Chapter 1

Natsu awoke from his brief sleep.

He stood up against the headboard, looking off into the darkness of the room. The lack of anything to catch his eye, complete isolation from the world made him less anxious. Natsu ravaged his bed sheets in the dark, feeling for his phone to check the time. After a few seconds of blind flailing, he felt the sticker on the back of his phone.

"5:30…" Natsu grunted. In just an hour he would have to wake up in time for his new school in Magnolia.

Though Natsu was only 17, his father decided that he should move back to Magnolia by himself and room with his old friend Levy. Levy was the only friend that Natsu had in Magnolia that he kept in contact with and visited growing up after moving around Fiore with his father who relocated to different hospitals understaffed with doctors. Natsu's father wished for him to finish junior and senior year up and attend a college close to his father.

Levy was only 16 but after Natsu telling her about the move, she offered to room with him to make it less frightening being on his own.

Natsu agreed.

"I'll just get up..." Natsu thought to himself.

Natsu placed his hands on the wall guiding himself towards the light switch. "OW! DAMN IT!" Natsu exclaimed. Natsu rubbed his shin while lying on the floor gasping for air. With his ear close to the floor, he could hear vibrations approaching before hearing his door swing open and the lights flash.

"Hey-Levy. Morning- help me please." Natsu exhaled the last bit of air he had gulped in after exerting it all from the pain.

Levy put her hands on her mouth and started to giggle. "Don't even tell me what happened Natsu, I know" She lets out a few more giggles. "I gotcha." Levy helped him up and sat him on the bed. Levy leaned on the doorway.

"Really wish I could sleep until school started but alas Natsu, you're too clumsy for your own good." Natsu grinned, still rubbing his shin.

"You are okay though right? I could get you something from my room if you need it." Levy asked with concern. Natsu shook his head. "I'll be fine Levy, but thanks for coming in because I probably would have banged my head against the nightstand if I tried to get up!"

Levy giggled. "It's been three months since moving in here and you still haven't painted the layout of your room in your head yet? Oh wow. I think you must be stupid."

Natsu laughed. "Three months huh? It's really been that long? It feels like three years since moving in together." Levy nodded her head in response. "It has felt like a long time…We didn't really do anything though did we?"

"Nah, we just sat around and hung out every day, I was too busy enjoying your company to do anything else!"

Levy had a slight blush. "You're flirting Natsu", she sang in a sing-song voice. Natsu shrugged and chuckled to himself, still rubbing his shin.

Levy walked over and patted him on the shoulder with a slight smile. "C'mon Natsu, let's go enjoy our last little sliver of summer we have left until the sun comes up to end the fun." She turned around and walked out the door with Natsu following behind her. He didn't hesitate to look down at her firm behind that was gripped by her shirt.

Natsu and Levy ate their cereal next to each other on the couch while watching an anime that Natsu hadn't really paid attention to. He was more concerned about the bowl of food he was gouging down his throat.

"Geez Natsu! It's just corn flakes!" Levy felt a sweat drop down her forehead. Within only seconds, half of the bowl was empty. "Hey Lev you gonna eat that?" Natsu asked in between spoonfuls. "Yes! Y-you haven't even finished yours yet!"

Levy eventually gave Natsu her bowl and watched him eat two bowls of cereal before even three minutes had passed.

"What's with you and food Natsu? It's like you love it more than me…" Levy mocked a sniffle and giggled, crossing her legs.

Natsu burped and leaned back, gripping her thigh. "Don't feel too hung up, I knew food before I knew you anyway." Natsu laughed as Levy just shook her head.

"Smooth…" Natsu said rubbing her leg in a weird like trance.

"Weirdo, never took you for a leg guy Natsu, the more you know…Actually, I don't think I wanna know more about you Natsu!" Levy laughed and swiped his hand away, to Natsu's disappointment.

"Come on Natsu, we have to leave in half an hour, we gotta get ready."

"Sheesh okay I'm coming."

"Don't be nervous Natsu, it'll be alright. You're not alone, I didn't transfer schools to mope all morning with you!" Levy exclaimed.

Natsu looked up into her eyes. "Sorry Levy, I'll be fine. I never liked the feeling of the first day at a new school."

Levy sighed. She put her hand on his back. "It's gonna be okay", she reassured him by rubbing his back.

They continued walking side by side talking about the various events going on in the world, almost forgetting about school and what it entailed for them. Reminiscing over the summer and the fun times they had.

Approaching the front gate, Natsu and Levy were astonished by how small the school actually was. Natsu's dad had went out to Magnolia to take care of everything school-wise beforehand, and getting the paperwork to pay for the apartment as well. But Natsu and Levy had never seen the school before this moment. Only a few dozen kids were entering the school at the moment but since they were early they thought nothing of it.

Levy grabbed Natsu's arm and guided him toward the front door, politely saying "please" and "sorry" to the other students they swerved through. "Hey, sorry I'm not in any of your classes, at least we have the same lunch and stuff." Levy said with a hint of sorry in her voice. Natsu nodded and patted her head.

"Let's meet on the roof for lunch, if they let us up there!" Natsu beamed. Levy wasn't caught off guard by his surge of excitement that Natsu had let out just now. She knew that butterflies were flying around his stomach at the moment.

"Okay, Natsu. I'll be there!"

The two waved at each other as they walked away, Natsu attempting not to look back to see if their eyes would meet.

"Hello class my name is-" Natsu walked into the class, startled by the amount of eyes that were on him…and the amount of desks already occupied by students already.

"Well man, it seems that you've made a bad first impression. No one should be late on the first day. At least not here at Magnolia High. You're going to a prestigious public school, take some pride in that." Natsu froze and just nodded his head at the teacher that towered over him. Turning his head he examined the room searching for an empty seat.

"Hey, what's your name kid? I'm Gildarts, English, and Room 209 of course." The teacher leaned forward crossing his arms and gave Natsu a warm smile. He could sense the anxiety that Natsu was feeling and loosened up.

"Natsu, I moved back here over the summer."

"Well, there's a seat in the back and it's the only seat that's empty right now." Gildarts pointed at the back of the class.

Natsu looked over and saw a beautiful blonde girl sitting right next to his new desk. She looked at Natsu's desk and then Natsu, giving him a blank look before looking back at her desk. She seemed to be preoccupied with something.

Natsu walked past all of the other students who paid him no mind and sat down in his seat. In the background of his mind he could hear Mr. Gildarts reciting the rules and policies of Magnolia High.

In the corner of his eye, he took a look at the blonde girl's desk. She was writing inside of a composition even though there was no notes to take or work to be done at all. The girl noticed how stiff Natsu looked and turned her head towards him. "You okay?" She asked with a stagnant expression. Natsu nodded his head and turned back to Gildarts.

"Hi, I'm Lucy." Lucy said, not turning back to her writing. Natsu turned his head towards her again, surprised. "I'm Natsu." He said sounding mellow. "I know that already silly." Lucy smirked and went back to her writing.

Natsu looked down at his schedule as the other students stood up and packed their bags. Gildarts had given them several things to get done for homework for tonight. Soon, Lucy and Natsu were the only ones in the class.

Lucy hopped over her seat and looked over Natsu's schedule, Natsu waiting for her to say something. She leaned over, giving Natsu a good look of her breasts that her sleeveless sweater did a terrible job of hiding. But Lucy failed to notice his eyes wondering away from the schedule.

"We have lunch during the same period! Do you have any friends to sit with today?" Natsu looked up at her eyes. "More like friend." Natsu gave a half smile.

"Oh. Well tell your friend that they can come and sit with us. You too! If you want of course." Lucy smiled and turned back to her desk and continued packing up her stuff before waving to Natsu as she exited out of the classroom.

Natsu stood up with his backpack and took a deep breath before walking out of the swarm of desks surrounding him. He glanced over at Gildarts who was giving him a grin and a thumbs up.

I'm back and have decided to dedicate more time into writing so don't worry about long breaks if you're a previous reader. I'm not a big fan of author's notes so expect some of these notes to be gone after we draw near the end of the fanfic.

The legs trope I have is back. It's never going away. I'm weird. You're weird. It's okay.

Please don't ask me about SHIPS. Just let the story go through the motions. It's okay to suggest ideas though.

Chapters will be of this length and I'll try to have a new chapter up every two days. Sometimes if I'm fast enough I can get out another chapter back to back. Expect recent updates basically.

A review is always helpful.

I've quit other real life projects for this and am really excited to start putting more time into writing.

Thank you so much for reading, it means a lot.

I really hate these author notes.