I LOVE THIS CHAPTER!

You are all going to be like "OMG!"

i do not own DGM n_n


"Pass the sugar please." Allen said, mixing white cream into his hot tea. Tyki looked up from his newspaper to locate the sugar and pass it to Allen. The boy added two small spoons of it to his tea and mixed it in. "Thanks." Allen said. The boy had been living in the Noah house for about six weeks now and had grown onto to Tyki. The two were like brothers now, spending most of their time together.

"Allen!" Road yelled happily, skipping up to the table and jumping into Allen's lap. "Lets play wedding today!" She said. The girl spotted the sugar on the table and licked her index finger. When it was covered in her saliva, she stuck it into the sugar and when it was covered with the sweet crystals, the girl put it in her mouth.

"You're going to rot your teeth out." Tyki said, moving the sugar away from Road.

"I cant play today Road, its my weekly check-up at the hospital. Remember?" Allen asked, picking up his cup and trying to slide Road off of him. The boy took a sip.

"Marian is also supposed to come back from Africa today." Tyki added. Cross took every chance he had to leave the Noah house. It was apparent to Allen that his master didn't like the Noah family. He once overheard a conversation he and Lord Millennium had about Cross taking Allen with him on his travels to get him out of the house. Of course, it wouldn't be aloud because of Allen's sudden hot flashes.

"I don't like that mean old man! Allen, you should come hide in my room so he isn't mean to you." Road suggested, hugging Allen.

"Um, Tyki. Can we please leave now!" The boy asked, trying to pry Road's arms from around his neck.

After the check-up, Allen came home to great Cross. The man was smoking when Allen spotted him in the sun-room.

"Hello, Mr. Cro-" Cross whacked Allen on the head.

"That's Master to you, boy." Cross said, slightly irritated. "How was your check-up?"

"Nothing has changed." Allen said with a sigh. He looked down at the ground, studding the floor. It pained Cross to see Allen sad. He never acted like it, but he loved the boy like a son. His rude and insensitive nature would not allow him to admit this.

"Your hair's getting a little long, why don't you let me cut it?" Cross asked, blowing out a puff of smoke. Allen looked up at his Master and smiled, cutting Allen's hair was the one thing Cross always did to cheer him up. The two didn't know why, but it relaxed Allen and calmed Cross.

"I'll go get some scissors." Allen said, turning to run down the hall. The boy opened the door to his room and walked over to his desk, opening a drawer and pulling a pair of scissors out. As he went to leave, the boy stopped. He walked over to his bed and lifted the pillow, gently picking up the small knot of hair. Allen feared that if he didn't keep it under his pillow, he would have nightmares, plus it made him feel like his friends are there with him.

"What's taking so long?" Cross yelled.

"Coming!" Allen yelled back, setting the knot back down and covering it with the pillow.

Lavi sighed, looking at the knot of hair in his hand. The weather had gotten colder in the six weeks the frail boy had been gone. This made him miss Allen small, warm body even more. Kanda was no help at all, always locked in his room and refusing to talk to anyone.

"Lavi, come help me organize these." Panda called. Lavi slipped the hair back into his shirt and got up. Panda passed him a stack of papers, all filled out by men and women who had recently adopted a kid here at the orphanage. Lavi knew that one of these papers would have Allen's name on it, he also knew that he and Kanda's name would probably never make it onto one of these papers.

Kanda was a mean kid and liked to be alone. He never allowed anyone in his room and never came out to meet the people coming to adopt so his chances of leaving were slim. Lavi on the other hand talked to all parents coming to adopt. The only reason why Lavi wasn't going to be adopted was because he was going to take Panda's place after the old coot had finally croaked of old age. In a way, Panda was Lavi's guardian.

Every few months, Panda would take all of the adoption papers and get Lavi to help him file them.

"Adam, Clara, Jeremy, Neveah, Samuel." Lavi said, setting the papers in alphabetical order.

"By last names, Lavi." Panda corrected. Lavi glared at the old man but picked all the papers back up and began going by last names.

"Old Grandpa." He said under his breath. A book smacked against the back of Lavi's head, causing the boy to fall over. "OUCH! What was that for!" He barked.

"Get back to work." Panda said, arranging his own set of papers.

"Jacobs, Udesky." Lavi continued on for about an hour until he picked up a paper that read 'Walker.' The curiosity got the better of him as he scanned the paper. Name. Age. Approximate date of birth. Fathers- "Wait! What!" Lavi asked himself, evaluating the paper. "This cant be right! Panda, who filled out Allen's paper?" Lavi asked.

"Marian Cross." Panda replied. "You really shouldn't be looking at those Lavi, there private."

"General Cross knew Mana, Allen's adopted father, right?" Lavi asked. Panda nodded. "Then why isn't this Mana Walker's name under 'Father?' Allen said he could really remember his real father. He said after his real father got drunk and gave him that scar he was abandoned and that's when Mana picked him up. So who is N-"

"Lavi! You will not get involved in this! Walker's family is none of your concern." Lavi quickly filed the rest of the papers and left. Running through the hallway until he got to his room, the boy sat on his bed, trying to straighten out his thoughts.

'How did Cross know who Allen's real father was?' This was one of the many questions going through Lavi's head. So many yet only one was most important, the name on that paper. Who was N. Walker.

*Dances*

hmmmmm. I wounder who N. Walker is *says sarcastically*

Some real drama is gonna start up!

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