Once Lucy finished she stood to her feet and noticed a pair of feet standing a few feet away, as she looked up to see who the feet belonged to her heart sank to her stomach and her cheeks turned pink as she locked eyes with her crush.

"N-Natsu?" Lucy whispered as her heart started flipping in her chest. The boy just stared at her before shifting his weight on one leg and crossing his arms into his chest impatiently.

"Well? Are ya coming or not Luigi"

Lucy flinched at the voice and her nervousness was quickly replaced with anger.

"It's Lucy!" She corrected with potency in her voice

"Yeah… Yeah… well if ya don't hurry we're gonna' be late"

"Then why don't you just go ahead if you're so worried about being late!"

"Your 'friend' didn't wait for you"

Lucy's eyes soften; she gazes at the pink haired boy who was wearing a white un-tucked, short sleeved, button up shirt with a white scaly scarf, his red tie slightly untied, hung from his collar down to his abdomen. He had his body turned towards the school however his head was turned to the side facing Lucy, even if his eyes were focused on the grass near his feet. It was sweet he was waiting because Juvia ignored her. 'Could it be possible that'…

"By the way… you shouldn't butt in when two people are arguing" He said in an aggressive tone which caused Lucy to get angry. 'Or not'

"Well you shouldn't be arguing with someone with me right in the middle!" Lucy hissed as she started walking back to the school with Natsu walking beside her.

"Oh please! I didn't even see you there!" He lied

"What, you were looking right at me"

Natsu and Lucy continued to argue as they strolled along. When they heard the one minute to class bell they stopped arguing for a second and looked at each other with their faces turning white.

"Shit" they said simultaneously as their walk quickly turned into a run.

"This is your fault ya know!" Natsu growled as he ran.

"Excuse me!? How is it my fault?"

"If you didn't take so long to wrap up your dumb box thingy"

"Well excuse me for following the rules! You're not allowed to have food unless its lunch time, other than that it has to be wrapped up and out of reach! I didn't get to finish my lunch so I had to wrap it back up I don't want to have to throw away my cooking"

"Well I can't wait up for a slow poke like you! If we don't pick up the pace we're gonna be late for sure!"

Without another word Natsu quickened his pace jolting into the school, thinking he had lost the blonde as soon as he took off, he looked over his shoulder surprised to see that the blonde was keeping up with ease. Natsu sprinted even faster flying through the hallway, only to look back to realize the blonde was still there, smiling a little, he ran as fast as he could until their classroom door was in view. Peeking over his shoulder to see the blonde now struggling to keep up, made his smile grow and he started to laugh. The sudden laughter caused Lucy to take her eyes away from the classroom door, that was slowly starting to get bigger, to look up at the boy who was running while looking back at her, his smile instigated her to smile and start giggling as well, before they entered the room, the bell rang and seconds later they busted through the doors laughing to each other gaining everyone's attention. The teacher shot them both a dirty look causing them to stop laughing and stiffen a little. The teacher lifted a brow before opening his mouth to speak.

"Late are we?"

"I'm so-sorry" Lucy spoke brokenly, as she took a deep breathe in. She let her pounding heart settle down as she took frequent breaths. Natsu just threw his arms behind his head calmly. Thankfully this teacher wasn't 'too' strict.

"Since this is your first late and it's by a mere 35 seconds I will let it slide, however if it shall happen again you two will be standing in the hall the rest of the class time, do I make myself clear?"

"Yes sir" Lucy muttered

"Go take your seats" The man ordered. Obeying the command both Natsu and Lucy strolled to their seats, getting eyed by everyone in class, before Lucy sat down she shot a disappointed look to Juvia, who was oblivious to her because she was too busy staring at Gray, who was paying no attention to the blue haired girl. 20 minutes into class and Lucy was starting to get bored of her teacher rambling, so she picked up her pen and started tapping it against her lips as she rested her head into her free hand that was being held up with the support of her elbow on her desk. She jumped a little bit when a crumpled paper flew in from her right and landed on her desk. She lifted a brow as she picked it up and opened it. She stared at the words for a moment before a smile shaped her lips and her cheeks turned pink.

"Ya know, you're not half bad… for a girl anyway… it's rare for someone to keep up with my speed like ya did! Let's be friends"

Lucy put the tip of her pen to the paper, and started to write back. She crumpled the paper and tossed it back to him. Natsu wasted no time opening it.

"I am going to ignore the 'for a girl anyway' part! But yeah I agree! Let's be friends!"

Natsu picked up his pen and began to write, before he tossed it, he had waited for the teacher to turn to the board.

"Cool, Cool. So can I have your number?"

Lucy blushed a little harder than the first time as she read the note twice to make sure she read it right.

"Why do you want my number?"

Lucy threw the paper back and eagerly waited for it to land on her desk. When it finally did her heart skipped a beat as she picked it up and quickly opened it. Once again her nervousness was quickly replaced with anger.

"Duhh we're friends remember? Gee you're not too bright are ya! and I heard you were smart but are ya really?"

"HEY! You're being rude! I will have you know I am an A+ student!"

"Are you now? well I guess I could put you to the test and use your help on some homework"

Lucy's vein popped out of her forehead again and she forced her pen to the paper and wrote aggressively.

"Idiot!This is NOT how you earn friendship!"

When she finished writing she threw the paper so it purposely hit his head. When he was successfully hit, Natsu shot a quick dirty look to her before she closed her eyes and jerked her head to the left and tilted it in the air a bit to let him know she was a little annoyed with him. He quickly brushed it off and opened the paper and read it. He then began to scribble on the paper causing Lucy's curiosity to get the better of her, and look anxiously waiting for him to toss it to her.

"Well then why don't I give you my number? and don't look so aggravated weirdo… 090-1709- 1358"

Natsu threw the paper at Lucy one final time. When she opened it her cheeks heated up realizing she just got her crush's number. Lucy's heart started to pound as she looked at Natsu who had a serious look on his face.

The rest of that day went by rather slow. When the final bell of the day had rung students quickly stood up and hurriedly walked out the door. Lucy was always last to leave her classroom, as she was gathering her books she noticed a figure tower over her and her desk. When she looked up to see Natsu she nervously dropped all her books back down on her desk then quickly picked them up again.

"What were the two of you doing to make you late to class earlier?" Gray asked standing by is desk.

"What's it to ya ice prick" Natsu hissed.

As the two boys started to argue with each other Lucy took that time to quietly slip away from them and leave the classroom. The blonde walked through the hallways and when she exited her school she instantly saw Levy sitting on the school bench. Lucy let a smile form her face before quickly running to her friend.

"There you are Lu-chan! I have something to tell you!" Levy beamed as she gently grabbed Lucy's arm and jumped in place a little.

"Me too"

"You can go first Lu-chan!"

"Ehh…. Mine is a bit of a long story so..." Lucy trailed off nervously as the two walked off the school campus.

"No it's alright you go first! Please!" Levy insisted.

"Alright… well… I got... I got Natsu's number today" Lucy said quickly averting her eyes to the opposite side her friend was on, because Lucy wasn't looking in her direction she couldn't see Levy's eyes light up before she squealed out causing the blonde to look at her with a blush painted on her cheek.

"Oh my! Finally! How did that happen?" Levy asked swinging her arms up and down eagerly and listened real close as Lucy told her what happened after lunch and how she was sort of mad at Juvia for ignoring her.

"Oh man that's so sweet do you think Natsu likes you?"

"I doubt it… he didn't seem interested in that way" Lucy sighed quickly brushing it off to ask Levy about her story she wanted to share. Levy was quick to blush as memories of earlier events washed through her mind.

"Well, I found a guy that I am interested in!" Levy blurted out excitedly.