"Lucy, get in here!"
Lucy Heartfilia groaned. "What does he want now?" the blonde teen grumbled to herself. Couldn't she finish her homework without one interruption?
She hurried over to her father's office and knocked on the open door.
"Yes, Father?" she wondered from the doorway.
Not looking up from his work, he spoke in an annoyed tone, "What are you doing right now?"
Lucy put her arms behind her back, pulling at her wrists. "I'm doing my homework. What do you need me for?"
Jude Heartfilia kept filling out forms, and after a minute, he replied to her.
"Are the dishes washed and dried?"
"Yes, Father."
"Laundry dried, folded, and put away correctly?"
"Yes, Father."
"House vacuumed?"
"Yes, Father."
"My lunch made?"
"Yes, Father."
"Good. Make sure you finish your homework. Now, get out."
"Yes, Father."
Walking back into her room, Lucy shut her door behind her, and locked it. Sighing, she quickly finished her Trigonometry homework with ease, and brought out her laptop. She pressed the power button, navigated to the internet, and typed in her favorite chat room site. Lucy signed in, and began scrolling down the sidebar to find her regular room.
"There it is," the girl whispered to herself. Hovering her curser over FAIRYCHAT, she clicked down on the left side of her mouse.
STARGURL17 HAS ENTERED THE CHAT.
FireBreather: Hey guys, Stargurl's back!
IceMakerCool: Yo, why haven't you been on?
SwordFightRforLIFE: Hello.
STARGURL17: Hey! I'm really sorry.. My dad has kept me pretty busy lately..
Lucy looked down at her screen with sorrowful eyes. This chat was her only escape from reality, from all the homework, and her demanding father. Yeah, Lucy has plenty of friends in school, but she preferred her online ones. Lucy didn't care that she didn't know their real names yet, they still mattered the world to her. Still, none of her internet friends shared the bond like her and Levy do.
FireBreather: Ur like a freakin slave in that house!
SwordFightRforLIFE: Yeah, you really are. Did you even finish your homework yet?
STARGURL17: Trust me, I fucking know! & yeah ^^ I finished my homework right before I logged on
IceMakerCool: Shit! I forgot to do mine! Talk to you guys tomoro!
STARGURL17: Hahaha omg bye!
ICEMAKERCOOL HAS LEFT THE CHAT.
SwordFightRforLIFE: What an idiot, I swear..
FireBreather: If I new him irl I would so kick his ass for being so stupid.
FireBreather: So, Star, how's school goin?
STARGURL17: It's the same old.. Shitty and so much damn homework. How about you guys?
SwordFightRforLIFE: School is going pretty well, actually. I just signed up for Sword Fighting and Training a few days ago
SwordFightRforLIFE: It should be pretty awesome
STARGURL17: Sounds awesome! Have fun! & you, Fire?
FireBreather: Um I dunno
STARGURL17: ... Okay then.
SwordFightRforLIFE: Really Fire? That's it? You can't tell us one thing about school?
FireBreather: Nope!
SwordFightRforLIFE: Tch. Way to kill the conversation, jerk.
Lucy glanced over to her digital clock, and closed her eyes. It was getting late, and she had school in the morning. Frowning, she decided she would go to sleep.
STARGURL17: Alright guys, it's getting late and I'm tired. I'll probably get on tomorrow. Good night!
SwordFightRforLIFE: Okay, sleep well.
FireBreather: Nighty night!
As Lucy was about to sign out, she got a private message from one of her FAIRYCHAT friends.
It was FireBreather.
PRIVATE MESSENGER.
FireBreather: Good night, I hope u don't have any more nightmares tonight :*
STARGURL17: Thank you, I'll try my best to dream happily! Haha, good night :-)
Without waiting for a reply, Lucy logged off and shut her laptop down. Snuggling under her covers, Lucy began thinking about all her recent nightmares.
There was one where her hands were tied behind her back, and she was on the top floor of a tall tower. She backed up all the way to the ledge, but she didn't know why. The next move Lucy made was throwing herself off that ledge. She yelled something... something that may have been a name. She didn't know. Lucy expected that she called for a certain someone to save her, but he or she never came. At the end of the repetitive, dream, she'd hit the ground.
The next frequent nightmare was strange to Lucy. In her dream, it was raining, and she was walking down the streets of what she believed was her town. A bag of groceries was cradled in her arms. The next thing she knew, two figures with blackened faces appeared. One of the figures trapped her inside a water-like prison. As Lucy struggled to breathe, she watched as the two figures' smiles twist into evil, laughing grins as she drowned.
Those were only two of the many reoccurring nightmares she's had, and they've each left her waking up in the middle of the night panting and sweating. They've really deprived her of sleep, too.
But this night, for the first time in weeks, Lucy slept peacefully. Maybe it was because FireBreather's last message sent a wave of calmness fluttering throughout her rib cage.
The next day
"Hey, Levy! Gajeel!" Lucy called while running over to where her best friend and her boyfriend were sitting. "Hey, Lu!" Levy replied, while all Gajeel did was nod. Levy was wearing her orange dress, and Lucy caught a glimpse of black underwear. No wonder Gajeel likes this dress so much.
"Why didn't you answer your phone last night, Bunny Girl? We tried callin' you to hang, but you didn't pick up." Lucy scrunched her eyebrows together, and sighed. "Dammit, Gajeel.. Why do you still call me that! I haven't worn that Halloween costume since freshman year!" Lucy closed her eyes and pinched the bridge of her nose. "I don't even have my cell phone anymore, remember? I told you to tell him, Levy!" Levy smiled awkwardly and looked back up at her boyfriend. "Heh, yeah, sorry. I forgot to mention it, Gajeel. Uh, Lucy's dad threw her phone against the wall and it broke." Gajeel's expression turned from calm to shocked after hearing what Levy said. "Woah, really?" The blonde shook her head shamefully. "Yeah. He got angry, so.."
The first bell rang, and that was Lucy's cue to head off. "Aren't you guys going to class?" Lucy asked as she started to walk away. Gajeel looked down at Levy, and then back to the blonde. "Nah, we're gonna skip today. Have fun in class." Lucy scoffed as Levy leaned up to then catch Gajeel's lips with hers, and Lucy couldn't help but feel a tiny bit jealous.
Why couldn't she have someone to kiss?
A/N: So what did you think?
Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail or the characters