Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail.

There he is again. At exactly twelve-thirty on Fridays, he would sit at that cherry tree and stare into the sky as he eats his lunch by himself. Those beautiful jet black eyes that stares into the blue sky with spots of clouds that the sun pierces through. That salmon pink hair that he brushes wildly whenever he gets embarrassed. Just flawless.

Ah, yes! I apologize for my rudeness! I should introduce myself! My name is Lucy Heartfilia, president of the Prince Natsu Fan Club! I am a junior at Fairy High! Um… My hobbies are watching Natsu from afar and um… well… I don't know, taking pictures of Natsu when he isn't watching? No, I am not a stalker. People call me that all the time but I am not, at least I don't think so.

I stare at him again. He is messing up his salmon pink hair, tangling it. My face starts to flush just by watching him. Ah… Natsu Dragneel! He is just perfect! Did I mention that he is the captain of the football team even though he is only a junior?

And the school uniform looks utterly gorgeous on him! It's a black blazer with a green tie. For pants, it is a nice gray color. On other guys, the uniform looks totally dull and ugly but on Natsu… wonderfully magnifying!

Suddenly, his face turns to see me. I can feel my face flushing even more wildly as I turn around and run away with all my might. He saw me! Oh no, he's probably going to think I am some stalker, which mind you I am not! What do I do?

I run in a club room and close the door abruptly as I sigh in relief. I got away, just in time too. Hopefully, Natsu didn't get a full view of my face. I look around me to see my fellow club members surrounding me.

"President Lucy!" one of them says. Her name is Virgo. She is skinny with light pink hair. For some reason, she has a weird habit of dressing like a maid. Why? Don't ask me, how am I suppose to know?

"Virgo," I say, "how are the club activities?"

"We have successfully made a video of his daily activities," Virgo replies as she grabs a remote control behind her and turns on a nearby television.

I quickly sit on a nearby sofa and cross my legs together to watch the video in a comfortable position when the school bell rings. Great, time for class. Just when I'm about to finally see the video of Natsu. I sigh as I grab my school bag to get to class. I look at my schedule and smile. The next class is Math. Not that I love math or anything. It's just that math class is the only class I have with Natsume Dragneel.

I look at my watch and almost scream. Thirty-seconds to get to class. Great, I am going to be late again. I quickly run through the hallways as teachers behind me yell at me, saying, "No running in the hall!" However, I ignore them. I rather get yelled at later than be late for my oh so wonderful class with Natsu Dragneel.

I finally arrive to class, just about five seconds early to see the teacher, Ms. Cana Alberona, looking straight at me. I gulp loudly.

Ms. Alberona takes her ruler and hits it over and over again on her hand as if she is about to hit me with that thing. "Lucy Heartfilia, care to explain why you are the last person to come to class?" she asks sternly.

Then I hear a burst of laughter behind me followed by more bursts of laughter. I turn around to see Natsu Dragneel, among my classmates, laughing at me also. I mentally hit myself in frustration. How could I allow myself to embarrass myself in front of Natsu Dragneel again?

"I'm sorry Ms. Alberona," I say as I look at the floor. "I won't be the last to come next time…"

Ms. Alberona sighs and points her ruler to my seat. "Go sit down. I'll start class now."

"Yes Ms. Alberona…" I reply as I slowly go to the back row and sit on my seat. I sit next to my friends Erza Scarlet and Juvia Lockser.

"Lucy, you're late again!" Ezra whispers to me as she giggles. Ezra has really beautiful hair. It is scarlet, just like her last name. Her eyes are brown like mine but they are much more magnifying than mine. I wish I looked like her. She is absolutely beautiful.

I groan and plop my head on my desk. "I was five seconds early though…" I grumble as I sneak a peek at Natsu Dragneel. Looking at him releases my anger towards my annoying teacher and makes me smile. Then I groan when I see who is next to him. It is Lisanna Strauss, his childhood friend. She is definitely my biggest enemy.

"Five seconds?" Juvia says in between giggles. "Even Juvia is faster to get to class than that!" Juvia has ocean blue hair. Her eyes are navy blue, giving her a mysterious look. She has an odd habit of speaking in third-person and has a really creepy addiction to my childhood friend, Gray Fullbuster.

"Class!" Ms. Alberona yells to get everyone's attention. "Please look at the board!" As she talks about the math equations, functions, et cetera, I take notes. As much as I would like to stare at Natsu Dragneel, I have to make sure my grades don't fail. I'm a honor student after all.

After math class, I go to language and then History, and then… Well, you get the idea. Just a bunch of classes. After school, I don't have any more class activities so I would usually go to the front gate to meet my best friend, Gray Fullbuster, who is also my childhood friend as I explained before. Usually, on Mondays, I would have Art Club. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, I would have Prince Natsu Club and finally on Wednesdays, I would have cheerleading practice. Fridays are free.

As I take my schoolbag out of my locker, I hurriedly put my textbooks that I need in it. Then I slam my locker shut and am about to run to the school gates to walk home with Gray when a hand on my shoulder stops me.

"Hey," says the voice behind me.

I gulp and slowly turn around to see jet black eyes staring into my dark brown eyes. Then I gasp, realizing it is Natsu Dragneel I am looking at. "Ah," I say as I avert my eyes away from his. "H-H-H-Hello, N-N-Natsu!" Then I realize that this is actually the first time I have ever been in contact with Natsu Dragneel, even though I am the president of his fan club.

"You're the one who I saw at the cherry tree today right?" he asks. "I always see you around but I never got the chance to talk to you."

Well, duh. Of course he would see me around all the time! I'm constantly watching his gorgeous self everyday. "Um… Yeah," I say sheepishly as I look at the ground and twirl my thumbs. "Funny… I see you everyday yet I don't even talk to you at all…" Ugh, I think to myself as I steal glances at Natsu. I'm acting so ridiculous in front of him. Blushing, playing with my hair. I'm so disgusting.

Natsu makes his big smile and sticks out his right hand to me. "I'm Natsu Dragneel! And you are?"

My heart begins to do this weird dance as my face flushes red and I stick my hand out too to do a handshake. "Um… I'm Lucy… Lucy Heartfilia…"

He takes my hand and shakes it also. I can't help but stare into his eyes. He is just so magnifying.

"Lucy!" I hear a voice cry behind me. I turn around to see my childhood and best friend, Gray Fullbuster, running towards me.

"I was looking for you everywhere!" he exclaims as he makes a worried facial expression at me. "Where were you? We meet at the front gate on Fridays, remember?" Then Gray makes eye contact with Natsu Dragneel. His worried expression turns into a scowl. Something tells me that he doesn't like Natsu so much. "Oh, hey Natsu," he says.

"Hey Gray!" Natsu replies with his signature bright smile.

I look at Gray, then at Natsu. "You know each other?" I ask.

"Yeah," Gray mumbles, a bit irritation in his voice. "Natsu is the captain of the football team, duh. I'm in the team so of course I would know him."

"R-Right!" I say, remembering that Gray is a member of the football team.

"Oh!" Natsu says suddenly. "So this is the Lucy Heartfilia you are always talking about Gray! So she's the person you lik-"

Gray immediately punches Natsu in the face. His face is flushed with a scarlet red color as he says, "Shut up Natsu, or I'll punch you."

"Ow…" Natsu says as he rubs the part where Gray punched him. "You already punched me anyway!"

Gray suddenly takes my hand and pulls me by his side, away from Natsu. "Come on Lucy, we're going," he says as he drags me away.

"Um… Wait! What about Natsu?" I ask as I look back at Natsu who is looking back at me. I immediately blush and look back at Gray.

"Just leave him," he says as he starts to drag me even faster than before.

I look back at Natsu. He is waving at me, saying, "See you tomorrow, Luce!"

Luce? I think. What in the world is that nickname suppose to mean? What an odd nickname. I take my free hand and wave back at him awkwardly with a smile as Gray drags me away from Natsu.

As Gray drags me away from Natsu, I listen to some girls gossiping behind me. I notice that one of them is that Lisanna Strauss, Natsu's childhood friend. I hate to admit it, but she is really beautiful. Despite the white hair she has that makes her look like an old woman, she has the most wonderful baby blue eyes.

"Geez, I wish she would get the idea already," she says with a laugh.

"I know," a person with black hair replies. She has emerald green eyes. I guess she would be extremely beautiful too if she didn't put so much mascara on her eyes. She looks more like a raccoon than a human with that stuff on. Or maybe more like a panda. She also looks extremely familiar. I begin to think and remember that she is in my history class. What was her name again? Minni? Minerva? That's right, like that Roman god, Minerva.

"That stupid blond hair girl, Lucy Heartfilia," Lisanna says. I cringe at my name. "She thinks she all that! It's obvious that Natsu doesn't like her!"

"I know right!" Minerva replies. "It's basically impossible for a dumb fangirl like her to have Natsu!"

Lisanna breaks into laughter. "So true!" she exclaims.

"Someone as beautiful as you definitely deserves Natsu!" Minerva says as she looks at her polished nails. "Not someone like that stupid blond nerd, Lucy-"

Suddenly, two hands cover my ears. I look to my right to see Gray and force a smile at him. I feel so lucky to have Gray as my best friend. He is always worrying about me. He probably doesn't want me listening to those girls gossiping about me. However, despite his hands covering my ears, I can still slightly hear Lisanna talk. She does have an extremely big mouth after all.

"Lucy… fangirl… stupid… Fangirls never win…" and that's all I hear before Gray drags me to the back of the school.

Once we get far enough from those two gossiping girls, Gray drops his hands off of my ears and puts his hands on my shoulders, forcing me to look at him. "Lucy, you should really quit being the president of the Prince Natsu Fan Club," he says to me.

I look at him with an irritated face. He has told me this countless of times in the past and won't shut up about it. And I've told him countless of times that I wasn't interested in quitting the club. "I told you Gray! I'm not quitting!"

"Look! I know you care about that club a lot!" he says, "But you have to quit! You're getting bullied a lot by the girls thanks to that club!"

"I don't care!" I exclaim as tears begin to fall out of my eyes. "I love that club! I can't quit!" I don't care if I get bullied because of my love for Natsu Dragneel. I don't care. Being in that club means everything to me and I am not going to back down from being the president. "Besides, why do you care so much Gray?" I yell angrily.

"Because I'm in lov-, I mean…" His face turns into a shade of red as he averts his eyes away from my face and sighs. "Look, I'm your best friend! Of course I would care about you…"

"Gray…" I say. I know he is worried about me. I know that very well, but I can't give up. I want to pursue my position as president of the Prince Natsu Fan Club. "I'm sorry," I say.

"It's okay…" Gray says as he takes my right hand. "Come on, let's go home now." Then we walk home together and don't say another word. Gray just doesn't let go of my hand as if he is making sure I'm with him, safe. Once we arrive to my house, he turns around and lets go of my hand.

"Well, see you tomorrow… I guess," he says with a forced smile. I know he is still worried so I make sure to make a joyful smile to cheer him up.

"Okay!" I say, "See you tomorrow!"

Then Gray leaves me and enters the house next to mine. We are neighbors so we usually walk home together when we can. I watch Gray open his house's door and walk inside. I feel bad for not quitting the club for him. I mean, I would do anything for him, after all, he is my best friend, but I just can't give up on Natsu Dragneel. He means everything to me.

"Fangirls never win…" I remember Lisanna saying, but I shake my head at that thought. I'll show her. I'll show her that I, Lucy Heartfilia, president of the Prince Natsu Club, can win. Just because I'm a fangirl, doesn't mean I'm going to give up.

"I'll show you Lisanna…" I say aloud, "I'll make Natsu fall in love with me!"

-End of Chapter 1-

Hello, this is my first Fairy Tail fanfic! Well, I did write another one titled The Human World, but that one is based on Gakuen Alice.

Anyway! Thank you for reading! This is a NALU fanfic, just in case you didn't notice.

Please review! Thank you!

Also, I do not own the cover image!

~ Metallic Snow