Hey guys! Sorry it took so long to update, I am really losing my vision with this story. If anyone wants to partner up and help me write it you should message me on here or my tumblr! My tumblr is natsuinflames. tumblr. com. Obviously without the spaces. I will try my best to keep writing alone if I can't find anyone. I still love this story I've just seem to forget what my goal was. Anyway, here is chapter three! Please enjoy!
You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
~Marcus Aurelius
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Lucy sat in her final class of the day, clutching the phone between her hands. This was the sixth-
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-seventh time her phone buzzed. She refused to check it until class was over. After all, she was a good student but chemistry was not her strong point. She couldn't afford to get distracted in her class. When the teacher finally dismissed them, Lucy grabbed her stuff and headed for the door. A part of her was worried that something had happened to one of her friends. When she parked herself on a bench, she finally had time to open her messages.
Alley Creep: Received 4:23p.m
"Mace weirdo, I'm awake."
Natsu.
Alley Creep: Received 4:24p.m
"Food?"
The blonde had almost forgotten about her promise to buy Natsu dinner. With only a couple hours of sleep she felt like her mind was everywhere else. She skimmed through the rest of the messages all saying the same thing. He was hungry.
She sent him a text telling him she would be there in 20 minutes. She opened up her maps and searched to where the buffet was and found it was only 15 minutes away by foot. Lucy was about to put away her phone when it went off again.
Alley Creep: Received 5:02p.m
"Already here! Hurry up, weirdo! XP"
He's already there? How long had he been waiting? Lucy just shook her head and made her way to the restaurant.
Lucy couldn't believe her eyes. She had finally meet up with Natsu at the buffet only to find out he was eating almost everything in sight. She looked down at her own plate, suddenly feeling a bit repulsed due to the slobbering mess of a human in front of her, and pushed it towards him.
"You can have mine..." She trailed off as he reached for a slice of cheese pizza off her plate.
"Thanks, weirdo!" He grinned, barely managing to keep the food inside his mouth. Lucy frowned.
"Stop calling me that, alley creep." Her dark brown eyes cast a menacing glare his way which he hardly acknowledged. She huffed and crossed her arms. "Pig..."
"Well, you keep calling me creep." He responded without noticing she had called him a pig. He stuffed another pizza in his mouth then took a long swig of his water. "Man... I am full. This was the best pizza I've had in a long time!"
Lucy rolled her eyes. Was this guy really serious? When Lucy had arrived, it was nearing 8 and she found him already scarfing down food. She had went ahead and made her own plate before joining him. Now, she was currently waiting for the check and to find the perfect opportunity to apologize.
" Look, about this morning, I am sincerely sorry. It's just I was hiding from some men and had the mace in my hand so when you came up behind me, I was terrified and startled. I ended up spraying you. I am sorry." She found herself avoiding his stern gaze. Her hands suddenly became more interesting. Glancing at him she saw he was still just studying her. Then he broke out in laughter causing Lucy to jump.
"You are really weird!" He said through fits of laughter. He saw Lucy cross her arms and made himself calm down. "Luigi-"
"Lucy!"
"-I'm not even upset about it." He continued on as if he didn't hear her. "You need to lighten up. I understand it was an accident. Still hurt like hell, but you didn't mean to. You bought me dinner and now we're good." He grinned at her.
Lucy felt herself trying to fight off a blush. He was handsome when he smiled. She mentally scolded herself. Now was not the time for those thoughts. I shouldn't be thinking that!
"Why are you shaking your head?"
"What?" She realized then that she was shaking her head as she was scolding herself. "Oh... I was just thinking dinner wasn't enough of an apology." She cringed as she set herself up to do something else for the man in front of her. Who knew what kind of a person he really was.
"Really? I was thinking dinner was fine but if you do feel that bad I guess I could come up with something else that you could do for me." Natsu shrugged.
"Flame head?" A deep and gruff voice called out to Natsu. Natsu turned and suddenly his eyes lit up with mischief. Lucy could've swore she saw flames dance in his eyes.
"Hey, metal brains! What are you doing here?" Natsu chuckled. He knew right away by the ridiculous apron the man was working. Lucy peeked at the large man and instantly recognized the man from the cafe. It was hard to forget a man with so many piercings.
"Working. What does it look like, ya dumbass?" He crossed his arms and then glanced to Lucy. "Hey, isn't this that bunny girl that maced ya?" His face turned into a wide-spread grin. "I like you."
Lucy blushed under the crimson gaze. "Uh, thanks? I'm sorry, but I don't believe I caught your name?"
"Gajeel."
Natsu huffed at them and reached for Lucy's hand across the table. He didn't like the way he was stealing all the attention. He realized he was being possessive but he felt that some part of him liked being alone with her. He didn't need her to start noticing someone else. She jumped at the contact, giving him a curious stare.
"Well, Weirdo and I are going now. We're done here." He tried to pull Lucy with him but she yanked her hand back.
"My name is Lucy. We can't go yet either. I've got to pay first." She scolded. Gajeel smirked when he saw the annoyed look on Natsu's face. He watched as Natsu rolled his eyes at him and decided to have some fun with the two.
"What's the rush? Besides, weren't you talking about what she could do for you…" Gajeel looked back at Lucy. "Damn. I didn't know you were like that, bunny girl."
Lucy shriveled up and died on the inside. She was pretty sure her face was on fire but she was too embarrassed to react. How dare he suggest such a thing! Lucy was a lady of proper upbringing... Sure she didn't always follow her learning's but she would never think of selling herself like that to guy she didn't even know!
"Like what?" Natsu looked bewildered between the two. Lucy screamed.
"I'M NOT LIKE ANYTHING! I HAVEN'T EVEN KISSED SOMEONE YET!" Her arms were waving frantically in front of her cherry red face. Natsu cocked an eyebrow at her while Gajeel smirked.
"Listen, bunny, if you're going to stay here I'm going to need you to keep it down. You're disturbing the other customers." He glanced over at a couple of the customers that had turned to see what the commotion was.
Frustrated and embarrassed, Lucy slammed her money on the table and stood. "Keep the change, you jerks." She then stormed out the restaurant. Natsu pouted as he watched her walk away. What was so bad about not kissing someone? Hell, Natsu didn't kiss anyone until he was sixteen. Even then, it was an awkward first kiss he didn't care for. Whatever. He thought. If she wanted to be bitter she could be. He wasn't one to judge people on their brash decisions.
Gajeel grinned wickedly at Natsu. "You sure picked a fiery one."
Natsu scowled. "I didn't pick her."
Shrugging, the taller man turned away after picking up the cash. "Whatever."
When the pink haired man was left by his lonesome, he couldn't help but wonder why Lucy had stormed out in such a manner. Yeah. She had been humiliated, but was she really that mad about Gajeel picking on her? Pulling out his phone, he decided to text her.
Lucy flopped on her bed with a grunt as soon as she made it back to her dorm. Levy peeked over her book at Lucy. "Was the date that bad?" She teased. Not a good choice of words she decided as soon as Lucy gave her a death glare.
"It wasn't a date and the guy was a total asshole along with tall, dark, and pierced." She blew some hair out of her face and rolled onto her stomach.
"Wait, you went with Natsu and Gajeel?" Levy put her book to the side. The blonde shook her head.
"No. Turns out, Gajeel works there. Wait, how did you know his name?" Lucy knew she had only just learned his name today and it wasn't likely Levy went back to Fairy Tail during the day. She noticed her best friends blush.
"I ran into him at the library. He was kind enough to get some books I couldn't reach down." Levy smiled fondly. "He didn't stay long though. I guess that's when he went to work. But why do you think he's an asshole?"
Lucy confided in Levy about the whole situation. She felt embarrassed even more as she realized she overreacted a bit. She just didn't like the idea that she admitted that she never had her first kiss. It felt stupid that a 19 year old girl, who was beautiful, smart, and rich, hadn't had her first kiss. Lucy was never given the opportunity to meet anyone her age, let alone a boy. Her father was too strict for that. The maids and servants all tried to tell Lucy that it was okay because that just meant she could save it for someone special. She didn't want special though. She wanted a silly first kiss with her middle school crush. She wanted it to be stupid and awful. Lucy was tired of things being right all the time. That's why she left. Since her first day of college, her life was chaos. Most of which was good but today was bad. Despite the upset feeling in her stomach, she wouldn't change it. At least she was feeling something.
"I'm sorry, Luce. I'm sure it wasn't as bad as you've made it out to be."
Rolling her eyes, she pressed her face into her pillow. Maybe tomorrow she would skip her classes. She suddenly wasn't feeling good.
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Lucy pulled her phone from her pocket. "Speak of the devil." Somewhere along Lucy's rant, Levy had climbed into her bed next to her. She snuck a glance at her phone and saw a text from 'Alley Creep'.
"Natsu?" Lucy nodded. "What does he want?"
Lucy opened the text.
Alley Creep: Received 6:17pm
"What dorm are you in?"
Her brown eyes widened. "He really is a creep! He wants to know what dorm I'm in!"
Levy giggled and tugged a strand of the blondes hair. "You should play with him." The smaller girl couldn't suppress her grin when she saw Lucy look at her with shock, then embarrassment and when she was about to be angry, Levy laughed at her. "Not in a sexual way, pervert. I mean, give him hints. Lead him on and make him work to find you. That way it's like a bit a revenge for making fun of you."
"Levy, you are the best and I love you." Her roommate winked at her and proceeded to remove herself from Lucy's bed.
"Let me know how it turns out between you two." Levy was brilliant and when she left to go take a shower, Lucy quickly sent a text to Natsu and waited for the games to begin. Once he responded, she would set the rules and she would make sure it took him all night to find her.
Somewhere on the campus grounds, Natsu was wandering around hoping to see Lucy and talk to her.
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He saw he had a new text and opened it.
Mace Weirdo: Received 6:24p.m
"Let's play a game..."
Suddenly, Natsu wasn't feeling to good a sense of dread swept over him.
Okay! That's it for chapter 3! Please review. Those give me inspiration. I need lots of inspiration. Don't forget I'm looking for a writing companion so if your interested message me on here or my tumblr! My tumblr link is in the first author note and on my profile! Thanks again!
