Waring: This Chapter takes place 4 years ago. When everyone was in 6th Grade.
NORMAL POV
It had been two years. Two years for the little blonde girl. It was the best two years of her life. She was so happy, to meet so many people. She was so happy, to have friends. Her Father never wanted her to leave the house, she never got the chance to play with the other kids. She never got to laugh, have fun. He was strict. If she ever stepped foot out of the line- let's just say it wouldn't end good.
"Oi, Luce are you going to just stand there?" She was snapped out of her thoughts. Turning around she could see her best friend. He was standing there with his stupid grin on his face. His pink spiky hair, his bright joyful eyes. He was truly the one that helps her the most. He makes her laugh when she's upset. He gives her so much joy, in the stupidest things. He made her life eventful. With him every day, it was an amazing adventure.
"Sorry, Natsu!" She stated as she quickly ran up to catch up with him. He smiled as he continued talking and making jokes. Which caused Lucy to laugh. It's always been like that between the two of them. Everyone could see it, as they walked down the hallways together. Separately they have nothing, but together they have so much. Before they meant, they were both broken. After that faithful in counter in the woods, they fixed each other. They're no longer two broken pieces, but a whole piece.
"There are the love birds!" A girl with short curly blue hair stated. She was wear jean short overalls, with a yellow tank top under it, and black boots. As Lucy and Natsu walked into the room. They both instantly blushed at the comment.
"No were not!" They both snapped at the same time. Everyone just smirked in agreement. They all knew that Lucy and Natsu both had a huge crush on each other. Everyone knows, well except for themselves. It was easy figuring it out. First, there always together. Gray tells them all the time that Natsu will come over and hang out with them both. Knowing Natsu's and Gray's relationship it was mainly Natsu wanting to hang out with Lucy. Second, they're very close. Even when there hanging out with everyone, it still feels like Natsu and Lucy are in their own little world. Third, Lucy blushes around Natsu a lot. Every little sweet thing he does makes her blush. Of course Natsu is too dense to know what it means. Fourth, Natsu gets very jealous when Lucy talks to another guy. If it's not one of their friends, he tries to get her attention back on him. He doesn't not like other guys around her, but him and their friends.
"Sure⦠you aren't." Erza stated as if them liking each other was a lie. Of course it was all sarcasm. It's only a matter of time, before Natsu and Lucy start dating. She frowned, like that would ever happen though. They're both stupidly dense. They need help. They would be such a cute couple. They just need to be pushed in the right direction.
"Can we stop talking about this?" The raven haired boy stated. He was currently leaning against the back of his seat with his feet on the desk. Erza had snapped at him many times before, about having feet on the desk. Just like last time, this was no different. He quickly set his feet on the floor as Erza gave him the death glair.
"See, at least someone doesn't think were in love! Thank you, Gray!" Lucy pointed out as she smiled at Gray. She might have known Gray the longest, but she doesn't know him the most. She knows almost everything about Natsu. He can be an open book, sometimes. It took a long time for him to ever open up to her, but he did. It took a long time of trust, just like her trust in him. She can almost tell him everything, except for some things. It was manly about her Father, but Natsu knows the most of that anyway. He had found out. It wasn't hard to find out either, she did have a lot of scars. Plus, Natsu is a very curious person.
Gray is different though. She lives with Gray, she knows what he likes and dislikes. She knows what happened to his Mother. She knows a lot about him, but sometimes she feels like she knows nothing. He's a hard person to get to know. He doesn't like talking about his past, he's not an open book. She's been with Gray longer than her other friends, yet she doesn't even really know him. She knows that he use to hate her. They were never on good terms when they first meant. He would always ignore her, and avoid her, he'd even yell at her. She never gave up though, then one day everything changed. Gray was getting bullied at school, and she jumped in the middle of the fight. She took all the hits for him. She stood up for him. To Gray she was really hurt, but she had always dealt with more pain.
"What do you mean? I just don't want it to turn into a 3 hour debate about you two. Besides we all know the truth." He stated smirking over towards his friend-enemy and sister. "You love each other." He sang out. This caused both Natsu and Lucy's faces to turn a bright red color. Almost like Erza's hair color.
"W-We do not!" They both yelled at the same time which caused their friends to snicker. They don't know why there friends keep saying that. All they are is best friends. If you have a close friend of the opposite sex, does it mean that you love them? Of course not! Why are there friends thinking like that? They both have no idea.
Before anymore teasing could go one the bell rang for class to begin. Lucky them. Slowly all of them headed to their seats, as more students came into the room. Lucy sat at the back of the classroom, mainly because the teacher wanted to put trouble students in the front. To the left of Lucy was Levy. In front of Levy was Erza. To the right of Lucy was an empty desk. In front of the empty desk sat no other than her brother Gray. It seemed like all of them sat together, except for one. Looking in the front of the class room, in Gray's row was Natsu. Mr. Hendrix made Natsu sit in the front of the room, because he would never listen. It's not like putting him up there made a difference. All he does is look out into the hallway, and wait for class to end.
"Before we get started onto today's lessons, it's appears that we have a new student today." Mr. Hendrix stated as he walked over to the door. You could hear whispers got throughout the room. It was unusual to get a new student in the middle of the year. When Mr. Hendrix opened the door you could see a boy about their age walking in. He wore army green cargo pants, with a white plain T-Shirt, and a black sip-up jacket. His hair was spiky blonde, and his eyes dark blue eyes were to die for. Everyone could all ready tell he would be popular with the girls. You could even hear some girls sigh as they stared at him.
"Hello," He stated as he waved his hand to everyone. His voice sounded deep for just a 6th grader. "My names, Sting Eucliffe. Hope I'll get to know everyone one of you." He added with a big smile in the end. It was more like a grin.
"Mr. Eucliffe is you don't mind taking you seat, next to Lucy in the back of room. That would be great." Mr. Hendrix added. He was a very impatient teacher. He always wants to get everything done before class would end. That way he didn't have to teach the whole class period. He was also very strict about his teaching. He makes sure everyone is listening and paying attention. That way he won't have to reteach a lesson.
Sting made his way into the back of the classroom, as Mr. Hendrix started writing the agenda on the board. He does that every morning, so the class knows what they are doing today. Each day was always the same. He starts off with English, then goes into Math, History is the next thing before the lunch break. After the lunch break they had Science and Gym. It's a weird schedule considering other schools. For some reason this school runs differently. You always have the same teacher the whole year, and the same classmates.
"Hi," Lucy thoughts were broken off as she looked up from her notebook. Lucy was one of the smartest people in the classes. She never pays attention in class, but she knows everything. No one knows why, it's like she just has a 'gift.' She doesn't need to listen to understand things, all she needs is the problem and answer. Like in math, all she needs is the problem and the answer. She can figure out the steps to get the answer every time. She has a 'gift' that most students want.
"Hi," Lucy mumbled looking over at Sting. That now empty desk to here right, sat the new student. Even though Lucy did have a lot of friends, she had always been the shy girl. She only lets a few people into her shell, which is manly Natsu and Gray because they are with her all the time. She does spend a lot of time with Levy and Erza as well, so they also know a lot about her. She's always been really shy, which was caused by her Father. If she spoke out in a wrong way, it would end badly. Over the years of living with him, she never speaks out. That way things don't end so badly for her. Even her friends realized that is the reason to why she is shy. She doesn't take much to other people.
"Uneven Bars. Nice." Slowly Lucy looked up from her drawing to look back over at Sting. If she were bored in class, she would start to doodle. A lot of those doddles end up being gymnastic related. Everyone she knew never figured out what she would be drawing. She wasn't an artist, but it wasn't hard to get. Everyone can tell it has something to do with bars. Everyone always thinks its dance related. To Lucy's surprise it was the first time someone got it.
"Y-You know about gymnastics?" Lucy asked in a bit of shock and shy voice. She was never the one to start a conversation, not unless she knew the person.
"Not really," This caused her shoulders to fall a bit, as she slowly looked back at her drawing. She didn't know why, but she felt joy when he brought it up. It seemed like someone finally knew about gymnastics. Her friends always supports her, but it's not the same. They don't understand a thing. "But, I do have a friend of mine, who loves the sport." Sting stated as he watched her face shine again. He could tell that she was upset, so it would be best to cheer her up. He doesn't know why, but she should always be smiling. Her face seems like it should always have a smile. He didn't know why, he felt that way though.
Even though they were supper quite. A certain blue haired girl couldn't help, but watch her friend smile. She had never seen Lucy, so talkative before, not with someone she just meant. She could tell that they were talking about gymnastics back and forward. To be honest, she didn't know anything about gymnastics. All she knew was that Lucy really liked it, and she was really good at it. Maybe one day she might be a champion. Levy couldn't help, but smile. Lucy's face showed happiness, she was only ever like that with them. After seeing a complete stranger make her smile, made her so happy.
"Levy, look." This caused the blue haired girl to look at her red haired friend. Erza had her finger pointing towards the front. Levy raised her brow. Just why the hell was Erza pointing to the front of the room? Erza usually gets mad, when people to pay attention in class. Deciding to just go along with her, Levy followed Erza's finger. What she found was Natsu. She was confused until she took a closer look. He look mad, maybe even beyond made. He was gripping onto his pencil, it looked like he wanted to snap it in half. Why? Why did Natsu look so mad?
Her eyes widened when she heard a giggle come from her blonde haired friend. Looking over, Lucy was covering her mouth trying her best not to laugh, as Sting gave her a huge grin. It could almost compete with Natsu. Looking back at Natsu, she could see that his grip on the pencil tightened. That's why he's mad? Sting made Lucy laugh? Or is it because he's jealous? Natsu was always known to get Lucy's attention. Most of the times, he wants all her attention. It like he can never get enough. He causes trouble in classes, because he wants everyone to look at him. Levy's ears perked up to a sound of both Lucy and Sting snickering. He was jealous, because Sting was getting her attention. Natsu wasn't getting any of it. This caused a smirk to form on her lips.
She has a plan.
A/N:
Hi guys! I know it's been a long time since I last updated. I've been really sick and in the hospital. Once I was free to get out, I had so much work to do! My teachers decided to give me everything at once! I'm almost caught up, so YEAH! Anyway about this Chapter. I really love stories that introduce the past during the present. I thought, I should do that too! I hope you liked this Chapter! Sorry it's not as long as the last one! As you can tell though a few Characters are missing! Mainly because they haven't shown up yet. Also Natsu and Lucy are not yet together. I thought it would be better to start off the past, when they start to realize that they like each other. Which Levy has a plan for!
Anyway in the next Chapter. It will take place in the present. It will start back up on Gray again, so be prepared for an emotional ride!
Until Next Time!
-SnowyFireFlame.
