Hey, Nukia here!

This fanfiction is a side story to Beyond This Love.

I don't know if any of my old readers are reading my rewrites anymore, but I'm going to keep going. This is another random chapter, I like random chapters. I hope they're not boring, I like having fun chapters and then tragic ones. But in this chapter it's based around classes the characters may take at The Wammy House, it's a thought. I looked up most of the information I used in this chapter online.

But thank you for the reviews, favorites and the alerts! Also to the unknown people who read my fanfictions, I promise it will pick up at some point! If you don't like it, then don't read it.

Chapter 20!

Christmas had gone and the new year had passed, it was my first seasonal holiday I had spent without my Aunt and Rose around. It was hard waking up without them around on Christmas morning, but I kind of enjoyed the holiday with the children at the The Wammy House. Watari had given all the children Christmas presents, he's a very kind and thoughtful man. He had called me to one side on Christmas morning, he gave me a little box which contended my Mum's butterfly necklace. My Aunt Thora had given it to him for safe keeping, he told me that I had delivered the necklace to the orphanage the year before with a copy of my Aunt's will. She must have known she didn't have long left, she had arranged everything in secret without me knowing.

I grabbed my biology and chemistry books from my bed, the first lesson of the day begins at 9:30am. I hung my bag over my shoulder as I left my room and made my way down the corridor, the science lab was on the other side of the building. I met A and Nonie at the bottom of the staircase in the main hallway, we always walk to class together on Monday mornings. Nonie had calmed down a bit since the prank she pulled on my last year, she's even been nice to me on the odd occasion since then. I think she's nice to me because A is with us both sometimes, I'm lucky I don't have to be alone with her because she kind of scares me. I've caught her on the odd occasion staring at me in lessons with a cruel expression on her face, she mostly sits with Backup in classes which is even worse I think. I've overheard them talking about horrible things once in class, I think the worse conversation I've heard them have was about how many ways you can kill a person with a knife.

But today was different, Nonie wasn't joining us in science class. She was going to spend some of the morning with Watari in his office. A had told me that she was going to take some IQ tests, apparently she as been doing really well in criminology lessons and getting very high marks in the subject. He thinks she may have a chance of becoming the 3rd successor of L, but we will not know until she takes her IQ test and gets her results back.

We said goodbye to Nonie as we walked into the science lab, we took our seats at the back of the classroom and took our exercise-books from our desks. I leant on my hand as I looked over at the round red plastic wall-clock above the teacher's desk, it was now 9:19am. I looked at A sitting next to me when I heard sneeze loudly, he wiped his nose on some toilet roll and took his pen from his jean pocket. I heard a few other students enter the classroom, they also took their seats and talked quietly amongst each other.

" Do you have a cold coming?" I asked.

" No, I just got a whiff of someone's perfume..." He replied and put his toilet roll back in his denim jacket pocket. " It smells terrible, can't you smell it? The perfume's scent is like roses and lemons mixed together, it smell a bit like window cleaner they use in the corridors..."

" I can't smell anything, you must be imagining weird scents again..." I answered as I tucked some of my hair behind my ear. " Maybe they've cleaned the windows in the classroom this morning or one of the other students ate some fruit before they came to class, it could be air freshener..."

" No I'm not imagining anything, someone in this class smells weird..." He said, he got up from his chair and looked around the room. " I'm going to open a window, the smell is kind of making me feel nauseous. I'll be back in a moment..."

I bit at my bottom lip as I watched A walk over to the window, he opened the window wide and stuck his head out of the window. I sniffed at piece of my hair and then twirled it around my finger. My hair smells like lemons, he must be able to smell my new shampoo the orphanage given me. I quickly took some vanilla perfume from my bag, I sprayed a bit of it on my neck and clothes. I quickly put it back in my bag as A sat back down next to me. I gave him a big smile as I opened my exercise-book, he raised his eyebrow at me and laughed under his breath. I looked down at my book, I wrote the date in it and put my pen to my lips.

" She takes after me you know, intelligence runs in my family..." I heard A say as he began to drum his pen on his book. " Well maybe not after me, it must come from my Father's side. He was chemist at the hospital in Stafford, he had degrees in biochemistry and medicine. I remember looking through his medical books once when I was about 4 years old, I never use to read them. I just looked at the pictures because I thought they were cool, do you ever look at pictures in books instead of reading them or is that just me?"

" Sometimes I do, I like looking at cook books and drooling over pictures of food..." I answered, I looked up from my book at him and smiled. " Is that cool too?"

" I guess it's cool if you're going to cook something, but I call it being greedy and preparing yourself for lunch..." He replied with a smile. " How about your Dad? You've never mentioned him before, what did he do?"

" I'm not sure, I've never met him or seen a photograph of him..." I answered. " He left my Mum when he found out she was pregnant with me, I wasn't planned you see. I know his name was Jacob Preston and I've got the same coloured eyes as him, that's all I really know about him. Is your Dad still alive?"

" I can't really tell you that right now, its confidential information..." He replied." Look sharp, Miss Carla is here!"

I looked to the front of the classroom and pulled my chair closer to the desk. I watched Miss Carla place her pile of books down on her desk, she took a pair of glasses from the bag and hung it on the back of her chair. A few more students rushed into the classroom, I saw Backup take his seat at the front of the class. He wasn't allowed to sit near me or A anymore, he kept annoying us when we were trying to do our work. He normally sits with Nonie, but today he his sitting alone.

" Good morning class, I hope everyone is feeling refreshed from the holidays!" She said with a smile and picked one of her books up from her desk. " But not to refreshed, I want your minds to be wide awake and ready to absorb today's lesson! But who can tell me what we were learning about before Christmas? No shouting out, raise your hand if you know the answer! Yes, Autumn..."

" Nucleic acids!" Said Autumn.

" That's correct! Nucleic acids are the molecules that make up DNA, an extremely important substance that all cellular organisms use to store their genetic information. The most common two nucleic acids are called what children? I would like to see an array of hands if you know the answers!" Said Miss Carla as she looked around the room. " Yes, Adèle!"

" Ribonucleic acid!" Replied Adèle.

" Very good, it's also known as RNA..." Smiled Miss Carla. " But what is the meaning of ribonucleic acid? Maybe you sister will know this one Adèle, pay attention Elèanore when I'm talking!"

" Sorry Miss Carla!" Said Elèanore.

I looked over at Elèanore as she turned around on her chair, she raised her hand in the air and smiled at the teacher. She glanced at Adèle sitting next to her, they were identical twins. But Adèle had brown hair and Elèanore had blonde hair, they both had dark brown eyes though.

" Ribonucleic acid is a family of large biological molecules that perform multiple vital roles in the coding, decoding, regulation, and expression of genes..." Answered Elèanore." Like DNA, RNA is assembled as a chain of nucleotides, but is usually single-stranded..."

" Excellent!" Smiled Miss Carla. " But what about the other nucleic acid, can anyone tell the name of the other nucleic acid?"

" Deoxyribonucleic acid or more commonly know as DNA..." I heard A say from next to me. " It's a molecule that encodes the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all known living organisms and many viruses. DNA is a nucleic acid; alongside proteins and carbohydrates, nucleic acids compose the three major macromolecules essential for all known forms of life..."

" Correct, well done Alternative! But would you raise your hand next time, it's a classroom and not a dinner hall for shouting out answers..." Smiled Miss Carla, she turned around to face her wipe-board and took her black wipe-board marker pen from its holder on the board. " I would like everyone to do a thousand word assignment on nucleic acids, I hope everyone as been taking notes so far. But in a short while I'll be showing you diagrams and photographs of the genetic makeup of DNA, I'll be hand out copy's of them so you can have a closer look and use them for your assignments..."

I watched as Miss Carla began to write on the wipe-board, I looked down at my exercise-book and sighed. I'm going to struggle with this assignment, I don't have a clue when it comes to chemistry. I looked at A sitting next to me, he was already jotting down loads of notes. I turned my attention back to my book, I rested my forehead on it and closed my eyes as I let out a quiet groan.

" Hey..." I heard A's voice whisper as I felt his hand touch my back. " Are you alright?"

" I can't do this, it's to hard..." I whispered back. " I'm going to struggle with this assignment, I wish I was at normal public school again even if they made fun of me and called me snobby pants..."

" I'll help you write it later, we'll have a late dinner if you want and do our assignments in the study part of the library..." He whispered." I'll even bring before dinner snacks, I'll make sure you get good grades in chemistry. I'll be your mentor from now on or your study buddy for each class you need help in, I'll get you through chemistry..."

" Thank you, I appreciate that..." I whispered and lifted my head-up from my book. " I better start taking notes before we get caught talking, I don't want to get you into trouble..."

A gave me a smile and then continued to write notes down in his book, I'm glad I've got him as my friend. I looked back over at the wipe-board and began to copy the notes Miss Carla was writing on the board, I really hate chemistry class.

The day went by pretty quickly, well it seems like that now since it's 3:38pm and the days lessons were over until tomorrow. I went back to my room after my last class which was gym, they were teaching us how to defend ourselves with simple karate moves. It was easy for some of the students because they've practiced karate for years, I'm a beginner so I ended up being thrown on the gymnastic mats more times than throwing someone over my shoulder.

I took a quick hot shower and got changed into some fresh clothes. I tied my hair into a plait, I packed my chemistry books into my bag and grabbed a chocolate bar from my dresser draw. I hung my bag over my shoulder, I opened my chocolate bar and began to eat it as I left my room. I hurried down the corridor, I rushed down two flights of stairs and popped my last piece of chocolate in my mouth as I jumped from the last step of the stairs. I threw my chocolate wrapper in a bin outside of the library, I entered the library and wiped my mouth with the back of my hand as I walked to the study area.

I noticed A sitting at a table in the middle of the study area, he was writing in his exercise-book as he ate some of his favorite Walkers English cream toffee. I smiled to myself and stopped next to the table, it looks like he's half way through his assignment already. I cleared my throat loudly, he looked up at me from his book and gave me smile.

" Hey SJ, you're late!" He smiled and then turned his attention back to his exercise-book. " I've been waiting for you for over an hour, what took you so long?"

" I took a shower, I had gym class and got all sweaty..." I replied.

" That doesn't sounds pleasant, I'm glad you took a shower before you met me then..." He chuckled.

" You're welcome I guess, I didn't know if you'd be here yet. You're normally the late one when we plan to met up, I'm normally the one waiting for you..." I said and placed my bag down on the table." I thought I'd be the early one though, but it seems like you've beaten me to it this time. Have you heard anything about Nonie's tests yet?"

" Not yet, I think she'll get them back in the next few days..." He replied." Take a seat, I've nearly finished my nucleic acids assignment and then I'll help you with your assignment. How did the rest of your classes go today?"

" Good, I think or I hope they went well..." I replied, I took a seat at the table and got my books from my bag. " I struggled in mathematics though, do you know anything about algebra? I don't understand any of it, what's a+ (b + c) = (a + b) + c mean in numbers?"

" 2 + (3 + 4) = (2 + 3) + 4..." Answered A, he closed his exercise book and crossed his on the table as he looked over at me. " Have you been doing algebra in maths or something?"

" No, I was testing your mathematical knowledge in case I needed it in the future..." I replied with giggle." So, where shall we begin with my assignment?"

" I don't know, which nucleic acid do you want to write about first?" He asked. " Deoxyribonucleic acid or ribonucleic acid? If I was you I'd start with ribonucleic acid, most students begin with deoxyribonucleic acid which I always think is the wrong decision..."

" Okay, so I should write about DNA first?" I asked.

" Yeah, it's the easiest one out of the two. Also put something about DNA bending, it just show the teacher you went that extra mile when you were studying..." He replied and got up from his chair. " DNA blending is basically DNA molecules which often have a preferred direction to bend, but I'll tell you more about that later when you've written something down about deoxyribonucleic acid first. Any questions so far?"

I shook my head at A, I got my pen from my bag and opened my exercise-book. I opened my chemistry book, I quickly read through some of the pages and began to with in my exercise-book. I heard A sit down next to me at the table, I placed my finger tip down on a page of my chemistry book and read through a paragraph.

" My Dad is alive you know, he lives in Germany..." I heard A say quietly from next to me." His name is Braiden Jeffrey Tayler, he'd be about 34 now. But I don't care about him or anything, he dumped me and my family for another woman. I shouldn't really me telling you any of this, its confidential information after all. But I think I can trust you seeing as you're my best friend and you told me about your Dad, I never get to talk about my family with anyone..."

" Really?" I asked, I looked up from my book at A and leant on my hand. " Have you ever tried contacting him before?"

" No, I don't think it would be a wise decisions seeing as I'm a successor to L now. My birth records have magical disappeared, there is no information in the outside world about me that can be traced anymore..." He replied. " I don't know if he would even want to see me anyway, I'm not even sure if he knows about what happened to my Mum and Samantha yet. He didn't even make contact with my Mum after he walked out on us, I don't know if I could forgive him..."

" Oh I see..." I said quietly and turned my attention back to my book. " I don't even know what it's like to have a Dad, I've grown up without one. I've always been surrounded by women and never men, but I would like find him someday if I had the chance or just to learn some things about him..."

" What if he doesn't want to be found?" He asked.

" Then it's his loss, that's what my Mum use to say to me when I asked about him..." I answered as I began to write in my exercise-book. " My Mum was all I needed when I was little, she was my Dad and Mum rolled into one. But I miss her and my Aunt Thora, they were my last links to my real family bloodline..."

" But you've got me, Backup and Nonie, we're sort of like a little family..." I heard A say. " I know we're not of the same bloodline, but that counts some something when you're living in an orphanage..."

" I guess so, but Nonie doesn't like me..." I sighed and looked up from my book at him. " I don't even know why she hates me, I thought we'd sorted out all of that jealously stuff last year. She's even started giving me funny looks in classes, I think you'll have to start sitting next to her in classes now..."

" Don't let her get to you, it's nothing personal..." He smiled.

" Let's not talk about families or Nonie anymore, I need to concentrate on my assignment..." I sighed and turned my attention back to my book. " Would you care to explain to me about DNA molecules and the blending stuff you mentioned to me in more detail?"

" Sure, I better get my thinking cap on then!" He replied, he pulled his chair closer to me and turned my chemistry book's pages to page 35. " Alright, so DNA molecule are basically encodes of genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all known living organisms and many viruses..."

I sat and listened to him explaining DNA molecules to me, how did he get so smart? He's like a walking cyclopedia, he knows everything when it comes to chemistry and genetics. I began to jot down a few notes on a separate sheet of paper, I'm glad I've got him to help me out with my studies now.