you even asked for assistance from the Japanese police. You even showed your face to these people. You're desperate L."

I got up with a grunt and left my things in the chair or on the table. I stomped down to my room where I changed into a pair of jeans; a dark blue, long-sleeved top; a black, leather jacket, where I tied the strap around my waist; and a pair of tennis shoes. Before leaving my room, I grabbed my purse with my cell phone, ID, and some money in it.

I walked by L on my way to the door and heard him ask, "Where are you going?"

"Out." I replied simply, "I'm going to check out the shops and stuff." I grabbed the clear umbrella with little flowers on it as I walked through the door. I didn't hear anything else from him before I closed the door with a slam. Maybe he did say something and I just didn't hear it, but it was a greater chance that he didn't say anything at all.

I grabbed my umbrella because it had started raining when I was reading and it was still. It was still raining too, but I didn't mind. I liked the rain actually, it felt very cleansing and that's exactly what I needed after the little feud between L and myself.

I did start looking at the different places that weren't far from the hotel, so I wasn't lying when I told him that I was looking around. I was definitely remembering the music stores that I saw along my way. There were a lot of clothing stores and electronic stores around, so there were plenty of places to shop. I wasn't much of a clothing shopping girl, but if I got into a music store, I could stay there forever just looking at the artists and albums. It was almost as bad as L and his sweets; you couldn't keep me away from my CD's and i-pod for long.

After an hour or so of walking, I saw two people heading my way, and one of them looked very familiar. Once I got closer, I noticed that I was Light-kun and some girl that was shorter than him and with yellow blonde hair. It seemed that he noticed me too, because he looked at me and had a smile on his face.