notes: Sorry if its late. I gotta project up on my sleeve. im wasting precious time for you, so thank me guys.


Chapter 9

Face The Music Part 3: Cold Cold December

"I can't believe it, Gajeel. Lisanna went after playboy Loke!" Natsu yelled at his best friend. And then there was Gray. Damn bastard, didn't even talk to him. It wasn't much fun, talking to Gajeel, on the road, at midnight.

"FYI, Bunny Girl is your girlfriend, not Lisanna. You are not supposed be worried about Lisanna, dumb ass." Gajeel threw his hand at Natsu.

"But still—" Natsu whined.

"Stop your whining, kitten." Gajeel patted his head, as if Natsu was his dog. "You have Lucy, why take Lisanna now?"

"I didn't choose her!" Natsu growled, hissing at him. "Don't pat me, asswipe."

"Look, it's Lucy or Lisanna now. You choose what you want." Gajeel left him hanging, walking away.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Natsu ran after him.


Lucy could not sleep. How could she? She just had an argument with the one she most cared for. Lucy didn't know what to do. It was like the day her father died. She couldn't decide whether to cry or be emotionless. Likewise, right now she couldn't cry or not think.

"Hey." Juvia came into the room. She was late. Not like her.

"You're late. What's wrong?" Lucy asked, worried for her friend.

"Oh nothing. Juvia just had work." She said, smiling. That was the first time Juvia smiled in months. It was a little disappointing that the smile was fake, but anything is better than nothing.

"What do you want to eat?"

"Anything is fine, Lucy." Juvia sat down on her bed, falling back. Lucy smiled, too. Happy that Juvia was fine and safe. She went to heat up some cup noodles and sat down next to Juvia.

"Boys suck, don't they?"

"They do. They suck horribly."

Both girls laughed.


Gray could've fell. He could've fallen, and he could've died horribly. But meh. He doesn't even care anymore. Climbing up from the very cliff that could've killed him, Gray scowled and got in to his car. He often wandered into the cliff near their old high school, when he wanted to think.

He stuck his key into the car's keyhole. It made a noise, but it didn't start. "Fuck my life." He growled in anger.

"Keke," he heard a familiar laugh from behind. "Go away, Loke. Not in the mood for you."

"That's harsh."

"It was supposed to be." He put on his winter coat and got off the car.

"Car didn't start?" Loke's voice echoed.

"No, it's having candy." Gray rolled his eyes. He stuck his hands in his pockets and scowled at Loke.

"Why so grumpy? Relationships, problems?" Loke smirked.

"It's non of your business." Gray made his point. "Why are you even here? I'm beginning to think you're stalking me."

"Hehe, this is my old school." Loke laughed.

"Excuse me? But this is my old school. Fairy Tail High." There was an extremely confused look on Gray's face. He leant on his car again.

"Fairy Tail High is my school too. I even remember you, Fullbuster. You were in the football team back then."

Gray frowned. "I thought you looked familiar, Loke Celeste." Loke grinned. "That's me."

"School was fun." Gray looked into the sky. The lights in the school were on. The stars were equally as bright.

"Yeah. It was." Loke looked up into the sky as well. "I remember how Dragneel was the class clown. How he and Lucy Heartfilia used to have pointless arguments. I'll never forget."

Gray remembered. He used to be so depressed about leaving school, that he drank and drank until he forget. He forgot everything. "Was there anyone with the name Lockser, back then?" He mindlessly asked Loke.

"Well DUH! She used to stalk you. You guys never knew. Only some did, she wasn't that famous. I hear she came from Redfox's old school."

"She was the stalker I never knew! I knew someone was stalking me! But her? That I didn't know.."

"Now you do."

"Meh, yeah." Gray smiled for the first time that whole month. Winter was cold. But sometimes not that cold.


Lisanna was at home. She was doing what she normally would, draw. Lisanna just found out that her interest was drawing. And she was pretty good with it.

She was drawing balls. Circles. Mindlessly, she colored them. The whole day her mind was set on Natsu and Lucy. But why? It wasn't even her business. She had her own dude, but still her mind was on Natsu.

Come on, Lisanna! Natsu was the past!

"Lisanna! Dinner's ready!" Mirajane's voice interuppeted her thoughts. Lisanna frowned and yelled back, "I'll be right there." Leaving her drawing in the drawer, Lisanna jumped up and went down stairs.

Evergreen was there today. She never liked her that much. Lisanna thought she was too much and too full of herself. She was proven wrong the day, Evergreen saved her from falling into the sea, the day they all went fishing.

"Pass up the salt, Lisanna!" Laxus yelled at her. Lisanna admitted, she was thinking too much. Too much.

"I'm sorry. Here you go." She smiled at the buff man, handing up the salt.

In the drawer, lay a drawing with three circles, colors, pink, yellow and silver. Yellow one was far away, while the pink and the silver one was very close together.


"Hey! Gray! Come on, practice is almost starting!" Gray's pink haired best friend yelled.

"Yeah, wait up. I'll be right there!" Gray yelled back, laughing and running toward his friends. He's got admit, they were the weirdest. There was Natsu, his girl Lisanna, Lucy, who was top girl and Levy's best friend, Gajeel's girlfriend Levy and Gajeel himself.

All of a sudden he felt like he was being watched.

"Hey, I know you're watching me." He whispered.

Juvia blushed knowing he knew she was there.

"Just so you know, I think you must be very pretty and very hot. That is, in my imagination."

And Juvia melted, right there.


notes: I tried the best I mustered. I tried making it LONG. I tried. Because of this ugly dumb project I MADE IT DISAPPOINTING, THAT IS IF YOU THINK SO. In my opinion, I could've done better. But it's all that stupid project's fault.

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