AN: Well, I hope this story is better than my others. LOL, R&R please!


Lucy sighed as she plumped down on the park bench. Her legs were sore, her knees where bruised and her arms felt as if they were going to fall off any moment now. Of course her mother's footsteps would be hard. Ever since she died Lucy wanted to retrace her mother's life. But it was all just too hard!

"What's the matter with me?," she covered her face with her small hands.
"Nothing's the matter about you Luce. I should know," said a male voice.
"Of course, you always say that.," Lucy un-covered her face and looked up.

There in front of her was a boy with pink hair, a scarf around his neck, and casual clothing. He looked around the age of seventeen and his dark-green eyes were absolutely beautiful. He smiled as he took a seat beside Lucy, slouching in the process.

"When did you get here Natsu?," Lucy asked.
"Two – three minutes ago?," Natsu said shoving his hands into his front pockets.
"How much did you hear?,"
"About everything. You didn't make the team."
"Yeah, I guessed." Lucy sighed, resting her head on his broad shoulder.

Natsu was Lucy's best friend since she could remember. They were always there for each other and when Lucy's mother died Natsu made sure he'd always be there for her. Once, Lucy was out camping and almost fell down a cliff until Natsu pulled her back up. They shared every moment together. That was until Lisanna came along alright. But it was only a month until they split up and went their separate ways. That was when Natsu noticed he was in love with Lucy.

"So it's almost the big day huh." Natsu brought his hands behind his head.
"You mean prom?" Lucy frowned a bit.
"Yeah."
"Did you find a date yet? Or a suit?"
"Nope. Neither. But I have someone in mind I wanted to ask"
"Oh…?" Lucy frowned.

Of course Lucy was happy he had someone in mind, but what if it was some other girl? She had that weird feeling again when Lisanna and Natsu went out. Prom was only two weeks away and she only had that much time to ask Natsu to go with her as a date. But her plans were blown now, since he had someone in mind he wanted to ask.

"Who did you plan on asking to prom?" she questioned.
"Secret." He put a finger to his lips.
"Natsu, that's not fair!" Lucy whined punching his chest lightly.

Natsu laughed and smiled at her. He knew who he wanted to ask and that girl was right next to him. Though he seemed curious if she even wanted a date. He yawned slightly and looked up at the blue sky.

"Is there anyone you want to ask?" Natsu said.
"Me?"
"Yes, you. We're the only people here in the park."
"Well.."

Lucy cringed when Natsu asked her that question. Heck, it made her face almost the color of his hair. What should she tell him? That she wanted her best friend to be her date to prom? That would be so weird. But lots of relationships were made up from childhood.

She needed an excuse for now. She had to think of something. Then an animated lightbulb only for her to see popped on the top of her head.

"Well, there is one guy. Sweet, reliable, handsome, strong."
"Oh, who might this guy be?" Natsu looked at her.
"Not telling!" Lucy put a finger to her lips.
"LUCY!"

Lucy laughed, he was so dense. It could've been any guy he could think of. And so he blurted out, "Is it Gray?" Lucy cringed. Juvia would kill her if she thought of asking Gray to prom. In response she made an X with her arms. Natsu sighed in relief, if she went to prom with that stupid guy he'd jump out a window.

"Why, are you jealous?" Lucy snickered.
"What? Me jealous? Yeah right!" Natsu jumped up.
"You looked like you were spazzing out."
"I was not! Just.. I hate Gray! He's a.."
"NATSU. That's not nice!"


~The next morning~

NATSU, NATSU! Really, could that voice be any more louder? Natsu groaned as he tumbled out of his bed and stomped towards his bedroom door. The door swung open and in came an angry Lucy. "Natsu! What the hell! We have school to go to! We're going to be late!", yelled Lucy throwing a folded red towel at his face.

Again he groaned and as the door slammed shut, he fell back onto his bed. He wasn't in the mood for school, why the hell was school created? Natsu sat up ruffling his pink hair a bit and walked out his door and into the bathroom where he brushed his teeth and took a quick five minute shower.

Once done, he came out the bathroom wearing a red shirt, dark blue skinnys, and his favorite scarf. He didn't notice Lucy was standing there waiting for him. Oh she looked pissed. "Natsu", she sighed. Natsu just smiled and messed with the top of her head. "Morning Luce!"

Lucy fixed her hair and couldn't help but smile. Even though he got onto her nerves a lot, she still wouldn't get mad at him. "Ready to go?", she grabbed her tan handbag off the island table from the kitchen and grabbed the house keys. "I am if you are, best friend!", Natsu replied opening the front door for her to get through locking it behind him.


~Fairy Highschool~ ( Natsu's P.O.V. )

"Oi, Natsu!" said a jet blue haired teen named Gray. Gray was Natsu's rival/best friend. But not as close of the relationship he had with Lucy. Natsu and Gray mostly fought when it came to .. well. Tons of things. "Yo!", Natsu waved walking towards a group of guys Gray was in.

Natsu could name any of these guys right off the bat! There was Loke the oranged haired guy who was the player and ladies man. Elfman the guy who always told everyone to be a man. Gajeel the guy with pierces all over his face and looks like a damn fuguitive. Alzack the guy who seems shy but when it came to guns he is quite loud and all over 'em. Then there's Gray, the guy who never wears a jacket during winter time and he has a habit of stripping his damn clothes off. Then there were others Natsu knew. ( I just don't feel like naming them. )

"So how's it going with asking Lucy to prom?", Gray asked nudging Natsu with his elbow. Natsu just sighed and slipped his hands into his pockets. "That bad huh? Well ... if she doesn't go for you maybe she'll go for me.", came in Loke adjusting his glasses with his middle finger and there was always a shimmer when he had that 'turn on' face.

Natsu clenched his fist, "Back away player, she's mine. She already has someone in mind she wants to ask." Everyone jumped. "Well, whoever it is. You have to find out man. Before it's too late" Gray put a hand on his shoulder. Natsu scratched the back of his head and shrugged.

"Mira might know, why don't you ask her? She's pretty damn good with this stuff." Loke said. Natsu's face lightened and yelled "Igottago" way too fast for anyone to hear. And ran into the building of Fairy High.


~Fairy Highschool Gymnasium~ ( Lucy's P.O.V. )

"NATSU ALREADY HAS SOMEONE TO ASK?-", a blue haired girl named Levy yelled out in the girl's locker-room but was muffled when Lucy smacked her hand onto her mouth. "shhhh!", Lucy frowned. She didn't want anyone to know, and hell Lisanna could've heard. For god's sake, Levy really needed to keep her mouth shut for once. Levy was Lucy's best friend but of course not the same relationship she had with Natsu.

"Would you be quiet Levy!", she whispered so she wouldn't catch anymore attention then she already has. "swrorry", Levy muffled against Lucy's hand. Once Lucy put her hand down Levy sat down on a wooden bench in front of their gym lockers. "So .. do you have anyone in mind he may want to go with?", Levy questioned patting the empty spot beside her. Lucy took the seat and sighed.

"I think it's Lisanna but that's just a guess. They broke up last month remember?", Lucy tied her hair into a high ponytail some of her blonde hair framed her face. Levy crossed her arms. "Well, I overheard Lisanna talking to a girl saying she was going to ask Natsu to prom and hopefully they'd get back together." Lucy cringed and could not help but feel her heart rip a bit.

"Don't worry Lu-chan! We'll think of a way for Natsu to ask you to prom!", Levy patted her small back. "We?" Lucy stood up. Levy pointed to a couple of girls in front of the mirror's checking their hair and fixing their clothing. Lucy knew the girls well.

There was the girl in short blue hair named Juvia and her hair seemed like the style Alice had in that movie twilight and everyone knew she had a big huge crush on Gray. Then there was Erza long scarlet hair and whom everyone was scared of, she could crack a bone if she needed to and one time when a guy took a bite of her strawberry shortcake without asking ohh he asked for it. Also there was Bisca, long green hair and everyone thought she dyed it but was wrong she's some expert at guns and she always gets compliments saying she and Alzack should get together someday.

Lucy turned back to Levy and smiled. "Just make sure Lisanna and Mira don't know okay?" Levy nodded and grabbed her hand as they both walked out of the locker rooms and onto the Gymnasium floors and sat on the bleachers. Soon Lisanna came and sat in front of the two girls and as Natsu came out with Gray and the other's goofing around she stood up and yelled, "NATSU! OVER HERE!" she waved jumping up and down to get his full attention.

Natsu noticed and waved back smiling. Damn that Natsu, they broke up. How can they act like nothing ever happened? Lucy rolled her eyes and Levy stuck her tongue out at Lisanna. Really, did Lisanna need THAT much attention from him? Then Natsu spotted Lucy showing his big toothy grin and ran up to her. Lisanna opened her arms begging for a hug but instead Natsu ran past her and sat beside Lucy.

Lisanna looked back and frowned sitting back down with her sister Mirajane.

"So Lucy, afterschool I'm going with the guys to pick out a suit for prom. So I won't be home for a few hours. You gonna be okay alone?", Natsu asked smiling. Lucy never saw him this excited before. But smiled, she liked it when he went out with the guys. That gave her and Levy to have some girl talk and sometimes they'd just sit on the couch and watch romance movies. Though this only happened when Lucy asked her to come over and today was DEFINITLY the day she was coming over.

"Sure, Levy was actually coming over so I'll be fine. Go for it Natsu.", Lucy patted his arm. He hugged her and earned a thanks and headed back to where the guys were. Levy nudged her arm and winked. Lucy couldn't help but smile.


~On the soccer field~ ( Lucy's P.O.V. )

"Pass it to me!", Lucy shouted as she was running towards Erza who was kicking the ball towards the guy's side of the field. They were playing soccer. Boys versus the Girls and it was pretty fun. Erza quickly kicked the soccer ball towards Lucy but before she could have a swing Lisanna stole the ball kicking it towards the goal. Lucy stopped running and huffed as sweat trailed down her face.

Did Lisanna just steal the ball from her? That ball was meant for HER. Lucy could feel anger bubble up inside her as Lisanna got the ball in and walked passed Lucy earning a smile of an evil angel.

"Ohmygosh, did she just steal your ball?", Levy questioned as she held a ice cold water bottle against her face. Lucy nodded staring at Lisanna's back. "I think she's trying to get rid of me", she said. The whistle blew and Lucy quickly got to her place.