A/N: For those who don't know I have changed parts of the third chapter so please read it. Anyway I felt like I needed to write this cause I don't update enough with this. Hope you like it.
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"Are you sure this is the right room Mello?" Matt asked, as both boys stopped outside room 223. Rock music, which Matt recognised from Devil May Cry 3 came from behind the door, obviously up far to loud.
"Roger said room 223 so yeah, I'm sure." Mello told him, knocking on the door. No one answered but they both went in anyway.
"Tripp?" Mello called, peaking into the room. The music was louder in the room making both boys ears hurt slightly. Tripp was lying on a bed on the left hand side of the room her eyes closed. Her chest was moving up and down evenly showing she was asleep. Matt tapped Mello on the shoulder.
"I think we should leave Mel." He told him, after turning the music down so it was just above a whisper. Mello had another idea though.
"Wakey, wakey Sunshine!" he called pushing her off the bed so she fell to the floor with a thump.
Matt rolled his eyes and looked at the sleeping girl that was now-thanks to Mello-lying on the floor.
"She still isn't awake Mel." Matt told him. Mello jumped onto the bed to see the girl lying on the floor, still asleep.
"You wouldn't happen to have some water on you?" Mello asked, an evil gleam in his eyes. Matt glared at Mello through his orange tinted goggles.
"Do I look like a water dispenser to you?" He asked Mello heading for the door.
"Let's just go, the bell for dinner rang five minutes ago and I'm starving." Matt said, opening the door to the hall. As he did Tripp stirred then shot up at the smell of food from the hall.
"Where's the food?" she asked. Matt snickered lightly.
"We came one to find you and two to tell you that it's dinner." Mello told her. She nodded, showing she understood then noticed she as on the floor.
"Um, why am I on the floor?" she asked.
"Must have fallen." Mello pointed out. Tripp seemed to take this and stood up, dusting herself off as Mello spotted something lying on the shelf on the wall.
"Where'd you get this?" Mello asked, holding up the clear plastic bag that contained a jagged-edged dagger. Tripp looked up, still dazed from being woken up.
"That's the infamous dagger that was found in my back when I woke up." She told them walking up to Mello, hands in pockets. Mello nodded in conformation and lay it back down on the shelf as Tripp sniffed the air.
"I smell vegie burgers and apple pie. Let go already." She said pulling the two boys out the room and down the hall, leaving them both in shock as she dragged them along. Mello leaned in to Matt so only he could hear him.
"Lets never wake her up during dinner again." He whispered, Matt agreed with a nod.
This 'just wakened' Tripp was creepy.
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The dinning hall was large and Victorian looking like the rest of the Orphanage and just as ornate.
It was also full of other screaming kids.
"Are you Vegetarian or something?" Mello asked, grimacing at Tripp's meal of a Vegie burger and apple pie, just as she smelt from her room. Tripp nodded.
"Yeap." She stated.
"Why?" Mello asked. Tripp shrugged.
"Didn't like the taste of meat, so I don't eat it." She told them, taking another bite out of her burger.
"What happened earlier in the games room." Mello burst out saying. Tripp flinched, mumbling something incoherent as Matt slapped his hand of his head.
"I didn't hear that." Mello said leaning closer so he could hear Tripp's mumbling.
"I said…a memory came to me. I needed to get to my room so I could write it down, sorry about running off like that by the way." She apologized. They talked more during lunch the two boys filling Tripp in on good movies and Matt telling her about good games to play and what had happened in the news. What Tripp noticed while the boys where arguing about a movie that there was a buzz in the air. She wasn't sure exactly what it was, Christmas coming up maybe?
What was Christmas about exactly again?
"What's with everyone?" Tripp asked, coming out of the dinner hall with Mello and Matt.
"L's coming on Christmas day. Everyone's trying to get ready." Matt told her.
"Who's L and what and when is Christmas again?" Tripp asked, confused. She hadn't heard about 'L' before. Matt was about to explain it when Mello butted in.
"Whose L?! L is the world's best and most famous detective! He's solved hundreds of difficult cases since he became a detective and were all working to be his successor." Mello explained. Tripp frowned.
"How does he pick though?" she asked.
"There are top three. I'm third, Mello's second and…"
"A little freak is number one." Mello growled, cutting Matt off again, looking slightly homicidal. Tripp was going to ask who the freak was but Matt stopped her by putting a hand on her shoulder.
"I wouldn't ask him about that. He'll blow up in your face about it if you do and it's Christmas Eve tomorrow it's a day when you give presents to friends to say thanks and a day of celebration. It differs around the world." Matt whispered to her. She nodded and kept quiet, planning on asking Matt about the 'little freak' later.
"One minute. I need to ask Roger something." Tripp told the two boys as they past Roger's door. They both nodded and said that she was to meet them in the games room again, mainly because it was the only place she knew of.
"Come in." Roger called when Tripp knocked on the door. Tripp peaked round the door carefully and then came in silently as Roger looked up.
"How can I help you Tripp?" he asked, clasping his hands in front of him.
"Um, I was wondering if I could go into town tomorrow if possible?" Tripp asked. If Matt was telling the true she only had tomorrow to find out more about Christmas and to see if she could get something for the two boys.
"You are able to go from 10am until 6pm when you must return by, other than that it is fine." He told her. She thanked him and left running to the games room, hoping to beat Matt at least once in the game he had picked.