Chapter 10

Another week passed, when Margot and George decided they would be going back to the estates. George had caved and agreed to travel back out for any big celebrations that came up. Maka smiled as Soul smirked, knowing that they had made a dent in Georges tough skin.

Margot hugged Soul and smiled. "You take care of her and call me more often."

Soul rolled his eyes. "I'll make sure he does." Maka smiled.

"Good. You take care, and don't push yourself too hard. And watch after my son and grandson."

Maka nodded. "I will." She smiled before she hugged her mother in law. Margot turned to say goodbye Jason, Marcus and Wes before they left, off on their way home.

Soul watched as Maka turned and stopped a minute. She took a deep breath and seemed to sway a bit. "Maka…" Soul said as he placed his had on her back. "You okay?"

"Yeah." She said softly. "Now, let's go get some lunch." She said watching the two boys start running happily down the street. Wes glanced at the two before following the boys, leaving Soul to walk with Maka.

"Maka, you've been off since that mission with the boys. Maybe you should head back to stein or something. Maybe you had some injury that still isn't healed or something." Soul said as she shook her head beside him.

"I'm fine, Soul. Stop your worrying." She told him. They walked silently a moment longer before Soul grabbed her hand and stopped her, making her turn to face him.

"I'll never stop worrying about you." He told her. "There's something going on, you've been off the last week. You're not yourself."

Maka sighed. "I'll go to the doctor, if it'll make you feel better. But I'm telling you I'm fine."

"Just get checked over." Soul said, not even bothering to hide his worry as he wrapped his arms around her middle. "I will always worry. I don't know what I'd do if something happened."

"I know." She said softly as she leaned forward resting her head on his chest, wrapping her arms around his middle. "I'll go later today and get checked out." She looked up at him, all her stubbornness and frustration gone.

"Good." He kissed her forehead. "Let's go get some food." Maka smiled and nodded as they continued walking, hand in hand, to catch up with the boys and Wes to have lunch before Soul went to a meeting with Kid.

That evening Soul walked into the apartment and found it dark. He dropped his keys on the table and pulled his jacket off before he heard something from the bedroom. He walked over and found it cracked with one of the bedside lights on. Opening the door, he saw Maka sitting on the bed, curled up, wiping her eyes. A paper on the bed beside her.

"Maka, what's wrong?" He asked as he ignored her jumping and trying to hide the paper before he moved to her side. She looked at him, fear and worry in her green eyes. "Maka, what happened? You okay?"

"I…" She gulped air. "I went to the doctor." She said as she tried to calm herself down.

Soul furrowed his brow. "What happened? What's wrong?" He asked as fear gripped his heart. She shook her head. "Maka, whatever it is… I'm here, just tell me."

"Soul… I…I…" She sniffled before he sighed pulling her into a hug.

"Maka, whatever's going on you can tell me. We'll make it through together." He told her before she took a staggered breath.

"I'm pregnant." She said making Soul pull back and look at her, not sure if he had heard her correctly. "I'm pregnant and I'm so… afraid." She said in a small voice as she looked down at her knees as she pulled them tighter to her.

Soul stared at her a moment before reached out and gently lifted her chin, making her look at him as he smirked. "We're going to be parents, what's there to be afraid of?"

"My parents." She said looking at him sadly. "They got married really young and had me and then…" she trailed off looking away.

Soul shook his head and gently touched her cheek. "You're such an idiot." She looked back at him. "You really think anything could mess us up?" She watched as he smirked. "It's just going to make us cooler. We've made it through so much that could have torn us apart, like your little special training, but here we are, still together and stronger than ever."

He watched as she seemed to relax slight. "I know, I just…" She shook her head.

Soul sighed before he reached out and Pulled her into his lap, cradling her. "I love you Maka, and nothing is going to change that. No matter what I'll be at your side, this kid is only going to make things more interesting." He grinned as he laid a hand on her still flat stomach. He knew her fear, he had dealt with the same feat when he had asked her to be more than partners, and again when he had asked her to marry him. They hadn't been completely breakdowns but then again having a child was a step that you would never be able to back away from. He held her tight as she relaxed, leaning into him, holding tight to his shirt.

"Soul?" She said making him hum his response as he rested his cheek on her head. "I love you."

"I love you too Maka. More than ever." He kissed her head making her smile. The two sat holding each other for what seemed like hours. "You hungry?" Soul finally asked and felt her nod against his chest. "Do you want me to make something or go out?"

Maka thought a moment before turning her head to look at him. "Let' go out, then we won't have to work about cooking or cleaning up the mess."

Soul smirked. "Always so smart." He chuckled before he helped her to her feet then stood. "Feel better?"

Maka gave a little nod. "Yeah. I'm sorry I freaked out."

"It's fine, I know you worry even though you know better." He smirked before he captured her lips in a deep loving and passionate kiss that left her breathless. "I never thought it was cool to talk about feelings and all that, you've made me so uncool." He chuckled. "But I wouldn't change a minute of it. I mean it every time I say it. I love you more than anything and that will never change. I was ready for you to hate me for the rest of our lives when I came clean. I was ready to be pushed away, out of your life. I would have still loved you with all my heat and soul. So, I know you can't help but relate things to what happened, but know, I'll never leave you, even if you are the death of me." He chuckled making her smile.

"I hope so." She smiled. "You remember Miss Marie when she was pregnant, are you really ready for this?"

Soul laughed, wrapping his arms around her waist and pulling her to him. "I'm ready for anything you throw my way." Maka smiled before he kissed her again. "Come on, let's get some food."

"We're going to have to tell everyone." Maka said as he put his old jacket around her shoulders and pulled his own back on.

"We can do that tomorrow." He said grabbing his keys.

"We have a lot we're going to need to plan and do and talk about." She said looking at him, that worry back in her eyes.

"We'll figure it all out." He smirked. "Now come on, the food's waiting." Maka smiled at him as she ran from the apartment with him following to the nearest restaurant for dinner where they started talking about what they needed to do. "We could start looking at a house."

"We do have more than enough put aside for one." Maka agreed.

"And then we won't have to worry about moving around more than our stuff." He smirked making her smile at him. "We can start looking tomorrow."

The two ate their dinner talking about the meeting Soul had with Kid and how things were working with the witches. The two walked back to the apartment, Soul with his arm around Maka's shoulders, both smiling as they remembered their first date when it was cold walking back. Soul had given her his jacket and she leaned into his side with a soft smile, both deciding that if they were really going to do this, they needed to drop their worries and trust each other.

"Soul?" Maka said pulling him from his thoughts to look at her. "I'm really happy and excited about this." She felt his arm tighten around her as he leaned down, kissing her head.

"Me too, Maka." He smirked as they reached the apartment and he unlocked the door, letting her in first. "Maka? What was that paper you hard earlier?" He asked, just now remembering the paper she had tried to hide.

"It was the paper with the blood work results confirming we're going to have a baby." She said looking at him. "I'm sorry."

"Stop apologizing, we've got this." He smirked as he pressed a deep loving kiss to her lips, making her smile at him. "Come on, let's finish movie night with an actual movie." He smirked, it was one of the traditions they had carried through all the years as partners and into their relationship now.

"It's your turn to pick." She said as they walked over and sat by the tv looking at the movies before they settled in, cuddled together.

A week after Maka had told Soul he was going to be a father they had bought a house and it was time to move in. they had asked their friends, and family to give them a hand with getting moved in, and everyone was now at the house, helping to move the boxes in and place them where they needed to be. Maka stood talking to Spirit before she turned and ran down the hall to the master bedroom and into the bathroom. Spirit was still standing there looking confused when Soul carried another box through the house. "What's with the look?" Soul asked looking at his father in law.

"I think Maka's sick." He said looking at him. "Has she nod been feeling well?" Soul looked down the hall before he nodded his head for the older man to follow him into a spare room that had piles of boxes in it already. Soul put the box down and shut the door. "What's going on?"

Soul sighed. "Maka wanted to wait a bit longer but…" Soul shook his head. "Remember Jason's first mission and how beat up she was?" Spirit nodded. "Well she wasn't acting like herself after. There was something off. I talked her into going to the doctor last week."

"Is she okay?" He asked, becoming the serious adult.

Soul nodded. "Yeah, she's pregnant." He said. He was worried what the man's reaction would be and stood watching him closely as Spirit stared at him as shock spread on his face.

"She's…. my little Maka…." He wailed.

"That's so not cool." Soul sighed and shook his head. "Maka wanted to wait a little longer before we told anyone but…" He scratched his head and shrugged. "Honestly, I've been dying to tell someone."

Spirit straighten and smiled at him. "You better make sure you take care of them."

Soul raised a brow. "You're taking this really well."

Spirit smirked. "I realized a long time ago that my Maka was growing up. I've watched her grow up into a smart young woman who is in love with her weapon. You've taken care of her all these years, and you make her happy. You're married now so I guess I knew it was going to happen." He gave a small smile at Soul. "Congratulations, Soul."

Soul gave a nod. "Don't tell anyone yet." Spirit nodded. "I better go check on her." He sighed as he left Spirit standing in the room with a small smile. It was a bitter sweet moment since he was beyond happy to see his daughter so happy and she was going to be a mother, but he also was sad that his daughter was grown and about to be a mother.

The rest of the day was spent moving things into the house, celebrating the move with their friends and family. Spirit watched as Maka seemed to stay in the background today, she had only rushed to the bathroom a couple more times during the day before their friends said their goodbyes. Soul wrapped an arm around Maka's shoulders as she sipped on water. He kissed her head before he said something low making her look at him quickly. The two talked a moment before Maka looked at her father and sighed before she smiled at Soul and took his hand as he smirked.

"Since it's just us here." Maka said with a small smile. "Our family should know first before anyone else hears." She took a breath and Soul squeezed her hand, lending her strength. "Papa, Soul already told you." She smiled as he smiled happily and nodded. Maka looked back at Wes. "So, Wes… I hope you're ready to be an uncle." She smiled as he looked between his brother and her.

"Really?" He asked surprised as Soul smirked and nodded. "That's great news."

"We were going to wait a while before we said anything but I guess family should at least know." Maka smiled. "I think we should wait a little longer before we tell our friends, though. At least until I stop throwing up, I really don't want to deal with Black Star's enthusiasm." She looked at Soul as he grinned at her. The family spent the rest of the evening talking about the future and how the DWMA family continued to grow