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Chapter 2

It was morning now and Lucy had to admit that for the past week she's been having the best nights of sleep. She couldn't put her finger on it, maybe it was all the less homework coming her way or how auditions were going so far. Only competition she had for the role of Juliet was her friend Lisanna and these three freshman girls. They were all nice so she didn't mind if anyone else got the role. Though she would put all her effort into it.

Lucy was up a bit earlier than normal and she was already ready for school so she decided to call up a friend to pick her up.

"Hey Erza, I was wondering if you could come pick me up?" Lucy asked as the call finally connected.

" Sure thing Lucy. Wait for me out front I'll be there in 5." Erza replied.

"Thanks see ya soon." Lucy said before hanging up. She ate her breakfast before going outside to wait for her friend. She soon saw Erza's Scarlet colored Mercedes Benz pull up into the driveway.

"Hey Lucy hop in." Erza said.

"Thanks for the ride Erza. And good morning."

"Good morning to you as well. Now I have to go pick up Levy then we can head to school."

"Alright."

" So Lucy,how's it been? Anything new going on?" asked Erza.

"Yeah it's going great honestly. I'm so excited for the upcoming play and Sting asked me out to the movies this Saturday."

"Oh he did, did he?" Erza said in surprise.

"Yeah he said he wanted to celebrate the game they would win this Friday." Lucy giggled.

" Arrogant much?" Erza said as she pulled over on the side of the street, right outside Levy's house.

" A bit, but he's cute." Lucy said.

They waited a couple minutes outside Levy's home until they saw her rush outside with a couple books stacked in her arms. Erza made to get the door for her friend and Levy thanked her for her assistance.

" Sorry I'm late guys. Didn't think getting ready would take so long." Levy laughed out nervously.

"It's probably because you were up all night reading that new author." said Lucy smirking at Levy.

" It's really good Lu-chan! FoxyRed is a talented new writer who writes with real emotion in their work! They deserve my extra hours of sleep." said Levy as she defended her new writer.

" Remember last year when we went to Levy's book club? she brought all her books from home which ended up being more than the school's own library." Erza laughed out.

"My supply wasn't exactly the school library! I'm sure I had less" Levy pouted.

"Levy has a book club?" asked Lucy. This was a first for her.

"Oh..um.." Erza and Levy looked between each other as they forgot to remind her of that.

" I-it's okay guys. I've already came to terms with what happened remembered. I'm fine with it now" Lucy said as she noticed her friends reactions. They could tell Lucy was being honest but they also could detect a trace of sadness in her voice.

"I may not remember much of freshman year but they were just memories...plus it's interesting to learn about them again." Lucy said giving her friends a reassuring smile.

They accepted Lucy's words and continued normally towards school.

Natsu was in 3rd period English class just fiddling with his pencil when he felt something whack him on the side of his head. He saw it was a piece of scrap paper rolled up into a ball. He picked it up and opened it.

'Do your work fire breath.'

Natsu turned around to send a glare at the stripper who sat in the back of class. He grabbed a piece of notebook paper and scribbled a quick insult before throwing it behind his back without looking.

Not to long after Natsu felt another whack from behind him. He picked up the note again and read it.

'A gay stripper? Is that any way to speak to your best friend Natsu?-Almighty Lucy 3'

Natsu eyes nearly bulged out of his sockets as he finished the note. He looked behind him to see that Lucy was high fiving a laughing Gray. He'd show them not to mess with him. Natsu pulled out a rubber band from his bag and pulled back on one side while steadying the other. He couldn't look back to get better aim or the teacher would stop his lecture and get on him. He released the rubber band and heard a voice yell in pain. He would have celebrated but it didn't sound like either Gray or Lucy. In fact, it sounded a lot like..

"Natsu.." said Erza with barely concealed rage.

Natsu kept still in fear that if he moved she'd notice him. He remembered watching that movie Jurassic Park and knew if you moved when a T-rex was near you were a goner.

"Natsu turn and face me."

Natsu kept facing forward but his body started to shake in terror. 'Damn you body! I thought we were a team!' he thought. Before he could continue to berate his treacherous body he felt a strong pull on the back of his shirt.

Natsu yelped as he was hauled into the air by the demon Erza. As he looked into her angry eyes he couldn't help but notice a pulsing red line on her forehead that looked much like a rubber band shot.

The class watched as Natsu was pummeled to the ground by Erza. The teacher merely kept teaching the class as he was used to this by now.

10 minutes later they heard the bell ring for first —who just finished beating on an unconscious Natsu— grabbed her bag, lunch and held Natsu by his shirt as she began to drag him out the door.

" you guys coming?" she turned to the Gray and Lucy.

Neither of them questioned Erza as if this was a normal thing. Which it was for them anyways.

They were near the cafeteria doors when Lucy noticed her boyfriend Sting standing by the entrance.

" hey Sting!" Lucy waved at him.

"Hey Lucie." he replied back as he made his way over to them. Lucy found the way Natsu's nickname for her came out of Sting's mouth sounded completely weird and wrong. She couldn't explain it but she got that feeling when something wasn't right. This wasn't the first time she got it either. The first time was when Sting had asked her out and she had said yes. The second time was when they shared their first kiss. Now she was getting it again from Natsu's nickname for her. Maybe something was wrong with her..or maybe she was hungrier than she thought.

"Earth to Lucy you alright?" said Sting as he waved his hand in front of her face. She noticed Gray and Erza were giving her confused looks so she jumped back slightly and started laughing nervously.

" Sorry guys I must've spaced." she said.

They just looked at her before they all shrugged and acted like nothing happened.

"So Lucy, sit with me and my friends for lunch today." Sting said as he wrapped an arm around her waist.

" Lucy is sitting with us today Eucliffe." Erza said.

Sting turned his attention to Erza as if he just noticed she was there and worthy of his time.

" Last time I checked Lucy was my girlfriend." Sting said as he pulled her a bit more to his side.

" Last time I checked Lucy was my friend." Erza said stepping up into his face. Sting barely knew the rest of Lucy's friends so he didn't know the threat of facing Erza. He tried to tower over her to show who's dominant but then Gray stepped up behind her.

Lucy saw that this was escalating a bit to quickly and she prayed nothing would happen.

Erza was about to beat Sting into next week until she took a glance at Lucy. She looked scared that her friend and boyfriend were about to go at it so Erza decided to reign it in this time.

" fine. Lucy can sit with you." Erza soon turned to enter the cafeteria with a rag doll Natsu right behind her.

"Later Lucy." Gray said as he walked after Erza.

Lucy watched her friends leave and turned to her boyfriend.

"What now?"

"Wait Lucy's not sitting with us." Cana asked after everyone got their trays.

"No, she's with Eucliffe and his friends." Erza said with bubbling rage. She hated defeat. It wasn't a natural thing for her.

"Has anyone else noticed we're seeing less and less of Lu-chan." Levy said as she put down her book from FoxyRed.

"It's been ever since she started dating Sting," said Loke as he aggressively ate his PbJ. " it's been driving me insane!"

"If it's been driving you insane just imagine what it's doing to flame brain over here." Gray said as he motioned to the quiet Natsu.

Everyone felt bad for their salmon hair colored friend. He had lost Lucy in that terrible accident last summer and he's honestly never been the same.

" Poor guy. There must be something we can do." Cana whispered.

" I tried. I told him he should just tell her that they used to be together." Gray said as he leaned back in his chair.

"Idiot that won't work. Remember what the doctor said, there was a high possibility that she could relapse from remembering to quickly from her past." Lisanna spoke up.

"Well I don't see any of you guys coming up with anything better." Gray said while crossing his arms.

"What are you guys talking about?" asked mirajane as she neared their table.

"Mira-nee!" Lisanna said happily.

"Hey Lisanna. So what were you guys talking about?" she smiled.

" we were trying to figure out a way for Natsu to get back with Lucy without causing her to relapse." Gray said.

Mirajane thought for a moment on how to respond to that before a lightbulb turned on in her head.

"Have you thought of making her fall for him again?" she said.

Everyone at the table thought over Mira suggestion and figured it was worth a try.

" but how?" Cana asked.

"During second period Lucy told me she was trying out for the role of Juliet in the play the school is having. Maybe Natsu can try out for Romeo and woo Lucy then." Mirajane said.

Everyone looked at Mira as if she was the smartest person on the planet.

"That's brilliant Mira!" Gray said.

"Well I am the school's matchmaker. Nalu was one of my first matches and I refuse to see it go down the drain." she giggled.

Everyone at the table soon discussed the plan before telling Natsu.

"Wait what? You want me to try out for Romeo?" Natsu said as he was awakened from his nap. If Lucy wasn't here for lunch then he'd might as well go to sleep.

"Yes we do. It's the only way you have a chance to get back with Lucy." Gray said.

"And how exactly would being Romeo give me a chance to do that?" he questioned. It's not that he wasn't gonna try out for a role in the play but he actually was gonna ask Ms. Evergreen if he could be a cool dragon in the play.

" Think about it like this Natsu. If you be Romeo and Lucy Juliet, then you guys would spend a lot of time together on practicing your lines and there's a kissing scene." Cana explained.

"I still don't see how'd that work. We'll just be acting."

"Not unless you show her what's she's missing." Lisanna said.

"It's not much." mumbled Loke

Natsu thought over what his friends were telling him and had to admit it wasn't a bad idea. Getting Lucy to fall for him again wouldn't have the repercussions of her remembering and she'd still be happy. It was a win-win.

Natsu thought it over a little more before he told his friends okay. He'd have to get to the auditorium early this time. Math wasn't that important anyways.

Everyone soon heard the bell ring signaling lunch was over and went their separate ways to 4th period.

A/N: I'm stop It here for now. Get ready for the next chapter!

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