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Soul's PoV:
After we got done practicing, Maka went home to eat and do homework. I almost begged her to eat with us but she said she must get home. So it's just the rest of us going out to eat. Oh well, I guess. I sighed and Tsubaki looked at me. "You okay?" She asked.
"Yeah." I let out my breath. "I just kinda wish that Maka came, Ya know..." She nodded in agreement.
"I often find myself wondering why she is always rushing home." Tsubaki looked at her menu. "Or today, Why she didn't leave school till almost four." Now Tsubaki sighed. "I wonder what she hides..."
"Huh?" I set down my menu. I looked at her.
"Well, everyone hides something you know. And Maka seems to be the type to hid a lot." She didn't mean it to be mean. It's just Tsubaki being Tsubaki; observant and concerned.
"Yeah." I looked back at my menu. "I guess she is." What could she possible be hiding?
"What can I get you guys?" The waiter came up.
Everyone else order while I still looked. "And for you sir?" He asked me.
"Umm, I'll just take a stake. And for my side a umm, ah a baked potato." I said and closed the menu.
"Sooooo," Liz was the first to break the silence that happened after the waiter left. "What are we wearing tonight?"
She placed her elbows on the table and sat her head on her hands. "Hmm lets go blue!" Blackstar said thoughtfully.
"And black!" Kid stated.
"And white!" Patty giggled.
"Okay, blue black and white. That's perfect!" Liz agreed. She smiled. "Well hmmm, I'll wear a blue tank, a white jacket and knee-high socks, and a black skirt and shoes. Blackstar, you wear a blue jacket, white pants, a black shirt, and blue shoes. Soul, you wear a white jacket, a black shirt, blue pants, and white shoes. Kid, you wear umm, a white jacket, a blue shirt, umm, white no wait, black pants and black shoes." She took a breath and then looked at Tsubaki. "You wear a black tank and knee-highs, white skirt, bluejacket and shoes. Maka will wear a plaid blue skirt, a black tank with a white jacket, white shoes and blue knee-highs."
"Whaa bout me?" Patty asked kicking her feet like a little kid. I know because she was kicking me.
"You will wear a blue tank, black and white skirt, a white jacket, blue shoes and black knee-highs." Liz told the seventeen year old.
"Okay cool." I said as the food came. We all at talking about random stuff.
A little after we were all done, I checked the time. "Uh guys, we gotta go." I said.
Everyone looked at me. "What time is it?" Kid asked.
"It's about seven." I said looking at my phone again. "The show starts at eight and we have to meet up with Maka still."
Everyone got up and left. I put some cash on the table.
Maka's PoV:
I paced back and forth in the practice room. We were supposed to meet at 6:45. Where are they? I took out my phone and hit speed dial number two. "Hey sorry. We are almost there." Soul answered.
"Okay. Good because I was starting worry." I answered. I'm not sure why I have him on my speed dial, but it comes in handy.
"Sorry" He said again. "Liz has our outfits picked out already." He said after a pause.
I stopped in my tracks. What are they going to put me in? Will it show my bruises? "Wh-what are they." I asked trying to stop my voice from shaking.
"Don't worry. You'll see." He laughed into the phone.
I heard the door open, then Liz entered. I hung up the phone. "There you guys are!" I walked up to them.
"Yeah. Here we are." Liz said.
"We have to go right now though." Kid said and grabbed my hand pulling me out the door.
"Oh okay." I got my hand free and went to walk by Tsubaki.
"Hey!"Tsubaki greeted me.
"Hey. So where do we go now?" I asked smiling at her.
"Well we have to go to Death Stadium where we are performing and get dressed." She smiled and glanced over at Blackstar.
I smiled to myself. She likes him...I wonder how long she has. "Hey Tsubaki?" I asked her.
"Hmm?" She looked back at me. "What is it Maka?"
"How long have you liked Blackstar?" I made sure no one around could hear us talking.
"What!" Tsubaki cried. Blackstar looked over at her. She waved him off. "What do you mean?" She asked in a quieted voice. I gave her a look and she dropped her head. "Is it really that obvious?"
I shook my head at her. "Well kinda. You're eyes always find their way to him. And you get this look in your eyes..." I trailed off. She sighed. "But most wouldn't notice that. I guess you're not the only observant one."
She smiled at something she was thinking. "You know..." I looked at her. "Your right I am observant and from my observations I have come to a conclusion." She smiled wider.
"Which is?" I asked her as we came to the back entrance of the stadium.
"Hey Maka, Tsubaki! Hurry up!" Kid called.
"Coming!" Tsubaki ran away.
"Hey wait for me!" I called after her. I ran inside and followed the group to the dressing rooms.
There was only one door down the hallway we went into. They opened the door. There were four mirrors and make up set out.
About five couches were littered around the room but all facing a huge TV screen.
Two different paths led to the dressing area in the back, I assume.
"Okay no time to mess around, boys go get changed!" Liz pointed to the hallway across the room. "You all know what you are wearing."
The boys did as she told and walked away to get dressed.
"Now lets get dressed as well." She said. "We will do makeup and hair after."
I followed Liz down the front hall and into the changing rooms.
"What are we wearing?" I asked as we gathered around a rack with some different outfits. Liz was passing a black and white skirt to Patty.
She took a skirt and tank off the rack and handed it to me. "This. Go change."
I grabbed them and hurried behind one of the curtains. I changed into them, but didn't come out. My bruises were showing.
"Here Maka!" A jacket was flung over the top. "I found it."
"Thanks!" I sighed in relief. I slid it on my arms wincing as I hit my bruise.
I gathered up my clothes and walked out. Everyone else was wearing their outfits and pulling on knee-highs socks. Tsubaki gasped when she saw me.
"Maka! What happened to your legs?" I looked down. Shit! I forgot.
"Oh, umm. I uh." I couldn't think of anything to say.
"When did this happen?" Liz asked me. "You didn't have this the last time we saw you." She got up and looked at my legs.
"Well umm." I started.
"What did you fall?" Liz asked. "Wait no, this marks don't suggest falling..."
"Did it happen at school?" Patty asked tilting her head.
"Huh? Oh my gosh. Patty's right. This must have." Tsubaki came to the right conclusion.
"I umm," I sighed. "Well, at school..." I trailed off and looked away from them.
"Maka are you bullied?" Tsubaki came to stand in front of me as Liz stood up.
I sighed again. "Yes." I looked at them. Are they going to kick me out now? Or laugh at me and tell me I deserve But wait aren't they too nice? I don't know.
Tsubaki unexpectedly hugged me. "Oh, Maka you should have told us!" It sounded like she was holding back tears. "You can trust us you know."
"Yeah. You shouldn't keep that to yourself." Liz said. "You need to get help."
"Or switch schools... We can beat em up for ya!" Patty jumped up excitedly.
"Well right now we need to keep getting ready." I said as Tsubaki let go of me. Should I tell them about Papa? No, lets wait. I still don't know how they will react. Can I truly trust them?
"Right yeah." Liz said. "Here you are." She handed me a pair of blue knee-highs.
"Thanks." I sat down and put them on. Then white converse.
Soul's PoV:
We got ready in the back room. "Hey Soul!" Blackstar called me.
"What do you want?" I pulled on my shirt.
"Well, how hot do you think the girls will look in their outfits?" He asked me as he hung his jacket over his shoulders.
"Hmm, well don't you mean Tsubaki?" I teased him about his year long crush.
"What pshhh, no." He walked away from me and grabbed his high tops. "Why would I mean Tsubaki?"
"Because you are in love with her." Kid said simply. "Don't even try to deny it. We all know."
"Wait all?" Blackstar jumped up.
"Well not Tsubaki. That is the most oblivious observant girl out there." I said pulling on my shoes.
Blackstar sighed in relief. I laughed and pulled on my jacket.
"Well I'm gonna watch some TV." I walked out of the back room and into the main one.
I sat down on one of the many couches and turned on the TV. I flipped threw some channels and settled for Wipeout.
I heard the girl's voices coming closer. "Oh wow that was fast." Liz said as she made her way to the makeup tables.
"Eh, It's pretty easy to get dressed." I said and looked at Maka.
She looked stunning. For the first time I noticed that we matched.
"Hey look." Maka sat next to me. "We match." I smiled back.
"I guess we do." I laughed. "What's with this Liz?" I went back through what she said everyone was wearing and realized Liz made her and Kid match along with Tsubaki and Blackstar. "Everyone is matching in couples. Well expect for Patty."
"What ever do you mean?" She said innocently. "Maka get over here we need to do hair and makeup."
"Why?" Maka asked. "I don't like doing my hair besides in pigtails and I don't like wearing makeup." She argued.
"Well we need to do your hair because right now it is just boring. And we are all wearing at least eye shadow." Liz came over and grabbed Maka's hand. "Let's go."
"Fine." Maka got up and went over to where Tsubaki and Patty were putting on theirs.
I went back to watching TV. After a while Blackstar and Kid came out. "You guys are slow." Liz said looking up from Maka's hair. It was now partly wavy and partly curly.
"Sorry, we took our time. We don't need to rush." Kid shrugged.
"Well guys should be faster, they don't have to do as much." Patty argued with him.
"There done!" Liz put down the brush and smiled. "What do you think?"
Maka had on light pink plush and black eye shadow. "Wow. You look amazing Maka." I said making her blush.
"Thanks. You look pretty good yourself." She came and sat down next to me again.
The door to the dressing room opened. "You guys have five minutes." Stein appeared from behind the door. "Oh so this is the new girl?" He looked at Maka.
"Hello. You must be Stein. It's nice to meet you." She got up and shook his hand.
"What a nice girl." Stein commented. "Anyways guys, you know what you are playing?"
"Yeah." Liz had finished herself and walked over to him. "We all got to pick out a song. Well Maka picked a cover too."
"Good. Let's go." Stein walked out the door and we followed.
We walked to the stage where the opening band was finishing there song.
When it ended the lights went out and the stage people started rearranging instruments.
We all walked out on the stage and took our places. "And now." The announcer voice came throw the speakers. "THE SOUL PROTECTORS!" The crowded boomed as the curtain came up. I looked over at Maka and smiled.
"Have we got a treat for you guys."
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