Maka's Journal- KEEP OUT!
Month 1
Hey, it's me. I know it's been a long time since I've written anything in here- about a month. I remember writing about Soul and I breaking up, but that was it.
So, I think I should probably mention that Kid and I got together shortly after Soul and I broke up. Since then it's been CRAZY, and Soul's dated Jacqueline, and now he's dating Liz.
I'm glad, I guess, that we broke up. Liz and Soul seem to be genuinely happy, and I'm so lucky to have a boyfriend as awesome as Kid.
Liz seems to be the type of person who would break up with Soul before he broke up with her. But that doesn't mean that if he does break her heart, I won't break his face- permanently.
And Liz has been worried lately. She knows she's not pregnant- or, at least, she thinks she isn't. The test could have been wrong, or she could have read it wrong- but if she isn't then she's got some pretty serious virus. Gastroenteritis has been going around lately, and she hasn't eaten much. She's always complaining of headaches, too- but I don't know.
Um, so this major thing happened in my life a few days ago. I know this is gonna sound weird, coming from me, but I'm pregnant. See, that was so much easier to write than to say to Kid. He's the father, obviously. He was my first, and hopefully my last.
And we have to tell the others… I hope Soul takes it okay. He's been acting like a brother to me lately, which is good. It's not very awkward anymore, but I feel sick just thinking about telling my best friends that I'm going to have a baby.
Scratch that, WE'RE going to have a baby. Kid and I. A mother and a father. Parents. That's scary… but I still have at least eight months to worry about it.
We don't have long before we have to tell everybody, however, because we go to a school where many people are able perceive souls, and they'll see that I'm expecting a baby.
Naigus, my doctor, has been good about it as well. I thought she'd be disappointed in me, but she seemed happy. Like this was a good thing.
Well, it is. In a way. Because Kid and I are having a baby, and I love him, and I'm sure we'll love this baby too. Which reminds me that I haven't told Kid how much I love him yet, because I've been so caught up with this pregnancy and everything.
I've gotta go, which is good because I might stop rambling. I just had to make sure that I wrote this down, beca-
The book Maka had been writing in with her tiny print was suddenly lifted above her head. She jumped after it, thinking it was one of the Thompson sisters, but relaxed a little when she saw it was Kid.
Then she leapt after the book again as she realized that he was attempting to read it, and that she'd just written that she loved him in there…
It wasn't that she didn't want him to know, it was that she wanted the moment to be right when she told him. That's what motivated her to tackle her boyfriend to the ground on the floor of the study, wrestling for the book.
He closed it, and put his hands on her hips, staring at her firmly.
"You shouldn't be wrestling like this in your condition," Kid said, and he rolled her over so that they could sit up.
"Kid, I have eight months. It's not a big deal." She shrugged, and he shook his head.
"You have to be careful. Shinigami children, while incredibly strong, are more fragile than a normal child in the womb." He explained, and she furrowed her brow.
"Well, you can't expect me to sit here doing nothing for the next eight months! I want to be able to go to school!" she snapped, standing up huffily. He sighed.
"I never said you couldn't go to school. I just told you to be careful!"
"Yeah?" Maka half-yelled, half spoke as she strode to the door. "Well, good. Because I'm going to school regardless!"
Kid sighed yet again as she slammed the door after her.
/line break- it's the first line break of the new story! Isn't that cool? Hope you like it so far, and enjoy it!/
Their first fight as a couple had ended quickly when Kid found Maka crying to herself, locked in their bedroom. He'd gone in anyway, breaking the handle off of the door with ease, and had hugged her tightly to him. He knew how she felt- he was scared and worried, too, he just didn't show it as easily.
However, his nerves hit sky-rocketing point as he gazed around the room at his friends, who sat together around the living room. It was Patti's eighteenth birthday, and Kid had asked everyone over for drinks. Maka was happy to drink fizzy apple juice instead- in Kid's opinion, that stuff was as good as alcohol anyway.
It was the day that they had decided on, before Maka got any further along. They assumed that the soul would become more noticeable over time anyway, so it was the ideal time to do it.
The guest of honor was happily playing with a new stuffed giraffe and wearing her new hat, which was the same style as the old one but where there had been blue, there was pink. Kid had gotten it for her- he didn't even worry about the fact that when she wore it, she wouldn't be symmetrical with Liz. But she wasn't really anyway.
Kid glanced over at Maka, who nodded. He took a deep breath.
"Uh, guys?" He interrupted Soul, who was talking with Black*Star, Tsubaki, Maka, and Liz. They all fell quiet, and he was glad that he had chosen to do this before they drank too much. Pulling Maka up from her seat and holding her hand, he stood before his best friends.
"We have something for you." Maka said quietly, and Kid turned to get the presents that he had wrapped to perfection. Placing one in Tsubaki's hands for her and Black*Star, one in Soul's hands for him and Liz, and one in Patti's hands, he sat back to watch their reactions.
The others looked confused for a few moments, before slowly unwrapping the neatly-sealed gifts with care.
Into Soul's hands fell a shirt, the size of a baby doll's dress, that had in neat scrawl written across the top, "Number One Uncle and Auntie." Patti's present was a small, yellow rattle with a teddy bear on the end, and Tsubaki opened her gift to reveal a beautifully made, tiny wrap-blanket.
The five of their friends sat shocked for several minutes, unmoving. Then, simultaneously, they rose their eyes to stare at the two Meisters.
Then, the room exploded.
Or so they thought, with the amount of noise that emitted from each of their friends. The three girls screamed, and the boys yelled, all in shock of what had just happened.
Liz and Tsubaki were the first ones to make sense of any of the situation.
"YOU'RE PREGNANT?" They yelled in unison, staring at Maka and Kid, who were wide-eyed in fear. They hadn't quite expected that reaction.
"You're PREGNANT? You knocked her up?" Black*Star said a moment after the girls. Soul just stood there, shocked into silence, while Patti giggled and jumped on her meister and his girlfriend, hugging them tightly.
"Uh, yeah, that's.." Maka attempted to say, but she was too busy having the life squeezed out of her by the youngest Thompson. Kid came to her rescue, and was hug-attacked himself, unable to prevent Tsubaki and Liz from hugging Maka. They were slightly more gentle, though. Black*Star whooped, and Soul began to smile, still dumbstruck.
"Awesome, that's…" he said, as Liz hugged him in her joy.
No questions were asked, nor answered, other than the due date of the baby. The end of May was a sufficient answer. Kid and Maka were happy about their friends' reactions- no anger, no disappointment, only joy.
It was incredible, Kid reflected as he cleaned up after Patti's party with his meisters. He'd practically ordered Maka to have some rest, but she was tired anyway, so she obliged. They took it so well… this is going to be easier than I expected.