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Maka woke up on Monday morning, and began her daily routine. She showered, did her maid work, and dressed in her school uniform. She wondered if she was going to see Soul today, he had been avoiding her desperately since she caught him raiding her underwear drawer. He had locked himself in his room in fear or her wrath, but today they both had to go to school so he'd finally have to face her.

Maka was searching for Wes to let him know that she was leaving when she heard a commotion. She turned a corner and saw Wes trying very hard to pull Soul out of his room.

"I'm sick! I don't need to go to school today. Wes, let me go!"

"Soul, you WILL go to school. Hurry up and get out or you'll make yourself and Maka late!"

"WES!? I am NOT going to school, and sure as hell I am NOT giving her a ride."

"You will do what I say or have you forgotten why we moved here?"

"WES!"

Finally Maka spoke up, "Um Wes…I'm leaving now, and it's okay Soul doesn't have to take me. I can walk just fine."

When both boys finally noticed the beautiful blonde they froze. Soul let go of his death grip on the door frame, and Wes used this opportunity to drag him out into the hall. Soul shot a glare in his direction, got up, walked past maka, and mumbled something like, "Let's go."

Maka and Soul rode on his neon yellow motorcycle in silence all the way to school. When they finally arrived, Maka waited a second to regain her legs then got off of the bike. Before she could go very far, Soul grabbed her by the wrist. He looked deep into her emerald eyes with his own crimson red ones. His eyes shone with a mixture of emotions, the one that stood out the most was passion. He leaned forward so their faces were mere inches apart. Maka's face was full of pure shock, but then when he leaned toward her she relaxed. Her head tilted up, her eyes closed, and her mouth opened slightly in wait for his. Seeing her face Soul quickly regained his composure. His face went passed hers and his lips went to her ear. In it he whispered, "I'm sorry." When he pulled back his face was completely blank. He stood up straight and walked passed her and into the school.

Soul slammed his foot into a locker. Dammit man, get it together. What were you just about to do…

"What exactly is Maka to you?"

Soul just noticed Kid and Black Star behind him.

Kid spoke again, "She rides to and from school with you every day, you stare at her in class, and we just saw that little exchange back there. So tell us what's going on?"

"I….I can't…"

"Why the hell not!? I thought we were your friends Soul?" Screamed BlackStar

Soul finally looked up and at the other two boys. "Because I have no idea what's going on either. Ugh I've been acting so uncool…" He sighed.

The other two boys expressions softened, and they stepped closer to their sad friend. Kid put his hand on his shoulder and patted it in a comforting fashion. "Well tell us what has been happening?"

Soul nodded. He began to tell the others about Maka working for his brother, the storm, the kiss, and just everything that has happened in the past couple of weeks.

Black Star spoke first, "Man you got it badddd."

"What do you mean?"

It was Kid's turn to speak. "Its obvious Soul, you LOVE her." He smiled at his friend.

Soul stared blankly at his friends. I've definitely been feeling something toward her, but was it actually LOVE? Was I the type of guy to fall for a girl so easily? No! Cool guys don't fall in love….they sleep with girls! Is that what I wanted, to sleep with her; to feel her creamy skin against my own, to hear her moan my name, or to watch her back arch in pleasure because of me? Soul shivered. Then why do I crave to hold her in my arms like that one night? I want to kiss her on the forehead, to know that at the end of the day she is there for me, that I can come home to her warm smile. Was this love?

While Soul battled mentally Kid looked at his watch. "Oh crap, we are going to be late! Come on guys its an important day!"

Soul looked curious, "What's going on today?"

"Come on, you'll see."

Meanwhile….

Maka walked blindly to her classroom, and sat down in her seat to stare out the window. That's when her friends pounced on her.

"Makaaaaaaa…."

"Yes Liz?"

"Do you have a crush on Soullllll?" The girl said with a giggle.

"What!?"

"Maka and Soul sitting in a tree"

"Shut up." Maka whispered with her head down.

"K-I-S-S…."

"I said shut up!" Maka had stood up, grabbed Liz's arm, and pushed her against the wall. Her emerald eyes shone with sadness and anger. Slowly the emotion flowed out of them. She let go of Liz, and ducked her head again. She whispered sorry and sat back down in her desk.

Tsubaki shot Liz and Patty a look and placed her arm soothingly on the back of maka's shoulders. They sat there in silence until Maka spoke again. She explained the whole situation to her girl friends, and Crona. She talked about Wes's extreme generosity, getting away from her father, living with Soul, and the mix emotions she has about that infuriating boy. When she finished all of her friends looked upon her with sadness, the conflict earlier forgotten. Tsubaki spoke up first.

"I think you need to talk to Soul about this, it sounds like you may have feelings for him."

"You're probably right Tsubaki, but I'm scared. What if I confess to him and he laughs in my face? I've never really had a real conversation with him, and at times he acts like this huge cool guy player."

The rest of the group members chimed in their advice, and in the end Maka told them all she'll talk to Soul about it soon.

Just then the other boys walked into the classroom, and took their seats. Soul didn't even look at her. Then the class started and their interesting week began…

"School festival!?" Soul exclaimed.

"I totally forgot it was this week, how fun!" said maka.

Kid, who was the class representative, walked to the front of the room to begin the discussion. "So what is class 3A going to do this year?"

Some ideas were shouted out and written on the board. Eventually the class decided upon doing a café. The next job was to decide who would play which role. "Soul, Harvard, Kilik, Tsubaki, Liz, Patty, Maka, and I will be servers. Crona, Black star, Ox, Kim, Jacqueline, Fire, Thunder, and Hiro will prepare the food and drinks. All right everyone, now we must start working on transforming the room, and the school by Friday!"

With everything decided they began their work, and at lunch time they all took a break to eat. Maka, Soul, and the rest of the group went out to their usual spot on the lawn. They began to speak excitedly over the festival, and their class's stand.

"I think it'll be a drag. Why did you have to make me a server anyways Kid?" Soul said

"Jeez Soul, is someone scared they won't get any customers?" Maka teased

Soul looked her directly in the face, and smirked. "Oh come on strawberries, we both know the ladies find me irresistible." He winked.

Maka's face scrunched up in anger, "I bet I get a million more customers than your grumpiness!"

Soul smiled widely, "You're on sweetheart."

Maka blanked. "What…."

"You said that you bet you could get more customers than me. I said you're on….it's a bet dear."

"Fine! I will win, and what do I get then?"

"I'll give you one wish, and if I win then I want one of my own."

"You're on!"

Their friends just stared at the two in disbelief. Soul excused himself to go grab a soda, and Maka stormed off to the bathroom. The group began speaking feverishly.

"There is so much tension between them!"

"They need to just get together already!"

Kid quieted them all down. "As we probably all know, they both have feelings for each other, but are too stupid and stubborn to talk to each other about it. So we will have to take an active role in this. We will use this bet to our advantage. Us boys will help Soul, and the girls will help Maka. By the end of this week one of them will confess!" They spent the rest of the break devising a plan to bring their two love-sick friends together.

The week flew by quickly, and it was soon the night before the festival. All the work had been finished. Wes had given Maka permission to stay the night, with all the other girl's, at Tsubaki's apartment. While Soul had Blackstar, Kid, and Crona stay over at his house.

At the boys…..

They were lounging around his room drinking sodas and eating some snacks the maids had prepared for them.

"I could live like this forever! So does Maka have to serve you like the other girls?" Blackstar asked with a wink.

Soul blushed. "Well technically yes…..but I'm not some pervert!"

Kid spoke next, "About Maka… What is your strategy for winning tomorrow?"

"I don't have one; I figured my charm would just bring the ladies in."

"Whatever you say, but I think you should make her jealous!" Blackstar commented.

"Why?"

"If she sees you flirting with other girls then she will get jealous and act possessive over you! You'll know she is into you, and she'll be too distracted to work. It's a win-win for you man"

The boys discussed it some more and decided Blackstar was right, for once. They spent the rest of the night playing video games, and acting like typical men.

At Tsubaki's place…

"You need to make him jealous!" Tsubaki said.

"She's right; you need to act all sexy and flirty with other guys. He'll get totally possessive, and confess to you so that he can make you his!" Patty said agreeing.

"I don't know how to be sexy!" maka said dismayed.

Liz giggled. "Don't worry we'll totally help! First off is a makeover."

The girls spent the rest of the night pampering and giving advice to Maka.

The next morning they did her make up. They made her face look pretty, but didn't go to heavy. Mainly they made her emerald eyes pop, and added some blush along with a light pink lip gloss that made her look fresh. They curled her long hair at the ends, and left her hair down so her curls cascaded down her back. Finally, they brought out the outfit for her to wear; a short tight black dress, with short sleeves and a straight neck line that accentuated her curves nicely. It also came with black thigh high socks, a frilly white apron, and simple black flats. She looked seductive and grown up.

Maka noticed the other girls were wearing plain black pencil skirts, white button up shirts, and black flats.

"Why am I the only one who is dressed different!?"

"Come on stupid, did you forget you have a bet to get more customers than Soul. If all of us girls dress sexy then you wouldn't get as much attention." Patty said.

"I know I want a lot of customers, I just feel embarrassed….I'm not used to dressing like this. Thanks guys."

Everyone made their way to the school. Soul and blackstar were the last to arrive; a few outside groups had already arrived at the festival. Kid and Crona had come earlier to help finish setting up. The boys were dressed in black dress pants, and white button down shirts. Soul also wore a loose tie. They made their way up to their classroom, which was transformed into a café. When they walked into the room there was a crowd of boys on one side.

Soul walked over to investigate, and saw his Maka in the center of the boys. What the hell! Why is she dressed so sexily, and why are they all ogling at her. She Is Mine. Does she not care about me….no the other day she wanted me to kiss her! Then why…She's trying to make me jealous! That was my plan; I bet Patty came up with that idea. Fine if she wants to play like this.Soul walked straight passed them to a group of girls sitting at a table. He began to flirt with them, and solicited a few giggles from them. They ordered some cake, and tea.

Soul went to turn in his order, and ran into Maka.

"If I were you sweetheart, I'd stop flirting and do some work. I already have four customers. You're slacking." He smiled and walked away.

Maka walked over to a table full of boys from another school and began to chat with them. She giggled and all the boys beamed. Immediately she got several orders. She looked over at Soul and gave a wink at his annoyed expression.

The next few hours they spent teasing each other by flirting with other people. It was around midday when Maka finally got a break. She walked out of the class and toward a soda machine. She was about to turn the corner to the alcove that held the vending machines when she heard voices and stopped.

"Blair…"

That was Soul's voice! What is he doing out here, and who is he with?

"Oh Souullll-kun, I missed you sooo much."

After hearing the female voice Maka decided to peak around the corner and was shocked at what she saw. Soul was up against the wall, facing her, but his eyes were closed. There was a woman pushed up against him, her face was buried in his neck and she was kissing it. She began sucking on his collar bone and this enlisted a moan from him. "Blair" he whispered.

Maka stood there in the open, shocked. Tears began to well up in her eyes. "Soul you jerk!"

Soul's crimson eyes snapped open, and found maka's tear filled ones. He pushed the busty purple haired girl off of him and took a step towards Maka. His eyes were soft and apologetic, but before he could speak Maka screamed, "I never want to see you again Soul Evans!" and she ran off with tears streaming down her face.

"Blair, I was never your boyfriend. We never had a thing. I moved away to get some peace, and somehow you find me and cause trouble in my new life!"

"But soullll I know you want me" she purred and pressed her well-endowed chest against him.

"No Blair, I don't want you. I want a sweet girl who likes me for me, and isn't afraid to stand up to me. That girl was my only hope, and you ruined it….Blair it's time for you to leave and don't come back…"

Soul ran off in the direction Maka went earlier. He figured she would go back to the room, but when he got there she was nowhere to be seen. "Kid, Tsubaki, blackstar! Have you seen Maka?"

"I think she went to go get a soda, but her break ended like five minutes ago." Kid answered

"Yeah she ran into me and my crazy stalker from my old school. She saw us completely out of context. She ran away crying, and now I can't find her!" soul was dismayed. How could this go so wrong! Where is she? "I'm going to go look for her!"

He ran off to find her. He searched almost every room, he asked everyone if they had seen her, and even showed people the picture he had on his phone of her. Finally as the sunset came, someone said they saw her walk into the haunted house a while ago. Soul rushed into it, and came face to face with a series of monsters, every turn the décor got more frightening. About half way through he heard some sobbing. He looked around, and in the corner of the corridor sat Maka. She was sitting on the floor with her legs pulled to her chest. Her tears were still flowing, and she was shaking. Soul walked over slowly to her, and in one swift movement picked her up princess style. She buried her face into his chest, and he carried her the rest of the way out of the haunted house. He carried her to an empty classroom, and sat her down on a desk top. He rested his head in the crook of her neck, and sighed.

"Maka, you idiot. It wasn't like what you thought it was. She used to go to my old school. She had a huge thing for me, and followed me everywhere. When she saw me today she jumped me. I took her out there to tell her to leave me alone, that I was finally happy. I didn't want her to make a big scene and ruin things, but instead she pushed me against the wall. That's when you walked in…baka….you don't understand my feelings at all do you?"

He pulled his head back, leaned forward toward her face, and kissed her gently on the lips. He pulled back again, and grabbed her by the hand and led her back to the classroom. Maka was too stunned to speak, and just followed him without resisting. When they arrived back at the classroom Maka was pulled into a big hug by Tsubaki.

"I was worried about you…When soul said you ran off crying I was so scared…Don't ever do that again!" she said out loud. Then she whispered in her ear, "Soul has been looking for you all day. He was so worried about you." She let go of her friend and smiled at her.

"Well the fireworks are about to star so let's get down to business! Who won?" Patty asked

They compared numbers, and Soul had beaten her by 5 customers.

"Yahoooo! I knew with my excellent advice you'd win Soul, after all I will be bigger than God!" Black star said.

The group of friends made their way out on to the lawn. It was dark outside now, and a little chilly. Maka, who was still just wearing a little dress, began to shiver. Soul took off his favorite yellow and black jacket and placed it on her shoulders. She looked up at him and smiled. The group of friends found an empty spot on the lawn, set down some blankets and laid down on them to watch the fireworks.

After the fireworks ended the group said their goodbyes, and headed in the direction of their respected homes. Eventually it was just Soul and Maka walking alone to his motorcycle. Once on the bike, Maka wrapped herself tightly around Soul's back, which forced him to swallow hard. They sped off in the direction of their home.

When they got back to the mansion, Soul helped Maka off the back of his bike. He walked her back to her room.

She smiled up at him and asked, "So you won the bet….What's your one wish… let me guess, want me to make you some seafood?"

"No…" He smiled mischievously down at her "Don't make any plans for tomorrow!"

"Why…."

"Because my wish is for you to go on a date with me." He smiled sweetly down at her. He pulled her hand, which he still had a hold of, up to his lips and placed a feather-light kiss on her knuckles. "Goodnight my sweet…sleep good, for tomorrow you are mine." He smiled one last time before turning around and walking to his room.

Authors note!

What kind of date do you think they should go on? Review and tell me please!:)

Love always

Elizabebe!