Hey there reader people! HAPPY NEW YEAR! Here's to 2013! Haha. xD Anyway, here's Ch. 10 of AWHR! Sorry I hadn't posted it that day after eight and nine had come out like planned. I got sick and couldn't finish it. xP Well, I hope you guys enjoy this chapter! I very much enjoyed writing it. Hehehehe... :D (Sorry if there's any mistakes. I'm still really sick and tired right now, so I couldn't think straight while writing this.)
Disclaimer: I'm too sick to think of a funny disclaimer right now. Just know I don't own this, okay?
About two months had passed since my sixteenth birthday, reader, and it was now the end of October. Those hot summer days had long since vanished, leaving only the chilly, yet at the same time warm, fall. Still, I couldn't stop thinking about what happened on that day in August. That day of my birthday, when my friends had surprised me with a picnic. It just consumed my thoughts. Why? Well, that was the day it first started.
On that day, I had felt I was being watched, and since then reader I still feel that eerie feeling that someone is watching my every move. This feeling, this paranoia, this fear, is slowly eating away at me. I'm too afraid to go, let alone look, outside, because I just know the person watching me is out there. Also, I have yet to tell anyone this. Meaning reader, that I haven't told Mello, Near, or Matt. I just don't want them to worry about me.
Anyway, I woke up today around lunch. I know pretty late, right? Yeah, but although it was around noon time now, it was kind of dark in my room, but that was due to the fact that I always kept my curtains drawn now. Yawning and stretching, I slowly got up and got changed. When that was done, I walked out of my room and was just about to head down to the dining hall for some lunch. Well that is, until a certain annoying girl and her equally annoying group of friends stopped me.
"Well, if it isn't little miss whore." Linda said while laughing at me.
I ignored her and walked past them all, well I tried to. You see dear reader, Linda and her group of idiots stopped me and pretty much surrounded me. They then started insulting me and all I did was stand there with a nonchalant look. This pissed off Linda I guess, so she slapped me hard across my face. I won't lie, it hurt and stung really badly when she did that. I actually ended up cringing a bit and placing a hand on my stinging and now red cheek.
When Linda saw this, she smirked and pulled on my long crème blonde hair, causing another sour expression to form on my face. I really wanted to punch the annoying girl in the face, but I'm not really one for violence, and also, she had some of her friends grab onto my arms so I couldn't fight back. They also covered my mouth so I couldn't talk or yell or anything like that.
Linda and her friends laughed at me as I struggled to get away from them, but couldn't. Wow, I'm such a weakling… I glared at them and tried kicking her, but missed. This caused Linda to slap me again. I swear reader, I'll kill this girl one of these days. She's annoying as hell and only hates me because I'm friends with Mello and Matt. Anyway, Linda was about to slap me again, when suddenly someone stopped them. It was Emmelia.
"S-stop it! Just stop it you guys! Leave Alice alone!" The shy girl actually shouted.
This caused a few other girls to come out of their rooms to see what the commotion was. Linda and her gang didn't want people to see, so they let me go and left rather quickly down the hall. When she was gone, Emmelia walked over to me and started asking if I was alright and what happened. All I could say to her though was that it was awesome how she stood up to Linda.
Oh, that's right reader. I forgot to mention that Emmelia and I were now friends. My room was right next to hers, so I tended to run into her a lot. She was kind of a shy girl at first, but she's actually pretty cool to hang out with. Although, sometimes she's a bit of a clumsy person who ends up tripping on me and causes both of us to fall down. Oh, also she's awesome at drawing and baking pastries and I for one love pastries and sweets! Emmelia's cool and she's the only friend I have who's a girl right now, and it's nice to once and a while have a girl friend to talk to about girl problems. Anyway!
"Thanks so much for helping me, Emmelia!" I said happily while rubbing my head though. It still kind of hurt from Linda pulling on my hair. Maybe I should cut my hair short? Nah.
"You're welcome, Alice. That's just what friends do." She replied back.
I thanked Emmelia again and told her we should go get lunch together. She agreed and so we headed to the dining hall. When we got there everyone seemed to be excitedly chatting about something. I didn't really pay attention though. I was far too busy searching for Matt, Mello, and Near. They didn't seem to be there. Where were those three?
Emmelia and I got some food and then took a seat at a table. I sat there quietly, just thinking about where my best friends were. They usually always had every meal with me. So where were they today? They didn't even wake me up for breakfast earlier. Thoughts rushed through my head, until my silver haired friend snapped me out of it.
"Alice! You'll never guess what I just heard the other kids saying!" She sounded so excited while saying this.
"Huh? What?" I asked really confused.
"It's just a rumor, but they said L might actually be visiting Wammy's today!"
Did I just hear that right reader?! L! L might be visiting here today?! I might see L today! My heart started racing from just the thought of him. I felt my cheeks heat up. My love, my L. Yup, that's right reader, I still very much loved L, even though he told me not to. It's not like he would know that I didn't stop liking him. I'd make sure he wouldn't find out this time. Oh, L. I would see him again today.
I looked down at what I wearing and frowned. I was wearing jeans and a t-shirt. I definitely didn't want L to see me like this. So I quickly finished my lunch, got up from the table, and then ran out of the dining hall to go change. Emmelia, confused, ran after me back to my room. Once there I made Emmelia help me pick out a cuter outfit- like, you know, a dress- and once that was done, I tied one of the many black ribbons I had in a bow in my hair.
With that done, I dragged Emmelia with me out of my room in search of the guys. I wanted to know if they knew about L coming today. If anyone knew anything it would be those guys. As the two of us were searching I looked out one of the windows upstairs to look at the outside world. I know I had said earlier that I had stopped going near windows and looking outside because of my fear that I was being watched, but I just wanted to see if they were outside. From here, I could see the front of Wammy's House. No one was outside surprisingly.
As I continued staring out the window, my eyes wondered to the front gate where I noticed someone there. They were just standing there outside of the gate, looking in. Upon seeing this person, my heart beat increased. It couldn't have been… But the white long-sleeved shirt, the worn out jeans and sneakers, and the messy raven black hair. Only one person would wear those clothes and have that hair style. It was L! It most definitely had to be L!
I just continued to stare at him from up at the window, when suddenly I noticed him look up at where I was before he turned and started walking away. My heart stopped as I began to panic a bit. Where was he going? Was he leaving already? I couldn't just let him leave without even saying good-bye, let alone hi to me.
Without a second thought, I ran as fast as I could down the stairs, out the front doors, and out the gate to chase after him. I ran and ran until I finally saw him walking along the road in front of me. A big smile spread across my face as I ran faster to try and catch up to him, but it was a bit hard since I was running out of breath.
"L! I mean Ryuzaki!" I called out to him.
He stopped walking then and turned around to face me. At that same moment I had finally caught up to him. Without thinking, I had jumped into his arms and hugged him. I was just so happy to see him. When I realized what I was doing I stopped though and took a step backwards. Man, now he was going to know that I still liked him. I felt too embarrassed now, so I looked down and avoided eye contact.
"Cecilia… It's been quite a while now, hasn't it?" He said softly.
I looked up at him, surprised. He just called me Cecilia, not Alice. How weird, but it made me heart flutter slightly. It kind of worried me at the same time though. I mean what if someone was around and heard it. No one was supposed to know my real name or I'd get in trouble. Hey, and wasn't he the one who told me to never use my real name anymore too? Maybe he was just working himself too hard and forgot.
"Silly Ryuzaki, don't you remember that my name's Alice?" I questioned while laughing a bit.
He stared at me silently for a while, and it was weird because I could swear he would once and a while start staring above my head as if something was there, before finally responding to me. "Oh yes. You're right. I'm sorry Alice… Alice… Does that mean you're the new A?" He seemed to ask that more to himself than to me.
"Um… I guess, but they don't usually assign letters until after graduation… Ryuzaki are you okay? You're acting a bit strange. Are you maybe sick?" I began questioning worryingly.
I nervously and shakily placed a hand on his cheek. He didn't feel hot, but he looked different somehow. It was weird. L seemed to look a bit paler, which made me feel like he was sick, but at the same time he looked younger, like three or four years younger, and he didn't seem to have as many dark rings near his eyes. I continued to look at him with worried eyes and he just stared straight back at me with those empty black eyes of his.
For some strange reason though, reader, I felt a weird shiver go down my spine. It was like I was feeling scared staring into his eyes. I had looked into L's eyes before and felt fine, but it was different this time. I felt really scared and I don't know why. Man, I feel like I have had this same feeling before, but from where?
"Alice, is something… the matter?" L suddenly asked me.
"Hm? Oh yes, sorry… Everything's fine." I said while trying to smile. What was wrong with me?
Today, reader, I was told by Rodger that I, along with Mello, Alice, and surprisingly Matt, would get to meet with L face to face. He would be coming to Wammy's along with Wammy, or Watari, himself for a visit. Why? Well, Rodger had said that he simply just wanted to meet with his successors for some odd reason. It was weird, he could have just talked with us via the computer like usual, but he decided not to.
Anyway, I was also told by Rodger to go tell Alice and the other two, so I went to go find them. I found Matt and Mello rather quickly. The two of them were in their room playing video games. I told them about the meeting with L and then we all went off to go find Alice. She would definitely be super excited about this, seeing that Matt had told us that she had a huge crush on L. Hey, if I became L, would that mean Alice would love me?
We searched and searched for Alice, but couldn't find her anywhere. Where could that girl be? We looked in her room, in the dining hall, in the library, and practically every room Wammy's had, but no Alice. It was starting to piss Mello off.
"Where the hell is that girl?!" He yelled in frustration.
"Calm down Mello. She has to be here somewhere." Matt said trying to calm down the angry blond.
That's when Rodger walked into the room we were in and with him two other gentlemen. One of them was a rather old looking man who was wearing a black suit that resembled that of a butler's. He looked to be around the same age as Rodger. I could only assume this was Watari. And the young man next to him… He looked around the age of twenty-four and was wearing a white long-sleeved shirt, worn out blue jeans, and worn out sneakers. He also had pale skin, messy raven black hair, and black eyes with dark circles under them which made him look tired. This person must have been.,,
"Near, Mello, Matt, this is-" Rodger started saying, but was cut off by the younger of the two men.
"Nice to meet you. I, am L."
I just stared at him quietly, showing no sign of any emotion like usual. This was L, huh? This was the man I was training to become one day. This was also the man Alice was head over heels for. In the corner of my eyes I could see Mello and Matt having blank faces as well. I then watched as L looked over us and frowned a bit.
"Where is Alice?" He suddenly asked.
Matt and Mello had spoken up at that moment. "We… we don't know."
"Ryuzaki, are you hungry? Do you want anything from the Sweets shop? Cookies maybe? Cake?" I asked cheerfully.
I was currently in town with L, reader. He had asked me to spend some time with him for some reason, but I had no objections. I was just really happy to be spending time with him like this again. Last time, we were together we had wasted the whole day talking in the park. So this was really nice.
"I don't want any of that," he said dryly. This surprised me a lot. L didn't want sweets? He then went on to say, "you know what I do want? Strawberry jam. Would you get some for me, Alice?" Weird…
Oh, but guess what reader?! He smiled at me when he asked that, and I felt the heat rise to my cheeks from a blush. I nodded and quickly ran to go guy some. I didn't want him to see me blushing. Oh, who am I kidding he probably saw. I hope he wouldn't get mad at me for still liking him. Anyway, when I came back with the jam, he smiled again and thanked me. He then grabbed onto my hand and started pulling me along with him back towards Wammy's. I COULD DIE HAPPY NOW, READER!
As we walked, I couldn't help but smile because he was still holding my hand. I seriously felt so happy at that moment. This was all like a dream, and if it was really a dream I wish I wouldn't wake up from it. After a while though, he let go and just walked along side me quietly. He looked like he was thinking. I wonder what he was thinking about? Anyway, as I continued walking with and staring at him, I thought I saw his eyes turn red, which made my heart stop in terror. I rubbed my eyes in disbelief, only to see that they were the usual black color… Weird…
I continued silently watching L. Suddenly he stopped and turned to me asking, "Alice, do you like me?"
"…" I froze with my mouth slightly opened. What was I going to say?! L told me before to stop liking him, but I still liked him! Taking a deep breath, I finally answered him. "Y-yes…"
"Hm… I see…" He mumbled while starting to walk again.
I followed after him. "I-I'm sorry, Ryuzaki…" I said sadly.
"Don't be sorry, because I like you very much too, Alice."
I stopped dead in my tracks. Did I just hear that right? Did L just say he liked me?! I had to confirm this! "W-what? Y-you like me?"
"Yes, I like you very much." L stated while turning to face me. He then walked over to me and placed a cold hand on one of my cheeks. I immediately felt the heat start rising to my face, I was surely turning red now from the embarrassment. He placed his other hand on my other cheek and leaned down closer to me. Now he and I were face to face and my heart beated faster than it already was beating.
"Alice…" He whispered. "Close your eyes for me."
I nervously did as told, and soon a pair of soft, warm lips came crashing down on my own. L was kissing me! It felt like my heart would explode at any second! Oh reader, remember how I said I could die happy earlier from L holding my hand, well scratch that. Now I could die happy! I mean L was kissing me!
After a few seconds, he pulled away and I slowly opened my eyes. When I looked at him though I thought I saw red eyes again, which scared me quite a bit, but I must've just imagined it. Right? Also, another weird thing was that his lips tasted kind of like… blood... Haha… Never mind! Who even cares?! I just got my first kiss from L! I was so happy right now. It felt like I was on cloud nine. Suddenly, L grabbed onto my hand and walked me back to Wammy's. When we got to the front gate, he let go of my hand and said he had to go. It made me sad when he said that. Why was he suddenly leaving?
"L, wait. Where are you going? When will I see you again?" I asked.
"I'll be going somewhere far away from here. Oh, but don't worry, Cecilia. I'll come back when it's time for you to leave here, because I want to be the one to take you away from this place."
Why did I feel like he wasn't referring to Wammy's when he said "here?" He then started to laugh. It sounded almost like an evil laugh, and I swear this time I really saw his eyes turn red… I backed away from him, scared. When he stopped his laughter he looked at me and smiled, saying that my frightened face was the thing that made him fall for me. He then waved good-bye and left after that.
Confused and terrified out of my mind, I ran back into Wammy's. What the hell just happened? So many thoughts were rushing through my head. Breathing deeply, I rushed down the hallways and was about to head back to my room when Matt, Mello, and Near stopped me. They started flooding me with questions about where I was the whole day and at the same time they said stuff about L being there. Wait, what? Before I could ask about this though, someone cut into our conversation. This someone was… L?!
"There you are, Alice. It's been a while, how are you?" He asked.
I stared at him completely shocked and confused. L was here?! Hadn't I just said good-bye to him outside?! But Near and the others said he was with them the whole day. Then… who was I with? My head began aching as memories began filling my head. That's when I finally remembered...
That night… The night of my older brother's murder, I had seen the face of the killer. The face of the man with red eyes. The killer he… He had looked very similar L! That's when the realization had struck me and I fell to my knees shaking in horror… I had not only spent my afternoon with my brother's murderer, but I had also mistaken him for L and kissed him…
That's the end of Ch. 10! What did you guys think of it?! Don't you just feel bad for Alice? I wonder what's going to happen in the next chapter? Anyway, Ch. 11 won't be coming out for a while because I'm going to work on writing Ch. 3 for Alice in Wammyland. Once I'm done with that I'll work on Ch. 11. Well, I'm going to go to sleep now because I'm super tired! (I pulled an all nighter to finish this.) Bye! Please review! Oh, and thanks to those who always review! Like Whateva876 and AngelSayori! You two are awesome! x3
Chapter 11 coming soon...