Okay, my lovely readers, this is a very long chapter... But it's not like I'm being nice or anything, I just couldn't find a suitable place to end it and it ended up being just over 2200 words... so rejoice! But don't get used to it LOL

Anyway, on another note, I've officially completed this story on my computer. Additionally I am thinking about having two slightly different endings, I've finished the main one, but the second one will definitely have more suspense and drama. I am also writing an epilogue thing, just kinda to wrap it up but I won't give away too much.

And again, thank you all so much for reviewing, I know that one person said that Maka acts too shy and it seems a bit OOC, though I clearly see your point I have to disagree, Maka is a complete introvert, she's quiet and has no reason to talk to anyone so she's almost fearful of talking and maybe saying something wrong, I don't know. That's just how I see it. Also I'm a bit surprised that you commented on that one little thing when Kid here has absolutely no OCD freak outs at all in the story...

Anyway, thanks again and happy reading!

Lunch was a little different, Patty and Liz didn't wait outside our classroom like they usually did so the 3 of us walked down to the cafeteria and bought our lunches then walked to the middle staircase. Patty and Liz showed up 10 minutes later looking like they ran a marathon.

"Sorry we are late, it took forever to find her and then it took forever to catch her… she's FAST." Patty explained while pulling Maka out from behind the wall. She was reading a book and looked like she had been dragged the entire way. "But she's here!"

"Yes we can all see that, Patty." Soul said calmly trying to act cool.

Patty pouted, "No need to be so mean." Then stuck her tongue out, "What class does everyone have next? I have drama." That was the perfect class for her, she could be loud and over exaggerate without getting in trouble.

"I have English." I said.

"Math." Both Blackstar and Soul said at the same time, I feel bad for that teacher.

"I have photography." Liz said while staring out into space. Everyone looked at Maka who squeaked when she felt all the eyes on her. Patty snaked her class schedule out of Maka's book and looked it over. Slowly a creepy smile got brought to her face. Liz looked confused until she read it as well. "Well, well, well, look-y here."

"Someone has an awful lot of courses with a certain someone." Patty said. Maka blushed and tried to snatch her courses back.

"With who?" I asked curiously.

Both girls looked at me while Maka just stared at her shoes, "With you. She has almost every single class with you. We know because we memorized your time table already." Both Liz and Patty said and laughed.

The rest of the week was completely uneventful until Thursday when Maka talked to me, on her own, for the first time.

"K-Kid?" She said so low that I wasn't sure if she had actually said anything or not.

I turned to look at her just in case she hadn't actually said anything, but she was looking at me with worried eyes, like I would say something mean. "Yes, Maka?"

She stayed quiet for a long time and I was about to turn back around when she finally whispered, "What do people bring to a sleepover?"

I stared at her, could she be any cuter? I chuckled, "It's not that hard, just over night stuff, pajamas, socks, toothbrush, clothes for the next day, etc. Although in this case I think that Patty might want to dress you up." She nodded along, "Maka have you never been to a sleepover?"

She blushed and looked down into her lap. "No one has ever invited me to have one, nor have I ever invited someone else."

"Well, Liz and Patty's sleepovers are pretty straight forward. Eat junk food, watch movies, do make up, dress up, do girly things, whatever. You'll be fine, they will help you out." I reassured. She looked very relieved then the bell rang, signaling the end of school.

We both got up out of our seats and got handed a flyer from the teacher on our way out. It was for the pep rally on Saturday night, not that I would be going. People spoke through the PA system but no one could hear them over the noisy hallways while Maka and I walked towards our lockers. She stopped in front of one and I kept walking until I got to mine. She was so shy she didn't even say goodbye, and barely ever said morning so it was mostly silence. Soon Patty and Liz joined me and handed me a list of stuff they needed for the sleepover tomorrow night. They kept talking about the pep rally and how they were trying to convince Soul and Blackstar to come, well they had already gotten Blackstar to agree but Soul thought it was 'un cool'. I on the other hand just didn't want to go.

When we arrived at my house my dad was there to give us an upbeat greeting before heading out the door himself to work.

"Wow Kid, I haven't seen your dad in a while." Liz pointed out.

I shrugged, "He's busy with work and stuff."

We walked in the house and they went into their rooms until Liz came out and banged on my door.

"Kid! Where's the phone?" She yelled though the door.

I opened it and gave her the phone from my own room, "Who do you need to call?"

"Maka." She said simply as she dialed the numbers on the piece of paper. "Hello?"

"Hello, who's this?" A sweet woman's voice answered.

"Hi, Mrs. Albarn, this is Liz, a friend of Maka's, is she home?"

"Oh, hi Liz, no she's not home, she usually is but sometimes she takes detours." The kind woman said.

Liz frowned, "Alright, well tell her to call me back, nice talking to you, Mrs. Albarn."

"Ok, bye."

"Bye," and Liz hung up and handed the phone back to Kid, "She wasn't home. Apparently she's late."

"What did you need to tell her anyways?" I asked while putting the phone back.

"I wanted to tell her to bring a bathing suit to the sleepover. But I guess if I don't get to talk to her she can just borrow one of Patty's or mine. But she said she would call when she got home." Liz mumbled.

I shrugged and closed the door to my room. I went back to reading on my bed until I got bored of it, I went to my closet and pulled out my skateboard with cartoon skulls on it, then walked out of my room. "Hey Liz, Patty, I'm goin' boarding you wanna come?" I called and they stuck their heads out.

"Yeah Kid, I wanna go!" Patty said excitedly before grabbing her own board, hers had orange grip tape and a giraffe graphic as the deck, childish but she loved it.

"I'm fine, plus I have to wait for Maka to call, so I'll just stay here." Liz said before going back into her room.

"Ok, say hi for me Liz." I said as Patty and I walked out of the house.

Patty was a great skater but she was a hyper active little compressed ball of sugar so she tried a bunch of crazy stuff and fell down a lot. She was great entertainment though.

"Hey, Patty I think we should leave the park." I said as I pointed over my shoulder with my thumb at the group of bikes coming towards us. Bikes meant trouble, the riders were so stuck up and thought they ruled the skate park. Patty enthusiastically agreed because her ex boyfriend was a biker so she didn't want to risk seeing him.

We cruised down some quiet paths before entering the main road, we stopped at a shop and Patty got ice cream.

"Patty?"

"Hmm?" she said while licking the frozen treat.

"Never mind." I said quickly.

"Alright, Kid. We should go now, Liz will probably want dinner." Patty said while getting up and dropping her board on the ground.

I looked at my watch and realized it was almost 5, usually dinner is started at 5. I dropped my board as well and watched Patty skate with one foot up in the air while licking her ice cream, it was quite hilarious. I laughed as she almost fell down and the ice went on her nose from trying to balance again.

"Hey! That's not funny!" Patty complained.

I boarded past her while saying, "Yeah it is."

We had a race to see who could get home faster, we took different routes but I knew Patty would win. She's faster than me plus she's not afraid to cut through someone's back yard and go out the front if it meant she would win. I slowed my pace down as I got to a park, it was so peaceful and quiet, unlike everywhere else.

"Come on, Maka, babe. I'm not asking for much." I heard a low voice say and I stopped to listen further.

"No, Tyler, I won't do it, you may not be asking for much but it's too much for me." Maka said defiantly. I've never heard her talk like this, no stuttering and in normal volume.

"But babe, I need you. Why won't you make me happy?" What did he mean by 'need you'?

"Tyler, no. I'm not ready to give it up yet." Maka said I saw her stand up from the base of a tree.

'Tyler' pulled her back down by the wrist and she yelped, "Babe I need you, now. Either right now or we are done." My brain finally kicked in that he was about to force her to have sex with him.

"No." There was a moment of silence and I thought she had left another way I couldn't see before I heard her muffled screams of protest. I had heard enough and I walked over to the tree, board in hand about to go smack the guy when I saw them. He was on top of her and my assumptions were correct, she looked terrified, but it was himself that really caught my eye, it was Patty's ex boyfriend. I scoffed this guy had done this to Patty as well, he had had to answer to me and Liz. I tapped his shoulder and he grunted.

"What the hell do you want? Go away can't you see I'm busy here?" He said without looking.

I sighed, "I think you should get off of her." I said with my voice extra smooth. He stopped all his actions and looked up at me. "Do you remember me, old friend?" I had beaten him senseless last time so he might not.

"I do, now bug off, this isn't your sister is she?" he laughed and continued to take off Maka's shirt while holding her arms down.

"She isn't my sister you're right," Tyler had started on her bra now, "But she is my friend." And with that Kid effectively threw him off Maka and onto his back on the ground. "Don't come near her again or I'll kick your ass like the last time." I smiled at him and he left practically running. I turned around to see if Maka was alright but blushed when I saw her with only her bra on. "S-sorry, I didn't mean to look I just-"

"Thank you." Maka said, wrapping the button up shirt around her.

"It's no problem, I have to do those kinds of things to Patty and Liz's boyfriends as well so I'm used to it." I saw her shift uncomfortably trying to wrap the shirt around herself as tight as it could. "Are the buttons broken?" I asked.

She looked at me and blushed, "Yeah." I sighed and pulled my own shirt over my head and handed it to her.

"Here, it will cover everything." And it did, it went down to her mid thigh, looking adorable. I blushed and turned away, "So um, right Liz had something to tell you, she said that you have to bring a swim suit to the sleepover tomorrow and that if you don't have one then you can borrow one of theirs."

"Ok, tell her I have to borrow one, mine from summer ripped." I she stayed quiet for a moment, "Kid?"

I spun around to face her, "Yeah?" She looked super nervous and kept playing with the hem of my shirt, then I realized why. I was half naked and I bet she had never seen anyone like this. I smirked but thought against trying to make her more uncomfortable.

"I was just wondering if you would, um, walk me home. Just in case Tyler comes back." She said quickly. I nodded in understanding and told her to lead the way.

I skated beside her at the slow pace until she stopped in front of a small brown house with probably only 2 bedrooms and only 1 floor. "This is it." She said before hugging me around my torso. I stood, shocked, on my board until she let go and walked to her door. I kicked off and headed off towards my house, Patty and Liz were going to kill me for not making dinner on time. Finally I got home and walked through the door only to be bombarded by the 2 hungry girls demanding that I make them dinner.

"Wait, Kid? Why are you shirtless?" Liz asked

"Ok, girls, I'll make you dinner and tell you the whole story."

"Fine, Kid." They said in unison.

As I explained what had happened Liz and Patty got more and more furious at Tyler but continued to tease me about having a crush on Maka. I brushed them off and finished making the dinner, much to their enjoyment, and then headed upstairs.

"Oh yeah, Liz!" I called from my room door, she stuck her head out of her own room, "I told Maka about that bathing suit thing, she said hers from summer ripped and she needs to borrow one."

"I wonder how it ripped, I mean it's not like she filled out anywhere or anything." Liz said sarcastically then closed her door.

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