Get them falling for a stranger, a player.


Lucy jumped down the stairs with her backpack already on ready for breakfast then off to work. Gem and Ini where just about to make their way up the stairs to there room. "Good morning Lucy!" they greeted.

"Good morning Gem, Ini. Are you two going to work this morning."

The twins glanced at each other for a moment, then painfully turned back to the girl. Gem spoke up "Actually, Celeste thinks its best-"

"-if you don't work mornings anymore." the man finished for her. The had a habit of doing that and talking in perfect sync too. It was a freaky twin thing, but it was also pretty cool.

"What why?"

"Well, for one thing you have school in the morning-" Gem Began "-and with Aquarius already there-" Ini continued "You will need to take the train to school. The house is closer than the school is, so you could just take it from here." they finished off together. Lucy could feel the blood on her face drain to her stomach.

"What do you mean she's already at school?! Classes don't start until 8!"

"She needed to be there earily for some couch meeting thingy." they said. "Something out athletic season starting."

The blonde smacked her forehead. How could she forget that. Erza and Juvia where talking about it a couple of days ago, and the pyro wouldn't shut up about sports ever. Aquarius must have been part of preseason training for the swim team. Juvia made varsity two years ago, she was on the op of her game and is anchor in almost every relay race she was in. She took her training very seriously and never stops trying. She would get along swimmingly with Lucy's eldest sister. The same goes with Erza and Natsu, the two have some pretty determined players, Erza fenced and had a rep of begin called her mother's name 'Titania Queen of the Fairies' and the season was starting now. It was sort of a Legacy thing, and the pyro just wanted to be the best. She took a disappointing sign and climbed down the rest of the stairs, it was 6am and had a bunch of free time.. "Guess I should just make breakfast. You you two want anything?"

"No thank you, we'll eat at the diner." they called going up stairs.

Lucy set her bag on the couch in the living room and slouched her way to the kitchen. She was mainly bummed that if some one would have told her last night she would have slept in a bit more. Sleep and food, everything she could ever want in life, or any teenager in that walked in quietly into the kitchen door way. "Stop it~" Lucy could hear Aries whisper playfully, slowing the girl to a stop. Aries was cooking some scrabbled eggs over the stove with her back agent Loke's torso. He had his arms snaked around the pinkeye's waist and his face dug into her neck kissing it softly, their backs facing the blonde. She covered her mouth trying so hard not to laugh at the couple. According to them, Lucy was the only one who knew about them.

They where to scared to come out to Grandpa cause they where both technically his kids, but they was no biological relation between the two, so Lucy saw nothing wrong with it. They loved each other and that's all that matters. She was failing in her task of holding in her laughter, the rest of the siblings knew about them, and where okay with it, it was just funny how they still acted how they should be hiding it. Aquarius and Scorpio where completely open to King's kids, they should too. "Watch out Grandpa is coming!"

The two jumped apart and covered their red faces. Lucy burst into laughter, that joke never got old to her. "Damn it princess!" Loke scrolled "I told you not to do that!"

"Yeah, that was really mean Lucy…" Aries pouted.

"I'm sorry guys, I just had to! You two looked so adorable though. Can I have some breakfast too sis?" she said taking getting a plate from the covered and took a seat in the breakfast area of the kitchen. Aries nodded walking up the the table with the eggs and pacing a few on the girl's plate. Loke sat across form her with Aries. They couple always felt funny having breakfast with the highschooler, there was an odd felling that always emerged from the both of them when ever they where alone with her. In a way, it reminded them of the way Celeste talked to them then they where being raised.

"So, hows the school? It's treating you well? Any cute boys?" Loke asked taking a bite of food. Lucy shrugged.

"Well it's alright and no boys." As if she'd date a selfish asshole from that school. "You guys see the girls almost every night, so that's self explanatory." Lucy giggled. The girls really seemed to like being around her house, and the family loved having them. Aries and Virgo especially. They thought it was good that Lucy to be enjoying herself with school kids rather than just her family and a few neighbors.

"I really like your friends." Aries smiled. "they seem really sweet, and seem to be helping with your self esteem."

"Yeah they are. They are kinda giving me lessons in a way."

"And the…" Loke cleared his that before continuing "bulling? Do you still get that?"

"What does it matter." she shrugged. "You guys know that I never really paid attention to that. I don't even know if they still do to be honest." she turned to her watch, 6:50. Guess she didn't have as much free time as she thought. She eyes widen in worry "I need to get going now, I gotta take the trolley train to school now thanks to Aquarius." she frowned getting up and placing her empty plate in the sink. She walked around the table and kissed her sister and brother on the cheek saying goodbye and rushed out the door. The stop station was not too far from her house, but the walk to the school was going to be brutal. She stayed at the station humming softly to herself, there where others around, mainly college kids, and a few adults. Lucy was use to talking the trolley almost everywhere, it was like taking a subway to a new yorker. In almost no time at all, she was off the large red trolley train and began the long walk to school. She checked her watch again. 7:20. She could make it.

Hopefully.


Wendy grabbed on to the sides of her seat for dear life. She hated having her brother drive, she'd rather have him throwing up in a car everywhere rather than driving it, especially when they where running late. Natsu stepped in the gas a bit more, going faster than the speed limit. He loved the rush and how the colors in front of him merged together into a blur.

"Slow down! You're gonna kill us!" Wendy screamed. "Why did you have to eat the stupid pie for breakfast! You know you get sugar high easily!"

"WOOOOOOOHOOOOOOO!" He howled.

"Please slow down! It's a road not a freeway!"

The teen sighed, he did have limits in scaring the girl. "Fine." he lifted his foot off the gas slowly making the viper slow to an normal safe speed. "Happy?" The car soon arrived at a cross sigh, forcing it to come to a stop. "You are almost never fun." he pouted.

"Do you have any idea how dangerous and reckless your driving was just now? I mean, you could have-" and then she was toned out. She could be such a worry wort some times. His bored eyes wandered around the street, watching the crossers walk by a in awe of his car. Everyone but one. A gray blob with glasses walked by the car nonchalantly ignoring and avoiding the crowd. Natsu sat upend leaned a little over the wheel.

"I know her.." he whispered with a small grin on his face. He lowered his window and stuck his head out.

"Hey Weirdo!" he called.

"What the hell?!" Lucy turned her head of the car, he couldn't see her face through the glasses but he could tell her shock. She didn't know the guy all that well but would tell that he was a wreck full monster.

"Why are you walking?"

"Why are you driving!?" she was more shock because he could drive? Mean!

"Get in loser, I'll give you a ride." he laughed jokingly and opened Wendy's door. The bluenette scooted closer to her brother and invited the girl in. Lucy was frozen, she could feel the envious flairs from surrounding pedestrians jabbing her. She wanted to get to school on time… Did she have much a choice? She hurried into the car and squeezed next to the middle schooler.

"Thanks pyro.. I guess." she mumbled closing the door. The car took off once the road was clear. She eyes traveled around the sink black and red details of the car. "Wow." she whispered. Her eyes fell the cute bluenette. She didn't look much different from Natsu, but was just about the cutest thing she's ever seen. Mira was right, her and Romeo would make the cutest babies ever. "AWWWWWW" she covered her mouth in embarrassment. Good Gods the lessons where taking effect even without her friends dressing her up as a doll... Oh no. Natsu's jaw dropped a little bit. And he thought she wasn't a 'girl'.

"What was that?" he laughed

"Something that never happen!" she snapped at him. She faced the middleschooler again and smiled kindly "I'm sorry about that. You are jet so adorable." she said controllably holding out her hand. "I'm Lucy Heart."

"I'm Wendy Dragneel-Marvel." Wendy shook her hand politely. "Nice to meet you. Are you a good friend of Natsu-nii?" Lucy was just about to answer when the pinnate opened his mouth.

"She's the creep obsessed with stars in my class." he blurted with a teasing grin. Lucy reached over and punched his arm playfully. "Ouch." he flinched.

"Natsu-nii, don't be rude to our guest." Wendy ordered calmly. "I apologize for my brother's rude behavior."

"Wow, you are a very polite young lady. Sure she's related to you Natsu?"

"Hey!" he called out offended. "I can be polite. I'm giving you a ride right?" Lucy rolled her eyes any giggled. Her laugh sounded like little bells going off in church.. wait what?

He shook his head from the thought and drove up to of a large brown castle like building. The car came to a halt and the passenger seat swung open, letting Wendy struggle to get out. She pecked her brother's cheek and bowed her head to Lucy. "Bye Natsu-nii. Bye Lucy-san!" she rushed out of the viper and waved off. Natsu drove off waving is hand out the window

"Take care of yourself!" he yelled out. He pulled is harm back in and rolled up the window laughing to himself. Lucy smiled at the goofball sitting next to him.

"Thanks for the ride." she said shyly.

"No biggie."

"No seriously, I don't know what I would have do-" she glanced at the expensive radio clock. 8:10! "WE'RE LATE!"

"Relax. We'll just skip first period." he said casually. Lucy looked at him outraged, how could they have been so side tracked that they are ten minutes late and no where near the school. He glanced at the girl. "What?" she crossed her arms and gave him the look his mother gave when he didn't clean his room, yes, even rich kids had to do that. Lucy fell back in her seat and pouted looking at the car floor. "Awe, come on Luce. Don't be like that!"

"I have to. You made me late! My sister is gonna kill me!" she grunted burring her fingers in her messy bun. "No! Even worse, she's gonna black mail me about this until Graduation, and tell grandpa Stache anyway!"

"Sister?" he rose a brow. "You have sibling?"

"Yeah..." she sighed. He waited a moment for an . She just stared off into the was rather curious, they talked a in class, but didn't know anything about each other. The weirdo was more and more interesting every day.

"How many?"

"13."

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Their bodies halted forward with the sudden stop and fell back in an oomph, Natsu shifted in his seat fully facing the blonde."Okay, let me get this straight." he placed his hands together in front of his nose as if he was praying. "You, have 13 brothers and sisters."

"Yes."

"How!?"

"I'm adopted." she stated as if was obvious. "I thought that was clear the first day we met."

"Not to me!" he started up the car again and adjusted himself in his seat. "I thought we where friends Luce." he said in a pouty face as be began to drive. She looked at him oddly.

"Well I guess you don't know me like the girls do." she smiled playfully.

"Can I?" he grinned at the girl.


The two ended up laughing up a storm about the most ridiculous things, she would share some stories and he would share his own. They laid on the hood of the parked viper looking up at the sky watching the clouds. She still couldn't believe they where going to ditch what seemed like the first class and turned it into the whole day. "Okay, okay" Natsu was catching his breath from another laugh attack caused by the commoner. "So, there are 14 in your house, 15 including you and only 2 bathrooms?"

"Yeah, the boys don't really have a problem with it, but the girls." she shook her head. "It's a war zone. But it's mainly Virgo, Libra and Aquarius who fight all the time. Aries, Gem and I try to stay out of it. Although sometimes Gem and I but heads occasionally. I'm assuming you have your own bathroom in your own room?"

"Yeah. How'd you know? You stalking me or something?" he joked.

"Why yes darling~" she sang sarcastically. "Oh, my word revolves around you and your perfect smile and face!" she dramatically placed one hand on her forehead and another on her chest to add to her act. Natsu laughed some more.

"Well why didn't you say so my darling Juliet. How I've been waiting for your confession so I may return mine!" he said in a dramatic acting voice. She began to laugh hard, unable to keep up the joke, which made him laugh even just as much. They rolled around the hood of the car hugging their guts to keep from bursting. She haven't laught this hard since her mother was alive. After a good ten minutes Natsu and Lucy's laugh began to calm down, allowing them to take long deep breaths. Natsu turned his head to look at the girl. His chest began to tighten slightly, and his face felt a little warm, but he didn't care. All he cared about was watching her gaze up at the autumn sky.

"So what about your parents?" he asked softly. "Do you know anything about them?" she sighed deeply.

"Yeah. I remember them and everything."

"Tell me about them."

"Well," her eyes drifted around the sky. "My mother, she was beautiful. Like an angel. She was my best friend and everything I did, I did with her. She was there when a good friend of mine moved away, when I was bullied in elementary school, and... everything. She was such a great mom. She gave up her dream job to take care of me and watch me grow up, and to do all those things moms do in the tv shows ya know?" she said turning her head to the pinkette who was engrossed in her words. "She was one of the greatest souls I could have ever met." her voice cracked slightly. He gazed at the girl with a sympathetic look, wondering if she was tearing up behind those glasses. She turned her head once agin looking up at the sky. "One day she got sick, and we couldn't do anything about it. She was gone by the time I was 7."

"And your old man?" he asked

"He might as well be dead too me too." she said with a slight bitterness. Natsu was a bit taken back by her tone of voice."After my mother died, he was never the same. I was no longer his daughter, just a painful reminder of who the love of his life was and a puppet he used to get what he wanted."

"What do you mean?"

"He was gonna use me. It's as simple as that. When I was 11 I packed up what I needed and took off, then found the diner and never left. Blood doesn't make nakama, so King to me will always be my father." she sat up on the hood "Wanna grab a bite to eat?" the teen sat up as well.

"Yeah sure."

The two hung around the driving to no where in sugested a place to eat, Natsu heard about the place and seen advertisment but never actally gon so, eh hey did. Ten minutes later Natsu couldn't get over how awesome his drive-thur burger tasted. "DISHIS DA BESH THING EFFFER!" he roared with his mouth full. He had one hand on the food and the other on the wheel. Lucy laughed

"I can't believe you've never had a drive thur meal before."

"These things are so good! And it was so fucking cheep! Why are you so poor if you just eat this all the time?" he joked pulling up to the diner and parking the car. They sat in silance for a moment.

"Well, thanks for the day pyro. I had fun." he scratched the back of his head nervously.

"Yeah, me too." she opened the door and hopped out waving goodbye. He leaned over to the window and began to call for her again "We should do this again ya know?!"

"Yeah, how about no!" she yelled back playfully. she really was something els.


The next day at lunch the guys where in their usual spot in the cafeteria doing the usual, Natsu and Gray tossing food at one another, Freed telling them to calm down and Elfman admiring his muscles. Jellal of the other hand, was studying, not book, oh no. He was smart enough as it was, he was observing the Drangeel-Marvel kid hard. He couldn't help but think about how he was talking to the new kid lately. Sure their conversations where about nothing important, and she seem more annoyed with the brat than anything, but there was something there between them that the two didn't seem to notice. Erza was the first to point it out, and was pretty excited about it, Jellal was more confused than anything. Natsu wasn't a total idiot. He knew when girls flirted, just chose to not flirt back, when he did it was to an unusually high standard babe that was a total bimbo. Never once in his life has he shown genuine romantic intrest in any girl, guy or whatever the guy was into. Why now? More importantly why her? He always said if he where to be with some one they had to have standards. Standards the bimbos met but she could never reach. How could he go down to this level girl on her looks? She wasn't cute, didn't rally have much a figure to show off he could tell, and seemed to be sarcastic and short tempered. He just couldn't put the pieces together. She didn't seem at all interested in the rich kid either, but the way they talk and he looks at her...

"Jellal!"

He shook out of his thoughts. Natsu was snapping his fingers in the bluenette's face getting him put of his trance. What?" he asked innocently o the annoyed pinkette.

"Dude, I was called your name like twelve times! What the hell are you looking at me like that for?"

Jellal didn't realize that he was staring at the junior for a while, he did look like he was solving a problem the way he was sitting ad looking. The senior sat up in his seat and cleared his thought. "Sorry man. It's just..." he brushed his hands through his hair.

"Is there something on your mind?" Freed asked worried for his friend.

"Her? Really?" Jellal looked at Natsu with a puzzled look, the group then looked at the confused pinkette curiously. This conversation just made an interesting turn.

"Who-what man? What are you talking about?"

"That girl you sit with in 6th period."

"Luce?" his heart thumped slightly saying her name. It felt weird. "What about her?"

"You Like her." he stated bluntly. Natsu's face began to feel a few degrees higher than usual, little beads of sweat began to fall on his head as well. He couldn't help but feel how his chest felt tighter and tighter. It was such a foreign feeling to him. He glanced around the table, everyone was staring pretty hard, no one harder than his best friend though. He looked slightly offended actually.

"S-she's a classmate."

"A classmate you like." Jellal pointed in victory. "Admit it! I see the way you look at her dude!"

"You like a girl and you didn't tell me tabasco mouth?" Gray punded his fist of the table

"I never said I liked her icecone dork!"

"You didn't deny it either!"

"Erza said you guys hung out yesterday." Jellal said with a grin.

"Shut up!"

"Why did you not tell me any of this?" Gray kept protesting "Fucking Erza knows and Jellal but not me?"

"I said shut up!"

"How could you like some one who looks like that anyway?"

"Hey watch what you say about Lucy Snow cone!"

"Make me!"

"You wanna go!"

"Fuck yeah!"

the two stood up and began attacking each other violently. What was really funny is that the cafeteria was so us to seeing this that no one gave much of a reaction. Jellal just smirked at the two. "He totally likes her."