Chapter 9: Friday

A tired Levy awoke by the force of her shrieking alarm clock. Its constant siren telling her that she had to start her day, immediately. She rubbed her groggy eyes and stumbled her way out of bed. God what a night, she thought to herself. She stretched out her arms as she thought of Gajeel looking down at her. There was so much concern in his eyes, it threw Levy off guard and in an emotional tailspin. She put her clothes on as she wondered what possessed Gajeel to kiss her forehead. Just the thought made her blush. The mysterious man who had tried to attack her did not make nearly as much of an impact as Gajeel's simple kiss on Levy's forehead.

She sighed to herself as she tried to get her scrambled thoughts in order. Then she heard yelling downstairs.

"Levy dear, I made you waffles. Get your behind down here before you end up being late for school"

"Yes mom" Levy cheerfully replied. It was nice being able to do something normal for once, as well as being able to see her mom. Levy's mom worked the graveyard shift at an office building where she monitored all the security cameras to make sure no one broke in during the late hours of the night or the early hours of the morning. She also worked as a waitress for the restaurant, Blue Pegasus, in the afternoon and occasionally on the weekends. The mornings were the only time Levy was able to consistently see her mother and she cherished them. Especially because Levy had been unable to see her father at all during the last couple of months. He was preoccupied with work in another state fixing computers.

Levy picked up her pace and swiftly grabbed the waffles from her mother's hand. "Love you Mom"

"Love you to sweetheart. I heard your friend's mom honk her horn while your rather awful alarm was screeching, so go quick before they ditch you" She said it all hurriedly and with a smile as she saw her daughter off to another day of school.

Levy ran out of the house and nearly jumped into the SUV Lucy's mom owned. She waved goodbye to her mother as they drove away to school.

"Hey give me some of your waffle. They're so gooooood" Lucy begged as she leaned closely to Levy.

"Not a chance Lu" Levy smirked as she took a bite.

Lucy gave an exaggerated gasp as she placed a hand over her heart "Now that is just cruel. Why must you hurt me in this way?"

Levy tore a piece from her waffle and handed it to her now very pleased friend. "Just because you're mom is my ride to school"

Lucy gave a big smile "Thanks mom"

Levy was much better about paying attention in class than she was yesterday. Yesterday felt like a century ago to her. SO much had happened. It truly shocked her to see that despite the little amount of time, so many events had occurred. But that was then and right now she was learning about how communism affected America.

The class bell rang to signal the end of class and Levy went on a hunt for her friend.

"Le-Le- Levy" Lucy sang as she jumped on her friend's back.

"Ah Lu you monster, off me" Levy demanded through her laughter.

"Buzzkill" Lucy playfully stuck her tongue out.

"Ha, so how was class?"

"Oh my goooosssshhh Levy, it was great" Lucy shook Levy excitedly to emphasize her point "A new guy has entered our ranks and he's hot af and we talked"

"Congrats" Levy gave her friend an unimpressed look.

"He even asked for my number. Do you not understand the weight of this?!"

"Haha well where is this Romeo of yours?"

"There" she pointed across the room to a teenager with pink hair.

"Pink hair, really?" Levy was more dubious with the passing moments. Though really she shouldn't judge; she liked a guy with piercings for eyebrows.

"He has this personality that just attracts, and he's so kind and funny and not afraid to make a fool out of himself"

Levy gave her friend a comforting smile "Seems legit"

"I will have you know, you are not helping"

"He's coming"

"What kind of response is that?" Lucy questioned her friend.

"The pink hair guy, he is headed our way"

Lucy audibly gasped as she grabbed Levy's shoulder "What should I do?"

"Be calm?"

"Real advice"

"Show him your boobs"

"Levy"

She laughed, she was confident her friend could have any boy she wanted if she just had the confidence. Lucy really had no reason to stress, she was beautiful, smart, and had a personality to match. "Just be yourself, you're not that bad"

The pink haired boy approached the girls with a wide grin. He stuck out his hand toward Levy "Please to meet ya. My name's Natsu, what's yours"

In a confused state Levy stuck out her hand and shook hands with the overactive boy "My name's Levy"

"Cool, hey Lucy nice to see you again. "

"Hi" Lucy said as if she had never seen humanity "How's it going?"

"Pretty great, this is a cool school. How about you Lucy"

"Its uh good"

"Great, well I gotta go get some food before lunch is over, see you two later" He waved at the girls with an electric smile as he waltz his way over to the food line.

"What am I going to do with myself?" Lucy nearly collapsed.

Levy shrugged "Meh, I think you will survive"

Lucy sighed.

Today was Friday and thus tomorrow would be the the fated day otherwise known as Saturday. She had to get everything ready to be able to leave for the weekend. She needed to complete her homework, pack some needed supplies, and get permission from her mother. The first one wasn't to difficult, she was good at being on top of her assignments. Plus several of her classes allowed time to do homework in class which she was easily able to complete. So she only had three classes that had assignments that needed to be done tonight, not that bad. Then she needed to pack, which essentially just meant stuffing random things in her bag that she felt would just meet the requirements. The most daunting task was asking for her mother's permission to leave the whole weekend. How could she possibly justify it?

Hello mom I am on a mission to retrieve the book of books.

Mother please I need this weekend to go on a journey to find Nirvana.

I am really a secret spy on a secret mission to a secret place.

Levy's odds weren't looking to good.

She dialed her mom's phone number and hoped for a miracle.

"Hello dear, what's up, do you need something, are you hurt?" asked a concerned voice.

"No, no, no. I was just wondering about this weekend's schedule." Levy gently prodded.

"Oh honey I'm so sorry. I'm going to be gone this whole weekend. I am going to be really busy at the restaurant and you know how far the Blue Pegasus is. A lot of the workers are sick for some reason and you know how helpful overtime money can be. I'm sorry sweetheart."

Levy could not believe is, a miracle actually happened "No worries, really. I was just wondering if I could hang out with friends and stuff this weekend"

"Oh yeah, of course, have fun sweetheart. I love you"

"I love you to."

Levy hung up the phone with a sinking feeling of disbelief. Saturday was actually happening, everything was ready.

Tomorrow she was going on the adventure of a life time.

Annnnnd done

thanks to everyone who's reading :)