A/N: Well derp. I FINALLY WROTE SOMETHING! YAY! PARTY WITH ME GUYS! *throws those weird exploding rock thingys on the floor* Anyways, this story is set in the second OVA of Fairy Tail, which is the one about Fairy Academy and all that fun stuff. Therefore, the characters here have the appearances that they have in that OVA. Just a little FYI. ^^ And it's possible they might go a TID bit OOC. XD Anyhoo, I hope you enjoy the story! (^_^)/
Ring!
The last bell of the day rung brightly as a large crowd of students burst out of the wooden doors of Fairy Academy, a school that many Fairy Tail members attended.
After the huge rush of students, three young girls could be sighted ambling down the road. Those girls were Erza Scarlet, the student council president, Lucy Heartfilia, a student who transferred in the academy recently, and Wendy Marvell, an innocent and kind young girl.
These three girls generally left much later than everyone else, particularly because of Erza's work as the student council president, but today, Erza lucked out and was completely free of any council work that afternoon.
"Sooo…since you're free for once Erza, do you want to head to the mall?" Lucy wondered, rummaging through her purse for her wallet. "I'm sure I have some money to spare…if I can find my wallet that is."
Erza smiled and shook her head. "I'd love to, but I have a mountain of homework to do."
Lucy pouted like a child. "Aww! Come on, just for today, pleeeeease! We barely get time to hang out like this!"
"She's right Erza-san," Wendy agreed. "Besides, I'm sure we won't be out for too long, so you'll be able to finish your homework, right Lucy-san?"
"That's right! Please, Erza!" Lucy begged, kneeling in front of Erza and attempting to create a persuasive puppy face, which somehow transformed into a creepy clown smile.
Erza stifled her giggles as she replied, "All right, all right! Let's head on over there then!"
"Yay!" Lucy and Wendy gave each other a high five as they began their stroll to the mall.
"So, how far is the mall, exactly?" Erza inquired.
"Ehh…maybe five minutes from here?" Lucy immediately waved off the question. "Well, that doesn't really matter! It's nearby, I promise!"
"I wonder what we're going to buy! I'm really excited!" Wendy beamed in delight.
"Same! Oh, have you heard about that new store opening up? I heard that they have really cute clothing!" Lucy pulled a folded piece of paper out of her jacket pocket and handed it to Wendy, who examined it.
"Oh yeah! The clothing does look nice, doesn't it?"
"Mhm! I even got some coupons for the place! Can't wait to see what they have!"
Lucy and Wendy continued to babble on about the wide variety of stores in the mall, while Erza tuned out of their conversation and began to stare off into space.
'The mall, huh?' Erza thought. 'Maybe I could find something nice to impress him…No, wait! What am I saying?! Well, it'd still be great for him to tell me how beautiful I am…and-'
"Thinking about Jellal again, aren't you?" Lucy smirked knowingly, lightly bumping Erza's elbow with her own.
Erza's eyes widened in embarrassment and surprise as she immediately shoved her glasses back up her nose with her index finger. "O-O-Of course not! W-W-What are you saying! I would obviously never ever do such a thing, I-I mean, what on earth are you saying Lucy? I-"
Wendy giggled at the spew of words Erza spilled out in her flustered state. "Now, now Erza-san, don't be so flustered! It's not wrong after all! Besides-"
"Ah, there you are Erza! Hold up for a second, will you?"
Blood rushed to Erza's cheeks when the strong voice of a man rang in her ears. She turned to find the man of her dreams, the man she held very dearly to her heart, a few feet away from her.
It was Jellal Fernandes, her boyfriend of 6 months whom she met at the beginning of the school year.
The said man stood, or rather squatted, with his hands on his knees in front of Erza, panting heavily as if he just ran a marathon.
"Jellal!" Erza squealed, hugging her boyfriend as tightly as she could. After realizing her affectionate move, she rapidly backed away from Jellal and placed her arms behind her back, laughing awkwardly.
Jellal simply gawked at Erza, and gave out a hearty chuckle.
"H-Hey! What's so funny?!" Erza demanded, desperately trying to appear intimidating to Jellal.
Jellal waved the question off as if it was nothing. "It just amuses me how very…how should I say this…fickle you are."
"W-What's that supposed to mean?!" Erza blurted out.
"Well," Jellal began, fixing his posture and straightening his clothes, "you change all the time. One minute you're completely cheerful and the next you're raging like a bull. And take what just happened into consideration. You hug me much like a fangirl hugs the man she loves, and a second into it you back away in complete embarrassment, which isn't bad at all. In fact, it's quite cute of you to act that way."
Erza blushed at Jellal's forwardness and looked away from Jellal, suddenly finding interest in a tree planted to her right.
"W-Well," Erza stammered, being sure to avoid staring directly at Jellal, "what are you doing here? Do you need something?"
Jellal's face instantly lit up. "Oh yeah, that's right! I was just wondering if it was okay for me to use your house for a little bit."
"What for?" Erza crossed her arms in an attempt to slow down her racing heartbeat.
Jellal chuckled nervously and scratched his head. "You see…I need to do a project with Natsu and Gray. I don't really want them to bust up my house, so-"
"OF COURSE NOT! I WILL NOT LET YOU USE MY HOUSE WITH THOSE TWO IDIOTS IN THEM!" Erza roared, grasping Jellal's loose collar with both hands and shaking him back and forth. "WHAT ARE YOU, AN IDIOT? THEY'LL DESTROY MY HOUSE, JELLAL!"
Jellal let out a sigh that dripped of exhaustion.
"Look…I can't afford to buy new furniture to make up for furniture in my house lost to the fighting of two hard-headed idiots," Jellal admitted, gazing down at the cement. "Please, Erza? If it makes you feel any better, you can come and watch over them to avoid any trouble…"
Erza contemplated the situation. She couldn't exactly reject her boyfriend, and she didn't want to lose her 'kind girlfriend' reputation with anyone, let alone her own boyfriend. But, she didn't want Natsu and Gray at the same time in her very own house. She eventually determined that this was essential for Jellal's education, and silently decided to agree to Jellal's wishes.
She first glanced back at Wendy and Lucy, who eyed each other and nodded at Erza. Then, Erza released her tight grip on Jellal's collar and sighed in exasperation.
"…All right then. Go ahead. But be sure to tell them that I'll be there and that I'm watching them at all times, okay?" Erza glared creepily at Jellal, who immediately nodded nervously and got a hold of his phone to contact Natsu and Gray.
Erza spun around to face her two friends. "I'm really sorry…this wasn't in my plans at all…"
"No, it's all right! Don't worry about it! Besides, you need to spend some quality time with your boyfriend!" Wendy said innocently as a blush reappeared on Erza's cheeks.
"I-I suppose," Erza stammered, fidgeting nervously.
Lucy gestured for Erza to come closer, and when Erza was close Lucy whispered, "Don't do naughty things with him, Erza!"
At this point, Erza's entire face was glowing red and heat could be felt emanating from her face.
Jellal grinned at her expression as he extended his hand to Erza. "Well, I suppose we should be going on our way now, shouldn't we?"
In response, Erza weakly nodded and took hold of Jellal's warm hand.
After all the goodbyes, the two began the stroll down the road to Erza's house.
Erza let out a heavy sigh while they traversed down the sidewalk. "I hope there won't be too much trouble."
Jellal laughed and tightened his grip on Erza's hand. "Don't worry about that! I'm sure they wouldn't dare mess around if you're there!"
Erza's lips curled up at the statement. "I suppose you're right."
The two continued to walk side by side, with their hands entangled, as they enjoyed this moment of peace, which they knew wouldn't last very long in a few minutes.
A/N: What exactly will happen the next chapter? STAY TUNED GUYS! ^_^
On the serious note (ish), I hope you enjoyed this chapter. This entire story's just going to be two chapters long. I was originally going to make this a oneshot, but it got really long. XD