Where Did We Go Wrong?

My night with the girls took a lot of anxiety off my mind. I wonder why we don't always hang out like this. This should be something we do all the time, so maybe I'll bring it up before leaving in the morning.

For now, I need to sleep. I laid on my sleeping mat and pulled my travel blanket over myself. I was exhausted. Sleep wasn't hard to accomplish, my head hit my pillow and I was sleeping.

"Maka? Are you okay?" Soul asked.

"Soul?" What was he doing here? "Yeah, I'm fine."

"I've been so woried about you."

This was strange. Soul was worried? Something must be going on. "What's wrong?"

"You are 8 months pregnant, Maka. Something could go wrong, and I haven't been around to watch over you."

"No need to worry, Soul. Professor Stein and Lord Death have been keeping watch over me while you are away. I just hope you are here when the baby comes."

"I will be, Maka. I promise you."

The sun was shining when I woke. For the first time in a week I had slept soundly with no worries. My dream had calmed my inner worries, Soul was there. Time to wake the others and get back to the apartment.

I grabbed a pan and some bacon, knowing that the smell would be the best way to get their attention. As I fried the bacon, my stomach started to twist and turn. Maybe this wasn't such a good idea after all.

"Bacon! Maka, you're the best!" Tsubaki said as she woke up.

Slowely the others woke. All the while, my morning sickness was growing worse. I was going to throw up soon if I didn't remove myself from the smell of the food.

I put the spatula down and turned the burner off. "I'll be right back. Help yourself to the food."

"Are you okay, Maka?" Liz asked.

"I'm fine. My stomach is just a little upset."

I ran to the bathroom and locked the door, trying to breath my way out of the pressing need to throw up. But no matter how I tried to keep it down, I had to bend over the toilet to avoid making a mess.

"Maka? Are you sick?" Tsubaki was hard to trick.

"I just, well-" She was going to get my secret out of me no matter how many times I tried to play it off as nothing. I opened the door and walked her into the living room with the rest of the girls.

"I have something to tell all of you, and I want you to know beforehand that I hadn't planned on telling you yet."

They were all staring at me, waiting for me to continue.

"The real reason I asked for a girl's night is because I needed to give Soul some time to think."

"To think?" Liz asked, "About what?"

"If he wanted to be a father right now or not."

Tsubaki and Liz looked shocked, Patty looked like her happy-go-lucky self as always.

"Yes, I'm pregnant. I left him a choice before I came here last night. Either he could stay and be a father to our child, or he could leave and be left alone about the matter. Either way, I gave him the time to decide. If he is gone when I get back to the apartment, he doesn't want to be a part of this. If he is there, he wants to be a part of the baby's life."

"Maka, why didn't you say anything?" Tsubaki hugged me gently.

"I was going to after I got back to the apartment, with either a happy announcment, or an upsetting one. Now I need to go find out what his decision was."

"Do you want us to go with you?" Liz asked.

All my friends were so supporting of me, but I had to do this alone.

"Thank you, but no. This is something that I have to be by myself for." I packed up my overnight things and said some goodbyes before heading out to the Death City streets.

Soul POV

The sun was coming up, and I still wasn't back at the apartment. Maka was going to be back soon, and I needed to be there. Damn it! I was on my bike, going as fast as I could to get back before she did, driving like a crazy person. But still I knew I wasn't going to be there in time.

She was going to think I left her. This was going to cause her so much pain. I'm so uncool for causing it. I was such an idiot for thinking that I could leave the city to remove my aggression, and then return in time to be there for Maka.

No, I couldn't think like that. I needed to get to her, that's the only thing that mattered.

I finally made it back to the city, now I had to get to our apartment. I had to slow my speed now due to shops and pedestrians. It would take me about twenty minutes to get there, I only hoped I would be there before Maka.

Hang in there. Please.

Maka POV

There it was, our apartment building. Was he still there? Was he gone? I climbed the stairs, starting to feel panic run through my soul. Our door was locked, just the way I had left it. I hoped it wasn't a bad sign.

I unlocked it and walked into the living room. Empty. The panic got worse, and my stomach started to turn again. I headed for the bathroom and knocked on the door. "Soul? Are you in there?" No response. Only one more place to check, one more chance to prove my fears wrong, his room. The note was gone, so I knew he had read the message, but was he in the room? I knocked before slowely opening the door, and found the room full of his stuff, but he was nowhere to be seen.

He decided to leave. That's okay, I'll be okay. I still have friends, they will be there for me.

The sadness that rushed through my body was terrible, and I couldn't fight the tears that spilled over to run down my face. Who was I kidding? I was alone now. He left me alone. Where did we go wrong? I laid on his bed while the tears continued to fall, crying myself to exhaustion, and then to sleep.

I woke up, not knowing how much time had passed. But I did know one thing, Soul was gone. I guess it was time to tell my friends.

I left our room, now my room, and picked the phone up in the living room. The tears were still so thick, it was hard for me to dial Tsubaki's number. The ringing was like a stab to my heart with every beep. She didn't answer, so she must be in the middle of something. I can call again in a little while. I left her a message, my pain clear in my voice.

The front door opened, and I ran to the kitchen to grab a kitchen knife. Soul wasn't here to be my weapon anymore, I had to protect myself. The foot steps were coming closer in my direction, my heart pounding with adrenaline.

"Maka! Are you home?"

My ears must be decieving me. I thought I heard Soul.

"Maka? Please, Maka, tell me you're okay."

No, that couldn't be him, he left.

I had the knife out in front of me, ready to use it if necessary. I walked slowely out of the kitchen and into the entrance hall, where the foot falls were coming from. The sight that was before me made me drop the weapon.

"Oh, Maka. Thank Death you're okay." Soul said walking to me and wrapping his arms around me. "I'm so sorry I wasn't here when you got back."

I buried my face in his should and sobbed all my remaining pain away. He was here, he wasn't leaving me alone.

"Please stop crying," he said, holding me tightly, "I'm here now, and I'm not going anywhere."

"But y-you left. You weren't here wh- when I got home. I thought-" My crying preventing me from continuing the thought.

"No, Maka. I needed to rid myself of aggression. The little Demon was trying to convince me to leave, but I refused. I couldn't do that to you, it would be the most uncool thing I could do. After I pushed him down, my aggression rose and I didn't want to hurt you when you came back, so I left the city to make myself calm down. I tried to get back before you, I'm sorry I hurt you like this."

I should have known better. He would never leave me. His soul is bound to mine, and he would never be able to break himself away from me. My tears started to subside, but he never released his hold on me. "Soul."

"Maka. I will be here for you, and for our baby. I promise you."

I lifted my head and kissed him with all the love I could show. One of his hands slid up to my head and held me to him. I was feeling so much better than I had a few minutes ago. I didn't want this to end.

The phone rang, and I pulled away from Soul. "That's probably Tsubaki calling me back. I need to answer it."

He released me and I went back to the phone, pushing the answer call button.

"Maka, I got your message. Are you okay? Do you need me to come over?" She was frantic, and it was because when I called her earlier, Soul wasn't here.

"I'm fine, Tsubaki. No need to come over. Soul didn't leave, he was just out."

"I'm so happy for you!" Her enthusiasm was practically flowing through the phone. "So he does want to be there for you. I hope you two have a beautiful baby!"

"Thanks, Tsubaki. I have to go for now. I'll talk with you later." We said our byes and hung up.

Soul wrapped his arms around me from behind, and kissed the top of my head. "So Tsubaki knows then?"

I blushed before replying, "Well, actually, Tsubaki, Liz and Patty know."

"What?"

"I'm sorry, I didn't plan on telling them. They caught me with morning sickness. I didn't have a choice but to tell them what was going on."

"It's okay. As long as you know I'm always going to be here for you."

I smiled and turned in his arms to face him. Those amazing red eyes were staring right back into my emerald green ones, and they were filled with love.

I wasn't going to be alone, we were going to do this together. We were going to be okay.

Suddenly a sharp pain raced through my abdomen and I cried out.

"Maka? What's wrong?" Soul said, panic showing clearly on his face.

"I don't know, I just had a pain go through my abdomen. I think I'm okay now." I smiled, and then felt another streak of pain, making me double over.

"Maka!" He picked me up and headed for the door. "Hold on, Maka. I'm taking you to Stein."

What was happening? I didn't understand. Did something happen to our baby? Panic was all I could process, and pain was all I could feel.