A/N: Here is chapter 2! :D

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Chapter 2

One More Class

At six thirty a.m. Lucy's alarm clock rang. Begrudgingly, she turned it off, sat up, and stretched. Lucy got out of her bed and headed down the hall to the living room. On the coffee table, Lucy's list of chores laid.

Dear Lucy,

Happy is still sick so I took him to the vet. I'll be gone for most of the day. By 7 if I'm not home, please go pick up Wendy from her friends house. Here are your chores:

1.) Make breakfast

2.) Dust the bedrooms

3.) Put the clothes in the washing machine into the dryer.

4.) Finish the research paper on your Psychology class!

Igneel offered to make dinner today. Have a good day, Lucy!

~Grandine

"I'll have to thank her for giving me so little today." Lucy smiled.

Lucy went into the bathroom and fixed herself up. She washed her face, brushed her teeth, combed her hair and put it in two pony tails. When she went back to her room, she put on a pair of athletic shorts and one Natsu's old shirts that had gotten to small for him.

It was seven a.m. by the time Lucy finished making breakfast. Natsu was the first to come down for breakfast, but they didn't say a word to each other. In the past few years, they learned that fighting in the morning was a bad idea.

"Good morning! How are you two?" Mr. Dragneel greeted them as he sat down to dig into his eggs and sausage. He hummed a happy tune. "Lucy, this is so good!"

Lucy laughed, "Thank you, Mr. Dragneel." Knowing what was coming next, Lucy walked over to the pantry, picked out a bottle of hot sauce and set it on the table.

"Good job, Luce. You remembered this time." Natsu said through a mouthful of eggs.

"Natsu, what are your plans for today?" Mr. Dragneel asked his son.

"Im going to the movies with Gajeel, Levy, Gray, and Lisanna." He answered.

Mr. Dragneel stared at Lucy for a long time before exclaiming, "It's settled! Lucy, you have the day off! Go to the movies with Natsu."

"Hell no!" Natsu and Lucy said at the same time.

"Come on, you'll have fun!" He insisted.

"Mr. Dragneel I want to finish my services right away. If I miss one day, then my services will extend." Lucy explained.

Mr. Dragneel laughed, "Lucy, honey, your services will be done by next Christmas. Missing one day will not make a difference."

"But-"

"No, buts! Just take care of dusting the bedrooms today. I'll do the laundry and pick up Wendy."

Lucy was shocked. This was the first time the Dragneels ever gave her a day off. Plus, she never met Natsu's friends before. Also, when was the last time she got free time to go to a movie?

"Thank you! I'll get to dusting right away." Lucy smiled.

A day off was just what she needed!

*( 5:00 p.m.)*

"Lucy, hurry the hell up! The movie is gonna start in thirty minutes and it takes a while to get there!" Natsu yelled.

"Shut up! I'm putting my make up on!"

"Why?! Hoping to get some tonight?"

Lucy stalked out of the bathroom and glared at Natsu. She had on a red shirt, a pink skirt, and black boots. Her hair was still in two pony tails. Natsu did have to admit Lucy was pretty hot. Even if he did hate her that didn't make her ugly. Natsu had no desire to be with her.

Lucy poked Natsu in the face. When Natsu came back to reality, Lucy was smirking at him. "What's wrong, kid? You're not falling for me are you?"

"If I am, then I must be mentally insane. The only thing you got going for ya is your boobs." Natsu replied.

"Whatever, kid. Let's just go to the movies."

Natsu hated whenever Lucy called him a kid. Yes, he was a freshman and she was a junior, smarter, and already lost her virginity so he was the kid in this situation. Mr. Dragneel stopped the two from fighting any further, gave Lucy his car keys and they were off to the theatre.

By the time they got to the theater, Natsu's friends were already there.

"Oi, what took you so long?! Dragon Slayers II is about to start!" Gray said.

Natsu rolled his eyes and pointed at Lucy. "Little miss priss over here took to damn long in the bathroom."

"Who is she?" Gray asked.

Before Lucy could talk, Natsu intervened. "She's some maid. Now, let's go see the best movie of this year!"

Gray stepped forward and extended a hand towards Lucy. "I'm Gray Fullbuster."

Lucy gave him a warm smile. "I'm Lucy, nice to meet you."

Natsu's jaw almost dropped. He'd seen that look on Gray's face before. He was going to put the moves on Lucy! And she was letting him! Natsu almost gagged when he thought about Gray and Lucy dating.

Natsu noticed Gajeel was laughing at him. Natsu flipped his cousin off and went into the movie theater. They gave the attendant their tickets and went to screening room 16 where the movie was about to begin. Lisanna, Levy, and Lucy saved their seats while the guys got the snacks.

While they waited in line, Gray asked Natsu about Lucy. "Dude, why didn't you tell me about her before?! She's hot. Have you made a move on her?"

Natsu rolled his eyes. "I didn't tell about her because there's nothing to tell. She's working for my family. She's been working for us since I was 12."

"12?!" Gray yelled. Several people turned their attention to the two boys. "How come you never told anyone about her?"

Natsu pondered on this question. Why did he keep Lucy a secret from his friends? There was no real secret anyway. She was just their indentured servant. Nothing special. Natsu shrugged and replied with a "dunno." Natsu just wanted to go watch Dragon Slayers II.

The cashier handed them their popcorn, hotdogs, and candy. Natsu remembered he didn't get anything for Lucy. He was out of money though. Oh well. She can share.

Once they made it back to the screening room, Lucy and Natsu had a argument over the snacks. They quieted down the movie began to play. In the first ten minutes, Natsu's eyes were glued to the screen, but they wandered to Lucy who looked incredibly bored.

Natsu realized that he never considered the fact that Lucy never saw the first Dragon Slayers or if she even enjoyed these type of movies. She also looked a little sad. Maybe he was wrong for calling Lucy "some maid". Natsu sighed irritably and handed Lucy his box of gummy bears.

"Here, you can have them."

Lucy nodded, "Oh, um, thank you." She gave him one of her signature smiles and ruffled his hair. "You're not so bad kid."

Two hours later and the movie ended. Natsa and Lucy said goodbye to everyone and they got in the car. Once they made it home, Lucy collapsed on the couch and took a nap. It was short-lived however when someone shook her awake. Mrs. Dragneel was standing over her with a disappointed look on her face.

"Is something wrong?" Lucy sat up and rubbed her eyes.

"Yes, Lucy, there is. I told you to do your online classes. You just needed one more class to catch up to. Remember your assignment was to write that research paper and send it in before ten o'clock?"

"Oh no! What time is it?!"

"Almost nine. I just got back home from picking up Wendy."

This couldn't be happening! Lucy had to pass one more class then she'd be in the clear! Lucy raced to her bedroom, shut the door, and opened up her laptop where her research paper was barely typed up.

It needed to be five pages and she just had one paragraph! Lucy began to type quickly. She did some research on the Internet, checked her notes, and had to spell check her words.

"I'm almost done!" Lucy exclaimed.

Lucy went to her school's website where she was going to send in her assignment until she saw the notice. "No more grades are being accepted at this time. If your work wasn't turned in on time, you have a zero."

"A ZERO?!" Lucy wailed. This was her last chance to make up her grades and now she was in trouble.

Because she was most likely going to get kicked out of her school, Lucy would have to go to Fairy Tail Academy. That meant she would have to stay in her services until she actually graduated high school!

Lucy buried her face in her pillow to muffle her cries. She was a failure and her father would be incredibly mad at her. Her cries got louder and she was having a hard time catching her breath.

Woken up from all the noise, Natsu came into her room. "God dammit Lucy! Shut up and-" He stopped talking when he saw her crumpled form lying on the bed. "What's wrong, Lucy?"

"I failed my class!" She wailed. "I'll have to go to school with you and my services will be longer and-" She broke out in another fit of crying.

"Luce, I'm sorry. I really am." Natsu said. Lucy sat up and glared at him.

"Sorry?!" She inquired, "Bull shit! You're just sorry that you are stuck with me for the rest of my highschool years! Get the fuck out of my room!"

"I do care, dumbass!" He yelled, "Why are you such a bitch?!"

"Because I'm just some maid to you!" Lucy countered. "Natsu Dragneel, I HATE YOU!"

"I hate you too." Natsu muttered. He slammed the door behind him as he went back to his room.

A/N: Well, one step forward two steps back :/ But, dont worry! NaLu won't always be hating each other. There are still some moments where they do get along ;) So review and let me know if you like it ^.^

Updated: 12/10/12