So here is a chapter that took close to four weeks to finish! For some reason the chapters I take the longest on are the shortest, BUT! I am planning an extra long finale that will be close to 17 pages! No lies! Yep. So stay tuned for that update which will be around a year from now.

Okay I'm kidding there, but not about the extra long finale part.

Just so you know, next chapter is NOT the finale. 27? I would never end this story on such an asymmetrical chapter number!

Well, here is chapter 26,

~8*Oh, Baby!*8~

(Don't laugh, I couldn't come up with anything better...)

This wouldn't be an easy confession. A new soul was being brought into the group, and the little boy, or girl, would most certainly have an impact on everyone in some way, which is exactly why everyone had to know, which is exactly why Kid invited the rest of his friends over, which is exactly why they were all sitting in the living room right now, waiting for the big news, except for Ed, of course, he was too busy kicking his brother's ass for dumping his girlfriend because he knocked her up.

And that all is why Liz was freaking out, not wanting everyone to know that she was going to have a baby that had no father, but at the same time admitting to herself that they were going to find out at some point, so why not just get the news over with?

Soul was more focused on Maka than anything else that was going on, he just had to find out something to say to her, but he couldn't. He didn't want to sound like a jerk, but he also wanted her to apologize and swear not to do it again. He also wanted honesty, he wanted her to straight up tell him whether or not she still wanted him. He wanted a lot of things actually, and if he just stayed silent the entire day, he wouldn't get anything that he wanted.

"If you really don't want to do this, we can tell them another time, it's okay if you're uncomfortable." Kid said softly to her with a warm and loving hand upon her back, trying to be sincere and realizing within his mind that maybe this wasn't such a good idea.

"No, they're going to find out one way or another. I have to get this over with." She took a deep breath and prepared to speak a little louder.

"I'm pregnant." Kid patted her back as everyone else's mouth dropped to the floor. Patty was ecstatic, Maka was shocked, Crona was confused, Black*Star acted like he could care less when really he was shocked too, Soul was fascinated, but again kept his cool guy demeanor and didn't let it show too much, and Tsubaki was very joyful about it, thinking about whether the baby would be a weapon or not.

"I'm gonna be a big sister!" Patty squealed, a bunny face on as she scrunched up into a ball of fluffy happiness.

"No, Patty, you're going to be an aunt." Kid corrected the happy girl, whom was barely affected by his correction.

"Where the hell is Brad? Shouldn't he be here for the announcement? The baby is his, isn't it?" Soul asked, almost as confused as Crona, whom was currently having the miracle of pregnancy explained to him by Patty, whom wasn't helping his perplexed state whatsoever.

"Brad left me. He said it's either him or the baby, and I couldn't stand the thought of giving up my own flesh and blood for a man who doesn't even want to admit that he's going to be a father whether he's there for it or not. I never knew he'd be so shallow about this, I can't believe I actually loved that bastard…" Liz broke down yet again, and Kid gave her another hug, which was starting to make Siren a little jealous.

"He's a scumbag, Liz. Everyone in this room will agree with you. Even his own brother is furious with him. Neither you nor your baby deserves to be around him nor have anything to do with him. You have a family, we are your family, and we're going to take care of you guys."

"Thank you so much, Kid, I don't know what I'd ever do without you…" She held him closer before covering her mouth with her hand and standing up almost urgently, feeling a little dizzy from the sudden movement she made, and very nauseous as well. Before even saying anything to anyone, she bolted off towards the stairs, and Patty began laughing manically.

"It's just like in the Sims!" She shouted, barely affecting Crona whom was sitting next to her, still totally confused about everything she just explained to him.

"… I still don't understand what the zombie fish have to do with how a baby is made."

Kid stood up and looked around at his friends, trying to figure out a way to get all of them out of here without being rude. Liz surely didn't need anyone asking her questions about Brad or whether or not she'll keep the baby, it would be best if their curiosity was kept to themselves.

"Well, since you all now know of the important news that I told you to come here for…"

"LET'S HAVE A PARTY!" Patty shouted as she got up from her seat and ran upstairs. For a good couple seconds, everyone just sat there and stared at the staircase, trying to figure out why on earth she'd initiate a party and then leave abruptly. This, unfortunately, was called Patty Logic, and it was something nobody, not even her sister or Crona, understood.

"…As I was saying…"

"I GOT THE MUSIC!" Patty shouted as she came back downstairs with a gigantic boom-box that looked like it came straight from the eighties.

"Patty! Where the hell did you get that?!" Kid tightened his fists and bit his lip to try and avoid exploding like a volcano at her interrupting and ignorant nature.

"Oh! This guy at Death-Mart sold it to me for five dollars the other day!" Patty responded as she laid it on the coffee table with a loud "BANG" and made everyone around her jump in surprise.

"Five dollars? There's no way in hell that thing is gonna…" Soul's sentence was halted by the loudest, most obnoxious noise in the universe, and for once it wasn't coming from Black*Star.

Everyone quickly covered their ears as a haunting tune of what sounded like a cat screeching into a microphone on an SNL performance stage rang throughout the room at the loudest volume mechanically possible.

"TURN IT OFF, PATTY!"

"It's too loud, I don't know how to deal with loud noises!"

"That freaking thing is busting my eardrums! I can't be an amazing assassin if I'm deaf!"

"This is so not cool, Patty!"

As everyone berated the girl for her horrifying noise machine from the eighties, Patty was trying her best to get it to turn off. She tried every little thing, she hit it, she pushed every button, she turned the volume off, she put the volume on high, she hit it some more, but nothing seemed to work, so she picked it up over her head and lunged it out the window with a very loud "CRASH!"

"PATTY!" The words Kid said next were not exactly friendly for all ages, and the childish weapon knew she had finally pushed his last button.

After his one hundred thousand vulgar word fest, Kid had calmed down enough to just stand there and stare at her, his teeth tearing apart his bottom lip as he tried not to simply murder her.

"Um… I can fix it." Patty said innocently as she looked down at the mess and then rolled her eyes slightly towards Kid.

"Go away." He pointed to the door and turned away from her, his index finger intently insisting that she leave his sight before she became the local mortician's latest client.

Crona quickly got up from his seat and walked over to her, placing a hand on hers as he whispered in her ear.

"I-I-I th-think he's s-serious, Patty. L-Let's give him some t-time to c-calm down…" He was equally as scared as everyone else in the room, so all of them decided in silent agreement that leaving would be the absolute best way to ensure everyone's lives would remain unharmed.

Siren, on the other hand, wanted nothing more than to be closer to him, so she quickly ran over to him and held his hand, trying her best to calm him down.

"We could watch a movie and cuddle, would that calm you down a bit?"

"I need to go check on Liz and make sure she's alright." Kid left her without another word, breaking the little bond her hand had formed with his in one swift motion, which left Siren sad, and very jealous.

She tried to understand the fact that Liz was having a baby and that there was no father to care for it, but did Kid really have to simply ignore her from the moment he found out? Why couldn't he at the very least acknowledge the fact that Siren was trying to be sweet and kind to him? She was starting to rethink her decision in regards to the mission she had…

"Maybe mom was right… No one could ever truly love me…" Siren walked over to the couch and sat down, tears in her eyes as emotions of love and hate began rooting deep within her body.

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"Liz? Are you okay?" Kid knocked on the bathroom door, patiently awaiting an answer from the mom-to-be, which was odd for him to think of her as such. When she didn't answer, but instead gave out a sob, he decided to invite himself into the bathroom to see if she was okay.

She was sitting on the floor, propped up against the tub and holding her legs close to her chest. She didn't even acknowledge his presence, but instead continued to cry.

A frown made its way to his face. It was hard to see her like this, the girl who just a few days ago was building him up and telling him not to worry about anything, was now crying on the bathroom floor, her world slowly crashing down around her.

He came over to her and stood above her, placing a hand on her head as he slowly sunk down next to her and wrapped his arm around her shoulder, offering his chest for her to cry upon. He softly played with her hair as she turned over and cried into his neck, her tender sobs slightly vibrating against his skin. It felt good to be a support for her, to be like the big sibling she had always been for him.

"What's wrong, Liz? Aren't you happy? You're creating a new life!"

"Nothing seems to be going right, life is sh*t."

"Well don't say that. I know you made a mistake with Brad but…"

"Don't mention that bastard ever again, Kid." He could feel her tensing up underneath him and he knew he had touched a sensitive subject. But still, he wanted to help her, he wanted her to smile and see that things would be okay.

"Chiquitita, tell me what's wrong…" And so he began to sing in the form of a soft lullaby, the lyrics belonging to his favorite band which was, of course, ABBA, for their perfectly symmetrical name, and although his voice was soft and sincere, he couldn't help but smile from how ridiculous this seemed.

'Dear gosh, he's not really singing to me, is he?' Liz couldn't help but feel a smirk come onto her face as he actually continued.

"You're enchained by your own sorrow… In your eyes, there is no hope for tomorrow…"

'Stop please… I'm supposed to be crying here, I'm sad, my baby daddy left me, why is he trying to make me laugh?'

"How I hate to see you like this, there is no way you can deny it…"

'Maybe he just wants to see me smile. Men are so strange with how they comfort girls.'

"I can see, that you're oh so sad, so quiet…" He paused for a moment and just sat there, holding her as a smile invaded her sad features.

"Why'd you stop?"

"I can't remember the rest of the words all that well. Either way, I just want you to talk to me, tell me what's on your mind." Liz sighed as the smile faded away and she began to rant about how crappy her life was becoming.

"Kid, what the hell am I going to do with a baby? I can barely take care of Patty, can you imagine a baby?"

"You're going to be a wonderful mother, Liz. You're caring and gentle, you're considerate and kind, that's all a baby needs."

"But what kind of example am I setting for this kid? I grew up on the streets mugging people, I got knocked up by a man I only knew a few months, and then he left me like garbage! He doesn't even want to make me an honest woman, this baby is going to be without a father, Kid! I know what it's like to grow up without a father, there's no security, you feel horrible because one of your parents wanted nothing to do with you or your mother. I don't want my baby to know that his father wanted him dead!"

"No, you're wrong Liz."

"Kid, there is no way in hell that Brad is going to come back to me. He's a selfish asshole, he doesn't want a responsibility like this."

"I wasn't talking about Brad coming back, Liz." Kid placed his hand upon her stomach and moved himself slightly so he could look straight into her eyes.

"Then… what do you mean?"

"Your baby won't be without a father," He came extremely close to her face, their noses touching ever so slightly as he gently spoke to her, "because I will happily be one for it."

Daaaw! *Dies of cuteness overload*

Kay, so maybe singing Kid was slightly out of character, even though if you consider the fact that he did sing a character song with Liz and Patty, he's not really OOC at all.

Perhaps his song choice was a little off, but it made me smile while writing it, so I hope you smiled while reading it!

As for his whole favorite band thing, well it made sense to me. One day I was in the music section at Wal-Mart and I decided to shout "Holy crap! This ABBA CD cover is perfectly symmetrical!" And so began my love of Abba, which came years and years before my love of Soul Eater.

If you have no clue what I'm talking about, Google it.

Also, I do not own the song Chiquitita or Abba or Wal-Mart. Just felt like saying that since the other day I got a call from some weird investigation thing... Crap just as I'm writing this they called me again! Sigh, time to go back to Nevada...

It is also time to teach Mordecai that you cannot catch ladybugs through the glass of your tank. Mordecai is my lizard by the way.

So yep... I will, unfortunately, be ending this fic soon, but no worries! I have plenty of ideas for new adventures for all our favorite Soul Eater characters to go on, including one fic I have in mind about an apocalypse!

And then of course there's the one where every parodies classic 70's sitcoms.

Bye Bye for now!

-The Symmetricalist