Author's Note: And just like I promised earlier, another update!~ Please readdddd!~
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Lucy had thought it was a good time to go back over to her house. They avoided her parents and Nick, so that she wouldn't have to explain why Mira's eyes were red and puffy, and why she kept sniffling. Sting also came over, refusing to say in his own home, as long as his father was there; thank god he was leaving that night to go on another one of his business trips.
The only ties he actually had to the family, was that he was required to send them money every month after the divorce went through, otherwise he had no place in that home, or that is at least that's what Mavis said.
"I'm really sorry Mira. I feel so bad." Lucy said as she swung back and forth on a wooden swing in the backyard. Mira and Sting sat on the other two that were created only a day before.
"Sympathy is for softies." Mirajane muttered. Lucy stared at her through narrowed eyes. Mira cracked a smile for what seemed like a while. "What I mean is that I'm okay, so you don't have to be so upset about it all."
"Eucliffe's don't accept sympathy." Sting muttered, crossing his arms. Lucy glared at him, before Mira snickered silently to herself.
"And they have cocky attitudes, that can get on your last nerve!" Lucy retorted harshly with her eyes in narrow slits, sending a piercing glare at the other blond.
"HEY!" Mira cried. "I'm a Euliffe too!" She said while pouting.
"Not including Mira." Lucy added with a sheepish smile. Sting rolled his eyes.
"That's the way it's always going to be…me being a Eucliffe, right Sting?" Mira asked directing her gaze to her brother. He shrugged his shoulders, before nodding.
"Wouldn't trade a sister like you, for anything in the world." Sting muttered. She squealed, while grinning happily. She then reached over, and wrapped an arm around her brother in a half hug.
"Right back at you!"
Lucy looked at the pair, and smiled softly. She never understood how caring and genuinely sweet Sting actually could be. This was a whole different side of him that she preferred more than his other side, the way he treated her. She actually felt rather envious of the pair. They had a bond that had developed over the years, and couldn't be shattered because of anything. Seeing this other side of Sting, made Lucy wonder how much there really is to him than his arrogant, cocky attitude; she actually wanted to get to know him more.
"Me and my brother are nothing like you two." Lucy said in a tone just above a whisper. Mira heard her and smiled softly.
"Eh, Sting and I have our spats." She said shrugging.
"That's cuz girls are annoying." Sting inserted crossing his arms. He received two set of glares now.
"Excuse me!?" The two girls shrieked. He smiled nervously.
"Uh…I think I should head home and… uhh…feed the dog…" Sting said getting up quickly and rushing to the back yard gate.
"Yea you better run!" Lucy called after him.
"Shut up Blondie." Sting called back deliberately calling her by her nickname, other than her actual name.
"Why you little…" Lucy got up from her swing and was about to run after him with the intention of tackling him, and knocking him out, but Mira grabbed the hem of her shirt, pulled her back.
"Let it go Lucy. Just let it go, plus, we don't even have a dog…" Mira said, thinking. Lucy glared at Sting's retreating form before re-taking her seat in her swing.
"Maybe he was just terrified of our awesome girl power, that he ran away?" Lucy suggested.
"Yeah probably…"
"But that guy's just so…UGH! He gets on my last nerve, but when you were upset, he was completely sweet! Why is he such a jerk to me?" Lucy exclaimed flailing her arms around a bit for emphasis. Mirajane shook her head and released a sigh.
"It's cause he likes you." Mira blurted out. Lucy gave her a disturbed look.
"Blond haired jerk's sister say what?"
"He lllllikes you Lucy!" Mira laughed. "I've lived with Sting for a good ten years and he only liked a girl once before, and he was a complete jerk to her. All the other girls that swooned over him, he treated them well enough. God knows why… And me of course."
"The way Sting is, I can never understand why he would like me. He hates me and I hate him, and please don't roll your tongue like that. So Nuh uh!" Lucy cried.
"Uh huh!" The silver-haired mage retorted, nodding frantically. Lucy shook her head.
"Ugh! I will not accept it, so you can just stop right now." Lucy said ending the conversation. She shrugged.
"I think you two, would look fabulous together…." She said, adding the infamous Eucliffe smirk. Lucy was about to retort once again, but was cut short by a rustling in the bushes behind the swings. The two girls glanced at each other, before directing their gaze to the rustling bush.
"There's something in there…." Lucy whispered.
"No duh Sherlock!" Mirajane whispered back harshly. Lucy narrowed her eyes at her.
"Check it out…" Lucy said nudging her. Mira shook her head.
"No you!"
"You!"
"YOU!"
A faint whimper came from the bushes. Mira gestured her head towards the bush and nudged Lucy. Lucy pulled back the leaves hesitantly, and the two found a small auburn colored cat lying on the ground, rubbing it's eyes.
"Oh my goodness! That's Sting's cat!" The 'jerk' s' sister exclaimed, running towards it, cradling it in her arms lovingly.
"Are you sure? What is it called? What is it doing here? I hope that annoying guy isn't spying on us though him! But why would he do such a thing? Is he a stalker?" Lucy bombarded her with questions. Mira sweat-dropped, and took a deep breath in.
"I'm very sure, it's called Lector, I don't know, why would he do that? And possibly, I don't go around watching him stalk people, that is, if he does. Does that answer all of your questions?" She asked. Lucy just nodded, taking in the newly-discovered information. The cat purred, as Mira stroked its soft fur.
"Hey boy, you wanna go back to Stingy?" She asked. The cat, despite being, well… a cat, shook its head, as if to say 'Noooo…' "I see… then would you like to stay with your onee-san here?" He nodded.
"Ok then! Let's go play!~" Shouted Lucy excitedly. Lector's face immediately brightened up.
The next morning Lucy woke up with the sun falling onto her face and lighting up her room. Lucy groaned lightly as she shifted, rolling over in bed. She didn't think it was a good time to wake up since it was…forty past eleven. Maybe she and Mira should not have stayed up until three in the morning rating famous mages on how cute they were, or watching a 'So You Think You Can Battle?' marathon.
Lucy was tapped on the shoulder and cracked one eye open to see Lector all the way up in her face. She screamed in surprise, and fell off her bed right onto Mira, who was sleeping on the bed on the floor. Mira let out a scream of her own, as the two got entangled together within the bed sheets. The cat laughed lightly.
"Oh, what an interesting wake up…" Mira moaned as she pulled herself out of the mess they were in. Lucy pulled herself out as well and glared at Lector.
"That wasn't funny!" She scolded the medium sized kitty, it lowered its head a bit in guilt. "But at least you're feeling better." Lucy sighed patting it on the head.
"We should get dressed." Mira suggested quietly while gesturing to the pajamas they were currently in. Lucy looked down at her plue pajamas and nodded in agreement. The two of them headed to the bathroom and got changed. Lucy got dressed in the outfit Mira had put together for her adding in the necklace and some pink heart shaped earrings. She pulled her hair up in a high ponytail with a blue ribbon as well. Since Mira did not bring any clothes of her own she borrowed some of Lucy's, choosing a blue halter dress, that cut off just above the knees, and a short sleeved hoody that had green, blue, pink and orange hearts spotting it.
"Hm, not that bad…" Mira sighed looking out the outfit on her in the full scale mirror. Lucy laughed lightly.
"You look fabulous." Lucy said as she tied her ribbon around her wrist; she had to have it somewhere. Lector paced around the room eagerly catching the attention of the brunette.
"Do you want to leave now Lector?" Lector tilted its head before walking up to Lucy and latching onto her leg. Lucy laughed lightly as she tried to shake the cat off.
"Looks like it wants to stay." Mira said as she slipped on some matching pink flats. Lucy looked down at Lector and smiled softly.
"Is that true? Would you like to stay for awhile longer?" Lucy asked, she had planned for the cat to go home as soon as they woke up. Lector unlatched itself and began to nod frantically.
"Holy Nova!" Sting ordered himself. The massive attack hit a tree in the far end of the backyard of the Eucliffe estate where Sting, would battle with his sister, and train because it was a safe distance from the house.
The attack pulled the old oak tree from its roots making it fly a bit but fall to the ground in a matter of second with a loud thud that shook the earth. Sting sighed. He began to walk back to the house, passing his mothers rose bushs. He stopped and looked at the flowers and he instantly went back to what Mira had said a few days back.
"You should not judge somebody randomly like a rude egotistical, arrogant, cocky, idiot."
"I should apologize…" Sting muttered to himself as he went into the house to get a pair of scissors.
"Lucy!" Caroline called from the back door. Both girls looked to the brunette woman a bit surprised because she randomly popped out of nowhere.
"Yea Mom?" She asked.
"A friend of yours is here to see you." She said with a bright smile. Lucy tilted her head in confusion. The only friend she had in Magnolia was Mirajane, and she was right next to her. She glanced at her, and she shrugged.
"Really? Who?" Lucy asked. Layla disappeared and Sting came out the door with a collected look on his face. Lucy groaned and rolled her eyes and sat in the grass next to Mira. He was no friend of hers. Layla appeared in the doorway again and still had that bright smile on her face.
"Thank you Mom." Lucy said, smiling at her mother for a second, then scowling the next.
"No problem honey." She answered before going out of sight again. A silence hung over the three of them, as Sting just stood there.
"Hey bro, what brings you to the bright side?" Mira sighed stretching her arms up into the air. Lucy laughed lightly at the remark, Sting laughed sarcastically, before giving his sister a glare.
"You are so funny Mira, but come back to me when you're stupid comments come to an end." Sting retorted. Mira pouted a bit before shrugging it off. Lucy's laughter ceased and she stood up and glared at him.
"Did you come over here for a good reason or are you here just to be your normal rude self?" Lucy snapped putting her hands on her hips. Sting knew he had a valid reason to come to this house, if he didn't he wouldn't have been there. He sighed.
"My mom told me to check up on my sis." He lied simply.
"I'm fine." Mira inserted waving him away lazily. "Now you have no reason to be here."
Sting ignored her, and turned her attention to the little cat, who was running around the back yard chasing a butterfly.
"Hmm, since when did you get a cat like Lector Mira?" He asked. Sting knew perfectly well that the cat wasn't another cat, but Lector himself, and yet he still insists on getting on her last nerve. Mira rolled her eyes, understanding what Sting was trying to pull and pointed at Lucy.
"We found your cat yesterday in my garden," Lucy began crossing her arms over her chest and smirking. "Why, are you looking for him?"
"Hardly…" Sting sighed in a bored manner, he knew that he had to apologize to the cat sooner or later, but he didn't feel like it just now, he had more important things to do. Lucy pouted and narrowed her eyes at him before flopping down into the grass next to Mira.
"Well I better go; I still have training to do." Sting said as he stuck his hand in his pockets. Mira waved goodbye while Lucy ignored him. "Later Lucy."
A scarlet red rose dropped down into Lucy's lap, surprising her to some extent. She blinked before looking at Sting who was already outside the backyard gate. Lector followed him. She tilted her head in confusion as she gripped the thorn less rose in her hands. She ran her fingers over the velvet soft petals and smiled unconsciously.
"Roses are my favorite flower…" Lucy trailed off quietly.
"Ooh, a red rose from the famous Sting, aren't you lucky. That must be some sort of an apology, and in such a romantic way too... I wonder if it could have a hidden meaning to it…" Mira sighed clamping her hands together in a dramatic fashion. Lucy knew what she was hinting.
"Shut it." Lucy snapped as a small blush began to form on her cheeks. Mira just giggled in response.
"Did you see how he tried to mess with you by saying that the cat wasn't Lector were mine? He's such a little jerk." Mira joked. Lucy wasn't listening; she was still examining the perfect rose. She stroked every petal and smelled its beautiful scent. It was a gorgeous flower that Lucy loved. She smiled again as she released a content sigh. She was so easily swooned.
'That was thoughtful of him…' she thought as she twirled the flower in her hand. Right then something occurred to her and she jumped at the realization with a shocked expression on her face.
"WAIT!" She screeched. Mira gave her a weird look. "D-Did he call me 'Lucy'?" She asked.
Author's Note: I really do hope that was good enough… too short? Maybe I should make them longer? Anyway! Pwweesee Reviewww!~
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