Hello my wonderful readers, I hope you are all having a good day. And here is another chapter, I tried to add some drama in here that I have been lacking in. There will be more drama in the upcoming chapters, don't worry. I would like to once again say thank you for the nice reviews I have been getting on this story. Anyway, lets get on with the chapter.

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Chapter 9

Natsu's POV

Thankfully, it seemed as though over the next few days, the tension seemed less. Or maybe it was just that we were better at hiding it. Either way, it seemed as though things were getting better.

But things still weren't going all that well for me and Juvia. Well, I can definitely see that Gray is getting irritated. Serves him right. I guess I'll just have to make him more jealous. Prom is coming soon and I have to make sure that everything goes well.

With prom coming soon, that also means that exams are coming up. The thought that they are next week makes me want to sleep through the next week so I don't have to take them.

Although, thanks to Lucy and her helping me here and there I actually think I won't do too bad. But who knows, I could still fail miserably.

Me and Juvia have also been hanging out more for obvious reason. And she is very strange. But she's also very nice and caring, it's not like she's a bad person. Just unique that's all. We've actually been getting also my pretty well which is a shocker. We are both pretty different from each other, so I didn't know how well we would get along. But shockingly, we get along pretty well.

As I was walking down the hallway at the end of school I heard a group of girls gossiping by my locker. People gossip in school all the time, it is high school after all. I was at my locker, not listening as to what they were saying, but thanks to my strong hearing I heard something that made me listen.

"Have you seen them lately?" The first girl asked.

"Yeah! I can't believe that they are together!" The second one said.

"That Lucy girl is so lucky!" Lucy? Why were they talking about Lucy? Why is she so lucky!

"Yeah, but I always thought that that other girl would be with him."

"And she'd be with that other guy?"

"But they're still cute together."

"Yeah! Gray and Lucy are cute together."

I didn't realize I was holding a book until I dropped it and it hit the floor. Gray? And Lucy? Together? Did I hear that right?

I must have misheard. They can't be together. Is it really true? My head flood with questions regarding those two.

I always knew that it was a possibility, that's why me and Juvia pretended to be with each other. But actually hearing it out loud. It's hurts a hundred times worse than I thought it would. This can't be happening. It just can't. I can't believe that this is true? I can't let this happen.

I ran through the school, I don't really know what I'm looking for, I'm just running. As I was running I was turning a corner and I didn't see that someone else was also running, turning at the two of us ran into each other, and caused both of us to fall to the ground from the impact.

We both groaned in pain as we tried to get up. As I looked to see who it was, I saw that it is was in fact Juvia who had been running. Why had she been running? Was she running from someone? Something?

"Juvia?"

"Natsu?" We both asked as we noticed who the other person was.

"Are you okay?" I asked as I started to slowly get up.

"Juvia seems to be okay." I reached my hand out to her and helped her out. She grabbed hold of it and I helped her up. "Thank you." She said, brushing her cloths off.

"Juvia?"

"Yeah." She looked up.

"I just heard some really not good things."

"Is that why Natsu was running?"

"Yeah, it was." I said. "Wait, why were you running?"

She shrugged, the sighed as she said, "Juvia heard some very not good news as well."

"What did you hear."

"Juvia wants Natsu to say what he heard first."

I sighed and began to tell her what I heard. "I was at my locker when I overheard some people talking. And they were talking about Gray and Lucy." I paused for a moment. "And they said that they were together." I couldn't look at her, I didn't want to see her face.

"Lucy and Gray-Sama. Together?" I nodded sadly. "Juvia heard the same thing earlier."

"Is that why you were running." She nodded her head.

We both walked over and sat on a bench type thing that was in the building. We were obviously both upset and unsettled by the gossip that we have heard.

"Juvia thinks that Juvia and Natsu should try harder."

"What? What do you mean."

"If Gray and Lucy are going on, and people are talking about it. Than Juvia and Natsu should 'go out' and have people talk about it."

I wanted to say that this plan sounded crazy. But it really wasn't that different than what we were already doing. I also figured that it would work out fairly well too.

"That doesn't sound like that bad of a plan." I said, and I was not lying. "We just have to make sure that people start talking about our 'relationship' and then they will get jealous and they will realize that it's us who belongs with them. "But how do we do that?"

"Juvia had watched many romance movies! Juvia knows what to do." She said cheerfully. At least she was staying positive towards this plan. "Natsu needs to act like a gentleman." I got offended by that.

"I am a gentleman!"

She shrugged. "Natsu needs to act more like a gentleman. A lot more." That still wasn't any better.

"So we just have to act more coupley then?"

"Yes."

We both looked at each other. Both knowing that we were just going to have to do this to get with the people that we like. It was for the best. We agreed on what we were going to have to do, and got up from our seats and we were to go to class.

And Juvia got up, some of her books fell to the ground, and we both went down to pick them up. I noticed that she was indeed carrying a lot, and I offered so I carried some of her books to class, and walked in with her to put them on her desk. She gave me a smile and a thank you, and we said bye and I left to my own class.

As I was walking out of the classroom, people looked at me and stared. Then went on the whisper things to their peers. I of course wondered what they were thinking, but didn't think too much about it.

Right now, I had to focus on our plan.

Lucy's POV

I noticed that as I was walking around school that people would look at me and whisper things to their peers. I was of course wondering what they were talking about, but I didn't ask.

Gray also told me that he was was noticing that the same things were happening to him. We both decided to ignore as me aAnd Gray walked into the same class that we had, almost everyone was starting. We looked at eachother and both shrugged, not knowing what was going on. No one actually came up and said anything to us so we had no idea what they were talking sat down in our seats as usually, thankfully nothing happened. But behind me I could hear a group of people whispering. I tried my best not to listen to them, but several names caught my attention.

"Did you hear about Natsu and that other girl?"

"Yeah! I was really surprised when I found out."

"It was really sweet how he carried her books into her class like that earlier!"

When me and Gray heard Natsu's voice, we both looked at each other. He looked back at me since he was sitting in front of me, and we both knew that someone thing must be going on. We continued to listen to what they were talking about.

"I was really surprised when I found out they were going out."

"Yeah, I always thought that he liked that blonde chick." I saw that they nudged their head towards me, which caught me by surprise.

"And that girl who he's with, I always thought that she would go with that other guy. What's his name?"

"I know who you're talking about!"

"Yeah! The one that never has his shirt."

I looked at Gray, we both knew that they were talking about him.

"It's a little strange with them being together."

"I think it could still work out though."

"Yeah. And plus, Natsu acts like such a gentleman around Juvia."

"It's a good couple."

Once they said Natsu's and Juvia's names, me and Gray looked at each other is awe. We couldn't believe what we were hearing. We always did know that it was a possibility that they were indeed going out. But hearing it outloud hurt a lot more than I ever thought it would. I wanted nothing more than to run out of the classroom, but Gray saw the distress on my face and held onto my hand before I had the chance to run.

"It's okay." He whispered to me. "We'll talk after class. We'll fix this." All I could do was hold onto his words and try to get through class. Obviously, I didn't listen for the rest of the class. I was distracted by too many things running around in my mind.

Finally, the end of class bell rung and me and Gray walked out together, again gaining some stared from people, but we didn't take notice. We didn't care at this moment.

He walked fast in front of me, and I followed behind. I figured that he was walking us somewhere so we could talk out the current situation. Finally, we got outside, where the parking lot was, and we sat on one of the benches outside. We both didn't say anything for a few moments. Surprisingly, I was the first to talk.

"So they are together." I sad.

"Sounds like it." There was a pause. "I can't believe it."

"What are we going to do?"

"I don't know." He admitted. "I don't think there's anything to do."

In that moment, I thought he was right. How were were going to fix this? How are we supposed to have them like us and not each other? We were both upset about what we have heard. And we both weren't feeling very positive at the moment.

But as I was thinking, I knew that no matter what I couldn't give up. I couldn't let Gray give up, either. I won't let him give up Juvia. I know that Juvia like him, and he likes her. I won't let them throw away what they will have with each other.

Then there's Natsu. I sure as hell aren't going to just stop here. I want lose him. I know that even if him and Juvia are together, it's not like I won't ever see him. We're best friends, we'd see each other all the time. But would I really be able to handle starting just friends. It would hurt too much to be around him knowing that we can't be more than that. I can't have that. I'm not going to stop here. I won't give up on me. I won't give up on him. I won't give up on us. And what we will have.

"We're not going to give up." I said, standing up." Gray looked at me very confused. But I didn't give him time to say anything. "We're not going to give up on them. Okay? We're going to keep fighting for them."

"How are we going to? They are already together."

"Fine. If you want to give up her, than that's fine. Are you really got to accent that she's gone? That you won't be able to be with her the way you want. You might be able to accept that you won't have Juvia. But I'm not going to give up." I knew that my little speech was getting his attention. "I don't want you to give up, either."

I could see that he was getting more confident. And his face lit up. "Okay. We're not going to give up." He smiled widely, and I smiled back. "But how are we going to stop them?"

I paused, and paced around for a few minutes, trying to figure out a plan that would work. Then, I finally think that I got one that would hopefully work.

"They are a couple, right? So they will be acting more coupley. Maybe, if we act like a couple too, it'll get them jealous."

"More coupley? What does that mean?"

"Well, we just have to act like we're in a relationship. So, for example, as a boyfriend, you would carry my things sometimes, walk me to class, stuff like that. As a girlfriend, I would be sweet to you, maybe give you a kiss on the cheek, give you hugs, stuff like that. Maybe we could go on "dates" too"

"So just act like boyfriend and girlfriend?"

"Yeah. It'll work, and we'll have them with us in no time."

"It better be quick because prom is coming up soon."

"I know." I sighed.

"Aren't you going shopping tomorrow night with the others?"

"Oh yeah, tomorrow is Friday. Yes I'm going with the others. Juvia is going to be there too."

"I thought so."

"I'll make her think about you." I smirked. "I'll talk good about you."

"I'll do the same about you to Natsu, then."

After we finally figured out our plan, we walked back into the school building and walked to class together. Now all we had to do was pretend to be in a relationship. How hard can that be?

Me and Gray were walking together to our next class, he offered to carry some of my books, so I let him. As we are walking down the hallway, we see Natsu and Juvia walking together as well. Me and Gray both looked at each other, we both saw them, but we didn't know what to say or do. They must have seen us too, because they stopped walking, and I realized that we were some of the few people in the hallway. We were going to have to walk past them to get to class anyway. So me and Gray looked at each other again and started walking once again, and so did he. We all walked past each other, but I heard one of them speak, causing me to stop to as well.

"Hello, Lucy." I turned around to see Juvia looking at me. I hesitated for a moment, not knowing how to respond.

"Hello." I said, but it almost sounded like a question.

She gave me a dirty look before responding. "Looks like Lucy and Gray are getting all cozy." she hissed.

"Looks like you and Natsu are getting nice and cozy as well." I hissed back.

We stared at each other, both giving one another evil glances.

"You know, it's cute, the two of you. But, it's not going to last."

I raised an eyebrow. "How about you don't worry about us, and start worrying about yourselves."

She laughed, "Im just trying to look after you, that's all."

"I don't need you to." I spit back

"Fine. but don't say I didnt warn you." she said. "Come, Natsu, we must leave now." and so they did, and me and Gray started walking as well.

"What was that?" he asked.

"I don't know."I replied honestly.

"It looked like you girl were about to smack each other."

"Im sure if we stayed ny longer, we probably would have." I sighed.

Gay looked at me, "Just make sure that no one gets punched in the face. There's no reason for anyone to get hurt. And I don't think anyone wants a bruise in their prom photos."

"Okay." was all I said. I didn't want anyone to get hurt. I'm not exactly a violent person,but if I have to fight, then so be it. Because there's no way i'm giving up. Not yet. If fighting is the only way to win, then I'll fight. And I don't plan on loosing.

End Of Chapter 9


Ooh Juvia and Lucy are getting on each others nerves. I thought I should add someone more tension between the two. I'm really exited for the next chapters that I have coming, I think you all are going to enjoy them. (I hope)

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