Chapter one
"Lu-chan! Hurry up!"
"Alright! I'm coming!" Lucy was currently trying to figure out which outfit she should wear. She settled for her regular miniskirt and white top with blue outlines, (Lucy's regular clothes...I suck at describing things) put on some makeup, and headed to her living room where her best friend, Levy Mcgarden was waiting for her.
"What took u so long Lu? We're late now!" Levy pulled Lucy out the door and stuffed her into the passenger seat of her car. Levy was a short, petite girl who was a complete bookworm like Lucy. She had pretty blue hair and dark brown eyes.
"Hey! What are you trying to do, kidnap me? Lucy asked playfully.
"No! I'm trying to get ur butt over to the mall!" Levy replied as she revved the engine. The car took off down the road. They were going to meet their best friends that they hadn't seen since they finished grade school.
"Ohhh! Now I remember why you want to get to the mall quicker! Gajeel is going to be there! I heard that someone has a little crush on Mr. Black Steel Gajeel Redfox!" Lucy smirked as she gave her a wink..
"Wh-what! N-no….I think you h-have the wrong person…..ya…" Levy said flustered."A-anyways we're at the mall so get out." Lucy hadn't noticed that they had arrived at the mall so quickly. Truth be told, she was just as excited to see her old friends. They had so many fun memories with each other, even if they were constantly fighting with each other.
They got out of the car and headed inside the mall. The interior of the mall was huge! It would be a miracle if they actually found their friends before their time was up. As they walked to the center of the mall, which was an area that looked like a park, they heard some people screaming and yelling insults. They walked over to the crowd only to find their friends in the center of attention. Of course they were what the commotion was all about. They were all in highschool now and it looks like they hadn't matured one bit.
"Metal-Face!" One boy with navy blue hair and eyes called out as he punched the brute figure next to him. This was Gray Fullbuster. Gray had a bad stripping habit after being raised by his aunt who also had a stripping habit..
"Ice-Pants!" the brute man shouted back as he elbowed Gray's stomach. This was Gajeel. Gajeel had long wild black hair and scary red eyes. He looked like someone not to be messed with but he was actually kinda cute when he warmed up to person.
"Boys, Boys, Please. Don't scar these lovely ladies." Loke said as he winked in their direction with a smirk. Loke was always trying to flirt every girl he saw. He had orange hair that resembled a lion's mane. He pushed his glasses up his nose and walked towards them. "It's quite noisy here isn't it. How about we get out and hit some shops? We can spend some alone time together." He said in a weird voice as he wrapped his arms around the girls' waist and tried to lead them away.
"Let go Loke!" Lucy said as she pushed him off of them.
"Oh it's you two! How have you been? I haven't seen you in so long! Were you two lonely without me?" Loke said as he tried to find his glasses that were in Levy's hands.
"No we were not thank you very much and here are your glasses." Levy said as she gave him his glasses.
"Thanks. Hey guys! Look who it is! We finally found them!" He called out to the boys. The boys stopped fighting to look at who Loke was referring to and saw the girls. They stopped fighting and walked over to them confused. Gajeel's face lit up as he was the first out of the pair to recognize them.
"Bunny Girl! How ya doing?" Gajeel called her bunny girl because she once wore a bunny costume for a play which, in her opinion, made her look cute. Lucy grumbled something angrily at him and turned away.
"And you! I guess your still a shrimp!" Gajeel said as he turned to levy with a smirk.
"Hey! I thought I told you not to call me that!" Levy said as she blushed. Gajeel called her shrimp because of her height. Levy heard Lucy giggling in the background and shot her a glare.
"Sup" Gray greeted them.
"What you got nothing else to say?" Gajeel challenged him.
"No I don't! What do you want me to say Metal Face? It's not like I was the one planning to ask Levy out on a date!" Gray shot back with a smirk. Gajeel and Levy both started blushing as they broke into another fight. Lucy rolled her eyes and pulled Levy into a new bookshop that had just opened. They had bought the books they wanted and were about to walk out before the boys realized the girls were gone. They rejoined the group of boys and they started their day of fun.
They were half way through the day when Loke mentioned a friend of his that worked in the mall. Gajeel and Gray both started groaning at the mention of him. They let Loke lead the way to a mini art gallery in the mall. Lucy was looking through the beautiful artwork. When a pink tuft of hair caught her eye. Curious what it was, she looked in it's direction only to see a boy drawing people's faces for a few jewel. When he finally finished drawing for his customer, he flashed them toothy grin as he saw his best friends and two cute girls. The blonde girl caught his attention. Her soft chocolate eyes held curiosity as she looked at him. He stood up and waved at them not taking his eyes off the girl. She smiled shyly back at him in response. Loke walked over to him, the group following closely.
"Hey Natsu!"
"Yo! Whats Metal Face and Stripper doing with you?" Natsu asked in disgust as he mentioned them. Lucy giggled a bit and Nastu flashed her a smile.
"We're all friends so we came here to meet up." Loke replied.
"Woah! Nut Head and Ice Princess have friends?!" Natsu exclaimed astonished. The people around them shushed him and he grumbled something about people going to the library too much.
"Oi u wanna go Salamander?" Gajeel challenged quietly.
"Well someone's gotta put u in ur place." Natsu retorted as they started glaring at each other. Lucy deadpanned. Was this all boys did? Just then a beautiful girl with scarlet hair walked in.
"I hope you two are not fighting again." She said. The boys immediately started shaking in fear and hugged each other.
"No ma'am! We're best friends! Right Natsu?" Gajeel said frantically as he started dancing with Natsu.
"Aye!" Natsu said as he danced. Lucy and Levy both tried to stifle their laughter so they didn't enrage the beautiful girl.
"Well, Gajeel It's nice to see you. You too Gray." Gray started shivering at the sound of his name. "You guys didn't introduce me to these lovely ladies." The boys started stuttering and talked over each other trying to introduce the girls.
"Um...hi! I'm Lucy!" Lucy said as the boys looked at her like she had a death wish.
"Hello. My name is Erza Scarlet. How are you doing today?"
"I'm fine. How are you?"
"Wonderful! I just had some delicious strawberry cake! And who might you be?" She asked Levy who was still staring at Gajeel.
"Hmm? O-oh….me? Well I'm Levy. Nice to meet you!" Levy said cheerfully.
"Hello. I'm Erza Scarlet. It's nice to meet you too! Well I better get going I still have a date to go on! And Natsu you better get back to work."
"Y-yes ma'am!" Natsu said as he sat back down on his stool as Erza left the shop cheerfully."Geez, sometimes I wonder how Jellal can stand her." He mumbled as the boys nodded in agreement. "So before you guys leave tell me. If you want, I can draw for you guys for free." He said while looking at Lucy. Lucy blushed a little and looked away. The boys saw this and chuckled a bit. Natsu glared at them and they all shot him dirty looks and pointed to Lucy. He blushed a bit and stuck his tongue out.
Levy realizing what was going on, she immediately responded. "*cough* she *cough* I mean we would love to come by when we leave. Right Lu?"
"Hmmm? Oh...ya why not." Lucy blushed as she glared at Levy. They all left as a customer came up to Natsu. They walked around a bit more before going back to Natsu.
"Oi, Flame Brain! Wanna go for lunch with us? Gray asked dully.
"Whydha call him Ice Stick? Ya know he is gonna spend our whole wallet on food!" Gajeel exclaimed.
"It can't be that bad." He looked over to Natsu who had an evil grin on his face. They all headed out to a restaurant which Levy had picked. The Hotel was called Mira's Making and was filled with pretty decor and two seat tables. It was busy so they couldn't choose where they wanted to sit. Lucy sat down at a table with Levy.
"Nope. You're coming with me Shrimp." Gajeel said as he pulled Levy away from Lucy. Levy tried to protest but he was too strong as he picked her up and walked off. Lucy looked around and saw that Gray had already sat down with Loke and Gajeel had stolen Levy which left Natsu without a table. He saw that Lucy had an open seat and was about to sit down when a guy shoved him aside and sat down and took hold of her hands. Lucy sat there in shock for a second before looking at the guy across from her in disgust. She tried to get up but he held her hands firm.
"Hey beautiful. What's your name?" The guy said with a smik.
"Let go of me you creep!" Lucy replied with a glare.
"But why would let such a good catch as yourself go?" He said as he scanned her figure. Just then Natsu recovered and punched the guy in the face.
"Hey watch it!" The guy said as he brushed himself.
"I believe this was my seat" Natsu growled angrily.
"I believe this is my girl." The guy said back as he held Lucy.
"Let go of me!" Lucy said as she struggled against his firm grip. Natsu punched his jaw which knocked him back a few steps.
"Leave her alone creep." Natsu said with fire in his eyes. Lucy saw her friends watching worried but relieved that Natsu was around to help her.
"Why what is she to you?" The guy said with a confident smirk.
"My friend."
"Well if that's all then that means she rightfully belongs to me." Lucy couldn't believe the guy was treating her like an object."Isn't that right sugarplum?" He asked her.
"I don't belong to anyone and don't call me that!" Lucy said with clear disgust in her voice.
"Well she is still mine." The guy said wrapping his arms around her chest so that his arms touched the wrong spots. Natsu growled in disgust as he glared at the guy smirking.
"I think you heard me wrong. I said she's my girlfriend so back off creep." Lucy started blushing the moment those words left his mouth. The creep froze and Natsu punched him with so much force that he went flying across the room. Lucy looked in astonishment at what he had did to the guy. Levy and the boys started giggling at Natsu's response.
"Um...Thanks for that." Lucy said still blushing.
"Oh...it was nothing…" He started blushing realizing what he had just said. "I just couldn't let him treat you like that and steal my seat." He said with a toothy grin. Lucy laughed a bit and stared at the menu. She was so focused on the menu that she didn't hear the sound of the waiter approaching.
"What would you like to order?" The waiter asked making Lucy jump. She let Natsu order first and watched him in disbelief as he read off almost everything on the menu. She was still staring at Natsu with her jaw open when the sweating waiter asked what she wanted.
"U-um….I'll take something from what he ordered." Lucy said.
"Awww! Now I'm gonna be starving because your gonna steal from me!" Natsu whined with a cute pout. Lucy rolled her eyes at him and stared at him, taking in all his features. He had dark onyx eyes and tanned skin from obviously being outside too much. He was also wearing a striped white scarf even though it was the middle of summer.
"So Looney was it?" Natsu asked startling her.
"It's Lucy" she said in an annoyed tone.
"Hey! That's not how you talk to your savior." Natsu said with a playful smirk as she rolled her eyes. The food arrived and Lucy watched in disbelief as Natsu ate almost everything.
"Hey your gonna catch flies if you keep your mouth open like that" He said as he closed her mouth with two fingers. She blushed a little and stared at her food."Hey you gonna eat that?" Natsu asked eyeing her food. Giving up on trying to eat anything, she passed him her food. He ate happily and waited until the waiter came by. The waiter stared in shock at all the dishes finished and passed them their bill. Lucy didn't bother to look at the amount and just left 3,000 jewel. They left and headed over to the art gallery. Natsu sat them down one by one and drew for them. Lucy went last because she wanted to see the painting one more time. Once it was Lucy's turn, everyone exited and left them alone to focus. After a long time, Natsu finally finished his masterpiece and gave it to her. She took it at stared at it's beauty. It was probably prettier than herself. In her long hair was flowers that looked carefully embedded in.
"Sorry it took so long. It was hard to capture so much beauty in a simple painting." He said with a wink. She blushed a little before retorting.
"Do you always flirt like this?" Lucy asked with a smirk.
"Well it kinda is my job." Natsu gave her a toothy grin. They all left after saying goodbye. Lucy was currently at home in her room staring at the painting he had given her. It was still beautiful and held her essence in the right places. She was staring at the flowers when she realized there were numbers hidden in them. She found all the numbers from the flowers only to realize that it was a phone number…..possibly….Natsu's phone number.