EXCUSE MY GRAMMAR MISTAKES OR SPELLING AND AGAIN I DON'T OWN FAIRY TAIL OR ANY OF ITS CHARACTERS. This is chapter 2 of Love? and still based off delirium. Hope you enjoy! :D
We must be constantly on guard against the Disease; the health of our nation, our people, our families, and our minds depends on constant vigilance.
- "Basic Health Measures," The Safety, Health, and Happiness Handbook, 12th edition
Lucy's POV:
When I get back home, I get into bed and fall into darkness.
I was standing on a cliff which was falling apart, but I couldn't move. When I fell into the water, I saw my mother waving around, looking like she is screaming. Her eyes were hallow like they weren't suppose to be in her eyes.
I wake up with sweat on my forehead. I look around to see Yukino next to me, she can sense my fear somehow. I'll be sad when I move away since we have been close now. We have been bonded by our secrets, and she is the only to know I have these nights.
Also, I am the only to know she isn't stupid actually.
Eighty-six days left till my procedure.
"Lucy!" Calls my aunt.
I go down for breakfast, and suddenly, my mind wonders off to the prcedure. When I'm back to reality, I hear Angel say, "...Then, I saw a elephant."
I suddenly realize she has been talking to me, so I pretend to make her think I was listening, and say, "Oh, thats nice."
But before she could say anything else, my aunt scolds her for eating and talking at the same time. She turns to me like she noticed me spacing out.
"Are you okay?" She asks.
"I'm fine," I say.
Then, my uncle suddenly talks about how he had a bad dream, but I drone him out. Suddenly, my aunt snaps at me to get to class.
I was walking around in thought about how this was the first year since fifth grade that Lisanna and I don't have the same classes. We meet up in the locker room for the cross-country even though, we don't have cross-country anymore.
I remembered when I started running, when my mom committed suicide. I ran all the way to her funeral, and back home. I remember my aunt and her neighbor gossiping about my mother and I.
I remember them gasping when they saw me, and so, I ran.
I snapped out of my memories when, I saw Lisanna tying her shoes up while I came in. I'll never admit that I only like running because it felt like I was free, single, and not confined.
Lisanna smiles at me when I come in, and say, "Everyone's talking about the Invalids."
I snapped my head around to see if anyone's listening, but they is no one.
"Keep your voice down when you use that word," I hiss at her.
"Relax. No one's here, I checked already," She says.
Then, she goes babbling off about Invalids, and how everyone's talking about them while I put on my running clothes.
We get ready to run by stretching, and suddenly, Lisanna tags me and shouts while running, "You're it!"
She is out the door by the time I start running, and we run off toward a old place, but that doesn't surprise me. We try to run in smaller, less people areas which is impossible because school has ended, and people are streaming out of the school doors.
Cars are streaming by, and people reach out their hand to touch since they mean good luck apparantly. Right now, I'm next to Lisanna, and we're talking about exams since there are too many people around to talk about Invalids or blotched evaluations.
I'm starting to get leg cramps, but I shout out to Lisanna, "Come on, let's run faster, slow-poke."
We run faster, and I think about how my leg hurts each time it touches the ground.
Then, all the pain is gone, I'm running happily, painless, and freely. It's strange that I feel like Lisanna and I are closet when we run together. I think about how we won't see each other when we get our procedures done.
She will go to the higher class and richer people area while I stay where I am. They told me after the procedure I won't even miss Lisanna or I wouldn't like running anymore. As stated: "The cured, inable of strong desires, thus, rid of both the past and the future pain."
I run past Fiore School for Boys which some boys are lazily dribbling their basketballs. I could only hear shouts and laughters. I think these are how boys are. When we pass by, they turn around and look at me while I turn red since I'm not used to being looked at by boys.
Then, they turn their eyes at Lisanna with her slivery-snow hair. I feel the pain creeping back into my legs as we turn a corner to George Aveune. I could feel Lisanna catching up, and heard her say happily, "Race you!"
She tries to pass me, but suddenly, I will my legs to run faster than I am running already, and run straight to a fence to touch it. I turn around, breathing heavily while shouting, "I won!"
We walk around in circles while laughing, trying to shake off the heavy breathing. I pull out my ponytail that is almost undone completely. She steps to my side as we look at the sign on the fence that says, Private Property. No Trespassing. Authorized Personnel Only.
I start saying something about not going in there, but Lisanna just climbs up and calls to me, "Come on, now!"
I sigh and start climbing while she is already on the other side. I land on my feet next to her, and we look around, seeing a small hut for guards. I don't see any cameras, but I am still tense.
"This is how the Invalids got in, don't you think?" She casually says, like its the most normal thing to say in the world.
"Yeah, it isn't hard to get in," I say, trying to copy her casual voice.
I scan around more, and see dumpsters, labs, and a parking lot. I don't want to tell Lisanna that I want to go back. Even though, I see no one around, I feel like we are being watched. The feeling of it is horrible.
"Crappy security system for a government building," Lisanna says.
But, before I could reply, a voice said, "I wouldn't be so sure."
I jump back and turn around to a boy with spiky, pink hair and charcoal eyes from yesterday, standing there. I think to myself, Isn't he a Invalid? But obviously, he isn't since his clothes look like a guard's, and a government ID card clipped on his collar.
"I leave for some water"- he gestures to his water bottle- "And I found some girls break in here."
I'm scared, confused, and frozen. Lisanna must noticed my look, and so, she quickly says, "We weren't breaking in, we got lost."
"Didn't you see the sign on the fence?" He gestures to the big red sign on the fence.
"Nope," Lisanna says in her most convincing tone.
"Yeah, right." The boy says in a flat tone.
He looks away for some time, and I get a feeling that hes trying not to laugh. I think he isn't like any other guard. He must be from the Wilds. But, I was proven wrong when he turned his head, and I saw his three-pointed scar on his neck for someone who was cured.
But, he was wearing a scarf which covered it a little.
"I saw you yes-"
Lisanna suddenly interruprts me with, "You know each other?"
She narrows her eyes at me, even though, she knows we're not suppose to talk to boys that aren't cured. He turns his head to look at me, and I see something in his eyes.
"Nope," He says so smooth and convincingly.
"I'm Lisanna," Lisanna says, and turns to me.
"That's Lucy."
She nudges her elbow at me. I know I might look like a idiot, standing there with my jaw open, but I'm too lost to speak. I know he's lying.
"I'm Natsu. Nice to meet you," He says while shaking his hands with Lisanna. He turns to me, and reaches out his hand. I shake hands with him, awkwardly. I stare into his charcoal, gleaming eyes, and get lost into them. I shake it off, and keeps saying, "I know it was you, yesterday, you were at the labs."
Lisanna stares holes in the back of my head, and I know shes furious with me, not telling her.
"Must be a mistake, 'cause guards aren't allowed in there."
I look at his lazy grin, and feel like I want to slap him. But, before I could say anything else, Lisanna says with no thought, "So, thats all? It would be easy to break in."
Natsu raises his eyebrow and says, "Thinking about doing that?"
We freeze, but Natsu sensed our fear, and so he said, "I was kidding."
We both relax, and Lisanna says in a calm voice, "I would love to look around."
He freezes in thought, and says, "There's nothing much to see unless you count the view of the city."
"I could show you that," He continues on, and gestures us to follow him.
We walk up the hill, and eventually reach the top. I'm thirsty, and he offers me his water bottle which I say no to.
Lisanna gasps and goes on about, "Look at those people. This is amazing. Gorgeous too."
I'm relaxing in the breeze when suddenly, he leans near my ear, and whispers, "Red."
I turn around and stutter out, "What?"
Lisanna is still droning on about how beautiful the view is. Natsu is leaning close to me, and I could see his eyelashes, which are long.
He suddenly gets closer, and says, "I said I prefer the sun down when the sky is red shining on the ocean."
He remembers, I think to myself.
"Why did you lie?" I say in a croaky voice.
He doesn't answer, but keeps on talking, "Its best at the Black Cove at 6:00. You should see it sometime."
He pauses, and I process in the information he gives me.
"Tonight it would look amazing," He finishes.
I was about to say something, but Lisanna grabs my arm, and is laughing. She says, "Its almost five already. So, lets go."
She drags me back, and I look back to see if Natsu is there still, but I saw no one.
AND I'M DONE! I FINALLY WROTE A NEW CHAPTER SO EARLY. IT USUALLY TAKES FOREVER FOR ME TO DO MY HOMEWORK AND STUDY AND WRITE A NEW CHAPTER. Anyway to my wonderful reviewers (even though, there's only one atm):
JellyBeanBubbles: I love your pen name too! I'm loving your stories too :D
