"You coming in or not blondie?" Natsu asked, his sharp onyx eyes hidden behind a pair of black sunglasses. He gestured for the blonde beauty to come inside.
"Juvia and Cana were supposed to take me." She stated, confused.
"They couldn't make it so I offered to come."
Since she didn't have another choice, Lucy hesitantly stepped forward. Rolling her eyes she opened the door and plopped down in the passenger seat. Natsu gave her a triumphant smirk and started driving.
"Just so you know Dragneel, this is a one time thing." The girl said while crossing her arms. Natsu shook his head and chuckled.
"So, how come you don't drive yourself?" Natsu questioned, his eyes still on the road and the stick of a popsicle sticking out of his mouth. His pink haired was ruffled and messy. God how did he manage to look so hot all the time, Lucy wondered. He then turned to look at her, waiting for a response.
"Well I don't have a car." She answered casually.
"What's the use in driving if you don't have a car?"
"I sorta don't have a license either…"
At this Natsu turned to look at Lucy and burst into laughter.
"You're like seventeen and you still can't drive?"
"Hey! I just never had the time!"
"Sure sure, it's just kinda sad though." Natsu tried to contain his laughter to no success.
"JUST KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE ROAD OKAY?" The red faced girl pointed to the road. Mavis, was it his job to embarrass me?
They drove together in silence for another five minutes. Lucy kept looking out the window and back at her phone, then back to the window again. She kept repeating this cycle for most of the time, the nervousness seemed to be getting to her. Well it only made sense, since she was sitting next to Fairy Tail High's hottest boy. Even though she didn't see the big appeal, it made her nervous to think that any girl would literally kill to be in the situation she was in now. That made Lucy wonder why he offered to pick her up. Was it just a chivalrous offer, or perhaps an order from Erza? Though being chivalrous really didn't seem to be his thing, he was a pain in the ass already and Lucy was just getting to know him.
"So why are you helping Erza with this fundraiser?" The blonde inquired.
"Why not?"
"Well i didn't think you'd be obliging enough to help with this."
"For starters, Erza would beat my ass if I didn't help, and second she's my friend, they all are so I gotta help them out in any way I can."
Lucy looked at him thoughtfully. That was really sweet, maybe he wasn't as bad as I thought.
"But Erza hurting me was probably the main factor." He shivered.
The blonde giggled at this. Natsu was right, the crimson haired beauty always had a way of getting what she wanted, and that usually involved using violence.
Natsu smirked, "you should smile more, it looks good on you."
Lucy blushed hard, looking away from him.
"I wonder how many girls you've used that line on." She thought out loud.
Natsu then stopped the car at the red light. He put a finger on Lucy's chin and tilted her head towards him, his face inching dangerously close to hers. He had a mischievous look in his eyes. Lucy was too stunned to react, allowing him to continue with his actions.
"Only one so far" He said, grinning at her. Lucy snapped out of the trance she was in and gave him an annoyed look, the need to put him in his place overwhelming her.
"I'm the first test subject? I'm so honoured!" Lucy squealed with fake enthusiasm, "But I suggest you don't use it on anyone else, it sucks."
Natsu was surprised by her reaction, no other girl had ever acted the way she did with him. Girls usually just nodded their head at everything he said. Yet somehow, her snarky remarks and casual attitude towards him made Natsu feel comfortable. What was it about this girl that made him feel so free?
After another five minutes of mostly silence Natsu realized he didn't know which way to go next.
"Lucy, do you know the rest of the way?" Natsu questioned.
"No I don't. Don't tell me doesn't know the way."
"Look, I haven't been here before, pull up a map."
Lucy nodded, searching through her purse for her phone.
"Uh Natsu?"
"Yeah? You find it? Cus we need it right now." Natsu said. Lucy looked at the road, there were two roads ahead.
"My phone's dead." She said, mentally scolding herself for not charging it. Natsu facepalmed, pondering on what to do now. The two roads coming nearer and nearer.
"Oh! Let's just use your phone." the blonde suggested.
"We can't, I left it at home."
Lucy started rubbing her temples.
"What idiot leaves their phone at home?" Lucy boomed, frustration evident in her voice.
"The same kind who forgets to charge theirs." Natsu retorted, matching her frustrated tone.
"OKAY, we don't have time for this we're already here!"
"Well where do I go oh great Lucy?" Natsu said sarcastically.
"JUST CHOOSE ONE."
On the last second Natsu decided to trust his gut and make a turn in the left direction.
"Wait Lucy! I think I have a map in the dashboard!" Natsu said hopefully after taking the left road.
Now he tells me, Lucy thought to herself, shaking her head. She opened the dashboard and let out a sigh of relief to see a folded map of their town.
"Alright let's see here." Lucy said opening up the large map. She accidentally shoved it in Natsu's face while trying to see where they were.
"Oi watch where you put that thing."
Lucy laughed but quickly covered her mouth trying to keep it in. Then she returned to the task at hand.
"Well?" Natsu asked impatiently.
"Will you wait? This is confusing."
"That's because you have it upside down Sherlock Holmes."
Lucy turned red at the realization, she then started flipping the map the right way and while managing to hit Natsu in the face with it again. Natsu scowled, and Lucy pursed her lips trying to contain her laughter. The salmon-haired boy noticed this and nudged her arm playfully with his elbow in revenge.
"Okay okay. I think I got it, take a right here." Lucy directed. The pink haired male obeying her command and taking a right. It continued like this for another five minutes, with Lucy giving Natsu directions and Natsu following them, until he became suspicious of the blonde's directions.
"Are you sure we're going the right way?" He queried.
Lucy replied to him with her face buried in the map, "just follow my directions. I think we're almost there."
"Lucy i really don't think this is the right way."
"I'm the one reading the map! Just take a left here." Lucy pointed.
Natsu agreed. They started going down a dirt road now, with nothing but open fields on either side. Natsu asked Lucy is this was part of the route.
"We should be getting back on solid road if we follow this path, it's a shortcut."
"WE DON'T NEED ANY SHORTCUTS, we've been driving around for like twenty minutes!" Natsu boomed. This lead to a quarrel between the two, arguments about false directions, irresponsibility with phones, and Erza's punishment were exchanged between the both of them.
After bickering nonstop the two silenced. Tension in the air.
"That's it I'm turning this car around and asking someone else for directions." Natsu decided.
"FINE." Lucy shot back.
Since it was nothing but one dirt road ahead and grass on either side, Natsu drove his car onto the grass in order to turn around. Though as it was turning, the car stopped moving. Natsu kept stepping on the pedal but to no success. The tires spun and spun but the car did not budge.
"Great, just great!" Lucy huffed.
"Lucy get out of the car and go check why it won't move" Natsu commanded.
Lucy pushed the door open annoyedly, making her way to the source of the abrupt stop. The back tires were in a ditch of mud. Consequently every time Natsu stepped on the gas, the tires spun aimlessly, causing mud to fly everywhere.
"Natsu! We're stuck. AND WE HAVE NO PHONES. WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO?" Lucy panicked, tears threatening to come out.
Natsu who got out of the car started to walk towards her.
"Hey it's okay. We can get through this, we'll just wait for another car to come by, they'll help us." Natsu explained, grabbing Lucy's shoulders and making her look up at him.
"Everything's gonna be fine." He promised. Lucy eased into his grip, he pulled her in for a hug. His hand on her head and his other arm on her back.
Lucy and Natsu did as he suggested. They waited around for a car to come and help them. During the wait they talked and conversed with each other. Finally after what seemed like two hours, a truck arrived and towed their car from the ditch. The driver was also kind enough to offer them a lift back home. Lucy sighed in relief, elated that she could finally return home, but scared of what Erza would do to them for missing her fundraiser event. Though she was happy, a part of her wished she could've continued to talk to Natsu for longer. What did this mean? She wasn't starting to like him was she? No, that couldn't be, she was just enjoying company that's all.
"Oh Mavis, that was one hell of a day." Natsu sighed.
"And I was right by saying this was a one time thing!" Lucy said.
"Awww come on Luce, this was really fun. Admit it." Natsu teased, grinning at her. Lucy's heart skipped a beat. What was going on with her?
"Hmm, I'll think about." Lucy smiled, heading into her house and giving Natsu a little wave goodbye, He watched her retreating figure until she was finally at her door before he got in his car and drove off to his own house.
Lucy lay on her bed, exhausted from the adventure they had. She wanted something spontaneous and surprising to happen again, she wanted to feel panic and relief and the feeling of adventure again. Was this Natsu's effect? For the first time, all in one day, Lucy's steady and perfect life became something unpredictable, frustrating and spontaneous. Was this going to be a good thing or a bad thing?
A/N: HI EVERYONE! Told ya I'd be updating quicker now :) As some of you have probably noticed, the writing style has changed, it is no longer first person. I changed the other two chapters as well so that it's all third person. You might want to re-read or skim through the previous chapters again. and PLEASE REVIEW OR GIVE ADVICE, Or even comments or questions. Btw things will get more mature and heated in upcoming chapters so if you're not comfortable with a little smut then don't read those. I'll give a warning of when there's some mature content coming up and whether or not it's important to the storyline. Also swear words and stuff like that will be used, sorry but this is rated T. Okay Arigato everyone! I'll be updating again very soon.
