Chapter 1: Bastard
Lucy was getting ready for her first day at Vermillion High School. She had just moved into her new house because of her father's new business that had just opened in the area. Lucy wasn't too sad about having to transfer from her old high school. Everyone from her old high school always treated her like a princess. They were afraid to approach her because of her overwhelming wealth, so she never made any close friends.
"I'll be off then." Lucy said, slipping on her shoes.
"Lucy-sama! We all hope you have a wonderful first day of school!" Spetto, a middle aged woman, who is also Lucy's maid, bid her a goodbye.
"Thanks Spetto-san. I wish my dad could've at least sent me off for my first day." Lucy quietly muttered, but it definitely wasn't left unheard. Spetto-san looked at her with saddened eyes and said,
"I'm sorry Lucy-sama. Please try to understand that he's a very busy man." The old lady patted held Lucy's hands in sympathy.
"Yeah. I'll try." Lucy looked up and smiled towards the older lady.
"And I have good news." Spetto-san motioned Lucy to come closer.
"What is it?" Lucy asked.
"Your father said he would be home for dinner tonight." The older lady whispered.
"Really?!" Lucy exclaimed with joy.
"Really!" Spetto-san nodded.
"Then I guess I'll go buy ingredients after school to cook tonight! I'll be off then!" Lucy skipped out the door, her mood completely different from earlier.
As Lucy walked to school, she also observed the scenery of the town and was in awe by the beautiful sakura trees that surrounded her pathway to her new school. If it was always this beautiful, then she would always enjoy going to school. Lucy made it to her school and was amazed by how beautiful it was. The aura it had were like the rays from a shining sun. Lucy walked inside the school and looked around for a teacher who could help her find her classes. She wandered around for a while until she finally spotted someone.
"Excuse me. Hi, my name is Lucy. I'm a new student here. Could you please show me the way to my class?" Lucy asked the man.
"Of course. What is your class number?" He asked.
Lucy looked at her paper that told her what her class was, "Ah, it's 2-2." Lucy answered. They continued walking in silence until Lucy decided to break it.
"By the way, I forgot to ask for your name." Lucy turned to look at the man.
"My apologies for not introducing myself. My name is Loke. And here we are.." He gestured to the door, " Your class. It was nice meeting you Miss Heartfillia." He said and walked off.
"Nice meeting you too." She said and he simply waved a hand without looking back.
Lucy opened the door and was greeted by about thirty pairs of eyes. She gulped and slowly walked through the door.
"Ah, you must be Lucy, our new transfer student." The white haired lady smiled.
"Yep. That's me." Lucy gave an awkward smile.
"I'm , your homeroom teacher. Come to the front and introduce yourself." She introduced and then led Lucy to the front of the room.
"Nice to meet you all. My name is Lucy Heartfillia, I hope we can all get along." Lucy greeted with a bow.
"You may take the open seat behind of Levy. Levy, raise your hand." said and a short blue-haired girl raised her hand.
"Nice to meet you." Lucy said as she took a seat.
"Yeah. Nice to meet you too." Levy smiled.
After her math class had finished, it was finally time for a lunch break. Most of the girls from the class approached Lucy's desk, bombarding her with a bunch of questions like, "What was your previous high school?", "You're so pretty, do you model?" "Why did you transfer high schools?", "Do you have a boyfriend?"
"One question at a time please!" Lucy slightly raised her voice, making everyone go quiet. She took a deep breath.
"My previous high school was Celeste High School, I do not model, I transferred because of my dad's business, and no, I do not have a boyfriend." Lucy answered all their questions all in one go.
"Oh, so you're single." A girl said.
"Yep." Lucy nodded.
"There's something that you should know then." Levy said.
"What is it?"
"There's a school about a block away from ours. It's an all boys high school called Dragneel High School." Levy said.
"Right. What about it?" Lucy questioned, a look saying, 'was that important?' splattered on her face.
"Dating someone from that school is forbidden and will lead to expulsion." A red haired girl said. "Sorry, I didn't mean to interrupt. My name's Erza." She smiled.
"Nice to meet you… But, you're kidding right?" Lucy awkwardly chuckled. It sounded absolutely ridiculous to her. Why would you be expelled for dating someone from a different school?
"No. It's happened before." Levy said in a more serious tone.
"Why does this rule exist?" Lucy asked in utter confusion.
"There's a rumor saying that the chairman of Vermillion High School and Dragneel High School once had something going on between them, but because of something, they started to hate one another. And now, they avoid each other and made it a taboo for any of their own students to meet." Erza explained.
"No one knows if this is actually true, but it's a popular theory." Erza added.
"I never knew there was such a rule." Lucy shook her head.
"It should be fine as long as you never meet a guy from that high school." Another girl said. 'Easier said than done,' Lucy thought.
"Ah, my name is Juvia." The girl introduced herself.
The bell had rang and everyone went back to their assigned seats. Lucy rested her hand on her chin and looked out the window. From a distance not too far, she could see another high school building that she assumed was Dragneel High School. She was curious about how this rule was created and if the theory was really true or not. Nonetheless, Lucy didn't worry too much about it because she wasn't interested in dating anyone anyways. She wanted to focus on becoming a famous author for the stories that she wrote.
Once school was over, she quickly bid goodbye to her newly made friends and rushed home so that she could change out of her school uniform and then shop for ingredients for tonight's dinner. She hadn't had dinner with her father in forever and she was excited that he would be home earlier for once.
"I'm home!" Lucy entered the house and ran straight to her room, and then left as fast as she entered before anyone in the house could say anything.
"Well she seems excited." Ribbon, an old man, who is Lucy's instructor, stated, looking at the door that Lucy had rushed out of.
Lucy walked to the grocery store with a wide smile. She was planning to surprise her father with one of her favorite meals her mother used to make for their family, tonkatsu. Lucy entered the grocery store and began to wander around, looking for the certain ingredients that she needed. At last, she had finally found one of the last ingredients she was looking for. Pork! However, it looked like it was the last one, so she hurried to it, and grabbed it. Only to now find that someone else's hand was also on the pork.
Lucy cleared her throat, "Um I think I grabbed it first."
"No way. It was clearly me!" The male argued back.
"Hah?! What are you talking about?! I saw it first AND I grabbed it first!"
"Hey haven't you ever heard of the line, men first." He huffed.
"Ehem. I think you're trying to refer to the line LADIES first, thus meaning that I should get it." Lucy said, emphasizing on ladies.
"Oh please, same thing." He rolled his eyes. "Look, just hand it over and there won't be a problem."
"No way. This is the last one. Besides, you're being rude so I especially don't want to give it to you."
"Look." The man sighed.
"I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said all of that. Ma and my brother are finally having dinner together after such a long time and… Well I wanted to cook for him before he leaves again, cause I know I won't be able to see him for a while." He looked straight at Lucy with saddened eyes that Lucy could relate to. She didn't expect them to be so similar.
"Oh… I'm sorry too. I guess I was pretty rude too. Here, you can have it. I understand how important this is to you." Lucy said, letting go of the pork.
The man grabbed it and then a playful smirk formed onto his lips.
"Alright! Haha! Thanks for believing my story you crazy lady!" He said and jet off.
"Huh?" Lucy was dumbfounded. Then it finally processed to her brain what had just happened.
"That bastard lied to me… You bastard! The next time I see you, you are so dead!" Lucy yelled.
Who would've thought this would be the start of love.