Chapter 24: Making exciting plans
XxX at the Heartfilia household…
It was now 7 am on Monday morning and Lucy's wake up alarm had just gone off. She groaned as he reached her hand out to turn it off. Once it was off, she slowly sat up in bed and thought for a moment.
"So I guess it's going to be an empty house for a while huh?" She thought to herself.
She was still trying to comprehend all of the news that her father had told her yesterday over the phone. She was worried about her mother, but she knew that Layla was strong and would get through this. She just needed to focus on her studies and work in order to show her parents that they have nothing to worry about. After about 5 minutes of sitting in bed think she got up and made her way downstairs.
She entered the kitchen and quickly made herself some breakfast, and her lunch for school. Once everything was done, she then started to get ready for school. After about 20 minutes later Lucy was all dressed and her school bag was packed, all that was left to do was put on her shoes and a sweater and she was good to go. She checked her phone, it was 8:10 am.
"Oh I'm five minutes early" She said.
She shrugged and opened the door. Once she stepped out, she noticed that Natsu was already out and standing in front of his house. He was looking at something on his phone, so he didn't see her. She locked her door and made her way over to him.
"Morning Natsu" Said Lucy as she was walking up to him.
There was no response from him. "That's weird" Thought Lucy.
She tried again.
"Hi Natsu" she said.
Again, no answer. She decided to tap him on the arm. Natsu turned around immediately and Lucy saw that he had earphones in.
"Morning Lucy" Said Natsu with his usually grin.
Lucy smiled back at him. "Morning…..and uhhh…thanks for agreeing to walk together" Said Lucy.
"Yeah no problem" he replied.
Silence fell upon them. "Uhhh should we get going" Said Natsu breaking the silence. Lucy nodded and they started to make their way.
It seemed a bit awkward as they were walking. Neither of them was saying anything. Natsu started to think as they walked side by side.
" Hmmm I don't get it, she wanted to walk together because she wanted to talk to me about something….or maybe she asked me to do it so she could feel safe?" He thought.
They were nearing a crosswalk as Lucy spoke up. "Hey Natsu?" Said Lucy.
"Yeah? What's up?" Natsu said back.
Lucy was bit hesitant at first, "Would it be ok, if we could also meet at the same time tomorrow morning and walk together again?" She asked.
Natsu's eyes widened a bit from hearing her question.
"Y yeah sure t that sounds g g good" he said as his voiced trembled. He was starting to get nervous.
"Calm down Natsu, it's not like she asked you something more serious" He though.
"This is normal, friends usually walk to school together right? Then again when I think about it, don't females friends walk together and male friends go together…right?" He thought.
"I'm just over thinking it!" he thought. Lucy noticed that Natsu seemed a bit thrown off from her question.
" You alright?" Asked Lucy.
Natsu snapped out of his own mental conversation and looked at her.
"huh? Oh uh yeah I'm all good" he said back.
"Ok, I'm glad" She said.
Natsu could feel his face heating up "Clam down Natsu!" he though. After that Lucy started to talk more, but she just talked about the homework and weekend reading they were given, Natsu listened to her carefully.
XxX At Magnolia high….
After about 15 minutes of walking they reached school and made their way through the front gate and towards the school doors. They entered the school and started to walk towards their lockers.
"Oh I just remembered that I have to go to the office before class starts" Said Lucy.
"Oh is something wrong?" Asked Natsu.
Just then Lucy froze in her steps for a moment. "No….I just need to speak to our English teacher about something" Said Lucy.
"Alright see you in class" Said Natsu as he turned around and started to walk away.
Lucy continued her way towards the office, and as she walked she thought about how she should have talked more to Natsu.
"Why was I staying silent? I'm the one who asked him if we could walk together and I couldn't strike up an interesting conversation" she thought.
Lucy walked passes the office and ended up walking through the whole school while lost in thought. She quickly made her way back towards her homeroom classroom since class was going to start in 5 minutes. She walked into the classroom and Levy immediately calls her over.
"Hey Lucy!" she said as she waved her hand gesturing Lucy to come over. Lucy walks over and noticed that Natsu was talking to Gray and Loki.
"Morning Levy" said Lucy.
"Morning Lu, how are you doing?" Asked Levy.
"I'm alright" Said Lucy. Levy could tell that Lucy was hiding something.
"You sure?" Asked Levy.
Lucy was silent as she thought about it for a moment. "I'll tell you about it later" Said Lucy and Levy nodded.
"Alright" Said Levy. The bell rang and Lucy went to her seat and got ready for attendance.
After attendance was taken, they then proceeded into the lesson. After the first lesson was done, the class went to their next lesson and they continued until lunch. Natsu had not spoken to Lucy since they parted ways in the hallway that morning.
XxX In the cafeteria…..
Lucy slowly made her way over to a table where all her classmates were. "Hey Lucy, how are you today?" asked Mira as she sat down.
Lucy looked at Mira, "I'm fine, you?" She asked back.
Mira smiled "That's good to hear, so how was your weekend?" Asked Mira. Lucy was silent for a moment…."It was alright…" She said.
Lucy thought about everything that happened and Levy could see that Lucy did not want to talk about it.
"So anyways, how is your work schedule this week?" Asked Levy.
"I'm working tomorrow evening, and Thursday evening" Said Lucy.
Levy smiled, "Great, so you want to do something on the weekend?" Asked Levy.
"Like what?" Asked Mira.
"Well we could do anything" said Levy. They were all silent as they thought.
"Oh I know!" said Lisanna.
They turned to look at her. "Let's have a sleepover!" Said Lisanna.
"Oh yes! I have not had one is a long time!" Said Mira.
"Oh, that does sound like fun!" Said Levy.
"What do you say Lucy?" Asked Lisanna.
"Yes, that sounds like a lot of fun" Lucy said with a smile.
She was starting to feel better while talking to her friends. "I Just need to take some time for myself and sort things out" She thought.
"Alright, so when is best to do it? Friday onto Saturday or Saturday onto Sunday?" Asked Levy.
"Friday onto Saturday! We can go right after school finishes!" Said Lisanna.
"Yeah, that does sound like the best option" Said Lucy.
"OK, so…who's place are we going to have it at?" Asked Levy.
Once again, they were silent in thought. "I mean we could ask our parents if they are alright with it" Said Mira.
"Are you sure, I could ask my parents" Said Levy.
"Well I mean I'm sure our parents will be fine with it, besides our brother Elfman, is going out of town this weekend for a wrestling tournament" Explained Mira.
"Elfman does wrestling?" Asked Lucy.
"yep, he's on the school team" Said Lisanna.
Lucy though for a moment. "I mean how about you guys come over to my place, my parents are still out of town, so we get the whole house to yourselves" explained Lucy.
"Really? That's great! Well not the fact that your parents are still away, but the fact that we get the whole house!" Exclaimed Lisanna.
"Yes I don't' mind at all, we can even invite some more people if you guys want" Said Lucy.
"Any thoughts?" Asked Levy.
"Well, we can invite Erza, I know she would enjoy it" Said Mira.
They nodded. "How about we also invite Juvia? I want to get to know her better" Said Lucy.
"Oh good idea, she's really nice trust me, it just takes a it of time for her to really trust people" Said Levy.
"Now I'm getting super excited for Friday!" Said Lisanna.
"Oh I know, how about we all go to a café after school and talk about the details for Friday, we can also bring Erza and Juvia with us" said Mira.
"Good idea" Said Lucy. They continued to talk about this topic for the rest of lunch.
Before they knew it, lunch was over and it was now time for the next class, which was calculus.
XxX In the classroom…
Lucy and Levy walked into class together and sat next to each other. Lucy looked around the classroom and saw that Natsu was sitting at the back of the class next to Loki and they were talking about something. She didn't realise that she was staring at him when she noticed that Natsu looked a bit confused at her, and then she immediately looked away.
"That was embarrassing!" Thought Lucy. She turned her attention back to Levy and they spoke until the lesson started.
Hey guys! What's up? How you doing? How was this chapter? Hope you enjoyed it and feel free to leave me any comments or suggestions for future chapters. I think I have some free time this week so hopefully I will be able to get out maybe another two chapters! Woohoo! Anyways….have a good day, night or whatever time it is where you are and remember….FAIRY TAIL FOR LIFE!
