=Maka's P.O.V=
After a few hours of blissful sleep, I was woken up by a puffy eyed Liz. She had obviously been crying. Most likely due to her sappy romance flicks. "Shh I'm sleeping," I grumbled rolling over on the bed so my face was covered by the pillow. "Get up! It's almost time to get ready!" She yelled at me trying to move my legs. "Get ready for what?" I mumbled sleepily. "The dance were you and Soul will kiss and it'll be perfect and I'll be like Cupid and then you'll become a couple and I'll be responsible for your life long relationship, happy marriage and four children!" She yelled in one breath. I sat strait up and death glared her only causing her to smirk. "Calm down it's a dance, no one said we were getting married and who the hell said I would have four kids?" I argued, flinging out of Liz's bed. She just smiled in satisfaction. I realised I had let her win by getting out of bed. "Shower," she ordered pushing me in the direction of the bathroom. I sighed heavily and washed up. Like everything else in kids/Liz's/Patty's, their shower was magnificent and huge. Gold lined the tiles inside and the shower head covered every inch of my body. Without even caring how long I spent in there, I sat down and relaxed. A few minutes later Liz knocked impatiently and asked if I had drowned in there. I laughed in response and swiftly turned off the shower and wrapped a fluffy white towel around me. Liz barged in with out even asking for permission and held up my dress. It was the same black, slightly frilly dress with spaghetti straps. It was pretty and I was beginning looking forward to putting it on. "Change into that and I'll have a shower." Liz said briefly before pushing me out the door of the bathroom. Wrapping my wet hair up in a towel, I slipped the dress on over my head. The full length mirror hanging on the wall showed a girl that looked nothing like me. If anything I looked...good! I turned on a few angles to examine the dress and was feeling just a tiny bit vane. The dress showed off my legs up to my knees and gave the illusion of a bigger chest. As bad as it sounded, I was a little happier about this.
My figure seemed skinny and fragile as well as curved and grown up. I brushed off little fluff balls and stood tall. I was proud of myself for finally having some confidence in my appearance. I wasn't going to let any one get me down because I was happy how I looked for once. Liz stepped out of the bathroom in here stunning white suit that matched Patty's one and chewed gum. Her hair was left down and brushed to be perfectly straight. Her skin was blemish free and her eyes looked fantastic. She marched over to me in her white heels and told me to sit in a chair near her vanity table. I stared at the thing in horror. I had a desk not a useless vanity table. What made it was worse was the fact that it was smeared with make up that had spilled over and smelt awfully powerful. Im guessing a number of perfumes had fallen over and all spilled to combine this sickly scent of flowers, lollies and the rain forest. Liz un-wrapped the towel around my hair and dropped it on the ground. Next she pulled out a number of items that ranged from a hair brush, a comb, bobby pins, hair ties and a small but cute looking diamond hair pin. For thirty minutes, non stop, Liz pulled and twirled my hair into an extravagant bun. I had two long strips of hair on either side of my face curled slightly and to top it all of the hair pin was placed at the top of my bun it sparkled nicely when i walked and the light hit it just right. I loved the hair and i loved the dress but i certainly wasn't going to act too girly girly in front of any one. "Thank's Liz this looks really great," I praised, beaming at her. Her smile in return was the prettiest thing I had seen her do in a long time. So I guess people are right when they say a woman's smile is the prettiest make up she could ever have. I glanced at the wall clock that read the time 6:30 pm. "Wait, so when's the dance?" I asked looking back at Liz. "We are leaving to go there at precisely seven or else the plan will fail." She replied in a 'matter of fact' tone. I mentally face palmed for forgetting about Soul. Although, I was a slightly grateful that I was able to stop thinking about him for at least half a day. "So, what do we do for thirty minutes?" I asked feeling like going back to sleep. "Actually, come to think about it, it'll most likely take twenty minutes to walk to the DWMA so we'll leave in ten." Liz said with a thinking face on. "Let me re-phrase my question then." I began "So what do we do for ten minutes?" "Pfft don't worry about it," Liz said calmly brushing my question away. "Time will fly by." We sat down on the bed again and waited. Maybe it was fine for Liz but for me it felt like an eternity. She filed her nails seeming so relaxed while nervous butterflies flew about in my stomach. Okay scratch that, my stomach felt like it was going to explode and I was so nervous my hands were sweating. Trying desperately to calm myself, I took deep breaths and leaned against the wall. It's fine Maka, I repeated over and over again in my head. Soul is a normal human being, not some evil demon who will eat your soul. I gulped. On second thoughts he was actually pretty close to that description. Refusing to let myself hyperventilate like a weirdo, I got up and stuck my head out of Liz's window. The cold outside air cooled my hot face and caused me to take deep breaths of the fresh wind. "You feeling alright?" Liz asked sounding concerned. "Just great," I replied sarcastically giving her a fake thumbs up. "Look, don't freak out its just Soul. He's your partner and your friend, it'll be fine." I starred back out the window and nearly threw up. My legs began shaking ridiculously and I could't help but cling tightly to the ledge to keep from toppling over. Liz had called Soul my partner. Which is exactly what he was! I yelled inside my head. He's a partner who works with you. Remember Maka, if anything happens to your soul resonance your partnership is out the door. "Oh god," I whispered feeling my stomach flip. With a disgusting noise I threw up out the window and gagged once I was done. My throat stung horribly and the taste was even worse. Then I remembered Liz saying he was also my friend. Yes Maka, a friend I scolded! Friends don't date friends! Friends don't be anything more than friends! Liz patted my back making me jump. I was so lost in thought I had forgotten she was even in the room. "Jeesh relax Maka everything is gonna be fine," she soothed as she handed me a bottle of water that she had sitting on the bedside table. "Yeah, you say that now until we have a fight, our soul resonance is crushed and I will never have a weapon or Soul as a friend ever again." I replied in a rush chugging down water. Liz glanced quickly at the clock and widened her eyes. "Toughen up princess 'cause we have to leave." "No way in hell am I going to that stupid dance." I squeaked finishing the bottle off. "Oh I'm sorry, I didn't know you would prefer standing Soul up and letting him know that you don't care for him at all." She said, arching her eyebrows and placing her perfectly manicured hands on her hips. "Fine I'll go," I grumbled, wiping my mouth with the back of my hand. "Gross," Liz shuddered, handing me a pack of gum she had sitting in her draw. "Oh wow, that made me feel so much better," I said dramatically rolling my eyes. The gum was peppermint and thankfully replaced the taste of vomit. "Okay, lets get this over with," I mumbled, marching out the door.
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Liz and I walked for a decent twenty minutes to the DWMA. We were early seeing as there was practically no one outside or any where near the school. We stepped inside the large building and examined the room. Streamers and balloons were strung up every where and four large buffet tables were stretched around, covered in drinks and food. I finally just realised that the whole time Patty hadn't been with us. "Where's Patty?!" I asked a little worried. "She's with the guys," Liz replied popping a chip into her mouth from the buffet table. I nodded and turned my thoughts to other things. Important things. Like Soul....
=Soul's P.O.V=
I glared at Kid as he finally stopped freaking out about how un-symmetrical his suit was. After leaving the house in the morning, I was dragged by Blackstar into his house and got a suit shoved in my face. Id spent the whole day watching movies with Kid and Blackstar until they both wrestled me into a black suit. "This plan is perfect like me," Blackstar bragged. "Yes I agree," Kid said nodding "Maka will fall head over heels for you." I blushed at the thought of her and scoffed at them. "And why do you think she'll do that? I'm her partner. She wouldn't want anything more from me than our friendship." "Be more positive!" Blackstar yelled in my ear. "Easy for you to say" I yelled back "Tsubaki is gentle. Maka would kick my ass if I did anything wrong!" Kid laughed and Blackstar smirked. "Well don't do anything wrong then," Kid said crossing his arms over his chest. I checked the clock and noticed we had better get going. "Come on," I said lazily. "Were walking." "Of course the all mighty Blackstar will walk faster than any one else!" Blackstar cheered in response. Kid shook his head and went out the door. We followed behind and made our way to the DWMA. By the time we got there, the whole place was alive and buzzing with students. Some were dancing, others were standing around talking and one person in particular stood out. The double doors that led out onto the balcony were left wide open and a small figure stood out there in the dark. I could tell it was Maka from the push Kid and Blackstar both gave me in that direction. Holy mother of god, I began chanting in my head. What do I do? Remember play it cool. But you know she doesn't fall for that crap. Yes, perfect a simple smirk and a hey is fine. No it's not you idiot! She'll think you just wanna be friends. I began an inner war inside my head that raged on until I reached the balcony. "Mind if I join 'ya?" I said trying to sound confident. Yes, perfect Soul good work! I praised myself feeling a little relieved that I hadn't acted like a complete idiot yet. She turned around and smiled the cutest grin I could of possibly imagined. Thats when I completely became lost for words and nearly fell over. She's just a girl! I screamed at myself. Yeah but not just any girl, this is Maka Albarn the strong, beautiful, brave girl you're in love with. Her hair was done in a pretty bun that suited her and her face was lightly done with make up. Good, girls who wore too much make up looked like clowns. What caught my eye the most was the dress. It was so..so...hot. It showed off her great legs that would make any guy go crazy and her chest seemed bigger. Shut up you pervert, my rational side of my brain said. "Hey Soul, how 'ya 'doin?" She asked casually. "Y..yeah good," I stuttered, walking forward to place my sweaty hands on the balcony edge. "It's really crowded in there," I said evenly, pointing a finger back at the party. "Yeah, it got too stuffy so I came out here," she said wistfully as she looked up at the sky. She was standing so close to me that our elbows brushed together a few times. The stars seemed to make her fantastic emerald eyes shine only causing me to freak out more. It'll be fine you can do this Soul! I shouted in my mind.
=Maka's P.O.V=
I stood next to Soul on the balcony pretending to act calm. On the inside I was freaking out so badly, I thought I would pass out. Don't be ridiculous, you're Maka Albarn, I encouraged myself. Our elbows kept brushing each others which made me blush. I looked back slightly to find Tsubaki, Liz and Patty watching me. Great, so this is all on show, I thought grumpily. I made eye contact with Liz and she made kissy faces at me. I glared at her and shook my head a tiny bit. She rolled her eyes and kissed Patty's cheek and made a 'duh' face at me. With a jolt of shock I finally understood what she wanted me to do. I turned back to look out at the dark school grounds. My cheeks heated up just at the thought. How the hell am I supposed to kiss Soul Eater Evans?! He's the cool one, he should be kissing me!
=Soul's P.O.V=
I took small glances at the guys in the room behind me they pointed in the direction of Maka and puckered there lips. God, they looked retarded. But I knew what they wanted me to do. I couldn't kiss Maka yet! Could I? No! The night only started. I turned slightly towards her and began to say something at the same time she did. "Sorry, you first," I laughed. She giggled sounding a bit nervous. Nervous? Wait, was that good? "Oh I was just going to say the stars look pretty," she replied quickly. "There's something I have to say," I rushed quickly before I could stop myself. She looked at me with confused eyes. Jeez she was so cute. "I...." I started then stopped, thinking it would be better if I used actions instead of words. I stepped a little closer to her and came so close that our faces were almost touching. Surprising me completely, she leaned her fore head on mine and stared into my eyes. Well here goes nothing, I thought airily or maybe everything.
=Maka's P.O.V=
I decided wether or not I should say something flirty or something witty and intelligent but Soul stepped closer to me. My heart beat quickened as he came so close to my face that I could lightly feel his breath fanning over my mouth. I bit my lip hard to keep from saying something dumb and looked at him. His bright red eyes burned back at me almost as if he was going to... Wait, what?! No he wasn't going to kiss me. He was teasing me. Was he? I became confused so I just rested my fore head on his. Slowely, almost painfully slow, his lips connected with mine. The first thing I thought was how happy I was then those thoughts came crashing around me. The only things that filtered through my mind were soul resonance, friendship and what I would do if my heart got broken. I pulled back quickly and breathed a few deep breaths. Soul looked at me questioningly. There was a mix of confusion and hurt in his eyes that made my stomach cramp. "I'm sorry," I choked out quietly. "I have to go use the rest room." And on that I sped walked to the bathroom, wiping hurriedly at stray tears that started coming out of my eyes.
=Soul's P.O.V=
The only thing I thought as I watched her walk away was that I had just ruined every thing...
{authors note}
Dump, dump daaaaa! *dramatic music*
Poor Soul!
But poor Maka!
No, poor Soul!
Shh! I'm Sorry, my inner fan-girl is slightly killing me because of this chapter!
So emotional *wipes tear away*
I'm gonna go now so please read comment vote ect you know the rest. I'll update again tomorrow cause it's the WEEKEND!
Chow!