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Chapter 2

"Let us meet each other with a smile, for the smile is the beginning of love," -Mother Teresa

"Wendy, it's time for you to get going to school," my mother quietly entered the room.

"Hmm," I replied as I forced myself out of bed. I trudged into the bathroom to splash some water on my face. Staring into the mirror I took in a deep breath before advancing into the shower. After the short shower, I continued to prepare for school, packing my bag, and changing into the school's uniform. I skipped down the stairs, getting a good whiff of breakfast that was made by Gajeel today; he'd made some bacon with eggs. Our family gobbled down a meal for 50 within minutes.

"I'm leaving," I called as I left the house. Once outside I saw Romeo walking a few blocks ahead.

"Romeo!" I hollered as I ran to catch up with him. He turned back to me and waited for me to catch up.

"Mornin'," He smiled. All I could do was smile back. I was out of breath after running and needed some time to get my breath back.

"I think I should take this route to school from now on," Romeo grinned glancing towards me.

"Why?" My eyes seemed to gleam with interest and innocence. In response he flicked to my forehead, knowing that I knew what he meant. I touched my forehead and pouted, 'I didn't have to get hurt because of a small joke,'

"To be with a friend," he laughed at my reaction. He hurried ahead trying to not get flicked back by me. I chased after him screaming and joking around. Soon enough we had reached school tired and out of breath. And of course, my happy mood had to be replaced. Once we set foot onto school property, we were swarmed with girls fangirling about Romeo. I smiled at him and sneaked away. I felt my heart twist as I left him. 'Wait...' I thought to myself. 'Do I like Romeo Conbolt?' I turned to the crowd around Romeo. Over the sea of heads, I could only notice his. He was taller than most of them, so it wasn't too hard to find him. While I was looking for him, he seemed to find me. He smiled and waved at me. I blushed and averted my eyes. 'I'll go ask Chelia and Meredy,' I thought, hoping they would tell me that it wasn't anything.

"Oh, my Wendy… this isn't anything. This is L-O-V-E!" Chelia spelled out.

"That's right Wendy, it's how I felt around Eve before we starting going out, I think you may have some feelings for Romeo," Meredy added on. I blushed to imagine myself with Romeo.

"Ahhhh, she's thinking about him!" Chelia squealed. I sighed in defeat.

"Fine, what should I do about this?" I asked the two 'Love Experts'. They smiled and we started with the lessons. 'What did I get myself into?' I thought.

"Saturday, do you have anything planned?" Chelia asked as she scribbled something down onto her notebook.

"Yeah, I've got a swim meet," I answered. Her eyebrows furrowed, and she continued to write things in her notebook.

"Sunday?"

"I think I'm fr- Oh wait, I've got to go shopping with my mom. Plus I don't think my parents will let me leave them on Sundays. It's Family Day. After all, everyone will be home by then." Chelia sighed and looked up at me with a disappointed look.

"What? I don't make the schedules!' I exclaimed. She shook her head and looked back down to her notebook.

"Okay, the only day you're free is Friday, which happens to be today. We don't have enough time to plan something," I looked away since when was this hard? I always thought it was easy. Maybe it was because we weren't dating, and I'm not the type to be dating.

"It's fine, I don't really like him as much as you think. Give it some time and it'll go away. Plus I don't have time for guys," I reassured Chelia.

"Fine, I give up anyways. You're so busy!" I laughed,

"It's because I was trying to avoid this from happening," She smiled a little before resting a hand on my shoulder.

"But I hope you find someone wonderful and soon too. This is last year of high school, it's already spring. If you keep putting this off till college you won't meet anyone in time. And I don't think I'm the only one nagging you,"

"Yeah, you aren't. Gajeel and Natsu both found the love of their lives when they were like what? 5!" I laughed.

"Even with their protective personalities," Chelia added in. We joked about my brothers until the bell rang.

"Ugh, we have gym first today," Chelia complained.

"But it's just some gym duty, not like they're going to make us sweat like the boys," Chelia shrugged put pouted and we continued towards the gym locker room.

Beep Beep Beep, the scoreboard rang.

"And that concludes the senior basketball tournament. The score is 5 to 1, Class 3-A wins,"

"And the crowd goes wild," Romeo continued from behind me. I laughed and he joined in. "Nice job on the scoreboard. You used to it?" I nodded my head.

"Yeah, my whole family plays, so my mother and I caught some skills with the scoreboard. About yesterday, I'm sorry. My family was a bit out of control, and they might not like it when I bring a guy home. My brothers are very protective, and a bit too wild," I apologized. Romeo shook his head, "It's nothing. But whenever you're free, could I come over?"

"Yeah, sure! Let me just give you my number. Um, are you busy today?" I asked as I pulled out my phone.

"Let me just get my phone real quick," he jogged to the bleachers and grabbed his phone that was in a pile of other phones, "Sorry, today is the first day of Basketball Club for me. I don't want to miss it. But if you don't mind you can stay and watch," He handed me his phone. I typed in my contact information and pulled up his information typing it into my phone.

"Sure, why not. Um, I'll be a bit late; I have to go to the cafe for a little bit. Would you like something?"

"Yeah, some strawberry milk please." I nodded and noted it on my phone. He smiled and turned back to the court waving bye. I smiled and waved back, 'This is going to be hard," I thought as I walked away. My scoreboard duty was over, now I just had to wait for the rest of class to end.

"See you later," Chelia said as I left the cafe. I smiled.

"Bye,"

"Don't have too much fun!"

"He's our friend too!" The 4 complained as I went through the door. I laughed and continued back to school. The sun was still up, but it wouldn't be long before it was starting to set. I then realized that I should've gone earlier. They would've already finished clubs. I ran as fast as my legs would take me, which in my opinion wasn't fast. I seemed to have made it on time. The club was still in the middle of a tournament. There were a ton of girls crowded at the doorway. I just stood at the back, although I couldn't see Romeo, I didn't want to make it obvious. After the crowd of girls entered the gym I figured the game was over. I peeked into the gym and saw Romeo crowded by a mob of girls. He already had plenty of Strawberry Milk in his arms, why would he need mine? I placed the Strawberry Milk on the bench next to me and sat there waiting for Romeo. After about 10 minutes Romeo came from the locker room. In fresh clothes and his stuff all in his bag, once he had all his stuff he looked at his phone. I quickly hid somewhere where he would notice me, outside in the bushes. He advanced towards the door. Romeo looked around then kept going. I guess he was looking for someone. I sighed and climbed out of the bushes. When I did I bumped into someone.

"Oh, are you okay?" A kind voice asked. I looked up and saw the Basketball Coaches assistant, Doranbolt.

"Fine, thanks," I replied and went my way home.

"Wait, you have a cut on your cheek," I was stopped by a hand grabbing my arm. I pulled my arm back and touched my cheek. He wasn't lying, it was bleeding.

"Ah, here," he handed me a Band-Aid from his bag.

"Put it on for me," I ordered. He looked at me in shock for a moment then he nodded and was about to place the Band-Aid on my face before I was pulled away from him again. My face was implanted into a broad chest.

"What are you doing?!" A familiar voice growled at Doranbolt. I smiled as I realized who it was.

"Band-Aid," Doranbolt replied. Romeo grabbed the Band-Aid and gently placed the Band-Aid on my face before forcing me to walk with him. He dragged me all the way to the entrance ignoring my calls.

"ROMEO!" I shouted for the 10th time. He finally turned to me.

"What's wrong?" I asked. He glared a bit before turning away.

"You were supposed to meet me. I went around the whole school searching for you, and you're alone with some guy," I smiled, but replied, "Why do you care? We aren't dating or anything,"

I could see Romeo's ears get a bit red. He turned towards me, and I saw why he wasn't looking at me. His face was beat red, it was very red and very cute. I giggled, which made his face go redder if that was even possible.

"Let's go," I said hatching my arm onto his and skipping towards the direction of my house.

"W-Wendy," I turned to him and smiled. His face was returning back to normal color, but it was still a bit pink. He shook his head, and we continued to walk to my house in silence.

"Woah," Romeo responded after leaving my house. I averted my eyes a bit, 'I knew I shouldn't have brought him here,' I thought while growling about what had happened inside. The moment I entered the room Natsu and Gajeel fussed about him and asked him uncomfortable questions even though I told them both that he wasn't my boyfriend.

"Look, I'm sorry Romeo. They're a bit protective, and did I mention crazy?!" I asked still looking at the ground.

'It's fine, I had fun anyways. They're funny! I'd love to come back anytime," Romeo beamed. I glanced up at Romeo, he was beaming! I feel the warmth from the beams, and his shining stars were blinding me. I laughed at the fact that once Natsu came running outside to shoo Romeo away he beamed even more. He stared at me confused before saying his goodbyes and leaving.

"Bye Wendy! Bye Natsu, I'm leaving," Romeo marveled.

"Yeah! And stay away!" Natsu demanded. I laughed even more, before confessing to Natsu, "He's never going to leave now," Natsu's face went pale in a second. I snorted before walking into the house with Natsu demanding answers to my remark.

I slipped into my bed, preparing for the next day of swimming. The practice was at 6 AM to 9 AM

by the time I'd get back. I'll be long gone. I chuckled at my own remark and slowly fell asleep with a face on my mind… a smiling Romeo with bright midnight blue eyes and a smile that reaches ear to ear.

Thanks for reading! Please review and rate, so that I can improve my writing. Sorry, this one was slightly shorter than the other chapter.