"Maka Alburn?"

"….."

"Mrs. Alburn?"

"….." Maka raised her head from not book she was using as a pillow. Normally she was very attentive during lessons, but with everything that had happened, she found herself over whelmed by emotion.

She had run someone over; ultimately killing him. Maka was putting all of the blame on her shoulders, forcing herself down with immense weight to the point of depression. It was two days since her encounter with the boy and the wolf. Since then sadness was welling up in her heart.

The teacher scoffed at the front of the class room. "Mrs. Alburn , are you sick?" the man asked sarcastically.

With weak voice she answered. "yes sir…. I don't feel very well." She coughed. "May I get a drink?" The teacher stood there for a moment, trying to figure out whether she was faking or not. After a few seconds he nodded.

Maka stepped out of the class room, letting the door shut behind her with a soft thud and click. Walking down the white floored halls, hands in her pockets as her eyes trailed on the floor as she B-lined to the closest water fountain. Turning a corner she noticed someone was already taking a drink. Leaning against the wall next to him, she waited her turn.

As he pulled his head out of the in-wall fountain, Maka almost fell over. A boy with white hair and dark red eyes stood in front of her, smiled, and was now walking away.

Maka's blood ran cold, her heart pumping the chilled red through her veins. She moved forward stumbling over her feet, barely managing to not fall over. "Hey!" The boy stopped mid step, turning on his heel in an almost elegant way. She waited, half expecting him to fade into nothing, a hallucination brought on by extreme depression, just a mind trick. But he stayed standing, waiting and watching, even as she stalked toward him extra cautiously. Taking a finger and holding it up as a sweat drop ran down her cheek, the tension around her was building. Soul just raised a brow as he watched her. She was now right in his face, shaking from anticipation, she gulped…. And…. poked him.

"Oh good" she sighed. "You're real." Soul was officially confused. "Why the fuck are you alive!?"

"Well that isn't a very nice thing to say to someone." The boy slightly smiled, revealing sharp, shark like teeth.

Maka's eyes narrowed. "Sorry. Normally I'm not used to running someone over, watching them get dragged away by a huge blue wolf and then seeing him two days later." She threw her hand in the air, making him smile even more.

"Well I have to go to school don't I? I do plan on graduating." He said shrugging.

Maka began to blush. "Come on! You can't be human!" The white haired teen cocked his head to the side, eyes connecting with hers in a gaze of expectation and longing.

Somewhere down the hall, a door slammed causing Soul to break eyes contact. Steps where heard as a teacher rounded the corner.

"Mrs. Alburn! I do not think I gave you permission to take half the session on a personal break! Stop flirting in the halls and get back to class!"

"Well fun time is over." Soul said while turning around. "See you around Pigtails."

She only watched as he strolled down the hallway. "what the fuck is going on here…"

(insert thingy here)

Maka attempted to shield her tired eyes from the bright Alaskan sun that threw its rays into the classroom window. She usually loved her seat, it gave her a good view over part of the nearby woods and yards that surrounded the school. She loved being able to look over scenery, that was, as long as the sun wasn't shining right into her eyes.

It was right after the first class of the day so the school was still pretty cold from the night before. Maka loved second period, since her first class was only one door down she could get in early and watch people scurry to get across the school grounds. Being so close also meant that she was usually the first person in and picks any seat she wanted.

After a minute or so students started trickling in threw the door, most, completely ignoring her while others obnoxiously whispered in the back. Maka knew that they all thought she was weird, after all this little community of Alaskans where very closely knit. Everyone in the town knew each other and grew up together; it was no surprise that they would treat Maka like she has the plague; especially since she hadn't exactly been acting normal of late. Most of the time, like today, she would have a whole row to herself.

Mr. Merr started preparing his lesson on the board. Maka, who was still fighting off a bit of sleep, looked out the window to watch the lush green of the tree leaves. Movement in the woods caught her attention as people started emerging from the tree line. This would normally be an average thing to see considering a good number of kids lived close by to the school, but the weird thing was that there were about thirty or so emerging from the leafy woods.

'How can walkers be late to class?' she thought while lazily glancing at the unfamiliar faces. Then she caught sight of 'him'. His messy white hair shadowed his face, making it impossible to see his expression. A Blue haired boy jumped out of a tree to land right beside him. Brushing his white locks out of the way to reveal an scowl as he looked at his blue haired friend. (dun-dun- duuuuuuunnnnnnnn)

Seconds later he was joined by four other people. "What the hell?" she unconsciously said making the teacher's eyebrow twitch in aggravation.

"Mrs. Alburn is everything alright?"

"Yes, Sorry sir." She quickly opened a book and started to read (only to make it look like she was actually doing something.) well.. At least she tried too until….

"GREETINGS MORTALS! I THE GREAT BLACK*STAR GRASE YOU WITH MY PRESENCE!" A maniac with Blue hair buffoon came bursting through the door.

"I'm sorry sir! I tried to stop him… But you know Black*Star." Tsubaki shyly laughed as she attempted to usher the boy to his seat.

"Yeah he's an idiot who can't keep his mouth shut. That big mouth of yours just always seems to get us into trouble." Soul ended his statement in spite anger dripping from his eyebrows every twitch.

"Ah Soul I know you love me!"

"No, I just can't seem to get rid of yo-" he stopped as his gaze landed on Maka.

""What are you doing here"" they said simultaneously.

"Boys…and lady" the teacher added smiling at Tsubaki, " take your seats PLEASE and let me start this lesson!" Mr. Merr was bright red as Soul finally shoved Black*Star into motion, all three heading to Maka's isle. Black*Star tried to sit right behind the brunet but just as he began to sit his fanny down Soul grabbed his caller and flung him to the floor with a growl.

"Geez ok. ok. It's yours." Black*Star backed down a bit and went to go sit behind Tsubaki. Soul just snorted at his friend and plopped down into the seat.

Maka leaned back in her chair. "Hey.. Are you stalking me or something?" Her eyes were still glued to the teacher as she waited a response.

Soul just chuckled. "Maybe…" He said leaning his head on a slightly tilted hand and slowly closed his eyes.

"Hmm. I'm Sorry" she said trying to hide the blush that was now spreading over her cheeks.

Soul blinked one eye open a sliver, looking at the back of her head. "For what?"

She was about to say speak but before she could answer the sound of shattering chalk vibrated threw out the room, silencing the pair.

Throughout the rest of the class there was no talking, just an uncomfortable silence. Maka felt his eyes on her. She desperately wanted to turn around, to say something, anything to him. She didn't know how to feel about it, scared, angry, happy, freaked the fuck out.

She felt his red eyes bore into her back and her head and, after a while, it felt strangely comfortable.

The bell rang at the end of the period and the entire class jumped out of there comatose states.

"YAAHHHOOOOOOO! IM STARVING!" Black *Star started to leave the room, Tsubaki right behind him. Soul still remained in his seat, looking at Maka.

"Well see you later mister stalker." She said while getting out of her seat.

"What where you apologizing for?" She stopped in mid step and turned around.

"Seriously?…For-for running you over. I still don't know how you are ok. But… Over the past few days all I could think about was what I did… I just wanted the chance to say im sorry, you know…" She said fixing her green eyes on him.

He shrugged, "Just a fast healer." Soul picked up a small book that was on her desk, looking at the title, he smiled. "You like wolves?"

"Yeah I think they are cool." he flashed her crooked smile making Maka blush.

"Why?"

"Why are you asking so many questions?" She said looking away in embarrassment.

"I find you interesting." He said bluntly.

That put her aback. Out of all the people who would want to get to know her, it was somebody who she almost killed.

Maka shifted to her other foot, her lack of breakfast making an audible gurgle as her stomach protested. Her face turned bright red. Quickly she rushed out of the room, leaving Soul leaning against his desk; toothy smile on his face.

"Let the chase begin."

(LINE)

Maka plodded over to an empty table, taking out a paper bag. She liked to watch everyone hanging out and having fun during lunch. Home sickness kicked her in the stomach, she didn't want to be alone anymore.

A light tap of her shoulder interrupted her thoughts.

"Hey you forgot this."

Maka looked up at the white haired teen holding out a book, cheeks puffy with food, she quickly swallowed.

"O-oh…thanks."

Soul took a seat next to her, draping an arm over the back of his chair. "Why are you here all by yourself?"

"Oh… well I just moved here ….so I'm kind of lacking in the friend department." She ran a hand threw her hair. "Why aren't you with your friends?" she asked resting a cheek against her palm as she hunched over the table.

He snorted, "Black*Star… I'm pissed at him."

"Why?"

"Stupid idiot got me into a fight. He doesn't know when to shut up."

"Oh." Maka went back to eating her sandwich, aware of his curios eyes.

"So why do you like wolves?"

The brunette swallowed her morsel of bread and lunch meat. "They are interesting to me. The way they move, how they communicate, even how close their families are." She said smiling.

Soul opened his mouth but a hand slapped down on the table between the two.

"Soul what are you doing her by yourself? All the others are watching, YOUR STEALLING MY SHOW!" Black*Star didn't even look at Maka.

"You know, he's not exactly alone, I 'am' here."

"I don't care if they watch or not. It doesn't matter anyway." Soul looked at his friend with a bored, empty stare.

Black*Star looked around and sighed, "Ok but at least let the rest of us eat here with you."

Soul shrugged. "Maka do you mind?"

The brunet wasn't paying attention, she was confused by the slight hint of worry in Black*Stars voice.

"Maka?" Soul asked again.

"Oh, yeah sure whatever." She said smiling. Before she knew it people started coming over, filling the empty chairs.

Tsubaki tied back her long heir before sitting on the other side of Maka while Black*Star like always was right at her side. A boy she had never seen before took the seat opposite her along with a cheery blond girl. A wave of uncomfortable fell on the table for a moment as the newcomers all looked around at each other.

"Sorry for interrupting your conversation before." Tsubaki said to Maka.

The brunet turned to her, "No its cool, I'm just not used to the company, been a loner."

"Oh.. Well im Tsubaki… you know Black*Star," She pointed to the blue haired teen who was now devouring a stake. "This is Kid," At the sound of his name the teen sitting across from her fixed Maka with his golden yellow gaze, curiosity glinted at the edges of his brilliant orbs. She had trouble looking away. "And this is Patti." She said pointing to the blond.

"HIIIII!" The blond beamed up at Maka with bright blue eyes.

"Um.. Hi!" A small hum of conversation began to flood the table. Just gossip about some fight that happened.. She wasn't lessening, just enjoying the atmosphere. Sometimes she would noticed Soul and Kid starring at each other as if having an underline conversation.

Eventually the lunch period ended and every one began rushing to their next class. She was stuck with Black*Star in Bio class, he didn't even really sit next to her, he just slept during the whole lesson. It seemed to drag on forever. By the end of the class they didn't even get passed going over the homework.

Maka gathered her things and made her way down some stairs to the gym locker room, quickly changing out of her skirt and into yellow shorts and a white t-shirt.

Walking out of the locker room and into the medium sized gym, she looked at the bleachers that were against the walls, but shouts from across the gym floor caught her attention as the reverberated around the room.

Across the way Soul was being yelled at by a strong looking teen with black hair. He circled Soul, shouting insults that she could barely make out. She began to walk over.

"You think-own-.-do-want-peo-hurt. Now the new whore!" Soul was motionless and she could tell he was pissed. "Oh here comes the little bitch n-" In a flash the boy was on his back. Soul stood over him, teeth bared in an animalistic growl. Maka began to run, gaining speed, she lunged smashing into Soul and knocking him over. The white haired boy seemed to bark in surprise, before sliding out from underneath her, heading right back to the teen he threw. Maka reached out grabbing him from behind, putting her arms across his chest.

"Soul stop!"

His red eyes flashed in anger as a growl shook his body; she could feel his muscles contracting under his shirt.

"Soul!" He took another step forward, Maka spun around bracing his shoulders. "What's wrong with you?"

"MOVE!" he snarled, baring his sharp teeth.

SLAP! The sound rung threw the gymnasium as everyone froze.

Soul was motionless, as he looked off to the side, eyes widening. No one has ever done that, he didn't even know what to do. What should he say to her? Should he be angry? Why did she do that?

These questions pored through his mind as the people around them started to back away.

His red orbs shifted to look at the female infront of him from the corner of his eye. Her face stern, even though her hand trembled in fear of response. Slowly he turned his head to face her.

"Sorry."

It was nothing more than a whisper but as soon as that whisper left his mouth she sighed in relief.

The boy behind them began to stand. "Soul you have a lot of nerve you mutt! I'm going to slit your throat for this!"

Soul's voice was calm but forceful "I'm going to tare you apart if you come anywhere near-"

"WOAH! You had a fight without me?" Black*Star strolled up, hands behind his head, huge grin plastered on his face.

"I'll meet you guys after school." The Black haired boy stalked away into a group of his friends.

Twilight cast rays of orange and yellow over the town, as Maka walked out of the school. She spotted Soul in a crowd of people walking to the tree line in small clicks. All of a sudden Soul stopped; in front of him was the boy from gym. Maka jogged over to the red eyed boy's side.

"Oh look! Here's your bitch! You goanna have her save you again mutt?"

Soul's whole frame shuddered.

"Hey you ok?" She nudged his arm.

"Go home, Maka." He was struggling to keep calm.

"AWWW look she's concerned! Hey chicky? Why you going out with such a loser? You should be besides a top dog." The boy caressed her cheek with a thumb making her blush.

"w-we arnt going out" she murmerd under her breath.

Soul's hand shot up to grab the boys arm, making him recoil away from Maka. Tightening his grip Soul shoved the teen into the thick tree line, quickly jumping in after him.

Maka just stood there, jaw dropped. "What the Fuck is wrong with these people?"