The boxes kept getting heavier as the day went on. Bins were filled and labeled with a piece of tape, some reading 'clothes,' others reading 'decor,' along with a bunch of others. The side door to the dorms were held wide open as students filed into them carrying similar boxes. Today was officially move in day at Magnolia University.
"Hey, Lucy! How is unpacking coming?" A small, blue-hair girl yelled to Lucy from down the hall. Lucy whipped around, almost losing ahold of the box within her hand. She smiled at the girl.
"It's coming along! I'm hoping to be done shortly! I'll most likely get all my stuff out of my car and into my room within the next half hour." She said, tiredness straining her voice. Not only did Lucy have to drive 2 hours from her home, but she also had to pack all her things during the summer. She felt as though she had to pack up her entire house and leave it behind. With the way Lucy packed, it would seem that way. Boxes upon boxes of clothes were being piled into her dorm. Lucy didn't find a roommate in time so she has a room to herself, but with the girls on her floor, she was in for a wild ride this year.
Lucy attended an orientation where she met the girls on her floor. The first being Levy McGarden. She was a small blue-haired girl with giant glasses and a passion for books. She was shy at first, but became one Lucy closest friends quickly. She had the room directly across the hall from Lucy's. On the right of Lucy's room, a girl with fire red hair named Erza Scarlet, and a daring personality, dorms. She's more on the quieter side but is quite intimidating. Lucy is a bit scared of her but tries not to let it show. The one down from her is Cana Alberona. A drunk who can't keep her hands to herself. She learned that the hard way when she was unwillingly groped, smelling the vodka that came from her lips.
Across the hall from Cana was another blue-haired girl named Juvia Lockster. She was similar to Levy as they both were quiet when you first met them, but would become a conversationalist when you got to know her. This became Lucy's group. All the girls were in their first year, which is why they all were in the same floor. It was a great way to make friends at orientation.
"Sounds awesome! Hey, the girls and I are going to be going out later and walking around campus if you want to come with us? I know it's late notice, so if you're tired and can't it's okay!" Levy gave a joyful gleam at Lucy. Lucy shook her her head in excitement and was told to meet at the stairwell at 7 sharp. She walked into her room and sat her box down. She huffed and sat down on the top of the box, looking at her dorm room. It had looked like a tornado and flew into the room. Boxes were strewn about, with the wrong boxes in the wrong rooms. Her kitchen stuff was on her bed and her clothes were by her refrigerator.
Looks like I should get my other boxes and straighten up. she sighed, picking her phone out of her back pocket and looking at the time. 4:10 P.M. it read. She still had time before she were to meet with the girls. She ran out of her room and to her car, grabbing the last two boxes and closing the trunk. She locked the car and started to head upstairs to her room. As she was going up the stairs, she heard a male's laughter echo though the stairwell, while another gave an amused grunt.
"...the amount of times I've fallen down these stairs helping girls carry their boxes to their rooms? I've been at it all day!" Laughter came from his voice as he made, what sound like an imitation, of him falling down a flight of stairs. Lucy laughed to herself and shook her head. 'Sounds like high school all over again,' she stated in her head, chuckling to herself. The boys walked by her and they caught her attention.
Both were covered in sweat, shirts clinging to their bodies and hair sticking to their faces. One had dark hair, basically black, and his face showing almost little to no emotion. He looks exhausted, the way the bags under his eyes shown. He wore a plain white shirt and a pair of basketball shorts. The boy next to him has the craziest pink colored hair she has ever seen. She also notices he's wearing a scarf, noting that it was almost the beginning of September.
Lucy being the not-so-lucky girl, trips up the stairs and drops her boxes. Clothing and wall decor go tumbling down the stairs while Lucy catches herself just in time before she face plants. A few cusses are followed in pursuit as the boys stop talking and run to her aid. "You alright? Did'cha feet stop working or something?" The black hair boy said, having a hint of some sort of emotion behind his words. Meanwhile, the other boy is laughing hysterically. "Natsu, shut the hell up and help her, will you?" Annoyance was laced with those words.
"Don't worry about it. I'm okay! I'm just clumsy!" Lucy tried laughing it off as if it was nothing, but deep down inside, she was dying of embarrassment. Her faced had turned tomato red. I just fell up the stairs as two of the hottest guys I've seen WATCHED ME FALL. She wanted to run away. The pink headed boy ran down past them and picked up her clothes at the bottom of the landing, muttering an apology about laughing and handing her her clothing. The other boy was boxing up her other box and sitting it on the step. "Thank you guys for helping. Sorry you had to see that. It's been a long day, also."
"No problem! We're always glad to help!" The pink hair boy said, enthusiastically. "By the way, I'm Natsu. This is my friend Gray. You new here?" He introduced himself and his friend, who held up his hand as in signaling a wave. Lucy said a quick greeting and explains that this was indeed her first year and that she was excited. Both boys offered to show her around when she was done packing, but declined and said she already had plans. The boys explained that they were in the next building across from this building if they ever needed help. Lucy gave them a farewell and was back up her way upstairs to her room.
She finally got to her room and closed her door. Nothing like embarrassing yourself on the first day. She ran a hand over her face and sat down. As she was about to sit on her bed, she received a text.
It was a text from Levy:
'hey! If you want to get ready here you are more than welcome to! :)'
She smiled to herself and sent a message saying that she'd be over in 15 mins. Lucy located a box that had her pants and another with her shirts. She rummaged through them untrue she found an outfit; skinny jeans and a plain gray t-shirt. After moving boxes for hours, she wanted to be as comfy as possible. She was already wearing light makeup, but she brought that with her as well, just in case. She grabbed her room key, phone, and her wallet and headed to Levy's.
Lucy could hear the laughter coming from Levy's room since her dorm door was wide open. She let herself in and saw Erza sitting on Levy's bed and Juvia sitting beside her. From the looks of it, it looked like Juvia was complimenting Erza on her outfit, asking where she gotten the pieces from. Levy came out from the bathroom. "Oh good, you're here! You can change in my bathroom!"
Lucy greeted everyone and went into the bathroom. She stripped from her old clothes and into her new ones, folding her old clothes to take back to her room when they get back from their night out. She fixed up her makeup and made her way out to where everyone was sitting now. Levy pulled out a chair for Lucy and began a conversation. They talked about what they are going for, sports, goals for this year and many more. Lucy really felt a connection between these girls.
Here at Magnolia University, everyone was so different from where she came from. She got to get away from life and start over, to make herself new and exciting. It made her excited for school, which is not normally what a college kid would say.
"Are you guys ready to head out?" Levy said, glancing at her phone to look at the time. Lucy looked too; it was almost 7, so they cleaned up a bit and headed out for the night.
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"So Juvia, where are you from?" Lucy asked, sipping on an iced tea. They went out to eat at a local restaurant close by. The girls decided to go out to eat and then find something to do, since they were all starving. They were waiting on their food, so they made small talk. "Oh, I'm from around here. About a half hour away from the school. But the school is making me stay my first semester in the dorms, which I think is ridiculous," she stated. Lucy thought it was stupid too. But then again, the school has to make money, right? "I mean, I could commute everyday, but I read online that most colleges make you live on campus your first year so you can make friends. I don't mind getting the experience. It should still be fun!" Juvia was always optimistic about things. She seemed to be happy all the time. Everyone else came from somewhere different, but not from far away.
They talked a bit more about their hometowns and the food arrived. They ate and talked about their moving also.
"Oh my gosh, I forgot to tell you! I embarrassed myself so bad today!" Lucy exclaimed, covering her face with her hand. The girls seemed to get interested and Erza asked how. "So I got the last of my boxes and was going up the stairs to my room and I tripped! And these two really hot guys watched me! They actually helped me clean all my stuff that I dropped, but still!" Her face got red as she told the story, while levy laughed uncontrollably. "It's not funny!"
"Did you get their numbers?! I wanna see them!" Erza said, being even more interested in the boys. Lucy shook her head.
"Sadly no. But the one guys name is Gray. The other was something that began with an 'N' maybe? I don't remember. I was so flustered!" She felt the tips of her ears become hot. How could she forget his name!
"Wait, Gray and Natsu? I know them," Juvia said nonchalantly. "I went to school with them."
"Really?"
"Gray is mine," Juvia said with a low growl, almost like a feral animal. Lucy's eye went wide as she stared at Juvia. She put her hands up in defeat.
"O-of course! Definitely off limits!" She didn't want to take anyone's man, let alone a friends. "Besides, he's not really my type!" Lucy exclaimed, panicking a bit. Erza and Levy laughed amongst themselves while Juvia and Lucy battled it out.
"Hey, Juv. I didn't know you two were a thing," Levy suddenly said. "You never mentioned him when we first met." She seemed a bit confused and Juvia's face went completely red.
"I-I like him, but I don't know h-how to tell him," she said shyly, looking down at the table so she didn't make any eye contact with the girls. The girls decided to do their best and give some advice.
Erza told Juvia that she should just say how she feels and see how it goes from there. Levy agreed and also told her that she should also get to know him more to see if they have anything in common.
"I don't really have any experience with boys but I think those are great ideas! You should just start things out slow though. And don't make it super obvious, maybe? Some girl that I graduated with told me that guys don't like when you initiate things too fast," Lucy was throwing out ideas a mile a minute. She was trying to cover up the fact that she had never been in a relationship, let alone ever kissed or been close to a guy. But Levy caught on to what she was saying.
"You've never dated anyone, Luce? You're like, super hot! How hasn't anyone liked you?"
"I don't know, actually. I was never really interested in dating. My father wasn't really about me dating…" Again, she went red in the face. She tried not to make eye contact with everyone. Levy just squealed.
"This school year, we're gonna get Lucy to go on a date!"
"WHAT?!" Lucy yelled. People turned to see what she yelled about and she covered her mouth and muttered an apology. "I can't do that! What if he's not the right guy?"
"Don't worry Luce," Levy sincerely stated, "I wouldn't hook you up with anyone weird or creepy! Didn't you say that Natsu guy was hot? What about him?" Lucy's face heated up and she shushed Levy. "Oh so he wouldn't be bad! Maybe you'll have a class with him," Levy jokes.
"Levy shush! I don't even know him!"
Levy glanced down at her phone when it made a noise. She smiled up at everyone, Lucy getting a nervous feeling in her stomach. "Lev, what are you doing?"
"Would you ladies care to join me for a party? A guy I know is throwing one at his house a couple blocks away for the start of the new school year. He graduated a year before me," she texted said person back and Levy took money out to leave for the bill and tip. Everyone else followed and Levy stood up. "It'll be fun! We can go get ready and meet by the stairs!"
Everyone couldn't say no, especially Lucy. But she was nervous. A party already? I mean, sure it'll be fun, but she didn't know anyone. Lucy wasn't bad at making conversation, she just didn't know how people around here were.
Please help me.
O - O - O - O
Lucy got into her dorm and sat down at her table. She was going to her first ever college party. What do I wear? Will it be crowded? Will my makeup get messy? What if I have to pee? These question raced through her mind. Suddenly, a knock was at her door. She jumped up and answered it, surprised to see Levy.
"Hey, here is your stuff! I brought my stuff so we should get ready together." She handed Lucy her clothes from earlier that she left.
"Awesome! What do I wear to one of these parties? Should I wear makeup? Is it like how it is in the movies?"
Levy laughed, "yes you wear makeup! Make yourself look good! You're gonna meet a lot of people! Just wear some casual clothes!" Levy took the initiative to look though Lucy's boxes. After rummaging through them for a bit, she found the outfit. "Perfect!" She pulled out a pair of ripped jeans and a black tube top. Lucy's was used to wearing stuff that was revealing, but tonight was different. "Don't worry, I'll be with you all night!"
"O-okay. I swear Levy, if you leave me I will be so angry!" She grabbed the clothes and went to the bathroom. She changed and looked in the mirror. She actually didn't look to bad! Good job Levy!
She fixed her makeup and her hair, keeping it down and straight. She walked out of the room and threw on a pair of sneakers to match the outfit.
"Cute!" Levy, exclaimed, examining herself in the mirror. Levy wore a similar outfit, but her shirt was a crop top t-shirt. Levy kept her hair how she always did; a headband to keep back her bangs. Levy got a message from Erza saying they were ready. Lucy grabbed her phone and wallet, and her room key and they headed out with Levy, smiles plastered on their faces.
Tonight should be fun.
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Welcome to my story!! I'm very new to FFN, but I'm trying to get the hang of it so I'm super sorry if there are any mistakes anywhere!
As you can tell, this is a story about Fairy Tail. With that being said, I do not own the characters. I made them a bit more modern so Juvia will not speak in 3rd person, and Levy is going to be a bit more outgoing! I decided to make them like this for my writing purposes!
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