"You WHAT?!" I yell at my father. He laughs.
"I already told you, I was out drinking with Mr. Death Scythe!" He says. I place my hands on his shoulders and shake him back and forth.
"Are you CRAZY? You got one of the most important people at the Academy DRUNK?!" I say. He laughs again.
"I didn't, he did that all on his own!" He says. I frown and push him aside.
"Omigosh, you idiot!" I say. I fall back onto the couch and smack a pillow over my face.
"You know, he has a daughter about your age! She's in your class, too! I think her name was like Maka or something..." he mutters. Maka? I think I've heard that name somewhere...
"Oh, and you're gonna meet her at Deathbucks in ten minutes, so get something nice and pretty on." He says. I sigh into the pillow and roll over.
"Where are Hamlet and Raz?" I ask through the pillow, accepting defeat.
"They went to go enroll in the Academy. They'll probably only be in the NOT class, though." He says. I moan.
"Whatever..." I mutter, standing up to go get changed.
XXX
"Ugh, where is she?" I wonder aloud. One of the waitresses brings me the coffee I ordered and I blow on it before taking a sip.
I hear the bells at the front door jingle. A girl with dusty brown pigtails and big green eyes steps in wearing a yellow sweater vest, green tie, and red plaid skirt. Wait a second...
Is that really her?! That prissy little bitch Evans is partners with? I cross my fingers and hope she doesn't walk over to the table I'm sitting at.
"Are you Winnie?" I hear a voice ask. I open my eyes and see her standing at the other end of the table.
"Umm... yeah..." I respond. She sighs and sits down.
"I'm Maka..." she says. I hold my hand out in an effort to be polite. She shakes it.
"Nice to meet you..." she mutters. I nod.
"Look, I'm sorry about my dad," I say. She blinks. "Why?"
"What do you mean? He got your dad all alcohol soaked, right?" I ask. She laughs.
"My Papa's always like that." She says. I stare at her.
"Oh... okay then..." I say, avoiding her gaze as my cheeks get warm.
"So, umm..." I say in order to break the awkward silence.
"You're a scythe technician, too, right?" She asks. I nod. "Yeah. A double scythe."
"Sounds neat." She says. Neat? For some reason thay doesn't sound like the right word to describe a scythe.
"I was surprised you transferred straight to the EAT class. You must be pretty powerful." She says. I can help but give a small smile.
"Eh. You must be pretty strong to, being Death Scythe-senpai's daughter." I say. She laughs.
"I definitely don't get my skills from that idiot. He can barely manage staying sober for more than three minutes." She says. We both laugh.
"I can relate to that." I say. I start to get hot so I slip off my jacket.
"What's that on your shirt?" She asks. I glance down at my black Death Note tee.
"Umm... it's just a show I like..." I say. She nods. "Neat."
I look around and see that the cafè has started to fill up. "Hey, do you wanna head somewhere else? I'm a bit claustrophobic..." I say. She nods and stands up, pushing in her chair.
"Sounds good to me. Where to?" She asks. I shrug. "I dunno. Maybe we could head down to the basketball court?" I suggest. She shakes her head.
"Nah, I'm not very good at basketball... plus-" I cut her off.
"Come on! I promise it'll be fun!" I say. She sighs. "Yeah, sure." She says. She mumbles something I can't hear.
"Huh?" I ask.
"Nothing." She says.
When we've gotten down to the court, it looks like some people have already occupied it. And then I recognize a familiar face whiz by the fence and over to the hoop.
"Oh wonderful..." I mutter.
"I tried to warn you." Maka says. I try to turn around before I'm noticed, but it's already too late.
"Hey! Everett! Or can I call you Winnie now?" Evans calls. I cringe and slowly turn back around.
"Hi..." I mutter.
"And Maka? How convienient! We were just looking for two more players!" Black Star adds. Maka whips around.
"Bye!" She says. I look after her, but of course I can't go anywhere.
"Aww. Oh, well. One more is fine!" Soul says, walking out of the court so he can grab my sleeve and drag me back in.
"Fine. Just because I'm bored." I say. He laughs. "Well you're on our team. Which includes Patty and Kid." He says.
"Nuh-uh! She's on our team!" Black Star says, gesturing to his partner, the tall pretty asian girl, and the girl with the light brown hair.
"We totally called her!" Soul said.
"Guys! Seriously! I'll just go on Soul's team." I say to keep them from fighting. Soul grins at Black Star and bounces the ball at him to check it. Black Star bounces it back with a frown.
I run down towards the basket, using Patty as a pick to get her sister off of me. She giggles as I run past her.
Evans passes me the ball and I try to shoot, but Black Star gets in front if me so I pull it back out and throw it to the other side of the 3-point line to Kid, who dribbles up and shoots. It rebounds off the back of the basket and the asian girl swipes it from the air and pulls it out so she can bounce it to Black Star, who dunks it.
"Ha! 2-nothing!" He says. Soul rolls his eyes and takes the ball and bounces it to Liz, standing at the foul line.
The second she bounces it back, Evans shoots and it swishes.
"2-3." He says.
AN: Sorry for the lack of Author's note at the beginning of the chapter, I just couldn't think of anything to say. :T Derp.
So I dunno if y'all noticed this, but I'll point it out since people probably won't see the fact that Winnie is finally calling Soul by his first name! Ooooh!
That's all I have to say for know, so read and review, plzz! Byee!
-TRG