Hello everybody, it's me again! I didn't think I would be updating again so soon, but well, I felt like writing again! You can probably expect another update tomorrow. Well, enough chatter, here it is!

Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy Tail.

Chapter 2 - The Bookstore!

I awoke drowsily from my slumber, remembering my homework. I groaned internally, and got out my maths book. Quadratic equations. It was gonna' be a long night. Two hours later, and my maths and english were out of the way. Time for my art, to work on the project. I reached into my right hand pocket, and pulled out my phone. I listened carefully to make sure my Dad wasn't home as he hated me using the phone unless I was calling him. What was I thinking? Of course my father wasn't home, he's always away on business trips. I hastily texted Natsu and Erza on a new group chat.

Lucy: Hey guys, skype now for the art homework?

Their responses were quick.

Natsu: Sure thing!

Erza: Of course!

I clicked a few times with my mouse to wake up my computer, and after typing in my password, opened up skype. I accepted the group call message that was already pending, and we started to plan. Erza, being the proactive person she is, had already come up with ten different ideas. Natsu being the . . . Natsu, he is, had done nothing.

"I guess they balance each other out," I thought to myself. We talked together for about an hour and a half, just discussing Erza's idea, before finally settling on one we all liked. It was an original idea Erza had come up with, and was all about magic. However, Erza had decided, to make things easy for me to draw, she had put most of us and our friends in the story! We would have talked more, but Natsu needed to go to bed, and I needed to get some dinner. We all said our goodbyes and left each other, with an uplifting sense of accomplishment.

I went downstairs to the kitchen, to prepare myself some dinner, I was a fine cook if I do say so myself, and ate it hungrily whilst watching some anime in the living room. By the time I was finished, I was starting to get drowsy, and so, like Natsu had earlier, I turned in.

The next day was Saturday, and I awoke blissfully, knowing that I had no school to "look forward to". After eating breakfast, I pondered over my plans for the day. As I got stuck in deep thought, a whistling tune from my phone awoke me. It was Levy.

Levy: Hey Lucy, I was wondering if you wanted to join at that new bookstore that opened at the mall? I'll probably be there all day, so if you're coming, bring money for lunch.

A grin broke across my face, and I quickly messaged her back.

Lucy: Be outside your house in five!

I got dressed for the outing, and, grabbing some money, set off down the road to Levy's house. There she was, waiting for me, early as usual.

"Hey Lucy!" she exclaimed, greeting me excitedly, "You ready to go?"

"Sure!" I replied, and we walked to the nearest bus stop.

"So Lucy," she said as we walked, "Have you been set that art assignment too?"

"Yeah, the manga one?" I asked, which she confirmed with a nod, "I'm hoping to get some material from this bookshop to work on. I'm with Natsu and Erza; it's gonna' be awesome!"

"You guys are lucky," Levy replied, pouting, "I'm stuck with Juvia and metal-face. Half the time Juvia's ogling over Gray, and metal-face's drawing skills really, really suck,"

I stuck her tongue out and laughed playfully, before our topic of discussion moved back onto books. We boarded the local bus, and before long our stop came. We had finally reached the mall.

To those who hadn't visited before, the mall was a massive metal building in an ovular shape. Shops and restaurants lined the outsides of the building, all surrounding a middle circle, where one could eat at the food court. However, to those who had visited before, it was nothing special.

Levy and pushed through the doors to the mall, and we entered. Having reached the elevator, I pushed the button for the third floor, and up we went. As we went, Levy and I started talking about this new bookshop.

"It was opened very recently, wasn't it?" Levy questioned.

"Just about a week ago I think," I confirmed.

As the lift reached our floor, we stepped out and chattered excitedly about all the books we would buy. Still walking, we reached the shop.

"Mr. Yajima's Bookstore" the sign read. The book-filled windows, from head to toe, gave no hint of what was lurking inside. Glancing nervously at each other, we entered.

Inside, was one of the largest book stores I had ever seen! Shelves lined the walls, and divided the room in many tens of different aisles. It was organised beautifully, from A - Z. The walls were painted a dull yellow, and the whole room gave of a homely, cosy aura. Best of all, the shop seemed deserted (apart from the cashier), and free for just us! Levy almost squealed in delight. We immediately dived in, and before long, we each had a stack of books to purchase. I had collected up a number of new best-sellers, as well as an edition of a new manga, not only as reference art for the style of manga, but to read myself. Levy's pile looked very much the same. We made our way to the back of the store, where there was a small desk, behind which, a small, old man sat, engrossed in his crossword puzzle. The man didn't seem to realise we were here, so I gently tapped him on the shoulder. The man looked up at us and his face broke out into a smile.

"Hello there," he croaked gently, "My name is Mr. Yajima, the owner of this book store. I recently moved here a week ago, so you may not have seen me around before. It's really quite heartening to see such young reading enthusiasts,"

He started to scan our items, mumbling to us all the while, complimenting our choice of books. Before long, he got to the bottom of out piles: the manga.

"How interesting," he wheezed, "It's not often someone buys these books. I was actually thinking of taking them off the shelves, but if you like them, I'm sure it'll be fine to keep them. May I ask why you want them?"

Levy and I both explained the details of our project to him, and he nodded in understanding. Handing us both out books in plastic bags, we paid him and left the store.

"That was lovely, wasn't it?" Levy said, "And that man, Mr. Yajima seems quite nice too,"

I nodded in agreement, as my stomach started to rumble. I checked the time on my watch.

"Three in the afternoon! We were in there for over five hours!" I exclaimed.

"No wonder I'm so hungry," I thought to myself.

"We'd better get some food," Levy suggested as she motioned to the nearby food court.

My stomach agreed.

Bit of a sharp ending there, but I have homework :( Sorry if this chapter is a bit uneventful, but I feel that you can't just speed up a story unnaturally. Mr Yajima will also play a fairly key role in this story, so it wasn't all for nothing. Sadly, this experience was based of a real incident. Thanks you so much to: Natvia/Nat for following and favouriting and Delia 365 for following as well. Just seeing that some people, even just two people, have consciously decided that they would like to continue reading my work is extremely inspiring, and make me want to write more. If you are enjoying the story so far, consider favouriting and/or following and please, please review, even it is just a few quick words of encouragement, it really helps! If you aren't enjoying/didn't enjoy this too much, please review, and tell me why you disliked it. It really helps me A LOT. Thank you for reading!

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