I may, or may not have another two more chapters before I fly off on holiday this week! Now aren't you a lucky bunch ;)
November soon rolled round and brought with it a cold chill over Magnolia; the soft white clouds that had been present in the last few months had turned grey and showered Magnolia in heavy rain the last few weeks. However today was one of the luckiest days as the weather was dull and dry with little chance of rain.
Lucy had woken up and changed quickly that morning before heading off to class, it was almost the weekend and that also meant that it was also close to her favourite show having a new season out - not that Lucy would admit that this would be the reason for her staying in the entire weekend to binge watch it before monday…
The outside breeze was cold, but that didn't stop Lucy on her mission to get to class. She was wearing Loke's green hoodie that he had given her the time they were stuck at the bar doing work due to Natsu breaking the boiler; not that Lucy would admit it was one of her favourite pieces of clothing even with Erza and Levy teasing her about the fact she hadn't taken if off since that day.
"Morning," Lucy snapped out of her day dream and saw Loke was standing next to her, his orange untamed hair looked especially untamed today, but it always annoyed her how he could wake up and his hair look perfect every time.
"Morning Loke," she smiled, who was she kidding, he always looked perfect every time she saw him - and that bothered her greatly.
"I see my hoodie is doing its job," he teased as a small blush formed on Lucy's face
"I have you know that this was the first thing I grabbed before putting my jacket over it," she replied, crossing her arms, hoping he wouldn't be able to tell she was lying.
"Liar," he winked.
"Okay, okay, fine. I saw it and put it on and didn't think I would see you…because I knew you would tease me too, just like Levy and Erza…"
Loke laughed, he always found it easy to push Lucy's buttons and annoy her greatly - although he was sure he wasn't as bad as the girls, he had noticed them teasing her lately about her wearing his hoodie, but it also made him feel special that she would even wear it after that day.
"True, but I'm not as mean as the girls," he winked, "I think you look beautiful in it." And there it was, the moment Lucy went the same colour as a tomato,
"Uh, thanks Loke."
So I know you'll be binge watching your show this weekend, so how about we meet up after the day at yours and spend a few hours hanging out?
Reading the text from Levy Lucy smiled; it was much better replying to texts than it was to listen to the guest lecturer go on about his life story for two hours.
Sure, I'll probably need some social interaction with a human anyway - this lecturer is boring me to the brink of stabbing myself with my own pen to get out of this class….
It was true, as much as she enjoyed having guest lecturers there was a point in Lucy's attention span where she would stop caring - especially when they spoke of how they would spend countless hours drumming in the importance of getting revision in and studying the important factors of what makes a great book.
Bored yet?
Lucy looked at her phone, Loke had text her, but how did he know she was enduring this soul sucking lesson?
You have no idea Loke. I've found more entertainment by watching Natsu decide what he's having for lunch…
The remaining last hours of her day involved texting a certain orange haired guy, who was replying back to her just as quickly as she had text him - something she never understood, especially as it would take her hours to get a reply from Levy or Erza, mainly Levy due her forgetting what the time of day was.
But for now Lucy was thrilled to be leaving the Academy campus and heading back to her room where she would be with Levy this evening watching countless movies and eating her weight in snacks.
"Hey Lucy!"
She couldn't believe it, there in her bedroom sat Natsu, Gray, Loke, Erza and Levy. All of them had snacks at hand and she even saw Loke make himself at home on her bed; did Levy tell everyone what her plans were this evening?
"I'm just going to pretend it's just me and Levy in here right now and not the whole fricken Academy in my room right now," she calmly breathed through gritted teeth. Levy laughed as she handed Lucy some popcorn,
"Sorry Lucy, but I thought it would be nice if we all hung out, you know?"
A large sigh fell from Lucy's mouth as she sat on her bed and propped herself up by one of her large cushions, Loke smiled as he nudged her shoulder,
"Come here often?"
"You have to be kidding me…" Lucy replied, elbowing him in his side. Loke laughed at her reaction whilst Lucy held one of her cushions to her face, ignoring him, "If this how you're going to be behaving tonight then you can defiantly get off my bed."
"Hey Lucy, why do you have so many dvds of the same thing?" Natsu questioned as he was being exceptionally nosy this evening. She looked to where he was facing and instantly threw the cushion she had been hiding behind, towards him.
"Lucy has a thing with the show; she once watched two seasons in a day - I didn't see here for weeks either after as she decided she would re-watch the other series up to date…" Levy was cut off by Lucy covering her mouth before anything slipped out of her bluenette friend.
"Ignore her.." Lucy glared towards Levy as she held a smile to the others, no one could ever know she would binge watch things like that and never see the light of day for days.
"So I think we should watch a horror film." Gray chimed in; subject change was good, although that led to a break out in to what to watch.
"I disagree. I think we need some action, something where there's a girl on a rampage," Erza stated, Levy and Lucy sighed, if they knew Erza it would be 'Kill Bill' and Lucy couldn't sit through that again as Erza would produce her own moves along with the main character; especially as Levy ended up being Erza's target.
"Um, how about something else…?" Lucy butted in, "You know maybe a rom-com? A little thriller or how about a series? I'm sure there's something online we could watch?"
"A series? What did you have in mind?" Levy raised a knowing eyebrow at Lucy; Lucy gulped as she turned her laptop on and linked it up to her tv.
"Nothing in mind, I just don't think I have the attention span of watching a whole movie.."
"What about a quarter?" joked Gray, earning a fist pump from Loke, who laughed at the joke leaving Lucy speechless on how to react with such a stupid and utterly pathetic joke.
"Fine, I'm out, you smelly boys can decide." She raised her hands in defeat as she snuggled in to her pillow and tucked her feet in to her duvet.
The film had been settled, Erza, Gray and Natsu were happy as it involved fighting and lots of action whilst Levy enjoyed it for the mystery of trying to solve who was the 'bad guy' and Loke just enjoyed the fact Lucy had ended up wrapping her duvet over both of their bodies as she rested her head on his arm.
"You're not falling asleep are you?" he mocked as she yawned,
"No, what makes you say that? I'm just finding your arm delightfully comfy…"
"You're a terrible liar Lucy," Loke replied as he moved his arm and placed it behind her, "Rest your head on my knees, you'll probably be more comfortable than lying on my arm."
Lucy did as she was told, she had to admit, Loke was right; it was much better than falling asleep on his arm, though she would never admit to that. Ever.
"Better?" She snuggled in to knees more, thankful that her duvet was thick enough to act as a pillow on his knees.
"Much," she yawned again; Loke smiled as he placed his arm around her shoulder and pulled the duvet on her side over her more.
"You know, you could just tell them to leave,"
"And leave Natsu, Erza and Gray squabbling outside for ever over the fact they never saw the end of the movie? Nah, I'm good thanks. Plus it would mean kicking you out as well."
"And what makes you think I would be leaving too?"
"Well, if they go, you go too. Can't have favourites now can I?" There was playfulness in her tone as she spoke. Loke chuckled,
"So you're saying I'm your favourite?"
"Perhaps, but either way you're now smirking about that." She knew she was, Loke would always pull that smirk if he was amused by her actions, and she knew she wouldn't ever be able to live this one down.
Even Levy and Erza knew she was starting to like him, which was probably why they decided to invite the boys over - because there was no way she was able to say no. She would have to punch Levy later and just hand over cake to Erza for this; because she valued her life when Erza was involved.
I'm on to you girls!
Give it up Luce, you like him a lot more then you're letting on. We're just helping you in that direction ;)
Damn those clever yet sneaky girls.