… I have nothing to say honestly… I'm so sorry guys… I haven't been on enough. I mean… what's wrong with me?! I'VE BEEN GONE FROM THIS STORY FOR MORE THAN 3 MONTHS! ^^; Anyway can you guys forgive me? Heh, well, besides my rambling, how about you guys start reading?

DISCLAIMER: Me no own ze awesomeness called Soul Eater. :3

UPDATE (2/11/13): … WHY DID NO ONE POINT THIS OUT?! D: I fixed the little mistake! Thank you my anonymous friend, "Reviewer"! ^^

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S.E.P.O.V.

As the day went on, Maka and I finally (FINALLY) got away from Black Star and Tsubaki. They just left us at the coffee shop since Liz and Patty showed up. Well, actually, Tsubaki said something to the twins, not sure what, but they kept taking glances at Maka. …Sometimes I don't understand these girls.

I sighed. "So, what do you want to do now Maka?" I asked, leaning back on the chair.

She stopped sipping her hot chocolate - I can't believe she's drinking that in freaking October - and looked at me. She hummed a little bit to the song that was playing and then answered, "I don't know, you decide."

I rolled my eyes and leaned forward. "So, if I said for you to come to my place, you would?" I asked, my so-called "sexy" smirk in place.

"I will Maka Chop you if you annoy me, remember that." She said, closing her eyes and taking a sip of her cocoa.

I sweat dropped. Damn, this girl sure is different.

… She's not to bad to be around actually. I leaned back again and chuckled. "Okay, how about we go to the park?"

She lifted a perfectly trimmed eyebrow at me, silently asking "What the hell?." … or something like that.

I just smirked and got up, placing my empty cup of practically black coffee down, slinging my backpack over my shoulders.

She just went up to the register and asked for something as I waited by the door.

When she came over to me, she was carrying a small paper bag, and her hot chocolate in a to-go cup, putting on her over-the-shoulder bag on as well.

"Ready to go?"

She nodded.

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I nodded and walked passed him, going through the door, the bell ringing as I practically strut out. I glance behind me, seeing Soul walk calmly behind me, a few feet away. I slow down, noticing that I'm walking, or jogging, whichever one describes what I'm doing.

I slow down enough to let him walk only slightly behind me.

"Hey," I ask, "why do you want to go to the park anyways?"

"I know a… secret park to some extent," he said.

I could practically hear the smirk, but, what he said did intrigue me. I turned around, walking backwards now and asked, "And you know of this how?"

"I wasn't afraid to go in the woods when I was… I don't know 5 or something."

I giggled as he shoved his hands in his pockets and shrugged. "Okay, good to know," I say, a hint of laughter evident in my voice as I turned away.

If I didn't, I would've seen that he cracked a real smile.

"So, what's in the bag?"

I glanced at my hand, completely forgetting about it. "Oh, I just got up something to eat."

"You could've told me. I could've paid."

I turned around. "And why would I let you do that?" I asked, raising an eyebrow.

He closed his eyes and said, "Well… it's uncool to let a girl pay for something when a guys there."

I smiled a little bit, but that soon turned into a grin. THE playboy was BLUSHING in front of ME and because of something HE said to ME. … The fan club would've gone crazy for a pic of this. I giggled at the image of the girls have a major nose bleed just looking at it.

He opened his eyes, glaring at me. "What, so being polite is stupid?"

I laughed outright at that, turning back arond. "No, no, no! I was just thinking of how your fan club would react to a pic of you blushing."

He paused in his walking, face deathly white. And, I must say, that was quite a sight considering he's pretty tan. "Don't even JOKE about those chicks."

I laughed, head thrown back, turning back around.

And then, we just strolled in a comfortable silence.

"…Hey, Soul? When are we going to get – " I yelped as I was grabbed by my arm, and Soul ran inside a patch of woods. "SOUL!"

"Quiet!" he shushed. "Don't be too loud! Others will hear! I don't want to expose this spot!" he said, smiling goofily.

I ran with him, his smile contagious. And then, the sight before me was… "Soul… this… this is so beautiful!" I say in awe.

The grass in covered with leaves, all different shades, green, brown, red, deep purple, and, and, so many others. Then, the trees were all grown out here, and a willow curved above a lake, I couldn't believe my eyes. And, behind a patch of leaves, I saw the swing set, HUGE slide, and a… ancient sort of bench. With the whole scene, it just fit so perfectly.

"Soul…" I mumbled, turning around as I look around. "This… this place… is so amazing!" I say finally, breathless.

I stop twirling in the leaves, finally noticing how I'm acting. I blushed, I knew I was at LEAST tomato red by now, and stuttered, "Uh, s-sorry. I-I'm acting really stupid a-and sorry." I kept mumbling until I hear him laugh. I look up, seeing him come closer, shaking his head, still slightly laughing.

"No, it's fine. I like to just come here and… I don't know, stop acting like that. How I act at school. I don't even remember how I got that rep anymore. But, eh, I have this place. So, I'm guessing you don't like your nerdy booky-wormy self to much?" he asked, ending his little errant.

I blushed, but a few shades lighter this time. "W-Well… Yeah actually," I say, shuffling some of the leaves around, not looking up at his face.

"Hey, listen… if you don't tell anyone about this place, you can come here whenever you want."

I looked up, childish hope in my eyes, and obviously showing on my face. It was like I always wanted as a child, a secret hide-out with a friend.

… Is Soul 'Eater' Evans my friend?

He chuckled, and nodded.

… IS HE A MIND READER?!

"Oh, and that nod was for all three, you can always come here, I am your friend, and I am a mind reader," he said smirking, shoving his hands in his pockets.

I just stared there, looking like a 7 year old. I was standing in a pile of leaves, mouth agape, eyes wide. Oh, it was probably a sight to see the nerdy book worm look like this.

"So, you know what we should do now?" he asked, coming closer to me.

I backed up instinctively, looking at him wearily. "… What?"

"THIS!" He picked up a wad of leaves, throwing it in my face.

I scoffed, saying, "I REALLY suggest you to start running Eater!"

He was ahead of me, running and laughing, grabbing wads as he was.

And then, the Leaf Wars began .

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"OKAY! MAKA, I SURENDER!" I yell out, laughing still.

We had been running around playing 'Leaf Wars' – as Maka had deemed – and she was PRETTY fast! .. I knew those legs weren't just for show…

She stood up triumphantly. "HA! I am now the Queen of this little park!" she exclaimed, waving her hand to the imaginary people.

I decided to play along.

"Oh, of course your majesty," I said, getting up from my lying position, going on one knee, talking in some phony British accent like her. "You are the Queen of this dreary land!"

I looked up in time to see her put a hand over her dainty mouth, stiffiling her giggles. "Oh, why thank you, faithful knight! However, since you are the cause of this war," she said as I scoffed at that, "you are now degraded to my butler."

I laughed, stood up, and bowed low. "Of course your majesty!"

We just acted even more after that. I pushed her on the swings when she wanted to go higher. We kept sliding down the slide at the same time, it was so HUGE! You would have to climb exactly 20 steps to get to the top, and the steps were at least… 6 or 8 inches high. PLUS, it connected to a swirly slide, and a regular slide.

After we were done, we collapsed on the bench, and ate the GIGANTIC sugar cookies (seriously, they were as big as my head).

"Oh my god, that was the most fun I've had in such a long time!" Maka commented, gulping down her cookie and laughing.

I smiled, a genuine one at that, and said, "Same."

We sat on the bench in content silence after that, just listening to the munching from the cookies and the leaves rustling under our feet.

Then, her watch beeped.

I looked at her, her face paling. As she checked her watch, her I swear, her eyes would've bug out of her head. "Oh my god… I only have an hour to do my homework before I have to head over to the bar!"

My eyes widened as well. Then, I blurted out, "Well, your majesty, since I'm your butler, would you like me to help you?"

She looked at me, hope shining in her eyes. "Would you really? Or, are you just trying to be polite?"

I smirked, looking ahead of me, at the lake. "Eh, a little bit of both," I said, taking a bite of my cookie. I shouldn't have if I had known she would have glomped me saying "Thank you!" over and over again. I laughed, which I seem to be doing a lot around her, and exclaimed, "YES! I'll help you! But, I suggest we start now, or else, you're gonna be late."

She nodded, and grabbed her backpack from behind the bench.

Turns out we had a lot of classes together. The only ones we didn't have were P.E., minors, and Calculus. She had Pre Algebra instead.

I worked on English as she worked on Pre Algebra.

We finished in less than an hour. Which is a big surprise considering all the homework our teachers assign. But, I guess, splitting up the work, and copying off each other is an easier way to work.

She gave a relieved sigh, looking at her watch again. "Awesome. So, if I go home now, I can just drop off all of my stuff, grab my uniform and start walking over there," she thought aloud.

I looked at her questioningly. "You're gonna walk there?"

"How'd you think I got these legs Soul? Besides being on the track team."

I rose an eyebrow at her, impressed. "Well, how about, I drive you. We can just head back to the coffee shop, I left my motorcycle there."

"Uh, no, no, no! Motorcycles are not in my vocab," she said, scooting back, against the pole of the swings.

I smirked. "Aww, is the brave, fearless Maka Albarn scared?" I teased.

She blushed, out of anger instead of embarrassment this time, and countered back, "I am not, let's go!"

I jumped up, and helped her up. We grabbed our backpacks and headed back to the school.

Oh, this is gonna be fun.

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I am in desperate need of a beta. Would anyone be willing to help? I really need one, I don't really look over my chapters. And when I reread them when they're posted, it's really funny looking.

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Okay, longest chapter I've ever written! :) You guys likey? xD Anyway, I seem to write better in the early hours of the morning…. It's 5:40 as I'm typing. I'm listening to Viva La Vida by Coldplay too. :3

Hope you liked this chapter! :D