Maka was dreaming of something warm and happy but something strong over came it and she woke up, her body shot up and she nudge Soul. "Soul! There's a witch near by!"
"Witch?" Soul said and groggily rubbed his eyes. "Your mom's here, you're dads here. They'll kill her."
"No, as in I think I feel her in the living room." To Soul that was a different matter and he walked over to the door, unlocked it and ripped into the living room to see a clothed figure and Crona behind her.
Crona looked over and waved weakly. Soul waved back and nudge for Maka to come over. Maka looked out and saw Crona and rushed to her hugging her tightly. "It's so good to see you Crona!"
"Hi Maka, um, you're kind of constricting me." Crona said and Maka let go apologizing slightly.
"So is it alright if she stays the night with you two? I don't trust Free around her." The voice behind the cloth said. "No tricks, I just need a baby sitter."
'Medusa?' Soul thought quickly. It felt like instinct to turn his arm but he restrained it. 'Maka's too close… She might get injured. Dammit.'
"I guess." Death Scythe said, "if it's alright with Maka."
"We're going to have an awesome sleep over, we can read poems and drink tea." Maka said happily.
Crona smiled at her, "that'd be lovely, Maka."
"You girls never do anything good!" Ragnarok said popping out of her back. "You both are always so boring with the touchy feely shit! That and neither of you are barely worth staring at. Hell Crona looks like a boy!" the weapon said pulling on her nose.
"Ragnarok, stop it! You're going to break it again." Crona said trying to pull his hand off her. "I said stop!" Ragnarok pulled his hand off and started using Crona's head for a bongo drum. "Medusa-sama, could you please do something?"
Medusa raised her hand and touched the weapon and he disappeared inside. "He won't be able to come out until I release him. Have a pleasant time here Crona. I must be off." Medusa looked to Death Scythe and to Li. She nodded her head and walked out the door shutting it gently behind her.
"Any observations?" Death Scythe asked quickly.
"None." Kami said quickly. "For once, a witch was being honest."
"Medusa-sama was honest the entire time she was here because Stein-Sensai promised to give her what she wanted." Crona said weakly. Death Scythe sat down at the far end of the couch away from Kami and looked at her. "I don't know what she's getting."
"Did she say anything about it? We just fear Stein might be in danger." Death Scythe said quietly. "Anything out of the ordinary?"
"She… she was humming a nice song on the way here, and she told Eruka-sama that… it was something about 'I know I can prove him wrong.'" Crona said and then stopped, "she did say something about finishing what started in her dance with Stein, whatever that means."
"Luckily, Stein can handle himself especially if Maire's…" Death Scythe stopped as Marie entered the room and ran in and clung on to Death Scythe crying. "What's wrong?"
"It's Stein, something wrong with him. It's like he isn't human anymore. And within the last hour he's gone through three packs of cigarettes!" She cried. "He's scaring me. He doesn't take his eyes off the computer screen at all; he didn't even realize I was there."
"Dammit…" Death Scythe said quickly. He patted Marie's head and turned to Kami. Kami was ignoring the current scene already upset about watching a witch's child. "You can stay here tonight Marie. It is for the best."
There was a knock at the door and Wes walked in with Blair on his head sleeping quietly. "Are we interrupting?"
"Talk about not seeing you all day." Soul muttered. "Get lost at the club or something?"
"Actually we went for a nature hike, Blair knows all the ways out of the city." Wes said and rubbed the cats head lightly. Blair purred and stretched but didn't wake up.
"Maka-chan, is your apartment always this crowded?" Kami asked looking at everyone.
"No, usually it's pretty empty, Mama." Maka said. "Alright, we need sleeping arrangements. So, Soul and Wes are sleeping in Soul's room. Crona and I can fit in my room, and Mama, Papa and Marie-Sensai can arrange themselves in the living room."
"Actually, I was going to go home soon, if that's alright with you, Maka." Death Scythe said sitting Marie down on the couch. "Plus, Marie and Mama 'll be here to protect you if need it."
"Spirit, can I talk with you in the hall?" Kami said standing up.
"Sure." Death Scythe walked over and hugged Maka and nodded to Soul. "I'll check in first thing in the morning, alright?"
Maka nodded and watched her parents disappear into the hallway the door shut behind them. Maka leaned in over to Crona, "we should grab Marie-sensai and do hair and nails."
Crona nodded and the girls quickly pounced on her. "Come on Maire-Sensai, we'll get you smiling soon."
"Crona and I have all sort of fun things to do like hair and nails." Maka said as she and Crona each grabbed a hand and pulled her into Maka's room as Soul stepped aside and watched them. Maka let go and stepped outside her room. "Well, good night I guess."
"Night." Soul said and draped a hand against she cheek. Maka smiled and left inside her room closing the door.
"Cute, little brother." Wes said and walked over to the couch and carefully sat down, back still straight so the cat wouldn't fall off. "I never imagine you'd be the one to find a girlfriend at such a young age."
"I can't believe you'd fall for a cat." Soul replied quickly.
"We're just friends. It's someone close to my own age to hang out with. It's rare, most people that come see my performance are forty plus." Wes said and looked at his little brother. "It must be nice, sleeping in the same bed each night. I haven't done it in over a year."
"So…" Soul walked over and sat down next to him. "When do you go home?"
"Whenever, mother's on this kick to get me married. I might take my time, I'm almost positive I'm not ready to settle down." Wes looked up at Blair and smiled. "You know, I think I might get a cat however."
"I'm sure you're already aware cats don't talk normally, right Wes?"
"Right Soul." Wes said and they had one of those brother moments were they burst out laughing uncontrollably over something that wasn't even funny. Blair slid off of Wes head and crashed onto his lap and woke up. "Sorry, Blair-chan."
She groaned. "No, it's alright. Blair-chan needed to wake up anyway. Hey scythe boy." She said walking over and cuddling up to Soul. "What was Soul-kun doing with Maka-chan that Maka-chan's scent is that strong on Soul-kun?"
"Oh… She fell asleep on me."
Blair sniffed again. "That's cute." She said still tired.
"Blair, if you want you can just go crawl in my bed like you normally do. Wes and I are probably going to come in sooner or later." Soul said patting her on the head. Blair nodded and groggily walked over to Soul's room turning back to her human form and slid into the bed.
Suddenly there was a burst of screams and laughter from Maka's room. "Girl's are always so noisy."
"Maka's quite actually. But, she's never had a sleepover." Soul said and stood up. "I'm going to go turn in."
Wes undid his tie as he stood up and yawned. "I'm coming." He said right before several large thumps and more riotous laughter. "Not sure if we're going to get any sleep though."
