I roll my eyes at her comment. "Free food eh?"
She nods her head. "Wow. At least you have your priorities straight." She nods her head.
I pick up the phone only to get an earful of blaring horns. I immediately move the phone from my ear.
"Oww the hell?" I place the phone a little way from my ear as the cars settle down. "Sting? Hello?"
"Hey." He yells into the phone.
"Where the hell are you? Why are there so many cars blaring their horns." Sting goes quiet as the horns pick up again.
You could hear it loud and clear like I had the phone on speaker. Levy looks at me and then at the phone.
"What the hell is going on?" She questions.
I shrug my shoulders and hear Sting's voice again.
"Sting?"
"Yeah."
"Where are you?"
"...we, uh, are stuck..." The horns keep going as angry adults start yelling.
"Stuck? Was there a car accident or something." I ask. "Or did some middle-age man walk in the middle of traffic thinking that he was a Jedi and had the power?"
"No, no, worse." He responds.
"Worse? That was a joke."
"There is a man dressed as a stormtrooper holding a baby Yoda, yelling at Mario and his crew in go-karts, as there in the background is a fallen Minion floaty." As he explains, my brain starts to imagine the scenario. Noticing how idiotic this stuff sounds I asked them to send a photo. I get the photo not a second later. And can I say...what the fuck.
" going to order as you get yourself out of that...stuff..." I hung up the phone and ordered.
"Was that them?" Levy asks as the waiter walks away.
"Yep and you wouldn't believe what they're doing."
"By that expression on your face... something ridiculous?" I pass her the phone with the photo visible.
"...how does this happen?" She's utterly confused.
"It's humanity...what the heck do you expect." I take a sip of my drink.
A few minutes later, Sting and Rogue arrive. The waiter takes their order as we mingle with each other.
"So how was the traffic jam?"
They looked at me and laughed. "It seemed that Mario and his crew were wanting baby Yoda to join their team but it didn't work out and the minion was something entirely different."
We all laughed. After we got comfortable, it was time to start the meeting.
"Attention peasants, I have some interesting information" I started off.
"Wow okay miss peasant," Sting says back as he slightly bows. I chuckle.
"Okay so, the reason I called us trash to this place is to gossip about my trashy but interesting life."
"Your life?" Rogue asked, uninterested.
"Yes, trash bag! My all too real tv-drama life."
"Wow, I'm a trash bag…"
"Shut it! I, the queen of trash, are talking!" I smile. "Trash can and Dumpster listen up. I'm not going to repeat myself."
"Wait who am I?" Sting asks.
"Dumpster." All three of us say.
"That messed up guys." Stings pout.
"Okay miss trashy. What's your tv-drama?" Levy rests her head on her hands.
I stand up and pose dramatically. "My family and I are going to a dinner meeting with my soon-to-be-husband."
They go silent. Their gears turn trying to understand the words that came out of my mouth.
"Uh, guys?"
"WHATT?!" They stare at me in awe.
"Shut the hell up, guys. You're too loud." I quiet them down as I see staring eyes our way after that sudden outburst.
I sit back down and take a sip of my drink.
"What the hell, Lucy!" Levy says as Sting and Rogue are still stunned by the information that just slapped them in the face.
"What?" I take another sip of my drink.
"What do you mean by what?! Husband? FUTURE HUSBAND? What type of romance shit is this?!" She exclaims as she looks at me crazy.
"Well, you see..." I explain everything that has happened so far.
"So you're telling me that your mom promised her best friend.." Levy says.
"That their children will get married..." Rogue adds.
"And that it can't be stopped because your mother says that she ships it already?" Sting finishes.
"And that this total idiot is a delinquent little piece of shit who is next in line to become president of their company that you need to fix." They say in unison.
"Well, that sums it up."
"When is the wedding?" Sting asked.
"Umm in one week..." I say nervously.
They all facepalm. They ask me why I didn't say this earlier and that they could've helped prepare for this dumb stuff. But they said through any hardships that I face with that idiot, that they will have my back and help me through it. Now after all that serious talk I began to tell the truth about what's been happening to me at school.
Let me tell you when I told them, they looked like they were ready to kill. And I mean, their eyes showed so much anger that you could feel the tension in the air.
As to calm them down, I asked them to go to an arcade before I leave home. And of course, they all said yes. So we headed to the arcade, making jokes and laughing with each other. We played a few games and then we all left home. Levy and I walked as we kept laughing and giggling about stupid shit.
"Okay, I got one," I say.
"Bring it." We're giving each other facts that will make you think hard about them.
"Alright, drinking water with a minty mouth is the cold version of spicy."
"...Now that I think about it..why is chili hot except cold?"
"It must suck to be an air conditioner repairman. You spend your day working in buildings that have no air conditioning. When it's fixed and finally cool, you leave."
"Watching a graduation ceremony is like sitting through a movie that entirely ends credits." We go back and forth, giving facts that make us actually think.
"Okay okay, one more. If you drew a dick on a vampire's face while they were sleeping, they'd never find out about it." I started to laugh.
"That must suck." I keep laughing as we approach her home.
"Well, this is it. I have to go to that dinner now..." I sigh knowing it is not going to go well.
"Don't worry we got your back! Don't forget I'm a black belt in taekwondo!" She goes into a fighting stance.
I laugh and thank her. I then say my goodbyes and head home to get ready for dinner. I open the door to see my mom waiting for me.
"Where have you been?!" She questions me.
"With my friends, Mom."
"Well hurry up and get dressed. We're going to be late." She orders me.
I hurried upstairs to wear the outfit I picked out. A black and white dress, having top half black and the bottom white with black roses. I put on black heels and grab a small handbag. I brush my hair and put a ribbon in my hair which is braided in one braid to the side. I look in the mirror and rush down the stairs.
"Ah, my baby looks beautiful." Mom swoons over me.
"Too beautiful..." I hear Dad say under his breath.
We get into the car and drive to the Dragneel's House, which is huge! It's bigger than ours, way bigger. We enter the gate to see the Dragneels waiting for us.
"Layla, it's so nice to see you!" Grandine says.
"Same here. You look great!" Mom replies.
"Aww same to you. Oh is that your daughter?" She asks.
Mom gives me a stare to introduce myself.
"Good evening ma'am. My name is Lucy Heartfilia." I greet her.
"Ah, what a gorgeous little thing! Please call me Grandine since Thursday you'll be part of our family." She says with a smile.
I smile back. Grandine goes back to talking with Mom and I see Dad and just regretting life decisions. We go in and enter the dining room. We all sit down and dinner is served. We mingle and chat as I don't see their son anywhere. He didn't greet us and he's not at the table. "Grandine, where is your son?" Mom asked and I felt her tense up. So tense that Grandine bends the metal spoon in her hand.
"Oh, my son? He's not joining us for dinner." Grandine says.
"Oh, why is that?" Mom just had to ask.
Before she answered, the door slammed open and all of us looked towards that direction. My eyes open wide to see Natsu standing in the doorway.
"Yah, Natsu why are you here!" Grandine yells at him.
As the information starts to click in, Natsu makes eye contact with me.
"Mom, what the hell is going on?" He asked in an angered tone.
"Nothing, now leave," Igneel says as he stands up and walks out with Natsu shutting the door.
As everything goes silent a light bulb goes off in my head.
'WHAT?! NATSU IS THE ONE I'M GOING TO MARRY?!'
