AN: Hey every one, comments are welcome. Thank you for reading, enjoy Ch. 2.

Disclaimer: I do not own Soul Eater, nor do I own the books I will mention, I will state who they are by in the chapter.

Chapter 2

Maka's POV

Soul fell on to the couch beside me, "m-my Grandma is ...dead? Did Wes say how... or when?" he asked. I moved closer to Soul. He laid his head into his hands. I rested my hand on his knee. "Wes told me that she passed in her sleep last night... sh-she had been sick, it got to be to much for her. I'm so sorry Soul." I whispered to him. The Pain was written all over his face. "They only contacted me after she died?! Why didn't I know she was sick?! I should have been there for her!" Soul was furious, he got up from the couch and headed toward the door.

I grabbed his hand. "Soul, where are you going?"

"I need some time alone to think Maka, i'll be back later tonight." Soul shook my hand off before rushing out the door.

I stood there slightly hurt but, I could understand how Soul would need some time to himself after all, his grandmother was the only person in his family that ever stuck by his side. She had seen him for who he was, not the puppet of a musician, his parents were trying to force him to be.

I was sitting on the couch waiting for him to come back. 'Soul, where did you go?' It was getting late, and Soul was still out. It was already 1:00 AM and we had school in the morning. My eyes started drooping as I read my most resent addiction, 'A Shade of a Vampire, by Bella Forrest'. I put the book down to rest my eye for a minute, and the next thing I knew it was 7:00 in the morning and I was curled up in my bed. 'When did I get to bed? Is Soul home?' I got up and went to Soul's room. "Soul? are you up?" I knocked on his door, but got no answer, I knocked again. "Soul i'm coming in."

Once I opened his door I was first greeted by darkness. Soul had pulled the heavy black curtains closed, keeping any and all morning light out. Once my eyes adjusted to the darkness I could see a small pile of dirty clothes laying next to his desk, which was scattered with CD's and loose papers. On the floor in front of Souls bed was a small warn photo album. 'It looks like Soul isn't here.' I sighed, when I picked up the album a photo of Soul and his grandmother fell out and landed face up at my feet. It wasn't until i turned to leave that I noticed a mound of white spiky hair in the corner of the room. "Soul-" he was curled in to a ball sitting on the ground, it looked like he was trembling. I fell to my knees in front of him, he was still in the gray sweat pants and dark green shirt he had been wearing last night. He didn't acknowledge my presence. "Soul..." I could only speak his name in small whispers, then without any warning I was pulled into his strong arms. Soul wound his arms around my waist and buried his face in the crook of my neck. I could feel his hot tears on my neck. "I didn't want you to see this, s-so uncool." He mumbled against my skin.

"Soul.. you don't need to be strong all the time, you can lean on me when you need someone." I hugged him tighter, it hurt seeing him hurting like this."you can let it out."

"Maka!" Soul whimpered my name, his sobs got louder, as his breathing became uneven and strangled. Eventually Soul calmed enough to talk. "I don't know how i'd deal with this without you... will you come with me to the funeral?"

"O-of course I will." I had been crying as well, Soul dragged in a ragged breath, "Thank you Maka."

We stayed in each others embrace for what seemed like hours, "i'm sorry Maka, it was uncool of me to make us late for school." Of course he would put my feelings about school first, I snorted at him.

"You come before school Soul." He gave me a small smile, "your the coolest girlfriend/ partner I could have asked for Maka." I stood up, and holding his hand dragged him with me . "How about I make us something to eat, I don't know about you but i'm getting hungry."

Soul intertwined his fingers with mine, "sounds good, i'm gonna take a shower and get dressed for school." He then brought my hand up to his lips and kissed the back of it genitally. I could feel my entire face warm up with blush which mad Soul smirk "I like how these small gestures can still make you blush, especially sense I've already made you mine". My entire being turned a deep shade of red that would give his eyes a run for their money. I jerked my hand away from his and ran to the kitchen leaving him smirking behind me.

We arrived at school about an hour and a half late. When we walked into class, Stein looked at me and Soul like we were some exotic endangered animal begging for him to dissect. After I hesitantly explained what happened and why we were late Stein, slightly nodded and with 3 turns of the screw in his head, told us to take our seats. Our friends were all giving us a questioning look, well all except Crona who had just left on a mission, Soul and I just gave them a look promising to explain later. The bell finally rang for lunch that's when Black Star jumped on Soul and started yelling.

"Yahoooo! Soul your god demands you tell him why you were late. Was it because you finally made Maka into a woman?"

I grabbed the biggest book close to me "MAKA.. CHOP!"

Black Star crumpled to the floor with blood spewing from his head and groaned. "I'm sorry about him Maka." Tsubaki apologized for the hyper-active assassin. "And is everything okay? You are normally never late."

"What the hell Maka!" Shouted a hurting Black Star.

"If you will shut up for two seconds Black Star we will be able tell you everything!" I Yelled at him.

Kidd, Liz, Patti, Tsubaki, and Black Star gathered around us, Soul explained about the phone call from Wes, about how close he and his grandmother were, and about how he didn't know that she had been sick. "So they just now called and told Maka that she passed." Tsubaki, and Liz were on the verge of tears. Patti was drawing a giraffe, while Kidd and Black Star's expressions were hard to read.

We had just reached the lunch room, "So will you guys come with Maka and I to the Funeral? I could use the extra support, ya know... facing my family." Soul sighed sadly.

Black Star jumped onto the table we were now sitting at. "Anyone who thinks that they can get away with treating your gods' disciples this way is sadly mistaken, I will need to be there to punish them!"

"Black Star get down now!" Shouted Liz, while tsubaki was trying and failing to calm him down.

Black Star just Ignored both Liz and Tsubaki, "The all mighty Black Star will go with you Soul, Bow down and thank me!"

"MAKA-CHOP!" I slammed a book on to his head, Black Star fell to the ground unconscious.

"Thanks Maka, the blue haired idiot wouldn't listen." Said Liz "But he was kinda right, not about the godly thing. But what kind of friends would we be if we didn't go? If we weren't there when you needed us?"

Soul smiled at everyone. "Thanks guys, you and Maka are the only real family I have left." I grabbed souls hand under the table and gave it a reassuring squeeze.

So do you happen to know when the funeral is Soul?" Asked Kidd. Soul nodded, "yea it's in two days, and we will be staying for two nights, so be packed and ready to leave after school on Friday."

Tsubaki pulled the now barley conscious Black Star onto his feet. "Sounds good, and Maka, did you have to hit him so hard this time?"

I cringed, poor Tsu was holding up Black Star so he wouldn't fall over... again."Sorry Tsu! He just wouldn't shut up, or get down. He should be okay soon." She just sighed at me. Right as lunch ended Black Star fully recovered, "Damn it Maka! Did you have to hit me so hard?"

I Giggled a bit, "Sorry Black Star." He threw an arm over my shoulders, "your just lucky i'm so godly Maka." I rolled my eyes at him. Black Star and I had been friends sense we were 4 years old, He was like my older brother. He had been there for me when my no good papa cheated on my mama, and when they finalized the divorce. The only other person who may possibly know me better than Black Star was Soul. "Don't ignore your god Maka!"

"Don't yell in my ear Black Star!" I shouted back to him. Things continued in the same manor for the next two days.

~~~~~~Friday after school~~~~~

We had agreed to meet at the schools entrance, Soul and I were the first to show. "Where is everyone? If we don't leave soon we wont get to the hotel until midnight at the earliest." Complained Soul. I sighed, "Well, Knowing Kidd, he probably had a symmetry break down, so Liz, and Patti are with him. As for Black Star and tsubaki, it's a good bet that he is causing them to run late and he will claim it to be because of his godliness." Just as I finished telling Soul my assumption, Liz, Patti, and Kidd walked up with small bags in suitcases in tow.

Liz rushed over to Soul and Maka. "Hey sorry we are late, Kidd had a Symmetry break down before we left. It took forever to get him to snap out of it." Soul just stared at me and Liz, and soon started to laugh. Liz raised an eyebrow at Soul.

"Maka literally just predicted that Kidd's break down was why you were late." Soul said between laughs, Liz snorted at Soul. "she knows us well is all Soul." Not to long after that Tsubaki and Black Star showed up.

Tsubaki ran up to us, "Hey guys sorry about being late, I had a hard time getting Black Star to get off of the fountain in the park." Black Star jumped up and shouted "A god like me is never late Tsubaki! They were just early!" I brought my book down on Black Star's head. "Maka -Chop!" He grumbled something about my violent tendencies.

Soul looked at me and said. "Wow, some times it's scary how well you know your friends Maka." I just snorted at his comment.

Liz gave us a look, "let me guess you said something about them being late because of black star's god complex?" I laughed, "something like that."

Soul then walked over to Black Star. "Can you do me a favor Black Star?" Black star immediately perked up, "anything for my followers!" Soul let out a sigh. "Listen Black Star, my 'family' wont like us being there. I don't want to get kicked out of my grandma's funeral, Please keep the godly out bursts to a minimum 'kay?" To my and everyone else's surprise Black star was calm, "sure thing buddy." Everyone was quiet until Kidd broke the silence.

"Okay, so now that everyone is here we should get going or else we will end up checking in around midnight." Stated Kidd, "Soul, didn't you say that the funeral starts early tomorrow?" Soul silently nodded at Kidd.

Kidd walked over to a very symmetrical Limo. "Okay so everyone get in the limo and hopefully we don't hit traffic."

AN: Hope you all like this chapter! I wanna say thank you to those of you who have been reviewing and leaving comments, it truly means a lot.