Hi! This is Chapter 1 of Seating Plan. I hope you enjoy. I've wanted to start a story like this for ages and I've finally done it so here we go!

Lucy blanched as she read this year's new timetable. What kind of Karma was this? Chemistry first lesson on a Monday! How on earth would she survive?

It was the first day after the summer holidays and Lucy was not looking forward to it.

She resisted the urge to punch the air, that lesson also drove her to the points of tears. Nothing could make it bearable.

The ringing of the bell sounded out and the blonde begrudgingly accepted her fate. She started walking to where her class would be, her feet going much faster than she wanted.

Maybe, just maybe, Levy or Erza would be in her class! Then she could at least get some help from Levy since she seems to be a genius at every single subject.

The classroom was up ahead and she took a deep breath before willingly walking into hell. This would be it. An entire hour of torture, and there's no going back.

Lucy entered and the first thing she noticed was her blue-haired friend sitting at a desk with an incredibly scary looking guy. He had long dark black hair and piercings adorned his face and his arms. Why was Levy sitting with this guy?! He gave her the creeps.

Levy caught her eye, and she gestured to the board and that's when Lucy saw it. A seating plan. This was the worst possible thing that could happen. Who knows who she'll be forced to sit next to for the entire year?! Her palms began to sweat as she walked closer to the board.

Natsu Dragneel?

Who the hell is that? Lucy sketchily eyed her assigned desk and alas there was no Natsu yet. She sat down and put her head on the desk. There was nothing she wanted to do less than sit next to some random guy in her most hated class.

"Lu-igi? That's a weird name," An obnoxiously loud voice made Lucy's head snap up.

A boy with unruly pink hair stood at the board, seemingly pointing at her name. What the heck?! His face turned around to then look directly at her, "Yo!"

He walked over and took a seat carelessly next to her, "Guess we're seat mates for the year, Luigi!" He shot her a sunny grin.

"The name's Lucy!" She yelled with a vein popping out of her forehead. Geez, this guy couldn't even get her name right.

He tilted his head, confused. "Lucy?" he said it as if he was testing out the name. "Y'know what, I think I prefer Luigi." He deadpanned.

This guy was incredibly annoying.

"So, how good are ya at chemistry?" Lucy tilted her head curiously at him, "Cause' I'm not great, so I might need to copy,"

"There is no way in hell I'm letting you copy me! Not after that name stunt you just pulled," She crossed her arms childishly.

"Aw, come on, Luce. That was ages ago now, the past is in the past!" He whined and the blonde side-eyed him. Natsu started to make puppy dog eyes at her and she couldn't help but think he looked kinda cute.

A tiny blush formed on her cheeks, "Geez, fine. But you owe me, Natsu Dragneel."

He nodded swiftly with his hands together, almost like he was praying to her as if she was some sort of god. "Oh my god, stop! That's so embarrassing!" She waved her hands around wildly trying to make him stop and he just laughed at her. They got a few weird looks from their classmates but they didn't notice.

The class shortly started but that didn't stop Natsu from talking to her and annoying her the entire time the teacher was speaking.

Finally, they were assigned a task and the teacher stopped talking.

"Natsu, you are so irritating! I'm surprised he didn't catch you talking," Lucy looked at him sternly but he just shrugged at her with no care in the world.

"Because I'm a ninja!" The boy whisperered with excitement as he wrapped his white scaly scarf around his face, trying to resemble a ninja.

"You're not funny," Lucy said whilst trying (failing) to hold her laughter in.

"You laughed!" He exclaimed and pointed at her.

"Yeah?"

"I just thought ya were gonna be moody the whole time, Luce." Natsu grinned at her widely and the tick appeared on her forehead once again.

"Hey-" she was cut off by him speaking again.

"You have a nice laugh, you should show it more often," he said it nonchalantly and just continued rocking back and forth on his chair.

Lucy's face turned pink, "Don't just butt in when someone's speaking, idiot." But her voice was soft and her words were meaningless.

Eventually, the class came to an end and the pair parted ways with a simple wave.

Lucy thought he was incredibly annoying, and she probably wouldn't survive being sat next to him for the rest of the year, but he was okay. He seemed like a good guy.

Natsu greeted his friends at their usual table, "Hey guys!" The boy's all looked up from their lunches and returned their greetings. "What's up?"

"Nothing much. This idiot is complaint about his stalker yet again," Gajeel snickered and Natsu joined.

"Hey! Don't laugh! It's a genuine problem," Gray moaned.

"Why don't you just let her down gently?" Jellal, the voice of reason in the group, answered.

"I tried to! She wouldn't take the hint, man!"

"Why don't you just give her a chance then?" Natsu asked curiously.

"Salamander's right, Juvia's a cool girl, she's just a little overwhelming at times," Gajeel agreed.

Gray just shrugged, "I don't know, but I think we should all be talking about Jellal's absolutely massive crush on Erza."

The boys all laughed whilst the bluenette just turned red.

"Yeah, Jellal, when are ya gonna ask her out?"

"I'm not."

"What?! Why?! You're clearly head over heels for the monster!"

"I can't," Jellal gritted his teeth, "I'm nowhere near good enough for her." All the boy's looked down at their foods in silence. "But I'm working to become a better man so I can be with her," he added quietly.

Natsu cheered, "You're the man, Jellal!" Everyone laughed and the chatter continued as normal.

"Oi, Salamander. Didn't you get sat next to bunnygirl in chemistry?"

"Bunnygirl?" Natsu asked in confusion, "You mean Lucy?"

"Yeah, bunnygirl, she looks like a bunny."

Natsu blanched, "Wow, you really want all out on the creative nickname metal head."

"Like you could do better!" Gajeel roared, his head already butted against the other boys.

"Hell yeah I could! That's the lamest nickname ever! For w girl so pretty there's so many better names you could call her dumbass!"

All the boys stared at him in surprise and Natsu soon realised his mistake.

"I didn't realise you actually found women attractive, Natsu." Jellal said.

"Well I haven't really before that much," Natsu blushed, "but Lucy's different. She's so loud though," They all just sweatdropped. They should've known better, this was Natsu after all.

But what they didn't know was that Natsu didn't mind loud.

Thank you for reading the first chapter! I'm planning on this being multi-chaptered so make sure you follow this story! :) Feel free to review, I'd really appreciate it!