A/N : This chapter had to be re-uploaded about 7 times, but hopefully it's here sorry for the delay but I don't know what the problem is.

An Unexpected Couple
Chapter 3 ~ A New Partner

PREVIOUSLY...

"WHAT?" the other teens shouted with anger.

"Aha!, Can you four meet me inside my office at lunch please?" asked the dwarf-sized principal,

"Uh, yes..." Erza replied.

Time skip to later that day

Time skip to later that day

"Don't forget about the meeting later" Lucy said as the bell rang, "Well see you later!". Science was another one of the lessons that Lucy and levy weren't together for, their current topic was physics taught by Laxus Dreyar, who was strict and also the grandson of the principal, "today," the teacher said as he handed out some exercise books "You'll read through chapters seven to ten and answer the questions in your book, silent reading as I'm marking some tests, off you go." He sat down and began by flicking open a test and began marking them. This lesson seemed even longer than the maths lesson yesterday, Lucy continuously read through the pages and after half an hour of reading she began to answer some questions, the questions were fairly easy but then Mr Dreyar said "Behave yourself, I'll be back in five minutes," as he said that he left the class room, when teachers left the classroom, that meant one thing and one thing only - a massive stationary fight would begin, by now Lucy was used to it but it was still incredibly annoying as the teachers usually give out full class detentions. As Lucy thought, the fight began quickly, but she just ignored it, though it was difficult as she was sat on a desk right on the middle, she was lucky her partner wasn't in that day as they go all out and, well - gets a little out of control...
Saved by the bell, Lucy packed up and ran out of the classroom "Finally," she sighed "That class seemed like forever," the next lessons were just as boring: history geography and art, well art would be fun but their teacher rambles on and on so the lessons feel like hours. As the bell rang, Lucy and levy walked out the classroom and into the cafeteria, "Please will Natsu Dragneel principals office NOW!" Announced the speaker in the near left corner of the room.

"Why is Natsu coming too?, He wasn't even the guy who wrecked the prom hall, what does he have to do with it?" Wondered Lucy
"Maybe he ditched class again?" Replied levy
"Probably, but we should go in a minute"
"Yeah I guess," they both walked along the corridor and knocked on the door to Makorav's office.
"Come in," said the principals voice from inside, "so as you - where's Dragneel?" As Lucy and levy walked in they were surprised to see Gray and Erza already inside, "Shall we go look for him sir?" Questioned Erza,
"No, I'll send a teacher," he typed and sent a quick email to the front office, after five minutes of waiting the door creaked open and a certain pink haired biker walked in,
"So, what have I done now?" Natsu asked
"So now you're all here, I've asked you which one of you are free, as I know some of you are going on the date funded by the school earlier in the year,"
"Well, I'm going on it," said Levy
"Me to," Erza said as well,
"Yep, same here," Gray also said
"Which leaves Lucy and Natsu, you too need to fix the prom decorations," Makorav continued
"What? Sir why him?" Gasped Lucy
"Well, I thought it would be a suitable punishment, the halls open from the end of school till seven, you're dismissed"
The five walked out, Natsu walked away quickly, "Ugh, out of all people, Makorav chose him," Lucy complained
"Sorry Lu, but call any of us if you need help," Levy apologized
"Yeah, no one should have to work with him," Gray said as Lucy started repeatedly banging her head on the wall,
"Don't worry about it your it into be for long," Erza said as she patted Lucy's shoulder sympatheticly. The bell rang soon after that and they all went to their next lessons, that lesson seemed longer as well, it was probably because she was dreading having to work with Natsu, the bell rang and Lucy walked to the hall. "I guess i better let mum know that I'll be home late again..." she thought, Lucy took out her phone and sent the message and went to the janitors cupboard and took a mob and bucket, which she filled with soapy water. Lucy immediately began scrubbing the floor, checking the time every few minutes, after half an hour Natsu walked through the door "You're late..." Lucy said disapprovingly with out lifting her head as she continued to clean the floor,
"Oh, sorry about that, I lost track of time,"
"Hmph, well, you can start by salvaging any material you can find," Lucy ordered still without making eye contact. The time seemed to go slower than the lessons she has been in. The time eventually passed "where shall I put these," Natsu said whilst holding a box of broken fairy-lights,
"Just put them in the bin," Lucy said as she squeeze d access water from the mop and poured the remaining water down the drain just outside the hall fire exit, "You can go now, I'll lock up," Lucy said and with out a word, Natsu left, Lucy locked the door and returned the key to the main office, she left the school and began her walk home. But once again, Natsu thought it would be funny if he annoyed so he sped his bike through a puddle near the pavement and got Lucy soaked and he drove off sniggering. "Ugh," Lucy screamed probably slightly too loud as Loke came running down the street "Um are you okay?" he asked
"Yeah I'm fine,"
"Want me to walk you home?"
"Sure,"
"This might be a bad time to tell you, but... I got into Celestial High,"
"How is that a bad thing?"
"Well, the open evening is the same day as prom,"
"Oh, you've wanted this for years, you should go,"
"Are you sure you'll find someone else to go with?"
"Yeah and if not, I don't care if i go on my own,"
"Only if your sure, listen, I really am sorry about-"
"Don't be, well This is my house, bye,"
"Bye," Loke replied glumly, Lucy opened the door and walked in "home," she yelled "Hi mum,dad."
"What on earth happened to you?" Questioned her mum as she looked at her soaked clothes
"Long story..."
"Well, I'm ready to hear it,"
"Okay" Lucy explained what happened "so now i have to work with Natsu Dragneel"
"Did you say, Dragneel?"asked her dad as he popped his head out from the dividing wall between the living room and the dining room, "He's bad news, if he does anything else let me know and I'll deal with him,"
"Well he might not be as and as he appears," said her mum sympathetically
"If he's anything like his dad was he'll be bad news," her dad replied
"Well, anyway your dinners in the microwave,"
"Thanks mum" Lucy heated up her dinner and carried it upstairs and ate it in her room. then, her laptop started to ring, she opened it and noticed that it was Erza, levy and Juvia calling her on Skype, she answered it immediately "Hi, finally someone I can talk to,"
"Hi, so how was the prom stuff, sorry we couldn't help," asked Erza
"Eh, it was boring but you guys deserve a break," Lucy replied
"Yeah and so do you," levy said,

"Well at least Juvia can spend time with Gray!" Juvia squealed excitedly, "And love rival can't!"

Lucy - "I DON'T LIKE HIM!"

Levy - "Yeah, besides Lucy's going to prom with Loke,"

Lucy - "Um...About that"

Erza - "WHAT HAPPENED? DO I NEED TO KILL ANYONE?!"

Lucy - "Calm down...he can't go any more...no big deal,"

Erza - "NO BIG DEAL? I-"

Levy - "Erza! No killing anyone!"

Erza - "Hmph...fine...I gotta go anyway...bye."

Lucy - "Bye,"

Levy - "See you tomorrow!"

Juvia - "Goodbye...Love Rival..."

Erza - "I will say this one more time, I don't like Gray in that way and I have Jellal!"

Juvia - "Juvia doesn't believe you so good bye!"

Juvia Lockser has left the call

Erza - "well, see you two tomorrow,"

Lucy - "See you,"

Erza Scarlet has left the call

Levy - "So, what happened with Loke?"

Lucy - "He got accepted to Celestial High-"

Levy - "That's great!-"

Lucy - "But, the open evening is the same night as prom so, obviously-"

Levy - "He's going to that...Well at least you're open!"

Lucy - "Yeah, well I better get to bed, night."

Levy - "Night..."

Lucy Heartfilia has left the call

Levy Mcgarden has left the call

As soon as Lucy had left the call she got ready for bed and fell asleep. BEEP BEEP, it was once again another alarm awakening her for her school day,except this time it went off an hour earlier so she could work on the prom hall, Lucy got up and began her usual routine, once she was out the house she broke into a swift jog, the sooner she got there the sooner she could work on prom.

When Lucy arrived, she grabbed the key from the main office and walked to the hall to unlock the doors, she still had one hour to clear up the burnt decorations and piles of ashes, after an hour of dusting the hall looked a little better but still not back to normal, when the bell rang making the start of school, Lucy locked the hall doors, returned the key to the office and walked to her first lesson: History. Taught by Macao Colbolt, a boring but slightly laid back teacher, the rest of the day was normal, boring and very slow, the lessons seemed endless, but after six hours of torture more hell awaited. To be honest, Lucy wasn't looking forward to working with Natsu but the sooner the halls done the sooner she could never have to speak to him again, as soon as she reached the hall, she began scrubbing the floor to get off the spilt paint, it wasn't very easy...after half an hour of working the doors flew open and in walked a grumpy-looking teenaged boy, "You're late..." Lucy said disapprovingly.

"Yeah...Sorry 'bout that," he replied taking of his leather jacket to reveal a sleeveless top underneath,

"Hmph..."

"Well, what should I do?"

"You can start by putting those in the skip, hopefully the DT department can re-use them..." (DT stands for Design Technology) she replied as she pointed to metal trees that had been used for decoration near the fountain, they weren't burnt, just rusty and in too bad condition to use again. Natsu swung the chunks of metal over his shoulder, using his left arm to support whilst his right arm relaxed at his side. Lucy was continuously scrubbing, but after another fifteen minutes, she had finished, when she looked up she noticed the teen boy walking effortlessly across the hall floor, still carrying the metal trees, "Problem?" He asked as he raised an eyebrow,

"Wha? Uh...no I'm just...checking at what else needs to be done..." Lucy replied, she turned a head away as a blush creeped across her face,

"A lot by the look of it," A smirk appeared across his face,

"Hmph..." Lucy picked up her bucket of water and began to polish the ash-covered disco ball, which was supposed to be the moon. Another hour of work passed, they'd pretty much cleared everything up, "You can go, I'll lock up," Lucy said as she stood up,

"See ya," Natsu replied as he bolted out the door with his jacket and bag draped over his right shoulder, Lucy picked up the bucket of water and disposed of it, then she cleared the rest of the cleaning equipment, locked the doors and, once again, returned the key to the front office. Her walk home was normal, after ten minutes of walking she reached her home, when she walked in she noticed her mum sat on the sofa, "Hey mum,"

"Hello sweetie, did you have a good day?"
"Honestly...no,"

"What happened?"

Lucy explained her situation with Natsu, then went upstairs to her room.

A/N : HAAIIII,
so that bit in the middle when the girls were on their 'Skype' call, I used the script lay out so I don't have to retype names 777 times and I'll probs use that style later on, but until then good bye my little munchkins!