AN: Whoo, second chapter! Yea, I feel special:)

Oh, and Disclaimer: I don't own Death Note. If I did, Matt and Mello wouldn't have died:) But that doesn't mean they'll live in this story :3

That night Jax couldn't sleep. It was 2 a.m. and she was sitting with her back against the wall, her knees held tightly against her chest. All day long she had been distracted, too distracted for the reality to sink in. Her parents had earned themselves a life sentence in jail. She was an orphan. After dinner, Jax had gone to the play room to look for Near. He had been as calm as ever, just playing with his new robot.

"What is wrong with that kid?" She asked the dark. "Well, he did just see his parents murdered right in front of him." She answered. "And now I'm talking to myself… great." She let out a long sigh. Hugging her knees tighter, she tried not to cry. But with so much having happened, she couldn't hold them back any longer. After a few minutes, she heard a knock on her door.

"It's Matt, can I come in?" Without waiting for an answer, the boy let himself into the room. He silently walked over the bed and sat down next to Jax. She tried to hold back from crying, but after another stretch of silence, the tears returned. Matt put an arm around her shoulders and started rubbing her back. "Everyone has to let it out at some point." He told her.

They stayed like that until they both fell asleep. Jax's head laying on her knees, and Matt's resting against her. When the first bell rang the morning at 7, Matt had to forcefully wake Jax up.

"Wha-? Why so early?"

"Classes. NO!" He started shaking Jax again she lay down. "Jax. Wake. Up!" With a grunt, the girl finally rolled out of bed.

"Wait, did you stay in here all night?" Matt blushed a little.

"Yeah, I wanted to make sure you didn't wake up and start crying again." Jax also blushed; they avoided looking at each other for a minute.

"Thanks."

"Don't mention it. Umm… see you in class." Matt rushed out of the room.

As Matt had said, the classes were broken up into the six oldest, and the six youngest. Jax was put into class A, which is the same one Matt was in. It also had Skander, Zeon, Rain, and, unfortunately, Mello. The first part of the day had been completely uneventful. During lunch Skander and Zeon had put on a show; they pretended to be Romeo and Juliet, quoting Shakespeare perfectly.

"Only at Wammy's House can you find eight year olds acting out Shakespeare, word for word, for fun." Matt said with a smirk. As they made their way through the second half of their classes, Jax picked up on something.

"Everyone's clothes look the exact same as yesterday." She whispered during English class. Matt chuckled.

"Yeah, it's easy to fall into routine here. Even I always wear a striped shirt and jeans."

"And your glasses." She tapped them lightly. "So Skander and Zeon always wear athletic clothes, while Rain always wears pink? And Mello's in all black." Matt nodded.

"Linda always wears long sleeve shirts; Cliff and Daisy always have hoodies on; Bridge always wears shorts and a jacket, and Krater always wears blue. Your thing is going to be tank tops and jackets." Jax looked down at what she was wearing.

"And Near will always have white PJs. Why is that?"

"Mr. Wammy said geniuses like patters. It keeps them from getting distracted by simple things. That's part of the reason Mr. Wammy gives you a gift when he brings you here."

"Part?"

"Yeah, the other is to help you calm down. Generally, becoming recently orphaned isn't exactly something most kids enjoy."

"He gave you a game boy, right?"

"Yup. Everyone now has their 'obsession'. Seriously, if one of us has to go too long without being able to do it, we go crazy." Jax took a look around the room. Sure enough, every single kid had something specific they were doing. And the teachers obviously didn't mind. Skander was bouncing a small ball between his hands, while Zeon was twisting a rubix cube, Rain was sucking on a lollipop, and Mello was eating chocolate (violently). Even she had her headphones around her neck. Then Jax remember how Daisy had mentioned that gum helped calm her, like strawberry milk helped Bridge.

"Krater does origami, right? And Cliff…?"

"Cliff stacks things, and Linda's always drawing. Apparently Near likes toys."

"Wow… that's just weird."

"Hey now, you're the one who turned your music on after only five minutes of class." Jax pretended she didn't hear him.

Once classes were done for the day, the kids could do whatever they wanted. After dropping off her books, Jax headed down to the play room to visit Near. Right as Jax opened the door, a stuffed bear went flying at her head.

"What the…?" Near was sitting in the pile of wrecked legos, as none other than Mello kicked all the organized toys around him into chaos. Daisy and Bridge were sitting in the corner of the room, watching with wide eyes as Mello taunted the younger boy.

"Still think you're the best in this school? What, too good to play with anyone else?" As Mello aimed a kick at Near's robot, Jax stepped in.

"Get away from him you jerk!"

"'Jerk'? Really, that's the best you have?" Mello stepped closer to Jax, so her face was only a few inches from his. Without fully thinking her plan through, she brought her hand up and smacked him across the face. Mello looked completely and thoroughly stunned. Jax's eyes widened in fear as Mello began to snarl at her. She let out a small squeal and ran out of the play room.

Matt smiled at her as she was running towards him, but froze mid-step when he saw her expression.

"What happened?"

"I slapped Mello!" Jax sprinted right past him and didn't stop until she made it safely into a back corner of the library. Matt watched as Mello came storming out of the play room. There was a tiny red handprint on his left cheek. Matt couldn't help but smirk at the blonde.

"Wipe that smirk off your face!" Mello yelled angrily before stomping up the stairs. Matt looked up to Mello, who was an entire stair case away, and couldn't help but call out:

"Red's a good color on you!" He ran outside laughing, ignoring the scream of rage Mello let out.

The next week passed by uneventfully. Everyone had been expecting more outbursts from Jax, but she had been even quieter than normal, and avoided Mello at all costs. Of course, all of Wammy's House soon heard about how Mello had finally been smacked, much to his disappointment. Skander had become Jax's number one fan, and would continuously tease Mello that he'd been one-upped by a girl.

Matt had decided it was his new job to teach Jax how to play Mario Karts, which had become his new favorite game. They were sitting in the common room doing practice laps, when Skander walked in.

"Time for me to go." Jax whispered.

"Hey! Jax, where you going?" She didn't respond to Skander's question. "Matt, where'd she go?"

"Bathroom." Skander sighed. Jax had been going to the bathroom a lot lately, it seemed every time he walked into the room she would have to go, and take forever to come back. Yes, Skander was a genius, but he was also in denial.

"I can't believe Mello's still hiding from her! Ha, that guy talks big but he is such a wuss! And what's with his hair? I mean, is he really a guy?" Matt dropped his controller and stood up.

"Skander. Shut up." The raven haired boy glared at Matt.

"You're just jealous because you think I'm going to steal Jax from you!" Matt rolled his eyes.

"Yes, that's exactly it. Now that you've figured out my secret can you please just leave?"

"No. You're right; I am going to steal Jax! She'll be my girlfriend! She doesn't like you anyway! You're too stupid, and funny looking! You don't even go outside; you just play games all day, how boring is that!" Skander smirked at the shorter boy. "The only reason she hangs out with you at all is because she feel bad for you because you have no friends. You're just a loser, Matt." The red head looked down. No one had directly said that to him before, but he knew that's what all the others felt.

Little did either boy know, but Mello had been standing outside the door, and heard the whole exchange. When Matt stopped responding, the blonde felt he should make his entrance.

"Skander." He smirked as the other boy jumped. "I heard you've been saying dirt about me. How about you say it to my face." Skander's eyes grew huge.

"I-I haven't said anything, Mello. I swear! But Matt here was just saying that…"

"Oh really? Because from what I just heard, you were the one saying dirt to him." Mello's smirk grew as he walked closer to the boy, who was now visibly shaking. "Get out of here, Skander." The oldest boy wasted no time in running from the room. Mello pulled out a chocolate bar and took a triumphant bite from it.

"Um… thanks." Matt said quietly. Mello turned to him sharply.

"Don't get used to it. I was just returning the favor."

I had a little button
His name was Leave-a-Note
He loved to be clicked on lots
It made him feel... special:)

Forget it, I fail at poems, so... clicky?

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