Hello again! Thank you so much for all the comments you guys, it seriously means a bunch! Um, someone wanted me to talk about my writing schedule… aha I'm sorry, what is that? Lol I don't do writing schedules. This is my tenth ongoing story I have going on right now, as we speak, so I don't have a set schedule where I'll be posting this story. Sometimes I'm in the mood to write a certain one of my stories, so I write it. I try to update each story at least once a month. It's usually more, but I avoid writing certain stories sometime so idk. I only really have a schedule for one of my fics, but the chapters are only 1000 words and it's not meant to be my best writing. I can try (keyword try) to update idk at least once every other week, but I'm not promising anything. I just wrote this chapter today because I was eager to write it, but idk how often I'll update regularly. I've seen on this site that writing schedules are common here, but on Ao3, at least the fandom I write for, isn't like that. I just update when I update, and that's all there is to it aha. But yeah, sorry if that upsets you. I'm really lax with updating. But that's it. Have fun!

The first day of school went rather well. Nothing eventful happened, but it was a half day, so she didn't do much except for class introductions and a little insight to what class would be like. Lucy discovered how much of a pain her 6th hour was going to be. Because it mostly consisted of seniors, they were pretty cocky and there was definitely some students who didn't hide their inappropriate attraction towards her. One of which was lion boy, which Lucy learned his name was Loke. Loke the lion, that's what Lucy called him in her head, and she rather liked it. Then there was Gray and Lucy also learned that he has a very strange habit; stripping. Yes, the boy just started taking his shirt off in the middle of class. She was surprised, and even more so when he seemed to not realize what he was doing. She calmly reminded him to put his shirt back on, and he was embarrassed about it and explained that he had a bad habit of stripping. She'd get him to tell her the story of how that came about during one of their writing assignments. She didn't know how, but she would. And Natsu… Natsu was very well behaved unlike his two friends. He listened to her and didn't talk a peep through the whole class.

It was the following day and Lucy went to the staff room to grab her lunch out of the fridge and find a quiet place to eat, probably in her classroom. When she walked into the lounge, Lucy was greeted by two faces she knew. She smiled at them and grabbed her lunch, but Lucy didn't expect for them to call her over.

"Lucy!" The friendly of the two called her over and smiled as well. "Why don't you come eat with us."

Lucy nodded happily because she wanted to make friends with the other staff. Once she was seated at the round table, she started to open her pink and white floral lunchbox and pull its contents out. "Hello, Mirajane, Erza."

Erza was of course the vice Principal, and she was very beautiful. She had long Scarlet hair and chocolate eyes. Lucy heard she was married to a detective, and for some odd reason, Lucy kind of wanted to know how they were together. Lucy just can't picture Erza in a relationship, so she was intrigued. Mirajane was a school secretary. Lucy met her when she met Erza and Makarov and Lucy remembers how beautiful she thought she was with her long, white hair and bright blue eyes. She doesn't know much about Mirajane, but Lucy would love to learn.

Erza gave a short nod as she took a bite of strawberry cake, but Mirajane sent her a scolding look. "I told you to call me Mira."

"Sorry," Lucy shook her head and opened her container of apple salad with greens, goat cheese, and walnuts, then poured her cup of fruity dressing over it. "I keep forgetting."

"It's alright." Mirajane smiled. "Just remember next time."

Lucy smiled and opened her mouth to respond, but Erza beat her to it. "If you're ever in some sort of trouble Lucy, don't be afraid to call me for help. I know the male students are quite… taken by you."

Lucy knows that all too well after yesterday's incident with the three boys in her sixth hour. She tried dressing herself in something not so revealing, going for a pair of tight dress pants, a flowy white shirt with a beige cardigan over it, which covered her bottom, and a shorter pair of cheetah print heals. She looked more practical today and she felt more secure covering her bottom, but it was kind of hard to keep her breasts under control. Even if she wore a turtle neck, it was still very obvious that they were there.

"Thank you, Erza. I'll take you up on that offer, if the time ever comes."

Erza looked quite pleased with her answer, so Lucy sighed in relief and finally took a bite of her salad. She didn't want to upset Erza because she seems like the type of person who would cut you if you didn't respond to her correctly.

"So Lucy, have you noticed any trouble makers yet?" Mirajane asked after wiping her mouth off with her napkin. "I know you teach creative writing and it's usually a blowoff class for seniors."

"There are a few." Lucy nodded. "Loke… he's very outspoken with his attraction towards me." The two girls in front of her both had reactions that were very different. Mirajane giggled so cutely, but Erza had a deathly dark look on her features that Lucy knew there was a story behind. "You you guys know him?"

"Loke hits on all the the attractive, young staff."

"So to you two…?" Lucy connected the dots and Mirajane giggled again.

"Yes, I usually just brush him off sweetly, but Erza…"

"I pulverized him. Made him take detention with me for a two weeks straight."

Now it was Lucy who giggled, and Mirajane joined in with her. "Erza takes detention very seriously." Mirajane said. "She'll have them run laps or do push ups till they're exhausted on the floor. But their punishment depends on the crime."

Lucy had a very inappropriate thought flash through her head, but she shoved it back down and pretended it was never there.

"Sounds fun." Lucy laughed.

"It is." Erza said matter of factly. "He always has detention with me along with Natsu."

This caught Lucy's attention so she raised a brow. "Natsu Dragneel…? I also have him in my creative writing class along with Gray Fulbuster, but Natsu is the quietest one out of the three of them. He never said a word the whole class, except for his introduction." And he was rather shy about that too.

The two beautiful females in front of her looked at Lucy in shock. "Pink haired Natsu Dragneel?" Mirajane asked, and when Lucy nodded, her expression turned very confused. "Natsu is very rambunctious and is the type of boy who can't sit still for long periods of time. I wouldn't be surprised if he had ADHD."

Lucy's brows furrowed. "Maybe he was tired the first day of school?" She looked over to Erza, but they both shook their heads like it was impossible.

"That is certainly a fair idea, but I saw Natsu when I was doing my patrols yesterday and he was as lively as ever."

Then… was he bored? Was her class boring to him? Lucy didn't know why the thought affected her so much but she couldn't deny the blatant way her chest panged in hurt. Lucy was a teacher, so yes she went to all 12 grades of school, plus four years in college, a semester in student teaching, and substituting for a year in half, so she was very well aware that classes will be boring, but Lucy had decided that she wasn't going to be one of those teachers who just lectured and made her students take notes everyday. She wanted the class to be involved and that's why she's doing the anonymous writing prompt so the students can maybe have a discussion about what someone wrote. That's what Lucy told herself… That had to be the reason why the thought of Natsu being bored bothered her, but some small part of her heart was disagreeing with the logical part of her brain, and her logic acted on her hearts feelings.

If Loke or Gray was bored with her class, or even Levy, the small bluenette who Lucy had taken quite a liking to, Lucy would use that as motivation. Being put down always made her more fired up than ever. When her father belittled her and told her she was a useless girl, that only made her more eager to be in a place that made her happy, and that was being a teacher. So she studied, got a job at a nice store who was good to her, and she moved out. She got a scholarship at a decent school and worked her ass off all four years of college. She was happy, she felt accomplished, and she had a purpose… and that was to teach. She loved doing it, she wanted to be the type of teacher who inspired her students and did what one of her teachers did for her.

But whenever she got a bad grade or a professor didn't like her, she didn't get down about it. She used it as fuel to work harder and that's what she would feel if someone told her she was boring her students. But… but Natsu… there was something about him that intrigued her, but she had absolutely no reason to feel that way. She heard him speak three times and had known him for a day… that's it. She had no reason to feel so upset if he didn't like her class. But she was… and she hid it from herself. Why did she feel these thoughts? They shouldn't be there for two reasons. One, because it was inappropriate. She shouldn't be feeling like this because of her student. And two, like she said before, was because she physically has no reason to. She's talked to more students, been more engaged with them her whole two years of teaching, and just in school yesterday, and she wouldn't be in pain if they thought she wasn't doing a good job teaching. She would correct it. But Natsu being bored in her class made her think he thought she was boring, and that hurt. She didn't know why but it did… it stung like a sharp wound to her heart.

"Maybe he finds your class interesting!" Mirajane chirped like she knew Lucy was down. But Lucy was rather good at keeping her emotions inside and locked up.

"Why do you say that? Don't you think he could just be bored?"

The two woman across from her looked at each other and shared a small look. "If Natsu was bored, he would let you know Lucy. You wouldn't be able to get anything done in class and would have to send him down to me." Erza's eyes sharpened and gave an evil glint. "And don't be afraid to do so, Lucy. There's always a way to punish a student while still following school rules."

Something told Lucy that she found pleasure in that, but what Erza and Mirajane said made he feel a tad better. Hopefully he wasn't bored. But it was only the first day of school yesterday so it was bound to be a pretty boring day. She kind of over reacted there and got way too emotional. There was no reason to be so bent out of shape because of one student. She really needs to calm down before sixth hour. And it's only the second day of school.

Lucy sighed with her hands on her hips as she looked at her disheveled classroom. The desks were usually in boring rows, but she put the desks in groups of four for one of her modern literature classes, but this hour had problems settling in so the class ran till the bell. She was going to have them put their desks back, but the students didn't have enough time and she wasn't quite confident to make them stay and help, especially since it was only the second day of school and the kids might not know where all their classes were yet.

She rolled up her cardigan sleeves, and marched over to the desks with a small pout on her lips, then pushed one back to its original row. The desk screeched rather unpleasantly and she cringed at the noise, but she would have to get used to it because this was desk number one. To her surprise, she heard another desk being moved, and Lucy thought it was a student moving it for them self, until she heard another desk being moved. She looked towards the noise and to her surprise again, it was Natsu. He was helping her? That was awfully sweet of him.

"Thank you." She smiled at him, then moved on to the next desk to move it into place as well.

"No prob."

Lucy just can't get over his voice. It was perfect, and she liked the way he spoke kind of like a gruff. Improper, and with a lot of shortening of words. It was new, fresh. Nobody talked like that at her fathers home because it was mandatory to be proper and have good etiquette and manners. She noticed he wore the same odd scaled scarf he did yesterday. With the way Natsu spoke, Lucy wouldn't be surprised if he wasn't very good with his table manners, but his scarf was in such good condition, even though it was white. She wonders if it's special to him.

"You came a lot earlier today. You're the first one here."

Lucy tried to make conversation as to not make it awkward, but the atmosphere was very heavy around them for some reason. It left Lucy a bit antsy and on her toes, but she wouldn't say it was uncomfortable or unpleasant.

"Loke's been annoyin all day." He said with a huff, as he moved to the next row and looked up to meet her gaze. "And you, missy. Learn how ta dress around teenage boys 'cause they're talkin 'bout you in ways that shouldn't be said."

Lucy was appalled and looked down at herself again. She thought she dressed herself appropriately. It's not like she can come to school in a sweatshirt and sweatpants, so Lucy thinks she looks very practical today! And who does Natsu think he is? He's her student, he can't go bossing her around like this!

Lucy hmphed and crossed her arms over her chest with a small glare. "I can dress however I want, thank you very much, Mr. Dragneel."

She stomped to the next desk with attitude and pushed it back angrily. Natsu scoffed in annoyance and opened his mouth to shoot something back, but a group of girls walked into class, so he shut his mouth. Thank the heavens he knew what he was saying wasn't appropriate or that could have caused problems. Lucy doesn't want Natsu to hate her, so she really didn't want to send him down to Erza on only the second day.

Wait… Lucy paused and thought real hard for a moment. Maybe he was so quiet yesterday because he was thinking bad things about what she was wearing! Does he think she's sleazy? Sure, Lucy has had a few one night stands, but that was back in college! Okay... maybe that one a few months ago too, and the one before that, but she's not a slut! She doesn't dish out for anyone who comes by and that definitely includes high schoolers! Grr, who does Natsu think he is looking down on her?! Well, she understands now how Erza said he states his opinion because what he's saying is crystal clear to her!

She stomped back to her desk and made an announcement to the class that they could put their desks back by themselves. Lucy got ready for class very aggressively but peeked up at Natsu to see him slouching at his seat with a grumpy expression. Their eyes met and they looked at each other for a long time, but Natsu clicked his tongue and looked away.

Sitting up from her desk, Lucy moved towards the whiteboard with a purpose and uncapped her fluorescent pink marker while looking down at her lesson plan. She ignored the question on the sheet of paper and wrote an entirely different one on the board.

Have you ever felt like you've been treated unfairly? What happened and why do you feel that way?

Lucy went back to her desk until the final bell rang and avoided Natsu's eyes even though she could feel them on her. She didn't know why she was being so childish, but it just irked her to be told that she's dressing inappropriately, when she wasn't! She knew inappropriate, Lucy dresses inappropriate when she's not being a teacher. But she knows that school is not the time to flaunt her assets so she covers up accordingly. And it kind of felt Natsu was attacking her as a teacher.

Natsu's two friends came in just before the bell and immediately started harassing him about where he was. She ignored their conversation, and quieted the class down to remind them that they have to answer the question on the board. Lucy got ready for class as they scribbled away on paper, and she knew they were done when the chatter got pretty loud.

Like she did yesterday, Lucy collected the papers and mixed them up a bit before handing them back out. She called random students to read whoevers paper they got. Most of them were about their parents treating them unfairly about something they did, or getting blamed for something they didn't do. It made Lucy feel better hearing other people's stories and she wasn't quite as upset as before. Lucy let other students comment about their classmates problems and she made comments too. After about ten minutes, Lucy collected all the papers and moved on to the main part of class while handing out a sheet of paper as she talked.

They were discussing writing style and how to find your own style. Lucy had a different student read each tip and she commented on how to do that. Levy, which was becoming one of her favorite students already, asked a few questions. Lucy could tell that she was here because she wanted to be, not because an English class was required, and that made Lucy happy.

She sat on her desk with her legs dangling off the side and the paper that her students had in her hands. She wanted her classroom to be comfortable and that's why she has tapestries on the walls and more of a lax setting. She wants a room where everyone feels comfortable discussing hard topics.

"It's okay if you're not the best at grammar, I'm sure Shakespeare missed a comma here or misspelled a word there because he didn't have spellcheck back then." She giggled at her own joke while looking down at her paper, but nobody else seemed to find her funny. When she looked up, Natsu was smiling at her. Lucy cleared her throat and kept going. "Your writing doesn't have to be perfect. If you're worried about using big words to make yourself look smart, you aren't writing in your style. That's not who you are and it usually has mistakes if one does that." She smiled and continued. "It's best to let your thoughts breathe and flow onto your paper. If you're so focused on your writing being perfect, then you'll restrict yourself. You can always go back and fix mistakes."

She gave the class homework, which was to write a page of whatever they want; they just should use the tips on the handout she gave them and try to find their style. Lucy told them it won't come right away, but with more practice, their writing will begin to form style.

After the bell rang, everyone left, but she didn't miss the way Natsu took his time and lingered back a bit. "Bye, Miss. Heartfilia."

Lucy just nodded and looked up at him a little. "See you tomorrow, Natsu."

He looked at her oddly for a moment, before he ducked his head down into his scarf and shuffled out of the room. Lucy was confused at his strange reaction, but shrugged it off and started reading the rest of the classes writing prompt from the beginning of the hour. She didn't know why, but she was looking for a certain paper, and stopped when she could practically hear the gruff way this person spoke from their writing. It reminded Lucy of her pink haired student.

I felt like I was bein' treated unfairly when a girl got mad at me for not understandin' my reasons. Like when she wears clothes that makes other guys talk 'bout her like she's an object. I don't like it. I don't like her lookin' like that.

That's all the person wrote, and Lucy felt her heart warm. Was… was Natsu jealous? Was that why he said that and why he came to class early because he was annoyed of people talking about her? It made Lucy happy for some reason. She knows it shouldn't and it's wrong… it's so wrong. It's illegal. But she could feel this lightness spreading throughout her heart.

Something clicked in her brain, and she tore Natsu's paper up before she could think too much about it. She didn't want to accept it. She didn't want to accept the way her heart changed for him, her student. So she rejected it. She rejected the happiness and shredded it into tiny pieces, then dumped it in the trash by her desk.

Lucy took a deep breath and moved onto the next paper.

Only 178 more days of school left.

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