Chapter 11
Lucy was silent throughout the class when the bell rang signaling them to their 5th period. This was the class Lucy had everyone with, P.E. Those people included Levy, Lisanna, Gajeel, Erza, Natsu, Gray, Jellal, Juvia, Loke, and Cana.
Lucy got up from her seat and started walking to class with Jellal and Levy who were currently arguing on who was to ask Lucy if she was okay with everything.
"Jellal you ask her" Levy whispered to Jellal.
"The last time I talked to her when she was upset I ended up with a nose bleed" Jellal retorted back.
"Well I already asked her during class, it's your turn!" Levy said
"You know I can hear you guys right?" Lucy said eyeing them. This caused both to jump at her sudden remark.
Lucy laughed and said, "I'm not going to hurt you guys you can calm down, and as for the answer to your question, yes I'm alright" Lucy said as she went in the girls locker room.
Levy gave a worried look to Jellal while Jellal did the same. Levy then went in the locker room following behind Lucy.
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Lucy was changing to her Fairy Tail P.E uniform that was of black shorts and a white shirt that said "Physical Education" in the middle and had the schools logo on the left breast side. She tied her hair to a pony tail and put her black converse on. She quickly left to the bathroom and as soon as she sat to do her business they called for the girls to go into the gym leaving Lucy alone in the locker room.
"Shit, oh well. Might as well not go at all." Lucy said to herself but soon someone replied to her.
"Oh no, you're going. Even if I have to stay here till you come out." A stern voice said.
Just my lucky day, Lucy thought while rolling her eyes. Lucy then got up from the seat and as soon as she opened the stall she was greeted by the scarlet haired girl.
"Erza, to what do I owe the pleasure?" Lucy said while going to the sink and washing her hands.
"I saw that you weren't out there yet so I came to check on you to see if you were skipping." Erza said looking at the blonde through the mirror.
Lucy glanced up and looked at the red head through the mirror as she turned off the faucet and grabbed a paper towel to dry her hands.
"Thanks for your concern Erza but I think you should worry about yourself before you can even begin to worry about others" Lucy said while tossing the napkin to the trash.
"I like to put others before me. It's what I do and I think there is nothing wrong with that." Erza said while chuckling.
Lucy frowned and said, "I get that you would put family before yourself and even friends, but to put someone like me before yourself? That's just a little off. Considering that we're not even friends or don't even know anything about each other."
Erza was shocked, the blonde did have a point. She then gave a smile and said, "Friend or not I think that putting someone other than yourself before you could make a difference with that person"
There was silence until Erza said "We better get to the gym now, we wouldn't want Gildarts to give us an extra mile to run". She then got out of the room making her way to the gym
Lucy chuckled and said "I'm pretty sure he's still going to give us an extra mile either way Erza" also making a way out.
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"Heartfilia and Scarlet huh? I would understand Heartfilia for being late, but you Scarlet?" Gildarts said to the both girls who walked in.
Gildarts:
Usually I wouldn't mention anything about teachers but I have to explain some things about him. Gildarts was the father of non-other than Cana Alberona. He always tried to baby her and embarrass her in front of the whole class and eventually Cana would give a death glare to her father that would shut anyone up.
"I was making sure Lucy didn't skip out on her Physical Education." Erza said while crossing her arms. Lucy just rolled her eyes.
Gildarts looked at the two and said "Alright, but next time, you both are running. You hear me Heartfilia?"
"Nope, couldn't hear a thing" Lucy said while walking towards Levy, Jellal, and Cana sitting on the first row of the bleachers.
She sat in between Levy and Cana ignoring a certain salmon head boy that was at the top row staring at her since she walked in.
"Today Maggots we'll be doing volleyball. I'm going to set you up into teams and we'll take it from there"
Everyone stood up waiting for Gildarts instructions.
"On the right side I want Lisanna right forward, Juvia right back, Redfox center back, Elfman left back, Fernandez left forward, and Dragneel center forward."
Elfman Strauss:
Lisanna's older brother. He was always over protected with his sister, even with his eldest one Mira. He used to be one of the weakest guys in the school and would be constantly bullied by others, till one summer he decided to lift weights. When we came back our junior year he was now known as the strongest guy in the whole school. The way he talked changed also. He always added "real man" to every sentence he said.
The team made their way to the spot after their name was called.
"Juvia is sad that she didn't get to be in a team with Gray" Juvia said while having a depressing expression.
"We don't need Gray, he would probably hold us back anyways" Gajeel said to Juvia.
"Oh yea? What if you're the one to hold us back steel face" Natsu said while snickering to Gajeel
"What did you call me? How about saying it a little louder salamander" Gajeel said to Natsu
Natsu widened his eyes but soon gave a glare to Gajeel and said "How about you don't call me that at all. As far as I'm concerned, that name doesn't exist around here"
They both just stared at each other until they were interrupted.
"Natsu! We get to be on a team!" Lisanna said excitedly while clinging on to Natsu's arm. Natsu smiled at his childhood friend and said "Yea, exciting huh?"
"A real man will not let the others fall so I'll be the one bringing this team up" Elfman said while walking to his place. Jellal merely was ignoring the others while also making his way to his position.
"On the left side I want Fullbuster left forward, my baby Cana left back" Cana immediately interrupted her father and said, "DON'T CALL ME THAT" the father just ignored her and continued giving the positions. "Levy center back, Loke right back, Scarlet right forward, and Heartfilia center forward".
Everyone started moving to their places, except for a certain blonde that stayed in her place.
"Heartfilia get to your spot." Gildarts said to Lucy.
"Sorry, I'm not allowed to do any kind of physical activities during my recovery, doctor's orders." Lucy said while crossing her leg over the other and leaning her chin on her hand.
"Like id fall for that. Get to your place or ill fail you Heartfilia" Gildarts said.
Lucy groaned and got up from her place walking over to where she was assigned to, right between Erza and Gray. Oh but there's someone else that was right in front of her giving her his famous smirk, Natsu.
There were about to start their game till Gildarts phone started ringing from his office.
"First I'll let you have discuss some things with your teammates while I take this phone call" Gildarts then left to his office leaving the class alone.
Lucy couldn't stand Natsu staring at her any longer so she turned to the boy giving him a scowl and hissed, "Quit staring at me Dragneel before I poke your eyes out and feed them to you"
Natsu just chuckled and started moving forward but stopped right in front of the net separating the two. "How about we make a bet?" Natsu said looking right at Lucy.
"No" Lucy said while crossing her arms over her chest.
"What? You scared you might lose?" Natsu said while grinning.
"I'm not scared Dragneel" Lucy said glaring at the boy.
"Okay, then prove that you're not scared Heartfilia" Natsu said trying to get the girl to agree on it.
"What exactly do you have in mind anyways?" Lucy said.
"If my team wins then I get to take you out on a date." Natsu said with much confidence.
Lucy started blushing again but soon she remembered how Natsu had stolen her first kiss and quickly furrowed her brows and gave Natsu a striking look. "And if my team wins you have to leave me the hell alone." Lucy said firmly.
Natsu was surprised at first but soon went back to his calm expression. "So, we have a deal?" Natsu said while bringing his hand up.
Lucy walked up to the net and firmly took his hand in hers and said "We got a Deal."
Natsu and Lucy both had a devious smile on them and were thinking of ways they can take down the other until Gildarts came back blowing his whistle making them both let go of their hands and returning back to their location.
"Alright, let's get this game started. Natsu's Team will be team A and Lucy's will be team B. The first team to make it to 6 points wins and don't have to run the mile tomorrow." People started cheering at what Gildarts has just announced and then got back to having a determined look on their faces.
Lucy turned and said to her team, "I'm pretty sure y'all don't want to run that mile as much as I do so you better not bring this team down, If not ill kick your ass myself."
"Just pointing this out right now, I'm not so good with sports. I'll try my best though" Levy said nervously.
"Good, cause your serving" Lucy then tossed the ball to the petite girl making her yelp and catch the ball from almost hitting her face.
"Serving!? But I can't even serve!" Levy said while getting more nervous then what she already was.
Lucy let out a sigh and looked towards Gildarts, "Yo coach, can we switch servers?" Lucy said.
Gildarts looked at the blonde seeing if she was up to something but soon gave in and said, "Alright ill allow it, but hurry up and choose someone so we can't start the game already."
Lucy looked around and started thinking of who should take Levy's spot, "Loke, your serving. Make sure to aim right at Gajeel's face" Lucy said while chuckling and turning towards the metal face.
"HOW ABOUT YOU COME SAY IT TO MY FACE BUNNY GIRL" Gajeel yelled over to Lucy.
Lucy just ignored him and took the ball from Levy handing it to Loke.
"I'll do it just to hear that beautiful laugh of yours again" Loke said while taking the ball from Lucy and giving her his sexy smirk at the blonde.
Lucy however didn't do anything since it was now a normal thing for her and realized that nothing will make him stop from flirting.
"Will you guys just start already" Natsu said in an annoyed voice glaring at the two
What the hell got into you Dragneel, Lucy thought while looking back to where Natsu was. She just ignored his comment and went back to her place on the court.
"Ready? Start!" Gildarts said while blowing his whistle.
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There is currently a score of 5-4, Lucy's team being the 5 while Natsu's team behind by one point. Gajeel is currently serving while the others are desperately waiting for him to strike the ball.
"Gray its coming to you, be ready" Lucy said while never losing concentration of Gajeel's movements.
Gray quickly got into a ready position and waited for the ball to approach him, and sure enough it made its way towards him making him hit the ball and causing it to go towards Erza.
"Scarlet it's yours!" Lucy yelled to the red head that was next to her.
"I got it" Erza quickly moved towards the ball striking it down to the other side but Jellal swiftly made his way towards the floor causing the ball to bounce right off his arms and Natsu jumping to strike the ball right down to where Lucy was. Lucy however wasn't fast enough for the action so she ended up hitting the ball off, making it get out of the boundaries.
"Point for Team A, We have a tie. Next point wins the game" Gildarts said.
Everyone was currently on their toes waiting for who the winner was going to be.
I can't lose this bet. Lucy thought with a straight face.
I ain't going down that easy Luce. Natsu thought with a sly smile.
"Ball goes to Team B" Gildarts tossed the ball to Lucy making her catch it and casting it to Loke.
Lucy mouthed the words "Lisanna" wanting Loke to hit towards the white haired girl since she wasn't as good as the others. Loke nodded and looked in the direction of Lisanna and swiftly threw the ball up high and striking it, making it go straight towards where Lisanna stood.
It was then that Natsu moved where Lisanna stood, hitting the ball and making it go over his head and towards Juvia.
"Heading your way Juvia" Natsu said to the blue haired girl. Juvia quickly bumped it causing it go to Elfman. "Elfman" Juvia said.
Elfman quickly hit it making it go to the other side of the net barely making it.
"Gray! Don't let it hit the floor" Lucy yelled. Gray rapidly threw himself to his knees hitting the ball and making it go to the back of him where Cana stood.
"I got this one" Cana said and smacked the ball towards Lucy, "It's all yours".
Lucy was ready to strike it down right into the spot that was open till someone made her lose concentration.
"Hey Luce, have I ever told you that I loved you?" Natsu said in a seductive voice from the other side of the net, Lucy quickly looked towards where Natsu stood and there he was smirking at the blonde. Looks like it worked, Natsu thought.
The ball hit the net making it bounce right back to the other side causing Natsu's team to take the win.
"Winners are Team A!" Gildarts echoed through the gym.
There was cheers and high fiving from the opposite side while the losing team were upset trying to comprehend what got in to Lucy for missing that easy shot.
"What the hell Lucy? What happened to not bringing the team down?" Gray said as he was walking up to Lucy.
"Shut up! Dragneel over there was the one who cheated by distracting me" Lucy said while glaring at a taunting Natsu.
"It doesn't matter anyway, I'll just tell my dad to cool it with the mile" Cana said, then began drinking from her "water bottle".
"Yes it was only just a game, it's not like we got any punishment" Erza said joining with the others.
"I'm just glad I got to be in a team with my gorgeous blonde" Loke said putting an arm over Lucy's shoulder. Lucy however was too tired to move him so she let it be.
"I don't know about you guys but I had fun." Levy said walking towards the group. They were all having a conversation till the other team decided to join them.
"GRAY! Did you see Juvia play? I was playing for you my love. Although Juvia would've like it more if Gray was in Juvia's team" the blue haired girl said while clinging on to Gray's arm.
"Get off of me!" Gray said while trying to get out of Juvia's grasps.
"You did alright shrimp" Gajeel said to Levy while putting an arm over her head.
"I didn't even do anything. And I'm not an arm rest!" Levy said trying to get Gajeel's arm off her head.
"Nice job Erza, wouldn't have expected less from you" Jellal said smiling towards the red head. Erza instantly flushed at his comment and thanked the blue haired boy.
Natsu came in between Loke and Lucy separating the two and said, "Sorry, I need a word with this blonde for a while, do you mind?" Natsu didn't wait for a response since he just walked away while dragging Lucy not too far from the others.
"What do you want Dragneel" Lucy said taking her hand back from Natsu's grasp.
"You lost, I won. Friday after school we'll go on our date" Natsu said smiling towards the blonde.
"You cheated. So the deal is off" Lucy said with her gaze fixed on Natsu.
"Cheated? How so?" Natsu said with a mischievous smile.
"You know exactly how Dragneel. I'm not going anywhere with you, period." Lucy was walking away until Natsu caught her wrist making her stay in her tracks.
"Like I said, Friday ill come pick you up after school. I ain't taking no for an answer babe" Natsu whispered in a husky voice to Lucy gazing at her intensively. The blonde was left speechless and soon a whistle interrupted her trance signaling everyone to get back to the locker room and change out of their gym clothes. Natsu let Lucy's wrist go and but before he left gave a wink to Lucy and walked out the gym.
"What the hell did I get myself into" Lucy said to herself. Levy then walked towards her blonde friend and said, "Let's go Lucy or else we won't have time to change and we'll be late to class." She grabbed Lucy's hand and started to tug her to the girl's locker room.
