Let's Roar Chapter 6, a fairy tail fanfic

Chapter Six

It had been a week since she had seen any sign of her new friends. Her and Levy exchanged text messages every day which made Lucy look forward to her days at work, no matter how difficult the day had been, Levy had a way of cheering her up with just a few words. She had received a couple from Gray, asking how she was, and venting about Flame Brain, which she could only assume was Natsu, and had even received a message from Gajeel, asking if she was coming to their concert that was coming up. Lucy frowned thinking about that conversation, the concert was on a Friday, but Lucy had been called into work that day and hadn't managed to go, and it was so busy that she didn't even get to talk to Levy that much. She had almost lost her job that day because she wouldn't stop checking her phone every chance she got and her boss didn't particularly like that she was so distracted. Luckily she had only managed to get a write up, and for the rest of that evening, she didn't dare check her phone in fear of losing her job.

It was now Monday and she couldn't wait till she got off at five that evening. She and Levy had made plans to hang out afterwards, the first time in what felt like forever, and she was especially excited because she needed a good friend with the way things at work had been. Her boss seemed to have a major 'Hate-On' towards her and it was stressing her out with all of the ridiculous things that her boss was making her do. Lucy sighed heavily as she grabbed a plate from the window of the diner where she worked, a burger resting on it, before taking it over to table seven. Plastering a fake smile on her face, hoping she didn't look as annoyed as she felt, she placed the plate down for her customer and asked if there was anything else she could do for them. She helped the customer as much as she could when she heard the tinkling of the bell above the door.

"I'll be right with you!" She called out to the patrons before focusing back on her current customer and refilling their water with ease. Grabbing her notepad, she headed over to the other table that was across the little diner. Usually there were two or three other girls, but they had called out, and so she was left picking up all of the other slack. Thankfully she only had another hour to go before she was off for the rest of the night and the next day. Coming up beside the table, she grabbed her favorite pink pen, placing tip to paper, she looked up and opened her mouth only for it to stay open as she finally got a look at who her next customers were.

"Gray? Gajeel?" She asked dumbly, not quite processing what she was seeing.

"Hey." Gray nodded and gave her a smile while Gajeel just grunted a bit in acknowledgment.

"What are you guys doing here?" Lucy beamed, she was beyond happy to know that the two were there but noticed that they weren't alone. There were two girls with them, along with another boy with blue hair.

"We were having a band meeting and decided to get some lunch." Gray shrugged.

"Out of everywhere you could have gone to Magnolia, you came to this little diner?" Lucy teased the boy and giggled as she saw the boy flush a bit.

"It was Gajeel's idea!" He retorted back.

"Gajeel?" She focused her attention on the pierced boy, an eyebrow raised.

Gajeel shrugged carelessly. "Shrimp mentioned that ya worked here, thought we could check it out."

Lucy grinned, a sly look to her features. "So it has nothing to do with the fact that Levy is supposed to meet me here in an hour when I get off?"

A snort escaped Gajeel and he looked away from the smiling blonde. "I don't know what you're talking about."

"Sure you don't." Lucy giggled again. "So who are your friends?" She asked Gray, knowing that Gajeel wasn't going to talk to her anytime soon.

"Oh sorry!" Gray apologized. "This is Wendy Marvell, she's our keyboardist, Jellal Fernandez, he usually plays the bass and this is our manager, Erza Scarlet." Gray introduced.

"It's so nice to meet you!" Wendy managed to say with a beaming smile on her young face.

"Quite, we've heard a lot about you from Levy." Jellal nodded to her, a small smile on his face.

"I heard that Natsu has given you quite a few problems." Erza extended a hand out to Lucy who eagerly grabbed it, a smile on her face.

"Oh it was nothing! It was an accident, and it's not like I didn't get my car back in the end." Lucy shrugged. "I'm not worried about it, so please don't give it another thought!"

Erza gave her a look that made Lucy shrink back a little, and the others around the table seemed to wait with bated breath, when Erza chuckled lightly. "You're right of course, no harm, no foul." Lucy watched as the others let go of the breath that they were holding and started conversing with each other and she couldn't help but shake her head in amusement.

"Well, in any case, what can I get you guys?" She asked, pulling her notepad and pen closer to her chest so that she can write down the orders. Seeing as they all seemed focused on the menu's by that time, she told them she would be right back to take care of a few other tables. After about ten minutes went by, she went back over to the table and saw that another person had joined them. "Oh hi!" Lucy grinned.

"Hi Lu-chan!" Levy giggled. "I got done early and thought that I would just go ahead and come by."

"I hope you don't mind waiting." She commented before turning to everyone else and quickly writing down their orders. "Alright! I'll be right back." She turned to head back to the counter quickly. Lucy put in their order before grabbing their drinks and hurried over. She passed them out with a smile before rushing off again to take care of a couple of other tables, grabbing the dirty dishes and quickly taking them into the back to be scrubbed. Unbeknownst to her, her new friends kept a close eye on her.

"Is she the only one working?" Jellal commented first, watching as the blonde rushed around the rather packed diner.

"I don't see anyone else helping her..." Wendy worried her bottom lip.

"She told me earlier that the other two girls that are supposed to work today had to call out." Levy explained a little. "I guess they couldn't find replacements." The pixie like girl commented, a frown on her petite features.

"She shouldn't be doing everything by herself..." Gray commented as well, watching as the blonde finally disappeared into the back.

The group waited for Lucy to show herself, but after fifteen minutes had passed with no sign of her, they turned back to each other. Another ten passed before Lucy finally made an appearance with their food, her cheeks slightly flushed.

"Here you guys go!" She said with a bright smile, and placed their food in front of them in the right places. "I hope you guys like it!"

"Why is your face all red?" Erza questioned thoughtfully as she stabbed her piece of strawberry cake with her fork.

"O-oh, I was uh... I was doing the dishes, and it's kind of hot back there being so close to the grill." Lucy twisted her fingers a bit. "In any case, I hope you guys like the food!" She immediately rushed off to the other tables.

"She's overdoing it." Gajeel grunted as he took a bite of his burger.

"Well what are we supposed to do? It's her job." Gray commented.

"But no one should be working the way she is, it's not good for her health or her body, eventually something is going to happen." Wendy pointed out with a frown on her face, Jellal nodding silently beside her. Right at that moment a loud clatter was heard and they all looked up from their food to see Lucy sprawled out on the floor with food all over her.

"Oh my God, I am so sorry!" Lucy rushed out as she hastily stood up, trying not to slip in some ketchup that had also landed on the floor.

"Oh no, it's my fault, no need for you to apologize! I should be the one saying sorry!" The customer smiled at Lucy who smiled back, though she was embarrassed if her pink cheeks said anything.

"Let me go put in your order again and then clean this up!" They watched as Lucy made her way back to the back of the diner when the door suddenly flew open, narrowly missing Lucy's face.

"HEARTFILIA!"

Lucy winced on instinct. "Mr. Everlue! I'm so-"

"Save it! This is the fifth time today that you have made a mistake!" An older man revealed himself, a permanent sneer on his face and stomped over to Lucy and jabbing a fat finger in her face. "I warned you! I warned you that if it would happen again, I would take it out of your tips!"

"Wait-"

"No more excuses Heartfilia!" Everlue lunged forward and grabbed Lucy's left arm tightly in his beefy one.

Lucy winced at the tight grip knowing that she would have bruises in the morning with how hard he was squeezing her arm. Tears threatened but she pushed them back and stood her ground against her boss. "No! It was an accident and you can't do that! Let me go! You're hurting me!"

"Listen here you-"

Everlue was cut off as a fist appeared out of no where and found a home in his face. Taking advantage of the situation, Lucy ripped her arm away from her boss' slackened grip, just as someone wrapped an arm around her waist and pulled her close. Expecting her savior to be Gajeel or Gray, maybe even Jellal, when Lucy glanced up all she saw was pink.

"Natsu?"

"Hi Luigi!" Natsu looked down at the blonde female that he had pulled into his side, a bright grin on his face.

Lucy's jaw dropped for a few seconds before her cheeks turned red, her brows dropping down in anger. "It's Lucy!"

Natsu shrugged. He knew what her name was, but when he got reactions like hers, he couldn't help but to tease her.

Lucy sighed and shook her head. "What are you doing here? What did you do to my boss?!" She exclaimed loudly, squirming out from his side to face him.

"I just saved you, that's what!" Natsu announced boldly to the entire diner.

"That's my boss, Natsu!"

"So?"

"You can't be serious! I can get fired thanks to you!"

"So you would rather lose all of your hard earned money?!"

"That's not the point!"

The two bickered back and forth, not even caring where they were at that time. The other members of 'Roar' plus Erza just watched the two fight for a few moments when another voice entered onto the scene.

"You're fired!" Everlue proclaimed as he sat up, his face extremely swollen from where Natsu had punched him. "And all of you are banned from coming in here ever again!"

Lucy gaped at that short, fat man. "B-b-but-"

"FIRED! NOW GET OUT OF MY DINER!"

Within moments all of them had shuffled out, Levy dragging Lucy out by her hand, gently. "Lu-chan?"

Lucy turned around, a seething glare on her face as she singled out Natsu, her face red from fury and embarrassment. Her eyes glassy from tears that she was holding back. "How could you do that?! I just lost my job because of you!"

"What kind of job does that to it's employees?! I did you a favor!" Natsu hollered back.

"A favor? Is that what you call it?!"

Natsu winced at the screech that emanated from the blonde female in front of him and rolled his eyes as he stuck his pinky in his ear, as if to clean it out. "Wow... someone needs a happy meal."

Everyone stopped to look at Natsu after he said that and then looked at Lucy who finally had tears rolling down her cheeks. Gray held his head in his hand as Natsu finally realized what he said. "Uh... w-wait!"

"You're such a jerk!" Lucy screamed at Natsu before swinging around and running back home to her apartment.

The other members looked at Natsu who had his outstretched as if to stop the blonde from leaving, a look of forlorn on his face.

"Way to go ya Pyro!" Gray immediately got into Natsu's face.

"Back off, Ice Cube!" Natsu retaliated and pushed Gray away from him, a sneer on his face before it immediately turned into a wide eyed look. "Dammit! She was crying! What do I do?!" He began tugging at his rose colored locks in frustration.

"Apologizing would be the first step I do believe." Erza replied, coming closer to the pinkette who flinched a bit and took a cautionary step backwards.

"Why should I be apologizing? I helped her!" Natsu growled out, pretending to be brave.

"And we commend you for that." Jellal stated calmly. "But punching her boss like that? Really Natsu?"

"It was reaction!" Natsu defended himself, crossing his arms, a huff escaping his lips.

"Bunny Girl doesn't know you, moron." Gajeel replied with a roll of his ruby red eyes. "All she knows is that you punched her boss and she got fired because of it."

Levy and Wendy looked at each other a little worriedly. "How about Wendy and I go to Lucy's house and see if we can do anything to make it up to her?" Levy suggested. "I might be able to get her a new job."

"No, Natsu should be the one to do it." Erza ordered, making the others shrink back a little in fear, from the look in her eye. "Natsu," she began.

"Yes ma'am?" The pinkette squeaked out.

"Go to Lucy's house and do whatever you have to to make things right. Don't come back unless you've succeeded."

Natsu deflated like a balloon and crossed his arms, a pout on his face. "Yes ma'am..."

As soon as Lucy got back home she kicked off her shoes and stripped off her clothes as she made her way to her bathroom. She plugged up her tub and started the bath water, adding some bubble bath into the mix. After what had happened, she knew she just needed to relax and calm down. She knew that after everything that Natsu was right and she had blown everything out of proportions. She frowned as she stepped into her bath and sank down into the relaxing waters. 'Maybe I had gone a bit overboard...' She worried her bottom lip in thought. Pushing the thoughts away, she reached over to grab her phone and started playing Pandora. She clicked the New Hits tab and then sank deeper into the water, enjoying the relaxation time that she was allowed. She would worry about finding a new job later.

There was a time when I alone
Nowhere to go and no place to call home
My only friend was the man in the moon
And even sometimes he would go away, too

Then one night, as I closed my eyes,
I saw a shadow, flying high
He came to me with the sweetest smile
Told me he to talk for awhile
He said, "Peter Pan. That's what they call me.
I promise that you'll never be lonely."
And ever since that day...

I am a lost boy from Neverland
Usually hanging out with Peter Pan
And when we're bored we play in the woods
Always on the run from Captain Hook
"Run, run, lost boy," they say to me,
"Away from all of reality."

Neverland is home to lost boys like me
And lost boys like me are free

The blonde sighed heavily as she heard the song, so many emotions filling her up. She missed her mother more than anything at that very moment. She did indeed, feel like a lost boy and was waiting for her savior, a Peter Pan of her own.

He sprinkled me in pixie dust and told me to believe
Believe in him and believe in me
Together we will fly away in a cloud of green
To your beautiful destiny
As we soared above the town that never loved me
I realized I finally had a family
Soon enough we reached Neverland
Peacefully my feet hit the sand
And ever since that day...

I am a lot boy from Neverland
Usually hanging out with Peter Pan
And when we're bored we play in the woods
Always on the run from Captain Hook
"Run, run, lost boy," they say to me,
"Away from all of reality."

Neverland is home to lost boys like me
And lost boys like me are free

A few tears leaked out of Lucy's eyes and trailed down her pale cheeks before she scrubbed them away and started washing her body. No amount of crying would get anything done, she decided and a determined look descended onto her face in replacement of the frown. Nodding to herself, she finished washing herself as she listened to the rest of the song that she had then dubbed as her new favorite.

Peter Pan, Tinkerbell, Wendy Darling,
Even Captain Hook.
You are my perfect story book
Neverland, I love you so,
You are now my home sweet home
Forever a lost boy at last

And forever I will say...

I am a lost boy from Neverland
Usually hanging out with Peter Pan
And when we're bored we play in the woods
Always on the run from Captain Hook
"Run, run, lost boy," they say to me
"Away from all reality."

Neverland is home to lost boys like me
And lost boys like me are free

Lucy rinsed off all of the soap and bubbles from her body, and just laid back in the tub. She knew that she had just gotten into the tub, and only listened to a few songs, but she was tired from all of the work that she had done and add to that the fight she had with the pink haired singer, and then of course running all the way home. Lucy sighed heavily. She needed a vacation. She could easily get one if she just called up her estranged father, but thinking deeper on the subject she didn't want to deal with her father either. Knowing him, he would only give her the needed money if there was a catch along with it, like a marriage or for her to move back home and the blonde wasn't willing to sacrifice her freedom for that. She'll just have to look for another job, somewhere better than at Everlue's shoddy diner.

Emptying the tub, Lucy stood up and wrapped a towel around her shapely body and moved to the door where Plue was waiting for her and cracked a smile.

"I'm guessing you're hungry?" A loud bark answered her and she giggled, while holding a finger to her lips. "Shh, we don't want the landlady getting onto us about being loud again." She shook her head at the white Pyrenees. "Let me go get some clothes on, and I'll go feed you, afterwards let's go to the park, it's been a while." She commented as she made her way to her room. She slipped on a pair of blue jean shorts and a regular purple cami before exiting and heading straight to the kitchen where she grabbed Plue's food and water bowls and filled them up. She laid them on the floor and leaned against the counter, a soft smile playing on her lips as she watched her puppy devour it.

After a few more moments, Lucy slipped on her favorite tennis shoes and grabbed Plue's leash, before they made their way to the front door. Flinging it open, her soft smile turned into a scowl as she saw someone standing right outside her door.

"What do you want?"

A/N: Sorry about the lateness of this chapter, my boyfriend's grandfather died and we have had a lot to deal with the last couple of days... in any case, I'm thinking about putting this story up on my tumblr, but I wanted to know your opinion about it! Yay or nay?

In any case, the song used is called "Lost Boys" by Ruth B, I've been obsessed with it recently and thought it was a perfect song to put in for this story, so I couldn't resist lol. I hope you guys liked the chapter, lemme know what you thought by leaving a review or fav and follow! It brightens up my days when I get one!

Thanks so much for reading and I hope to hear from you guys soon!

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