MistressxMisfit: Hey guy. I've decided to try and get as many chapters down as I possibly can due to the fact that my high school has been shut down due to the whole Swine Flu pandemic. So please cheer me up and tell me what your thoughts on this story are so far. I would greatly appreciate it

Disclaimer: I do NOT own Death Note in any way, because if I did, I'd be a genius.

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I hardly got a wink of sleep that night. Every time I'd managed to drift off to sleep, the horrible image of Dad beating Mom with his boot would flash into my mind.

The sun began peeking in through the window, dully illuminating the room. My electric alarm clock flashed 7:32 AM. I decided to make use of my shower at this moment, since I knew that I had lost my opportunity for sleep.

I made the shower quick since my stomach had made the decision that it wanted breakfast very soon.

I got dressed in a black long-sleeve shirt, some faded jeans, and my black Converse. As I hung my damp towel over the shower rod, I heard a light rapping on my door.

"Coming!," I dashed towards my door and opened it revealing a peculiar looking teen.

His hair was jet black and unruly; his complexion was a few shades lighter than mine. He sported dark circles underneath his eyes, indicating that maybe he had a restless night like I did.

"Ms. Teal, I presume?," he asked some what in a monotonous tone.

"Uh, yes.," I said warily.

"I am L. I'm sure Roger informed you that I would be your guide today."

I instantly piped up and gave him a huge grin.

"Oh yeah, of course! It's a huge pleasure to meet you, I really admire you're work. You're like a modern day Sherlock Holmes, uh, minus the free basing on crack part. Hehe."

Oh God, Hayley stop it! You're ranting!

"Ah so you actually are familiar with Sherlock. Not many people seem to know that fact about him.," L praised.

"Uh, I read a lot on my free time."

Just then my stomach emitted a very audible growl that sounded like a rabid dog being put down.

I could feel my cheeks growing hot in embarrassment.

"How about I show you to the dining hall first? Sounds like you're in dire needs of some breakfast.," he chuckled.

"That would be great. Thanks.," I said scratching the bridge of my nose, a habit I developed whenever I get embarrassed.

As we made our way to the dining hall, I couldn't help but notice how L had terrible posture. He was so young, but at this rate, he was bound to getting major spinal problems by the time he hit 20.

"So your classes start tomorrow. Did you have any problems with your schedule?," he asked leading into enormous dining hall that somewhat resembled the one in the Harry Potter movies.

"Not at all. I'm looking forward to it."

"That's good to know. Please feel free to ask me or Roger for help with anything you might need."

"Okay I will thank you L."

"HEY PIXIE!"

Matt?!

Sure enough I glanced over in the direction of the person shouting and there sat a very anxious Matt waving frantically, while Mello sat next to him looking very aggravated as he chomped down on a chocolate bar.

"I see you've met Matt already.," L smirked.

"Is it that obvious?," I joked.

"I'll go get us some breakfast. Why don't you go take a seat with them."

"Okay."

I walked over towards Matt and Mello as L walked over to the line to go get our food.

"Hey thanks again, babe. 'Cause of you I was able to get my last gym badge. Here you go, Roger dropped off my batteries this morning.," Matt said reaching into his pocket and handing me my teal Gameboy.

"It's no problemo, Matt. Anytime."

"Psh. Honestly, Teal, you don't have to continue pretending to be nice to him. You're not obligated to.," Mello snickered.

"Why am I always the center conflict when you're on your man-rag, Mel?," Matt pouted.

"Don't be an idiot, Matt! Maybe it's because you continuously take my things with out my permission!," Mello snapped.

"Now that's not true. I don't take your things. I just borrow them without your consent. There's a difference, Mel.," Matt said sticking out his tongue.

"Same shit, different colors!," Mello retorted.

"Besides, if you're tired of being my best friend that's fine. Tinkerbelle here can take over your duties, right Tink?," Matt said draping his arm around my shoulders as I took a seat next to him.

"Oh so now I'm Tinkerbelle, what happened to Pixie?"

"Tinkerbelle is a pixie.," Matt replied.

"She's a fairy.," I said.

"Eh, like Mello put it, same shit different colors."

"Ignoring the village idiot here, did you get your class schedule yet, Teal? ," Mello asked taking another huge chunk out of the chocolate bar.

"Yeah, here it is."

I reached into my jeans pocket and pulled out the folded paper and passed it over to him.

The boys looked over it carefully, going deathly quiet for a few moments, then glancing up at me.

"Well Tink, looks like we all have Art together. ," Matt beamed up at me.

"Well that's a relief.," I smiled.

"Hmph, well just so know, we tend to make that teacher's life hell 'cause he's a paranoid old dingbat. So we might be making a few frequent trips to Roger's office.," Mello stated as a matter-of-factly.

"Why can't you boys just make a truce with Mr. Morose already? It's not very nice to be picking on someone who's wrinkled have wrinkles.," L said sitting across from us, setting down several plates on the table.

He pushed over a stack of pancakes that topped of with whipped cream and strawberries, a glass of milk to go along with it.

I looked over at L's plate which was a stack of pancakes drowned in syrup, a plate of strawberries, a bowl of sugar, and some tea that he had probably spiked with 11 sugar cubes.

"Geeze L! I know you frequently put yourself in harms way by solving murder cases and all, but I honestly think the death of you is actually gonna be diabetes.," Matt stated gawking at L's so called "breakfast".

L shot him a puzzled look before turning his gaze towards me.

"So Teal, you're in the orchestra here. I heard Roger placed you as lead guitar."

"He did?!," Matt, Mello, and I exclaimed in unison, the statement almost causing me to choke on a piece of pancake.

"Yes, is there a problem with that?"

"Well, I just thought he'd have to hear me play before making any hasty decisions like that. ,"I mumbled.

"Oh but he has. Before you arrived, he requested from your old school for some videos and audio tracks of any of your performances. They emailed them to him last night and he quite impressed."

I felt the warmth building up on my cheeks as I stared down at my pancakes bashfully.

"So Tink, you're some kinda small time rock star, aren't you?," Matt asked, I could tell his eyes were wide open in shock, even through the orange tint of his goggles.

"Hardly, I just have experience, that's all.," I refused to look up from my food.

"How much experience are we talking here?," Mello asked.

"Uhh, well a friend of my mother's had been teaching me since I was 4, so about 8 years of experience, I guess.

"Hmm.," L muttered.

"Yes, L?," I questioned.

"Oh nothing at all.," he said taking another bite of his syrup infested pancakes.

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L had given me basically a whole tour of the manor, Matt and Mello decided to tag along. I saw where my classes would be, met some of my teachers (and let me tell you, I think I might agree with Matt and Mello on their comments about our art teacher), figured out which bathrooms would be closest to my classes (in case of dire emergencies), and explored the massive that resembled more of a museum than a library. Every time we entered a new hallway, we'd pass by several kids who'd stare at me as if I had the word 'JACKASS' written on my forehead. I felt very welcomed, indeed.

After the tour of the inside of the building we decided to head outside to the courtyard for some fresh air. It wasn't as cold out as it was yesterday, but it still was a bit fresh out. Matt and Mello decided to play a game of soccer with some of the other boys that were outside, so L and I chose to be spectators from under the shade of an apple tree.

L reached up to its branches and yanked off two ripe apples, handing me one. I took a seat on the lush grass, L crouching down next to me in a very unusual manor.

"Thanks.," I said wiping the apple on my shirt, then taking a small bite out of it.

"So how do you like the orphanage so far, Teal?"

"Oh it's amazing; it's really different from anything I'm used to. The biggest thing that we had back home was a Wal-Mart.," I joked causing L to smirk a bit.

"Did you get a chance to make any friends yesterday?"

"Uh well just Matt basically. I didn't have much of a chance to talk to Mello 'cause Matt kinda got him a little ticked off, so he stormed off without saying much. But he seems to be fine today. I mean, he's talking to me.," I said looking forward as I spotted Matt and Mello chasing after the ball.

"Yes, I was actually surprised to see that Mello was warming up to you during breakfast. He normally doesn't associate with many people other than Matt or me. He normally isn't hostile towards anyone, just easily agitated, but he despises one boy here named Near, one of my successors.," L said, his stare fixed on Mello.

"I met him yesterday! He was that pale boy with white hair.," I exclaimed.

L nodded.

Come to think of it, Near somewhat reminded me a bit of L.

"How could Mello hate him? I mean yes, he seemed like the quiet type, but he was very polite and sweet."

"I guess it's just the pressures of the whole situation. Mello is also my successor and he knows that if anything were to happen to me, I'd prefer him and Near to work together."

I looked towards the field yet again, and saw Matt score a goal. I smiled a bit. Something seemed different about him at that very moment. He made the timeout "T" sign to his team mates and ran towards L and me.

That's when it hit me. He wasn't wearing his goggles! They were instead hanging around his neck.

"Hey Tink, how about you join the game. Sean got hit in the face with the ball and he decided to call it quits from there. We could use another player on our team.," Matt said panting, trying to catch his breath.

"You should go on ahead, Teal. Go have some fun. I really should get back to work anyways.," L said getting up off the ground and standing in his usually hunched over form.

I gazed up at Matt's eyes. I let out a sharp gasp causing Matt and L to look at me bewildered.

"You okay, Tink?," Matt asked cocking a curious brow.

I blushed furiously, covering my cheeks with my hands.

"Yeah, totally.," I fibbed.

"Don't worry me like that. Lemme help you there.," Matt said holding out his hand to me.

I grasped onto it and rose to my feet.

"You two have fun and try to be careful. The nurse is out getting supplies and won't be back till the evening. ," L warned turning to walk back towards the building.

We walked towards the field and I couldn't stop thinking about Matt's eyes.

They were so shockingly blue.

They were so beautiful.

It made me kind of sad to see him put his goggles back on. Why on earth would he want to hide such beautiful eyes?!

"Matt, wait. ," I called after him beginning to feel my stomach do flip-flops.

"What is it, darlin'? ," he asked turning back to face me.

"Are you sure your friends really want me to play? ," I asked looking over at the different boys that were looking at me oddly.

"Why wouldn't they doll? They'll love you! I'ma have to beat them off with a stick.," he chuckled.

I looked down at my feet trying to avoid the fixed stares that had fallen upon me.

I felt Matt place his hand on my shoulder causing me to glance up at him.

"If you want we can do something else. Anyways, I need my game fix now.," he joked.

"You sure?"

"Oh yeah. How about we start our Tekken match early?"

"Sounds good to me.," I smiled.

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We sat on the floor of Matt's room playing our 19th round of Tekken, Mello sat on the bed biting into a chocolate bar and reading 'Animal Farm'.

My eyes were beginning to dry up and get irritated from staring at the screen for so long. I rubbed them with my right hand.

"Do you wanna call it a truce, Tink? I don't want you to strain those pretty little eyes of yours. ,"Matt smiled.

"Sure, we'll play again later. Right now I'm pretty hungry."

"Dinner should be ready now. Let's go down to the dining hall."

"Sounds good. You coming Mello?," I turned to see Mello gazing up at us from his book.

"I guess.," he replied.

We walked down several halls and flights of stairs and yet again reached the massive dining hall for the second time that day.

Where's Dumbledor?

I couldn't help but smirk at the thought. As we got in the line for super, my mouth began to salivate immensely at the intoxicating scent of stew that punch me right under the nose.

"Who's the new boy, Matt?"

A blonde girl asked cutting in front of a few poor younger students to get to us. She was a few inches taller than me, an oddly enough she wore bright red lipstick even though she couldn't be older than 12.

"Uh what new boy?," Matt was totally lost while I knew where this girl was getting at.

"The one with the attention-seeking bandage on his head.," she pointed at my temple.

"Oh, so it worked then?," I replied coyly.

"She's not a boy, Trista.," Matt stated crossing his arms over his chest.

"And she's not an attention seeker, unlike a certain blonde girl we so happen to have the misfortune of knowing.," Mello smirked.

"Oh Mello, it's not healthy to be putting yourself down like that.," she shot back, placing a haughty hand to her hips.

Oh no she didn't!

I heard Mello grind his teeth together.

"I thought Roger said this orphanage was for potential geniuses, Matt.," I said turning to face him.

"Uh, well it is."

"Then who let her in here?," I grinned.

"What was that little miss tomboy?," she spat.

"And here we go again with the well thought out comebacks. Look, I really don't believe in that saying that blondes are naturally dumb, but sweetie you're kinda making it difficult for me now.," I recoiled.

Matt and Mello had grins the size of my home state plastered onto their faces due to my remark and the flushed look on Trista's face.

"Look, um, you tom-,"

"I have a name you know, try using it. Don't worry; it only has one syllable so it shouldn't be too hard for you to learn. It's Teal."

"Look Teal, I don't know who you think you are, and I don't care to hear about your tragic story or why you look so manly. Just know that I'm gonna be your main source of suffering for the remainder of your stay at Wammy's! ,"she huffed before stomping out of the lunch line knocking a few kids down in the process.

"What a bitch. Can you honestly believe she tried hooking up with Matt last year, Teal?," Mello said grabbing his bowl of steak and potato stew followed by Matt who grabbed two bowls; one for him and one for me.

"She did?," I questioned Matt.

"Yeah but I turned her down and she's still sore about it. I'm not into blondes, except for Mello.," he joked sticking his tongue out at me.

"So what are you into then?"

Oh shit! That was nosy of me!

"Short girls, preferably brunettes.," he winked at me causing my heart to skip a beat.

"But that scored you some points in my book, Teal; the way you told off Trista was beautiful. I think it might've brought a tear to my eye. ," Mello laughed.

"Well I didn't have much girl friends back at my old school 'cause they were all mainly like Trista, so I kinda learned how to fend for myself. I've heard every insult these bimbos can possibly throw at me."

"That's what makes you the new badass around here.," Matt replied.

"Okay well less talk! It's time to dig in!," I exclaimed as we reached our table, my stomach getting the best of me.

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Matt and I played a few more rounds of Tekken still ending up tied by the time it was 10:20.

"I think I should get some sleep soon, we have classes tomorrow. ," I yawned.

"Okay. Lemme walk you. Who knows what could happen to you on that long journey to your room."

"Oh please Matt. You're my knight in shining armor. I'm so scawwed.," I contributed, opening the door to the room.

"Never fear for I am here!," he said trying to deepen his voice.

We took a total of 3 steps before reaching my room across from his.

"My hero!," I laughed hugging onto him.

"All in a good day's work, ma'am.," he wrapped his arms around my waist, returning the hug.

I could feel a blush creeping onto my cheeks.

"Thanks Matt."

"Hehe. For what?"

"Keeping me company these past couple of days. You really don't have to."

"Tink, you're my buddy. Besides Mello, no one at this orphanage has enough patience to deal with me or play video games with me. I like your company. I hope we can become better friends real soon. I honestly mean it."

He held his pinky out to me. I stared at it for a few seconds then looked up to see his face. I visualized those blue orbs behind those goggles as he gave me a sincere smile.

I linked my pinky finger with his and returned his smile.

"I'm more than positive we will, Matt."

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