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Oh and after note. I DO NOT THINK THAT SUICIDING WILL GET RID OF YOUR PROBLEMS. I DO NOT SUPPORT SUICIDING IN ANY WAY AND I DO NOT THINK YOU SHOULD THROW AWAY YOUR PRECIOUS LIFE IF SOMEONE WISH IT OFF. That was for entertainment purposes ONLY.

I'm sorry! This chapter is soooo late D: I'm sorry! Don't kill me. *Runs away screaming*

On another note, my braces hurt so much I can't chew. Yay. *twitch*

"Natsu!"

I stop. Why would she be calling out to me of all people?

"Sup, Lucy?" I ask, turning around.

She's running to catch up with me, her hair whipping in the wind.

She huffs when she finally reaches me. "Listen, we need a summary of our story tomorrow... I don't know if I'll be in school tomorrow."

"Okay." I look at her strangely. What is she getting at?

"Can we meet up sometime today?"

No, that'll mess up my schedule. "Sure, how about now?" I hear myself say and give myself a mental facepalm. What am I doing!?

"Cool. I don't really want to meet at my house..." Good, neither do I. "I loathe that place." I raise my eyebrows at that.

"How about at the coffee shop close by?" I refuse to take her to my house.

"Sure."

We walk in silence as rain starts to pour heavily out of no where. "Dammit!" she yells. "My hair!"

I laugh. "You're one of those girls, are you?"

She stares at me. "You're a prissy type of girl," I explain with a smirk.

She glares at me and then picks up a bit of mud and throws it at me. It lands on my cheek and she bursts out laughing. It's my turn to glare. I pick up mud and throw it at her and it lands in her hair. This has me snickering. "I think that's more of a reason to cry about your hair."

"I WAS NOT CRYING!" she yells and I feel mud splatter onto me again.

"That's it, Heartfilia! No more Mr. Niceguy!" She chuckles at that.

"You never were Mr. Niceguy!"

I grab more brown muck and throw it at her.

Soon, we have a full fledged mud-fight going on and we're hooting with laughter. It's like we're best friends instead of worst enemies. As mud flies in all directions and passersby stop to glare at us, I realize this is the most fun I've had in a long time, and it's with the girl I hate. Finally we both realize that we have work to do.

I look down at my clothes. "I don't exactly think we can go to the coffee shop in this state..."

She sniggers. "Obviously not."

I give her a small smile. "I'll walk you home and we can talk about the plot on the way."

The rain is now a light fog. She walks close to the river, balancing on the edge. "You're going to fall in!" I warn her. I know she can't swim. Everyone in the school knows. The cheerleader that can't swim? Scandalous!

She waves it off. "I do this all the time."

"So, what do you want to do for the story?" I ask her.

She shrugs. "Honestly, I was thinking a school life sort of thing."

I nod. "Okay, sure."

Lucy smiles but I can barely see it through the slowly thickening fog even though she is only a few feet away from me.

"We can make it based off our own life..." she says softly.

I look at her in disbelief. "W-what do you mean...?"

I can't see her anymore. "Never mind," she whispers. And then she screams. A splash cuts through the fog and I realize what's happened.

Without a second thought I jump into the river. "Lucy!" I cry out.

No response. "LUCY!" I yell again, this time louder.

Again, nothing. Please, please, please, please let this be another one of her pranks!

I can't see anything in this damn fog, much less Lucy. I dive underneath the surface of the river, but it's not as clear as it once was. Now, it's brown waters make it hard to see. A Mountain Dew can hits me in the head and then speeds away. I resurface. It's been a minute and I don't know how long Lucy will be able to survive down there.

And then I feel a something grab my leg and pull on it. I struggle against it and it's grip loosens. I kick it and it slips away.

Realization hits me like a lightning bolt. That was Lucy. I dive under and see a blob floating away, unconscious. I grab it and pull it up to the surface. The mist finally clears and if this wasn't so traumatic, I would laugh at how the world hates me. I drag her to the bank of the river and she starts to cough. Water gushes from her mouth. I pump at her chest, her survival the only thing on my mind. "C'mon! C'mon!" I mutter.

Water stops gushing and she lays still. Maybe she needs…mouth to mouth CPR… I lean in. I close my eyes. I've never kissed someone before… I stop a centimeter from her mouth. My lips tingle with the certainty of whats coming and just being so close to her. And then I hear, "Natsu."

I jump back, realizing just how weird that must've looked. My eyes widen. My palms between her breasts and looking like I was about to kiss her might give off the wrong impression...

I gulp. "Um…hi…Lucy…"

"You pervert! What were you doing!?" Her voice is raw and she winces at every word. "Trying to take advantage of my unconsciousness and kiss me!?"

"Wow. You're welcome. I was just trying to save your life." I roll my eyes.

To my great surprise, she just nods. Then, to my greater surprise, she stretches her hands out and whispers, "I'm so cold."

I look at her hands and then look at her. Finally, I sigh. I mutter under my breath, "You already saved her life. What do you have to lose?"

Your pride.

I ignore the nagging voice in my head and take her into my arms. She places her hands against my chest and presses herself into me, not caring how weird this looks. She shivers, "You're so hot. It's not human!"

I smirk. "You're just realizing? It didn't take the other girls in the school half as long as you."

I can practically feel her roll her eyes. "Idiot," she mutters.

"Ha! Look who's talking!"

"Okay," she peers up at me and I scoff. As I stare into her captivating brown eyes, my heart starts to pound a little faster. I push her away, reminding myself that she's the daughter of the monster that's been running and ruining my life.

She looks at me sadly, her blue lips trembling. "I'm still cold!" she complains.

"Too bad. But I wouldn't mind warming your lips," I tease.

She gasps, "So you were trying to kiss me!?"

"Like I'd choose you over someone like Lisanna."

She rolls her eyes and huffs. I grin.

"Good. It's nice to know you aren't really hitting on my girlfriend." Lucy and I turn our heads sharply and look towards the source of the voice.

I stand. "Sting." I narrow my eyes. Sting's from Sabertooth High, our rival school. He and I…let's just say we're not on the best terms. Especially since his school has trashed mine in basketball for seven years in a row and I'm the star player on the Fairies and he's the star player on the Sabertooths. But Lucy hates him, too.

He grabs her roughly by the arm and pulls her up and she shrieks. "Stop it, Sting! That hurts!" she complains, but he does nothing.

"She said it hurts," I glare daggers at him.

He stares at me. "I heard her."

"Then get off her," I yell and shove him. He stumbles and let's go of Lucy.

"Oh, you'll pay for that."

"Haha, right. You're so weak a—" I don't get to finish my insult. A punch in the mouth cuts off my desire to speak. I land on my butt and give off a small, "Oof!"

I stand up and brush off the dirt and then spit blood in his face. It lands on his cheek and he looks mortified. His wide eyes narrow and animosity colors them. He elbows me in the eye and I knee him in the stomach. We both separate, panting. That'll leave a mark! I think. I hold my eye as it starts to swell. I don't see Sting as he grabs me from behind and slams me into the ground. Blood spurts from my cheek as he puts his knee on my head and holds my arms.

I manage to wiggle around and I slam my fist in his already wounded gut. He gasps and holds it. I use this distraction to stand up and kick him in the face. He falls to the ground and I swing again. But this time he's ready. He grabs my leg and pulls on it. My other leg flies out from underneath me and I fall to the ground again.

All the breath whooshes out of me and I can't breathe. I'm trying to remember how when Sting punches my bloody cheek. He comes again and I roll out of the way, finally remembering the simple motion of in and out. I kneel on one knee and face him. He jumps and I roll again. When he lands, I pounce on top of him and get him in a head lock and let him thrash a little before shoving him into the river.

"Have a nice swim, Eucliffe!" I yell at him.

"Natsu!" Lucy shouts and I turn to her.

"What?" Frankly, I forgot she was there. She didn't really do anything in the whole fight.

She looks really angry which freaks me out. I throw my hands up. "DON'T KILL ME!"

She sighs and then a small smile appears on her lips. She starts to laugh breathlessly and I stare at her. And as suddenly as it started, it stops. "Oh, Natsu! Your eye!"

I realize my eye is swelled shut and I have cuts all over my body. I sag slightly and sway. "I'm okay," I mutter.

She shakes her head. "No your not. I'll be back soon. I'll go home and get one of my maids to drive us to my dad's hospit—"

"NO!" I say too quickly. "I'm fine! Really!"

She stares at me and then sighs. "Boys. Fine, go. I have to wait for my damn boyfriend anyway."

"Why do you date him?"

"You wouldn't understand."

The look on her face tells me that's the end of that conversation.

Sorry, I know it's short. I'm sorry. I really am! I'd promise that the next chapter'll come out sooner, but I can't. *Winces* School….

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