A/N: Well here it is, as promised, and I hope it doesn't disappoint. I am still amazed at how many people were willing to tough this story out! I love you all, honestly!

Please point out any errors, for it is 4am, and I am slacking a bit. Again, I love you all! Happy Reading (I hope).

Chapter 3:

Maka woke up feeling very refreshed. She had the best night of sleep that night. After she kissed Soul she was so frightened that she had made the wrong decision, but soon she relaxed into the thought that she had actually kissed him. Maka, the introverted girl, actually kissed someone. She feel asleep with the thought of how her lips pressed up against his had felt, perfect. But now that she was awake it took a different turn. She had kissed someone, and she wasn't even sure where this was going. Sure, she wanted to become more outgoing, but was this too big of a step? She had no idea.

She looked over at her alarm clock and noticed it's red letters read 11:45. She hadn't slept that long in years, so she really must have pushed her body a farther than she should have. With a huff, she rolled herself out of bed and into the bathroom to start her morning routine of using the bathroom, brushing her teeth, and finally a shower. She was glad that when she took a look at herself that the bags under her eyes were almost gone.

After the warm shower she felt completely refreshed. She emerged from her room, in only her bathrobe like always, to find the apartment empty. As she walked to the kitchen to find some breakfast she noticed a small note on the fridge:

Hey Maka,

I went to the Liz's house for a bit. We have been invited to go swimming over at Kid's house later today around 4ish. Hopefully you'll wake up before then, you were sleeping like the dead. But I will be going shopping for a new suit around noon today because my old one doesn't quiet fit right, and you should come along since I am sure you don't have a suit, and if you do it doesn't fit. I know you haven't been swimming since you moved in. Send me a text when you wake up and we'll make plans.

Tsubaki!

Maka went back to her room to grab her phone off of her dresser. She quickly looked through her numbers to get to Tsubaki's name so she could send her a text.

Maka: "Hey Tsubaki, sorry for sleeping so long, but you're right I don't have a suit. Where should we meet?"

Tsubaki: "Morning sleepy head. I forgot my wallet at home so I was going to go home and get it as well as bounce on your head until you woke up, lol. I'll be home in like 15, leaving Liz's now."

Maka decided she best hurry up and get ready because Tsubaki would be rushing her out the door so they would have the most time possible to shop. Tsubaki simply loved to shop.

She grabbed her long drappy halter top shirt. It was lime green in color, one of her favorites, and she grabbed a pair of skinny jeans Tsubaki had said she should wear, but never did. If she wanted to be more outgoing, might as well be in style, right? She slowly turned and looked at herself and decided she liked how the jeans hugged her legs without being so tight that they were uncomfortable or really that hard to get on, since they were of a stretchy material.

As she was brushing out her hair, she heard a click and knew that Tsubaki was home. Deciding that she would just leave her hair down, she walked out of her bedroom and met Tsubaki on the other side. "Wow Maka, never thought you'd actually wear them, but I told you they would look good on those long legs of yours."

"Yea, I was pretty surprised myself. And I was starting to feel bad that they were just sitting around," she said rubbing the back of her head. "Anyways, we ready to go?"

"Yea, let's go!"

The girls spent the next few hours hoping from store to store trying on the craziest, funniest and strangest suits they had ever seen. If you can't figure out how a swim suit goes on, something is just a little off. Finally, they both made their selections.

Tsubaki's had a halter top than held her breasts enough that they wouldn't just pop out at every given chance, but showed the perfect amount of them. The bottoms were a low cut and tied in little bows at the sides. The entire suit was navy blue in color with little white polka dots everywhere.

Maka's was a halter top just like Tsubaki's was, but it covered much more of her chest, since she was very self conscious about her breasts, and it had a bow right in the middle. The bottom had a short skirt over it that had little ruffles along the bottom. The suit had two different colors to it: the top was green a green plaid and the bow was solid black along with some piping around the edges, while the skirt was almost the opposite, having the main body of it black with a little belt like stripe of green plaid at the top.

They finished all of their shopping around 3:30 and had to rush home to get all of their stuff ready and make it to Kid's by four. Once at home, they quickly began putting their suits on and finding clothes to wear over them. They both settled on wearing halter tops, much like their suits, along with a pair of bathing suit wraps(those tie on skirt things), Maka's long,flowing and black while Tsubaki's was shorter and blue like her suit, and rushed out the door.

Kid's house was a good thirty minute drive away and they hit some traffic along the way, pushing it over to about forty-five minutes. Maka couldn't believe what she was seeing when they finally drove up what seemed like a mile long driveway. His house was enormous! The only other word Maka could come up with for it in that moment was...symmetrical? Everything was perfectly mirrored from one side to the other. All the plants on one side of the drive could be found on the exact opposite side in the same exact shape, size, color, everything. It was a bit unnerving. "I will tell you now," came Tsubaki's voice, "Kid is a bit of a symmetry freak to say the least. I would recommend not moving anything, and I mean anything, because he'll know. You don't even want to know what will happen if you break something. Hopefully we can keep Black Star under control this time."

"Well, that sounds...comforting," Maka replied looking over at Tsubaki who gave her a small smile. As Maka looked back at the house she said, "He must be rolling in the money, huh?"

Tsubaki nodded, "Yea, his dad owns some big record company, I don't remember the name." They had finally reached the house and Tsubaki put the car in park, turned it off, and they both got out bringing their bags with their towels and extra clothes with them.

As Maka followed Tsubaki to the door, she noticed that there was a familiar motorcycle parked near the door. "That's Soul's bike," she thought and suddenly she felt a little under dressed. She was about to be virtually half naked around the guy she had just kissed the night before. She hadn't noticed that she had stopped until Tsubaki turned and asked if she was coming in or not. Slowly, Maka began to walk after her again, pulling her arms around her body.

They rung the doorbell, and finally Kid came to the door, hair dripping wet and just in his swim trunks. They were midnight black with a large white skull on both sides, of course. His upper body was somewhat toned, "Nothing like what Soul's body looks like," Maka thought and she immediately put it out. Thoughts like that would just make her more and more nervous, that she knew. "Come on in guys, the others are here already and are in the pool," he said as he turned and strode away quite quickly apparently trying to get back to the pool, where Liz and Patty were. The girls kept up as they soon ended up outside once again. The pool, to say the least, matched the house. It too was enormous! It was the size of an olympic pool from end to end (50m or 164ft) but was shaped like a cartoony skull, and even had to islands in the middle for the two eyes.

As Maka was looking she finally saw Soul, in all of his half dressed glory. She could see the drops of water slowly rolling down his finely toned torso. She had to force her eyes upwards when he started walking her way. "Hey guys, ready for a swim?" came his amazing deep voice, with a smile on his face.

"Sure am! You coming, Maka?" Tsubaki asked as she pulled her shirt over her head.

"Yea, give me a minute," she said as she turned to the bag she was carrying and pulled out some sunscreen. Looking back over her shoulder slightly, she began to untie her skirt before pulling it free and putting it in the bag. With a steadying breath she pulled her top off and almost immediately pulled her arms around her stomach after putting it in her bag. Maka looked over her shoulder one more time and she saw Soul talking to Tsubaki, so she felt safe enough to drop her arms and begin to apply the sunscreen to her pale skin, because if she didn't she'd burn to a crisp.

As she finished applying it to her arms, legs, stomach, and chest, she began to rub it on her back with a little difficulty. "Would you like some help?" came a deep and familiar voice that instantly made Maka stiffen. She turned, and as she knew he would be, there stood Soul, in his half naked state. She turned her head slightly making it seem like she was looking back for the lotion, but instead she was trying to hide the pink tinge that graced her face.

Soul slowly took the bottle, each of his movements hesitant. Sure, Maka had kissed him, but where exactly did that leave them? For all he knew, it could just be some crazy kind of revenge for him stealing her first kiss. You could never really tell with girls, they were all crazy!

After he popped the top, he let some of the lotion fall onto her back and watched as her back arched from the cold droplets on her back. Once she finally relaxed he was able to run his hands through the substance and began to rub it softly into her skin, covering her back without being too hands-on. Girls always had a way to turn shit on you, might as well play it safe.

Maka's eyes closed as she felt Soul's amazingly delicate hands. Who would have guess that someone with that toned of a body would have hands so soft and gentle? Sure there were small callouses from when he would, from what she could assume, work out. Because there's no way he could stay that muscular and not work out. She was sort of sad when she felt his hands retreat and he heard him grunt about being done. "T-thanks," she said as she stood and turned to him, arms wrapping her arms around her, feeling more uncomfortable than ever.

Before anything else was able to be said, however, a finely dressed man strode up to them offering them drinks, and somehow already knew what they would ask for, had he asked. Strawberry daiquiri for Maka, and a beer for Soul. Without much hesitation, Maka took the drink with a small thank you and a smile, and took a good swig of the wonderfully burning concoction that would give her the courage to make it through the day. Well, it would take more than one, but this was a start. "Cheers," she heard as she turned to see Soul's glass in the air, and she quickly brought hers up to meet him, calling out her cheers as well.

From behind them they heard a loud booming laughter as they turned to see Patty, in her giraffe print bathing suit that was so tight it looked like she would pop put at any given moment, jumping into the pool landing in a cannonball, splashing water everywhere. Before the water even settled, you could hear Black Star screaming things like "I am better than god", "no one can surpass me", and "I can splash way higher than that". Honestly, Maka couldn't care less. The blue monkey was obnoxious to say the least. She just wasn't expected to suddenly turn and see a pair of blue board shorts floating in the water and she immediately turned, hoping to not catch a glimpse of the now naked kid in the pool. Screams were heard, Liz's mostly as Black Star pulled himself out of the water not even noticing the loss of his swim wear.

"Dude! Put your pants back on!" came Soul's crude call as he too turned his back on the blue haired boy, mumbling something about not wanting to see some other guy's junk. Maka couldn't help but let out a small chuckle at his remarks. "What's so funny,eh?"

"Just everything, I-I guess," Maka mumbled out, not really sure how to answer the question. She grabbed another drink from the butler or bartender, she wasn't sure what he was exactly, and took a sip. She had already kissed Soul, and he had kissed her, so it was fair to say something might be happening there, right? Why not enjoy the moment while it lasted? With her mind made up, Maka downed the last of her drink before setting the glass down and walking towards the opposite side of the gigantic pool, avoiding the naked blue menace on the other side, who was now flaunting himself instead of covering up. What Tsubaki saw in him, she'd never know, especially since she was the complete opposite of Black Star.

She had now walked a good few feet from Soul and she decided to look over her shoulder and looked directly at Soul, concentrating on keeping her cool, "Wanna go for a swim?" Before he even answer she began to walk away again, slowly. Soul jogged to meet up with her as the walked to the other side of the pool.

Wait, was Maka trying to tease him? Had it not been that he had stolen her first kiss, and that she was some goody-two-shoes that didn't get out much? "Damn, girls sure a fucking weird," he thought, "but damn, I have to admit she looks great in that suit." He let himself fall back, giving into his male urges as he watched her slim figure sway back and forth as she walked. Sure, she wasn't the best built, or had the biggest boobs, but it was all about how it looked on you. And damn did those legs look amazing, especially in the short skirt that she was now wearing. He had felt them while dancing, and he loved how soft they were in his hands.

Maka couldn't help but feel his eyes as the looked her up and down as she walked to the end of the pool. "Maybe it did work?" she inwardly asked herself. Suddenly, she had a great idea as she neared the edge of the pool, "Hey Soul, what's that on the bottom of the pool?" she asked leaning over the edge a bit pointing towards the water. And he took the bait. As he went to lean over the edge Maka backed up and pushed him forward with both of her hands, effectively pushing him over the edge. Maka almost doubled over in laughter as she watched his exaggerated movements as he tried to keep his balance, but they didn't help him any as he eventually plunged into the cool water.

Slowly Soul came to the surface and watched as Maka nearly fell to the ground laughing. "Now that's a laugh I don't think I could ever hear enough of, but first, payback," he thought. "You little vixen!" he called as he hefted himself out of the pool with ease and started making his way towards her and she immediately began to back away, before turning and dashing around the pool. "You think you can out run me?" he called after her and he began to run, trying to be as careful as possible with his wet feet.

Maka could barely hear him coming after her over her laughter, but she could hear that he was laughing as well. She knew she could never outrun him though, so she began weaving through chairs and tables trying to get far away from him. Unfortunately, her eyes were becoming blurry from all of the laughter and he soon came up behind her and grabbed her around her waist tightly. "Let go Soul!" she laughed out trying to wiggle free.

"Nope, I am going to get you back," he said as he ran towards the diving board.

"No, Soul, don't you dare!" Maka cried starting to get a bit scared, but before she could protest anymore, she had to take in a deep breath as he lifted her higher in his arms and launched them both off of the diving board, releasing her in the air causing them both to flail a bit before finally hitting the water.

After they both resurfaced, they looked at each other and began to laugh. Maka took her chance now to splash some water into his face, "You scared me Soul!" she said, a twinge of amusement behind her words, "But it was fun anyway!" she finished as she began to laugh once again.

"Hey, it's what you get for pushing me into the pool!" he said with a laugh as he splashed her back. He has no idea what was coming as Maka soon flew towards him, the last thing he saw was a face full of her breasts before he was forced under water by his shoulders. He instantly grabbed her waist and pulled her under too, before coming up to the surface pulling her up to. "Maka, you really don't want to get into this fight, I will always win," he said calmly, a wide smile on his face.

Maka searched her brain for what to do next, and a scene from a book she read popped into her head instantly. "Well I guess you're right, so I supposed you deserve a prize, huh?" Maka said as she leaned in bringing her face closer and closer to his, noticing the red tinge across his face. Before he could lean in and complete the kiss, she had once again pushed him down under the water.

He came up with an evil smile on his face, "So it's going to be like that now, is it?" he asked as he began to back her against the wall. Once he had her pressed against the wall he put his arms on either side of her so she couldn't escape. "What will you do now, Maka?" he asked, the smooth sultry sound of his voice giving Maka the chills even in the warm water.

"Hey Maka! Soul! We are going into the pool house for some truth or dare! Come join us!" Liz called from across the pool, not really able to see exactly what was happening on their side.

"Damn, they all have the most perfect timing, don't they?" Soul mumbled under his breath as he looked over his shoulder at her.

"Hey Soul?" Maka called, noticing that his arms had fallen from her sides. Once he turned her way she decided to get bold because there is no time like the present and it's not like there are any guys lining up to be with her. So she pressed her lips against his long enough to allow him time to begin kissing back before she dunked him under again, hoisted herself up the wall, and began to ran towards where the others had walked.

"Fuck Maka, if that's how you want to play, then game on. We will see who gives in to who first," he said lowly to himself, an evil grin spreading across his features as he got out and followed after the rest of them.

Neither one of them would have expected the others to be planning to "help them along" with their little game.

.Continued.

A/N: Okay, so this really went NOWHERE towards where I thought it would, but what's the harm in some truth or dare. That game always leads to weird endings, or very happy ones! So if anyone has any truths or dares please PM(preferably) or post them in a review.

While on the topic of reviews, please review! Reviews keep my blood flowing, and even if I don't have the time (or should spend the time), I go and write, or at least brainstorm, each time I read a review...so maybe that will encourage some of my followers to review as well! =D.