Jamie slid out of her chair quietly as the two continued to talk and ran out of the room. She hid behind the corner and listened to their conversations.

"Why not?"

"Because Soul, I have a life back in Boston. I'm not just going to drop everything and move in with you." her mother's voice replied.

"What about Jamie? What does she want? Didn't you ever think about if she wanted to stay with me?" Soul stood up from his spot in the chair.

"As if I'd ever let her live with you. You can't even take care of yourself. You have what's- her- face taking care of you!" Soul walked up to Maka and faked a laugh.

"She told me she wanted to stay here. It isn't up to you sometimes Maka. You can't control everything! I have some control over her to." Maka rolled her eyes and folded her arms.

"Maka… CHOP!" she pulled out a book and hit Soul over the head. Soul lay on the ground covering his now sore head.

"Seriously? Your still gonna hit me?"

"I don't trust you with Jamie. That's what concerns me the most. Her hair! What happened to that?" Soul stood up and stayed silent. He couldn't tell her, 'oh I told her to stay outside my dressing room and she wandered off to the top story of a building and fell into a trash truck.' Maka would probably leave the second she heard that come from his mouth.

"What happened to her hair?"

"She… uh- it was an accident! We… have some sort of mishap and something got stuck in her hair. What happened is my concern okay?" Soul walked out of the kitchen and slammed the front door closed after him. Maka looked at the door way and saw Jamie's foot around the corner.

"Jamie… what happened?" She slowly appeared from around the wall and put her hands behind her back.

"We were making something and I knocked the blender over. It was my fault not his…"Maka sighed and ran her fingers through her hair. Jamie walked back out of the kitchen and walked up to the front door. She placed her hands flat on the door and put her ear against it.

"Soul…"

"What Jamie? Can't you see I'm busy?" he answered with a muffled voice through the door.

"Come back inside? Please?"

"No. you know what, I know why I left her now, okay? And this is exactly why." Soul crossed his arms and leaned against the outside wall. Jamie sat down in front of the door cross legged.

"I told her what happened to my hair…" Soul perked up.

"What? Jamie!"

"I didn't tell her what actually happened." She whispered that last part through the crack in the door. Soul opened the door slightly and looked through and down at Jaime.

"You… lied? To your mother?" she nodded and stepped back so he can get back inside.

"I don't want you guys to fight… it scares me." Soul picked her up and hugged her.

"I'm sorry Jamie. But your moms right. I can't just marry her within three days. I can't do anything." He set her down and kneeled in front of her.

"You can try. Nobody said that wasn't possible." Soul looked back into the kitchen then back at her.

"Go to bed okay? I'm gonna go talk to her."

"Buts its still morning. I just woke up!" He pointed to his room.

"Go." She growled and Soul snatched his hand back before she did anything. Jamie stomped her way up the stairs and slammed the door closed behind her. Soul stuck his hands in his pockets and leaned on the kitchen doorway.

"Maka… I'm not the same person I was back in high school- middle school- whenever that was. But I know for a fact that you're doing the wrong thing here." He folded his arms and placed his head on the door frame. Maka sat down at the table and sighed.

"I-I can't just leave her here Soul. We have to get back. We have friends- family in Boston that we can't leave behind." Soul bounced off the wall and sat down across from Maka.

"What if-… no that won't work."

"I have three days left here and I'm not going to spend then saying no to your proposals." Maka stood up quickly and walked away. Soul groaned and slammed his head down on the table. Kids made everything worse than they needed to be.

Jamie looked around Souls bedroom for something to do. She walked up to his dresser and looked at the pictures in the frames. One of them was Soul when he was still in high school with some blue haired kid and a weird emo looking one with 3 white stripes in his hair. Jamie shook her head and picked up the next one. That one she knew the people for sure. Soul stood on a statues pedestal with a stupid grin on his face and standing on the ground watching him was her mother. Maka had her books in her hands and was laughing at Soul being, well… Soul.

"Idiot…" Jamie sat down on the bed with the picture in her hand.

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Maka sat on the couch in the living room with her knees up to her chest. She leaned her head back on the back of the couch and closed her eyes. Soul slowly stood up from the table and walked into the room. He smirked and hopped over the back of the couch and landed next to Maka. She looked at him and put her legs down on the floor.

"What?"

"Nothing. I can't sit with you? It's my couch." He put his arm over the back behind Maka.

"Right."

"Hey… you remember back in 9th grade, I asked you out?" Maka smiled and rolled her eyes.

"Yea, you like- shooed my friends away just so you ask me."

"You said no." Soul said moving his head back. Maka giggled.

And then you tried again a couple days later."

"That time you said yes. What was with the sudden change in mind?" Soul looked at Maka curiously.

"Well… I don't know. I mean all my other friends kept urging me to say yes. And they kinda threatened me. They said they would personally drag me over to you and tell you that I liked you." Maka placed her hands in her lap and stared at them. Soul chuckled and brought his hand back from the couch.

"You actually liked me… even though I made fun of you?" Maka sighed.

"I wasn't proud of myself for that okay? I don't know what got to me or how you got to me but…" She shrugged and looked at Soul.

He smirked, "Yea… I don't know either. I think it was the fact… that I had some sort of… reputation." Maka started laughing at that.

"What 'reputation'?"

"I slept- you know, why do you always turned my words against me and change them?" He turned his body towards her.

"What are you talking about? I havent turned anything you said around." Soul sighed and opened his mouth to say something and closed it. Maka smiled. Soul put his hand on Maka's cheek and leaned in to kiss her. As he closed the gap, he dropped his hand back on his lap. Maka pulled back and bit her lip. Soul leaned back on the couch and furred his eyebrows.

"Uh… that was- I'm-I'm just gonna go over there. In the… kitchen before I do something else stupid." Soul got up and pointed at the kitchen. Maka nodded her head.

"Yeah. You-you should." She let her hair fall in her face as she fumbled with her hands in her lap. Soul walked into the kitchen and banged his head against the wall.