AN: WAAAAHH! WHY DOES SOUL EATER HAVE TO COME ON SO LAAATE?! Sorry, but I looked at the time that Soul Eater comes on Toonami and it shows at 1:00 in the morning! MY PARENTS WILL NEVER LET ME STAY UP THAT LATE! D: Haha, me and my first world problems...
Anyhoo, I saw something like this in a manga called Dawn of the Arcana. Anyone ever heard of it? Well, I decided to give it a try, since it seemd pretty fun! So I hope you enjoy this mini-chapter! Yay!
Chapter 22: Soul Eater High
"GINGER GET UP OR WE'RE GOING TO BE LATE!" Memory Rise called to her snoozing sister. Ginger McAllister sat up in bed, rubbed her eyes, and yawned. She stretched her arms as she swung her legs around so her bare feet touched the wooden floor. She stood up, walked over to her closet, and yawned once more before grabbing her school uniform and putting it on. She realized se forgot to take off her pajamas right as she approached the stairs leading to the first floor of the McAllister home.
"Oh, for the love of fudge..." She muttered as she stripped off her uniform.
After sorting out the fashion fiasco, she trampled down the stairs to see Memory, or Mem as she called her, setting a plate of pancakes and bacon on the table.
"Yum!" Ginger said as she sat down, shoving a pancake into her mouth. Mem sat down next to her. "Finally. Dad made breakfast, so eat up." She said, sipping her cup of orange juice.
"Morning, children of mine!" Their mother's voice sang as she floated into the kitchen. She planted a kiss on first the short, dark brown hair of Mem's head, then on Ginger's long red one.
"Morning, mom." The two girls responded together. Though they were sisters, they differed greatly. Mem had short dark brown - almost black - hair that parted to the left of the center of her head, with side bangs that covered the right side of her face with hazel eyes that had a faint blue ring around the iris. She stood fairly tall, with an undeveloped figure and tan skin.
Ginger, on the other hand, had long, bright auburn hair that swished when ever she moved. It went down to her waist with bangs that stopped just above her eyes, which were a bright purple. She had faint freckles that dotted her pale skin and stood almost up to Mem's shoulders.
This was to be expected, seeing as Mem was adopted at the age of five. No one knows what happened to her parents.
"You all better hurry up and get over to the bus stop. I'm not driving you, so if you miss it you're walking." Their father said as he passed through the kitchen. They nodded, stood up, grabbed their bags and headed for the door.
Maka Albarn read as she waited in front of her house. She fiddled with her shirt, wondering where her best friend could be and what he could be doing to make him so late. Her dusty blonde pigtails hung to her shoulders, and her green eyes searched the for the albino she had waited ten minutes already for.
"Where is that idiot...?" She muttered, turning back to her book. It was quite interesting. As if on cue, the spikey haired figure emerged from his home next door. She saw him walk towards her and snapped her book shut.
"There you are, why are you always so late?" She asked him, tucking her book into her back pack. Soul Evans breathed out though his sharp teeth, his breath visible in the cold winter air.
"I dunno, why are you so early?" He asked, his hand in his pockets. She rolled her eyes and they headed to the bus stop together.
Maka had been friends with Soul for as long as she could remember. Their parents were fairly close, so they naturally became friends. The whole of the DWMA had always been curious as to how it was that they didn't think any more of each other. They figured it was because of their clashing personalities, Soul being cool and collected and Maka intelligent and uptight.
"Hey, Alex! Get up!" Tommi Drew shook her brother awake. He opened his eyes, realized he fell asleep on the couch, an laughed. He had already readied himself for school, but as of coming downstairs grew tired again and passed out in the living room. Tommi wasn't laughing, though.
"Hurry up or we're going to be late! Scratch that, we're already late!" She said after confirming with her watch. He sat up, pushed her face out of his, grabbed his back and led his complaining sister out the front door. Alex and Tommi Drew aweree your average siblings. Occasionally fighting, barely ever agreeing, and look pretty alike. They both had the same brown hair, Tommi having a blue stripe in the front of hers, and the same brown eyes. They were pretty average-looking.
"Are you even going to eat breakfast?" Tommi asked her brother, taking a bite of the granola bar she had grabbed before leaving the house. He shook his head. "Nope. You said yourself, we're going to be late." He said. She looked at him, then down at the remaining granola bar in her pocket. She sighed, took the bar, and handed it to her brother. "Here. You can have it." She said. He grinned. "Thanks." He said, unwrapping it and taking a bite.
"Oh, hey everyone!" Melody Hale said as her friends each made their way to the bus stop. Her hand was intwined in her boyfriend, James's as she waved to them. They each greeted each other as usual.
"So I guess we're not the only ones who were late?" Ginger said, dropping her bag and sitting atop it. Tommi finished her granola bar. "Yup. Apparently we didn't miss the bus though," She said, looking down the empty street.
"Eh. I'd rather not have to go to school today..." Soul said, sticking his frigid hands in the pockets of his sweatshirt.
"Oh, that's right, don't we have a test today?" James said, swiping his light brown hair out of his eyes with his free hand.
"Ugh... I hate tests soo much..." Tommi complained. Maka looked to her.
"Why? They're always so easy?" She asked, adjusting her white winter gloves.
"Says the one who aces everything..." Alex muttered.
"Maybe if you tried studying you might ace them too!" Maka said. Mem laughed. "Please! Alex study?" She said. Alex rolled his eyes. "Whatever." He said.
"I think grades are pointless. I mean, you go to school to learn stuff, not to be judged by how many assignments you turn in." Ginger said, rubbing her legs. She always hated skirts, especially then since the only thing covering her legs were tights.
"I never looked at it like that..." Melody said, her finger at her chin. Her long, curly gold hair swished as she leaned her head in James's shoulder.
"Looks like the bus is coming," Soul said, gesturing with his elbow to the yellow square making its way down the road towards them.
Ginger sat in her classroom, her elbows on her desk and her chin resting on her hands. She was bored as ever. She was always so tired during history. It was the first class of the day, not counting the fifteen minutes of home room, and she always fell asleep. When she woke up, she would be awake as ever, though. She thought it was really strange.
Her eyelids drooped closed. SHe struggled to keep them open, but eventually she gave up and laid her head on her desk. Her teacher never cared if she was sleeping, it happened all the time. But she never wanted to because everyone always stared at her. She thought that they were making fun of her, when really they were gushing about how she never needed to listen to lessons because she already knew everything.
Ginger, though she didn't know it, was one of the most talked about people at the DWMA. Not made fun of, but envied. All the girls thought she was the coolest person ever, second only to none other than Soul Evans.
Ginger's eyes opened slowly as she woke back up. She sat up, ignoring the various comments around the room. But today, she didn't hear any of them. She looked around and noticed that every eye in the room was on Miss Marie, and she tuned into what her teacher was saying.
"-you will be able to give out valentines, but nothing more than candy and/or a card. No funny business either. This is just a holiday. Not an opportunity for you-know-what." She says. A few girls giggle.
That's right, Valentine's Day was coming up. Ginger wondered about who she would want to be her valentine. She sorted through all the guys she knew.
There was James, but he was already with Melody. And Alex obviously had a thing for Mem.
Black Star? No, his ego was a little too big for her.
Kid? No, she didn't think they would be a good fit. Plus every girl in the school was desperate for a chance to get together with him, there would be no way she would even get a chance to talk to him on a day like Valentine's Day.
Soul?
She shook her head. Soul was one of her best guy-friends. If they got together, it would only ruin their relationship.
"Hey, we're going now!" Liz said, poking Ginger's back. Ginger looked back to her and nodded.
"Yeah, I'm coming." Liz and Patty Thompson were the only two of her friends that were in her first period. They always stuck together, even had the convenience of having the same classes.
"Omigosh, who do you think you're going to have for a valentine?" A girl's voice said behind Ginger. She tuned out of the science lesson Professor Stein was giving to eavesdrop on the conversation happening behind her seat.
"Oh, I was hoping for Kid! He's sooo mysterious!" A different voice responded. Ha! These girls are so cliche! Ginger thought.
Her five guy friends; Kid, Black Star, Soul, Alex, and James, were the most crushed-on guys at the school in that order. Almost every girl in the school was insanely in love with at least one of them. They even had labels, for Christ's sake!
Kid- The mysterious one.
Black Star- The strong (but certainly not silent) one.
Soul- The cool one.
Alex- The emo hottie (Ginger cracked up every time she heard someone say this).
James- The sensitive, romantic one.
In Ginger's eyes, they would make the best host club ever. (AN: OHSHC reference FTW!) But, she was never in love with any of them. Or so she thought.
I have to ask her... She doesn't seem that into me, but who knows?
No, if she turns you down you'll just make a fool of yourself!
Why is it that I always end up crushing on the one girl who's not interested?
Just go for it! The worst she can say is no!
No, don't do it! If she does say no then it'll just make things awkward between us!
Do it!
Don't!
Soul argued with himself. He couldn't decide whether to ask Ginger to be his valentine or not. He had been concealing his love for her since the seventh grade, when she and Mem first transferred.
An arm stretched out in front of him, stopping him before a head-on-collision with an opening door.
"Watch it, idiot. You're going to get yourself a concussion of you don't pay attention." Maka said. SOul blinked.
"Oh, uh thanks." He said, walkign around the door with Maka close behind.
"What are you thinking about, anyway? You've been spacing out ever since that lecture Sid gave us about no 'funny business' tomorrow for Valentine's Day, whatever that means..." She said. Soul sighed. Maka was so innocent.
"It's nothing." He said. Just then, Ginger passed them in the hall. She smiled at them. "Hey Soul! Hey Maka!" She said. Soul waved at her. "Oh, uh, hey Ginge." He said as she headed towards her locker.
He watched her even after she passed by. Maka grinned. "Oh, I see!" She said. Soul nudged her with his elbow. "Shut up!" He said. She laughs. "Having a little girl trouble?" She teased. He rolled his eyes. "Please. I'm the coolest guy at the Academy. I could have any girl here without lifting a finger." He said, covering his nervousness with a cool façade. The last thing he needed was Maka blurting his business to everyone at the school.
"Riiight." Maka responded as they turned into the cafeteria for lunch.
"Hey, umm... Mem?" Alex said, poking his crush on the back. She turned around. "Sup?" She asked. He blushed slightly.
"Will you, uh, be my valentine?" He asked her. She smiled slightly. "Sure. Why not?" She said. With that, she turned and walked towards her locker to retrieve her lunch.
Alex watched after her. With Mem, he could never tell if she actually liked him. She was so confusing.
"Agh, screw it. If she didn't like me she would have said no." He said out loud to himself. He headed for the cafeteria.
"I'm sorry, but I already have someone else." Kid said to the girl standing in front of him. She blinked, then nodded. "Oh, uhmm, sorry for bothering you then..." She replied, turning and walking away with her head down.
"Another one? How many is that now, eighty-seven?" Black Star said, approaching his friend from behind. Kid turned to him, fire in his golden eyes.
"You mean eighty-eight! And in truth it's only twenty-nine." He said after calming himself. His symmetry obsession always seemed to get the best of him.
"Whatever! I've got thirty-four! And it's only lunch time!" Black Star boasted. Kid sighed as they started towards the cafeteria. "Stop being so cocky. Have you said yes to any of them?" Kid asked, hugging his binder to his chest. Black Star's hung at his side by a strap.
"I said the same thing to all of 'em! I said, 'The amazing Black Star is such a big man that there's enough of me to go around!'" He laughed. Kid rolled his eyes. Figures. The same thing happened every year. Black Star aways got every girl who approached him, Soul always wanted to ask Ginger, but failed to get up the nerve in time, Alex and Mem always went together as friends, Melody and James always inseparable, and himself, Liz, Patty, Tsubaki, Maka, and Tommi always left alone.
He actually did have one girl in mind, that excuse he always used when someone asked him wasn't a lie. But he would never tell anyone. And he never bothered to ask her. He figured that they would end up together when and if ever the time was right.
Ginger started towards he next class, gym, after lunch. She heard footsteps behind her, but waited until she felt a tap on her shoulder to turn around. She could recognize that thick breathing and heavy steps anywhere.
"Hey, Soul! I was wondering where you went, I was hoping we could walk together like usual," She said to him. He nodded and they continued towards the gymnasium.
"Yeah, I had to talk to Stein before lunch ended." He said. The question was itching at him. They were alone. And they were really close to each other.
"Hey, can I ask you something?" He said finally. Ginger nodded. "Yeah, what's up?" She asked. He looked around, made sure they were the only ones in the hallway, and turned his red eyes to her. He was finally going to do it.
"Will you be my valentine?" He said. Wow, that was easier than I thought... He thought to himself. She blinked and her cheeks turned red.
"Oh, umm... Soul, I didn't know you... umm..." She stuttered. What do I say?! I like him, but I can't ruin our relationship like this! She thought frantically. Soul backed away slightly.
Crud, I knew it would make everything awkward! He thought.
"Yes! I mean, uhmm, yeah, that sounds cool..." Ginger said finally, deciding that if she turned him down it would ruin her relationship as well, so she might as well preserve it as long as possible. He smiled at her and she smiled back.
"Should we get to class?" Ginger suggested. He nodded and they walked off to gym class, separating only to walk into the changing rooms.
"Hyah!" Ginger exclaimed as she spiked the volleyball. Alex dived, but failed to reach it in time.
"Point girl's team!" Sid said, pointing to the girls's team. Tommi slapped Ginger a high five.
"You mean Team Unicorn Swag," Ginger corrected their gym teacher. He ignored her and handed the ball, which had rolled to his feet, to Alex. He dusted himself off and tossed it to Soul, who was waiting in the center of the court to serve it.
Soul hit the ball over the net. Tsubaki hit it back. It flew over to the right side of the court, and James rushed to save it from hitting the ground. The ball soared back to the girl's end - ehem, excuse me, Team Unicorn Swag's side - and Melody dove for it. The ball went straight up in the air, and Ginger hit it over the net. Soul clasped his hands together and hit the ball up to Alex, who in turn hit it straight down over the net. Instead of hitting the floor like he hoped, it bouced off of the top of the net and hit him in the face. The girls giggled as he shook his head.
"Point girl's-" Ginger glared at Sid. He cleared his throat "Point Team Unicorn Swag." He sighed. Kid walked dover to the ball and picked it up. "What are we playing to again?" He asked.
"Eleven." Sid replied. "The score so far is six to eight, Team Unicorn Swag." He said with a glance to Ginger that seemed to say, 'happy?'
This was that game that had been well anticipated. It was the guys vs. girl's match, the teams being Alex, Soul, Kid, Black Star, and James against Ginger, Tommi, Melody, Tsubaki, Liz and Patty. While the guy's team were the most crushed on guys at the DWMA, Ginger's team included the most crushed-on girls of the DWMA. Of course, they had labels as well. Keep in mind that these labels were given to them by the male side of the student body.
Ginger- The cool, athletic one.
Tommi- The drop-dead-gorgeous one. (AN: LOLZ)
Melody- The smart, sexy one. (AN: MOAR LOLZ)
Tsubaki- The shy, innocent one.
Liz- The tomboyish one.
Patty- The just plain stupid one.
Sid had assigned teams for the last class on their volleyball unit, and accidentally-on-purpose made the teams like that. There had been three other sets of teams, and each team had faced each other in a tournament. This game was the last in the tournament, and it was obvious who was going to win it.
"Hurry up and serve the ball!" Tommi called over to her brother. Alex did as she said, hitting the ball over to the balk of the court. Melody slid to a stop and hit it back, just barely skimming the net and hitting the ground.
"Ha! Nine!" Liz called.
"See ya, guys!" Tommi called as she and Alex headed from the bus stop to their home. Ginger waved and turned around, walking back to her own home with Mem, Soul, and Maka. After they reached their houses, which were across the street from each other, Mem and Maka headed inside. Ginger was about to follow her sister when a hand grabbed her shoulder. She turned around to see Soul, smiling at her. She smiled back at him, opened her mouth to say something, and-
I wake up and shoot straight up in my bed. "You're up extra early today," Soul says as he walks by. I nod. "Oh, uh, yeah..." I say. He stops and looks at me. "You okay? You seem a little out of it." He says. I blink.
"Yeah, I just had a really weird dream..." I tell him.
AN: Well? You likey? I really wanted to try it, and I think it turned out pretty good! And NO, this is NOT just a filler chapter because I have writer's block! I just wanted to try it before I twist the plot around, heh heh! Read and Review, plzz!
Byee!
-TRG