Summary: Our story is…. complex. Our story is about a group of strangers and their encounters. Their struggles. How they came together was strange, but not a mystery. How they got along was just as strange, but a mystery. No one expected the outcome of their time together. Their first encounter, you could say rivaled a war, and that was to be expected. They were stranger. But as time passed they became close. And because they became close, their memories of that time were filled with vivid emotion. But like everything else, it comes to an end. That is our complex story.
Lucy Heartfilia jumped from bed and quickly arranged herself for the upcoming day. It was the last day of school before the long awaited summer break. Sure she was going to get summer homework, but she had three whole months before school began again, so summer homework wasn't anything to bother with. She fixed her hair tying it up in a ponytail before leaving her room. She said her mumbled good-byes to the house before rushing out the front doors.
Lucy walked silently with her arms behind her back. The streets she roamed were quiet. The only people out at that time being the elderly who took their morning walks or people who had dogs. There were only a few car running, making the streets safer than they usually were. She stopped herself at a red light, watching as the few cars at the light drove by.
When the light turned, green and the signal to go appeared, Lucy traveled across the street with ease, nothing on her mind except the plans she had for summer vacation. Across the street Lucy found a friend of hers waiting for her. His arms crossed over his chest, and his crimson hair sticking out all over the place.
"Hey Lucy!" He greeted loudly.
"Hey." She replied with a smile, stepping past him. She glanced back at him watching as he matched her pace.
"So, what're you going to do over the summer break?"
"Hmm, I don't know. Go visit family."
"Well, how about after school?"
"Nothing that I know of."
"How about you hand at my place?" Lucy glanced at him. She wasn't sure if she wanted to go to his place. For her it was awkward knowing that he liked her, and the feeling wasn't mutual on her end. She always felt bad for leading him on, though he never did confess that he liked her. It was just… he was easy to read.
"N-now that I think about it, the lady next door wanted me to help her with something."
"Hmm. Okay. Can I come with?"
"No!" She answer quickly, as she stopped and faced him. "I-I mean, one person is enough and I'm sure Sam wants to hang out with you after school."
"Ah! I forgot about him."
"How do you forget your best friend?" She watched as a sheepish grin appeared on his face.
"Well, okay fine."
The conversation was then ended, but after a few minutes had past he had brought up another. The entire walk to school contain no silence what so ever. Lucy just listen as the boy continuously talked about anything and everything, even without her saying or adding much to the conversation.
Something at the corner of her eyes caught her attention, stopping her in her movements. She watched as three cats walked by. Her brows cocked up as she watched them. It was rare to see cats out on the streets, and even rarer than that a couple of cats walking together. What was stranger than that was the single cat in the center with it's strange color fur, as if someone had pour a bucket of blue water on its white fur.
"Oh, look at that, cats." Her friends voice said, catching her attention. She glanced over at her friends, before glancing back at the cats. Her brows narrowed as she stared at the cats. There were still there, but the once blue cat was now a grey cat. She shook her head and shrugged. It could have been just her imagination. Though she continued to stare, observing the other cats.
The other two cats were two different colors. One white, the other black. She watched as the white cat flicked its tail back and forth, waving the pink ribbon on the end of its tail around. Hmm? So they aren't strays. Lucy thought. Her eyes didn't travel far off of the white as she stared at the black cat. A visible scar ran down its left eye.
The cats paused in their steps, and glanced at her, as if they knew she had been staring, before jumping back in the bushes on the other side of the street. Lucy brows cocked up once more before she shrugged her shoulders. She hope the day wouldn't be so bad.
At school Lucy and her friend part, and she walked to her classroom. Students, littered the halls as they talked to their friends about what they were going to do over the long summer break. She had tid bit of others conversations, and most sounded like they were headed somewhere far off. Oh how she wished she could go somewhere far away for the summer break. It'd keep her from thinking about unnecessary things.
When she had reached her classroom, Lucy sat herself in her seat, in the middle of the room, waiting patiently for her other friends to appear. She had always gotten to school earlier than any of her other friends, making her wonder what they did before they came to school, though it shouldn't be anything because school started in the morning and none of her friends were morning people.
The swinging open caught her attention and she watched as several students walked into the room. Her face contorted in disgust as she watched them laugh. Her eyes followed them as they crossed the room to their seats. Their laughter filled her ears.
"Hey? You alright?" A soft voice asked. Lucy quickly turned around and found her best friend staring at her.
"Mika? You're here already?" Lucy spoke, gaping at her childhood friend.
"Who do you think I am?" Mika replied, sitting herself in front of Lucy.
"Just kidding."
"I know." There was a short, but comfortable silence, before Mila began talking again. "So, updates on Daniel?" Lucy groaned and placed her head on her desk. Why'd she even care if Mila appeared. She knew Mila was just going to ask that, Daniel had been obsessing over her for a while and it gave Mila another topic to bother her about.
"You know I don't like him like that. He's just a friend."
"You sure?" Mila said suggestively.
"I know I'm sure." Lucy replied. Lucy listened as Mika laughed at her statement. She rolled her eyes ad laid her head on her desk once more, ignoring her best friend. Her eyes peered past a couple of student and to the window. The sky was as blue as it ever was and clear of clouds. She thought nothing of the day, it was relatively normal, like every other day. The only times it wasn't was when she ended going somewhere with Mika and Daniel, but that was on rare occasions for Mika was always busy and she'd never go somewhere by herself with Daniel.
There was a flicker in the sky bringing Lucy out of her thoughts. She glanced over at the clock on the wall; she still had seven minutes. Standing up, she moved over to the window, opening it. The cool breeze flowed into the classroom and Lucy stuck her head out the window, looking left then right. Nothing.
Lucy looked up, her eyes narrowing. Nothing. That couldn't have possibly been nothing. The sky doesn't flicker like that nor does it ripple. It wasn't hot enough to be able to see the sun's heat rays.
"Oi? What's wrong?" Mika's questioning voice said, startling Lucy. Lucy looked at her friend with a scowl. She didn't like being started or scared or whatever else was close to those feelings. "What? I was only curious."
"Nevermind, it was nothing."
"Obviously not. You don't jump out of your seat for nothing."
"Mika, it doesn't matter now. Whatever it was, it's gone."
"What'd you see?"
"I don't know. Too fast I could see it."
"There's something that fast?"
"Or a fly.:
"You could see a fly from that far away?"
"Who knows? I do have better sight than you do." Lucy teased, earning a light punch from her best friend.
The two of them laughed, and when their laughter had settled they had gone back to their seats. Discussing about what they had that day and what they were doing in each of those class. It wasn't long before the teacher had come in interrupting everyone's conversation.
When lunch came around, Lucy had bolted from her classroom. As she did she heard Mika's fading laughter, before eventually it stopped. Lucy did not want to be in the classroom. Daniel always went looking for her at lunch. He didn't know how to leave her alone when she wanted to be alone.
Lucy snuck around the the corner and scanned the cafeteria for the crimson hair male. When she had seened that it was all clear and that Daniel was not in the cafeteria her shoulders slumped with relief before she stood straight. She walked quietly to the lunch line waiting for her turn. At the front she quickly picked her food, settling for a small turkey egg sandwich. She smiled at the lunch lady as she was paid for her sandwich, leaving with a gleeful smile.
As she approached the classroom, she peeked in noticing as Mika talked to Daniel. The two seemed to have been enjoying their small talk. As she watched them she wasn't sure if she wanted to go in. She didn't want to suffer from annoyance, especially if Mika was going to just continue to tease her about their male friend.
She sighed and gave up, knowing full that she wasn't going to be able to escape them. She stepped through the door and watched as their eyes landed on her. Theirs eyes held a strange mischievous look. A smile bore on Daniel's face as he popped up from his desk, running to her.
"Hey." He said loudly as he approached her.
Lucy glanced at him with a skeptical look. He was never one to just say 'hey' and not try to hug her or kiss her. "Hey?" She replied, a little unsure of what he wanted. Her eyes traveled past Daniel, not really concern with him, over to Mika who sat silently with a knowing smile. Something was definitely not right.
"So, how's lunch?"
"Stange." His brows cocked up at her answers, as she stepped around him. He wondered what exactly about her lunch was strange. She could list it off for him but she didn't wanting to know what was going on. She knew they weren't going to tell her.
She sat herself in her seat watching as Daniel pranced over to her seat. He squatted down, resting his arms on Lucy's desk. She unwrapped her sandwich, eyeing them suspiciously. She didn't trust them when they had those looks on their faces, and their silence was just as unnatural.
A smile slowly creeped on Mika's face and Lucy glared. "No." Lucy quickly said, eating her food angrily.
"Oh, come on. You don't even know what I was going to ask."
"Well, I sure as hell can guess what you were going to ask." She replied. She heard her friends sigh. "Just cause you're Mika, doesn't mean I'm going to give you whatever you want."
"Oh, come on, Lucy! You never have fun anymore. You were so not," She paused to gesture to all of Lucy, "This!"
"What all this?" Lucy said throwing her arms out and about. She looked back at Daniel who stood silently waiting. Something not in his character to do. She narrowed her eyes and stood, grabbing Mika's hand. She quickly turned towards Daniel and point a finger at him. "Don't you dare follow." She barked. Daniel nodded his head slowly, watching as Lucy dragged Mika out of the room.
After a short walk, the two stood under the stairs. Lucy had her arms crossed over her chest and her brow twitched in anger. It wasn't rare for her to get angry, but it was never to an extreme like she was now. Mika poked her index fingers together, not knowing what exactly to say to her angered friend.
"So?" Lucy asked, tapping her index finger on her forearm.
"Well, I, uh, how do I explain this?" Mika said biting the inside of her cheek. A habit Lucy noticed when she was trying to make something up on the spot. You little liar. Lucy thought glaring at her best friend. I can tell when you're lying. You had better not lie to me.
"I'm waiting."
"Well, uh, here's the thing." Mika paused. "We were going to ask you if you wanted to go to a party with us. And if you said no… well, we were just gonna kidnap you. It'd make it easier that way because at that point you wouldn't leave since you were already there."
"You know you're an asshole." Mika grinned at her words. "Definitely going to disappear after school." Lucy muttered under her breath.
"What no! Don't do that. Why don't you want to come to the party with us?"
"Well, for one I don't want to drink. Second, I don't want to hang around Daniel and his weird group of friends. And two. I don't want Daniel to think I like him. In fact it's the opposite."
"Why don't you give him a chance? What's so wrong about him?" Mika huffed and crossed her arms across her chest.
"Because…." She trailed off unsure of why she didn't want to get together with Daniel. Daniel was a handsome guy. He was decent and knew how to treat girls. If she had to say anything he was probably one of the top five best looking guys in school, but that still didn't stop her from not wanting to get with him. Her eyes furrowed and she let out a sigh. "I just don't want to get into a relationship right now. Can't a girl just have a guy friend."
"It depends on the guy."
"And he's not the guy." Lucy sighed, pinching the bridge of her nose. "Don't you like Daniel or something?" She eyed her friend hoping to get a reaction out of her, only to be let down as Mika shook her head, throwing her hands behind her back.
"Didn't I already tell you I had a boyfriend?" Lucy gaped at her best friend, who sighed in return. "Guess you weren't listening when I told you the other day."
"Who! Who is it?" She squealed trekking over to her friend to grab her hands. She bounced up and down in a excitement. Lucy had never thought that Mika would get a boyfriend. She had always said guys were dumb and weren't worth her time. She detested guys, well at least she didn't find them interesting in anyway.
"You don;t know him. He doesn't go to school here." Mika answered. Lucy dropped her hands and turned around.
"I can't believe you got a boyfriend. And before me."
"There's always….."
"Don't even." Lucy shot turning to playfully glare at her shook her head. She didn't understand what Lucy didn't like about Daniel. Sure she didn't like him like that either but, Lucy was getting lonely, and lately she had been getting more distant.
"Let's go back to class before lunch ends. And no, to whatever it is you and Daniel were planning." She watched as her friend sighed.
"Fine." She grumbled. Lucy smiled and walked back to class together.
After lunch, Lucy had a relatively normal day for a few of her classes. The only thing that wasn't done was the lessons. Since it was the last day of school, most of the teachers were just saying their good-byes before letting them do whatever. Some classes however, had parties.
When school came to an end Lucy had quickly exited the school building not wanting to be caught by Daniel again. When she was far enough away from school, she dropped her guard and placed her hands behind her back. Mika wouldn't have minded her leaving a little early. Sure she didn't really have anything she had to do, but she didn't want to be spending that time with Daniel. He was just… loud and followed her too much.
When Lucy arrived home she stared up at the abnormally large house. The door was closed and the curtains weren't drawn. She sighed to herself and walked into the dark house. She glanced at the floor, hoping to find shoes, though the floor was empty. She should've known, her parents car wasn't even on the drive way. What was she expecting.
She traveled through the hall and across the living and up the stairs to her room. Once in her room she threw the door closed and tossed herself onto her bed. She was tired and alone. That didn't mean she wanted to be with Daniel and Mika, wherever they were. She glanced over to her desk and a small stack of papers sat idly on top of it. The clock behind it, told her that she still had enough time to just write. Write until she lost track of time
She pushed herself up off the bed and took a seat at her desk, picking up the pen that laid across the pile of paper. She start with one or two words and eventually words turned to sentences and sentences turned to paragraphs. She wrote for a long time, eventually losing track of time and forgetting to eat or use the bathroom. When she looked at the clock once more, it was already half past twelve
Lucy pushed herself away from her desk and turned to look out the window. From her window she could see the drive way. It was empty. She sighed and stood up, throwing herself onto the bed. She placed her head in the center of the pillow and sighed. The house was dark and lonely, and summer had already begun.
A/N: Yeah, so the first actual chapter kinda boring, but it'll get better... hopefully
