Story: Gangster Hero
Chapter: One
Summary: She felt hopeless, useless, and weak. Why should she stay alive when no one wants her? She stared at the rushing water that hit the shore rapidly. She looked at her arms, scars trailed up and down her arms. Ugly. Slut. Nerd. Loser. And more, she took a step closer to the edge of the bridge. "Tell me why am I still living?" No answer only the reply from the wind. "Figures no one will answer someone like me! Why am I so stupid?" She laughed bitterly no one answered her screams so she jumped.
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Her head was down looking at the brown tile as she walked down the cowered hall. Her book was tilted to the right, her long black sleeves covered her pale hands. Laughs and whisper filled the hallway and she hold her math book tighter to her chest. Her shoulder length blonde hair sway with her movements hitting the lockers that line against the hall. Her music filled her ears as she tried to keep her distance from everyone. Her heart beat against her big chest people were staring at her laughing and pointing. Someone tripped her and she felled her math books hitting the ground her red rimmed glasses hit the ground breaking in half. People snicker and laugh they're bitter laughs echoed into her ears, she could already feel the tears welling up.
"Watch we're you're going klutz" Someone shouted
She picked up her broken glasses and put them on, she quickly pick up her books and scurried down the hallway. Her long red skirt was making her slower but somehow she managed to get to class on time. She sat in her seat which was in the very back, her eyes darted to her old sister Michele Heartfilia. She was laughing with her popular friends, she spared a glance at Lucy and gave her a sad look. Lucy shake with anger her body shake and trembled, she quickly stood up leaving all her stuff on her desk. She looked out the window it was cloudy and pouring down rain she smiled for the first time in a long time. She took her blonde pigtails out of their hair ties and started to walk out of the class unnoticed. She walked into the bathroom and ripped up her long skirt along with her long black sleeves. Scars trailed down her arms words that her classmates shouted at her showed on her skinny pale arms. Ugly. Slut. Nerd. Loser. Klutz. Dumbass. And more, she slowly took off her broken glasses and threw them into the trash can. She walked out of the bathroom with a shaky sob. She ran and no one could stop her now, her long legs making each step bigger than the next. Her tears blended in with the rain, mud splashed on her silky smooth skin as she ran in a mud puddle making her loafers all wet. She stopped at the bridge and started to walk the rest of the way, her mind raced. What will Nee-Chan think? Lucy asked herself but got She wouldn't care all she cares about is her popularity. What about mom? What about mom she's dead. Then what about dad? He wouldn't care he didn't notice you all he cares about is Michele. She shook her head erasing all thoughts she hopped onto railing and looked up at the grey sky. Cars whoosh by not even sparing a glance at the blonde, she took a deep breath. She felt hopeless, useless, and weak. Why should she stay alive when no one wants her? She stared at the rushing water that hit the shore rapidly. She looked at her arms, scars trailed up and down her arms. Ugly. Slut. Nerd. Loser. And more words carved on her arm, she took a step closer off the railing of the bridge.
"Tell me why I'm still living?" She screamed
No answer only the reply from the wind.
"Figures no one will answer someone like me! Why am I so stupid?" She laughed bitterly
No one answered her screams so she jumped, her body was in a dive position arms stretched out eyes closed body facing forward. Her eyes snapped open to something grabbing her wrist. She turn around quickly to see raven spiky hair and navy blue eyes. He pulled her into his chest, they were still falling slowly she didn't even think when they will splash to their deaths.
"What the fuck are you doing blondie?" he shouted over the roaring of the waves and the tapping of the rain.
She couldn't answer because they hit the water, her eyes immediately closed. Her mouth open for air but she grasped water, her eyes snapped open and she silently screaming. Lucy couldn't swim. The raven hair boy grabbed her wrist again and started to swim again, they reached the surface and Lucy started to cough rapidly. She looked up to see the boy glaring down at her, she felt his grip loosen and she began to panic.
"Don't let go! Please I don't know how to swim" She begged him
His grip tighten after her response, he sigh he didn't really want to deal with this chick. He guide her to the shore and sat down on the mud along with Lucy right by him.
"Tell me why you were trying to kill yourself" He demanded
"I'll tell you after I get your name" Lucy stated
"Gray Fullbuster. You?"
"Lucy Heartfilia."
Lucy pulled her legs to her knees and tightly wrapped her arms around them. Her toes wiggled in the mud, she closed her eyes.
"I wanted to die. No one will care anyways I'm just a loser a bookworm a nerd a slut. Heck even my own sister doesn't even talk to me anymore! My dad only cares about his job and Michele, my mom only cared for me but now she's died. She died four months ago. I don't even know why I'm telling a stranger…" She ranted
"You're telling me because I told you to blondie." Gray deadpanned "Don't ever kill yourself again got it chick. We don't need some innocent by stander getting arrested for your suicide"
"Got it grumpy" Lucy pouted
"I gotta go blondie, I got a meeting with my gang and I'm already late. By the way you owe me" Gray stated while standing up
He started to walk away he smack the back of Lucy's head and she whipped around to find him halfway gone.
"Why the hell you smack me upside the hell you bastard" She shouted
He gave a slight wave "Because it's a warning not to do that ever again go it blondie"
"IT's Lucy!" She yelled
He laughed and disappeared, she stood their smiling for the first time in a long time. She started to skip down the muddy pathway she hummed all the way home with a goofy smile. She open the brown door and walked in, it was quite the smell of loneliness and bark hit her straight on. She shuffle down the hall and walked into her bedroom to find her big sister sitting on her pink bed. Her head snapped toward Lucy and she glared she quickly stood up. Her blue eyes spotted her sister shivering and she hurried toward the bathroom to get a blue towel. She wrapped it around her baby sister's shoulders and quickly started the bath. They sat in the bathroom in silence.
"Where did you go?" Michele question
"I went to the bridge" Lucy replied
"Where mom died in that car accident?" Michele asked
"Yes that one Nee-chan. Why are you asking anyways it's not like you care"
"I do care" She yelled
"If you did then why are you not doing anything when your group bullies me along with the rest of the god damn school? See you don't fucking care" Lucy cried
Michele took a step back and turned off the water, she flopped down on the toilet. Lucy undressed herself and step into the medium size bath tub, she rested her head onto back of the bath tub.
"Did you try to kill yourself today?" Michel question her voice barely above a whisper.
Lucy closed her eyes "No why do you ask?" she lied without hesitation
"Just wondering…"
Michele stood up and left the bathroom, Lucy smiled and felt the back of her head where Gray hit her. She started to hum happily, the steam danced around her bathing figure.
"Thank you my gangster hero"