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now, we go with Lisanna's POV!

Lisanna POV – Chapter 13

She had been one of the first to wake up at Cana's house. She and her sister Mirajane had spent their last few hours of summer hanging out with the Tails. Part of her wished she had stayed at the main house, along with her brother Elfman. She liked how spacious the Strauss family mansion was, much different compared to the small apartment that Cana shared with her father, Gildarts. She didn't care much for the drinking games, and she really didn't want to be her sister's therapist when it came to her love life. Drunk Mira was an open Mira, spouting out all kinds of things that people around her didn't want to hear. But lately, Mirajane only spoke about Laxus and Cana. She'd complain about how the two of them weren't compatible, and that Cana was just holding down a growing Laxus. But when Mirajane sobered up she put on a strong front, always looking perfect in front of the rest of the school. Lily, Gajeel's closest friend, had left already. Laxus was still asleep but was gradually waking up as Lisanna saw him stir beside Cana. They were side by side on the brown couch, a small blanket shared between the two. Oddly enough, Mirajane had herself propped up with her arm on the edge of the couch. Her mouth was open, only small bits of drool seeping out. Lisanna was on the floor next to the couch and crept up, only to see Gajeel and Gray sleeping next to each other. She was surprised to see Gray starch naked either, with everything out, and Gajeel's hand only being a few inches away from giving the stripper a handjob. Lisanna slightly giggled as in the corner of her eye she saw Natsu starting to change into his soccer uniform.

Ah, Natsu. Her love for him had always been the same, even when they were younger. It was never a brother-sister relationship, like how he saw it. It was the kind of love you'd see in mushy, gooey, fluffy books and movies, and that's how Lisanna felt towards him. His muscles were so announced, as his shirt stretched over them. He was causally getting dressed, and Lisanna didn't know if she liked watching him dress or undress better. Suddenly she realized she should have been getting ready as well. She didn't want to miss him play a game, even if it was just practice. She would be there with him, like she always was. Slowly she stood up, trying not to disturb any of the others. Her movements were swift but strong, with 5 years of gymnastic and cheerleading under her belt. She had studied abroad her sophomore year, much to her disproval. Her parents were making sure the girl had skills in all kinds of subjects, trying to make her the ideal daughter. But in reality, Lisanna knew she was just a mere pawn in her father's work. At his word and will, she could be married off just to establish ties with another company or family. Therefore she was taught different languages, art styles like Japanese dancing and paintings. She already knew college level math and her medals in gymnastics were proof of her physical shape. And despite all her parent's wishes, the wishes of her teachers, and even some other friends, she managed to dumb herself down just so she could go back to her previous high school, Fairy Academy. She even got into the same class as Natsu! And with that, all her efforts were not in vain. The busty girl waved a hand at Natsu, gesturing for him to wait for her to get ready as well. He nodded and whispered that he would wait outside the apartment complex for her. She smiled and hurried into the bathroom to get change. Unlike her sister – and Gray – she wasn't as fond or rather, confident, in her body. She had always been a little on the chubbier side, and when she was desperate to lose weight, she had gained stretch marks. She had tried all kinds of ways to get rid of them, but nothing seemed to work. Her pale Strauss skin made them look hideous on her, and for that she never told anyone about them. Her uniform skirt covered any ones she had on her thigh, and obviously her shirt covered the ones on her stomach. She quickly got into her shoes and left the bathroom, almost forgetting that the others were in the room. She had walked into Laxus, whose jacket was just now about to be put on. She could see several scars on his bare chest, but it was the heavy scent of alcohol that took most of her attention. "Ooops! Sorry Laxus."She slipped by him, whispering her apology. His mind must have been still foggy, as all he did was murmur a few jumbled up words. Before Lisanna left, she remembered something important. "Oh and, remember to tell Mira that she should sign up now if she wants to join the council….and oh! Don't you have to be there for the senior opening ceremony?" It was the latter that made his eyes widen in panic, and as Lisanna left the apartment she could see in the corner of her eye his flustered movements. She giggled and closed the door behind her.

It was a beautiful morning. The sky was that nonchalant feeling of blue, clouds spread thin. The air was crisp, as the school year started in the fall. Lisanna looked in her bag to make sure she had everything she needed. Books, pencils, notebook. She had remembered to bring an extra pair of clothing since somehow she always managed to get dirty whenever it was Natsu on the soccer field. She had also brought two bentos, both homemade. One for her, and one for him. She was glad she was one of the individuals who had remembered to bring what they would need for the first day of school at the party. She figured Gray and Natsu would forget, but it turned out to be Gray had been the only one forgetting to bring his uniform.

It was so quiet, too quiet. When Natsu was there, something was always up with him. Rather it be how he made this epic goal or, Happy had said his first words – which no one believed, since Happy was a cat, but the group decided just to go with it -, or he would talk about his new favorite hobby, whatever it might be for the week. But now he was quiet, a simple smile on his face, his signature scarf swaying behind him as the breeze lightly teased it.

"Um, Natsu? Is everything alright?" Lisanna asked, her eyes reflecting a worried soul. Natsu seemed to look as if he had just come out of a trance, and his eyes flickered toward Lisanna.

"What? Oh sorry. Yeah I'm alright, just a little nervous." Nervous? Him? Lisanna gave him a confused look. What in the world could he be nervous about? He was Natsu. Natsu Dragneel. One of the most popular boys in school, despite his obliviousness to it. One of the, no, THE best soccer player on the Fairy Soccer Team… oh wait, that must be it!

"Ah, I get it!" Lisanna giggled, and reached out to touch his shoulder. She lightly squeezed and smile. "You're nervous about getting back on the field huh? It has been several months since you've played on a full team and you probably thinking you're rusty, but don't worry! You were accepted right away when you tried out last month, so I'm sure you're going to do fine." She let go of him as they continued to walk. They had no need to use the trains to get to the field, since the soccer field was off of the main school's property.

"Eh? Oh no no Lis, that's not it. I'm not nervous about that… wait, now I am.. oh god!" She watched as he started to jump into the conversation about how he might screw up and what not, and she laughed as he made weird hand gestures and unusual face expressions. They both laughed and realized they had finally made it to the Fairy Academy's soccer field. Students were already there, waiting for the head coach to appear. Natsu waved at his fellow teammates and Lisanna could see that, it was best for now that she let him have time with his friends. She would go early to school, and also catch up with her own old friends.

"Hey, Natsu, I'm going to go ahead to the main building. Make sure not to be late, alright?" Lisanna briefly waved and the pink haired boy nodded turning away to focus on his team. But before Lisanna left, she still had something nagging in her mind. "Wait!" She grabbed his arm suddenly, making him briefly flinch.

"W-what?" Natsu stuttered, his eyes looking at her. She felt like maybe she shouldn't ask this. Maybe it would be best for her not to know. But she wanted, she wanted to know.

"What were you nervous about?" Natsu took a few moments, and Lisanna could almost see his mind contemplating rather if he should say or no. But in the end, Natsu had decided to trust her.

" I… I was nervous about seeing someone I know. A girl."

Those words brought back past pains, and past anger. But her face did its best not to reflect what she was feeling. Her hand – not so much. "Ow Lis! Her nails are digging into me!" Natsu nervously laughed, and when Lisanna finally released her grasp he rubbed his arm. "Jeez what's gotten into you."

Lisanna pulled back, her face making a small smile.

"Ha ha… sorry. I thought I was about to...lose my balance for a second. Anyways, I'll catch you later." She looked away, and when she thought he had finally went back to his team she ran off towards the building. It's happening again. Why? WHY? Why was it that every time she asked what was going on his peanut sized brain, it was always somehow related to her. Lisanna had thought she had taken care of that problem. She had trusted that her 'friends' would keep the problem in check while she was gone abroad. Had they failed? She would later soon find out.

Later that day -

She's in our class. Lucy Bitchfilia is in our class. What did she do to get in here? Sleep with the school? Lisanna knew her thoughts were just out of pure hatred towards the girl. Lucy probably hadn't even kissed a guy. Nonetheless, the Strauss girl wouldn't mind slandering the blonde's name. The dark thoughts ran in her mind, but it was then she noticed something. Lucy's not talking to Natsu, not even looking at him. It was as if she refused to believe he was even there. Perhaps Lisanna's plan had worked out after all. She could see that Natsu had attempted to talk to her during the first part of class, how he would drop his eraser in hopes she would pick it up and look at him. But that backfired as it was Gajeel who would pick it up instead, his eyes glaring every time Natsu would do it. It was about the 7th time when Gajeel snapped his pencil in half, threatening the pink haired boy's life. After that, Natsu stopped. When lunch time came around Lisanna was glad to see Gray had finally come, and drag out Gajeel and Natsu for lunch time. It had been Lisanna's mistake for leaving her lunches in the classroom, but it was also during that time she had managed to catch a glimpse of her younger brother making a fool out of himself in the classroom. But at the same time, she met someone she didn't plan on meeting again. Bickslow. The two of them had history together, and it was something Lisanna would rather forget entirely.

She had seen him alone, his eyes scanning the post board in the hallway. His was tall for his age, much taller than Lisanna of course. When people would see him, they would have thought he looked strange, his blue and black hair along with his dark red eyes. A strange tattoo covered the center of his face as well. But to Lisanna, he looked differently to her, because she knew things others didn't. And at the same time he knew things about her, that no one else knew. She stood there, and as his gaze glanced over to her she felt suddenly powerless. She didn't understand that kind of feeling, and she didn't like it. It brought to many things up that she wasn't willing to deal with it. Bickslow smiled slyly at her, and made his way over to her.

"My my, it's Lisanna! Wow, you've changed. Has it really been a whole year?" His voice was smooth, but she knew how he really was. He wasn't just some weirdo, he was a weirdo with something dark to hide behind his cracking mask.

"It's.. good to see you Bick. You're.. tall." Lisanna raised an eyebrow and slightly laughed, eager to quickly return to Natsu's side. Bickslow kept glancing over her, and his eyes landed over the two lunchboxes.

"Ahh, you got me a lunchbox? You shouldn't have!" He grabbed it, holding onto the small fabric that wrapped around it. Lisanna got wide eyed and frowned.

"Give it back! That's not yours that's – "

"For him?" Lisanna hitched her breath. His voice, it changed so fast. His face also changed, now it looked angry, almost disgusted. Lisanna didn't say anything, not right away anyway.

"It's for Natsu." She quickly took it from his hand, holding it close to her chest. She glanced up, and now his face… was smiling.

"Of course it is. Maybe, you really haven't changed at all." He murmured. He shoved his hands in the pockets and looked back to the hallway board. His face was fake, the smile was a lie. For a second, she had recognized his real face. His true voice. She had heard it before, so… so many times before. But how could she criticize him? She took kept a mask on. Inside she knew who she really was, how she really sounded like. They both were the same, hiding what monstrous feelings they had. They both hid, for different reasons, behind their cracking mask. She nodded a silent goodbye and ran off outside to the staircase, where she had left Natsu and the gang. Quickly, she changed her current expression into a happy one. One that Natsu would like her to have – a smile.

But what she next saw, wasn't so happy. No no, it made her mad, very. Lucy and Natsu, together, holding hands. The both looked like a couple of in love dorks as they continued to shake hands. Lisanna kept quiet, just in complete shock of the sight. If what Lisanna was thinking was right, Lucy hadn't walked up to Natsu, it was him that initiated this. Lisanna felt like crying, but she didn't, of course not. She slightly coughed, announcing her arrival to the group. She glanced over at Lucy's new friends. She recognizes Juvia, but the other blue haired girl was new to Lisanna.

"Ooh, Natsu~! I got your bento here! Sorry it took a while, sensai wanted me to… Oh." It was all a play. Almost as if her words were scripted. Lisanna pulled out her bento , smiling brightly as she did so. "Natsu, are you bothering these girls for food? C'mere, I already got you covered." She giggled and waved with her hand for him to come over. But what happened next shocked Lisanna, and to everyone's surprise he didn't move. Instead he took Lucy's hand and replied to Lisanna, his usual voice light suddenly turning serious. "Sorry Lis, I need to talk to Lucy.. in private for abit." ..What? Don't touch her. Don't touch him! Lisanna felt her anger boil. Lisanna opened her mouth to speak, but the sound of a slap stopped her. Lucy had smacked Natsu's hand away. A ghost of a smile touched on Lisanna's face. Good, Lucy knew. She knew what would happen if she ever got close to Natsu again. She watched as the girl ran off, and Natsu watched in total shock. Her friends followed her, leaving Lisanna and Natsu by themselves. "Wow, how rude." Lisanna giggled from behind him, her small hand slightly over her hand. " Can you believe that Natsu? Anyways, enough of that. Here, you must be starving! A nice, homemade bento will make it all –" But Natsu's walking away once again interrupted her.

"Sorry Lis, I'm not hungry anymore." And then she was left alone once again. As soon as she was alone, she felt weak. She slumped down, her bare knees touching the rough concrete floor. Her bento box tumbled over and fell down the stairs. She didn't care anymore about it, what use was it? Lisanna's eyes moistened up, and hot tears fell to hit the ground. They soon evaporated though, along with her saneness. Did she really have to go through this again? Go with the trouble of making a point to that bitch that Natsu's was hers?! Can she never get the things she truly ever wants?! She felt like crying like a mere child, and for some reason she expected Natsu to reach out his hand for her to pick her back up. At the time, Lisanna didn't know why she looked up, expecting him. And she was right, he wasn't there. Instead she saw something else, something that wouldn't have expected in a million years.

"Mm, I figured It'd be okay to eat it now since… ya know." Bickslow sat there on the staircase, eating the lunchbox that had previously fallen. He ate it without taking too much care to what the atmosphere was leading up to be, munching away to Lisanna's hard work.

"W-what….what the hell are you doing here?" Lisanna spoke through sobs, her hands quickly rubbing her eyes. She didn't want to lose her composure, especially not in front of someone like him.

"I'm here to pick up the broken pieces." Bickslow was full of surprises today. He was there, eating her lunchbox as she was crying over a broken heart. And then he had the nerve to comment something like that. It was what he did next that really got her. He placed his food down and grabbed her jawline. As he leaned in close to her face, his voice almost growled. "Just like before.."

Their lips touched, and Lisanna was wide eyed. She pulled away, touching her salty lips from her tears. How could he do that! When…when…

"H-how could you do that! When I look like such a mess and…" She drowned out as they kissed for a second time. Instead now his tongue ran over her bottom lip, asking for entry. It was then when she opened up that even more memories flooded her mind. As they pulled away for the second time, he grinned.

"When did I ever care about looks?" Lisanna raised an eyebrow, but deep down she knew he was right.

Okay. Sooo, confusing right? haha. We are going to be getting into Lisanna's past in the future but as of right now, we are going to be focusingon NaLu and Gajevy mkkkk? I just thought Lisanna needed some kind of background ya know? Hate it? Love it? PLEASE REVIEW IT! This one is 3.200 k words, so this is my longest so far.

ALSO FYI: Yes,Lisanna is/will be a cheerleader and yes she does gymanstics. It is BEFORE all of this exercise what she was abit chubby and when she strained herself to become the perfect cheerleader,she gained those marks. just to..ya know. CLEAR SOME of the confusion haha.

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