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"Lucy, get out of the car," Layla whined to her daughter.
"I can't," Lucy said quietly. She was curled up in a ball, sitting in the front seat. A few students stopped walking and stared at the scene.
"One," Layla started to count. Lucy's arm twitched. "Two," Layla said a little firmer. Lucy hugged her knees tighter. "Three."
Lucy was instantly beside Layla. The latter smiled before closing the car door. She didn't care if her daughter was sixteen; counting always worked.
"I'll pick you up after school, okay?" Layla asked, kissing her daughter's head. She got back in her car.
When she was gone, Lucy slowly walked towards the front of the school. Layla picked up her schedule the day before, so she just had to go to class. That just made it the worst Monday ever.
When she finally found the room, the bell had already rung. She timidly knocked on the door. When the teacher opened the door, she felt her whole world come crashing down.
She had twenty pairs of eyes staring at her.
Her worst nightmare.
X
"You guys should really start doing your homework," Lisanna sighed, watching Gray, Natsu, and Loke scramble to copy someone's work.
"Yeah, yeah," Gray said, waving her off. Lisanna just rolled her eyes and continued talking to Levy.
knock knock
It was so faint, everyone almost didn't hear it. Actually, the teacher didn't.
"Gildharts!" a student yelled. "Someone's at the door!"
Gildharts ran to the door and opened it. 'You have to run to make the task fun,' he told everyone at the beginning of the year.
When the door opened, everyone stared at the girl on the other side. She timidly followed Gildharts to the front of the room.
"Everyone, this is your new classmate," Gildharts said with an almost bored expression. "Care to introduce yourself?"
The girl in the front of the room was wearing a blue hoodie with a cat face on the hood. The hood was flipped up, shielding her eyes, since she was looking at the floor. It was mid-October, so it made since that she was wearing shorts, although they were rather short. She had black flip-flops on her feet. Her drawstring backpack was black with a pink logo on it for a neighboring school, Sabertooth.
"L-L," the girl stuttered. After that, everyone heard faint sniffles.
"Uh, are you okay?" Gildharts asked, putting a hand on her shoulder. The girl jumped slightly and looked up, her tear-streaked face being exposed. A few snickers came from students. "So, uh, just take a seat in the back, I guess." Gildharts didn't want to embarrass her further. "Her name is Lucy, by the way."
Lucy quickly went to the seat in the far back. It was right beside the window, too. Someone thought it would be funny to extend their foot and trip her, though. She didn't even bother putting her hands out to catch herself. Warm arms caught her, anyways.
"Are you okay?" a masculine voice asked. Lucy slowly looked up. The kid had pink hair. She stared at him with wide eyes. "Oh, you're a blonde." Lucy realized her hood fell down. She quickly moved away from him and put it back up.
"Th-th," she stuttered out. She moved past him and took her seat.
X
At lunch, Lucy happily took her seat at an empty table in the corner of the lunch room. She had cried five during the four classes she's had so far. She was embarrassed, but didn't let that bother her. She pulled a bento box from her bag and the cell phone from her pocket. She looked to see if she had any messages. She smiled, seeing she had a few.
From: Sting
Lucy! Pls tell me u r okkkkkk!
She smiled at the text. It was just like him to worry. She saw a few more from him, so she decided to look through them before replying.
From: Sting
How was 1 class? Wait, are you even in school yet? You could be in a different time zone...
From: Sting
Wait! I checked. U r only 1.5 hrs away!
Lucy decided to reply before he had a heart attack. Sting was one of her friends from Sabertooth.
To: Sting
I'm fine. Don't worry about me
She looked at the next message.
From: Yukino
Sting is freaking out! I'm sure Rogue is, too, but you know how he is ;) So how are you doing? Please tell me you didn't cry?! That would be awful! And you wore the hoodie Rogue gave you, right :) ;D
Lucy smiled. Rogue was the silent one of their group. She's always had a tiny crush on him. She wouldn't admit it, though. And before she left, everyone gave her a gift. Yukino gave her a bracelet that said 'best.' Yukino's said 'friend.' Sting gave her her drawstring bag, and Rogue the blue cat hoodie she was wearing.
To: Yukino
I only cried five times...And stop teasing me about Rogue! And yes, I'm wearing the hoodie.
Lucy set her phone down and opened her bento box. She smiled at the colorful food. She was definitely a Mamma's Girl. Layla did everything for her; everything from her laundry to driving her places to packing her lunch. She wouldn't know what to do without her. She saw her phone light up, so she checked the message.
From: Yukino
But you're so cute together! You can't forget that time you guys kiss!
To: Yukino
Shut up! You know it wasn't an actual kiss!
Lucy was always less shy around her friends. She was very expressive around her friends, though.
From Yukino
...Honeslty, Luce! What am I going to do with you?!
Lucy realized she was blushing. Yes, Rogue sort-of-kind-of kissed her. But she refused to admit it. She was crying, and he kissed her cheek, telling her that it was okay. She didn't count in as a kiss, but Yukino sure did!
X
Three slow periods later, the end of the day came. Lucy was very happy about that. She managed to only cry in two of the last three classes, so she was proud of herself. She wasn't a crybaby, though. She just got worked-up easily, and had an extreme fear of crowds.
"How was your day?"
Lucy jumped and looked behind her. She saw the boy that caught her during her first class. She discovered that his name was Natsu Dragneel.
"I'm just wondering," Natsu laughed. "There's no need to be scared."
"O-okay," she squeaked out.
Natsu smiled widely. "Tomorrow will be even better!" he said happily, patting her back. She smiled faintly back. "I'll see you later, okay?" He waved before running off to his bus.
Lucy adjusted the straps on her bag and walked to the car where her mother was waiting patiently.
"Who was that?" Layla asked when Lucy got in the car. She started the engine and began to leave the parking lot.
"His name is Natsu," Lucy said, tucking her knees to her chest. It wasn't the safest way to ride in a vehicle, but she didn't care.
"He was cute," Layla noted. Lucy blushed slightly. "Sorry, I forgot about Rogue," Layla laughed.
"You're worse than Yukino," Lucy mumbled. She may have been close to her mother, but she was never fully open. She was always a least a little quiet around her.
"You kissed, didn't you?" Layla teased. Lucy turned the radio. That meant Layla was suppose to stop talking. But Layla wasn't finished. She turned the radio back off. "Your father is taking you out for ice cream later. Won't that be fun?" When Lucy didn't reply, Layla turned the radio back on.
Lucy put her face on her knees and smiled.
Layla smiled, seeing Lucy smile.