Sorry guys! I got busy and I couldn't find the time to write! I was also having a slight case of writers block. Plus I don't really feel well, so I hope the chapter turned out alright. I'm sorry that it's on the short side! This chapter is full of Lucy and Natsu though ;3
Please excuse any spelling/grammar errors. I proofread, but I can't catch everything.
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Lucy clutched the covers to her chest and stared at the sleeping teenager. How the hell did he get in here? How the hell did he know where she lived? And why the hell is he asleep in her bed?!
"Natsu!" she kicked him with her foot, and he mumbled something. "Get out of my bed!" she kicked him harder, causing him to fall onto the floor.
"Geez, keep it down, would ya?" he started crawling back in bed, but Lucy stopped him.
"Why the hell are you here?" she turned the lamp by the bed on, revealing that Natsu was only wearing sweat pants.
"I came to see you," he smiled. "But you weren't here so I decided to wait. Then I got tired and fell asleep."
"Ever heard of personal space? And how did you find me?!"
"No, and Gray told me," his black eye was less swollen now, but Lucy kind of felt bad for kicking him off the bed.
"Did Gray happen to tell you that Erza lives right next to me?"
He paled at Erza's name, and he shook his head.
"When I get my hands on that ice freak I'm gonna-" he was punching his right hand into his left palm, but stopped short when he heard knocking on the door.
"Bathroom," Lucy ordered while pointing her finger at the door, and Natsu ran in that direction.
The blonde then went to the door and opened it, revealing a concerned Erza.
"I was walking back to the dorm but then I heard you shout something. Everything ok?" she looked Lucy over, and raised an eyebrow at her attire.
"My Dad and I were just arguing about stuff, no big deal," she shrugged, satisfied with her lie.
"At three in the morning?"
"Oh, I guess I never told you guys. I actually live on the other side of the country, so it's mid-morning right now for my Dad."
"I see. Alright then, sorry to bother you. I'll see you in class," she nodded and went to her dorm.
Lucy closed the door and leaned against it.
"That was close."
She walked to the bathroom and opened the door, looking for the idiot that got her into this mess.
"She's gone," she whispered, and Natsu came out from behind the shower.
"Thanks a million, Luce!"
"Luce?" she questioned.
"Yeah, it's my nickname for you."
"My name is Lucy, not Luce. So how did you get in here in the first place?"
"The window," he said it like it was no big deal.
"Idiot! What if you fell and hit your head?! Do you even feel ok?"
"I'm fine, stop worrying. And I wouldn't have fallen."
"Just, don't do it again. Now-" all of the sudden her eyes widened. "PERVERT! GET OUT!" she shoved him towards the door.
"Huh?"
"Baka! Can't you even see what I'm wearing?!"
He took a second to fully look her over, and found that she was in lacey lingerie. His nose starting bleeding and he could only stare.
"Stop that! Now get out!" she shoved him again.
"Ok, ok, calm down," he walked towards the window. "Don't worry about it Luce, I'm not interested in you that way."
"It's Lucy! And I don't care, now get out!"
"See you in class tomorrow," he walked out onto the balcony and hopped the railing. Lucy gasped and ran over, afraid that he would hit his head. Instead, the shirtless pink haired male was slowly walking away.
"BAKA! You could've gotten hurt!" she shouted, not caring if the entire dorm heard her.
"I thought you didn't care?" he starting walking backwards so he could face her.
"Just shut up!"
"Good night, Luce!"
"It's Lucy, for the third time! And use the door like a normal person, would ya?!"
He only chuckled and waved, and she huffed in vexation. Walking back inside, she threw herself on her bed and fell asleep.
Morning came way too early. Lucy groaned as she threw some clothes on and brushed her teeth. After making her face and hair look presentable, she grabbed her bag and walked out the door.
Her friends must already be in class, the hall was empty except for a few stragglers. She looked at the time, and discovered she had approximately three minutes to get to homeroom.
"Crap!" she started running, turning down halls and sprinting across campus like her life depended on it.
The warning bell signaled, meaning there was one minute left. She was almost there, just around this corner and then –
"Gah!" she hit something hard and fell back. "Watch where you're going!"
"I could say the same for you," he laughed. Wait – that voice was familiar. "Morning Luce!"
The thing she hit was Natsu, who had also fallen on his ass like she did.
"It's Lucy! L-U-C-Y! Great, now we're going to be late for class."
"Whatever. Why are you so eager to go to math class anyways?" he got up, and offered his hand to her.
"I'm not, I just don't feel like spending my Saturday morning in detention," she took his hand, and he pulled her up easily. A little too easily, in fact. She then fell forward into his chest, which caused her cheeks to turn red.
"You ok, Luce? Your face is all red. You got a fever or something?" he placed his hand on her forehead to check her temperature.
"I'm fine. Let's just get to class, the final bell already rung," she went to pick up her bag, but Natsu beat her to it. "What're you doing?"
"Carrying your bag. I'm the reason you're late, so it's the least I can do," he shrugged nonchalantly.
"Oh, thanks," she didn't expect that. At all.
They walked into homeroom and Gildarts raised an eyebrow.
"Lucy, Natsu, thanks for joining us. Now you two will be joining me on Saturday morning at seven. Take your seats," he turned back to the board, continuing on his lesson.
Natsu set Lucy's bag down at her desk before proceeding to his own. She took out her textbook and started to follow along while taking notes. But she couldn't help but think about what Natsu had done. Who would've thought he could be a gentlemen sometimes?
"Alright, I want no slackers! Sabertooth gave us a hard enough time last year, and we're going to beat the hell out of them again this year. Now start with stretches, I'll be back in ten minutes. Dragneel, take it easy. I don't want you broken before the first game," the soccer coach started walking off. Lucy found out that his name was Coach Arnold Stevens.
"Hey Luce!" Natsu ran over to her. "Stretch with me?"
"Sure," she sat down across from him, and the other soccer players glared at Natsu.
They had their legs spread out in front of them, with the bottoms of their feet touching. They grabbed each other's arms, and Lucy pulled Natsu towards her until his head was touching the ground.
"Hey, so did you understand anything Gildarts was teaching us today?" he asked.
"Yeah, weren't you paying attention?"
"Not really. Can you give me a crash course before the test?"
"Fine. I don't know why I help you," she rolled her eyes, and then they switched. Lucy slowly stretched until her nose was touching the grass. Natsu couldn't help but grin at the view. This position made it very easy to admire Lucy's chest without her knowing.
"It's because you love me," his voice couldn't sound more cocky.
"Natsu, I've known you less than seven days. How can you expect me to love you?" they stood up, and turned their backs to each other. After interlocking their arms, Natsu pulled Lucy onto his back.
"It's a friendly love. What, did you think I meant it romantically? Cause that would be gross."
"N-No! It's just weird. I've never really had friends before," good thing he couldn't see her blushing.
"You've never had friends before?" he had that 'I don't believe you' tone.
"Not really. I didn't really have a childhood."
"Well, if you ever want to talk about it, you can tell me. I won't force it out of you," he set her down, and Lucy pulled Natsu onto her back. "Damn. You're strong."
"Thanks?"
"No, seriously. I've got to be pretty heavy, you're pretty tiny."
"I take offense to that…"
"Well, you're about 5'6 and I'm probably 6 feet or so. It's a compliment, trust me."
"Ok then. How do you feel today?"
"Eh, the swellings gone down completely, but the bruise is still there. Other than that, I'm alright. I mean I get a little dizzy sometimes, but it goes away after a few seconds."
"You'd stop if it got bad, wouldn't you?" she might be just a teeny weeny bit concerned for him.
"I'm not stupid, I know my own limits."
"You could've fooled me," she mumbled and then set Natsu down. "Come on, let's do laps."
They jogged together around the soccer field, and causally chatted about things.
"So you never answered my question," he said.
"What question?"
"Last night, I texted you. Do you want to hang out after practice?"
"Oh, you mean after you invaded my personal space by falling asleep in my bed?"
"It's not that big of a deal."
"You saw me in my bra and underwear, of course it's a big deal!" she shouted right as they passed the rest of the guys, which made them all stare at Natsu in jealousy. Some even looked proud.
"I already told you, I don't like you that way. We're friends, right Luce?"
"Yeah," she smiled. "Friends."
"Great! So I was thinking we could do homework and then watch a movie?"
"You baka! I'm not going to let you copy off of me! Is that the only reason you wanted to hang out?! Natsu, get your ass back here!" she ran after Natsu, who quickly changed his pace to a rapid one.
"Someone, save me!" he cried as the angry blonde chased him around the field. But of course, no one was stupid enough to get in her way.
~After soccer practice~
Lucy and Natsu were sitting in the bleachers doing homework by the soccer field. She just solved the last problem, and her eyebrow twitched when she looked at Natsu.
"I can't believe you talked me into helping you with your homework. And by helping, I mean copying everything off of me!" a giant tick mark appeared on her forehead.
"I'd like to think of it as one friend helping another," he looked over at her paper to continue copying her work.
"You're lucky I don't have the energy to kill you," she grumbled.
"You couldn't hurt this handsome face, could you?" he put on his best pouty face, and Lucy admitted to herself that it was kind of cute.
'Wait – cute?! No, no, no, no, no! You are not going to start thinking the school's most annoying person is cute. Stop that Lucy!'
"I'm going to get a snack," she got up, and started walking towards the main building.
"Get me some of those spicy chips!" he shouted. "Oh, and a soda!"
She sighed, waving her hand in acknowledgment as she entered a building. While walking towards the cafeteria, she pulled out the necessary money to get the snacks. After finding the vending machine outside the lunch room, she put the money in and typed in the codes. She grabbed the loot, and turned around to walk back when she found someone in her way.
"Lisanna, hey! What's up?"
"Hey Lucy. Can um – can we talk?"
Oooooo what does Lisanna want? Of course, only I know ^.^ well, and I guess Lisanna knows too... How was the chapter? I know you want to tell me in a review :3
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