I woke up with a startle as my phone went off. I turned on the bedside lamp and picked up my phone. It was a text from Hannah's daughter Bailey.

"Hey sorry about your Mum and Dad Lauren my mum said I can visit you tomorrow and I'm allowed to stay over for the night. Hope you feel okay Hun xoxox"

The text said. I sighed and placed my phone back on the bedside table switching off the lamp, falling back to sleep.

Morning came too soon; after I got washed and changed I walked down stairs and followed some children into a mess hall. My eyes searched for Matt and Near as I found them. I slowly walked towards where they were serving drinks, I picked up a hot chocolate then made my way to where Matt and Near were and sat down.

"Hey guys" I said.

"Heys you ok Lauren?" Near asked me.

"I'm fine thanks" I took a sip from my hot chocolate. We sat in silence until Mello came and sat down next to me. He didn't say any thing. "You have the guts to sit next to me after yesterday." Mello turned his head around. "Yeah I do because I didn't do anything"

"Yeah it isn't that obvious when you said I better watch out or else"

"I meant I was going to hit you not rip up a photo of your mum and dad. It would be to shallow. Plus I would never do that to anyone."

"I don't believe you Mello"

"Well has it occurred that its Halloween tomorrow and the ghost that haunts that room has made his presents known."

"Like ghosts really exist, your gonna pull that lame excuse?"

"Urm actually Lauren Mello is telling the truth, he didn't do it and there is a ghost that haunts that room." Near interrupted.

"I and Matt did a little research last year on Halloween and it proved there was a ghost." Mello continued. I folded my arms over my chest. "I'm guessing I will have to believe you for now, but it isn't over."

"Fine"

"Fine" Me and Mello were facing away from each other. "I need to finish unpacking." I got up and headed to my room. I sat down on my bed. If there really was a ghost that haunts this room then I'm gonna find out. Tomorrow on my birthday I will get Near, Matt and Mello to do an Ouija bored with me as well as a séance. There was a knock at my door. But my door was open

"Hey urm, when your finished come to the fourth door on the right, I want to have a game of Halo 3 with you. Just to see if you're any good." Matt said cocking his head round my door. I smirked. "Sounds good Matt, but be prepared to lose" I aced Halo 3 back at home so I saw no competition.

"You're on" he said walking away and leaving me to finish unpacking. Get ready to lose… I thought to myself. As I put my last piece of clothing into the draw and placed the broken picture of my mum and dad onto the bedside table. "Time to whoop Matt's ass" I said to myself as I walked to the fourth door on the right. I knocked and walked in. "Time to get beaten, pass the controller over to Lauren Mello." Matt said smiling at me Mello did as he was told and handed me the controller. I sat down next to Matt.

"I should warn you Matt I'm pretty good, so don't go off in a strop when you lose."

"If he loses he will go over to Near's emo corner" Mello joked leaning closer to me I laughed and smiled at him.

"Hey I would never go to that gay boy's emo corner. Let's start." Matt said trying to get my attention. We got to work and started to kill everyone in site. After about 20 minutes I was the one with the highest score. "You are pretty good at this Lauren your beating me by 1000 points. MEH YOU KILLED ME!!!!" Matt dropped his controller on the floor, gob smacked. I jumped up and laughed. "Told you I would win."

"Matt you owe me £10"Mello said as Matt searched in his pocket. He handed over the money and stormed out of the room.

"You bet I would win againsed Matt?"

"Yeah" Mello looked at his watch. "Roger said we needed to be down in the meeting hall at 12:10 so we better are going" he walked out of the room and went down stairs. I followed him down into the meeting hall where roger first took me yesterday. I didn't realise how huge it was, there was tables in rows with kids sat at them and they were eating a whole range off food. They even had a food bar in here. I wondered if they will just let me eat sweets and cake. I went up the food bar and there was lasagne, chicken, noodles, cake, sweets, dumpling stew and cottage pie. I picked up two slices of cake and seven lollypops. I went over to the drink machine and got a hot chocolate. I looked around the room to find where Matt and Mello were. I saw them at a table, Mello was eating a bar of chocolate and Matt was on his PSP again. I walked over to them and sat down. I took a drink from my hot chocolate and finished my cake. "L is here I just saw him walking into an office with a guy I have never seen before." I looked around and saw it was Near, he was holding a Robot. Mello and Matt just stared at him. I broke the silence.

"L is here?"

"Yes Roger wanted you to go and see him now Lauren before L comes and talks to everyone."

"Hmm" I looked down at the lollypop which was in my hand.

"L always comes down for Halloween" I smiled. Awesome so L comes down every year on my birthday. "He comes because it's his birthday on Halloween." I laughed.

"I share the same birthday as him" I stopped laughing as Matt, Mello and Near looked at me like I was I psycho. "So you and L share the same birthday, Halloween should be interesting this year." Near walked away.

"Does everyone have a curfew here?"

"Yeah the littler kids about 4-9 have to go to sleep about 8pm 10-18 can stay up till 10." Matt said as he got up. "Well Halloween is tomorrow so I better be thinking on what to get L and now you Lauren"

"You don't need to get me a present" I said getting up Mello followed. "Lets take Lauren to our tree house, hopefully she can climb trees." Matt laughed. "Remember the last new bee we took them to the tree house and they fell down trying to get up, they ended up breaking there leg and arm." Mello said laughing.

"If you ask me he disserved it he was a right asshole towards us"

"Yeah I'm glad Jamie got adopted" they both laughed contagiously. "I can climb don't worry" I said following Mello. "LAUREN!" a familiar voice shouted behind us, I turned around and saw my Best friend Bailey "OHEMGEEE BAILEY" I screamed running towards her. She ducked last minute and I got a face full of wall, She ran away "LOL!!!" she said laughing.

"BITCH!!" I said rubbing my head as I was on the floor. Mello and Matt came over to me and I looked up and answered the question I knew they wanted to know "That's Bailey my best friend she's better when you know her" I suddenly heard smothered giggling and she appeared between the boys. She looked different with her hair dyed a deep black and her blue eyes framed with eye liner making them seem bright blue. Her figure had changed too but she hadn't grown up at all I noticed as she tried to smother her giggling "Miss me?" she teased hauling me off the ground.

"Whoa dizziness don't do that" I said stumbling.

She giggled and cocked her head to the side "you look a lot different why black?" I asked as her hair caught the light. "I don't know actually, I liked your hair colour" She replied looking around. I watched her look at all the lads then pause as one caught her eye she suddenly dragged me away and pointed to one of the tables "Who is that" I looked across and gasped.

"NEAR?!?!" I said shocked. Her blue eyes lit up and she said hopefully "you know him?"

"yeah I do why?" I said slyly

"No reason" She said running her fingers through her hair.

"Your liking him aren't you?" I looked over to Bailey and saw Mello and Matt looked confused. "Urm I need to go and see L"

"Your godfather?" Bailey asked. My eyes bulged. Mello took a step forward.

"L is your godfather?" he said crossing his arms over his chest. I didn't reply. "Lauren?"

"Urm I have some things to do I'll see you all later" I said as I ran up to my bedroom passing L on the way. "Hi L bye L" I said. He just stopped in his tracks and stared at me as I ran into my room slamming the door behind me. I sat on my computer chair and placed my head in my hands.

"Lauren is L your godfather?" a voice said as I heard my door open.

"Fuck off Mello"

"Not until you tell me"

"Fuck off"

"No" I sprung off the chair and tried my best to push Mello out of my room but failed. He got hold of my shoulders and pushed me over to the wall, pinning me onto it.

"GET OFF ME PRICK!!!" I screamed at him, trying to get free.

"Not until you tell me""I don't need to explain myself to you Mello"

"I'm training to be like him so you gotta tell me"

"Get the fuck off me you baka kusa atama." I said using the Japanese insult stupid shit head.

"TELL ME!!"

"NO!"

"LAUREN TELL ME!!!" we were both shouting at each other.

"Fuck you Mello" I said as I kneed him in the wrong places and he fell to the floor.

"YOUR DEAD BITCH!!!" he got up of the floor quickly recovering and I zoomed out of my room running down the stairs and ran into a tall dude with light brown hair and a suit on. "Hey what's all the commotion?"

"Nothing just getting chased by a stuck up moron"

"FUCK YOU LAUREN" Mello shouted from the top of the stairs.

"Hey don't swear around little kids" the tall dude said.

"She is dead when I get hold of her." Mello ran down and lunged for me, the tall dude pushed me behind him and caught Mello.

"Leave her be or do I have to get L or Roger involved."

"SHE KNEED ME IN MY FUCKING BALLS!!!!"

"MELLO!!!" the tall dude shouted at him. I ran back up stairs going back to my room and locking it behind me. After a few seconds there was a knock at me door. "Go away"

"Fine then if you don't want your old friend here." I jumped up and unlocked the door.

"Sorry I thought you were a stuck up blonde" Bailey laughed at me.

"You haven't been getting along with him have you." she said as I made my way to the computer chair and she sat on my bed.

"Well you made it worse because you opened your big gob about L"

"Changing the subject a lot of people have been asking about you, Jake Slater and his older brother Stefan the most."

"Wow wired"

"Yeah even my brother he is really worried about you"

I raised an eyebrow.

"Seriously?" I pulled my feet up on to the chair. "Yeah you were really close with him."

I sighed.

We ended up talking and gossiping for hours we didn't realise how late it was until L came up. "Come in"

"Hello Lauren, it's nice to see you again"

"It's nice to see you to L"

"My friend Light Yagami told me that you and Mello had an argument before. Is that why you ran past me and then a few minutes later Mello ran past me nearly knocking my over?"

"Yeah, me and Mello don't get on to well."

"Yes I can see, Bailey could you go to your room for a bit I need to talk to Lauren alone"

"Yes L, I'll see you all later." Bailey left the room. "I have something for you, Near, Mello and Matt to do for me."

"Like what?"

"Keep a close eye on Light for me; he is the guy who stopped Mello from killing you. I have suspected him to be Kira for quite a while now, but there was no strong evidence to hold against him" I looked at L and then Looked to the floor. "Okay L, I'll keep an eye on him" L walked closer to me and crouched down next to me. "If you have any trouble with anyone, or with anything come straight to me or Light okay?"

"Okay" L stood back up and walked over to my door. "Go to the library now Light is there" L said as he left my room. I got out of my chair and strolled out and down to the library keeping a look out for a pissed off Mello. I was shocked when I arrived at the library, it wasn't like the one in the town centre or even a modern one; it was more like a Victorian one. I walked slowly over to a bookshelf and scanned the book titles. I found my all time fave book "Dracula". I pulled it out and gasped. It was a first addition. I looked around for somewhere to sit and found a chair at the back behind a world globe. There was no sign of Light. I sat down and begun to read the book a chose.