Feelings For You
Chapter Eight: Entering Junior High
I remembered clearly how our first year in junior high started. It still seems like it just happened yesterday…
I was pretty excited to start. But, I know for sure I'll truly regret wanting school to begin later on.
My mother was expecting me to wear a girly outfit, hoping that I finally started to make some changes and adapt some feminine qualities.
Natsu was in front of my doorstep, ringing the doorbell. DING DONG ~
He heard the sound from inside, loud enough for him to hear from outside. Notifying him that it had alarmed and soon enough someone was going to let him in. He patiently waited for someone to open the door.
Natsu was wearing a plain red t-shirt and cargo shorts. As his foot attire was just a simple brown slipper. My mother was the one who opened the door and gave him a friendly greeting, "Good morning Natsu! Come in!" she said happily, inviting him inside.
"Good morning." He hummed. "Is Lucy ready?" he asked.
"Lucy is still upstairs in her room still preparing." She responded to him.
"Oh, okay." He shyly said.
Lucy's mother giggled, finding Natsu adorable when he never knew actually what to say when he was alone with her or Lucy's father.
"Have you already have breakfast, Natsu?" she watched as the boy shook his head.
"No, I was pretty excited… So I just dashed out the door after I finish getting ready." He let out a sheepish laugh.
"Would you like to eat something here than? There's still some leftover pancakes that I made, they're still warm." She kindly offered him.
Natsu nodded shyly and help himself while he was waiting for his blonde best friend to come down from her room. It took her about forty minutes to finally make her presences known. Giving Natsu the opportunity to finish his breakfast without anyone rushing him.
"Gee, what took you so long?" Natsu pouted, "You never taken that long to dress up." He eyed the girl who was taking her time putting on her sneakers.
"Yeah, well. I had a reason why." She told him.
"Really? And what is that?" Natsu raised his eyebrows, wanting an explanation.
Out of nowhere Lucy's mother drop one of the plates she was drying up, as it was now broken into pieces and scattered all over the floor. Natsu quickly verted his eyes towards Lucy's mother, startled with the sudden noise.
"Lucy!" her mother shouted in a horrified tone. "What are you wearing?!"
"And, that's the reason why…" Lucy whispered to Natsu, she quickly grabbed her bag and quickly she ran out of the door, "Come on Natsu, we will be late!"
Natsu was caught off guard by a split second, seeing Lucy leaving him behind. "W-wait up Lucy!" he ran out the door after her.
Trying his best to catch up to his best friend, he realize that they were now at the school campus. He was breathing heavily, wondering how in the world Lucy was not breaking a sweat at all.
"How come you don't seem exhausted as I do?" he wondered.
"That's because I am use to that kind of exercise." She crossed her arms.
I stand up in a straight composure right next to her. Natsu blinked, dumbfounded to see that Lucy was a few inches taller than he was.
"Is it just me, or did you shrink?" Lucy asked, also noticing it too.
"Hey! I did not!" he pouted.
"I am just messing with you, don't take it by heart." She teased.
They made their way to the school building, walking together side by side. The two best friends were looking for the school board admission to see what class they were in.
"Now that I think about it, we never had classes together in elementary, right?" Lucy wondered.
Natsu nodded his head with confirmation. "Our classes were always right next door to each other, I only saw you during recess or lunch. That was about it."
"I wouldn't be surprise if we were put in the same class." Lucy stated.
"Why not?" Natsu said in a wimpy voice feeling a bit disappointed.
"I don't mean it in that way, geez," Lucy said getting a bit annoyed.
They saw a crowd of kids around their age, buzzling around in front of the school board. Some of them were cheering among them, about being in the same classes as their crush or friends. And some were boasting off in great disappointed.
Natsu and Lucy both made their way towards the front were they could take a good glimpse at the board. There were a list of papers hanged in separated rows in alphabet order, according to the last names.
"I am in room 3-B" Lucy announced as she turned her head over at Natsu. "What is yours?"
Natsu stand there, still searching for his name along the columns. Once he spotted his name, he was now filled with eternal happiness forming up in his aura. "I am in the same classes as you!"
"Wow. Finally seeing what it's like to be in the same class together, aren't you delighted?" Lucy looked over at Natsu.
"Very." He sighed happily, with a face full of satisfaction.
By the time they reached their class, they saw a few familiar faces.
"Natsu!" Gray called out to him. As usual he was still wearing too much clothing making him look pretty ridiculous.
"Gray, what a surprise to see you here!" Natsu ran towards him.
"It sure is, pal! Surprisingly, we also have the others that came with us to the open festival at the same class!" Gray informed him.
"Really?!" Natsu said feeling really stimulated with excitement.
"Yeah, hey guys! Come here for a second!" Gray turned around and beckon the groups talking behind him to come over.
The brown haired girl named Cana, gracefully made her way towards him along with Lyon and Loke following from behind her.
"You guys remember my friend, Natsu, right?" he questioned them.
"Yeah, I remember him." Loke grinned.
"Oh my," Cana placed her hands over her lips, "Aren't you the one who tag along with us at the festival?" she asked Natsu out of generosity.
"Yeah, but where's the blondie that everyone seems so scared of?" Lyon tilted his head. "What's her name again? Blondzilla?"
"If you're talking about me, I am right here." Lucy stepped up to them, appearing right behind Natsu, "and my name is Lucy." She glared at him.
The boys jumped back in terror, the three of them quickly ran behind Cana. Using her as a shield to protect themselves.
"Why did you piss her off like that, Lyon!" Gray hissed at him on a low voice.
"I didn't mean to! I just didn't remember her name!" he argued back—whispered.
"Well, you made her annoyed!" Loke angrily said in a whisper.
Cana then jumped in their conversation, rotating her head in a 45 degree angle, "You know she could still hear you guys talking, right?"
The boys shifted their eyes at Lucy, who was still giving them a deadly glare. Lyon quickly covered his eyes as Gray immediately blocked his ears from hearing anything and Loke covered his mouth. Imitating the statue of the monkeys covering their mouth, eyes and ears. As the three trembled in fear.
"Well, well, well" said a voice that appeared out of nowhere, "To think that I'll be in the same room as you, blondie."
The group turned their heads to see whose voice was it. Levy.
"I never thought we would be arranged in the same classroom like this." Levy rolled her eyes. "Just do me a favor, try not to be a pain in the ass this year. It'll really interrupt my train of thoughts when I am focusing in class. Just hearing rumors about you, is already getting in my nerves." Levy said in such disgust.
"Seriously, I haven't done anything yet, and you are already picking a fight with me." Lucy snap, getting irritated of Levy's attitude.
"Oh no." Gray gulped.
"I have a feeling this year will be really bad," Loke sighed loudly, with his reaction on the dumps.
"We are doomed!" Lyon cried out.
"What? I don't understand why you guys are making a big deal out of it." Natsu frowned.
They watched as Levy and Lucy both glared at each other face to face. We felt lightning striking each other by both sides.
Cana giggled, "Well you see, ever since Levy heard rumors about Lucy in elementary school which was still spreading like wild fire at the time, it got obnoxious for her. Everywhere she went it was always Lucy as the main topic, and she just literally went berserk one day."
"Yeah. I heard rumors saying she was secretly being trained to be a ninja at home." Loke told them.
"Well that's not what I heard, I heard she was a delinquent and is planning to be a yankee when she gets older and form an organization!" Lyon shivered.
"What?!" Gray exclaimed in such disbelief, "I heard she was going to take full power of the school and start violating them!"
Cana covered her mouth in surprise, "Really?! I heard she was a boy, actually dressing up as a girl!"
The three boys looked at Cana and raised their eyebrows and then turned away.
"That was pretty out of topic." Thought Gray.
"Geez Cana…" Loke facepalmed.
"Does she fall for those type of things easily?" Lyon sighed, wondering.
Natsu just stared at them as a sweat drop came falling down. "I don't really know where you guys heard this, but that's entirely not true." He told them.
"Really?" they snapped their necks to look at Natsu as he just gave them a nod.
Out of nowhere, Droy and Jet made their appearance. Alarming Natsu and Lucy
Lucy backed away to stand next to Natsu, as he was looking at them in shock. We obviously thought that the teasing and bullying would be over by now.
Lucy gave the two boys a furious look. Forming her hands into a fist, ready to get on her combat mode.
"Relax." Levy told her, noticing the intense atmosphere Lucy was giving off around her.
"Droy and Jet came to apologize for their well-being on what they did to Natsu." Levy crossed her arms.
Natsu gave off such a perplexed facial expression, not expecting this at all as well as Lucy. She relaxed a bit, but she made sure to stay aware to what is going to happen next.
"I knew this boys for a long time, and I heard about the troubling things they did. So I forced them to give a proper apology when they ever come across you." Levy growled in frustration, remembering how they one day appeared at her house with more bruises made by Lucy.
"Is that so." Lucy inquired.
"Boys." Droy and Jet stepped in front of Levy, knowing the upcoming signal fairly well. They both had a grimace expression, annoyed to be force to do this. But slowly, they gave in and apologize.
"Sorry, for the things that happened." Droy looked away.
"Hopefully, we could make up for those years…" Jet groaned.
Lucy flicked her eyes over at Natsu, waiting to see what his response were. Natsu just looked at them, still surprise. I wasn't sure if you were going to cry again, but I could see your eyes turning red, like you were going to burst out in tears.
"Na—"
"I forgive you guys…" Natsu said, not knowing Lucy was going to say something.
"But," he paused, "I wouldn't forget what you did to me."
The boys felt guilty as they awkwardly rub the back of their neck, not knowing exactly what to do.
"But," Natsu continued, "Hopefully, we could start out things the right way this time." He grinned.
Droy and Jet looked at him with their eyes wide open. They both nodded and smiled.
"Alright."
It still surprise me until this day, how you gave Droy and Jet a chance to make it up to you. Witnessing the fact that you were making a new beginning. I couldn't help but smile, when you talk to your new friends casually. Without any overwhelming of anxiety running through out your body.
Good for you, Natsu…
[Author's Note: I wasn't really sure what to write next. But what do you think about this one?]
