I do not own soul eater

Chapter 16

A call From Marie:

Is this what family feels like?

Miley felt a stupid grin spread across her face. A bright red ninety five made the last week worth every last misery. That was much more like her, if wasn't a perfect score but she would take it over what she had gotten last time. Had this odd feeling of pride because of the look on the woman's face. The bell rang signaled the end of the day. She hummed happily down the hallway.

Not many students who hum happily on their way to her father's office apart from her. She had gotten an A on her test and it was the last day of her punishment because of the fight. It was going to be a good day. She could tell. She arrived with her things she would need for her homework at her father office door. She could just hear voices coming though. Her father's voice was very clear. "Excuse me just because she got a ninety-five you believe that she cheated? Miley's IQ is some where in the 190's. I don't know the exact number off the top of my head. She's my daughter, she does nothing but read. Just because you put concepts that these girls shouldn't get on your exams doesn't mean there aren't a few who can understand. You should be thrilled not annoyed."

"I heard she spends a lot of time here with you." She said simply. Why did this woman hate her so much she couldn't understand.

"Again she's my daughter. Not that it's any or you business, I was keeping her social contact to minimum. A punishment for that fight that broke out." He wondered if she had even punished the other girl? "The girls can come in if they need me. Lilia comes about 7:30 for math help. Joanie usually needs help with her essays, but she usually just drops them off."

"Wow, Fraken you take care of you girls really well." Miley felt her jaw drop. She couldn't believe she had called him that. She never heard anyone who call him that. Miley knew that it was most likely.

"Please as I told you before, only my wife calls me, Franken." He said with a strange tone.

"Well, I will be seeing you around." Miley moved out of the way opening door. It was rather hard with all of her books. "I think she likes you. You get more attention then Spirit."

"If you ever say that again. I will be removing vital organs." She quickly entered the office and dropped her books on to his desk.

"But I'm serious dad." She started. "I mean Mom, Medusa, Katsune, that girl at the inn."

"I only took her number because you were with me, your mother and I were not ready to come out into the open. But I do seem to attract the weird ones."

"Is my IQ really that high?" She asked wondering if he was just defending her.

"You heard all that then. She really doesn't like you." He said simply. "Yes, all the students, you landed some where in the mid 190's some where between 194-198 I can't quite remember."

"Alright, then where do you sit on the scale?" She seriously wanted to know. He looked at her with a grin.

"You really want to know?" She nodded. "I sit at 220 even."

"No wonder you're crazy." There was suddenly a ringing noise and Stein handed the phone to Miley. "It's your mother she wants to talk to you."

"Oh no," She muttered. "Is she mad at me too?"

"Don't worry, I already handled the fight. She just wants to see how you are doing." He handed the phone to her. She flipped opened the phone she still felt nervous, would Marie yell at her? She was very nervous.

"Hi, Mom." She muttered waiting for the shouting to start.

"Hi, sweetheart how are you?" Marie said sweetly. "Your father said you weren't feeling that well."

"Yeah, I'm fine now, I just needed a good night sleep. I got a ninety-five on my last test." She said. Hoping that may get her some brownie points.

"Oh, honey that's wonderful. I'm so proud." Miley was not expecting that. She wasn't sure how to handle it. "Well, I know you've got homework and I have some tests to grade. If you need anything just call me alright honey."

"I will mom. I promise." She wanted to say I love you but wasn't sure if she could. She hung up the phone. She handed the phone back to Stein.

"See that wasn't so bad." He told her.

"I thought she would have been upset about the fight. I know it was stupid but I just couldn't tell my temper."

"She probably still is but I did handle it." He said matter a factually. "Plus I didn't tell her that I removed the word from you're vocabulary just yet. It takes a few months to adjust so I'll tell her when I know you aren't going to slip."

"You said something like that when I attacked Spirit? You said if anyone asked about it say you handled it." Stein was impressed that Miley even remembered that indent.

"That was two years ago. But yes it is the same idea. Usually you wouldn't get punished twice. Your mother would talk about it and decided together."

"Okay," She said, She found the chat very out of the ordinary. It was more of what a parent and child would have then a teacher and a student. She liked that it was nice. She never thought she would have a conversation like with Stein but it was nice. She almost thought she could tell him anything. But she didn't want to over load him either.

"So you got a ninety-five. I would have thought you would show me that." He said grabbing the paper and looking at it." Miley became very worried Stein never acted this way. Maybe he hadn't enough cigarettes, not he just to testy when that happened. Someone must have added something extra to his coffee, that must have been it.

"I thought she told you, which was why I didn't mention it." She said. It was definitely not how they usually talked. Not that she minded. Maybe he was just was opening up to her, or he was just playing the role that he needed to play. Either way, Miley like being able to talk to him about things. She like having someone to talk to, Mason was a good listen but she didn't want make him listen to her whine all of time. He brought her back by patting her on the head. "Great job."

"What am I four, you going to put it on the fridge for me?" She joked. He laughed, it was one of his rare real laughs. Miley had only heard if a few times.

"I may need a bigger fridge." He said. She wondered if that was how a family suppose to act. But it felt like something was missing. She glanced over at Stein's desk. Then she noticed their family picture. That was missing, Marie. She never thought she would think this, but she really missed her mom. She wanted to see her. Marie was now just as important to her as Stein was.

Stein felt very strange. He kept thinking about how this chat was going. He and Miley had made a great deal of headway in the trust area. He felt like something was missing, no he knew something was missing. He noticed Miley glancing at the picture sitting on his desk. He knew that Marie was missing. He missed her. Really missed her. For the longest time, he didn't really see that picture real till this talk with Miley. He remember taking it.

Miley seemed rather nervous. He had to tell her to relax over a dozen times. Mason had to stand behind the camera doing everything he could to get her to smile. Stein knew Miley had a good partner, he would never have to worry about them. They never had an issue. Other then Miley never being conscious. He sighed why was he thinking about this right now?

"We need to find this witch, we're running out of time." Miley said suddenly turning business.

"I know, but we can't rush it either, that will blow our cover." He said.

Alright, that's chapter 16.