Chapter 5

"Lucy!" pause "Lucy!" that was her mother "Your dad's leaving!" Lucy grunted and left her room, she was tying the last ribbon on her hair and adjusting her glasses she went down the spiral stairs and saw her dad slipping on his black leather shoes "Hey Dad" she said smiling her father looked up "Hey Honeybee!" "Daaaad" she rolled her eyes at the pet name "Why didn't you leave early today?" she asked "Today i have an important meeting with the HM of Strauss Software so my boss said i don't need to come early" "Oh" she said "Okay" "Well i got to leave Honeybee, Study well!" Lucy closed her eyes and took a deep breath and said "Bye!" but he had already left

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"Oh come on!" Lucy said frustrated "Where is that book?!" she was at her locker spilling out the contents in her backpack looking for the Library book "Unghhhh!" she broke out she mushed everything together and gave up searching. She walked through the crowded hallways for no reason seeing the crowd separating into smaller groups There comes the Jocks... Oh! the prissy Populars... And the dark Emos she looked each one and noticed a certain group near a vending machine that looked normal. A girl with short ginger curls and a bunch of bobby pins in an orderly fashion keeping her hair away from her face, a a girl with brown hair and and barrette clipped to her hair and the middle girl had long, silky hair and beautiful dimpled cheeks.

They were laughing and talking like they've known each other forever It would be nice to have friends she thought mezmerized then tapped herself on the head and shook her head What are you saying Lucy?! There's no one you can really trust... every one... anyone can break my trust she remembered her childhood when she carelessly played with her only true best friend at the beach she opened her eyes and saw them again talking to each other each girl hanging on to every single word the middle girl said, Suddenly feelings irrupted within her Maybe... just maybe they'll be nice and she walked towards them.

"Hey Kathy, who do you think would be perfect for Natsu?" the middle girl asked scrolling through her phone "Oooh!" the ginger haired girl squealed "You mean that hot stuff! It has to be a girl with good looks for sure" "And Kathy, she has to be hot with a kind heart" the girl with brown hair added. Kathy turned to her and said "Of course, Dawn that's a major"

the middle girl said "Like who?" at this point Lucy slowed her pace wanting to hear more. Kathy thought for a moment murmuring "Someone who's pretty..." but Dawn blurted out almost immediately "You of course!" the middle girl stopped looking at her phone and Kathy brightened "Of course! Madison is perfect!" Madison's expression looked as if she knew that they were going to say her name "Then, who wouldn't be?"

Lucy now was aware that a few more steps and they would be able to see her so she hid herself on the other side of the vending machine. The two girls paused again but this time Madison said leaning towards them "What about... the nerd newbie" Lucy froze Dawn and Kathy asked "Which nerd newbie" "The blue one?" Madison face palmed herself "Not her you idiots! The blonde one! in Class 209?!" "Oh!" they said in an utter realization

Then Dawn spoke up sneering "True, that thing we call a girl can't even imagine getting close to him" and laughed in a maniacal matter and started to walk away spurring mean comments about the blonde on the way. Lucy was shattered a shadow lurked over her she felt like being roasted over a fire all over again. That feeling of torment, that feeling of rejection, that feeling that makes you believe that you're not good enough and the world hates you returned but double was the pain.

She felt this feeling before in elementary school when her house was filled with arguments, pain and anguish when she was excluded by most people, excluded by some and pitied by others "I'm so sorry Lucy" they had said "I feel bad for you" and "I know they bully you and avoid you but..." She was even abused verbally for 3 years and once up to the point where a guy almost struck her but got saved in the nick of time those memories flooded back harshly increasing her fear.

She staggered out of her hiding spot as if she got shot by a bullet and then the bell rang sending the students scrambling to their classrooms in a hushed manner. Lucy was the only one who remained standing clutching her chest, her eyes wide. Nobody in the world... is ready to at least act as if they want to be my friend and she came to conclusion I can not trust anybody. she thought fiercely Anyone.

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She climbed upstairs with the French Vanilla in her hand that she had picked up from SunRoost Diner. Libra had handed her coffee and had said to her "Heard, you have a boyfriend" Lucy remembered Virgo!... "Ughhh" she sighed grabbing the cup from her hand "Don't ask me, please... Virgo fibbed to you guys" and she'd walked away from her before Libra had a chance to respond.

She placed the coffee on the small space that her table had left after the stacks and stacks of boxes aligned with the wall and sat on the small rug with a great groan wiping the blurry lenses with the hem of her shirt and placed them back on. She crawled lazily to the table and grasped the cup drawing the hot drink to her lips.

Mmmmmm sweet like always... she thought Why do boys even matter? she thought frustrated Sure love is important for humans but why... guys?! she shook her head trying to throw away the incident with the three girls I'm pretty sure I'm never going to fall in love with anyone

After a long time in deep thought she got up with the empty coffee cup I should get a warm bath and change she thought then her stomach rumbled And eat the delicious food mom made she grabbed her towel and walked to the bathroom chanting Do not fall in love Lucy over and again

A/N: Sorry for the veeeeeeeeeeeery! late update Happy late Easter to those who celebrate and I've got a very strong fever holding me back so that's why it's taking so long to update

*Spoilers: Lucy and Natsu will probably meet again next chapter so stay tuned!*

P.S Please review!

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