Summary

Lucy Heartfillia is just a girl trying to get through her last day of school before summer starts, but a certain pink haired boy is not going to make it easy for her. School AU following the American school year. I don't specify the grade they are in, but I may mention something in the next chapters about it.

Bitter Leaves

Chap. 1

"Take me to the skyyyy~ oh whoa oh~ Put your hands to the sky. Yea, if you're feelin-" I slapped my phone, turning my alarm off. I was not in the mood, with it being 6:30am. If anyone wanted to get up this early in the morning, today and every other day, they were crazy. Even though it was the last day of school, I still didn't get why you have to get up early, eat breakfast, and prepare yourself for your "peers". No one cared what you looked and acted like... at least none of my friends. After laying in my bed for 3 more minutes, reflecting my choice of friends, I decided to get up and go downstairs for breakfast.

It was still pretty dark outside when I had made it to the fridge. As I opened the freezer and picked up the box of frozen blueberry waffles, I smiled to myself. I had made it to the fridge before my mom, meaning I could eat the last two waffles for breakfast. I quickly grabbed the toaster and plugged it in. Today was going to be a great day.

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"Mom! It's 7:55 and I have to be in homeroom by 8!" I yelled at my Mother while bouncing my leg nervously."I know Lucy! This isn't my first time driving you to school!" Great, just great. I'm going to be late, ruining my perfect attendance record. "Ugh..." I kicked my backpack sitting in front of me. Just 3 more cars... just 2 more...ju- screw it! Who needs cars when you have perfectly fine legs."Bye mom! I'm jumping out and running to class! Have a good day at work!" I slammed the door before she could respond and ran through the grass on the front lawn. We were totally allowed to do that... right? Anyway, I threw open the school door and heard the first bell ring. Crap! I ran the rest of the way down the hall, ignoring the weird looks and stares people gave me. You could say when I arrived in homeroom, I had basically died. I collapsed into a seat next to one of my best friends, Levy. I threw my bag on the ground as she started patting my shoulder. "Lucy? You know my mom can pick you up and drive you here, so you don't have to go through... that," she gestured to my heaving chest. "Every morning." She looked... concerned? "Well... maybe if, I don't know, you lived somewhat close to my house, not in a totally different district!" I replied, my breath slowly evening out as the second bell rang.

I started to look around the room. I noticed some guys playing something on a Xbox One... was it soccer? I looked over at Mr. Clive, our teacher, who was intensely staring at the flat screen tv. I came to the conclusion that the Xbox must have been his because he was the only teacher willing to let his class have some fun on the last day. I turned my attention back to the tv. I couldn't see who was playing, but someone was getting whipped.

Then I saw it. The salmon pink hair that belonged to a certain someone. The "someone" jumped up, pressed a button on his controller, pausing the game, and yelled something, that I'm guessing was an insult, to the other player, who was sitting down. Maybe Natsu was losing? For once in his life?

"Lucy?" I heard Lisanna say from the seat behind me. "Yeah?" I responded without looking away from the salmon haired boy. She snickered as she said something. "You're staring~" I blushed lightly as I realized I was indeed "staring", and turned my head to the "now very interesting" blank wall beside me. "And Lucy?" "Y-yeah Lisanna?" "You do know Gildarts doesn't bother with attendance on the last day of school, right?"

I will add more chapters later on in the story. Constructive criticism is deeply welcomed. I don't really know how to end this, but please leave a review or follow if you liked the story! This was my first story, so I appreciate the support!