Chapter 23:

I sat in my room, getting ready for my date. I couldn't get over what Grell had said about her having no family. Family… I remembered clearly the day that Grell had come home after he'd killed that woman Madam Red, completely beaten up, looking like he had just risen from the dead after the fight with the demon. It had been one of the scariest moments of my life. I nearly had a heart attack when I saw him.

I was sitting in the living room on that day, pen and notebook in hand, writing. I heard the door creak open and shut. Grell was finally home. I smiled.

"Welcome home." I called. There was no answer. My smile faded a little. "Grell?" I called, standing up, walking through the kitchen to the window. "Grell?" I looked through the window and nearly died of shock. I jumped through the window and helped him to the couch. "Sit down now." I ran to get the first aid kit that I kept in the kitchen for safety reasons. I ran back into the house.

"What the hell happened to you?" I demanded.

"I got into a fight with the demon there…" He looked at me. "It looks worse than it really is… why are you crying, Leah?"

"You're such an idiot." I whispered as I hugged him. "Why wouldn't you listen to me? I told you so many times to get out of it if a greater demon was there. And now look what's happened to you. Don't you ever dare do that to me again! You're the only one I have left…"

"…I'm sorry. It won't happen again. I didn't know… that it would make you this upset. I'm sorry."

The only thing that kept me sane-more or less was him. Grell was my only family and same thing with him. What would happen if someone lost their family entirely? In William's case, he had become the calm emotionless jerk; the mask behind which he was hiding was taking me over two years to break now. And that was in the better case. Grell and I… we'd be twice as bad as Madam Red. She felt insane as well, that she no longer had a family, and could no longer make a family of her own, so she had gone on an insane killing spree. Would this happen to anyone else put in her shoes? If Cheryl Black and Madam Red were alike, I had perfect reason to suspect that Cheryl was behind the great murder, and was behind the demon army gathered outside our world at the moment.

I shook my head and cleared out all the thoughts. It was nearly seven. I combed bits of my hair with the color changing brush and turned some of the pieces light brown. I then curled it and adjusted my bangs. I didn't want to think about this any more than I had to. Tonight was a night to have fun. I picked out a short red skirt and a long black sleeveless top, paired with black heels and a red jacket.

The doorbell rang. I ran to get it.

"Hey" I hugged William. He was smiling, something which wasn't as rare as it had been a year ago.

"Are you ready?"

"Yeah. Where are we going?"

"I'm sure you'll like it."

We drove into the city.

"Wow, I've never been to a restaurant before." I looked up at the building.

"Well, this year is a time for trying things out. Let's get going." He pulled me out of the car and we walked inside. We were given a spot outside on the raised patio. We had a full view of the dark sparkling water and the sky sprinkled with stars above it. It was a beautiful night.

We spent a long time talking. It was a great evening.

"I don't think we've ever seen a clear sky like this in a long time."

"Yeah… especially since it's been raining like hell most of the time." I agreed. For once the sky seemed to be agreeing with the world. Whenever it wasn't raining, it was snowing or just plain cloudy. Pretty soon, it got really dark and really cold, so we decided to go home. We had spent roughly four hours in the restaurant. He walked me to the front porch of my house.

"Thanks for tonight." I said. "I had a really nice time."

"I'm glad you did." Before I could change my mind, I stretched up on my tip toes, put my arms around his neck and kissed him quickly. I had no idea what made me do it. Did I have too much champagne? But it was impossible for shinigami to get drunk. Besides, I only did have one glass. Ah well… what's done is done. I was really surprised when he kissed me back.

"I'll see you tomorrow then." He said.

"Yeah. See you tomorrow." I said happily. I waved goodbye as he drove away. I was so happy. It felt like I was living in a dream, where absolutely everything was perfect. I mean, how much better could my life get? Sadly, I didn't know that I was about to wake up from that dream, really suddenly.

ARGH! I'm finally done this chapter! This was such a writer's block for me. :/ You'd think I t wasn't much, but this was one of the hardest chapters to write for me because I literally had no ideas, so please forgive me when this chapter isn't as good as it should have been. I couldn't even think up a title for this chapter. The fillers have ended, so we can move significantly forwards to the climax in the next few chapters. :/ look forwards to a lot of fighting and a lot of death XD

As well as a lot of cute scenes. XD The last chapter is going to be a date chapter, and probably the fluffiest of all of them. No guarantees, though. There might be more fluff really soon. XD

~Darkironprincess17