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Chapter 3

It was a peaceful Saturday morning, birds were chirping and rays of light beamed through the edges of Natsu's curtain. He was snuggled against his pillow and still sleeping. Gray crept into the pyro's room, slowly inching his way towards the sleeping… not so beauty. Gosh the drool wasn't a pretty sight. Gray held his mouth trying not to laugh. He had permanent marker in his hand. Carefully he drew on a weird-ass looking mustache, a circle around one eye, supposedly a looking glass, cat whiskers and a very thick unibrow. He giggled to himself as he made himself out of the room. He was about to go down the stairs when he tripped over Happy, Natsu's very blue cat, sending him down the stairs. He rubbed the back of his head and back.

"HAPPY! NATSU GET A BELL FOR THAT STUPID CAT OF YOURS!" He yelled back at Natsu's room. Natsu smiled to himself, like he was having a nice dream, still cuddling his pillow. "Aye sir" he whispered.


It was around an hour to noon now. Natsu rubbed his eyes and stretched out sitting up on his bed. He tossed the red covers aside, sleepily getting up. He yawned. His stomach grumbled, he was hungry of course. That would be the usual reason he got up, otherwise he would just sleep the whole day. Rubbing his eyes, he made his way down to the kitchen, where Jellal, Gajeel and Gray were sitting at the table. Gajeel was eating a sandwich, Gray drinking an ice-cold smoothy and Jellal was reading the newspaper.

"Ohayo…" Natsu walked in, still rubbing his eyes and yawning, and took a seat next to Gray.

Gray immediately turned his face away and tried to suppress his laughter, which didn't work. Gajeel spit out his food and started laughing like a joker. Jellal didn't notice at first but when the two started cracking up he put down the paper and stared at Natsu for a good while before letting out a "ppffftt" and also cracking up like the two others. The salmon-haired boy, as dense as he was, could only wonder why they were laughing.

"What!?" Natsu spouted out.

Jellal wiped the tears out of the corner of his eyes, still sniggering a bit. "Its nothing, Natsu."

"Tch" the pink-haired boy turned his face away from them. He got up and made himself some food… more like a mountain load of food. Three sandwiches, a giant bowl of cereal, a dozen pancakes that were left over from this morning and a cinnamon bun. His friends' laughing died down. They couldn't help but wonder how he could eat all of that.

"Yo, flame-brain… you sure you gonna eat all 'a that?" His raven-haired friend, sitting next to him questioned him. He got a simple nod as an answer as he stuffed his face with food.

"It looks even too much for you, Salamander" Gajeel jumped in.

The bluenette, sitting across from Natsu, smirked and went back to reading the paper in his hands. The two others watched, much to their surprise, as their friend finished off his late breakfast and exhaled much to his content.

"Man, when it comes to food, ya don't mess around." Gajeel crossed his arms.

"I'll say" Gray scratched the back of his head.

Right next door the girls were having a lazy Saturday. Juvia was slouched over the sofa, changing channels to see what was on. Her cousin, Levy, sat on the far side of said sofa, trying to finish her book. Since it was the scarlet's turn, she was doing the laundry in the basement. Lucy came into the living-room, where her blue-haired friends were, with a batch of freshly backed cookies. Juvia and Levy sat up as she put the plate on the black coffee-table.

"Waaahh~ Lu-chan, they look so good!"

"Don't just stare at them, dig in!" the blond giggled. Both of them each took one.

"Juvia loves them! Very tasty, Lucy-san" Juvia said with sparkles in her eyes.

Lucy giggled again. "I'm glad you like them."

"Are they chocolate chip?" Levy asked still chewing and taking another off the plate.

Lucy nodded once with a smile. "oh yeah, that reminds me… Erza! I made cookies!" She yelled through the house.

The scarlet-haired girl walked into the room and tucked her hair behind her ear. "What's all the commotio-" Erza froze as she saw a plate of chocolate chip cookies on the table. Her fingers twitched for a second. Within a flash she was plopped on the sofa between her two friends, holding a cookie with both hands and eating it like a rabbit.

"Ehhhhh?" Juvia leaned away from Erza, wondering how she got there so suddenly. She sat next to her like an angel rabbit, just focused on what she had in her hands.

'Ting!' came from the kitchen. "Oh I guess the other batch is done." Lucy skipped back into the kitchen. After she had took them out, she placed them on the counter to cool for a bit and headed back to her friends. She took one of her cookies and let herself fall into a beanbag-chair. Nibbling on the chocolaty part, she took a glance at her watch. "Its already past noon." She sighed. "Maybe I should call Natsu to meet up some where…" she mumbled.

"hhhhhhmmmmmm?" Levy had a sly grin on her face. "You want to see Natsu" she placed her fingers on her lips. Erza and Juvia looked at the blond.

"Its not like that! For tutoring! TUTORING!" she tried defending herself.

"Is that what they call it these days?" Erza smirked.

Lucy slapped her forehead in frustration. Sometimes I just think Erza plays dumb on purpose!

"My, my, Lucy, Juvia didn't know you were that type of person." Juvia also entered the teasing session, and placed her hand on her cheek.

"Wha-! Juvia too?! UUUGGHHH you guys are the worst." Lucy pouted sinking deeper into the beanbag-chair.

The tree of them chuckled with each other.

"Come on, Lucy, were only teasing" Erza waved her hand up and down. The two others smiled at her.

"You should call him." Levy said.

"Juvia thinks so too." Juvia added.

Lucy sat up. "Even if I wanted to, I don't have his number so…"

"I have it" The three looked at Erza, who was waving with her phone. "What?"

"Why do you have Natsu's number" Lucy asked in confusion.

"I'm student council president."

"That's not an answer" Lucy protested.

"Hai hai, just take the number." Erza tossed her phone at Lucy.

She stared at the scarlet's phone for a while. "What's wrong?" Erza asked.

"How come your phone is still in good shape… It should be trashed and broken after the third month…" Lucy scratched the side of her head.

"Shut up and take the number!" Erza threw a pillow at her.

Back at the boys' , Natsu was just about to take a shower when he saw himself in the mirror. "GRAY! YOU SHITHEAD ICEFREAK STRIPPER! WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY FACE!"

Gray and Gajeel, who were in the living-room, heard Natsu's yelling.

"You better hide" Gajeel said drinking out of his cup.

"Jup." Gray quickly jumped over the couch, took his jacket and skedaddled out the house telling Gajeel he'd be out for a bit.

Natsu tried everything he could trying to remove the permanent marker off of his face. Layers of soap were on his face, then they were washed off. This was repeated a number of times. As he was washing his face his phone rang in the other room. The doors were open so he could hear it clearly, even though water was flowing over his face. Taking a towel and wiping his face, he walked over to it and answered.

"Yo"

"Natsu?" He heard a familiar voice on the line.

"Luigi?! How'd you get my number?"

"Its LUCY! GEEZ… tch, Erza gave it to me."

"Erza…?" He thought he'd heard that name before. Erza… so familiar… where..?

"The Student Council President." She tried giving him a hint.

"Ah!... that girl!" As Natsu thought to himself, he could remember his first impression of her. Scary… She's the scary redhead from the other day… He laughed nervously.

Lucy sighed on the other line. "Anyway, do you want to meet up for our study-session?"

"uh…, yeah sure, What time?"

"Two 'o clock, I'll meet you at Magnolia library" She stated.

Natsu looked at the clock on his nightstand. It was already 1.30pm. "Two… 'o clock…" How the heck am I gonna get this crap off my face by two 'o clock?! GRAY I'M GONNA KILL YOU!

"Great! I'll see you there. Bye-bye." She said gleefully

"Ha-hai…"

"Oh and Natsu?" She started again.

"hm?" He listened to what was coming next. Please be something good! He crossed his fingers.

"Don't be late." She hung up leaving Natsu flabbergasted with a phone against his ear.

He rushed back to the bathroom and tried everything in his power to remove the black markings from his face. This isn't good! She can't see me like this! I look like a weirdo! Get off! DAMN IT! What did he use?! Super waterproof non removable marker?! "GRRAAAYYY!" Even during the shower he tried washing, and brushing it off. But when he got out it still wasn't completely gone, more like light gray now. He groaned in frustration.


Lucy was ready to head out. She wore her pink pleaded shirt, a white top with a dark- blue jacket and ballet slippers the same color as her jacket. "I'm leaving now!" she yelled through the house.

"Wait, Lucy!" that stopped her from opening the door.

Juvia ran down the stairs with her bag and keys. She was wearing a white sundress and on her way over to her friend she had slipped a light brown overcoat over her shoulders. "Juvia can bring you there. She also has some stuff to do at the library." She proclaimed.

"Did they call you, just now?" her blond friend asked.

"Yes, Juvia needs to pick up a few things"

Lucy nodded and they walked over to the garage on the right side of their house. Juvia started up her car, a blue mini cooper with a white roof. The girls had saved up some money and given it to her as a birthday present last year. Since her work also involves running errands and going to various places to pick up stuff, the car came in very handy. Juvia is very grateful to her friends for giving it to her.

"Do you want to pick something up on the way? Coffee or lunch perhaps?" Juvia asked starting up the car.

"Fine with me" Lucy answered.

The car left the driveway and headed into town.

Natsu ran down stairs, with a red checkered shirt over a white sleeveless one and a pair of jeans on and carrying his schoolbag with the books he needed. Ten minutes, ten minutes. I cant be late. I absolutely CANNOT be late. He pulled his scarf off the coat hanger in the hall and ran out the door, wrapping the scarf around his neck. Jellal, whom Natsu had begged to take him there, had already started the car and was waiting for him in front. He hopped onto the leather seat next to the blue-haired boy.

"Natsu, don't throw up in my car." He glared.

The salmon-haired boy gulped and quickly nodded. As they drove to the library he tried suppressing his motion sickness as much as possible.

Gajeel was watching television and eating popcorn. No work on a Saturday. It was quiet, except for sounds from the tv. His phone rang, and Gajeel in his lazy state tried reaching for it. It was to far for him if he stayed on his back so he was forced to get up. "What!?" he grunted.

"Is it safe?" he heard Gray on the other line. Gajeel sniggered.

"Yeah, he left just now." He heard the sound of the call being ended and in no time Gray walked though the front door and slouched next to Gajeel.

"I brought beer" Gray handed him the six-pack.

"Just what I need."

Lucy waited for Natsu at the giant wooden doors of Magnolia library. Natsu ran towards her with a minute to spare.

"Lucy…" he caught his breath "I'm on time right?" He looked at Lucy who was staring at him with wide eyes. "Lucy?" Then the blond suddenly started laughing, making everyone in the area glance their way. Oh right… the drawing on my face… He massaged his temple.

"S-ahah- sorry" She giggled.

"You done laughing?" he said a little agitated.

"Sorry, geez…" she turned away. "Oh these are for you" she handed him two of three paper bags she had in her hands. His eyes lightened up a bit. "I wasn't sure what to get you, so I just bought a croussant. Oh and the other is some of the cookies I made." She smiled.

He let out a small chuckle. "Thanks, Luce." She could've sworn his eyes were sparkling as he gave her a grin. "Let's go in" She awkwardly nodded, following him to the study corner and writing their names down in the register.

Lucy started with math. As she highlighted the parts he needed to remember an wrote down important notes, he stared at her. She looks so different without glasses. And she looks… kinda… cute.

"Kawaii" he said softly.

"Eh?" she looked back at him.

"Kawaii. As in you. You look very cute today." he said calmly.

Her cheeks turned red out of embarrassment. She turned away. He's doing it on purpose to get you to soften up. Don't fall for it, Lucy. But what if he means it? Ugghh! Get yourself together! You are just his tutor. Don't be fraternized by sweet words! Guys are guys after all. "Stop it" she said bluntly. "Stop flirting, Natsu. You should concentrate on studying." She gave him a serious look.

Natsu exhaled and leaned back into his chair. Since it didn't seem like he was getting serious she pushed on some problems for him to solve. "Here. Make them"

"Hah?" he looked at her confused.

She sighed. "Look, I can't help you, if I don't know what you're doing wrong."

He gave it a shot. As she looked at his mistakes, she played with her pencil. "Well… you're not too far off. You just got lost in the middle of them." Lucy then started explaining to him what he was doing and how it was supposed to be. Then she explained everything from beginning to end. He wasn't giving her too much trouble and actually listened attentively.

Juvia was at the front desk. An old woman came to her with a box of copied books and files. "Here you are, little lady" the woman smiled.

"Oh, thank you. It's much more than Juvia had in mind." She took the box and walked in the direction she had come from. That's when she saw Lucy and Natsu through the glass wall, separating the study area from the rest. Lucy was smiling and looking on while Natsu was writing something on paper. He glanced at her and back at his paper. He said something and smiled to himself. She nodded while almost staring at him. They almost looked like a couple. Juvia smirked and quickly showed her way out and to her car. "Ganbatte né, Lucy." She giggled to herself.


It was almost six. The library was about to close. "Let's call it a day." Lucy said to Natsu, who already saw numbers and symbols dancing in front of his face. "Finally" he moaned. They both walked out.

"How are you getting home?" He asked her.

"Uh, I think I'll take the bus, probably."

"You can hitch a ride with me if you want, ya know. A friend is comin to get me. I'm sure he wouldn't mind." Natsu implied.

"No, it's alright. I don't want to impose." She said waving her hand.

"I insist." He ginned. Natsu took his phone and dialed Jellal's number. "Yo, Jellal. Can u come and get me?" he paused for a moment. "Yeah, I know… yeah… no… Will you just come and get me already?! … Okay! … Oh, by the way Lucy's gonna ride with us… Yes… No, I asked her… Just get over here!" He hung up and ruffled his hair. "That guy…" Natsu grunted.

"Is everything okay? That seemed kind of like I'm being problematic."

"Proble- what? No he's just like that, that smartass… He's kinda scary at times though…"

Soon Jellal pulled up in a black BMW. Lucy jumped in the back while Natsu sat next to his friend. They headed back to Fairy Hills.

"Thanks for taking me home… uh…"

"Jellal" He mentioned his name and smiled at her.

She happily smiled back.

"So where do you live, Luce?" Natsu asked her.

She was about to say something when Jellal jumped in. "Don't worry. I know where you live."

Both of them stared at Jellal. They tensed up.

"How'd you-" Natsu said almost speechless.

He laughed softly. "Don't worry, I'm not interested in your girlfriend."

"She's/I'm not my/his girlfriend!" They both said simultaneously which made the driver chuckle again. Who would've thought Jellal had a sense of humor. Lucy faced away and looked at her surroundings pas by. Natsu awkwardly looked back at Jellal.

"How do you know where she lives." He asked again.

"I saw her with that red-head friend of hers the other day." He answered.

"Oh" was his reply.

As Jellal pulled, Natsu couldn't help but wonder why they went home first.

"Why'd you drop me home first?" He asked.

"This is where she lives." Jellal said like nothing was the matter.

"Huh? She lives at our place?" The dense salmon-haired boy questioned.

"What are you talking about, Natsu, this is my house." Lucy jumped out of the backseat.

The bluenette looked at the both of them trying to start an argument. "She lives next door, Natsu. We live over there." He pointed to the left.

"What!?" Both of them said in unison again, looking at the blue-haired boy in the driver's seat. They couldn't believe it.