It seemed so long ago that Laxus and I stood in this exact spot.
"Watch it!" I growled at the young man who had bumped me. He stopped in his place and turned only his head to glare at me. I didn't waver. This guy didn't scare me! But as I thought that lightning crackled around him. I motioned my hand for him to come at me. As he did I jumped, dodging the attack and requiping into lightning resistant armor. I landed on my feet as he came at me again. His attack hit my spear and using that I pushed him back crushing the building behind him.
I requiped into my regular clothing and my weapon disappeared as I approached the rubble he'd fallen into. I reached my hand out to help him up. He scoffed at my gesture, but my hand stayed there and finally he took it. I helped him to his feet, "You're pretty strong, Lightning boy." I commented.
"Laxus," he spoke up. He speaks! I thought. "My name is Laxus Dreyar."
"It's nice to meet you, Laxus. I'm Juliet Rivera. I specialize in Requip Magic." I stated proudly.
"Juliet! It's time to head back." I heard my mother calling.
"Let's do this again sometime." I shouted to him as I took off.
Thankfully, we got to know each other. It wasn't easy. Sometimes I had to sneak out, but I would never let Laxus know the risk I had been taking. Then, it just stopped. He stopped coming to meet me and I moved to another town.
"Hey, Jules... what are you thinking about?" one of my companions asked. He was quite close to my face when he asked me this question. He had no perception of space.
"It's none of your business Sting." I hissed his name just to prove how pissed off he'd made me.
Sting cowered away behind Rouge. Their Exceeds behind them.
I placed my hand on my upper arm near my shoulder where my guild stamp was. Sabertooth. When my mother was on her death bed I ran into Sting... almost the same way I'd met Laxus. At first, I thought it was Laxus. But it was stupid to get my hopes up. Once my mother died and the funeral arrangements were made he invited me to join HIS guild. I graciously accepted.