Lucy Heartfilia lay in her bed with a gentle smile on her face. Slowly her eyes batted open, slowly getting used to the morning light that shone through her window, before rubbing her eyes and sitting up slightly in her bed.

"What time is it?" She yawned slightly as she picked up her phone and glanced at it. … "Oh… Its 7:30…" She muttered as she swung her legs over the side of the bed and yawned again. "Wait." She froze. "7:30! AH!" She shrieked as she jumped up.

"I'm gonna be late! I'm gonna be late! I'm gonna be late!" She rushed to quickly get dressed into her oversized white school shirt, her black skirt that went down just passed her knees, and her black school shoes.

She quickly brushed her hair with her tooth brush hanging out the side of her mouth. She quickly tied her hair into a messy side pony tail and spat out the excess toothpaste before rushing back into her room and grabbing her bag and her phone.

She raced into the kitchen of her small apartment and grabbed an apple, quickly taking a bite as she swung her bag over her shoulder and shoved her phone in her pocket. She then raced out the front door, quickly locking it before running down the street towards her school.

"Excuse me!" She yelled, darting between people. "Sorry!" She called as she bumped into someone, before she kept running. She didn't even bother looking back to see that the person she had bumped into was none other than the most popular boy in her school, Natsu Dragneel. He peered closely at her retreating figure. Her blonde hair waved behind her as it shone in the bright sunlight.

"Where have I seen her before…" He muttered before shrugging and continuing to walk down the street.

"I can't be late!" Lucy muttered as she continued to zip between people. She arrived at the school in less than 5 minutes, hardly even winded by the run. Why, you ask? Well, because she was first place track runner in middle school and on the swim team, so… Lets just say she had a steady breathing rate.

She ran through the gates of the school and darted inside the main building where the lockers are kept. She quickly went up to her locker and keyed in the combo. Lucy tried and trie dot pull the locker open but it was no use. It was stuck.

"Why must everything fight me when I'm in a rush!" She huffed out angrily. She pulled on it some more until she ended up flying backwards, the locker door still closed.

"Need a hand?" A voice asked from behind her. She quickly spun to face the person behind her, but saw no one. She looked back at her locker to see a boy opening it with little - but still some - effort.

"A-Arigato." She muttered as the boy - who she now recognised as Gray Fulbuster, one of the fairies - turned to face her.

"No prob." He grinned simply at her before heading on his way again. Lucy slowly stood up and brushed herself off as she watched him leave the now empty halls.

"Ah Crap! I'm gonna be late!" She said suddenly as she faced her locker again and grabbed out the necessary books she needed for English, which she had up until Lunch, three lessons. She took no notice of the pink haired boy who walked up next to her and opened his own locker… The same boy who she had crashed into.

He watched her from the corner of his eye as he pretended to be looking for something in his locker. The school bell rang meaning class was starting in five minutes, so she quickly slammed her locker shut and ran off down the halls.

"Where do I know her from?" The boy muttered as he grabbed a few books and closed his locker, before heading off towards his class… Which happened to be the same one she ran into.

"Alrighty class! Time to talk about the school trip coming up in a few minutes! I'm sorry!" The teacher, Aries Ram, called as she entered the classroom, practically right after Natsu had sat down. The class immediately erupted in chatter.

"Thats enough everyone!" A loud male voice called over the students. "Need some help?" The spiky haired teacher - Leo Lion - grinned at Aries who gushed slightly.

"Thanks." She whispered to him.

"Students." He said turning to everyone. "As Aries-Sensei said, there is a class trip, that will be held next Wednesday and it is a sleep over for 3 nights, so you will be returning to the school on Saturday afternoon to be dismissed properly." He explained as he shoved his hands in his suit pockets.

"You will be called into groups of 4 students. You can choose your groups, but any strays will be dealt with by me." He said as he pushed his glasses up, further on his nose.

"That will be all." He said before exiting the classroom.

"Now, today I will be setting a class project. You are to report on anything you find interesting, and you will be working in partners that I will be choosing. I'm sorry." Aries said sash begun handing out sheet as the class just groaned. Aries quickly returned to the front of the classroom.

"Now I will be partnering you up at random. Here are the partners: Natsu and Gray, I'm sorry." She paused to look at the boys.

"YOU WANT ME TO WORK WITH HIM?!" They both yelled, jumping up in their seats and pointing at each other.

"What's so wrong with working with me snowflake?" Natsu asked as they butted heads.

"You're a fire obsessed freak with no brains." Gray growled at him.

"Well you're a stripper and a pervert." Natsu growled.

"Fireface!"

"Snow Queen!"

"Tabasco Freak!"

"Popsicle dick!"

"Flame Ass!"

"Enough!" Erza's loud voice interrupted their fight. Thats the class prez for you. Breaking up the stupid boy's fights. They both grumbled and sat back down. "Do continue Aries-Sensei." Erza nodded as she sat down.

"Thank you Erza-san." Aries nodded at her. "As I was saying, Lucy and Levy. I'm sorry." She said.

"Wait what?" Lucy asked, bolting up in her seat. "You usually let me work by myself tho!" She protested, the hole classes eyes were on her now, as the usually invisible and shy girl was actually taking a stand… Literally.

"I'm sorry, Lucy-san. You need to develop better team work. Plus I think you and Levy-san will work well together. I'm sorry!" Aries replied.

"Okay, fine I guess…" Lucy mumbled before sitting down. Gray and Natsu both continued to watch Lucy closely. Aries continued to list the pairs until they were all complete.

"You may now work on the assignment with your partners. You can go anywhere as long as you come back before class ends." She said, sitting down at her desk.

"Hi there! Are you Lucy?" Levy beamed at Lucy - who was silently sulking at her desk - who immediately turned her head up.

"Um yeah… Levy, right?" Lucy asked, flinching at how high pitched her voice came out.

"Thats me! I haven't seen you around here much! You really don't stand out in a crowd, do you?" Levy asked, sitting in the now unoccupied seat next to Lucy.

"I try not to." Lucy shifted nervously.

"Thats okay! I used to be really shy until I met my friends, too!" Levy laughed. "Hey, can I give you a nickname? Now that we're friends and all?" Levy asked.

"Friends? Me and you, friends? I'm just the invisible nerd, why would you wanna be friends with me?" Lucy asked. Levy giggled at her.

"Because, I think you're fun… Lu-chan!" Levy beamed. Lucy smiled. For the first time in a while, it was a real smile. "Now there's that smile I wanted to see!" Levy laughed. Lucy joined in quietly. Levy suddenly gasped as she pointed at the desk on Lucy's desk.

"Are you reading 'The Countess Of Winter Gable'?" She asked enthusiastically.

"Yeah I am." Lucy nodded. "Have you read it?"

"Read it? Psh." Levy scoffed. "It's only my favourite book ever!" She laughed.

"Really?! What's your favourite part?" Lucy asked.

"Probably the part where the countess is being threatened by the king of a nearby land…" Levy started.

"And the Prince stands up for her!" Lucy joined in. The two girls stared at each other for a moment before bursting into a fit of giggles.

Lucy and Levy spent the rest of the lesson getting to know each other, before starting to discuss the project in the second and third lessons. After a very long time, the bell for lunch rang and before Levy could say anything, Lucy rushed away.

"What was that about?…" Levy muttered.

"Levy-San!" Juvia Lockser called from across the classroom.

"Coming!" Levy yelled as she grabbed her bag, shoved her stuff inside and swung it over her shoulder without zipping it up, before racing over to her friend, where they walked out of the classroom.

The two girls hurried through the crowded halls and into the cafeteria, where they went up and sat down at the Fairies' lunch table. Natsu, Gray, Gajeel and Mirajane were already there.

"Hi guys!" Levy beamed as she sat down next to Gajeel while Juvia sat down next to Gray.

"Hey Lev." Natsu grinned at her.

"Sup." Gray just nodded while Gajeel grunted.

"Hello Levy-Chan! Juvia-chan!" Mira beamed at the two girls.

"Oi, Levy. You were partners with that blonde girl in English. Right?" Gray asked.

"Oh, you mean Lucy. Yeah. She's really nice." Levy smiled.

"Wait. You mean you actually got her to talk to you?" Gray asked raising a brow.

"Hate to say it, but I have to agree with Ice Face. I never heard that girl talk until she was complaining to the teacher about having a partner." Natsu nodded.

"What did you call me!" Gray growled.

"I called you Ice Face, Ice Face." Natsu growled back.

"Fire Freak!"

"Asshole!"

"Flame Dick!"

"Snowflake!"

"Lu-chan!" Levy cut off their fight by calling out to the blonde as she passed.

"Eh?" Natsu and Gray turned their heads to look at Levy. Everyone followed her gaze to see the blonde they were talking about only moments ago.

"Lu-chan! Come over here!" Levy yelled. The table watched as the blonde turned to face them with a puzzled look. Levy sighed before standing up and running over to the girl. They talked for a little, as the table watched in interest.

Levy looked as if she was trying to get Lucy to do something. The blonde just rapidly shook her head. Levy nodded at her before grabbing her hand and dragging her back over to their table. Lucy looked to be struggling majorly and trying to get away.

"Guys! Meat Lu-chan! Lu-chan! Meant the group!" Levy beamed once she was next to the table again.

"Levy-chan! Let go!" The blonde complained as she tried to pull away.

"No way! You're sitting with me today!" Levy grinned as she sat down next to Gajeel again. She pulled Lucy down, so that she was now between her and Mira, and across from Natsu.

"L-Levy-chan!" Lucy hissed shyly as she wriggled in her spot.

"Aww! She is so cute~" Mira squealed and fangirled over Lucy. Lucy's face turned an even darker red.

"I know right!" Levy squealed with her.

"Levy-chan!" Lucy groaned as her face just grew redder and redder.

"Although… The glasses are a bit to big. The kind of ruin the cute affect." Mira noted as she pointed at Lucy's large black framed glasses. Mira then just grabbed the glasses straight off of Lucy's face making her squeak. Mira slipped the glasses on her face and looked around as Levy held Lucy back s that she couldn't try to steal em back.

"What the heck? Lucy? Why do you wear fake glasses? These have no prescription." Mira asked as she took the glasses off and handed them to Levy to try.

"A-Ano…" Lucy snatched the glasses back from Levy and slid them onto her face again. "The-They're not fake… Um, maybe you just have the same prescription as me?" Lucy defended weakly.

"No way. They're fake." Mira said before grabbing the glasses again and standing up and rushing to the other side of the table, behind Natsu.

"H-Hey!" Lucy said as she also jumped up and tried to grab her glasses back. Mira dogged just in time, so Lucy ended up falling into Natsu, where he caught her, so she not sat in his lap with her knees up and her arms around his neck and his under her knees and armpits as they gazed into each others eyes.

A snap of a camera brought the two teens back to life, as they quickly looked up at Levy, who shoved a phone in their faces to show the two of them with a caption saying 'Cutest Couple Ever' in Japanese, Kawaī kappuru kore made.

"Levy-chan! Why would you right that!" Lucy blushed bright red, both her and Natsu forgetting she was sitting in his lap.

"What did she write?" Natsu asked raising a brow at Lucy. Lucy flushed an even brighter red.