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As Soul and I walked up the steps to the church I saw the sea of black ahead and the whispers of my mother and I. Soul opened the door of the church to see more people staring at me and sobbing, most of which were strangers.
"Oh, that poor child!" I heard one say.
"What will she do now?" A whisper from another said.
They had no idea how much pain I was in right now and I don't want their sympathy I want my Mama back. I wanted to scream at everyone to shut up, but I didn't for two reasons; respect of my mother, and my voice would not allow it. As we continued to make our way to the front of the small church we noticed my mother's friend and family, however they did not stare and gossip about us, they just silently cried. I squeezed Soul's hand couldn't stop myself from shivering as I started to let a single tear fall to my black dress, I felt Soul hold me tighter. I remember reading the letter, that horrible letter. I still can't believe it all that she's gone for good this time. Soul and I sat down in the front row; I turned to my left to see my Papa hitting on some girl that I think was my Mama's friend, who promptly slapped him. I really didn't care about him today I wanted to survive my mother's funeral and leave. Thats what I thought as I saw the funeral preacher walk out of a room in the back of the church.
"We are all gathered her today to celebrate the life of Kami Albarn." The tall priest said, and I felt a sudden tight pain in my chest."Kami Albarn was a strong and intelligent woman," The pain got tighter, and I must have been crushing Soul's hand by now because he winced."Kami Albarn lived a wonderful, but shortened life, with her daughter Madaline." He continued, I squeezed Soul's hand again the pain rose and it tightened more. Was I dying now?"She may not be with us in body but today she will never be forgotten and will live on in our hearts, minds, and memories." The final straw I sobbed loud, very loud, Soul whispered things that I never heard. my sob was loud and echoed through the small church only matched by the thunder roaring fiercely outside.
I dragged myself out of the church pew already deciding to skip the burial. I don't think I could handle it right now, no actually I know I couldn't handle it right now. So I walked still grasping Soul's hand, the only thing stopping my tears from overflowing, his warm pianist fingers entwined with mine as people come up to me with 'I'm so sorry' or 'you poor thing', which after the hundredth time seems like a lie. So I tried to avoid people, and instead talk to Soul but that plan wasnt going that well. Many people had decided against going out to the burial, because of the pouring rain. Although I did watch from the church window as the final words were said and she was lowered down into the ground. Soon after the brave who fought the elements were inside drenched from head to toe, excluding and a finely dressed lawyer. Papa who still stood frozen outside staring at the grave, rain beating his back didn't notice the lawyer, idiot.
"May I talk to the. . .Albarn family?" He asked reading from a list that the ink had probably smudged thanks to the rain, I nodded and walked to the man still keeping Soul as close to me as possible.
"May I help you?" I asked in a somewhat smooth voice, nothing even moderately close to my real voice though.
"Umm. . . Yes you may. Are you Miss Madeline Albarn?" He asked, I almost winced at the mention of my real name. No one called me Madeline anymore, not since that day.
"Yes, thats me." I answered now annoyed at the tall man, why did he have to say my real name?
"Hello, I am your mother's lawyer. It's very nice to meet you." He introduced tipping his hat and depositing water that laid on its brim cascading to the ground. "Umm. . .Madeline, I am here to talk to you about your mother's will. She has left two letters one to you of course, and one to," he paused as he riffled through his briefcase to find an envelope with a neat name printed on it. "Soul Evans, it is written on her will that it is of the upmost importance that I give you these letters." He pulled out the other one that said 'Maka' and looked at it in confusion.
"Thats mine, she called me 'Maka.'" I said snatching the letter from him holding it tight.
"May I speak to your father?" He asked repositioning his glasses.
"Sure he is that jackass over there standing in the rain," I said pointing out the stained glass window.
"Thank you, Miss." He said and walked out into the rain once more.
"Hey Maka," Soul said forcing his second fake smile of the day. "Lets leave I know something that'll make you feel better." I was silent as I stared down at the letter. "Come on at least we can read these letters in peace and quiet."
"Okay." I whispered and with that he started to jog away from the overwhelming sea of black and out to the pouring rain. "Where are we going?"
"Don't you remember where we used to go when your Mama was away ever since we learned to climb a fence and pick a lock?" Soul asked sprinting now in his black pinstripe suit. I smiled a real smile as I began to pick up speed.
A/N: Sorry for the late update. . .Only 60 people read the last chapter and no one reviewed =[. . .
Oh well! That means double the reviews this time right? Anyway I would like to thank SoulXMakalover97, codename zero, starpowerness, Hitsu4HinaEva -Hari-Sama, shadowstar92, and TheGirlWithSilverEyes for your ideas. And an extra super special thanks to Alik Takeda for her help in writing this chapter, and Vampire Lolita for agreeing to help me with the next chappy!