Hey guys, before I begin, I just want to give a massive thanks to the people who reviewed the last chapter. I'm very grateful to Areozone, xKishii and the wonderful Trafalgar-Sev for leaving some really nice reviews. I'm really glad that you enjoyed the first chapter. I was especially pleased to see Trafalgar-Sev, because he/she is a reader of one of my One Piece stories, and so it's great that you're reading this one too. Also great to see that you asked for Jellal x Erza because Jerza or Gerza is absolutely 100% my favorite Fairy Tail couple, and so I was never going to not write them into this story.
Speaking of that One Piece Story, I'm not done with that. I will definitely be looking to get some new chapters up for it, but at the moment, I do want to mainly concentrate on this new project if that's OK.
So I'm just really glad that I got those reviews for the first chapter, and I hope you'll continue to follow this story. That's all I really have to say at the moment, so just make sure that you enjoy this chapter!
The girl cracked her knuckles and continued to stare straight at Natsu and Gray. "The first day, and already I have to beat some sense into you..."
Natsu and Gray gulped simultaneously. They both stepped backwards, trying to nudge the other in front. Lucy couldn't quite believe what she was seeing. Just what kind of monster was this girl? And what was she going to do to Natsu and Gray? All around, the crowd of onlookers that had formed were equally tense.
Suddenly, someone emerged from the crowd of onlookers. "Wait, Erza."
Lucy turned to see the source of the voice. Standing there was quite possibly the most beautiful girl she had ever seen. The girl had long white hair, with a small bunch at the front tied up, and round, kind-looking blue eyes. She had a gentle smile on her face. Erza frowned at her. "Mira?"
The girl stepped between the two boys and Erza and smiled apologetically at the redhead. "I think these two have learnt their lesson. Plus, I'm sure they'll be on their best behaviour from now on."
The girl continued to smile at Erza, who looked really annoyed to have been interrupted. After a short "stare-down" in which Lucy could tell both Natsu and Gray were sweating buckets, Erza scowled, but sighed, and dropped her arms to her side. "Honestly Mira, you're way too soft on them..."
The white haired girl smiled, and turned to Natsu and Gray, who both looked relieved. Gray smiled weakly at her. "Thanks so much Mira."
Natsu nodded in agreement, "Yeah, you're the best."
The girl, who Lucy had picked up was called Mira, giggled and was about to say something, when Erza spoke again, in a low threatening tone. "Don't celebrate too early, If I hear of anything else..."
Natsu and Gray both frantically shook their heads. "Y-You don't have to worry. We promise we'll be good."
Erza stared coldly at them, before slowly nodding. "OK. You should head to you lesson now then. No more messing around, or else..." She turned and began walking off, with Mira following her after giving Natsu and Gray one last reassuring smile. The surrounding crowd then began to disperse, and the tense atmosphere disappeared. Lucy went to Natsu and Gray's side, the two still looking somewhat shaken.
"Who were they?"
Natsu snapped out of his daze and looked at her, only just remembering Lucy. "The scary one was Erza and the nice one was Mira." Lucy opened her mouth, the answer really not giving her much useful information, but Gray spoke before she could ask.
"They're seniors, so they're a year older than us. Mirajane is the Student council President, whilst Erza's the Vice-president. They're pretty much opposites of each other personality-wise, so they work well together. Plus, Erza really does respect Mirajane. Thank God for us..."
Lucy nodded, more satisfied with Gray's answer. "That Erza sure seems scary..."
Natsu grinned, patting her reassuringly on the shoulder. "She does seem like that, but when you get to know her, she can be nice. It's just when you piss her off..."
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After that encounter, Natsu hurried off to the principal's office with Happy, whilst Gray took Lucy to her first lesson, Maths, even though he wasn't in the same class as her. She asked him if he was worried that he'd be late, but he didn't seem to be too bothered.
However upon entering the classroom, Lucy was disappointed to see that she was again seemingly the last student to arrive, although the teacher forgave her for that seeing as she was new. Even worse though was that the only spare seat in the classroom was next to that Juvia girl, who was extremely jealous of Lucy after seeing Gray with her at the beginning of the lesson, as he had taken her to the lesson, something which he had clearly never done for her. Throughout the lesson Lucy repeatedly assured Juvia that she and Gray had only just met, and there was nothing going on between them, but Juvia was never convinced.
So Maths was mostly composed of Lucy struggling to listen to the teacher, whilst Juvia glared daggers at her for pretty much the whole lesson. It seemed like Juvia was going to be very difficult indeed for her to win over.
After Maths was break. After the lesson, Lucy had been the last to leave the classroom. When she made it to her locker, she was surprised, but happy, that Natsu was waiting for her, with Gray also there. Lucy couldn't help but observe that even though the two seemed to hate each other, they seemed to always be together. She also spotted Juvia hiding behind a nearby locker, probably stalking Gray. But Lucy decided against pointing her out to him, not wanting to anger Juvia even further.
Lucy was also surprised when Natsu told her that the Principal had agreed to look after Happy for the day. At her old school, the principal had been feared and the students didn't dare step out of line, lest they incur his wrath. Whereas here, from what she could tell from how Natsu talked about him, the students seemed to have a more friendly relationship with the principal.
Break was short though, and it wasn't long before the bell rang again, and it was time for the next lesson. Even though Natsu, Gray and Lucy all had English, Lucy wasn't in the same class as them, and so just like before, they showed her where the classroom was, before going to their own class.
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Lucy took one last look at Natsu and Gray walking off, the two immediately breaking into an argument as soon as they had left her. She had been worried that it would be difficult to make friends in a new kind of school, but Natsu had pretty much forced himself onto her, whilst Gray seemed to be part of the 'Natsu Package'. Either way, she was grateful that she had those two to help her find her way around the school.
She opened the door, and was glad to see that the classroom wasn't full, meaning that for the first time that day, she actually was on time. She chose a seat near to the front of the classroom, not recognizing anyone in the class.
Then the door opened, and Cana walked in. She was adjusting her hair, when she spotted Lucy and smiled, recognizing her from the morning. She took the seat next to her on the left, smiling kindly at her. Lucy smiled back. She was about to say something when the door opened again.
In sauntered a tall boy with brown hair and blue tinted glasses, which he tipped up his nose as he entered. Lucy was immediately taken aback by how handsome this boy was, and he looked like someone who clearly spent a lot of time on his appearance. She also noticed how all the girls in the classroom, apart from Cana, were staring at him, not that he seemed affected. He actually seemed to enjoy the attention, pretending to not notice their adoring stares, but smirking slightly as he walked, showing that he really did. He took one look around at the class, looking at all of the girls especially and ignoring the boys, before he finally reached Lucy. At first he skipped over her, like he did the other girls, before he looked back at her, and fixed his eyes on hers. Lucy blinked, surprised by the attention, and turned around, to make sure he wasn't looking at anyone else, before confirming that he was indeed looking at her.
He chuckled at this reaction, and took the seat next to Lucy on the right. "I don't believe we've had the pleasure of meeting. I'm Loke."
Lucy laughed nervously, aware of the glares that she was receiving from every girl in the class. "I-I'm Lucy. I'm new here, this is my first day."
"Oh? So, what do you think?"
Lucy smiled weakly, really uncomfortable from the glares which Loke didn't seem to notice, or perhaps was just ignoring. "It's nice, the people here are very friendly."
Loke smirked. "Really? That's nice to hear, I'm glad you like it here." He looked like he wanted to say more, but just then the teacher walked in, and the lesson began.
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English had been a weird lesson for Lucy. She was acutely aware that throughout the whole lesson Loke had been stealing glances at her, wanting to get her attention. The first couple of times she had looked at him and smiled out of politeness, but eventually it just got annoying, and she just began to ignore him.
Cana seemed to understand, giving Lucy a sympathetic smile when she noticed Lucy was beginning to get annoyed. Lucy now understood why Cana hadn't been interested when Loke entered the room. She must have been similarly put off by his overly flirtatious behavior at some point.
After the lesson, Lucy made sure to gather her books and leave the classroom quickly before Loke, who was talking to another girl, had a chance to talk to her. He seemed to be a bit of a playboy, and a playboy was the last kind of guy Lucy wanted to get involved with.
However she was disappointed when she reached her locker as neither Natsu nor Gray were there. She waited for a couple of minutes, but they still didn't come, and by then the corridors were becoming less busy as people had put their books in their lockers and had either headed to Lunch or outside.
Lucy sighed, she'd been hoping to have lunch with those two. Giving up on that, she opened her locker, at last putting her books away. Just then, she heard someone coming. She turned around, expecting to see Natsu's goofy grin, but was instead met with a stoic looking Erza.
Lucy unconsciously took a step backwards, causing Erza to look confused, not sure why Lucy seemed so startled. "Excuse me, do you know who Natsu and Gray are?" Lucy nervously nodded, and Erza smiled kindly. "In that case, have you seen them around anywhere? I've been looking for them."
Lucy relaxed slightly, but not completely. She didn't seem as scary now as she had been before. "No, sorry. I've been waiting for them too."
Erza blinked, before realization dawned on her. "Oh yes, now I recognize you. You were with Natsu and Gray this morning, weren't you?"
Lucy nodded. "Yes, my name is Lucy."
Erza offered Lucy her hand, with Lucy stiffly taking it, still on guard a little. "I'm Erza. Erza Scarlet." She gave Lucy an encouraging smile, mistaking Lucy's fear of her for mere shyness. "I assume you're new here. If you ever need any help, don't hesitate to come to me. As the Student Council Vice-President, It's my job to look after my fellow students."
Lucy weakly smiled. "Thank you very much. Yes, Gray told me about your position."
Erza nodded. An awkward silence descended between the two before Erza began tapping her feet impatiently. She glared up at the ceiling, as if she was imagining Natsu and Gray's faces being plastered up there. "Just where are they? I was hoping to have lunch with those two."
Lucy absentmindedly nodded. "Yeah, so was I."
Erza's eyes then lit up. "Is that so? Well, in that case, why don't we have lunch together? Yes, It's the perfect opportunity for us to get to know each other!"
"Eh, what?"
Erza smiled triumphantly. "Yes, actually, thinking about it now, things worked out perfectly! With those two not here, we can have a one on one conversation with no distractions. What a fantastic opportunity!"
"But, I-"
Lucy never finished, as Erza forcefully grabbed her arm, her eyes lit up with excitement, and literally dragged her towards the cafeteria.
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Lucy had to be honest, Erza wasn't quite who she thought she was. On the way to the cafeteria, Erza had asked Lucy about what she thought about the school, if she had any problems, and even offered to give her a tour after lunch, which Lucy agreed to, more out of politeness than actual willingness
However Lucy had realized that she didn't need to be scared of Erza and opened up, asking her questions about the school too. By the time they eventually reached the cafeteria (It was a surprisingly big school), Lucy felt comfortable around Erza, and no longer feared her wrath. She was actually very kind, and was kind of goofy in her own way, not as much being stupid, but being slightly over-enthusiastic. Not that this mattered to Lucy, who was enjoying the more interesting personalities of the students in this school.
Erza opened the door to the cafeteria, holding it open for Lucy. Upon entering, the first thing which surprised Lucy was the sheer size of the cafeteria. It was as big as at least 5 classrooms put together.
Lucy looked around the whole room as she walked, not really paying attention to where she was going, but just taking in the atmosphere of the place. In her old school, lunch had been very quiet, but here, on every table she could see people laughing and shouting. The room was literally buzzing around her.
However, suddenly, Lucy, not watching where she was going, bumped into someone. She snapped her head around so that she was facing forwards again, feeling embarrassed. "Ah, Sorry," she blushed, smiling apologetically.
However, instead of meeting the face of who she had bumped into, she was faced with a very toned chest. She looked up to see a tall man with spiky yellow hair scowling at her. Under his uniform, she could see he was incredibly well built. He looked much older and stronger than the other students, Lucy would have mistaken him for a teacher if he wasn't sporting the same school uniform as everyone else.
"Oi, watch where you're going..." he muttered threateningly.
Lucy jumped back a little, suddenly feeling very scared indeed. They didn't have scary guys like this in her old school, that's for sure. "S-Sorry. I wasn't paying attention. I should-"
A boy with green hair emerged from behind the tall man. "Hey Laxus, what's going on? Is this girl giving you trouble?"
"My my, she looks very plain..." Lucy turned around to see a tall girl with wavy brown hair and glasses standing behind her, smirking teasingly at her.
Standing next to her, a boy with spiked up blue hair, grinned at her, his tongue stuck out. "Hey Ever, is how she looks really important?"
Lucy gulped slightly, suddenly feeling very threatened. She felt herself wanting Caprico near.
"Ah Lucy, there you are."
Laxus, Lucy and the three new people turned around to see Erza standing there, glaring straight at Laxus. "You strayed away from me there, I was wondering where you'd gotten off too."
Laxus turned his scowl from Lucy to Erza. "Oh. She's a friend of yours?"
Erza's glare deepened. "As a matter of fact, she is. Any problems?"
Laxus smirked cockily. "Maybe."
Erza narrowed her eyes. "Is that so?"
Laxus chuckled. "I don't care about that position of yours. Vice-president? Doesn't matter to me. You don't scare me... Titania."
Lucy gulped, noticing that the three with Laxus no longer looked so smug. She didn't know what was going to happen. She knew from what had happened earlier, that Erza was tough, and she could tell that this Laxus was strong, simply from looking at him. Were they really going to fight? Because of her? On her first day?
Was this school always like this?
"Is there a problem here?"
Someone else? On the table nearest to them, a boy had just stood up, and was staring at Laxus with a neutral expression. He had blue hair, and a tatoo running down the right side of his face. Lucy thought he looked just as scary as Laxus with that tatoo.
Laxus turned his attention from Erza and was now scowling at the blue haired boy. "Jellal? What do you want?"
The blue haired boy just stared down Laxus, seemingly unfazed by the threat of the giant man. "Depends. What do you want?"
"You really don't want to get involved with this..."
The boy remained silent, but continued to stare at Laxus. Lucy winced, and looked to Erza, wanting to see how she was reacting to the new person. However, Lucy gaped at what she saw. Erza was... blushing? It was faint, but her cheeks were undoubtedly tinted pink, and she was staring straight at the ground.
The stare down continued, neither of the two seemingly willing to back down. The whole cafeteria was silent at this point. Lucy silently wondered where exactly the teachers were. Suddenly, Laxus smirked, still staring this Jellal, whose expression still hadn't changed. It looked like something was about to happen. But what? Lucy gulped, she was the one who had started this after all...
Suddenly the doors of the cafeteria swung open, crashing against the walls of the room with a loud bang, shattering the tense silence of the standoff. Standing in the doorway were two familiar figures. "Man, I'm so hungry! You're such an idiot droopy eyes, making us late!"
"How was that my fault squinty eyes? You were the one who started it!"
Natsu was about to retort, when he spotted Lucy and Erza, and grinned. "Ah, you two! I'm glad we were able to catch up to you guys! Ice-brain here got us in trouble, and the teacher kept us in after the lesson."
Erza smiled gratefully, and took Lucy's hand and pulled her away from Laxus, Jellal and the others.
Lucy turned around and watched as Laxus said something, before turning around and walking away, his three lackeys following after him. Jellal frowned at him, before looking at Erza, who wasn't facing him. He stared at her for a few seconds, before noticing that Lucy was watching him.
For a split second, there two just stared at each other, not knowing how to react to one another. However, then Jellal did something which surprised Lucy.
He smiled at her.
It was a small, but friendly smile, and it only lasted a second or so, but it was real and genuine. Lucy couldn't help but smile back. Looks like she had another friend here.
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It turned out that the reason Natsu and Gray had been so late was that the two had been talking in the lesson so much that the teacher had decided to keep them in as a punishment, forcing them to do the work in silence for 15 minutes.
Lucy had wanted to tell them about what had happened with Laxus, but when she was about to tell them, Erza flashed her a warning look and shook her head, and so Lucy had decided to stay silent, although she planned on asking Erza why she didn't want them to know.
The four spent the whole of lunch together. At first they headed outside into the courtyard and just talked. With Erza around, Natsu and Gray didn't fight much.
However, Erza then remembered that she had promised to take Lucy on a tour and so the four set off on a trip around the school, in which Erza talked about the rooms, with Natsu adding 'funny' remarks every now and then, before apologizing when Erza inevitably glared at him, not finding Natsu's comments very witty at all, especially when they were interrupting one of her monologues. Gray was mostly quiet, only occasionally adding to Erza's explanations.
Lunch seemed to pass by really quickly, and the last lesson of the day was P.E., which both Lucy's year and the year above did together. Lucy wasn't too enthusiastic about P.E., as she had never been one for sports.
Erza, on the other hand, was especially fired up. P.E. wasn't mixed and was separate for boys and girls. The first thing they had to do was a run, something which Lucy definitely wasn't thrilled about. Erza had insisted on running with Lucy, shouting encouragement every time Lucy slowed down. When Lucy had eventually given up and started walking, Erza gave her a long lecture about dedication and commitment, eventually inspiring Lucy to break into a slow jog.
After the run, they went inside into the sports hall, which was split in the middle, with boys in one half and the girls in the other. They boys were playing soccer, while the girls were playing hockey.
Lucy, not really bothered about the game, hung back in defence. She was worried that Erza might come back and give her a telling off, but Erza appeared to have gotten into competitive mode, and was too concerned with scoring at one end of the pitch to worry about Lucy at the other end.
So Lucy spent the time watching the boys' soccer match. Natsu and Gray were on the same team, something which was amusing to watch as both were playing upfront but refused to pass to each other. On the other team, the boy with the iron studs, Gajeel, was defending against Natsu, and the two were really competitive about it, the ball seeming to end up in a tussle between those two more often than not. Weirdly, Jellal and Laxus, who Lucy now knew were seniors like Erza, weren't playing, but were standing at the sidelines watching the match carefully. Lucy wondered why they were exempt from playing.
"You're bored too, huh?"
Lucy turned around, surprised, not even noticing that a short girl with blue hair had walked up to her. Lucy seemed to remember her being in her class in the morning, but she couldn't quite remember. "I guess. I'm not really a big fan of hockey."
The blue haired girl snorted, stood next to Lucy and stared intently at the ball on the boy's side, which was currently in Gray's possession. "That makes two of us. I just play back here so that I don't have to do anything. With Erza up there, the ball never seems to come over here."
Lucy giggled. "Yeah, I noticed that. I'm Lucy."
"Levy. We're in the same form. I was sitting in the front, on the other side of Cana." Lucy nodded. So she was in her class in the morning.
"Hey," a familiar voice grunted. Lucy watched as Cana approached the two, looking more than a little disgruntled. Levy smiled teasingly at her.
"Tired Cana?"
Cana shook her head, running her hands through her hair. "Hockey's too much effort. Dunno how Erza has so much energy for it..."
"Mind if I join you guys?" Lucy, Levy and Cana turned around, and to Lucy's extreme surprise, it was Mirajane, the beautiful white haired girl from earlier, standing there. She and Levy exhanged a familiar smile, whilst Cana gave her a half-hearted nod in greeting. She then turned to Lucy, and smiled sweetly, holding out her hand. "Hi, I'm Mirajane."
Lucy clumsily shook it, surprised that someone like Mirajane, whom Lucy already genuinely respected without even having spoken with her, was talking to her. "I-I'm Lucy."
"You were with Natsu and Gray in the morning, weren't you?"
Lucy nodded. Mirajane smiled kindly at her, before also turning to the boy's soccer match. Looks like Mirajane wasn't one for sports either. The four stood there in silence, Mirajane occasionally giggling when Natsu swore at either Gajeel and Gray, or when either of the two swore back. Suddenly, Erza approached the girls, looking pissed off.
Mirajane smiled playfully at her. "What happened?"
Erza scowled at the ground. "Miss Bisca told me to go back and play in defence for a bit. Apparently I'm getting 'too heated up'."
Mirajane, Levy and Cana laughed, whilst Lucy giggled. Erza glared at them. "Shut up! You know Mira, you shouldn't laugh, you used to be just as bad as me!"
Levy nodded. "Yeah, that was before-" She suddenly stopped and looked over to Mira, who was staring down at the ground, no longer smiling. Levy and Erza glanced at each other, silently deciding to drop the subject, whilst Cana looked away from Mirajane. Lucy didn't understand, but decided against asking why.
A small silence, awkward rather than comfortable, then descended over the group, who watched the boys' game, with Erza barking at Natsu and Gray every time they messed up, causing them to mess up even more.
It was then that Lucy spotted Laxus and Jellal again, who were now talking, whilst glancing over at the game. She looked at Mirajane. "Why are those two guys just watching the game?"
"They play for the first team," Mirajane explained. "Laxus is the captain, and Jellal the Vice-captain. I think this game is a preliminary trial for joining the team, and so they don't need to play. Plus, it's their job to select who they think should take part in further trials for the team. I guess that's easier if they're just watching rather than playing."
Lucy nodded, noting that Erza had perked up slightly when Mirajane had said Jellal's name. She smiled slightly and nudged Erza. "hmm?"
"Erza... is there something between you and Jellal?"
Erza's face went bright red, and she shook her head frantically. "N-no, why would you say that?"
Mirajane giggled. "Erza, don't lie. Everyone knows that you like him."
Cana rolled her eyes. "Everyone but him..."
Erza frantically shook her head, turning away from them, trying to hide her flushed face. "I-I don't! He's just a good friend, that's all!"
Mirajane placed a hand on her shoulder. "Erza..."
"That's all," Erza firmly grunted, shaking Mirajane's hand off, and shooting a 'don't you dare' glare at her.
Lucy giggled quietly, and looked at Mirajane, who also had an amused smile on her face. They exchanged a knowing glance, which only meant one thing.
They were definitely going to do something about this.
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"After you, Miss Lucy."
Lucy smiled at Caprico as if to say thanks, before stepping into the entrance hall, Caprico closing the door behind her. Despite her initial worries, Lucy had left P.E. very happy.
She had initially been nervous to be around Mirajane, someone who was clearly a big deal within the school. But Mirajane was really kind and friendly and the two chatted amiably throughout the whole lesson, whilst Levy and Cana watched more quietly, and Erza, not giving up on trying to improve Natsu and Gray's performance, was barking orders at the two whenever they got the ball.
After getting changed, Lucy, Erza, Levy, Cana and Mirajane found Natsu, Gray and Gajeel waiting for them outside the changing rooms. All three had made it through the preliminary rounds and had advanced to the final trials, which were to be held next week. Erza, of course, claimed it was because of her involvement that Natsu and Gray improved enough to impress Laxus and Jellal, but Lucy suspected that it was despite Erza's 'help' that the two got through rather than because of it.
Natsu had suggested that they all went to the park to hang out, since they were all together, but Erza, Mirajane and Levy had a student council meeting and Gajeel had a guitar lesson, something which surprised Lucy who really hadn't seen him as the musical type. Cana was also staying behind to meet her father, who was apparently a teacher at the school.
Lucy wanted to go with Natsu and Gray, but remembered that she had promised Caprico that she would meet him at 4:00 sharp. She didn't want to waste any time, because she knew that if she was even a minute late, Caprico would send a search party out for her. Which proved to be the case, because when she had reached the car at exactly 4:03, she had seen Caprico pacing around outside the car, frantically talking into the phone, probably to Virgo.
The look of relief on his face when he saw Lucy was priceless, and as soon as they were in the car, without even setting off, Caprico began to bombard Lucy with questions, most of them about what had happened that had made her those three minutes late.
Lucy didn't mind though. She knew Caprico was very protective of her, and she was glad for it. She apologized for being late, and answered all of Caprico's question about the day, and even gave him a full account of the day when he asked for it, wisely omitting the incident with Laxus in the cafeteria.
Virgo then emerged from the kitchen. She had on some oven gloves, meaning that she had probably just finished cooking dinner. "You're back Princess. How was your day?"
Lucy looked around, before smiling at the sight of Plue asleep on the sofa. She lifted him into her arms, the sickly puppy waking up and yipping lightly at her. Lucy smiled at Virgo. "It was great thanks."
Virgo bowed slightly, before turning back into the kitchen. "That's good news. Dinner will be ready soon Princess."
Lucy nodded and smiled once more at Caprico, who was dithering in the entrance hall, as if he was waiting to be dismissed. When he smiled back, she began to climb up the stairs, taking her schoolbag and Plue with her. She nudged her room door open with her elbow, trying to balance Plue in her arms as she did that. When she was in, she placed Plue gently on her bed, before turning to her desk. She placed her bag down on it, before emptying the contents of the bulging satchel onto the wooden surface.
She sighed as she eyed the surprisingly heavy workload on her table. Even if this seemed like a great school, there definitely were draw backs.
Lucy sighed as she plopped down on her desk and began flicking through her maths text book, her mind only partially on the work, but mostly already thinking about tomorrow. She couldn't wait to get back into school.
The ending's a bit meh, but it does the job (hopefully?)
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