A/N: GUESS WHO I MET TODAY!
Derek Landy! Author of the Skulduggery Pleasant series! If you don't know it, it's a very popular book series and very good for people who are Soul Eater fans. It was his book signing today. I've been to one with him before, but this one was just more awesome. i got a photo with him! HE SIGNED MY KINDLE! Seriously, he wrote 'Hi Sophie!', drew a little cartoon of himself and signed his name. I am never letting this kindle leave my side. Ever. HE ALSO SIGNED MY BEST FRIEND'S CONVERSE! No joke. The little white bit at the toes now has a skull on one side and a cartoon derek landy face on the other (she vows to lock them up in a heatproof safe and never wear them again, so if he house burns up at least her signed derek landy shoes and signed paramore CD will be safe lol XD). The girls we befriended in the line where so funny. One got her phone signed and she came up with the shoe idea (cuz her shoes got signed too...) and the other I was talking fanfiction with :D We played snap (the card game) while we waited and I sucked at it -_-
But man, was I fangirling. Who knew I was such a fangirl, right?
Review time! Lalalalalalalalalalala!
Dancing in Crimson - I'm glad you love this chapter so much! YAY! :D
pandoraterra - well, I'm hoping I don't do any retarded crap then...
yuuki24688 - Promise this chapter will totally make up for it ;D
HOApercyjacksonHUNGERGAMES - To be honest, I always chat in my head to the characters I write with. For this chapter it was like 'Boy Soul are you gonna be having some fun. Yeah, I'm awesome for this.' ;)
foreveraliangel - Oh you poor thing! Bran muffins are terrible! Terrible, I tell you! Oh... I like that idea... *gears in head start turning* Maybe not for this fanfic but that's going in my blue books of awesomeness (which is basically this blue notebook I write all my writing ideas in and write some pieces for stories.) to be used for another fanfic, because just think of the possibilities! *is excited* Thanks! :D
HDAnimeFul - My phone also messes with me. It won't save text messages, so I have to memorise them when I get them or write them down. It's also 2008 apparently and I can't change it to the right date. Damn phone. Soul and Maka problem, huh? *laughs evilly*
AnimeFreak8 - BlackStar's parts always make me chuckle. He doesn't get much face time in this chapter since this one's strictly 'SoMa drama', but he does get a little joke in ^^
Xero - Bran muffins are the most delicious treat known to man...HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA! Yeah, I likes to hate on the bran muffins. If it's not chocolate, it's not quality. That's what I say ;) And to cure you of your boredom, here's a new long chapter! :D
Spixie303 - Cuz you said 'I've got somewhere only we know stuck in my head BECAUSE OF YOU'. So I blame you entirely ;P
Synk - Yeah, BlackStar's not much of a thinker...
Akamaruwolf323 - Don't worry, in chapter ten, we have some nice quality Maka and BlackStar time that will be plenty mature. No worries, right? And we'll see the 'stupid hangover' pills make a guest appearance again... in chapter ten. And surprisingly... they're not for BlackStar tehehehe. ;)
By the way, can I just really thank you for all the reviews. Each one makes me squeal with happiness literally. I'm not joking, I actually jump up and down and chant 'Yay! They like my story, they like my story! Eep!' Serious. Right now I look like a jack in the box. It's surprising how 'this is one of my favorite stories' makes me so cheerful :D And I love that you all hated on bran muffins with me, because they truly do taste like crap ;)
Oh and if you guys wanna PM me for any reason at all, go right ahead. Since a few people have started conversations with me and it's funny to talk to you guys XD
Ohhh, I think you guys will really like this chapter... ;D
8. Eight minutes in heaven
In the end, I'd only managed to avoid Soul Eater for two days, two days in which BlackStar had become an almost constant presence in our dorm out of need for food and attention, which shy Tsubaki was more than happy to provide.
Liz had called, annoucing that she expected us at her dorm for a slumber party. I was surprised she was so determined for us to do the whole thing, but I was happy to get out of the dorm and have some fun.
When we got there though, I was less pleased. Something to do with the fact that there were three guys in the room and one of them had white hair. Damn. BlackStar jumped up to greet me, giving me his big brother hug as I called it. It was when he grabbed me and practically crushed my ribs. He leaned close to my ears and spoke quietly. "Sorry I didn't tell you. But I miss having you round at my dorm, so you and Soul need to make nice."
I sighed, pulling away and neither agreeing nor disagreeing with him. He gave me a little 'sorry' smile and then greeted Tsubaki with a grin and a stream of babble. She, to my surprise, looked quite charmed by all this. Odd.
Kid gave us a little wave from where he sat laying the sleeping bags out perfectly and Soul was looking at me weird. Like intense. I felt a blush cover my face and I ducked my head down, going over to Kid with me and Tsubaki's sleeping bags so he could lay them out too.
Liz was over in the corner, painting her nails and Patty was raising hell in the kitchen, judging by the sound of it. So naturally, I sat my Liz and glared at her.
She sighed. "If you keep scowling like that you'll get frown lines."
"Why didn't you tell me you were inviting the boys?" I hissed.
She shook her head at me dismissively. "Don't worry so much. Just have some fun!" She put the lid back on her nail polish and started to blow on them. She paused for a second and yelled "Patty!"
Patty came scurring into the room. "Yeah sis?"
"Food ready?" Liz asked.
Patty nodded cheerily. "Yep! I'll bring it out right now."
Patty scrambled into the kitchen, presumably getting out whatever she cooked. At least, that's what I thought until she walked in with McDonalds food that she'd just put on plates. Figures.
Still we were all hungry so when she set it down on the floor, we sat in a circle around it and dived in like hungry wolves. I managed to grab a couple of chicken nuggets and a plateful of chips.
"Could you pass me that coke, Maka?" I jumped at hearing Soul's voice and saw that he'd sat right next to me while I was distracted.
I picked out two cokes, passed one to him and took a sip out of mine. Everyone was scoffing down food and talking to each other in between bites. Everyone except me and Soul, which made things kind of awkward. Soul seemed to want to talk though. He took a big bite of his burger, chewed in down and then spoke. I was glad to see he didn't try to speak to me with his mouth full, that would've been gross.
"Are you still mad?" He asked, his eyes all hopeful I'd say no.
I hesistated. I didn't want to be seen as holding a big grudge over something like that, but I was still mad. I hated what I'd seen and I'd hated what he'd said to me.
He sighed sadly. "If you don't answer, then I'll take it as a yes, Maka. For what it's worth, I'm sorry. I was a jerk."
His voice did sound sincere, but I didn't want to admit it... I was a little upset he'd flung himself at that girl. I'd wanted to be proven worng about him. Soul saw my indescision. "It's ok, Maka. I don't expect you to forgive me instantly, but can we try and get on tonight."
I nodded, now much more eager. I wanted to have fun and I'm sure me and Soul could at least try, right? He grinned and we went back to our food, the silence between us not quite as awkward.
Eventually we'd finished our food and Liz cleared everything away, with the help of her trusty assistant, Patty. She came back with an empty glass bottle in her hands and we all looked at her curiously.
"We're playing truth or dare." She announced with a no-arguements tone. We all gulped and nodded slowly, agreeing to her idea. She grinned and looked at me. "Maka goes first."
"Truth or dare?" Patty asked, her eyes as wide as her grin.
"Truth." I replied, hoping they didn't ask something awkward.
"Have you got any big secrets?" Liz asked me.
"Maka writes poetry." BlackStar cackled, before I could answer and I went bright red.
Soul grinned, raising an eyebrow at me. "What like: 'My heart pounds when you're near. Your smile makes me feel..." He searched
"Horny?" BlackStar suggested and everyone, even me, started to laugh.
"Not really what I was going for, BlackStar." Soul grinned, shaking his head at my confused looking best friend.
That was accepted as my secret, even though BlackStar told it. It was his turn next, so I got my revenge when he chose 'dare'. "BlackStar, you have to duct tape your mouth shut till it's your next turn. No talking."
Soul grinned, Patty laughed, Tsubaki looked concerned and Liz practically flew to the drawer that held the duct tape, letting Kid put it on BlackStar 'symmetrically'. BlackStar protested all the while of course, since his 'godly voice could never truly be silenced', which was proven wrong by the magical sticky properties of duct tape. Brilliant stuff.
Tsubaki was next and she picked truth.
Liz considered it for a minute. "How many guys have you kissed?"
Tsubaki's face flooded with red and she started to figet. "None. I've never found a guy I've really liked before now."
I noticed how she phrased the words 'before now' and saw her glance quickly at BlackStar. I smiled and was about to ask, but stopped, deciding to question her in private later for her sake.
"My turn!" Liz announced. "And I chose dare!"
"Mmphmfffmmmmmffff!" BlackStar tried to speak, but like I said, magical stuff that duct tape. He waved his hands around angrily and Patty snatched a notepad off the counter and then scrambled around till she found a pen and she shoved them at BlackStar. He scribbled furiously and then shoved the pad toward us so we could read his words.
Liz, I dare you to jump over the couch.
We all looked at BlackStar like he had slugs for brains, but to my suprise, Liz stood up and looked at the couch where it sat a metre away from our little cicle. "Challene accepted."
Then she ran over it and neatly jumped over the whole thing, like she'd practised it a million times before. She landed her jumped perfectly and looked at us with a grin. "Win." Then she sat down as if nothing had happened.
"Er...ok then. Patty, it's your turn." Tsubaki smiled awkwardly.
"Truth!" Patty giggled.
Liz was quick to speak. "Patty! Did you steal my bag the other day!?"
Patty nodded, giggling loudly and Liz scowled. She'd taken advantage of the game to find out about her damn bag.
"Dare me." Kid commanded, before we'd even asked him.
"Ok." Soul grinned evilly. "Ruffle up your own hair and don't smooth it out until your next turn."
This, of course, caused one of what Liz told me was one of Kid's worst symmetry freak-outs to date. After five minutes, Soul just reached over and rumpled Kid's hair. To my absolute shock, he didn't try to smooth it out instantly and just sat there with this really weird look on his face, like he was in pain.
"Now it's me." Soul seemed to think for a minute. "Okay, truth then."
Liz raised an eyebrow. "Do you have a thing going on with that purple haired chick from the party?"
Soul blinked in surprise, then scowled. "No way. As crazy and as unbelievable as it sounds, she ran over to me and shoved her head into her chest, which I so did not appriciate."
It looked as if he appriciated it to me, I thought, but didn't comment. Finally it was my turn again and I played chicken once more. "Truth, please."
Liz sighed and considered the question for a minute. "When was the last time you had something alcoholic to drink?"
Easy, but embarrassing. "New Year's. Unless BlackStar's spiked my drink without me knowing." BlackStar shook his head at me, looking horrified at the thought, since I'd threatened to castrate him if he tried.
"Oh Maka, you animal!" Patty teased.
"Maka Albarn, the first step to getting better is admitting you have an alcohol problem." Soul drawled jokingly.
I blushed. It wasn't like I was a boring bookworm who wouldn't dare get drunk, it's just that i had no desire to after seeing my dad stroll in the house drunk so many times.
It went on and on with crazy things like Liz being dared to throw her favorite lipstick out the window by BlackStar (Joke's on him, she lied which one was her favorite and threw out some cheap one she didn't like) and Kid being thrown to his asymetrical limits (eventually he learned to just keep saying truth). It all went on pretty normally until I said 'dare'. Everyone looked at me, considering it for a second, when suddenly Soul told me to sing.
"What?" I blurted out.
"I dare you to sing something. A full song." Soul said quietly, his eyes fixed on mine, silently challenging me to try and get out of it. I couldn't resist a competition, damn it.
"Fine." I snapped. I took a deep breath and considered what song to sing for a moment, before just picking the first thing that popped into my head.
"I don't mean to run
But every time you come around
I Feel more alive, than ever
And I guess it's too much
Maybe we're too young
And I don't even know what's real
But I know I never
Wanted anything so bad
I've never wanted anyone so bad
If I let you love me
Be the one adored
Would you go all the way?
Be the one I'm looking for
If I let you love me
Be the one adored
Would you go all the way?
Be the one I'm looking for
Help me come back down
I'm high above the clouds
You know I'm suffocating
But I blame this town
Why do I deny
The things that burn inside?
Down deep I'm barely breathing
But you just see a smile
And I don't wanna let this go
Really I just want to know
If I let you love me
Be the one adored
Would you go all the way?
Be the one I'm looking for..."
I blushed pink when I saw everyone looking at me funny, except for BlackStar who was humming the tune to the song I was singing, except with his humming skills, it sounded a lot like Bon Jovi's 'Wanted Dead Or Alive'. (A/N: Just so ya know, the song Maka actually sang was Adore by Paramore. yeah, Paramore again, but I love them and the song was perfect for what I needed...)
Soul gave me a small grin and I felt the urge to giggle like a little girl with a crush on the popular boy. God, I'm a bloody cliche. He's male, Maka. Male is bad. You can talk to him only if he castrates himself, turns into BlackStar or announces he's gay. All of which will probably never happen. Though you never know, weirder things have hap-
I was cut out by Liz grinning at me. "I never knew you could sing, Maka. That was pretty cool." The others nodded in agreement and Patty started murmering the word 'pretty' a lot. I could feel Soul staring at me with an odd expression on his face.
"Ok!" Liz said loudly. "No more truth or dare. I have another idea."
Oh, here we go.
"We will be playing seven minutes in heaven!"
And there it is. Liz's not-so-bright idea.
I was about to protest, but Liz waved her hand in a dismissive way and Patty yelled that we had no choice. Fabulous.
Unsurprisingly, the boys didn't have much to complain about, except for Kid, who insisted we play 'eight minutes in heaven'. Great, an extra minute just to satisfy his need for symmetry. I felt the urge to shave one side of his head in revenge. Tsubaki was blushing and I saw her sneak a small glance in BlackStar's direction. The Thompson sister's were impossible to read, but they were both totally cool with the game since they'd suggested it. Kid was now satisfied it was eight minutes and BlackStar was bragging about it truly being heaven with a god like him. Me? I refused to look at Soul, so I have no idea what he was thinking, but he had no complaints, judging by his silence.
The rules were explained in a no nonsense tone. We would sit in a circle with a bottle in the middle. The bottle would be spun twice and the two people it landed on would go in the bathroom (which had the lights switched off) and have their 'eight minutes in heaven' which I knew meant make out. BlackStar, of course, was the first to ask what would happen if it landed on two girls or two boys and Liz cooly replied that they'd have to kiss anyway, laughing when she saw BlackStar's horrified expression and assuring him she'd spin the bottle again if that actually happened.
It was actually kinda fun. First, it landed on Liz and Kid, who both looked slightly embarrassed, but went into the dark bathroom anyway. We all listened quietly, but heard nothing, so we couldn't be sure if they kissed. Though Liz did look a little pink.
Next up was BlackStar and Patty, which seemed to go alright. Then BlackStar again, but with Tsubaki this time. She smiled at me a little when she walked in and came out a little red, BlackStar looking very pleased with himself, since I knew both of them were attracted to each other. Then it was me and Kid.
At first, I was totally nervous. I mean, no boyfriends means no first kiss, but when we went into the bathroom with the chorus of cheering that we'd done for everyone, Kid just turned to me with a thoughtful expression. Then he demanded I sit down on the floor with my back to him and he sat behind me. then he pulled out my pigtails and started to redo them in his perfectly symmetrical way. When I asked him what he was doing, he replied in a way only he could. "This is my idea of heaven."
Patty narrowed her eyes at me when we walked in and instantly caught on. "He did your hair, didn't he?"
I nodded, smirking slightly at the whole thing. I lost my smirk when Liz spun the bottle and it landed on me...and then on Soul. I gasped slightly, finally looking at him and getting no idea what he was thinking from his expression. Soul took my arm and led me into the bathroom, ignoring the cheers and wolf-whistling
When we had the door to the bathroom closed behind us, I spoke quietly. "Are we really going to do this?"
In the dark light, I could only see his face dimly. At first, he looked hurt, but then his expression became more... determined? He stepped foward so I was trapped against the wall, put his hands on my waist and leaned in to whisper in my ear. "Hell yes."
Then he pulled back so our lips were close together, only a centimetre away. He hesistated and I felt a little part of my squeal 'What are you waiting for? Plant one on me!' Of course, just the thought made me blush. I didn't have to wait long as he quickly pressed his lips to mine and that's when my brain started to short circuit a little. I'd heard people go on about kisses before and I'd always wondered why it was such a big deal and now...woah. Soul groaned and pressed closer so our bodies were crushed together. His hands had moved from there simple perch at the edge of my waist and now he'd wrapped one arm around my waist and the other up to my face to cup my cheek. In response, I ran my hands through his hair and he slipped his tongue into my mouth. I didn't think I'd be into that sort of thing but my mind was sounding a lot like it did at christmas: ohboyohboyohboy! His lips moved to my neck and jaw planted soft kisses on the sensitive skin there. I gasped and his arms tightened around me. Then his lips returned to mine and kissed me so much more desperately than before.
Soul eventually pulled away, breathing heavy. In fact, both of us were breathing a little too hard. "Go out with me." He was speaking quietly so the other couldn't hear. It wasn't quite a question, more of a plea. For someone who'd never kissed, I guess I must be pretty good at it.
Then I came back to my senses, slipping out from between the two arms either side of me caging me in and looked at him sternly. "I don't date."
He gave a wry smile. "I know."
I tilted my head to the side in confusion. "Then why'd you ask?"
He grinned. "I wanted to give you a chance before I went through with my plan to convince you to go out with me."
I blinked. "Well... at least your honest about it. But I wouldn't bother, I'm not interested in you."
He smirked. "Oh really?" I was a bad liar, plus I'd just been kissing him pretty happily for someone with no interest. Damn. "We'll see. One thing I know is I'm not giving up, Maka. You could always give up now?" The tone on the last part of it was teasing, but I knew he was serious about not giving up me.
The door creaked open suddenly, Liz letting us out. I saw my escape route and I scrambled out with my shoulders hunched in embarrassment. Still there was that little part of me that just wanted to close the door and carry on where I left off with Soul.
Oh man. Something told me that this resisting Soul thing was gonna be a whole lot harder than I'd thought it'd be. Well damn.
A/N: Cue the fangirl screams...
BlackStar, God? Nope, people, that title is reserved for Maka. the only female who can resist Soul asking her out. Soul is sooo not going to make this easy for her though. Not even a little bit. You didn't think Maka would just give up though, did ya? Hell yeah, she'll fight. But then so will Soul.
Haha! Bet you guys could never guess what I'm listening to while I write this... In all truthfulness, it's 'My Sharona' by The Knack. Listen to it, cuz I'm pretty sure you'll recognise it ;)
Next chapter is of course, Soul, but your going to be getting his point of view of this chapter, but it'll move on a little bit more further. You may even like the ending to that chapter even more tehehehehe XD
Oh, I shall be having some fun with this *evil grin*
Review or I will make you asymmetrical.
*Loud cry of pain from Kid in the background*
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