Last chapter! :3 Shout-outs to: XDooms Day Masqueradex, Jessica, BlackGirlAnimeLover, and I love you death the kid. Credit goes to Jessica for giving me her OC, Kailynn. Thnks bros! :D I hope you like this chapter; don't wanna give too much away!

I fell asleep and woke up five minutes later to her phone ringing. I picked up the phone and saw that my friend Kailynn had sent me a text.

I know how you feel.

I really don't wanna talk about right now…

That's okay. I'll talk, you listen.

Fine. Today's Saturday, isn't it?

No. It's Sunday. We have school tomorrow, DUH.

OH SHIT! I gotta go! Gotta take a shower! Bye!

But you said you'd listen!

TOO BAD!

I hurriedly took a shower and got dressed for bed. I brushed my teeth, and took my nighttime vitamins. I glanced up at the clock. It read: 22:53. I was glad at wasn't too late, and got into bed. From there, I continued to think about Soul. I just couldn't get him out of my head, no matter how hard I tried! It was starting to really bug me, especially because being depressed gave me a serious case of writer's block and there was an English essay due in just two days! Then it suddenly occurred to me: I had to go to school tomorrow. UGH.

On the way to school, I talked with my friends about everything that had happened the day before. I came to a conclusion: I was goin to figure out what I did, no matter how awkward it was going to be! When I got to school and saw how cute he looked, in his button-up plaid shirt, I just had to spit in disgust. I mean, really?! Denim with sweatpants?! I don't think so, honey! I laughed at me own little joke and turned into the bathroom. Thankful nobody was in there; I looked myself in the mirror and talked out loud to myself.

"Okay, Maka!" I said, a bit quietly, "you are going to act happy today and you are going to show Soul that you don't need him! But at the same time, of course, you're going to be figuring out what you did to make him so pissed." Just then, she realized that Kailynn had stepped in.

"Determined, aren't we?" she laughed, and shook her head, "I know how it feels. I was once in the same exact position as you." I narrowed my eyes.

"How long have you been there?" I asked.

"Just the whole time," she replied, twisting a lock of black hair in her fingers.

"But you wouldn't know! Soul's probably found someone else! That's probably why he left me…you, on the other hand, are like, so beautiful, you're irreplaceable." Kailynn dropped her eyelids, and jutted out one of her hips.

"Is that how you think boys are? They don't just care about looks, you know. They're not all animals. And your Soul, I'll admit to you, he's hot. But he's also the kind of guy who isn't a douche bag. Know what I'm saying?" she questioned, flipping her hair back. I sighed, and leaned against the bathroom wall. There wasn't anything to be said. She was right. I had to talk to him later…maybe I'd ask to call him. I didn't just want to call without warning. I nodded, and proceeded on to my locker. I had a feeling that she wasn't done talking to me yet.

I exchanged my stuff, and put a pretty little smile on my pretty little face. I was going to be happy today, and ain't nobody gonna stop that. All day, I was super happy and cheerful, even when Soul looked at me again and again during lunch hour. I just pretended I didn't notice, and continued to sip apple juice. But I'll get back to that in a bit.

All during math class, I actually paid attention, kept my head up, and really volunteered. That's right. I said it. I volunteered during class. Crazy, huh?! But that wasn't the weirdest thing going on with me today. In life skills, when I was talking about how much of a dick Soul was, all casual-like, people were actually laughing at my jokes. Literally! But here comes one of the good parts: in gym class, guys were all over me. Now, usually, I'm the most unathletic girl in the class. But this time, I outran everybody. And that's surprising, considering that we have all the top-athlete girls in my hour. I guess I just had a lot of energy from being so mad!

Now here's why I say the guys were all over me: Hideki continuously shouted "GO MAKAAA!" along with the rest of the boys. They all cheered for me and it was actually pretty dang weird…but I liked it. It gave me a sense of pride. Also, one of the boys in my class named Hiro called me "Little Miss Speed Demon" the rest of the day. He even called me pretty! And the best part of it all was: I got to make fun of Soul in front of everyone and nobody would even care! Soul even had a friend named Soul who made fun of him with me. After I told him about all of it, he was just like, "Yeah…Soul can be a dick. You deserve WAY better." The last thing that happened in gym class was that one of Soul's friends decided he would talk to me about it. He said that he would tell Soul that I still liked him, and asked if he still liked me, after awhile of discussing it, of course.

Right before I went to band class, I decided that I'd talk to Daichi about inside jokes and other funny shit. When I began talking to him about the party, he just blurted out something about Takumi. I didn't even hear him, so I asked him to repeat it, slower and in the human language.

"Takumi was talking about you after you left the party!" he said, excitedly.

"And…?" I was still confused.

"He was like, Maka is SO sexy! I would TOTALLY date her!"

"…but I thought he brought condoms to the party because he wanted to fuck Kiko."

"Well…no. He just wanted to be an idiot and make you guys freak out." I rolled my eyes at him on the outside, but smiled on the inside. Because so many guys were hitting on me now that I was single. Just then I saw Soul walking by.

"WHAT was that, you say?!" I announced loudly, so maybe Soul could here, "Takumi, a JUNIOR said that I, MAKA ALBARN, am SEXY?! ME?!" We both laughed, because we both knew that Soul was looking this way and giving us the strangest look. After that, I was ready on my to band class, and I was feeling superior. I happily played my clarinet, instead of hugging it, and I thought for once, that everything was alright in the world.

When lunch time approached, I sat with my usual group of friends and laughed and joked around. We talked about pretty things, shitty things, and downright witty things. (LOL I'm Dr. Suess XD) Then I noticed Kailynn sitting at a table ALL BY HERSELF. She was crying. I went over to her, and she led me into the bathroom.

"What happened?!" I asked, getting her a piece of toilet paper to clear up her smeared make-up.

"My… friends… left me…" she said, between sobs. I frowned and gave her more toilet paper.

"WHY?!"

"I don't know! They said they were moving to sit by their other friend, and even though there was a seat still open, they said I couldn't sit there because Suzume was sitting there…"

"Those bastards…want me to sit with you? My table is full, but I can sit with you to keep you company!"

"Would you?" I nodded, and led her back out of the bathroom. We sat down at her table, and began talking about her "friends". She said that they'd think she was overreacting, but I didn't. Sometimes, a girl just needs attention, you know?! Of course I knew that…Soul was the one who never gave me enough… I rubbed her back, and watched as other people approached the table. They asked if they could sit there, so of COURSE we said yes. It was only logic. Since I refused to eat, (I haven't been hungry since the thing with Soul) Patty and Kiko came and FORCED me to eat again. I ate a blueberry yogurt bar, and a green apple fruit snack. What a filling lunch. Soul didn't seem to be enjoying himself at his other table too much…he kind of just sat there, and listened to them talk about nothing. I felt a little bad for him, actually. But that went away when he turned around to sneak a peek at me.

The rest of the day was pretty casual…it was totally laid-back, and nothing in particular really happened. Of course, until the END of the day, when Soul's friend asked him if he still liked me. Know what the response was? "Not really." That's it. WHADDABITCH! After school, though, I went to go talk to him at his locker.

"So…can I call you tonight? I really gotta talk to you about some…things…" I told him.

"I don't care," he responded.

"Well…I gotta know if you want me to or not," I told him, trying hard not to be TOO annoying.

"I said I don't care," he said. He never gave me a real answer, so I figured I'd just call him anyway. I had to find out what he was thinking, and I had to find out TODAY.

When I got home, I immediately called up Patty. We talked about what I would do in the worst-case scenarios, and how I would handle it if his mom or sister picked up the phone. After twenty minutes of that, I decided it was time to just grow some balls and call him. So I did.

Ring… ring… ring… ring… ring… ring… ring… No answer. Panick attack.

I called up Patty again and asked what to do. She told me to stop being a baby and to just call him back and so I did.

Ring… ring… ring… ring…ring… ring…"Hello?" I was stunned. I honestly thought he wasn't going to answer.

"H-hello?"

"'Ey."

"You didn't answer me the first time…"

"Yeah, I know."

"So…why?"

"Alright. I'll tell you why." Huh. That was a little too easy.

"It's because…sigh…Whenever I talk to you, I just…don't care what you have to say." Well, that was hurtful.

"And like, it's been like this for awhile…it's not your fault, I swear. It's just how the relationship went." Thank-you, for not telling me this sooner, bitch.

"And, I couldn't talk to you, because I knew that if I did, I'd just say something I'd regret."

I lowered my eyelids and spoke to him, "Soul, why didn't you tell me this sooner?! You made it seem like you were SO mad at me. And you wouldn't even talk to me, or anything."

"I know…I'm sorry. I really am. It's just…I've changed, and right now, I don't know if it was for the better, or not. I really am sorry for hurting you, it's NOT your fault, I swear to God." He said, apologetically. That made me feel a little bit better…

"So…you wanna stay friends?" I asked.

"Well I can't just forget about you," his voice cracked. I could tell he was crying.

"Me, neither," I said, now crying with him. I just couldn't believe it.

"I mean, at first when I broke up with you, I was like, "what the FUCK have I done?" but then I realized that it was for the better…" he explained. I understood. I was sobbing and taking choppy breaths now.

'But-I don't want it to be over," I barely sputtered. My words were coming out in choppy breaths and horrible sighs. It was terrible.

"I don't either! But when you look at it, there's really no way to fix it. I realized that earlier," he half agreed. I sighed, and remembered my mental list of questions for him.

"What did Kid tell you when he took you into the bathroom?" I asked, wondered what the answer may be.

"He told me that you didn't like me anymore and that you were telling everyone that you were going to break up with me," he replied, a voice as choppy as mine.

"But I never said that!" I couldn't help but yelling.

"I didn't think you would, but EVERYONE was telling me that," he said, disbelieving of me.

"Yeah? Well rumors go around, Soul. It happens sometimes," I muttered.

"Yeah…so what do I do with all of your stuff?" he asked, "do you want it back?"

"Noooo…" I replied, "just throw it all away if you don't want it. Should I do the same?"

"Probably," he said. There was a long silence. I told him about how much I had missed him and that I played his favorite song on repeat and that I talked to Patty until four in the morning and even that I couldn't think of a world without him.

We talked for more than an hour until I finally said, "I think it'd be best if we just erased each others' numbers and hung up the phone." He agreed.

"Well, I'm going to be all dramatic, like on television. Goodbye, my dearest, I will never forget you…" We laughed at my retarded joke and said our good-byes. Then we hung up. I laid down on the bed, and stared at the ceiling. Then I started to cry. Not tears of sorrow, though.

Tears of happiness.

For my new friendship with Soul.

Well? WELL?! I thought it was great! And it freakin BETTER be, because it took THREE HOURS to do! I hope you guys loved it! Bye bye for now!