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"Miss Heffer…is there something you'd like to share with the class?" Stein asked.
"No." I replied through clenched teeth.
"Oh really? Then how come I find you talking to your weapon Luna right now? Is it really that important that you have to interrupt my class?" Stein smiled creepily again. Luna looked scared and embarrassed.
"First off Stein…I'd rather you not call Luna a weapon…it sounds really rude. You make it sound like I'm just using her! She's an actual person with real feelings just like everyone else so shut the hell up!" I snapped.
Stein looked a little surprised at my outburst as did everyone else. I guess I've been having a hard time because…I'm just sick of hiding who I am. Being part witch isn't easy. I've been having problems lately…it's like something awakened my more…powerful side of my magic powers. I don't know how to explain it, but I've been having these mood swings because of it. Every time I get sent to nurse Medusa it gets worse. I think she's been the cause of this. I'd just have to look into it more. Stein was about to reply when the bell rang…this always seemed to happen…
"Alright class dismissed…except for you Miss Heffer. I'd like a word with you." Stein seemed serious.
Everyone left and I saw Soul looking at me with worry as he walked out with Maka and the others.
"Jacqueline. Is there something that's been…bothering you lately?" Stein carefully chose his words.
I felt myself not being able to talk, so I just nodded my head.
"Would you like to talk about it?" Stein looked concerned. Something I never saw before.
"I've been having some mood swings lately…it's nothing to worry about."
"Is it that time of the month?" Stein cautiously asked.
"NO! It's not that it's just—I can't exactly explain it…every time I haven't been feeling good I get sent to nurse Medusa…and after I come out of the nurse's office…I've been really moody and—let's just say I get easily irritated." I explained. "I have a feeling Miss Medusa has been behind this…I don't trust her at all."
"You too huh?" Stein mumbled.
"What?" I was confused. What did he just say?
"Oh nothing…get moving to lunch…talk to me if you need help." Stein gave me a small smile.
I nodded in return and then left thinking about what Stein said. As soon as I walked outside I saw everyone eating lunch at our usual spot. Soul walked up to me and wrapped an arm around my waist.
"Is everything alright? You seem a little depressed lately…" Soul mumbled.
"I'm fine…or I'll get better anyway." I smiled sadly.
"You feel up to talk about it?"
"Can you meet me here after school then?" I asked.
Soul nodded his head and we both walked over to eat lunch with everyone else.
"Hiya Jackie!" Patty giggled.
"Hey Patty." I smiled in return.
"I am SO sorry I got you in trouble with Stein!" Luna apologized.
"Is everything alright Jack? That little outburst in class seemed like something was bugging you." Liz looked concerned. Oh great…here we go again…
"As I've told everyone else I'm fine. I'll get over it…I just get defensive when people talk about Luna like that…the way I see it, weapons aren't just weapons…they're your best friends, teammates, partners…my point is…I hate it when people just think of their weapons as just a useful ally or something." I truthfully lied. I liked using that method. It's telling the truth with avoiding the real subject of what you're really trying to hide!
"I guess I can see that being an issue, but as you can see we're all friends here." Kid said.
"Yup! I don't have to worry about you guys." I joked.
"So what did Stein want to talk to you about?" Maka asked.
"Oh nothing…he was just lecturing me like usual." I lied again.
"I can see that…" Luna chuckled.
I just glared at her in response.
"Well? What is it you need to tell me?" Soul asked.
ALRIGHT! I'M GONNA TELL HIM!
"Um…you see…okay let me ask you this first. What do you think of me?" I asked.
"You're a pretty cool girl…what does this have to do with anything?" He looked confused.
"I'm getting there…Soul, would you still be my friend? No matter what?" I started choking up. I can't back out now! He needs to know!
"Where are you going with this Jack? You sound like you committed some crime…" Soul was now truly concerned. "You can tell me anything and I promise I won't freak out okay?" Soul promised.
"Alright fine…you promised though…Soul…I'MPARTWITCH!" I blurted out.
Soul cleaned his ear with his pinky as if he couldn't hear what I said.
"I'm sorry…come again?" I took a deeper breath and then repeated slowly.
"I'm part witch." My eyes widened and I felt tears springing in my eyes.
What if Soul didn't like me anymore?! What if he told everyone?! Would he try to kill me now?!
"Soul…please say something…I'm tired of just waiting for your reaction…" My voice wavered.
"So you've been using me from the start huh? IS THAT IT?!" Soul suddenly yelled. I started getting scared.
"N—no! It's definitely not like that okay?!" I cried.
"So you just wanted to toy with my emotions and just kill me off! I should have known better! I can't believe this! EVERYTHING WE DID TOGETHER WAS JUST A LIE?! DO I MEAN NOTHING TO YOU, YOU DAMN WITCH?!" Soul looked just as upset as me.
"S—shut up for one damn second before you go make assumptions like that…" I choked on tears as my bottom lip quivered.
"I should just kill you for intending to use me! You were just trying to split me and Maka up! I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN!" Soul continued ranting.
"SHUT THE FUCK UP SOUL!" I finally yelled. Soul finally went quiet and I just fell on my knees crying some more. "I'm nothing like that Soul. I was only born PART witch! My dad was a meister and I know nothing about who my mother was! She was the witch that seduced my father and killed him leaving me to die the moment I was born!" I then finally got angry. "SO DON'T YOU GO SAYING THAT I'M EVIL JUST LIKE SHE WAS! Do you know how hard it's been for me all my life because of that—that bitch?! I never got adopted into a nice family because of what I was and after I was kicked out of my orphanage I lived on the streets!" Soul looked pained to hear me say that. "I USED MY POWERS FOR GOOD AND I JUST WANTED A SECOND CHANCE AT LIFE WITH LUNA! LUNA SAVED ME FROM MY OWN MADNESS AND WITHOUT HER I WOULDN'T EVEN HAVE COME TO THIS FUCKING CITY!" I finished.
"I…..I had no idea…." Soul spoke softly.
"NO! NO YOU DIDN'T! Everyone always assumes that all witches are evil! I hate being what I am because of what everyone else thinks of witches! I hate it Soul…I—I hate it so much…I thought you were different…" I broke down and let the tears flow. Soul couldn't say anything else after being shocked at what I told him. Would he just run away like all the others? What the fuck do I do now? I have to get Luna out of Death City to keep her safe….
My eyes widened when I felt a pair of arms wrapped around my waist.
"I'm sorry…I'm really sorry Jack…I should have let you finish what you were going to say…I just—I just thought you were using me you know? I let my emotions get the better of me…talk about uncool" Soul smiled sadly. Soul pulled away from me and wiped the tears off my face with his sleeve. "Let's go before it gets dark okay? You can stay at my place tonight…"
I sniffled, but nodded my head as I continued to follow him.
I opened my eyes and realized it was morning…but this wasn't my room. Wait…where the hell am I? I sat up and rubbed my eyes and my vision became clearer. I felt something move next to me and saw Soul on the bed without his shirt on. OH SHIT! I panicked until I realized that my clothes were on…Oh god…I'm safe…I smiled at Soul because of how cute he looked right now. I brushed his hair out of his face and proceeded to wake him up.
"Hey Soul…Soul." I whispered. I continued to shake him.
"Yeah baby doll? You can do whatever you want…" Soul murmured seductively.
"S—Soul? What the hell are you dreaming about?" I was embarrassed at this point. Was he dreaming about ME? "SOUL…WAKE UP." I growled. After punching his arm he finally began to stir.
"Huh? What's going on?" He sat up and rubbed his eyes.
"What time is it?" I asked him.
"I dunno…lemme go check." Soul replied groggily.
Soul got up and before he even reached his door we heard knocking.
"Soul! Get up! It's time for school!" Maka yelled through the door.
My eyes widened with fear. What the hell would Maka think if she found me here with Soul…IN HIS BED?! Soul's eyes widened as he realized what I was thinking.
"I—uh…I'm gonna be a little late…just go on without me!" Soul yelled at the door. Soul rushed over to get his shirt and put his sweatshirt on top. I jumped out of the bed and fixed my hair. I never really needed make-up and I only carried lip gloss with me so I only put that on. After we waited a few minutes to make sure Maka was gone we both started getting to school.
"Okay…so let's get this story straight…I was NEVER at your house in your room and I was uh...at the library?"
"The library over night? Yeah I don't think Luna and the others will buy THAT story." Soul scoffed.
"Well do you have something better?!" I yelled.
"Just say you were out walking all night. It's not a big deal…it sounds believable for you anyway…" Soul shrugged.
"And what about you? What if Maka asks where you were?!" I freaked out.
"I'll just say I had detention…" Soul then smirked. "Concerned about me?"
I began blushing.
"I didn't say that!" I folded my arms and began pouting.
"You know…if you keep looking all cute like that I might just have to kiss you senseless right now and we might be late for school…and if that happens…it won't be pretty."
"You're lucky you're good looking!" I grumbled. I then remembered about last night and stopped walking.
"What's wrong?" Soul stopped walking and looked back at me.
"You won't tell anyone about last night will you? About what I told you?" I asked timidly.
Soul blushed and averted my eyes for a few seconds. He then walks up to me and kisses my cheek.
"Of course not. But one question….you do plan on telling everyone else don't you? I think Luna and I aren't the only ones who deserve to know about your secret. And does Lord Death even know?" Soul looked concerned.
"No…Lord Death doesn't know…and I'm not sure if I can tell everyone else yet. What if they try to kill me? Would they see me like some other evil witch? The evil witch I'm not? The one you almost imagined me to be?" I began tearing up. Soul immediately hugged me.
"They would never do that to you…they'd warm up to you like I did. If you explained the situation they would understand. Would you want me and Luna to back you up?"
"That would be nice..." I smiled and wiped my tears away.
Soul wrapped his arm around my waist and we continued walking.
"I know what'll cheer you up. Wanna make out in front of everyone and scare them?" Soul chuckled.
"Sounds funny…but…are you sure we should do that? Everyone will know about us…"
"Aw…just when I thought we could have fun and mess with everyone…" Soul began pouting.
"Oh shut up…" I chuckled and punched his arm.
When we both showed up in class Luna immediately tackled me in a hug.
"DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW WORRIED I WAS?!" She cried.
"I was uh….walking all night?" I sounded unsure.
"Walking all night?! THAT'S IT?! THAT'S ALL YOU HAVE TO SAY?!" Luna shook me repeatedly by my shoulders.
All of our friends were hearing our conversation and came over.
"Look Jackie…you've been acting weird. Are you hiding something?" Liz asked.
Shit…I do look suspicious don't I?
"Okay fine…you caught us…she's been tutoring me…" Soul defended me. "I felt embarrassed about it, so I asked her to keep it secret…happy now?"
"So that's why you were gone last night?" Maka asked Soul. Soul just nodded.
"Now can we go back to our lives please?" Soul groaned in irritation.
Just like that the drama was over. We all went back to our seats as class started. During the whole class I couldn't help, but feel like Stein was watching me the entire time. He was behaving more weird than usual.
I threw up in the bathroom not feeling good at all today…and this time I noticed something odd. I was throwing up blood…and not just any blood…BLACK BLOOD. I'd been feeling sick lately, but I never threw up black blood before. And having black blood is NOT a good sign at all… Tsubaki came into the bathroom and noticed how sick I was.
"Jackie?! Are you okay?!" Tsubaki asked worriedly.
"It's no biggie…I'm just not feeling—" I was cut off when I threw up some more.
"I'm taking you to the nurse!" Tsubaki grabbed the tiny waste basket, gave it to me, and helped me up to the nurse.
I didn't want to go see the nurse. Nurse Medusa was a suspicious person. I didn't like her no matter how nice she seemed. I didn't know why I was feeling so sick lately. After Tsubaki brought me to the nurse and explained everything to her Medusa began doing to usual check up.
"Well she doesn't have a fever…" Nurse Medusa frowned in confusion.
"Will she be okay?" Tsubaki asked.
"I'll let her rest in here for awhile…thank you for bringing her here Tsubaki…you can go back to class now." Medusa smiled at her nicely.
Tsubaki smiled and thanked our nurse before leaving. I was now all alone with Medusa. Medusa came over to me with some pills and water.
"Here take some of these…it'll help your stomach." She ordered.
"I'd rather not…" I pushed her hand away.
"I feel like you don't trust me Jacqueline…why is that?" She chuckled softly and sat down next to my bed.
"It's not just you Nurse Medusa…I don't trust any nurse or doctor PERIOD. No offense…" I lied truthfully. Yeah I just don't really trust YOU lady…not like I'll actually tell you that though…
"Yes…I've heard from your partner Luna that you have a certain phobia when it comes to hospitals or any medical doctor…I should have remembered…I apologize. I'll just leave your medicine by the bed in case you change your mind." She smiled warmly. She left the pills and water onto a table next to me.
I turned over on the bed and laid there for several minutes pretending to be asleep. Maybe it'll make her go away. I finally heard her stand up and I felt a hand petting my hair soothingly like a mother would do for her child. It creeped me out and I had no idea why she did that in the first place.
"Where were you after class?"
I turned around and stopped walking. Oh…it was just Kid.
"Hey Kid what's up?"
"You didn't answer my question." He looked serious.
"I was in the nurse's office…it's no big deal…" I assured him.
"Are you sure you're alright? You've been acting suspicious…I know Soul was lying earlier to cover up for you."
My eyes widened slightly. How did he figure it out?!
"How did you know?" I blushed.
"Call it a meister's intuition…" Kid smirked.
"Look…I'm not sure if you're ready to know yet anyway…I'll talk to you later. I'm hungry." I walked away again, but Kid grabbed my wrist preventing me from leaving.
"I want answers Jacqueline…" Kid slid his hand down to grab my hand.
"I'll give them to you guys…just not right now…" I mumbled softly.
"Fine…I understand. If you ever need someone to talk to I'll be here." Kid kissed my hand and walked ahead of me leaving me stunned.
He just kissed me!...or…well…he kissed my hand anyway…
I ran to catch up with him and saw him already eating lunch outside with the others. I grabbed an apple because I didn't want to throw up again. I wasn't ready to eat a huge meal.
"Are you feeling better Jackie?" Tsubaki asked me.
"I'm perfectly fine! I'll be able to eat again in no time!" I took a bite out of the apple and then smiled. I saw a worm inside my apple not too long after that. I paled a bit before running to a nearby trashcan. I threw up again…Well that's just great… =_=
"Oh god! Are you okay?!" Maka and Tsubaki started rubbing my back.
Luna came over with her lunch, saw how much of a mess I was, and quickly put her food tray down to check on me.
"JACKIE! What's wrong?!" She looked worried.
"She hasn't been feeling good lately." Tsubaki whispered.
"Should I take her home?"
I grabbed a napkin off of Luna's lunch tray and wiped my mouth clean.
"I'm p—perfectly fine guys…don't worry about me." I smiled sheepishly.
I tossed the napkin in the trashcan. I didn't see any black blood this time in my puke. I sat down holding my stomach. I'm so hungry…
"Here." Soul tossed me another apple.
"This one doesn't have a worm or anything right?" I asked timidly.
"Nah I checked…" Soul smiled.
Without any more questions I began munching on the apple gratefully.
We finally had a mission. Luna and I were teamed up with Maka, Soul, Tsubaki, and Black Star. We were on our way to London and the tension was just…awkward. It seemed like Soul and Maka were fighting about something, but I had no idea what it was though.
"Because of the demon sword I've had to go on so many freaking missions with three other teams…SO DON'T SLOW ME DOWN!" Black Star shouted and pointed at us.
"Why are you pointing at me? We haven't even had a real mission really…" I grumbled.
"How many souls do you have then?" Tsubaki asked.
"Well…we actually have 82 souls already…but that was on our own time…" I replied.
Tsubaki looked amazed at this info. We looked over at Soul and Maka who looked ready to kill one another, so Tsubaki being the 'peaceful' one went over to show them the view of the bridge we were on. Not really helping though…nice try Tsubaki…
"Hey Maka! Since I can't sense souls like you can it's up to you!" Black Star pointed at Maka.
"Alright I'm on it…" She grumbled. She closed her eyes and reopened them in shock. "There's a soul over there?"
We saw a random man standing right behind Black Star. I'm guessing he was an escaped criminal.
"Well look what we have here guys…an escaped criminal." I smirked and grabbed Luna as she got into weapon form. In case you were wondering what type of weapon Luna was, she's a piko piko hammer like Amy Rose has on Sonic X. Except mines humongous and cooler! XD
"How can you tell?" Black Star asked.
"He's wearing stripes you dolt. It's pretty obvious." I sighed.
"What's going on with that guy's soul? It's not normal…" Maka looked worried. "There's a bunch of stuff mixed together...human? Witch? I sense something else too."
"I've found you." The man smirked evilly.
And let the games begin.
Sorry for the long wait! It took me a while because I've been busy with school and stuff! Hope you enjoyed it! Let me know what you think! ^-^