Disclaimer: Soul Eater is owned by Atsushi Okubo, and sadly not me. Enjoy the story!

It was Christmas Eve and I had nothing. Nothing for anyone! Why did I do this to myself? I thoughtI hated crowded stores; it was my version of hell! I was so frustrated I had no money to buy Soul a gift! So there I sat in my room all alone. Soul was out for a while and my Dad was probably with some slut. I sighed again I just hated him so much.
All of a sudden a knocking came at the door. I wonder who would come here, cops? I got up and walked down the hall to open the door when another knock echoed through the house. Someone is impatient, I thought to myself as I turned the door knob. My face suddenly lit up with unbelievable joy!
"Mama!" I shouted hugging the female figure on my doorstep.
"Maka how are you? Are you still not eating? Is your Papa home? Is Soul here?" She quickly rambled. I just stood there looking goofy in a happy shock still holding her tight. "So where is your pathetic father?" She asked annoyed that he was nowhere to be seen.
"He has been out for," I paused trying to think the last time I saw the sad excuse for a man."I think he was here yesterday." I said slightly unsure of myself. She just shook her head, seemingly not surprised.
"Maka have you eaten?" She asked still annoyed with my Papa. I nodded in reply.
"I made waffles for myself, and Soul dropped by too, but I still have a few more if you want some." She smiled at me the funny, doting mother smile.

"Hey are you dating Soul yet?" She asked laughing but still she meant what she said. You'd think after seven years we would have dated at least once. But no never we thought of each other as family not boyfriend and girlfriend. She had asked this question more than a thousand times. I mean, she always liked Soul and thought he was a good guy, and she would only let her daughter date a good guy.
"No, Mama," I said with my face a dark shade of crimson. I should have hated the women that stood before me. She abandoned me to live with this pitiful excuse for a father, she was so much prettier, so much smarter and even stronger than I.
"We should go clothes shopping, I mean look at yourself you look like an orphan!" She stated and looked at my wardrobe she was right. I looked straggly in my old jeans and t-shirt.
"Okay!" I chimed happily. Although I was usually a tom-boy I loved to go shopping especially with Mama.

Fast Forward to mall

"What did you get Soul for Christmas?" Mama asked as we were on our way out of the mall and just window shopping at this point. My bags hung idle at my sides.
"Well, nothing yet.I don't know what to get him, and I don't have enough money to get something really nice anyway." I slumped dropping my head and looking down at the floor.
"Well, how about that?" I looked up to see a varsity style, very cool looking, jacket. It was simple looking, with yellow sleeves, the rest was black except for two yellow souls on the front and back.(sorry the description is bad, it's the one from the anime)
"It's too expensive," I said it was there looking so perfect, tormenting me inside.
"That's too bad," She said taking me to the desk in the back of the store. She rang a little bell and a man emerged from the back room."Hi," she said politely to the older looking man.
"Hello, may I help you?"He replied as he adjusted his glasses.
"Yes, how much for that jacket in the window?" She inquired in a sweet voice.
"That one? Well it's the last one and it was a display. Hm... I could give it to you for $35."He answered trying to make up a good price for the unwanted item.
"What size is it?" Mama questioned.
"Medium," He said after a short pause.

"We'll take it!"She said and got out her wallet and paid him before I could say anything. So the man went to the front of the store and grabbed the jacket right off the manikin.
"Here you go," he said as he gift wrapped it and handed it to Mama.
"Thank you!" She said as we walked out of the store."Here, I already have gifts for you two," she stated as she handed me the package.
"Are you sure?" I asked timidly. She nodded. "Thanks then!"

Home

I carefully set the gift under our fake non-decorated tree.
"Well, why don't you go get Soul?" She chimed happily as she picked up her bags to put them in my room.
"Okay," I said ready to run out the door.
"Wait," she ordered me between laughs at my eagerness."Why not wear your knew stuff?"
"Right!" I grabbed a red plaid skirt, white button down shirt, and a simple yellow sweater vest. Then I proceeded to run to my room and change. Then I ran out the door to see Soul. I didn't bother knocking on the door to his house anymore instead I just jumped the fence to see him in his usual spot high in a tree where is parents couldn't climb. He saw me and half jumped, half climbed down.
"What's up?" He asked still crouched down from his landing.
"Nothing really, I guess. Mama wants you to come over." The excitement was visible on his face, not that he would ever admit it. But then he froze and looked something like confused, shocked and I'm not sure what else. He just stayed where he was staring until I snapped.
"What?" I finally questioned slightly annoyed.
"Huh?"He looked a little confused, but still didn't totally break his stare.
"Why are you you staring at me?"I was getting a little pissed now.
"You look. . ." he paused trying to find the right word. "You look hot," he stated in his usual bored tone. That was the day that the Maka chop was born."What the hell, Maka?" He was annoyed."It was a freakin' complement." He got up and held his head, "you had no right to scramble my freakin' brains!"
"That is not a compliment, it is a perverted thought! So are you coming or what?" I asked, we were both officially ticked off. "Mama wants to do something for Christmas eve or something."
"Soul get in the house you little bastard. Who's that your whore of a girlfriend?" Soul's father called in a slurredvoice from the back door. At first I thought he was running inside, and then I saw it his fist collided against his drunken fathers face.

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