A/N: HEY EVERYONE I'M BACK! SORRY I KNOW I HAVE SAID THAT BEFORE BUT I MEAN IT THIS TIME! My hiatus is over with and here is a fanfic I am working on with littleangel1031. It has us in it, and it is amazing. GIVE IT A TRY! This will be updated every odd day at school that I have I promise. Read away!

CHAPTER 1

"Was it truly wise, Lord Death?"

"Hmm?"

"It just doesn't seem so logical. Both girls are meisters but you're making them work as partners when attending the DWMA?"

"That certainly seems to be what I wrote in my report, doesn't it Stein?"

The man with unbrushed grey hair, a strange screw going through his head, nudged his glasses up on the bridge of his nose and then sat back in his chair as he let out a puff of smoke from his cigarette resting lazily at his lips. "I suppose so."

The other man hadn't even appeared to be a man but a dark figure with a gentler tone then you would expect for a man with a skull mask for a face. "Well then everything is alright!"

"I just don't think putting two such powerful young people in one partnership is a good idea."

"We did the same thing when it came to Spartoi."

The grey haired man scoffed. "Spartoi is filled with multiple individuals who teach and learn from one another. These two girls are different. Their history, their family, their blood, their power. It's all too different.."

"You're one to comment for someone who has experimented on himself in many different ways."

Now it was turn for the man to smirk which gave no comfort to those who viewed it. It crawled over his face widely with an upturn recognized for being insane.

"I can't deny that."

The dark figure swiftly turned from the man, looking to a mirror which hadn't shown his reflection but instead showed a small city. "I have a feeling things will turn out just fine."

"ANGEL GET UP!" A girl's voice echoed in one certain bedroom, light brown haired reaching below her shoulders with striking sea blue eyes, her cheeks with freckles to perfection.

The other girl lay covered in bed with sleek silver hair and when she opened her eyes, they were revealed to be a dull but pale forest green. Her pale skin only added to her look as she turned around to glare at her friend.

"What do you want Jamie?" She murmured softly, still trying to wake up properly.

In turn the girl, Jamie, placed her hands on her hips with an annoyed expression. "Oh get up already will you? Breakfast is ready and- Are those Reese's wrappers? Wait. That's my stash!"

Angel's eyes wandered to her trash bin next to her desk and caught sight of the wrappers her friend spoke of.

"Oh. So they are."

"What do you mean 'so they are'!? Those were mine! You can't just take my chocolate!"

"When you don't hide it. It's mine. When you hide it and I find it, it's mine. You would think those rules were something you were accustomed to by now."

Angel yawned, stretching and sitting up. Her hands instantly retreated to her face to rub her eyes and when her vision cleared she could see her best friend standing a few feet away from her and in no better mood than a minute ago.

A sigh escaped her lips. "Would an 'I'm sorry', help?"

"Maybe!" Jamie huffed.

Angel let a silence carry throughout her time of contemplation. "Well I can't really think of any reason I should be sorry so I won't bother."

Jamie threw her hands up in the air in exasperation then sighed rolling her eyes.

"Fine," She began. "Could you ATLEAST get up so we can get to school? I'd rather not be late to school. Again. I don't need to give your father a reason to dissect me."

"My father never needs a REASON to dissect anything...or anyone for that matter." Angel smiled and laughed softly. Jamie nodded laughing along with her and sighed. Jamie walked out of the room heading to the kitchen. Angel sat up with a sigh as she slowly got out of bed and walked over to her dresser, picking out her clothes for the day.

Angel and Jamie have been living together for almost nine years now. It still feels like yesterday when Angel found her. Alone.

*FLASHBACK*

"Jamie! STAY BACK!" Her mom shouted, her stake firm in her hand and her father holding onto his sword ready to strike. Jamie stood frozen, unable to move. Terrified and holding her own stake close to her chest. Her mom jumped out of the way of a blow from the vampire charging towards her but her father was shot back into the wall.

"DADDY!" Jamie shouted, coming out of her daze. She ran to her father's side as he lay in a heap against the wall breathing raggedly. "Dad...DADDY WAKE UP!" She cried grabbing his shirt. That's when she heard it. The sound of a blade tearing through skin. Jamie's eyes widened as she turned around, seeing her mother's eyes. Her mother had jumped in front of her to stop a blow. The sword that had hit her in the back was piercing through the front of her chest, dripping with her mother's blood. Jamie opened her mouth to cry out, however no sound came out. The vampire ripped the blade out of her body as he body slowly fell to the ground.

Everything moved in slow motion.

Her mom's eyes slowly closed, as she fell. It felt like years before she finally hit the ground. Jamie slowly let go of her dad, running to her mother's side. She screamed in pain and anguish. Her rock. The one that taught her everything she knew about vampires and slaying, was gone.

Jamie held onto her mom's lifeless body, cradling her close as her blood stained her torn shirt.

"Mommy." Jamie whispered softly. Her tears streaking her cheeks. "You...you have to get up. I...I need you ...I'm nothing without you mommy." Jamie whimpered as she laid her head against her mom's and sobbed. The ache in her chest only made things worse. Her heart was abovebreaking. Jamie stroked the hair away from her mom's face and looked up. The vampire stood her, fangs glinting in the sunlight. Jamie straightened her jaw looking up at the monster.

"Do it." She said shaking with anger and a hint of fear. "Kill me. Just do it. What are you waiting for just KILL ME-"

Before Jamie could utter another word, The vampire was hit. A blade sticking out from his belly. He slowly looked down examining the weapon before it was ripped out and he fell to the ground, a soul taking his place. Jamie saw someone standing in front of her. The silver hair, the green eyes. It was the same girl she had seen the other day. Angel Stein, she remembered. A girl only a year younger than she was.

Angel looked down at Jamie. Her eyes softening as she looked at her.

"Are you okay?" She asked. Jamie looked at her wide eyed and then down at her mother's body. Her tears returned and streaked along her cheeks as she slowly laid her mom down gently. Jamie stared at the woman lying on the ground lifeless. Then she looked back up at Angel who held her arms open wide. Jamie looked at them and felt her eyes tearing up again as she got to her feet running into Angel's arms and sobbing, crying out in pain and loss. Angel had just stood there holding her and smoothing her hair back, holding her as she cried.

Ever since that moment.

They have been inseparable.

*FLASHBACK END*

The girls walked up the steps of DWMA. Angel never seemed to be bothered by it much, however Jamie LOATHED the trip up to the school. She did understand the reasons the steps were put there though. To exercise and prepare for the day ahead.

"So, think you'll manage to get a word out to Soul today?" Angel asked with a smirk as Jamie stalled and a blush coated her cheeks.

"I'd rather not think about that considering the last time I tried to talk to him he almost took me to the nurse thinking I was sick." Jamie sighed running a hand through her hair. Angel nudged her.

"C'mon! It can't be that hard! Just say 'hi!' and then start a conversation!"

Jamie groaned shaking her head. She knew once Angel had her mind set on something there was no changing it.

They reached the top of the stairs and walked inside. The hallways were buzzing with students ranting and raving about a completed mission and others about missions they were about to take on. Jamie smiled looking around until she saw him. Soul. Everyone knows him. His white hair and the fact that he's a death scythe. Obviously becoming the coolest guy in school like he had always dreamed. Jamie had known him since she was little. Maybe not known him much but she would see him every now and then. Wanting to talk to him, but she was always too shy. He had talked to her before but, despite what Angel had told her, she felt he was way out of his league. So, she just stayed where she thought she belonged.

The Friend Zone.

"You do realize you have been staring at him for almost a full five minutes right?" Angel said, tearing Jamie from her gaze causing her to blush deeply red. Before Jamie could speak Angel shoved Jamie in his direction murmuring an "Oops" As Jamie stumbled and fell into someone.

Into Soul.

She wanted to die.

Soul looked down at her and smirked, raising an eyebrow and chuckling as he steadied her.

"Hey Jamie." Soul spoke to her normally. Jamie's eyes widened as she swallowed, her face red and embarrassed.

"H-HEY! Soul! S-Sorry!" Jamie sputtered before standing up straight, fixing herself.

"It's cool, no worries. You look cool today. Changing it up?"

Trying to think of some reply, Jamie stuttered away and while she couldn't focus in the first place, it did not help with the silver haired girl behind her having her soul nag her best friend's, urging her on with silence as her bountiful encouragement.

Finally ready to speak, Jamie lifted her head with confidence. "Soul-!" It immediately dropped as she felt her body become brushed into dust as he was facing the other direction. "Oh." He remarked. "Maka's looking for me. I better get to her before she comes swinging her Maka Chops at me. See you later Jamie." He smirks at her and lifts his hand to ruffle her hair slightly in a playful way but nothing permanent to mess it up.

As he dashed off, Jamie could barely breathe while leaning on Angel who stood there watching Soul vanish from Jamie's hopes and dreams. "He ruffled my hair… Like I was his little sister!" Jamie whimpered out as Angel could only pat her friend's back gently.

"Well in case you want to die, I can always check with Lord Death if he's busy or not." Angel suggested only making Jamie groan more.

"You sure talk a lot smack for a kid." Jamie narrowed her eyes at her friend while Angel only smiled sweetly.

"I'm only a year younger than you and you're a year younger than Soul. You're lucky you have any classes with him at all." Angel pointed out.

Jamie sighed, standing up straight and fixing herself. "And yet I share that many classes with you."

Angel rolled her eyes. "You know how that works. I was put into the upperclassmen classes because I managed to pass through with higher scores, and I requested those classes and both my parents are not only teachers here but they're friends with Lord Death."

Jamie waved her off, having heard the same story multiple times before. "Yep which makes things just as tough on you, doesn't it? Yeah "

At this, Angel tilted her head, watching her friend who walked ahead of her in the hallway. "What do you mean-?"

"I mean the fact that Soul is a senior and he's only a year older than me but you also like a senior. Death the-"

Suddenly Jamie's mouth was kept shut by Angel's hand and Angel narrowed her eyes to her friend. "I would appreciate it if we kept these oh so lovely facts to ourselves."

Jamie only seemed to smirk behind the hand and shrugged as Angel slowly pulled her hand away. "Fine...It's only a matter of time before he makes a move." Jamie mentioned. Angel scoffed.

"Oh please, he wouldn't. If anything I would have to be the one to say something. He would be too busy ranting about forgetting to fold the toilet paper. Again." She groaned. Jamie walked over patting her friend's shoulder.

"I think some time he might surprise you." Jamie shrugged as they both made their way to their next class. Soul Studies.

Angel walked in patting Jamie's shoulder murmuring words of encouragement over and over of how Jamie needs to 'Try again!' However, Jamie felt like it was impossible. Her and Soul used to talk all the time when they were younger, but after she turned fifteen, she knew she liked him. She can barely even get a sentence out to him now that she realized her feelings. Angel knew the moment that they met that she was going to fall for him. It was only a matter of time.

It was also her plan from the start.

However she would never admit to that.

Angel smiled walking into the class and throwing her arms around the teacher. "Good morning Dad!" She said.

Stein looked down at her smiling lightly and patted her head. "Go, take your seat, there's a quiz today."

"Quiz?" Jamie's head peeked up from her desk in a panic.

"Yup looks like it." Angel shrugged with a smile.

"Today's quiz will be on…" Stein began and walked to the chalk board motioning to the drawing. "The Dodo Bird."

Jamie groaned and her head smacked against her desk.

Angel sat with a pencil ready.

"Everyone will have an hour to finish the test. Cheat and I'll dissect you. Your time starts now." Stein announced and sat down at his desk.

Jamie lifted her head and took pencil to paper, analyzing the questions one by one. She glanced over At angel who seem to be flying through each question no problem.

Tests never really bothered Angel. Her father was a mad scientist anyways. It's not like she would have a lot of trouble. He would be there to help her. She used to come home with homework that she didn't understand and sit at her desk biting her lip trying to figure it out herself.

*FLASHBACK*

Angel blew a strand of her silver hair away from her face as she stared at the paper on her desk, pencil tapping impatiently on the wood trying to figure out how to solve the equation. She had already been there for half an hour trying to figure out the problem. Sure she was only eleven and with such new information and lessons, it was understandable that she couldn't solve it and that she would have a hard time with it. Plus, being friends with Jamie who was a year older and already learned this material, she could very easily reach out to her.

Yet she remained stubborn. She stayed on the problem, going back and forth for another ten minutes before her tapping had gone out of control, actually breaking the pencil in her hand and all she could do was stare at the broken half that lay on her desk.

Her broken concentration.

Marie slowly opened her bedroom door, peeking her head in. "Angel, honey? How is the homework coming along-?"

"I GIVE UP!" The young girl screamed out, falling backwards in her chair like her father had done so often. "Homework is for the Devil and all of his little demons! I doubt even they could do that stupid equation!"

While Marie wished to laugh, to giggle, anything at all to respond by such a humorous response, she paused seeing her daughter on the ground with her arm over her eyes which clearly had tear tracks running the sides of her face. "Oh honey… My little girl… You know, you can't solve everything.. There are going to be problems out there that you just can't figure out but everything has an answer. While people may teach you the way they see as right, that doesn't make it always your way."

By this, Angel sniffled, lowering her arms with her eyes glistening from the fallen tears and she slowly sat up. Her mother set up her chair again as the young girl got to sit down again and look at the equation which had brought so much stress to her.

"Remember sweetheart, do it your way." Marie whispered into her daughter's ear and just like that there came a glint to Angel's eyes as she grabbed a new pencil, the broken one remaining there as it's corpse was a reminder of her past pains with this one equation.

And just like that, the equation had been finished within the next minute and just as Marie checked her work, about to congratulate her daughter on solving it, she paused as her eyes widened. "A-Angel! That equation wasn't part of your homework! That was only an example problem of college level algebra!"

As her mother panicked and ushered at the paper, ready to tear it up herself, Angel only looked at it in awe and beamed.

She remained stubborn in the future, completing the work either the way she understood it or the way that was her own.

*FLASHBACK END*

From starting only a mere ten minutes ago for a two paged, double sided test, she stood up and walked to the front and handed the test to her father. Any time she would hand him a test or assignment, he flashed her a look that read, 'Are you sure?', but she gave him a reassured and confident nod before walking back to her seat and smiling. She glanced over at Jamie who was biting on her lip, looking almost as if she were going to chew it off. Then, she found her eyes wandering over to Kid, he looked like he finally got past the part of writing his name and was now onto his questions.

This surprised her. Lately, Kid hasn't been the symmetrical crazy guy everyone knew him as. Sure he would slip sometimes and blow a fuse, however, most of the time he has been calmer. Letting the little things go. Even writing his name doesn't take an hour anymore. Maybe five minutes.

Kid turned his head slightly enough to catch Angel looking at him and he smiled softly. Angel's cheeks tinged with heat as she offered him a small smile then quickly turned back to her desk and ran a hand through her hair.

She was hopeless.

"Time's up." Stein spoke as he stood from his desk collecting all of the tests. Jamie sighed running a hand through her hair. She was sure that she passed but at the same time she wished she had been more prepared. Jamie looked up as Angel came over to her with a huge grin on her face and stopped in front of her.

"You need to talk to Soul again." She said. Jamie sighed rolling her eyes.

"I could barely get a word out earlier what makes you think I can now?" Jamie asked.

"Because I said so and I know you can do it!"

"I can't flirt to save my life."

"Look at him." Angel said, turning Jamie's head in the direction of Soul. "He was so happy when you two were talking earlier. Now he's all bored and sad. Go. Talk to him!"

Jamie swallowed looking in Soul's direction and felt her heart give a squeeze before she looked at Angel and sighed.

"Fine!" Jamie groaned. Angel practically squealed as Jamie stood up and put her long brown hair into a ponytail and felt her cheeks flush. She looked at Soul and began walking towards him, a smile on her face.

'Be confident. You got this.' Jamie thought to herself. She took a deep breath.

"Hey So-!" She began but her foot got caught on a chair, causing her to stumble forward and then fall to the floor. Soul looked at her wide eyed. Angel gasped and covered her mouth. All eyes were on the girl who had fell. Jamie.

Soul got out of his seat and reached down to help her up. Jamie looked up at his hand blushing.

"You okay?" Soul asked.

"Y-yeah I'm...I'm okay…" Jamie sighed and nodded as she took his hand slowly standing up. Angel ran over and then shot a glare at everyone who was watching.

"Can I help you all?" She asked and that was all that was needed to make everyone turn their heads from the sight, talking amongst themselves.

"Hey, why don't we all just meet up at lunch?" Soul suggested. He looked at Jamie's ankle."Maybe we could also get that ankle looked at."

Jamie blushed softly and shook her head.

"I'll be okay. Lunch sounds good though." Jamie answered with a soft smile. Soul smiled and nodded and looked at Angel.

"Make sure you get her to get the ankle checked out. I know she's stubborn." Soul chuckled, winking at Jamie before he walked past her. Angel's jaw dropped at how calm Jamie was. Jamie turned and looked at her confused.

"What?" She asked innocently. Angel looked at her.

"You just held a conversation with him!" Angel said with a grin. Jamie looked at her then the direction Soul just left in.

"I did? I did!" Jamie laughed softly.

Angel wrapped her arm around Jamie's shoulder.

"C'mon. Let's get that ankle checked." Angel said. Jamie sighed as she nodded limping slightly next to her as they made their way to the nurse. By her sigh, Angel tilted her head with concern and confusion.

"What's wrong? Does it hurt?"

"No…" Jamie murmured, her spirits slowly beginning to dampen. "It's just… One of my very first conversations with him and I screwed it up! And I screwed my ankle up too!"

Angel's eyes only seemed to be gleaming as she grinned and Jamie hesitated, flashing her friend a strange look. "What…?"

By then Angel giggled almost insanely. "Jamie don't you get it?! You unintentionally pulled the best move for getting a guy's attention! Now he'll feel obligated to come to you and check on how you're doing or he'll be genuinely concerned about you and want to take care of you which is even better!"

"Alright.. Not sure how I feel about the obligated part but I like the taking care of me part! Wait… Soul taking care of me…" Suddenly Jamie felt light headed by how her face turned so bright red. "That's… Soul won't…"

"Oh of course he will! That's what cool guys do right?!" Angel was perhaps more excited than Jamie was.

Jamie sighed, looking away with a more than disappointed expression. "That's just it. He's the coolest guy in school and I'm… me-"

"You're ranked the fourth most beautiful girl in school." It was almost basic knowledge and common sense how Angel stated such a thing, looking down the hallway as she walked Jamie around casually.

Jamie on the other hand hadn't taken it so casual as Angel presented it. "What?! That's not true-!"

"It is true. It's in Death's Magazine. Page 3, the column of Top Fifteen Beautiful Girls at the DWMA!" Angel let her eyes flicker to meet Jamie's, raising an eyebrow as if to challenge her friend to doubt her. Jamie's jaw dropped and she looked around seeing someone walk by with a magazine and snatched it out of their hands and looked at page 3. It was true. There she was. Fourth. There was a picture of her. Her brown hair looking shiny and smooth, her freckles dotting her cheeks and her blue eyes seeming to sparkle. She was surprised. Since when were there polls?!

SINCE WHEN WAS THERE MAGAZINES?!

When did they get that picture?

"This is crazy, why would people think I'm pretty I don't even dress like half the girls in this school!" Jamie looked at Angel. Angel rolled her eyes and sighed grabbing her hands.

"Jamie it's not just that! You always help anyone who asks for it, your smile can make any guy here fall to his knees and you are one hell of a fighter! Of course people vote for you."

Jamie sighed and shrugged her shoulders. "You're pretty too! You help out the underclassmen!"

Angel shrugged. "That's why I'm ranked too. Eighth."

"You should be higher than that."

Angel smiled wrapping her arm around Jamie's shoulders. "C'mon let's get to the nurse so we can get to lunch." Jamie nodded with a smile as they made their way to the nurse.