LoVe: The Childhood of L and V

Chapter 14

That night Sage tossed and turned relentlessly. Over and over in her head she

revisited what she saw last night. I thought Scarlett was my friend, she thought in

her dream-like state. She moaned and crawled out of bed. Rubbing her eyes, she

sought out to find L, who was in his bed across the hall.

She stepped in the room and instantly knew that he was asleep. Quietly, she crept

up to L's bed. He is very handsome when he is asleep, she complimented in her head.

His mouth was slightly open, and he was slowly breathing. He falls asleep fast, she

touched his cheek, then went back to her bed. I'll tell him another day.

The sun rose early on the day of their date. Sage wore the clothes that Scarlett

helped her pick out, she felt guilty for wearing them; then she realized Scarlett

wasn't the one wearing them, so there was nothing to worry about. She stared at

herself in the mirror, picking out every one of her faults and fixing them.

Finally, she was as perfect as she could get. She had already eaten breakfast, so

now she could spend the whole day with L. L, she thought, she blushed. Her first

official date, that would make him her boyfriend. She covered her face and smiled.

...

L was trying to decide what to wear. I feel like a girl, he brooded in his head. He

clutched his head and yelled, "God! I shouldn't be feeling like this. I'm to

nervous!" He slapped his face, and turned back to his closet. Finally, he chose a

gray shirt with a stripe of light blue at the bottom, and regular jeans. Plain and

simple, he reasoned.

They both stepped out of their rooms at the same time and blushed.

"So, where are we going to?" she inquired embarrassingly.

"I was thinking," he shuffled his feet, "that first we could see Lumera. Then we

could get out of Wammy for a while and go to an amusement park. Watari said that we

don't have to come back to Wammy until tomorrow."

Sage mused in her head, is that supposed to mean something Watari?

"That sounds good! I thought you were going to improvise!" Sage clasped L's hand in

hers and they set off to the forest.

...

Lumera had aged in the years that they had last seen her. She still had that blue

tinge, but she looked more gnarled and old. Sage let go of L's hand and put both

her palms on the trunk. Then, she put her ear to the tree. Her connection with this

tree was unbreakable, and she wanted to thank it for being there when she and L

formally met.

"Memories." L whispered under his breath. He gazed around the enclosure, then

finally rested his gaze on Sage; looking peaceful and beautiful. He strolled up to

her and lightly caressed her cheek. Sage's eyes opened slightly, and the ends of

her mouth lifted up. She layed her arms over L's broad shoulders and clasped her

hands at his neck.

"Are we dancing?" He asked her amusingly.

"There doesn't have to be music." she replied.

They swayed back and forth with each other; their bodies close together. L lifted

her chin and kissed her softly. Sage embraced him back, deeply. L then put his arms

around her and held her close.

Although they were young, their love was deep; and their minds weren't functioning.

Slowly, L started to unzip her dress, and in return Sage began to take his shirt

off. They slowly plunged to the ground and made love. One thing's for sure, they

didn't make it home to Wammy that night; Foolish little teenagers.