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Chapter 10: courting You

Gray woke up and a huge grin was plastered on his face when he turned to face the ceiling. He could tell that this was going to be a great day. He quickly got up, took a shower, got into his school uniform and went down stairs. As he sat on the table, he looked at his phone and his face brightened up when he saw a text from the blonde.

From: Lucy3

Morning Gray! Sorry about how I acted yesterday, just got surprised… hehehe… anyway… talk to ya later at school!

The raven-haired teen gave a huge grin that he didn't notice his little brother take a seat next infront of him on the table.

"Ohayo gozaimasu Onii-Chan," (good morning big brother) Romeo greeted his brother.

"Konichiwa, Romeo," Gray greeted his lil bro as he took a few bites of his breakfast before rushing to brush his teeth and drove off in his convertible.

"What got him so excited?" Romeo asked no one in particular as a question mark appeared above his head.

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Knock! Knock!

"Oh, ohayo gozaimasu Gray! What brings you here?" Virgo asked him.

"I'm here to pick Lucy up. Is she ready?" he asked with a smile.

"Princess is still asleep, but I can wake her up for you," the maid said, starting up the stairs.

"Nah! It's still early anyway," he said and glanced at his watch, and he was surprised that it was still 6:30.

The next thing he knew, a certain blonde appeared from the top of the stair case. A blonde wearing fuzzy purple pajamas and a purple tank-top paired with fuzzy purple flip-flops as she stretched.

"Morning blondie, you certainly woke up late… which is confusing though, 'cause you texted me earlier at about 4," he said with a smirk.

The blonde just let out one of her signature "Kyaaaa!"s and stared at the raven-haired boy infront of her.

"W-what are you doing here?" she asked.

"I came to pick you up," he answered like it was obvious.

"But I didn't-"

"You don't need to tell me. I just wanted to," he said with a smirk

"O-okay, let me just go get ready," she awkwardly answered and went inside her room again. Gray just waited and made himself at home. And soon enough, the blonde came out of her room, dressed in her school uniform.

"Hey. Hope I didn't make you wait too long," she said with a smile as she grabbed her bag and went down stairs.

"Nah, it's not long at all! Come on, we're gonna be late," he said and led her outside.

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"Hey, we've got free period right now, right?'' Gray asked the blonde.

"Yup!" the blonde answered with a smile.

"Hey, you wanna hang out or something?" Gray asked.

"Sure! Hey, do you think you could teach me how to play the keyboard?" the blonde asked.

"Of course! Come on, let's go to the music room," he said and led her to the music room.

The blonde sat on the sofa and Gray sat right next to her, though this time, there was a good distance which didn't go unnoticed by the blonde.

"Hey… how come you're so far?" she asked.

"I was just you know…"

"You don't have to change anything, you know. I've known you for 10 years… and I think I prefer that guy to be with me rather than some awkward admirer," she said and scooted next to the raven-haired sophomore which made him blush.

"A-anyway, what song do you want to learn?" he asked and composed himself. The blonde looked up at the ceiling, as if recalling something. Then, an imaginary light bulb flashed above her head.

"What'd you say your favorite song was?" the blonde asked.

"Huh? Vanilla Twilight by Owl City. Why'd you ask?" Gray asked back.

"I wanna learn that song!" she answered with a bright smile, making the raven-haired boy smile back.

Gray spent the next hour teaching the blonde how to play his favorite song, and she was surprisingly a fast learner… not that he didn't expect that though… she was one of the candidates for their 1st honor.

"Well, I've gotta admit…you're better than I thought, blondie," he remarked with a smirk.

"Yeah… well, I bet that's one of the things you like about me, right?" the blonde said in an amused tone while making a cute pose.

"No, not really. I like you because your annoying and I know for a fact that you can't live without me," he joked, leaning against the wall, making the blonde giggle and lightly punch Gray's arm and the two started laughing.

"Seriously?'' the blonde asked.

"No, of course not… I was just messin' with ya," Gray said, while ruffling the blonde's hair.

"Hey! Stop that!" the blonde pouted, making the raven-haired teen chuckle.

"You really are adorable, Luce!" he said with a grin and pinched the blonde's nose.

"Ow!" she exclaimed.

"Let's get going blondie… or else we're gonna be late for class," he said, getting up and offering her his hand, to which the blonde the blonde just smiled.

"What?" he curiously asked.

"It's a miracle… you actually care about class for once," she said with a smile.

"Well, I know how important your grades are to you. You might go bazerk if you get an A- and I'd end up taking you to the mental hospital," he joked.

"Hahaha… Funny Gray," she sarcastically said and made a face before being dragged all the way to their classroom for their class. Good thing it wasn't math so none of them had to worry about their brains short circuiting, then blacking out and then waking up in the emergency room.

"Konichiwa, Gray-san, Lucy-san… on time for once, are we?" Laki-sensei, their English teacher greeted them.

"Konichiwa, Laki-sensei," the two greeted her in unison.

"I wonder why these two are always together," their teacher said in a teasing tone.

"Gray-kun's courting Lucy-san!" their classmates, Yukino, a girl with short white hair announced in a teasing tone, causing their classmates give them teasing "ayyyiiiieee"s and teasingly elbow the two.

"Just say yes Lu-Chan!" Levy shouted, and the others quickly shouted their agreement, making the two blush. Their teacher just laughed at her favorite class.

"Go get 'em, droopy!" Natsu cheered, making Gray give him a death glare. (a/n: I'm describing our English period. Yeah, this is how me and my classmates are… including our teacher… actually, almost all of our teachers are like this. They just love teasing us)

"uhm… I thought we were here to learn… not you know… what ever it is you guys are doing right now," Lucy mumbled.

"Well, as your 2nd mother, it's my job to make sure that you make the right decision on who you're dating," Laki-sensei said.

Since when did a teacher's job description involve match making their students? The two teens asked themselves as they mentally sweat dropped.

Their entire class spent the next hour teasing their classmates, while the others kept irritating Sting by saying…

"Ooohh… too bad, Sting… looks like the best friend's gonna be the boyfriend" Gray managed to steal a glance at his best friend's ex and saw that he was glaring daggers at him.

Serves you right, bastard! Remember, you're the one that called it off he thought and a smirk made it's way to his lips, pissing the blonde boy even more.

Sting's P.O.V.

Baka! Bastard! I had her first! I just called it off because I needed my space, then he goes staling her!

"Bro, are you okay?" my best friend, Rouge asked me.

"No, I'm absolutely NOT okay!" I answered him, he didn't look surprised though… but then again, you can never really read what's going on in that guy's mind.

"Lucy?" he asked me… he always knew what I was thinking…

"Hey, she trusts you, right?" I asked him. I saw the two of them talking about something while she was heading to the gym for their cheer practice, I'm guessing that they're on good terms.

"Yeah, I think so…" he answered, but his tone indicated that he wasn't sure… well, that was close enough for me… then I whispered something in his ear.

"Are you sure about that?" he asked me, once he heard my plan, to which I nodded.

"I don't like it," he said, as if warning me of something.

"Well I don't care what you think. As long s I get what I want then I'm good," I answered and he just shook his head.

If there's one thing I know about Rouge, is that he isn't my biggest fan where it comes to my schemes and he also hates betraying others… but he's my best friend, so… I guess that's the reason why he goes along with them, though he always warns me about 'the consequences' but I never really listen.

After n hour of annoying classmates teasing MY girl with her best friend, the bell finally rang, and I nodded to Rouge, signaling him that it's time. He just sighed and shook his head, but followed the target as I told him. I owe that guy big time

Hhhmm… I wonder what Sting's up to… stay tuned to the next chapter minna! Oh, and sorry for the late update.. )