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Lucy's P.O.V.
"The answer is 152, Mrs. Hyer, not 142," Mira said.
"Oh my, you're right. Thanks for pointing that out Mira," our teacher said, her hands and eyes shuffling through her desk. Probably looking for an eraser, I thought.
"The eraser's in your pocket, Mrs. Hyer."
Fifteen minutes since first period started, I've already noticed that our teacher's a carefree, mislead individual, which is pretty common considering the fact that she's getting pretty old. Then what was with all that courage and threatening aura I saw earlier, at the beginning of class?
I sighed, not wanting to be distracted in the most important class, one I barely passed last year. I spent the rest of first period staring at the board, trying to understand how to solve word problems which included fractions.
The food stands were bustling with students once lunch came, which was pretty surprising, considering the fact that cafeteria food was supposed to make you more unhealthy than junk food does. Don't take my word for it, I've read it from a newspaper: "Lunch from school makes children look uncool"; the title may seem silly, but it provided various information from an infinity of schools and students, who tasted the food once or twice, and barfed an hour later.
"Wow. That's just.. Wow," Aries said, not having a word to describe the amount of students in line.
"I know, right? Damn," Erza stated.
"Hey, if you guys have enough time to stare at them, I suggest you start eating before lunch is over. It's only twenty minutes you know?" Mira commented, already unwrapping her lunchbox.
"Whatever, you fatty," Erza teased.
"Speak for yourself," Mira said, glaring at her, while pointing at her lunchbox, which consisted of a whole lot of sushi, and strawberries.
"Guys, stop with this ridiculous fighting," Little Levy said, rolling her eyes, munching on her salad.
"Yah, fighting over lunch, really guys?" I said, already eating my taco.
"It's not just lunch.." Mira mumbled, stuffing her mouth with her sandwich.
"Sure it isn't," Aries rolled her eyes, chomping on her vegetable crepe.
Geez, my friends haven't changed in the slightest bit. Having been friends since second grade, you'd think they'd be mature, responsible teens by now. Wait, I shouldn't be talking. I'm still the same, childish person from grade school.
While I was lost in my thoughts, I noticed too late that every sound in the cafeteria stopped, and everything turned quiet.
Suddenly a girl shouted, "They're here!" Every girl in the cafeteria screamed, and ran towards the cafeteria entrance.
"Woah, what the-?" Mira stated.
"I have no frickin idea," Erza said, dipping her sushi into the soy sauce.
"Wanna go see what it is?" Aries asked.
"No, probably nothing that concerns us," I said.
"Then what has gotten all those girls crazy?" Little Levy asked.
I stood up, and noticed a group of guys being surrounded by the females. "Boys."
"Oh, figures," Little Levy said.
All of us, except Little Levy, nodded, and continued to chomp on our meal. Some of the boys in the cafeteria stared at us in disbelief, but we ignored it. We're not your so-called everyday girls; we don't instantly fall in love with a guy just because of his looks. We care about our "future" as most people would call it.
We don't have time for love and relationships.
Little Levy's P.O.V.
"Wow, those girls are loud!" Lucy exclaimed.
"True, I can barely hear myself think!" Mira yelled.
"It's like a rock concert in here!" Erza shouted.
"Wanna go somewhere else!?" I asked.
"How about the library? We're almost done anyway!" Aries suggested, her voice a little more loud than usual.
"Sure, the library's fun! I could read my book there!" Lucy exclaimed.
We started packing up, but then suddenly the bell rang. Lucy and I groaned, so much for reading our books! Last year, we picked out every book in the library, with the exception of horror anyway. That's the only genre that we will never read, not to mention the fact that it gives us nightmares every night until the last day of the week. Remembering how Lucy was the first time she read one, which was called Victims of the Night.. Let's just say that we were never allowed to leave her house; not even the crosses made her feel the safe.
Aries, on the other hand, wants to become an artist. She signed up for the Drawing Contest last year, and she got second place. Karen won first, with her hand-drawn fantasy house, and colorful little mushrooms in the background. However, I personally think that Aries' treehouse, with little dwarfs hanging around it, should've won first place.
Erza wants to become a lawyer. She's already figured out the happenings at our school last year, and solved them all in one to five weeks. Mira wants to become a doctor. Last year, she was our nurse's assistant, and since the nurse was barely working, she would always help with the ill and the hurt, who got better within one hour. The students even thought she was the nurse.
"Hey, wait up!" Aries panted.
We were all running away from a group of girls, who got pretty much pissed off after Erza did something, again.
"Why the hell did you do that?! You could've just ignored it like the rest of us!" Mira exclaimed, anger hinted in her voice. "What happened to the promise?!"
"It was just a damn comment!"
"A comment doesn't have this much damage! What you said was an insult!"
"Guys, let us focus on the current situation right now okay?!" Lucy yelled, pissed of at the continuous rabbling between the two.
"Yelling's not going to solve anything!" Aries exclaimed.
"Thank you! I'm very tired of this useless argument!" I shouted.
They all shut up. I never yell, unless I become very angry. Last time a person got on my nerves, that person never came out of the hospital. He didn't die, but literally, he stayed cooped up in his room for more than half a year. Unfortunately, I've learned some moves that no one could ever see coming. We all do, but I'm more experienced with those type of skills. I'm practically the one who trained my friends, when we were in summer vacation three years ago.
"Guys, let's split up. Erza, go with Aries, since you're the tough one. Mira and Little Levy, you guys shall go together. I'll meet you guys at the back entrance," Lucy said, since she's the most overprotective one, and also kind of the "leader."
"No, I think Little Levy's better off alone. I mean, she could beat up those wanna-be chicks in less than five minutes," Erza said.
"Five minutes? Wow, you're exaggerating," I said. Despite my anger and "skills", it's still quite possible that they could beat me up. Though they don't seem like the type, I thought.
"It's true, though. Okay, Mira, you go with me. Everyone else, you know what to do," Lucy said.
Aries' P.O.V.
Once those words left Lucy's lips, she grabbed Mira's hand, and went left to a long hallway. She left me, Erza, and Little Levy with half of the mob, since the other half chased after them.
"See ya later, Little Levy. If you survive I mean," Erza joked as we took a right turn into a door, which led to a football field.
"Who knew such a joke could take a turn for the worst?" She said to me, as we ran up the benches to take a break.
I giggled. "Still you could've ju-" I stopped just as I bumped into something hard. "Ooph!"
"Aries! Hey, what's the big idea dude?!" Erza asked, angrily.
I found myself on the floor, with my hands behind my back. How in the world did that even happen?!
"Ow.." I mumbled, stumbling as I tried to get up.
"Hey, I'm sorry. Are you okay?" A voice reached my ears. I looked up and noticed a guy, who was bulky and looked well-built. He was wearing blue shades, and had what it looks to be natural, orange hair. A green t-shirt, and black jeans were his attire. Another guy was next to him.
"Do I look like I'm okay?" I asked.
"No," the boy answered, looking confused.
"You just answered your own question," I said, while Erza pulled me up rather gentle, and sited me down.
The boy looked like he was about to say something, but then a yell was heard. "Found them! Ugh, it looks like they 're hanging out with Prince Loki and Prince Jellal."
We looked to see the group of girls who we were running away from. "Oh my gosh, are you two okay? That thing didn't harm you did it?" A female, who looked like a slut, (excuse my language) rushed up to the guys, followed by the four other girls.
A growl was heard from inside Erza's throat. She was going to say something; I could feel it. Before a single 'comment' left her lips, I quickly covered her mouth with my hand, despite the throbbing pain. She bit the palm of my hand, but, as painful as that sounds, I managed to keep it there.
I whispered in her ear. "No more! Or do you want to get detention?"
The anger in her aura rose, but she slightly shook her head. I took my hand off, but my eyes were glued to her every move.
"By thing, you mean these two?" The guy who I bumped into questioned.
"Yes, Prince Loke. I mean look at them!" The girl shouted, her face a look of disgust.
"I think they're cute," the guy next to him said, winking at us.
Ugh. Typical playboy.
"Excuse me, but we've really got to go now," I said, managing to stumble and almost trip as I stood up, before Erza caught me.
"I could take you to the nurse's office if you want," Prince Loke said.
"No that's not necessary," Erza said, glaring at him.
"No I insist. It was my fault anyway."
Before I could even say a word back, he picked me up, ignoring the glares given by Erza, and dashed off.
Erza's P.O.V.
Damn. Once I find that guy, I'm never gonna let him see the light of day again! I growled.
Right now, I'm looking all around for the nurse's office, or wherever that damn son-of-a-gun took her. Please excuse my language. I'm not normally angry, but having taken your best friend away from you without "permission", without knowing what the hell he's gonna do her to her even, I think you'll understand.
"Geez, why the hell does this school have to be so big?! Long hallways! Huge classes! Long classes! You might as well go live in hell, if you can survive in this school!" I shouted, while trying to catch my breath.
Suddenly I heard a chuckle. I turned around, and met the eyes of, who else, "Prince" Jellal.
"Hey there sweetheart," he said, winking.
"Don't call me that," I said, maliciously.
"Huh," he said, as if he's thinking of something. "By the way, these classes aren't long. In three hours, you sure do get bored easily."
I growled, but then I remembered I had bigger things to take care of. I started to walk away, but then he grabbed my wrist.
"The nurse's office is that way," he pointed, while also laughing. "You're getting farther and farther away you know?"
"Che. What do you expect? I'm new to this school!" I answered.
He looked surprised by my sudden change of attitude, but shook it off. I then remembered that he has taken ahold of my wrist, and blushed. Damn this! I thought as I took my hand out of his grasp. He looked like he was about to say something, but decided to keep it in.
"By the way, what did you do to get those girls angry?" He asked, probably trying to start a conversation.
Oh that..
"Should I even tell you?" I asked.
"Yes."
Flashback:
"Finally! It's the end of the day!" I yelled, skipping down the hallway, while the rest of my friends walked.
"Wow, you hate school that much?" Little Levy giggled.
"Not the school.. Just the girls screaming their butts off! I could barely concentrate in history due to the constant squeals!" I answered.
"Haha. You did survive though," Aries said.
"Like barely! Just one more squeal from them and I swear!" I said, already forming my hands into fists.
"Swear? Erza, you better not do something again!" Lucy exclaimed.
"I don't think she will," Mira said, glaring at me.
"What? Oh my god, it's a joke! Geez," I replied.
"Uh huh. Sure it is," Aries emphasized the sure.
"Fine I promise." I pinky swore. "There see?"
"I'll believe you.. for now," Mira said. She then turned to Aries. "So how's Max doing?"
(Max is a chihuahua that has been left abandoned, that is until Aries adopted him.)
Aries smiled. "He's fine."
After remembering the past, we started a conversation about the prior events leading to us right now, which soon got to talking about our future.
And that, was when suddenly a loud "fan girl scream" erupted in the air, disrupting the peaceful atmosphere.
"Oh my god, he just winked at me. I just.. Ooh.. Why in the world is he so cute?!" A girl shouted behind us.
We turned around. There stood a girl wearing too much make-up, which by the way almost made her look like some sort of clown, a lot of perfume, and her outfit was way too showy, not even matching her hair, which consisted of a curly side ponytail. She was talking to a bunch of girls, who was wearing almost the same thing as her, except they were more disorderly.
"Ugh. This again?" I said, which turned out to be a little more louder than I expected, for the girls turned to stare at us.
"Excuse me? What'd you say?" The girl said.
"I said, 'ugh this again'?" I repeated.
The girl looked pretty confused by what I said, well that was at first. A minute later her quizzical look turned into a pissed off expression. "What are you saying?!"
I sighed. "I'm saying I tire of the constant squealing of you stupid girls when fawning over guys. I mean, is this what our society's coming into? Girls being dimwits and not even caring about their life?!"
"Erza!" Lucy then exclaimed, punching my arm. "Be nice!"
"What?! We were all thinking it!"
While I continued to argue with the "being polite, being nice" policy, I noticed too late of a strange aura coming from the group of females in front of us.
"How dare you call us stupid! Do you even know who you're talking to?!" They screamed.
"No. Do I have to?" I said, casually.
"You! You dare talk like that to Princess Lisanna?!" One of the girls yelled. Wow, she speaks in third person..
"Pfft, princess? You look more like a clown with all that makeup on. By the way where'd you get your clothes? The dumpster?" I joked.
Little Levy and Aries tried stifling their laugh, after they heard that remark, but were failing miserably. Mira's face darkened, and Lucy just shook her head back and forth, while face palming.
"That's it! You're going to regret ever saying that!"
Before I knew it, we were all running away from the girls.
End of flashback
"Haha!" "Prince" Jellal laughed, barely even speaking as he tried catching his breath. "Did you really say that?"
I started at him bewilderedly. Why should I even be talking to him? He's the reason why I was chased.
I didn't reply to his question.
Actually I never talked to him at all after that.
Mira's P.O.V
"Jeez. These girls sure are persistent," Lucy stated.
Too persistent, I thought.
Right now we were hiding behind a stack of books in the library; how they haven't found us yet is a miracle. Usually we wouldn't be "cowering in fear," but Lucy insisted we stay low on the basis of being a "good girl", meaning no fighting. And it looks as if they rule the school, so we wouldn't want to go against them.
"Come out! Darn bitches!" They were yelling.
Scary, I thought. Some students in the library were annoyed at the yelling, but they stopped once they realized the ones yelling were their 'rulers'. And yet even the teachers didn't dare to approach them.
"Even the teachers? Jeez, this school is whacked up," I whispered.
Lucy nodded, a bit intrigued.
Despite their warning, there was one (handsome) guy that walked up to them. "Could you quiet down, please?! I'm trying to read!"
"Hrh?" Princess Lisanna turned around, ready to "lecture" at the one who dared to shout back at them. Well, she almost did. "Prince Freed! I'm so sorry! I'm just trying to find some dear friends of mine," she stated, trying to act cute.
I snickered and Lucy nearly barfed.
What a complete change in attitude. Guess we know who's winning an acting award, I thought sarcastically.
"Well, keep it down! I'm trying to study here!" Prince Freed exclaimed, a bit of anger hidden in his voice.
"Ye-yes! Sorry!" And with that one line, Princess Lisanna ran away, dragging her buddies with her.
Wow. Someone who could make them flee. Didn't know that was possible.
"Hey Lucy, let's go. Surely the others have met up already," I said, relieved that we don't have to face the "princesses."
She nodded, but she looked a bit off. I have never seen her like that before, so I knew that there was something wrong with her. It didn't seem like there was anything, but something was definitely bothering her.
And yet I didn't ask.