Chapter 1: The Trio

Lucy's POV

Beep! Beep! Beep! I woke up to the annoying sound of an clock.

"Ugh, what time is it?" I asked myself. I glanced at the alarm clock on my left. It read 6:30.

"I should get ready now." I said. First I felt around my bed for a certain pink haired male though. Surprisingly, he wasn't there. I threw on my school uniform which consisted of a red short skirt with lace around the bottom and a white ruffled blouse with blue lace at the end of the sleeves. I did my signature hairstyle and tied it up with a sky blue ribbon. Then I put on a pair of black leather knee high boots.

"Ah," I sighed, "I'm all ready now. Time to eat breakfast." I made eggs and bacon and poured myself some milk.

After I finished breakfast I took my backpack and bento and walked to school.

(At school)

"LUCE!" An unmistakeable voice shouted. Natsu pushed through the wave of students in the hallway and made it through to me. He wrapped his arms around me in a warm embrace. My face turned crimson.

"W-what are you doing?" I stuttered.

"Hugging you, of course." Natsu simply replied.

"That's not what I mean! I meant why are you hugging me?" I explained smacking Natsu on the head. Natsu stared at me weirdly before answering.

"Because I miss-" Before he could finish a blonde haired male casually walked up to us. He sent Natsu a glare before saying, "Hey Blondie,"

"STOP CALLING ME THAT!" I screeched before storming away to homeroom. So you see, Natsu, Sting, and I are like a trio. We're very close friends. Sting and I were childhood friends, and I met Natsu in middle school. I ran away from my home and that's when I met Sting.

Normal POV

After attendance in homeroom, Lucy pushed open the door to her language arts classroom. The first thing she saw was Natsu and Gray (obviously without a shirt) head butting each other while Erza towered over them, a menacing glare plastered on her face.

"Are you guys fighting again?" Erza asked fearsomely.

"N-no. Of c-course not!" The two rivals stuttered, now clinging onto each other like best friends. Lucy rolled her eyes and sat down at her seat as if this were an everyday thing(which in this case it was).

"Gray, clothes." Lucy informed him. Gray looked down at himself.

"Oh, sh*t!" He cursed as he went off to look for his clothes. Little did he know, a blue haired girl was following him(A/N: More like stalking him?). Soon the teacher walked in.

"Sit your butts down!" He yelled, his voice thundering through the classroom.

"Aye sir!" The students replied, frightened. shook his head in disapproval.

"Ok class, today I am going to assign you a book report."

"Awww!" The class groaned.

"But… you get to do it with a partner!"

"YAY!" The class shouted happily. read out the partners.

"Levy and Gajeel. Erza and Gray…"

"NOOOOOO!" Gray yelled dramatically. "Why must I be paired up with her?!" Erza sent a glare at him.

"Is there something wrong with being paired up with me?" Erza asked. The class sweat dropped at their antics.

"Sting and Lucy."

Lucy's POV

Oh okay, I thought.

"…WAIT WHAT?!" I screamed. "WHAT DID I DO TO DESERVE TO BE PAIRED UP WITH THIS IDIOT?!"

"Hey! I'm not an idiot!" Sting exclaimed. And thus, all hell broke loose. (A/N: This would be a good way to end this chapter, but I feel like it's too short.)

(After school)

"Hey Lu-chan," Levy greeted me. "Do you like Natsu?"

"Of course! He's my best friend. Well not including Sting of course. He's my friend too."

"Oh, Lu-chan," Levy sighed. "I mean like do you have a crush on him?"

"What?! Of course not!" I exclaimed, fighting down the blush crawling up my neck.

"Oh really?" Levy asked, a mischievous glint in her eyes. "Then what was that big emotional hug that went down between you and Natsu?"

"You know about that?!" Lucy half asked, half yelled.

"I have my resources." Levy said mischievously. "What about Sting? Do you have a crush on him?" Levy asked, not giving up.

"Of c-" Before I could deny it, Levy gasped.

"Lu-chan!" She exclaimed. "Are you in a love triangle?!"