The English Major

It was the next week; to be exact it was Tuesday at 9:10 A.M., which Lucy had noted was about the same time he had come in previously. It was not like she was waiting for him, or had looked back at her work schedule to see what day of the week he had come in on his last visits, no that would be weird. The sound of the door chime made her snap up her head from cleaning the counter to check to see if it was him, the sight of salmon colored hair made a pleasant feeling wash over her. When his eyes meet hers his face lit up in a smile and Lucy could tell that she was smiling equally as bright.

"Hello", she called and gave a little waggle of her fingers, "What can I get you today Natsu?"

"Hi, I need an espresso today I had a test this morning."

"Well I hope you did well on it, your coffee will be coming right up." With that he paid and walked over to the little table he always sat at. The coffee shop was pretty empty now and Lucy was tired already since she had helped open up this morning at six. That is when an impulse struck her she asked her manager if she could take a break; she then made herself a coffee and grabbed Natsu's from the barista.

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Natsu liked sitting at the little table he could look out the window and watch the students walking around campus, and he could also easily look over at the blonde girl who took his coffee order; which reminded him he did not know her name. Three weeks ago when he came in the first time he really hadn't been planning on making this a weekly ritual, but after his conversation with the girl something had drawn him to her. The sound of something hitting the table pulled him out of his thoughts. He looked and saw a cup with his name written on it, and then he noticed the slender hand holding onto it. Lucy stood there with a little smile on her face holding another coffee cup in her other hand.

"Does the shop do delivery now or am I just special?"

"I guess you're just special." Lucy replied quickly then blushed a little as her own words sunk in.

Natsu smirked up at her and took the cup from her hand, "Thank you."

"Actually I just took a break, would you mind if I sat with you?" She looked a little nervous when she asked, like she was trying to decide if this was a good idea or not.

"Of course", the thought of talking and having a coffee with her made a happy little bubble well up in his chest.

"My name is Lucy, by the way, I don't think I ever got to introduce myself to you."

Natsu laughed and reached his hand across the table, "Well it is nice to finally meet you Loony".

Lucy halted her hand that she was about to shake his with and made a pouty face, "It's Lucy."

"Kyah-kya whatever you say Luigi", Natsu laughed out.

With a sly smile Lucy finally extended her hand out and shook his, "Well it is nice to meet you too, Pinkie."

"Hey it's salmon, and you are supposed to call me fire dragon slayer."

"Oh yeah I will definitely do that from now on," she said with a little roll of her eyes, "So are you a student here?"

"Yep, I am a freshman at Magnolia State University, what about you?"

"Yes, I'm a freshman too. So what are you studying?"

"Nothing yet, I have no idea what I want to do with my life. Have you picked a major already?"

"Yes I have, I'm getting an English major, so that I can write stories that everyone can enjoy." As she said this he noticed she got a far away look in her eyes and a fond smile spread across her face. "My mother used to tell me beautiful stories about the stars. Her stories would make me feel so wonderful that I would always want to share them with other people. Before long I started to make up my own stories, although mine were no where as good as hers. One day I want to share my stories with other people and hopefully they will make them feel as wonderful as my mother's stories made me feel." She abruptly stopped, "Oh wow I am talking a lot, sorry I just get excited when I think about it."

"No it's fine, and I bet you can write awesome stories too."

Lucy blushed again then lifted her coffee cup up to her mouth to cover her excited smile, "Thank You."

They continued to sip their coffee and talk about their new lives as college students for a few more minutes before Lucy said she had to get back to work. When Natsu reached the door he turned and waved goodbye to her and gave a call, "See ya next week Lucy", then walked out into the bright sunshine.


Lover of Fairy Tails -

This one took me a little longer to upload, because I am on vacation now going from campground to campground with my family.

Hope everyone enjoys this one too, please comment and let me know what you think :)

Oh and this will be told from both of their points of view, the single line indicates a change in P.O.V. and the double line is the end of the chapter.

UPDATE - I did not like the line going through the story to change P.O.V. so I changed it to the *. Also it is just a single line at the end of the chapter the double line did not show up.

UGH this is driving me crazy every time I try to add something that will signify a change points of view it doesn't show up. I've tried stars and dashes now I am using L.