~Chapter 3~
Erza
My Life's a Major Pain in the Ass
Erza purposely shot forward ahead of her table's members leaving the idiot and Jellal behind. She went the long way to the auditorium hoping to be able to walk alone and think. When she pushed the doors to the staircase open she let them slam shut and stopped to lean against the wall by the top of the descending stairs. After a few seconds she was about to resume when she heard the click of the latch on the door. Jellal walked through the door with an attempt at a smile.
"About that brat from before..." she started.
"Just forget about him, maybe I should have let you deal with it, but I don't think he'll bother you as long as I'm at the table you're at." he replied casually, Erza was glad. Just like before, he wasn't one to allow things to be blown way out of proportion. They walked down the stairs in silence. At the bottom, Jellal surprised Erza, opening the door for her and bowing in mock chivalry.
"Why thank you young gentlemen." she mocked back. He flashed her a charming smile and continued to walk.
"How've you been Erza?" he asked looking almost cautious.
"Good..." she said looking down feeling guilt nip her heels, "I'm glad that we're in some classes together now!" she said without weighing each word. She had decided to just act natural.
"Yeah..." he said obviously unsure of what to say. After a bit of a pause Erza made a decision that some may call rash, she however decided to go with it.
"Would you be interested in hanging out with me, Lucy, Natsu, and some others this weekend?" she asked trying not to sound the slightest bit nervous. For once she had succeeded, all she needed was this kind of luck all the time.
"Yeah, that'd be great." he said looking a bit surprised.
"I'll text you the details latter, I have your number." she replied with a bright smile.
"Yeah sure!" he said with a grin. They rounded the corner into the arched doorframe of one of the auditorium's many entrances. They took two seats towards the back next to each other. Erza hardly endured the lecture from the Vice Principal, Lahar, who continued to blab about behavior. The lecture was mostly directed at the Grimore Heart and Raven Tail teams, which she realized had just merged this year.
After the lecture the rest of the staff announced things such as after school activities, clubs and what not. Turns out the Principle was actually out sick, that didn't shorten the assembly, rather it made it twice as long. When it was finally ended they had run into fourth period, Erza snickered at the chaos that followed. They had been dismissed row by row and she had bid Jellal goodbye before racing off towards fourth period. She had however missed the look of joy he had sent her as she darted off. He wasn't the only one relieved that they were able to talk again.
Erza opened the door to Alzack's room. Like his newlywed wife, he liked to be called by his first name when not under official observation of higher-ups. He simply passed out a list of supplies, a syllabus, and cheesy classroom rules, which emphasized he was a first time teacher. He also talked about the course and let everyone talk amongst themselves. Erza simply took a nap.
Come the end of the period Erza felt achey and overheated. She asked Alzack for a pass and left the room 10 minutes before the bell rang. She wrote a note to Lucy with a list of people in each of her classes that she could rely on and an explanation for her absence. She trudged down to the nurse's office and flopped down on the cot holding her pass above her head. Porlyusica took the pass and her temp and without a word gestured to the phone. Erza complied.
When Obaa pulled into the drive Erza drug her things straight up to her room and plopped down on her bed instantly asleep.
AN/: Sorry for the lack of update. I just have been lacking inspiration. I actually needed to be feeling crappy to write this so... I'm kinda winging it, I need to develop the plot before it becomes a pointless drabble series. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Sorry for the short chapter, I'll be sure to write another soon.
Just realized I never posted chapter two!
Me: Aww Shizz! Gomensai!
The shame ;_;