Hello! I am back with a new chapter for you all. I feel relieved that it is finally summer vacation and I have the actual time to write. Thank you!

I'd also like to mention that the characters in this story won't only be limited to the Fairy Tail guild, as I am planning to add some characters from Sabertooth in the same school.

The first week of school passed without much trouble, except for the fact that Natsu's gang got along the best during lessons, and could not just simply wait for either the first or second break. My concentration, however, I would not let fade. I took down my notes like I was supposed to and got to know the new teachers.

The classroom only had two rows of benches, each with four desks in which two students would be seated. Out of some extraordinary luck, I was seated with Erza in the third desk on the right row. Behind me sat Gray and Mirajane while in front of me was Lisanna and Natsu. I felt much grief for Lisanna, considering she and Natsu weren't on the best of terms. Levy, on the other hand, found herself in the first desk on the left row, far away from Erza and I.

As days passed, though, I saw them rebuilding their relationship rather quickly, again. You see, they always have these fights in which they go from love to hate and they usually always ended up together once more. Here, you could see Natsu and Lisanna's relationship in its natural habitat.

The only thing that bothered me about it was that Lisanna always asked me for help when it came to things like this. Me. The one girl in Fairy Tail High who had no experience with any lovey-dovey relationship whatsoever! I must admit, though, I give pretty good advice in these situations.

However, my normal days came to an end.

Afterschool, Lisanna joined me on the bus once more and introduced me to some nightmarish (for me, at least) news.

"Lucy, guess what!" she exclaimed gleefully.

"Um, what?" I replied.

"I convinced Natsu to join us with his brother in this bus! He says he hates his current bus and would really like to get away."

I almost choked. My heart sank when the realization of a very lonesome bus trip hit me. I was sure Lisanna would spend her whole time talking only to Natsu since they had become friends again. Thankfully, my seat was the one next to the window, so at least I had what to look at other than some gross interaction between my classmates.

"Is that so?" I replied, skeptically.

"Yes! He already talked to the bus manager; he's coming with us from tomorrow until the end of the year!"

Crap, I thought to myself. I made sure to mentally prepare myself in case I had the misfortune of seeing them kiss.

The following day, I braced myself for any interaction I'd have with Natsu. I didn't want to interact with him in the first place since all the girls are obsessed with him. Them knowing that I could have possibly altered the way things were going with them and Natsu would cost me at least a beating which I did not want to have yet.

I did the normal morning routines any normal human being would have to do and sat back down on the quartz stairs outside, waiting for the bus driver. I looked up once more only to find that the whole sky was covered in the darkest of clouds that were enveloping Magnolia in darkness. No matter how translucent some parts of the sky were, it was still pretty dark compared to the day before. No wonder Natsu was joining us today.

I lifted my head up when I heard a honk coming from the front of my garden.

"Hey Lucy, come on in. It looks like we're gonna have a storm soon," the driver said to me.

"Yeah," I replied, and got off the cold stone. "I heard we're picking off a new student today."

"Two, actually."

That was right. I completely forgot Natsu had a brother. "Where do they even live?"

"They're right next to this grocery store, like, really close. They could walk there in less than a minute," he answered.

I sighed and looked out the window that was gradually starting to get stained by the sky's tears. "Here we go again," I whispered to myself.

Lisanna came into the bus as cheerfully as ever despite the spooky weather that lurked outside. I could tell that she was beyond excited to finally have Natsu in her bus. I assumed her crush on him had redeveloped from a long time ago, and this only added to my assumption.

A few minutes after we greeted each other, Lisanna said, "We're almost there!"

"You know where he lives?" I asked. She never answered. Eventually, we pulled into the parking lot of the grocery store the driver spoke of and saw two figures walking up to us through the rain with their hoods on. The door to the bus opened.

Natsu and I locked eye contact.

"Lucy? What are you doing here?" he asked in disbelief.

"Just get in," I replied, and he did. Behind him was his brother, Sting, who was two years younger than Natsu. He greeted us politely and chose the seat right behind Lisanna. In the bus, there was one side that had a row of double seats and another side that had a row of single streets. Natsu chose the one closest to the door on the single-seated side. Lisanna and I, on the other hand, were on the other side.

"Lisanna? You never told me Lucy was coming with the bus," he replied.

"You sound delighted," I said, turning my head away.

"Is it even important that I didn't mention her? It's not like you asked," Lisanna spoke back, smiling.

He sighed and introduced us to his brother. I, myself, already liked Sting more than Natsu. He just always has to have it his way and it was irritating. I let the two socialize as we went to school.

If Natsu even dared make any snarky comment about me, I would fight him. Yes, right then and there. It's not like I was Erza or something, but I still knew how to throw a punch. Jesus, what a prick.

Sorry for the short update. It's still around 1k words, though, so I see that as acceptable. Don't worry, this was more of an introductory chapter for what is about to happen, so make sure to stay with me until we get to the climax 3

~Lix