So sorry it's been like, two days? xD Funny thought: I don't really remember anything that I put into my notebook that has the chapter outlines for this story, so when I started to get to the end of this chapter, I realized my notebook was gone. I seriously thought I left it at school and that some random person would pick it up, read through it, and question me so much (If they do figure out it was me). But I'm pretty sure I left it in my locker. At least I hope so.
Aannnyways, I'm sure you don't want to read anymore rant xD
Recap:
Lucy blushed and then left the way she came, but then quickly hid when she saw Juvia and the brown-haired girl who pushed her down the other day. They were too far away to hear what they were saying, so Lucy quickly fixed her hood and went another route back home.
Lucy woke up to a call from Virgo.
"Hello?" asked the young blonde and she sat up slowly and ran her fingers through her messy hair.
"Lucy!" said Virgo. "You're sleeping in!"
"But there is no school today, Virgo."
"Oh, that's right. I keep forgetting you're in a school now. Anyways, I added more money into your card so you can go shopping for clothes or something. Go have fun."
"But Virgo, I already told you-"
"Hush! I don't want to hear another word about it! Now get up before you sleep the day away!"
Virgo hung up and Lucy fell back onto her bed with a load moan. "I don't wanna!"
About an hour later, Lucy was ready to leave. She dressed in a blue shirt, white pants, and black boots. "I guess I'll go out and buy more groceries since I'm missing a whole bunch. Maybe some clothes…"
Lucy went to the grocery store and grabbed a basket. She walked through the aisles and picked out the things that she wanted. "I'll make myself spaghetti tonight," she said to herself as she grabbed a jar of tomato sauce.
When her basket was good and full, she went to the register to check out her items. She placed her items on the belt and then waited for the cashier to finish scanning them.
Lucy didn't realize her cashier was Loke until after he finished scanning.
"And your total is-" Loke looked at Lucy and froze. "Y-Your total is…"
Lucy looked at the total on her screen and swiped her card. The card approved and the receipt printed out next to Loke. He tore it out and handed it to Lucy.
"Why did you help me that day," started Lucy as she took the receipt. "If you hate me so much?"
Loke glanced around, hoping to see any one of his co-workers so that they could help him out. "H-Hate you?"
"Yes."
"I don't hate you. I…"
"You what?"
"I'm afraid…"
Lucy looked at him with a bewildered expression. Afraid? She thought. She grabbed her bags and then looked back at Loke who looked like he regretted what he just said.
"Don't ask me anything more," he said, almost sadly.
When Lucy got home, she quickly put the groceries away and then hopped onto the couch with her bag of chips. She turned on the television which automatically showed the news.
"Jude Heartfilia, one of the wealthiest men in Fiore, has made another fortune in the Waii Islalnds…"
Does that mean… started Lucy as she stared at the screen but didn't listen to the voice. He's coming back? To Virgo?
Lucy stayed on her couch, scared. The following day, Lucy phoned the mansion.
"Hello?" came Jude's voice from the other line. "Who is this?"
Lucy's mouth was open. She had plenty of things to say to the man who has tortured her for years, but she was too scared to say anything.
"Hello?" repeated Jude. "Hey, I'm busy. Goodbye."
Their line cut.
School rolled by once again, and this time, Lucy had gym. She picked a gym locker far away from where the others were, but Levy and Erza quickly found her.
"Do you mind?" asked Erza as she started to undress.
Lucy shook her head, but noticed that her hands were shaking as she held onto the hem of her shirt.
"It's okay, Lucy," started Levy once her and Erza turned away. "We won't look."
Lucy changed as quickly as she could. She stopped wearing the bandage since the wound was good enough to heal itself, given that Lucy didn't somehow re-open it again. Her shorts revealed some nasty bruises on her legs, but most of them were barely even noticeable and were fading fast.
"Can we turn around now?" questioned Levy who slipped on her white gym shirt.
"Go ahead," replied Lucy as she started putting her hair up in a ponytail. "What kind of things do you do here in gym, anyways?"
"Today we'll be doing track and volleyball," responded Erza who slipped on her blue shorts and turned around with Levy. "But I'll tell coach Taurus that you will be exempting from the second one, considering your arm is still not done healing."
"Thank you."
"Come on, we better go!" said Levy as she tied on her bandanna. "Everyone is already leaving!"
"Are we going to be with the guys?" asked Lucy as the three walked out together.
"They're separate," replied Erza. "We rotate. We'll be doing track first while they do volleyball, and then we switch. Since there aren't that many students in our year, all the second years have gym together."
Lucy gulped. "All of them?"
In the locker room, Lucy did notice more girls that she saw weren't in the same class as her, but she didn't pay attention to it.
The trio joined the large group of girls who were gathered around coach Taurus, who Lucy quickly realized that he was the one who commented on her body the first day she arrived in Magnolia.
"Wonderful," Lucy sighed.
"Don't worry," assured Levy, immediately knowing what Lucy was thinking of. "Coach is strange and likes to comment on bodies a lot. Not just the students. He'll never touch you though, and he can be really nice. I heard that he use to sculpt nude women for a living and was making a lot of money, but decided to dedicate himself to teaching."
"But isn't that still sexual harassment or something?"
Erza grunted in disgust. "Ichiya is worse, yet I haven't been able to kick him out yet. There is no other fucking English teacher in all Fiore who can fill in his shoes, according to Makarov."
"Ladies! Take your places on the track!" announced the coach.
"Do you like running?" asked Levy as she led Lucy to the starting points.
"Not in particular."
"I'm a pretty fast runner," bragged Erza.
"Four laps makes a mile! Try finishing in less than fifteen minutes!" said Taurus. He blew his whistle and the girls were off. "Make use of your sexy bodies!"
Ahead of her, Lucy caught sight of Juvia running beside a couple of her friends.
"Look at Erza go!" said Levy.
Lucy tried to find Erza in the crowd, and was surprised to see that she was leading the pack when she started in the back next to Lucy and Levy. Erza was gaining more speed.
"Think we can catch up with her?" asked Levy, though her face gave away what she thought the answer would already be.
"We can try, I guess."
Lucy gained more speed. The daily runs around the mansion were finally coming into good use. Lucy mentally thanked Virgo for caring so much for her health.
"W-Wait up!" called Levy, though her voice was distant.
Lucy whizzed past student after student, and even quicker when she passed Juvia. After what happened between them previously, she didn't want to see the wrath written on Juvia's face.
"Whoa! Is that Lucy?" exclaimed a student. More joined in on the buzz, which made Lucy run even faster and made it to one lap.
"Keep going, Lucy!" cheered the coach once Lucy passed him. "Keep your sexy body moving!"
Lucy noticed that Erza was a half a lap away and was already mingled in with slower runners still trying to make it through their first lap. One of them was Levy. Not so long later, Lucy caught up to her.
"You're so fast!" Panted Levy. "And you're not even panting as hard as I am!"
"I've had a lot of practice."
"Go beat Erza!"
Levy cheered her friend on and Lucy left once again. Erza was still half a lap away and was already done with her second lap. Once Lucy finished her third lap, she finally caught up to the scarlet-haired woman who looked at her with surprise.
"No one has ever caught up with me before!" she exclaimed. A proud smile formed on her face. "I'm glad someone can."
The two finished their fourth lap at the same time and went to a grassed area to rest under the shade of a tree. It overlooked the volleyball area which was being coached by Coach Capricorn who liked to wear shades all the time. Even indoors.
Lucy watched in horror. The men were beasts. Whenever they hit the ball, Lucy thought that she saw it flame up from the impact. Especially when Natsu hit it.
"Amateurs," commented Erza with a scoff.
Lucy looked at her with wide eyes. "If you think they're amateurs, how well do you play volleyball?"
Erza crossed her arms and smiled. "I've beat the boys several times. Which would be every single time I've played with them."
Lucy recalled Natsu saying something about Erza being a monster.
"Time for the switch!" called the coach.
Once the girls got set up for volleyball, Erza explained Lucy's condition to the coach who said it was okay for her to sit out and watch. Lucy took a seat on the grass close to the court, but far back enough that she wouldn't get hit.
"Let's do this!" shouted Erza who was at the front of her team.
Closest to Lucy was Juvia's team. The blue haired woman looked at Lucy with hatred, causing the blonde to quickly look away, fearing she may turn to stone.
"Fight!" cried Taurus once he blew his whistle.
Erza's team had the ball first, and Levy served beautifully. It flew over the net and a member of the opposing team hit it back. Once Erza saw her opening, she jumped and smashed the volleyball into the ground.
Lucy could have sworn she felt the earth crack a bit.
"That's no fair!" called one of Lucy's classmates, Mini, who has a twin brother named Gemi. "Erza's too good at this! This isn't a competition, we're just practicing!"
"You'll learn better with the taste of defeat!" exclaimed Erza as she put her hands on her hips.
"The girl is right," started Taurus. "Erza, go with the boys."
The scarlet-haired woman scoffed and said, "Fine then," and then walked off towards the track.
The game began again. The ball transferred back and forth, and Lucy could already feel the strain in her neck from turning it too much.
Finally, the game was tied and Juvia was serving. She smirked.
Looking over at Levy and Cana who was doing an odd dance together, Lucy couldn't help but smile a bit. She frowned when they stopped and yelled, "Ball!"
Lucy turned her head, but was greeted with the rock hard volleyball. She fell back on the grass once the ball bounced off her head.
"Lucy!" she heard Natsu call.
Lucy stared up at the sky. She felt like she was seeing double of everything, which made her really dizzy. She could tell that people were standing above her, but she couldn't make out their faces.
"Give her some space!" growled the coach as he pushed some students back. "One of you, take her to the infirmary! Juvia, a word?"
"I'll take her!" announced Natsu.
Once Lucy's head quickly recovered, she took Natsu's hand that he was holding out. "You okay?" he asked.
"I'm fine. I don't need to go to the infirmary."
"You're going to the infirmary."
Lucy sighed in defeat and let Natsu support her as he led her to Miss Vermilion's office, which would be the second time that she has been there.
"You should be more careful," said Natsu once they got inside the cool building. "It could have been much worse. You could have gotten a broken nose or something. Those aren't fun."
"I'll keep that in mind. But I'm honestly fine. I've had-"
Worse. But Lucy decided not to say that.
"Had...what?"
Lucy shook her head. "Nevermind."
Natsu knocked on the door to Mavis's office. The small woman opened the door, looked at Lucy, and sighed.
"I'm fine!" Lucy said.
Natsu led her into the room. The window that Lucy jumped out of last time was shut, which made Lucy felt a bit guilty. What if Mavis liked the warm breeze blowing into her room?
"What happened?" asked Mavis as she watched Natsu set Lucy down.
"She got hit in the head during volleyball," replied Natsu.
"Let me see..." Mavis performed tests on Lucy to see if she had a concussion. She shined light into Lucy's eyes. "What's your name?"
"Lucy Heartfilia."
"How old are you?"
"Seventeen."
"What is the name of the boy who took you here?"
"Natsu."
"Well," started Mavis as she clicked the flashlight off. "You seem perfectly fine to me."
"See!" said Lucy, looking over at Natsu.
He shrugged. "Hey, I just wanted to make sure you were okay."
"You two go back to class now," said Miss Vermilion with a smile.
Lucy hopped off the bed and followed Natsu out and the two went back to gym.
"Lucy!" called Gray as he ran up to her.
Juvia, who was punished by sitting on the side-lines and watching the rest play, noticed Gray. Her eyes followed him as he traveled to Lucy.
"Are you okay?" asked the raven-haired man with his tone dripping with concern.
"I'm fine," Lucy replied. She looked over at Juvia and saw her piercing narrow eyes penetrating her soul.
"Don't worry about her," said Gray. "I...we, won't let her hurt you. Or any of her minions, like Sophia, for that matter."
Lucy nodded her head but was not confident in his words. "Thank you."
After school, Lucy went to the club room with Erza and Levy by her side. Gray and Natsu were going to have to join them later since they still had detention.
"So what are we going to do?" asked Lucy as the three headed up the stairs.
"Sports festival stuff," replied Erza. She opened the door to the club room where everyone was waiting
"Welcome!" exclaimed Mirajane as she got up from the floor. There were a ton of poster papers on the ground, and Mira was already working on one. "I got the supplies like you asked!"
"Good, good," said Erza, stepping into the room with Levy and Lucy following behind her. "Thank you all for coming to help."
"I...um...I have to go soon," started Elfman nervously. "I'll do as much as I can, though."
"Oh?" said Cana with a smirk. "Going to see Ever?"
"N-No!"
Cana laughed. "I wish you could see how red your face is right now!"
"Come help me make posters," said Mirajane as she looked at Lucy and Levy. She knelt back down and grabbed her pencil as the two girls accompanied her.
"What are you putting?" asked Levy.
"Welcome to the 30th Fairy Tail High Sports Festival!"
"That's going to be one long poster," said Lucy.
"It's a banner that will hang across the front gates. We need posters that say stuff like, try your best! or something like that."
Lucy nodded her head and grabbed a red piece of paper from the large pile. Natsu and Gray came in.
"I thought you two had detention?" questioned Gajeel as he was helping Elfman make some ads.
"Yeah," responded Gray. "But Makarov let us off the hook for now since he wants us to help. He said that we didn't need to go to any more detentions until we do something stupid again."
"Thank God!" cried Natsu out of relief. "My back was starting to hurt will all that grunt work we were doing! Hey, what do you guys want us to do?" He spotted Lucy and was about to walk over when Lisanna quickly grabbed his arm.
"I-I need your help!" she said, louder than she intended to. Natsu shrugged and followed her.
"Ne," started Mirajane as she looked up at Levy. She whispered, "How are you and Gajeel doing?"
Levy blushed.
"You really like him?" whispered Lucy.
"S-So what?" stammered Levy as she stole a quick glance at Gajeel who laughed at something Elfman said. "It's not like he's going to return my feelings or anything...I'm better off just keeping quiet."
"Nonsense!" said Mira. "I say, go for it!"
Lucy looked over at Natsu and noticed that Lisanna was trying hard to get as close to him as possible. She felt awkward looking at the two, since she knew how she felt.
"Aren't they cute?" asked Mira with a smile. "Natsu is just too dense to see how much she likes him, but everyone knows it."
"Mirajane...you know Loke, right?"
"Yeah, we've known each other for a while."
"Do you know why he is...weird around me?"
Mirajane looked over at Levy who gave her a shrug. "Don't look at me," she said. "I have no clue. You've known him longer than I have."
Mirajane sighed. "I...think it something to do with his past. I'm not going to say anything more. He'd never forgive me if I did."
Lucy nodded her head and pushed the issue aside so she could concentrate on making posters.
Lucy decided to leave an hour after Elfman did because she wanted to go home to talk to Virgo. The school outside the club room seemed deserted. The sun was starting to set.
Walking home, Lucy saw a man in front of her who was walking funny. Thinking he was hurt, Lucy went to go help him.
"Sir, are you-"
She smelled the strong scent of alcohol and stepped back when she realized that he was drunk.
"Hey, there, pretty woman!" said the man. He stepped towards her.
Lucy took another step back and looked at her surroundings. There was no one around. Lucy's flight mode turned on and she started to run, but her wrist was grabbed.
"Come with me," the man slurred. "We'll have a good time."
"Hey!" Lucy head snapped towards a figure running towards her. His white scarf flowed behind him. "Get your hands off of her!"
"N-Natsu!" Lucy screamed as the drunk let go of Lucy.
Natsu came up to them, ready to fight.
"Back off, buddy," said the man with his arms up. He staggered back. "I didn't mean any harm to the little lady. I just thought she needed company. I didn't know she had a boyfriend."
Natsu's eyes narrowed. "Leave. Now."
The drunk staggered away and Lucy sighed in relief.
Natsu turned to Lucy. "I'm so glad I got here when I did."
"How did you know I was going to be in trouble?"
"I don't know. When I heard that you left on your own, I just followed you. Come on, I'll walk you home."
The two walked in silence. Lucy stole glances at Natsu from time to time, and eventually got curious about something. "Why do you always wear that scarf?" she asked.
Natsu noticeably tensed.
"S-Sorry," said Lucy quickly.
"No, it's fine. My...dad gave me this scarf when I was young. I've been pretty attached to it."
Lucy nodded her head. She didn't want to ask any more questions since she figured Natsu had something he didn't want to reveal as well. Discovering this, Lucy's eyebrows knitted together.
He looks so happy all the time, she thought, clutching her bag tight. Something bad couldn't have possibly happened.
"We're here," said Natsu as he stopped in front of Lucy's house.
Without thinking, Lucy turned and hugged Natsu, but quickly backed away. "Sorry...I don't know what came over me. I guess I'm just really grateful that you showed up and saved me from that guy."
Natsu stepped forward and embraced Lucy. "Be more careful, okay?" he said as he pulled away.
Lucy blushed. "I will. Thank you."
She watched as he left, and a small smile formed on her face.
I'm pretty sure I didn't write that as the ending in my notebook, but I'll make up for it next chapter
Noooteboook! I'll never leave you alone agaaain!
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~Bl00dyshad0w
Update: So yeah...now that I got my notebook back, I had to change the ending xD I'm sorry, I feel like a jerk. There was nothing to change, actually. I just added more to it.
Anyways...
