Chapter 1

Levy's POV

The alarm clock went off. Its 7.00am- ready for another day of learning at Fairy Tail High. Levy slowly pushed herself off her comfortable single bed and headed towards her dresser. She selected her usual orange dress with a matching orange headband and some white pumps, she never bothered with makeup because she felt that it was too much effort. After checking herself thoroughly in the mirror she headed downstairs to get some breakfast, cooking herself some quick French toast she placed the plate on the table and took a few bites reading her new novel, "The Riddles of Epsilon". Mid-sentence she checked her watch and almost choked on her bite of French toast- ITS 7.20! School starts at 7.30 she hurried and left her plate. She grabbed her school bag and book and darted to the door.

Levy's back story

Levy is 17, an only child and she lives alone. When she was 6 her mum died due to a car accident, therefor she was left with her dad who started drinking due to her mother's death. Months afterwards he started turning abusive towards Levy and blamed her for everything including her mother's death, this made her turn into a depressed state until when she was 14 she decided to run away to a place called Magnolia. She got back into school and started working at a café called 'The Works' so that she earned enough to pay for rent and school. She has never told anyone about her past so it was assumed that she had a normal life with a normal family- she wishes that was true.

Back to the main story

After running for 15 minutes to get to school, Levy reached the school's gates. She slowed down and walked a fast pace to her first class 'Maths P4'. Not concentrating she turned the last corner only to collide with a hard chest, she fell back on her bum and looked up. A guy with piercing red eyes and a large black mane was looming over her with a very displeased look on his face- this was the most feared guy in the school, Gajeel Redfox.

"Watch where ya going Shrimp" he said proudly as he grabbed her book and helped her up.

"Thanks, but I'm not a Shrimp" she replied in a shy manner as she grabbed the book and started walking to the class in front of her.

"You're small- that's what makes ya a Shrimp" He called after her.

She pretended to ignore his comment as she entered the classroom. When she entered she saw her Maths teacher Mr. Macao Conbolt teaching the basics of algebra with his back to the class, she took this as her chance to sneak into her seat next to her blonde best friend Lucy. When she slipped into her seat, she took out her books and noted some of the work even though she knew most of it.

"What took you so long?" Lucy questioned in an amused tone

"I over-read?" Levy said in a sheepish manner

"Wow, I swear you always over-read"

"I can't help it"

"Yeah, yeah. Anyway, are you going to eat lunch with me, Natsu, Gray, Erza and Juvia?"

"Of course"

"Good I'll see you then"

As if on que the bell rung to imply that it was end of class and time for second period. Next Levy had 'History C16', luckily this was one of Levy's most interesting classes so she grabbed her bag and books and headed for the next classroom which had her seat next to the window on her own. As she sat down she heard the muttering of the other girls in her class they all looked at her and started giggling. She pretended to ignore it but inside this was always breaking her down.

As class started she noticed Gajeel who she bumped into earlier (literally) sitting in front of her. Gajeel used to be from Phantom Lord High which was essentially a school that allowed violence and corrupt behaviour to perform onto other schools, when he was in that school he was said to have done some unspeakable things and then the school burned down which lead him transferring to Fairy Tail.

She brought her thoughts back onto her notes until a piece of scrunched up paper hit her on the head and then fell in front of her. She un- scrunched it and it read "HIGH SCHOOL IS NOT FOR 6 YEAR OLDS GO BACK TO NURSERY". She looked up and found all of the girls laughing at her including the person who has bullied her since the start, Evergreen. Her long brown hair was being twirled around her finger as the light reflected from her purple glasses. She looked directly at Levy and gave an evil smirk whilst acting out a baby crying with her hands. Levy hid her face in her blue locks whilst looking down- she wouldn't let anyone see her cry especially Evergreen. She continued writing her notes until the bell for lunch.

Slowly she gathered her stuff and left the class with most people snickering behind her. She walked to her locker and opened it only to find it filled with notes stuck to the inside about her height compared to a 6 year old and some stating that she is a bookwormish bitch. She never knew what she ever did to them to cause this hate towards her. Carefully putting her books away she ripped all of the notes off and made a pile. She closed her locker and made her way to the bin. She put it in the bin carefully and walked to the lunch tables outside.

Little did she know that Gajeel saw everything and read every note that was placed in the bin because he took it out. His red eyes flared with anger, because little did she know that he had a crush on this blue haired beauty with hazel eyes.

Levy walked silently to Lucy's lunch table and put on fake smile. There sat Erza, Lucy, Natsu, Gray and Juvia- these were all her friends.

"Hey you finally arrived!" Lucy called out as she saw Levy approaching

"Here I am." Levy said as she sat down next to Juvia across from Lucy

The group continued chatting about classes and the latest gossip and relationships going on until lunch ended.

"See you tomorrow Lev- Text me when you have the chance!" Lucy shouted over her shoulder as she went separate ways with Levy.

"Yeah you bet!" Levy shouted back

The day dragged on like usual with some insults but was mostly ignored. The final bell rang and she headed out to the Café to do her shift.

As she walked out of the gates she put her headphones in and kept her head down so that she could block the outside world out. Fall Out Boy was her favourite band and therefor was what she listened to mostly.

When she got to the Café, she was greeted by Mira who was her boss and quickly changed into a waitress uniform. She started taking orders and continued her work for 4 hours straight before her shift was finished.

It was already dark outside when she left but she didn't care. Her house was 15 minutes away and the temperature had dropped to 3 degrees (because it is winter). She started shivering but she continued to walk until she heard the HONK of a car she stopped. She looked to the road next to her to see a black Jeep with the driver's window rolled down, out of it peered a studded face which of course had to be Gajeel.

"What the hell are you doing walking in this cold?" He called

"I'm walking home" She replied in a dead tone

"Get in I'm giving you a ride" He ordered

"No thanks, I'm not that far away" She declined politely

"I'm not taking no for an answer, just get in before I make you!" He responded in a calmer tone

She knew that she wasn't going to win this argument and she was to tired and cold to carry on so she opened the passenger door and hopped in silently.

"Ok, now that we have that sorted- where do u live?" Gajeel asked in a questioning manner

"23rd Havens Alley" She whispered but Gajeel only barely got that

"Rough part of town" He said while frowning

"Yeah, I guess"

"I'm Gajeel, Gajeel Redfox" He introduced himself confidently taking her hand and shaking it whilst trying to steer the car.

"Levy" She replied whilst giving a real smile and shaking his hand back

The rest of the journey was silent until he reached her home and parked on the curb. She opened the car door and turned back to him

"Thanks so much for the lift Gajeel" she said with a smile

"Don't worry about it- I'll see you around Shrimp" He replied grinning

"I'm not a Shrimp" She pouted

"Gihee" He laughed

She closed the door and headed for her apartment. The Jeep drove off and she was left with her own thoughts. She headed in and locked the door behind her, going to her room where she collapsed on her bed and therefor fell asleep with her work clothes still on.

Gajeel's POV

As he drove away from her apartment, he couldn't stop thinking about her. He had a strange feeling about her because he knew she was hiding something from him and the fact she was wearing waitress clothes and was going to an empty apartment made it even more suspicious.

But tomorrow was another day of school which is one more day that he would get to know her and he also vowed on that drive that he would protect her for a very long time.