Maka was on her way to the mall to shop a little, since school starts tomorrow. She managed to get her dad to give her some money to be on her way and leave him to drown in his bad habits. He never managed to go two days without alcohol ever since her mother left him. She was just two when she left them, but she wished she could've at least taken her with her. Now she lived in fear of her own father and felt isolated most of the time.

She parked near the middle of the parking lot and sighed deeply. As she left her father's black Dodge Stratus there to sit in the sun, she took her sunglasses out of her green bag and began walking. The mall wasn't too far of a walk from the car; in fact she probably could've walked from her house to the mall in about fifteen minutes or so. Though that wouldn't be to smart considering It was almost a hundred degrees today.

When she entered the mall she expected to see many people conversing among themselves, but it wasn't as busy or as loud as she expected. She spotted a few stores that looked decent to her style of clothing choices and began a search for something nice.

The first store she entered was very colorful and full of splashes of clothing material. It seemed very artsy in her opinion. As she searched through the store she found some things that she liked including some white skinny jeans that were a little big, but they were the smallest size there. She found a few belts that weren't too plain, but weren't too colorful either. On her way to the dressing room she saw a boy with black hair and three white stripes on his left side of his hair. He was slouched on a pink cushioned and wooden framed bench slouching.

"Hurry up Liz, this is weird being in a women's clothing store." Hey made a face that seemed a little foul. "And there is such a lack of symmetry in this store."

"Get over it you big baby, it the asymmetrical set up bothers you go and find your perfect store!" A tall girl with dirty blonde hair walked out and went over to a mirror to check her dress. It was a dark scarlet with a thick black bow wrapped around the waist. She was doing a bundle of different poses when the male kept his eyes on the bow running his fingers through his hair and another look appeared on his face. "So whataya thin-"

"That bow MUST go." He kept a straight face and the blonde put her hand up to her forehead looking irritated.

"Kid are you fucking kidding me it's a dress, why won't you jus-" She stopped in the middle of her sentence looking at Maka. She glanced at Kid, giving him a questionable look. "This a friend of yours Kid?" He glanced at her and studied her for a bit and shook his head left to right.

"Umm… I was just going to a fitting room and overheard your conversation." Maka stared at the floor. "I understand if you want me to leave I'm a bother, I'm sorry for intruding…" She started to walk away when Kid grabbed her wrist.

"No its fine…" He tried to look into her eyes when she put her head back up. They were golden. "Besides I love your taste in symmetry so far." He leaned back and put a smirk on his face while putting his fingers up to his chin. She looked down at what she was wearing only to see her jeans and light yellow and pink hoodie. Her hair was in pig tails today though.

"Kid you're gonna scare her away."

"Oh… n-no it's fine." She grinned a little and felt a tickle in her tummy.

"Well I'm Liz and this is Kid, oh and that's my lil sis Patty over there." She pointed at a short haired blonde looking through clothes making a bunch over weird faces. She was wearing some small shorts and a tank top with a strange looking skull on it.

"Well umm… I'm Maka, Maka Albarn." She looks away and puts out her hand only to feel a warm shake from Liz.

"Nice to meet ya Maaaka." They all start to laugh and Patty starts heading over with a huge smile.

"OOOO! Does Kid have a new friend?"

"He does now!" Maka starts to giggle a little at Liz's remark.

"So do you go to Shibusen? "

"Oh, well I just moved here last month and am still getting familiar with the area. Is that the name of the school here in Death City?"

"YAY!" Patty jumps in the air with her fist all balled up. "We got a noob!" She sticks her face near Maka with her index finger on her chin. "Does this mean you're our friend then?" She paused for a second, thinking what to say next.

"Well… I guess so!" She smiled and Patty hung her arm around her. They all started laughing, but all Maka could think about was that she finally got some friends… She was happy for a bit, but thought back to her father. She knew that it would have to be a secret or they might leave her. She wanted this little piece of happiness to stay with her…

I think this could be a successful story ^-^ well thanks for reading and pwease review I love to hear you guys' thoughts! Wuv youand cya next chapter ;)