Today is Friday, the last day of school (for 4 months). I took the final test on Wednesday and got a score of 96%. I was happy with how the school year went (the good parts of it) and how many friends I made. I already loved my job even though today is only my third day working. The only thing i'm not to sure about is the uniforms. I wear something like a black suit, but its not too fancy. I usually end up working from 4 to 8 and get the weekends off, so after school I only have an hour to get to work and after work I only have an hour before I go to bed (usually). But since its summer break, i'll have more time in the day to do stuff. I went to work after school had ended and I said my goodbyes to students and teachers. The work day wasn't bad, we had a rush at about 6 (why would people buy coffee at 6, I have no idea). About an hour later, Maka and Soul visited me and bought muffins. I got some tips, only 15 dollars though (which is a lot in tips). I said goodnight to Mike and went home. Before I went to sleep, I thought about the summer break. What am I going to do? Maka said she would show me some cool things to do during summer break, but what else could I do?

The next morning, Maka already made plans for me and her to go to the park with my other friends and hang out.

"So Crona, how is work going," Kid asked.

"Its good. I like it a lot, just not the uniforms."

"Whats wrong with the uniforms," Soul asked.

"Im not used to them yet, im used to this." I pointed at my dress.

"Well that explains it, I think the uniforms are cute," Patty said.

"Anyway, how about we play some basketball," Black Star suggested.

"That would be cool," Soul said getting up off the bench and walking towards the court. Everyone but me and Liz got up and played basketball. Liz said something about her nails getting broken. I just don't really care for basketball, and at the moment I don't have any clothes that would be comfortable to play basketball in. It was noon when everyone got tired of playing basketball. We all walked to the nearest restaurant and ordered sandwiches.

"So for summer break, I thought that going to the beach would be fun," Maka said finishing her sandwich.

"That definitley sounds like fun," Liz and Patty said.

"Good idea Maka," Kid said.

"Well good, I was thinking that we could go tomorrow."

"Sounds good," everyone chimed. Go to a beach? Which means swimming. I don't know how to swim. I could sit in the waves that come on shore, or even just sit in the sun. We all went back to the park and chatted until it was 2. Liz and Patty said they had to leave, so they left. The rest of us decided to walk around the park and just talk until about 4 when everyone decided to go home. Tsubaki and Black Star left first (like always). Which meant Maka, Soul, Kid and I were the only ones left. We started to walk in the direction of our apartments when Kid said goodbye and left (thats the first). Soul and Maka left about a block before I got to my apartments. Now only I, walked to my apartment and said hi to Ashley on my way up. I had to go buy a swimming shorts for tomorrow. I didn't have any, yet. So I grabbed about 20 dollars out of my bank (a cleaned out milk jug with the top cut off I use as a bank). I walked to the store and found the swimming suit isle. There were a lot to choose from, I picked one that was plain black and went to my knees. I bought it and walked home. I tried it on at home, normal guys don't wear a shirt with swimming shorts, so I don't plan to. I couldn't see my ribs anymore, and I think that I was a normal sized guy. I guess I hadn't realized it, but I slightly have abs from fitness class. I guess im more normal than I thought I was. I made pasta with alfredo sauce for dinner, I really need Maka to teach me how to cook things other than pasta. Pasta is my favorite, but it gets annoying when you eat it everyday. I watched TV until about 8 when my phone rang.

"Hello?"

"Hi, its Maka."

"Hey."

"So, I was wondering, are you comfortable going swimming tomorrow?"

"Yeah, its fine. I can't really swim though, so i'll hang out in the waves or something."

"Oh, okay. You sure? Cause we can do something else."

"No, its okay, I think going to the beach is a good idea."

"Okay, as long as your comfortable with it."

"Don't worry, i'll be fine."

"Kay, I'll see you tomorrow. We are going to meet up at Deathbucks tomorrow at ten. Goodnight."

"Goodnight." I hung up the phone and read a book until it was 9:30. Then I went to bed hoping for the best tomorrow. The next morning, I woke up at 8. I made myself a bowl of cereal and packed for the day at the beach. I watched TV until it was time for me to walk to Deathbucks and meet up with my friends. I walked to Deathbucks and met up with all my friends, still waiting on Liz and Patty though. When they arrived, we walked about 3 miles and then called a taxi to take us to the beach. When we got there, there were already tons of people in the water and tanning on the beach. We walked on the sand (which was super hot) until we found a spot we liked to set down our bags. There were a couple stalls, and the girls all went and changed into their swim suits first. They came out and told us guys to hurry and put on our swim suits. We did, and when we walked out the girls teased and whistled at us. Which made me blush a little. We all sat in the sun for a while before anyone decided that they wanted to go in the water. Soul went first then the rest of us followed. I was the last one in the water, but I decided to just stand around in the waves. The water was very cold but it felt nice against the blaring sun. After a while of playing in the water I decided to sit on the sand for a little while. I think i'm still a little too shy to be out in public like this, I wanted to curl up in my beach towel until it was time to go home. Maka came and sat by me, she looked kinda worried.

"Are you okay?"

"Yeah, i'm f-fine."

"How come your not playing with everyone else?"

"I'm not v-very c-comfortable swimming."

"I told you we could of done something else."

"I know, i-i'm f-fine I like t-to sit i-in the sand."

"You don't sound fine."

"I-i'm just not u-used to this yet."

"We can go if you'd like."

"N-no, im fine, y-you have fun w-with the others."

"Are you sure?"

"Y-yeah." She slightly smiled then got up and went back in the water with everyone else. I really don't mind sitting in the sand, I will go in the water for a little bit if I get too hot. Maka seemed really happy playing in the water with everyone else, she was really beautiful too. She wore a lime green, pink polka dotted bikini with a ruffled bottom, her hair was in twin braids, kinda like her usual pony tails. She is really pretty. It looked like Liz got tired of playing in the water, she layed on her towel and started tanning. I got up after a while and sat in the waves again I was getting really hot, I think I was starting to get sunburned too. I saw my friends playing in semi-deep water, splashing and pulling eachother into the water. They were having tons of fun, which is a good thing. I wish I wasn't so shy, I could hang out with my friends more often. I sat there and watched Maka for a while, how did I end up dating her? She is so nice and pretty, i'm quiet and shy, I don't see why she likes me. I had a tingly feeling in my shorts, oh crap! I scooted into the cold water more so no one could see. Why now! Yes, I know what it meant. I have to talk to Ragnarok all the time, of course he told me of these things. I hope no one notices, that would be super embarrassing if someone found out. I sat in the cold water for a long time before I could get out and sit on my towel again. I'm so glad that no one noticed, I don't know what I would've done if someone saw it. After a while everyone got bored of playing in the water and decided to sit on their towels and enjoy the sun before we left. We all noticed that Liz fell asleep while she was tanning so she was REALLY sunburnt. We woke her up and we could tell by her the expression on her face that she could feel the sunburn.

"OW! Why didn't anyone wake me up sooner?"

"Because we were all playing in the water," Kid said.

"Yeah sis, you shouldn't sleep when your in the sun," Patty started laughing and slapping Liz's sunburn.

"Ow Patty that hurts! Stop!" We all laughed and enjoyed the rest of the afternoon making sandcastles and searching for shells in the tide. We decided not to go home until 5, that way we had plenty of time to do whatever we want while we were here. I made 4 sandcastles before I went and started looking for seashells. They were actually not that hard to find, you just walk along the tide and eventually you find like tons of them. They're really pretty, just really fragile. I examined myself before we left, I got really tan today. I didn't think that my super white skin would be able to tan so fast. Everyone got tan, except for Liz of course, she was really sunburnt. We all walked home, we didn't call a taxi or anything because we thought that it would be more fun to walk. Liz, Patty, and Kid all went home first since they lived closer (only 3 miles). Tsubaki and Black Star were the next ones to leave. Then it was just Maka, Soul, and I, we walked about 3 more miles before Soul said he was going to take a shortcut. Maka and I walked for a little while before we said anything.

"So how are you," Maka asked.

"I'm fine, how are you?"

"I'm good, so did you have fun today?"

"Yeah, it was really fun. Thank you."

"Don't thank me, I just thought it would be fun since we just got out of school."

"Yeah it was lots of fun."

"Crona, how do you feel about.. us?"

"Huh? I uh, I think we're f-fine. What d-do you t-think?"

"I'll tell you when we get to your apartment."

"O-okay." We walked about 2 more miles until we got to my apartment (Yes, the beach was 8 miles away). It was like 7 o'clock when we got there. I invited Maka to sit on the couch and we relaxed for a while.

"I don't think keeping us a secret is very good for our relationship."

"R-really?"

"Yeah, we can't hold hands, and I can't kiss you when we're around anyone."

"Oh, yeah I guess thats bad." Wait kiss me? I don't know how to deal with this.

"So what do you want to do about it?"

"I-i don't know, I d-don't know a-anything about dating."

"Do you want people to know?"

"N-no, I don't know w-what other p-people would think."

"Okay, so how about we go slow? Like I can slowly become more of a girlfriend than a friend."

"T-that w-would be okay."

"Yeah? Okay, we'll do that then." She got up and kissed me on the cheek then walked into the kitchen.

"How about I make dinner?"

"That would be good. Thank you." (Finally, I get a break from pasta. I'll have to ask her to teach me to cook.) Maka is really good at cooking, she made tacos with homemade guacomole. It was really good, me and her ate about 3 tacos each. We were both stuffed, i'm always happy when she cooks.

"Hey Maka?"

"Yeah?"

"Could you teach me how to cook?"

"Yeah, i'd be happy to teach you." She giggled a little, then we both cleaned up the kitchen and washed the dishes. We talked a little while about cooking and how easy it can be. When we looked at the time it was 10:39, and I wasn't sure about letting Maka go home when it was already really late.

"Oh wow, it got late fast. I better get home before.."

"No, its okay. You can stay here tonight."

"Are you sure? I only live a block away."

"No. Please, just stay the night here."

"Okay, I'll stay."

"T-thank you."

"Where do you want me to sleep? On the couch?"

"Y-yeah that would be f-fine."

"Okay, where is a blanket and pillow?"

"Um, in that closet I t-think."

"Okay, do you want to go to bed now or wait a little while?"

"We can go t-to b-bed now."

"Okay." I walked to my room and she got in her bed. I don't know what to do. It's so wierd to have her stay the night. I usually sleep without a shirt, so this'll be even wierder than I thought it would be. I went to the bathroom and changed my clothes into my comfortable pj's (no shirt and pajama pants). I came back and it looked like she was already asleep, so I crawled into my bed. I slept well other than a small nightmare that I get every once in a while. I've been starting to get used to the nightmares, which is good because I don't want to worry Maka. The rest of summer break was really fun, we went to the beach a couple more times, I worked a lot but I liked work so I didn't mind. We hung out a lot during the break, we went and got ice cream, we went surfing (I watched), and we did tons of other things. I got a lot of sun too, I didn't think that a sunburn could burn so bad if someone touched it (I got REALLY tan though). I really enjoyed summer break, it was tons of fun. Me and Maka continued the slowly dating thing. Right now we just hug in front of people (which I like), but i've noticed that Maka seems to want to kiss me a lot (which I don't think I could handle). We haven't actually 'kissed' since the day I broke down and she kissed me on the balcony. I hope things don't go terribly wrong with me and her.

Yep, two stories in one day, amazing right? Well, I decided that since these stories were a little late, that i'd upload two. Btw don't expect to constantly be getting stories, I have school and my internet sucks. So they will be spaced a wittle bit apart. Don't worry, i'm not going to stop typing this story, I ain't giving up yet! But anyway, enjoy my story and don't forget the reviews! I've only had two reviews so far, which makes me sad! *cries* So don't forget it! Bye!