Ch.1 Meeting the new girl.
Natsu remember waking up in his bed the morning after having a drinking contest with Cana the night before. The sun was too bright, the birds chirps too loud. His head felt like it was splitting. Groaning, the pink haired fire-eater got up slowly from the bed and looked over to his room mate's side of the room. Of course Gray was already gone, he was always gone in the morning. Shrugging his shoulders, Natsu walked slowly to the bathroom of the doorm room and looked at himself in the mirror. His face was pale, his pink hair a total mess and standing up in different directions. In fact it was sort of funny, if his head wasn't splitting, he might have laughed. There were bags under his eyes from what, he didn't know. He did sleep the whole night, but maybe this was just what people looked like when they were hungover. Groaning once more at his reflection, he turned on the cold water of the sink and splashed some icy water onto his face.
Once satisfied that he was awake enough, Natsu turned the water off and dried his now drenched face, muttering, "I'm never challenging Cana again.." Walking out of the bathroom and back into the bed room, he walked over to his closet and looked at the hanging articles of clothing. Natsu pulled out a dark blue t-shirt with the school's logo on the front and tossed it onto his bed. Then, going over to the dresser that had also been built into the closet, he pulled out a pair of dark blue jeans, a pair of white boxers and some white socks. Once he had his outfit laying out, he stripped off the clothes he had slept in, tossing them into the hamper under the hanging clothes in the closet. Quickly, Natsu pulled his clean clothes onto his body. It was Saturday morning. No classes today, which meant he could hang out at the Fairy Tail Lounge and do whatever. Pulling on some black DC's, Natsu ran his fingers through his hair and left the room.
Makarov was sitting in his office on the same Saturday morning. He was currently talking to Mr. Heartfilia and his young daughter, Lucy. Makarov gave Lucy a small smile as her father introduced them. Lucy gave a polite curtsy before seating herself next to her father on the opposite side of Makarov's desk. Dean Makarov looked back to the middle aged blonde man in front of him. "What can I do for you today, Mr. Heartfilia?" The large man didn't waste his time as he spoke to the Dean. "I want to enroll Lucy into this boarding school. I believe that it would be best if she were to learn from this establishment." Makarov nodded his head, he had a feeling that is what the man wanted. Before he gave his answer to the man, he had a question for both of the blondes. "And, why do you believe that, Mr. Heartfilia?"
The man gave the shorter man a smile as he thought of his answer. "Well, Dean, beacuse the reviews are very high for this school. It seems there are a great group of teachers here and the students seem polite and smart. It is only natural that my daughter, Lucy, attend here." Nodding his head once more, Makarov looked to Lucy and spoke. "And what is you're opinion of this school, Ms. Lucy? That is, why do you want to come here?" Lucy stopped looking around the room and gave a sweet smile as she spoke. She hadn't given it any thought, something that surprised Makarov.
"I want to attend this school, because it seems that the students are friendly and accepting of everyone. It has the good reviews too, but, I think.. I think this is where I belong. I've always wanted to come to Fairy Tail. It just seems so fun.. Almost like it isn't a boarding school, but a big family." Lucy was smiling brightly as a slight pink tint came to her cheeks. The smile and reaction she had to his school made Dean Makarov smile brightly as well. "Well then, Mr. Heartfilia, Lucy.. All I can say is.. Welcome to Fairy Tail." At those words, a girl with ghost white hair, pale skin and the biggest blue eyes came walking into the room, she had something that looked like a stamp maker in her hand. "Hello, I'm MiraJane. It's nice to know that you will be attending Fairy Tail. Where would you like your stamp at, Lucy?"
Mr. Heartfilia sat in his chair as he watched his daughter and the other woman talk. He was a little confused about the stamp. But, he guessed it was okay. Lucy seemed to know what it was. He watched as his daughter lifted her right hand and gave it to MiraJane. Within a few seconds there was a pink tattoo like stamp of the Fairy Tail Boarding School logo on the once empty hand. Lucy stood up and smiled, looking at the mark, before she gave MiraJane a hug. "Thanks Dean Makarov. I'm sure I'll love it here." The three adults in the room nodded their heads, smiles present on their faces as the watched the young blonde smile at her new mark of acceptance.
Later in the afternoon, Mr. Heartfilia had some of the house hold servants bring Lucy's clothing and bed sheets to her new room at Fairy Tail. Lucy sat on her newly made bed, looking around the room. Makarov had told her she had a room mate. Lucy smiled brighter imagining what her room mate might be like. She scanned the other side of the room. There were shelves on the wall, filled with several books. It wasn't hard to see that her room mate was fascinated with reading and knowledge. That was one thing the two had in common, at least. Seeing the bed, Lucy noticed it was covered in a blanket that was blue with black script writing all over. It was an amazing looking blanket. In fact, Lucy was sort of jealous. Shrugging her shoulders slightly, she noticed a large "L" on the head board of her room mate's bed. One more thing in common, both of their names started with "L."
Lucy laid back on her bed and closed her eyes, imagining what her room mate would be like. Surely the girl would be nice. And maybe they'd be friends, good friends.
But, Lucy didn't even get to shut her eyes before the door to the room opened quickly. Sitting up on the pink and purple blanket, Lucy noticed a blue haired girl with hazel eyes looking straight at her. The biggest smile Lucy had ever seen was placed on who she assumed was her new room mate. Standing up, Lucy waited for the girl to come into the room all the way before she spoke. "Hello, I'm Lucy. Nice to meet you."
The girl just smiled more before, nodding her head and hugging Lucy. "Hi! I'm Levy McGarden. Dean Makarov told me all about you Lucy, and I'm glad I get to be your roomy. It'll be fun!" Lucy was a little unused to sudden hugs, but didn't pull away. She could get used to hugs. "I should take you to the lounge to meet everyone!"
Lucy continued to smile when Levy let her go, letting the blue haired girl pull her along. They left their room and practically ran down the hall.
Natsu laid on one of the many couches in the Lounge. He had his head resting on a red pillow with he watched his friends, Gray and Elfman play a fighting game on the Wii. His head had stopped feeling like it was going to split, but he didn't feel like doing anything. So, instead of playing the game, he laid on the couch to watch. Lisanna had come to sit by him, but he didn't feel like talking to the white haired, blue eyed girl either. So, when someone had called her over to the juice bar, she gave him a smile and went to the group of girls at the bar. Sighing, he closed his eyes once more. His thoughts drifted, he tried to think of a way to apologize to Lisanna for ignoring her. She didn't deserve it. But, really.. He tried to tell her that he didn't have the same feelings towards her as she did. But the chance never presented itself. He had known her since they were children, but, the feelings she had wanted him to have.. They just never developed. He saw her as a little sister, a close friend, but not a lover, a girlfriend.
Then, he mind started to wonder to what Levy had told him earlier. She had told him that she had a new room mate. That meant a new girl was at Fairy Tail. He tried to think about what the girl may be like. But it was hard to try. He didn't want to be disappointed if she turned out to be completely different, so he waited for Levy to come back to the Lounge.
It didn't take very long for him to hear Levy's laugh from down the hall. He didn't think he would get nervous over meeting a new girl. But his heart beat just a little faster at the anticipation. Only a moment later did Levy enter, her fingers linked with another's. Natsu stood up and looked over to her. Her blonde hair was in a side ponytail, with half of it down. She had big chocolate brown eyes. His vision slowly traveled down, noticing all her curves. Suppressing a soft groan in his throat, he noticed she was in a short green and white halter type dress with white jean cut offs under it. Green sandals finished her look. 'I'm in love.' Was all Natsu could think before he got up from the couch and quickly walked over to Levy. "So, Levy, this is your new room mate?"
Hearing someone talking to her, Levy turned her head to Natsu as he walked up. She nodded her head and let go of Lucy's hand. "Natsu Dragneel, this is Lucy Heartfilia." Natsu wasn't looking at Levy as she introduced them, his attention was on the blond in front of him. He extended his hand to her and gave her a heart warming grin. "It's nice to meet you, Luce." Lucy was smiling at him also, as she extended her hand to him and shook it for a second. "It's Lucy.. And it's nice to meet you too, Natsu."
Natsu chuckled as he shook his head. "I know you're Lucy, but I think I'm gonna just call you Luce. It'll be my nickname for ya." Giggling as well, she nodded her head. "That sounds fine then, Natsu." Levy smiled at the two, 'I think they may become close fast.. This could be good!'
"Well, I'll let you too get to know each other." With that said, Levy ran off. Lucy giggled a little more at her new room mates reaction. "She sure does like to run off, doesn't she?" Natsu too chuckled and nodded his head. "That's Levy. She probably went to go find Gajeel." Lucy's giggles stopped as her head tilted to the side curiously. "Gajeel?" She recieved a nod of his head as an answer. "Yeah, her boyfriend." All Lucy could do was let her mouth form a small "o."
"So, Natsu.. Can you tell me a little about this place?" He took her hand in his and nodded his head. "Sure, but how about we go somewhere that isn't so crowded." He recieved a nod from her and the two left the Lounge. Both were unaware of Makarov's watchful eye, as he watched them walk out of the large room.