Hi people! Sorry if it took me a while to update again! I've been busy! Anyway, I'd like to thank Whateva876 for always reviewing and for being the only one to have played in my contest about who Alice liked! Since she was the only one who tried to guess who it was I allowed her to win the contest. So yeah, her prize was that she got to read this chapter and the next two chapters before all you people! You guys should really read my little messages to you! Like seriously! It could be super important and you wouldn't even know because you didn't read it! It makes me mad to think that I'm wasting my time writing a note that no one will read! So mad that it gives me BROOKLYN RAGE! (If you get that reference you're awesome!) Oh, and no I don't live in Brooklyn or New York in general. I live in California! (Don't come and try and find me.) Why is this message so long? Guess I'm just bored! Oh, well enough of me. Most of you will probably just ignore this anyway. :P

Disclaimer: I don't own Death Note. If I did I would've made Shadyvox the voice of Matt. (If you know who Shadyvox is then you're super special awesome!)

It's been about one month since I first arrived at Wammy's House. I must admit I'm still not quite used to being here. Once and a while I sometimes think about what would have happened if my older brother hadn't died. I'd probably still be living the high life of a rich kid, but I also wonder if I would have been happy living like that.

I can still remember how I didn't really have friends back when I wasn't an orphan. Most days I spent studying and practicing my violin at home. It was rare for me to leave my family's estate. Maybe I'm better off here at Wammy's where I have friends and can have fun. Still that doesn't mean I don't miss living with older brother, Demetri.

Let me tell you something reader, I absolutely adored my brother and I still very much miss him. I still remember that night when he… was murdered… Oh, well now I'm just blabbering. Let's move on to the story.

Lately Near had been acting really strange around me. The boy would avoid looking me in the eyes when we talked. He also tried avoiding me throughout the day. I have no idea why though reader! Perhaps I did something to make my twiny angry.

Anyway, today I was going to hang out with Matt, seeing how Near was avoiding me and that Mello still doesn't seem to consider me his friend. I got changed into the clothes L and Watari had given me before. Afterwards I headed down to breakfast where I ran into the she devil, Linda.

She and her friends absolutely hated me and had it in for me, but I'm not scared of those idiots. When they approached me, I simply ignored them and just right past. It obviously made them angry, but before they could do anything Matt popped up out of nowhere.

"Hey Alice, I already got food for you. So come on, before those idiotic tarts try something." Matt said while pulling me towards the table I saw Mello sitting at.

Upon reaching said table I happily greeted the blonde. "Good morning Mello. How are you this morning?" I asked while sitting down.

He didn't even respond! The darn bastard only glanced at me before getting up and saying bye to Matt. I don't see what his problem is with me! Like seriously, what did I ever do to him? I mean besides eating those chocolate pancakes. If he's still holding a grudge against me because of that, then he's pretty immature!

"Alice, are you okay?" I heard Matt question.

"I'm fine. Why?" I simply asked back to my goggle wearing pal.

"Well… It's 'cause you just mashed up your waffles really violently…"

Looking down at my plate I saw I really had somehow mashed up my waffles. It looked sort of weird and unappetizing now. Sighing, I pushed my plate away. I didn't want to eat that anymore.

"Here, have some of my cereal. Say awww." Matt said while lifting a spoon filled with cereal up to my mouth. I just stared at the spoon and then at the red head. Did he really expect me to do this? Right then my stomach growled and I finally did as told.

"A-awww…" I said awkwardly before munching down the cereal. This was embarrassing. In the corners of my eyes I could see people staring at us. After the fifth bite I finally just took the spoon and bowl from Matt. When I was done with that we both left.

"That was embarrassing! Why would you do that?" I yelled at Matt.

"I don't know. Just 'cause I guess." He replied while laughing at me a bit.

I crossed my arms in annoyance and continued to walk down the hallway with him in silence. We reached the front doors after a while and went outside. It was nice out. The sun was shining really bright and there wasn't a cloud in the sky, but it wasn't super hot since there was a slight breeze out. Today seemed like it would be fun, if only I knew what Matt had planned.

"So what are we going to do today?" I questioned while twirling around to face my gamer buddy.

"Well, since you don't have clothes of your own, I thought we'd go into town and go shopping." He stated whilst walking past me to the front gates.

It sounded fun, but I was somewhat suspicious. Why would a guy want to help a girl go shopping? He was up to something. Wanting to know what exactly he was planning, I ran in front of him to stop him.

"Okay, what's the real reason you're taking me into town? I know it can't just be because of me. So tell me the truth mister." I ordered.

Matt smirked at me. "You're pretty smart you know. Well, fine. The reason is because I'm going to buy some new video games to play."

Now that made more sense, but wait I just thought of two other problems. First, how exactly were we going to pay for everything we bought. I didn't have money and I'm pretty sure Matt didn't either. Second, were we even allowed to go into town?

I guess Matt could read my mind or something, since he answered my questions before I even asked him about them. "I have money, and yes we're allowed to go into town it's just no one ever does. Most of the kids here are contempt just staying here all day long. Now come on." With that, the two of us were off.

When we got to town, Matt was kind enough to let me buy my things first. We went to a bunch of boutiques around town and I bought several different outfits. That's right reader! Now I have clothes of my own and so I don't have to borrow any of the boys' clothes again! Also, I got Matt to carry all the bags!

After I was finished, Matt took me to a nice little ice cream parlor. He got two scoops of rocky road ice cream while I got two scoops of strawberry ice cream. It was delicious! When we were done we headed for the game shop, but on the way I saw something and stopped. It was a music shop.

I walked up to the store and looked in through the window. Inside were different all sorts of instruments and music books. It reminded me that I hadn't practiced playing my violin at all since I got here. Right then I felt a hand on my shoulder. Turning, I saw that the arm belonged to Matt.

"Alice, aren't you coming?" He asked me. I looked back through the window again and then look him before shaking my head no.

"You guy ahead and buy your games. I just want to take a look inside this store. Meet me back here when you're done." With that said Matt left and I went inside the shop.

Once inside, I walked over to a white violin that was sitting on display near the back of the store. I just stared at for a bit before turning around to go look at other things, but when I did turn around there was a little boy standing in front of me. He stared at me in awe, which kind of made me feel awkward for just standing there quietly. Finally, a women came out of the back room of the shop to break the silence.

"Oh, are you a customer?" She politely asked me.

"Mommy, mommy look! It's her! It's that famous violinist, Cecilia Hartwood!" The little boy cheered while running over to the woman, who was apparently his mother.

The woman looked at her son before looking at me. "Are you really Cecilia Hartwood? I had heard that she recently went missing," said the lady.

"Umm… Well…" I started becoming nervous. They knew who I was. I had completely forgotten about how famous I was before. This wasn't good, they knew my real name.

"I-" I began to say, but was cut off by Matt.

"Oh, there you are Alice. Are you done looking around?" He asked while walking over to me. Boy was I relieved to see him.

I glanced over at the lady and her son. The little boy looked confused. He was probably thinking that I was obviously, well me. Right then the women spoke up again. "Sorry for mistaking you for Ce-"

Before she could finish saying my name I cut her off. "It's no problem. Well we have to leave now. Good afternoon!" I yelled out while grabbing hold of Matt's hand and running out of the shop.

Now usually I would never just cut in when someone's saying something, but this was different. She was going to say my real name in front of Matt. It's against the rules at Wammy's know each other's real names, so there was no way I going to let Matt find out who I really was. I continued walking along quietly while thinking about what would have happened if Matt had found out.

"Umm… Alice..." I heard Matt say, but I just ignored him. I was too busy thinking.

"Alice." I once again heard Matt say.

"What is it?" I asked while turning to face him. Right then some old people walked by us.

"Aww… Look at those two young love birds." One of them said.

"Yes, they're so cute holding hands like that. Ohh, to be young and in love." The other said while they walked away.

It was at that moment I realized I was still holding onto Matt's hand. My face flushed red as I quickly let go. "Ummm… Sorry about that. I was deep in thought…" I mumbled.

"It's no problem…" Matt muttered back quietly.

We stood there quietly for a few moments before I started to awkwardly laugh. I looked over at Matt who looked like he was having a hard time holding all my shopping bags. Feeling bad, I thought I should carry some.

"I'll carry these..." I told him before grabbing a few of the bags from him.

"Thanks…" Was all he replied back. After that we both started walking back to Wammy's House.

The walk home was a long awkwardly quiet one. I kept thinking I should try and strike up a conversation, but just couldn't bring myself to say anything. We were almost home, when something happen. By something I mean me tripping over a nothing and falling.

I dropped the bags I was carrying everywhere and cried out in pain. Looking over at my knee, I saw that I had scrapped it. My eyes began to tear up, but I didn't want to cry over something like a cut.

"Alice? Are you okay? What am I saying? Of course you're not! You're freakin' bleeding!" Matt began yelling.

I wiped my eyes and tried to grab the bags I had dropped, but Matt grabbed them for me. He then helped me get up.

"You shouldn't walk. I'll carry you the rest of the way." He said while trying grab hold of me, but I didn't want to be a burden. The poor guy was already carry all the shopping bags.

"I'm fine! Really I am! I can walk back just fine, Matt!" I tried insisting, but the red head would just not take no for an answer. After about ten minutes of arguing over this, Matt won. So I ended up being carried back by the gamer boy. I felt really, really bad, but he said it was just fine with him. To make matters worse, when we got back there were kids outside! So they ended up seeing me being carried by Matt!

It was embarrassing! Why? Well, it's because it's not like he was giving me a piggyback ride. No he was carrying me bridal style! I wanted him to just give me a piggyback ride home, but he insisted that this way was better! Now everyone was thinking weird things about Matt and me!

Anyway, enough about my embarrassment. Once we were inside, Matt brought me back to his and Mello's room. Mello wasn't too happy to see me, but screw what he thinks! Matt brought out a first aid kit and patched me all up. When all that was done, we decided to play some of the new video games Matt had bought together. Mello played with us too. At dinner time I forced Matt to explain to everyone that we were not a couple. He kept protesting against it at first, but Mello finally convinced him. It was weird that Mello was really mad about people thinking I was dating Matt, but oh well! People don't think I'm dating Matt anymore, which is really good!

Later that night, I went to back to my room and showed Near all my new clothes. He still avoided looking me directly in the eyes, but at least my twiny talked to me! Today, was a pretty odd day, but I feel I've gotten more used to Wammy's now.

That's the end of Ch. 5! Hope you enjoyed reading! Ch. 6 will be coming soon. Real soon... hehe Oh, and I forgot! There's a poll on my profile! It's about who you want Alice to end up with. I'd like to see who all of you guys want her to end up with. I have a feeling the winner of the poll will probably be Near, but I personally like Matt and Alice better. In fact, this story was originally just supposed to be a MattxOC when I first was coming up with the idea for A Wammy's House Romance, but I changed it last minute. Anyway, I don't know yet if I'll make it so that Alice will end up with Matt at the end. I want to see your opinions. Well that's it. Please review! Your reviews keep this story from dying! Love you all! (Not really... JK) Thanks again to Whateva876! You're awesome! Just not as awesome as me. ;3 Chapter 6 coming soon!