Hey people! I really hope you like this chapter, I worked hecka hard on it! Enjoy!
-Alli
I kept on running. That's all I was doing, just running away from it all. I thought back to the look on Soul's face, the look on Josh's face. Hell the look on everyone's face. They probably thought I was ridiculous, not kissing anybody AND pretending to have a fake boyfriend. God I thought I was ridiculous.
I have no idea where I am right now and it's getting colder. I left my bag on the table at the club and have no jacket or anything to keep me warm. My best bet right now is to hitch a ride from a stranger. I know it's dangerous, but it's probably safer then me wondering the streets of a place I don't know in the middle of the night. I see a car coming in the distance and I hold my hand out waiting for them to stop. The neon purple convertible pulls of to the side of the road and waves for me to come closer.
The driver's door opens and a busty purple headed lady steps out and I let out a sigh of relief when I see that it's a women. "Hey honey, what are you doing out here looking like that? It's not that safe you know." The lady tells me and I nod. "I, I know but I'm lost and I really need to get back home o you think you could give me a ride?" I ask and the lady looks at me for a second then nods her head to the passenger's door.
"Thank you so much! You have no idea how much this means to me, like really I owe you big time." I buckle my seat-belt and look to the stranger who sticks out her hand. "It's not a problem, really. I'm Blair." I take her hand and smile. "Maka." She smiles back. "So Maka, where do you live?" Blair asks. "Oh right, Death Valley Apartments." She gives me a look. "What?" I raise an eyebrow. Blair giggles. "Nothing, it's just you look very familiar, like you look like someone I know." she taps her chin making a right turn.
"I doubt it, you don't look that familiar to me." I say with a shrug. "SPIRIT! That's where I know you! You're Maka Albarn aren't you?" she smiles brightly at me and I flinch. "How do you know my papa?" I ask. "We're getting married this fall!" I choke on my spit. "Wh-what!?" "He told me he had a daughter but he usually calls her his angel." I roll my eyes. "He never told me he was getting married." I grumble. "Well this is just such a pleasant coincidence! Who would've thought I your future step mom picked you up tonight! Oh this is just another sign that me and your papa were meant to be." She sigh's happily. "How old are you?" I ask and she looks at me. "24, why?" "My papa's 39." she laughs at this. "Oh I know that silly! He's just such a charming man I had to have him." She looks back to the road and I think I might puke.
The rest of the way is silent while I'm planning on what to tell my papa and how i'm ever going to face my friends again. 'We're here!" Blair shocks me out of my thoughts. "Thanks a lot Blair. It was nice meeting you, I'm sure I'll see you again." I say opening the door and stepping out. "Oh please call me mom, I mean I am going to be your new step mom in a few months." She smiles and shake my head. "No, I am not calling you mom. Night Blair." I close the door with a little more force then intended to but I really don't give a damn.
Once I get up the stairs and unlock my door I throw myself to the couch not bothering to lock the door back up. I just lay there thinking about everything. Thinking about Papa, thinking about Mama in Italy getting married. I think about Liz and Kid and Patty and Crona. I even think about Black*Star and Tsubaki. Everyone is happy, everyone has a someone. Except me. I hate to be the jealous type I really do, but I can't help it. Sure guys come and up and ask me out all the time, I could have a boyfriend or even my first kiss anytime I wanted, but the thing is I'm not that kind of girl.
I hate those kinds of girls, so why would I be one. Then I think of Soul. I don't no why he popped up into my head but he did and he won't go away. The look on his face tonight was, I don't know surprised and sad I think. He looked happy that I didn't have a boyfriend, but sad when he found out I lied to him. I think about all the time's when we were kids, to see if he ever gave me any hints of liking me. I guess he did show a few signs, like looking at me a lot, but that was probably because I looked stupid or something. Then there was that time he actually walked me home after my favorite book got ruined. Okay so maybe he did have a small crush on me but he doesn't like me now. He just needed to get that off his chest, hopefully.
I thought about that picture that's still in my bag, we had a lot of fun that day. Even thought he shoved my head into the cherry pie and I threw a turkey leg at his face. At the end of the day I couldn't be happier. I got my book back, and I even saw a side of Soul that I really liked. I feel my eye lids get heavy and start to close. I shake off the funny feeling my heart made and relax into the couch.
I woke up in my bed with a giant shirt on. I think back to the night before. "I swear I fell asleep on the couch and in my clothes." I say to myself and get out of bed. I open up my bedroom door and the smell of bacon fill's my nose. "What the hell?" I walk down the hall and scream when I enter the kitchen. "SOUL! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING IN MY HOUSE! AND SHIRTLESS FOR THAT MATTER!?" I scream and I cover my eyes. "God, Maka don't scare me like that, and uncover your eye's you're not a child." He laughs and I growl.
"How the hell did you get in here?" I ask. "You should lock your door at nigh. Never know when someone's going to just walk in." He chuckles and munches on a piece of nicely cooked bacon. I roll my eyes. "Wait, is this your shirt?!" I yank on the clothing. "Yup and I really like what you look like in my clothes." I blush. "You changed me, that means.." I trail off. "MAKA CHOP!" I slam my book in his head. "OW! WHAT THE HELL WOMEN!" Soul yells holding his head, glaring at me. "I just wanted to check on you. You looked really uncomfortable so I moved you to your bedroom and changed you. I closed my eyes if that helps." "Whatever, where is everybody else?" I ask. "They all stayed at the club a little longer and stayed the night at Kid's. Josh brought home a lady friend last night. So I slept on your couch." He shrugs. "Ugh all guys are the same, even my my best friend." I fall into the chair next to me and hold my head.
"Guess what I found?" Soul looks at me and I raise my head to look at him. "I tried to call you, but you left your phone in your bag." He pulls out the photo that I stuffed in there. My eyes widen. "It's not what it looks like!" I say quickly. "It's okay I really like this picture of us actually." He looks at it and smiles. "Why did you go into my bag?" I stand up. "I had to see if you had your phone and it fell out." He looks at me and I sigh. "Whatever I just found it and stuffed it in there. It's not like I like it or anything." I cross my arms and he chuckles. "I remember this day. I threw a turkey leg at me." "Yeah well you shoved a pie in my face." I say and look at him. "Yeah well you thought I wouldn't do it. You clearly challenged me." he smirks. "I did not! and just shut up you dick." I roll my eyes. "I remember this." I look at him with confusion. "What?" "This quote I wrote for you. Your mom loved it." he chuckles. "You- you wrote th-that!?" I stutter. He nods. "Yeah, it just came to me and I told you, you blushed like 40 different shades. I always thought you looked cute when you blushed." He tells me.
I blush and curse myself for it. "Shut u-up, why did you write it for me anyway?" I ask. "I thought I already made that very clear." He says with all seriousness. I gulp. "Right, we-well Thanks." I say and sit back down. "Listen Maka, I like you and I'm willing to wait for you but I need to know, why haven't you kissed anyone?" I snap my head up to meet his. "A little forward aren't we?" "Yeah well I'm sick of beating around the bush." "I-I don't know really," I give up and tell him. "I guess I'm just afraid, you know. That, that time in the park was the closest thing to a kiss I've ever had. I promised myself that night, I wouldn't let anybody in. I promised that I wouldn't get fooled like I did that day." I look at him fighting back tears.
"But I wasn't tricking you! I meant it. I wanted to kiss you." He tells me and I laugh a little. "Soul, you were a 15 year old boy with hormones; you didn't know what you were doing." I sigh. "NO! I was a 15 year old boy standing alone in a forest with the girl I had a crush on for 7 years." I say and I look at him with wide eyes. "Please Soul, no one ever liked me, and if they did they never showed it." I cross my arms. "They never told you because of me." He admits. "I scared them all away. I told them that if any of them come near you or hurt you, they would have to go through me." "You said WHAT!" I yell at him and watch him flinch. "Maka you have no idea how much you meant to me, I wasn't going to sit around and watch you get your heart broken!" He yells back. "Yeah well news flash buddy, YOU broke my heart. Because of you, I thought that boys hated me, that I was unkissable for almost my whole life!" I say.
He just looks at me. "You're beautiful Maka, you always were." He tells me and something in my stomach flutters but I ignore it. "Well, Thanks Soul but it's a little late for that." "Maka, can, can we be friends. I want to be close to you I want you to learn to trust me and that won't work if I keep on forcing you to go out with me." I look at him. "You won't try to go out with me." I ask. "No." "Fine, we'll give it a shot, but ONLY friends." We shake hands and he smiles at me.
For some reason, I have a feeling that this is going to be much more difficult then it sounds.
Okay guys, I fixed this chapter because it had a lot of mistakes in it. It should be better now. :)