~Chapter 2~

A Menace and the Reoccurring Green Eyes

Erza hurried to her locker, which was conveniently the closest one to her homeroom. Next to hers was Lucy's, and some other students occupied five lockers down from that where Levy's was the last in the row. Erza hurried to unpack all of her things and set everything in order her locker was practically sparkling. She turned to peak at Lucy's which actually was sparkling and smiled at her blonde friend.

"Only you would have an amazingly clean work area but a messy room." she said with a teasing look. Lucy just smiled and suggested that they hurry down the hall to science.

Just down the hall and to the left was Mrs. Connell's room. Upon entering she glanced around the room glad to see that the only bleu-nette was Levy.

"Lu-chan! Erza!" Levy called and gestured to the two free seats on her right side. Erza took the seat behind Lucy and yawned, still groggy from her poor night's sleep.

Mrs. Connell, or Bisca-as she preferred to be called when the principle wasn't in the room-, said that where we were sitting was adequate. Beyond Lucy and Levy, the only other extremely familiar face was that of Gajeel's who was seated in the back right corner of the room. Bisca was a great teacher, enthusiastic, encouraging. Erza enjoyed her company, this was her first year of teaching, as was it her husband-Alzack's. The class was uneventful until after they had gone over the syllabus and course outline. First they would study Geology, then Astronomy, then Chemistry, and finally Meteorology(which was Erza's least favorite). After they had gone over the contents of the year being the nice teacher she was Bisca allowed the class to talk freely. Surprisingly this wasn't a rare thing for the Fairy Tail team. Although they were seen as the best team, they were often one of the chattier teams. All was good until that annoying little punk pipped up from the back row.

"Hey redhead! What's your name?" he was smirking evilly. Lucy, Levy, and Gajeel fell silent, Erza had a pretty mean reputation among those who knew her. The remainder of the students were unfamiliar with her appearance but if they had known her name they would be quaking in fear. Gajeel winced and put a hand protectively on his head obviously recalling the previous debacle in the hall.

"Fufufu! It's probably something like Tiffany or Alice? No?" the boy was being overwhelmingly cheeky, he would learn. Erza stood and walked to the back of the room. The boy was two seats to the left of Gajeel.

"Let's not make too big of a scene..." Bisca cautioned, Erza could tell as long as the principle didn't become involved Bisca would let this one slide. Bisca and Erza had a positive relationship and it was irritating to even the sweet tempered Bisca. She had most certainly left her name out intentionally. Erza decided to play with this a bit.

The boy's confusion was priceless as she smirked and bent down to his level. With fire in her eyes she interrogated the boy in a stone cold voice, false pleasantry was not her thing, she preferred to be painfully obvious.

"Tell me little boy, did you say something?" she mused. The boy surprisingly shot back at her, oh this was going to be entertaining.

"Of course I did sweetheart." he said with a smirk, Erza cringed at his arrogance. She decided to end it before the urge to knock this pest's teeth out became unbearable.

"In that case, my name is Erza. Erza Titania Scarlet, if you don't mind I'd like to get back to my conversation with my friends?" she growled, at this point everyone in the room had fallen into a dead silence. Most of them cringed at her tone.

"So Scarlet, you walk through a wind tunnel on the way to school?" The nerve! Erza likely would have decapitated the royal pain in the ass if the bell hadn't rang and he hadn't dashed out the room with a final remark.

"See ya around Scarlet!"

Erza was pissed. No! Pissed wasn't nearly good enough! Erza was beyond any word's ability to describe the pure rage she felt towards that menace. She simply grumbled and continued on to her next class. Leaving Lucy to Levy who had the same second period class as her blonde friend.

They had an assembly scheduled for the middle of the second period, which Erza didn't mind. She hated introductory crap and preferred actually doing something productive. She shuffled to her locker with another damn yawn. Why was she so tired! Was she that week! Someone ought to strike her... She entered her combination and exchanged books. With a groan she slammed her locker shut enjoying the cool metal's chill on her skin and turned on heel to start off down the hall. She darted around a big burly teen who was likely on the football team and slammed straight into someone. She wasn't sure who until she turned around, instantly wishing she hadn't. She stood face-to-face with the bleu-nette she had been purposely avoiding since the beginning of 9th grade.

"E-Erza?! S-sorry! I probably should have been watching where I was going..." he said.

"N-no, I was the one at fault. My most sincere apologies." she mumbled abnormally quiet for her personality. She hadn't realized she was on the ground in an most unflattering position until he offered a hand to her.

"Thanks." she offered still sounding shy and uncertain. He flashed a smile not all that different from the ones he used to. Come to think of it, it had been two years since she had seen that smile.

Erza and Jellal had been best friends throughout elementary school and became even closer upon reaching 6th grade and middle school. After 8th grade, somehow things had gotten awkward. Erza didn't realize it until it was too late but she and Jellal had grown apart and since then they had hardly talked to each other. Erza although regretful, had to admit that in a way she had been avoiding him. The truth was, it was a bit odd. He seemed different and the same. Erza was sick of going on with the old cliche teen feelings crap and proceeded to think about something else. She fell into step beside him as they walked to class. The silence was not awkward, but comfortable as it used to be. Erza missed those carefree days when they were still children in many ways.

Erza was assigned to a group consisting of her, Mirajane, the jerk from first period, and Jellal. She felt like slamming her head into her desk. The desks facing each other lead to Her facing Jellal the entire period. She was likely as scarlet as her hair when the idiot from before sent her a jab.

"Wow Scarlet, you look a bit flustered. I can't tell your face from your hair!" he laughed like a little brat. He was so immature, no one laughed at his idiotic comment but he was howling. That is, until he noticed a pair of cool green eyes bearing into his own chocolate ones. The tension was thick, Erza was surprised. Jellal was typically quiet and easygoing. If he had a problem with something he usually just ignored it.

"Uh, sorry Scarlet... Could you ask your boyfriend to back off maybe?" he managed to get another jab in under the icy glare of Jellal. At this remark Erza became even more red, Jellal however grew even more unsettled. Now besides the cool glint in his eyes he was scowling.

Erza came to know the term "saved by the bell" as the principle called them down for the assembly that would take up the rest of what would be second period.

Author Note:

Wow, here's another chapter. Its so late it isn't even funny! I'm sorry. I just about lost my electronics for the whole second nine weeks! If I hadn't pulled myself together and gotten an A on the last Geometry test! I was the lowest A on the grading scale! 92% XP I'm glad I'm alive though. My science grade is a 99% :D I'm gonna make honors Biology for next year if I can keep it up. So I kinda started about Jellal and Erza's past. Next chapter might be in Jellyfish's perspective. I'll be as fast as possible. I have another Jerza somewhere. Also I've started a story that I'm going to post on fictionpress!

~Deh Puppeh