Chapter 3 Classes
The next morning, Lucy stood in front of her cousin's door shaking in fear.
"It's time," she decided lifting her hand. She took a deep breath and began pounding on the door while shouting at her cousin to wake up. She was glad the dorm room was far from the others so none of the other students would hear her. After 3 minutes with no answer, Lucy took a deep breath and opened her cousin's door. Music was playing quietly. The room was pitch-black and Lucy slowly made her way to the direction of the windows and balcony, being careful not to run into anything. When she reached the curtains, she quickly pulled them open as fast as she could. Behind her she heard her cousin hiss and pull the covers over her head. Without moving her gaze from the windows and balcony, Lucy made her way to her cousin's bed and grabbed the blanket in her hands. Turning around without looking at anything in the room, she grabbed each blanket/sheet on the bed and ran out of the room as fast as she could, dragging them behind her. Once out of the room she pushed her back against the wall outside the room. Lucy could hear moaning and cursing from the room. "Get up!" she yelled. "It's time to get ready for school!" This earned her an extremely loud moan. "Stop complaining and get up!" She heard her cousin get off her bed and make her way to her closet to get dressed. Lucy waited a few minutes and D came out dressed in a hoodie, sunglasses and the male uniform pants. She couldn't tell if she was wearing the female or male version top because of the gigantic black hoodie. (The uniforms are the same as in the OVA episode. D wears the girl's top with the boy's pants.) D held out her hand for the sheets.
"What are you wearing?" Lucy asked.
"Clothes," D replied angrily while emitting an extremely dark aura. Lucy glared at her trying not to show her fear of the girl. D returned the glare and growled, "If you think you're getting me into a skirt you have lost your mind." Lucy sighed in defeat and gave D her sheets back. Lucy turned away and went to get ready for breakfast and make D some hot chocolate. When D finally entered the kitchen with her school bag, Lucy had 2 cups of hot chocolate and four sodas on the table for her. D put the sodas in a lunch bag with an ice pack then made Lucy eggs with cheese, sausage, toast, and small pancakes. She placed the food in front of her cousin and began drinking her hot chocolate.
"Why don't you ever eat breakfast?" Lucy asked.
"If I eat in the morning I get nauseous and then I'm in a bad mood all day," D answered calmly.
"Well then, thank you for not eating breakfast," Lucy said while eating her food. D simply grunted. Once Lucy finished her breakfast, she was about to go brush her teeth when suddenly there was a knock at the door. Lucy answered it since D was doing the dishes. Erza and Mirajane were there.
"Hello, Lucy," Erza greeted as the girl allowed them to enter.
"Good morning!" Mira shouted cheerfully.
"Morning, Mira. Erza," Lucy greeted with a smile. "What brings you here so early in the morning?"
"I've been asked to escort you to your class room," Erza answered.
"I just dropped by to say 'Hi!'" Mira added.
"Well, D's doing the dishes, and I need to get ready," Lucy said. "I'll be back in a minute." She paused and looked at the kitchen door with a worried expression. "Be careful." Lucy went to her room to try and get ready as fast as she could. Just as Lucy closed her bedroom door, D exited the kitchen with her school and lunch bag. She glanced at the two girls standing in the living room before plopping down on the couch and ignoring them completely.
"Good morning, D," Mira tried cautiously. D didn't reply.
"Morning," Erza greeted as she and Mira sat down.
D shot a heated glare their way as though saying: 'Shut up. What are you doing here anyway?'
"I'm going to show you guys to your classes," Erza tried again. D grunted and looked away. Then D put on her headphones and started listening to music on her music player that wasn't visible to anyone else. (The DJ-like ones. You couldn't see them because they were inside the hoodie.)
"Lucy wasn't kidding when she said D might kill us if we bugged her in the morning," Mira whispered to Erza who, without looking away from D, nodded slowly. Finally, Lucy returned with a school bag ready to leave.
"Ready?" Lucy asked excitedly. As though sensing her cousin's statement, D growled. "Let's go!" Lucy said cheerfully, ignoring her. Erza and Mira glanced at each other before standing and heading for the door.
"So," Erza began as they exited the dorm building, "what's your first class, Lucy?"
"Um, let's see," Lucy said taking out her schedule. "It looks like Business with Macao."
"Ah, so you're going to the first building," Erza said.
"What about you, D?" Mira asked looking at the girl trudging behind them. D remained silent.
"We have the same schedule," Lucy answered for her.
"Really?" Mira asked. "That's odd."
"Why do you have the same schedule?" Erza demanded to know. "No one in the academy has the exact same schedule!"
"Why not?" Lucy asked.
"Because everyone has different things they need to learn," Mira explained. "Since everyone's educational needs and levels are different, no one is allowed to have the same schedule. There's also the fact that we need to mingle with the other kids to form business connections. The Master didn't want anyone clinging to an important student and preventing them from making friends with certain people, so he decided that no two students would have the same schedule. Not even siblings in case they cling to each other and become anti-social. Which is why, you two having the same schedule is a little strange."
"So tell us," Erza demanded, "why do you have the same schedule when there's no way you are on the same intellectual level and the Master has made it impossible to have the same schedule?" Lucy sighed and got ready to begin the explanation D had so cleverly prepared. "No offense, but it's pretty obvious D is on a completely different level from you and both of you have different interests. There is no way you need the same classes." Lucy was offended.
"D already finished school when she was younger," Lucy said effectively silencing the annoying red-head. "The only reason she's here is because I'm worried she'll become completely anti-social, so I brought her here so she'll become normal and be around kids her age."
"That still doesn't explain why you have the same schedule," Erza noted.
"D hates school and people," Lucy explained. "The only way I can make sure she not only shows up but also talks to other students is if we have the same schedule."
"Ah…" Mira said in understanding. "I get it. You asked Master for his help so you could fix your cousin's anti-social behavior and get her to behave like a normal teenager."
"Well…" Lucy started, "I think normal is pushing it a bit. Just a bit more normal-ish would be good. It's impossible for her to be completely normal."
"True," Erza agreed, "but I am curious, if D is so against people…why did she talk to us?"
"I think she wants to pick on you," Lucy answered without hesitation. Erza blinked.
"Excuse me?" she asked.
"I didn't understand at first either," Lucy began, "but then I heard her tell you how she was worried about missing school today because we were behind enough already, so could you take the truck back, blah, blah, blah." Lucy cast a sideways glance at Erza before continuing. "She probably didn't want to do one or more of three things: One, she didn't want to leave me alone. Two, she didn't want to drive the truck back. Three, she didn't want me to finish before she got to set up the kitchen, living room, and rec-room." Erza looked shocked.
"You mean she tricked me?" she whispered. "She sounded sincere though."
"She's the world's greatest actress as far as I'm concerned," Lucy answered. "She couldn't care less if I got behind, and if push comes to shove, she'd just teach me the stuff I missed herself."
"So she tricked me," Erza stated.
"Yep," Lucy confirmed. "I think she felt bad about it though, and that's why she bought you pizza and watched a movie with us." Lucy smiled. They had almost reached the building by then. "If she didn't, she would have been extremely rude when you came back and slammed the door in your face. Well," Lucy suddenly said, "she might not have felt bad about it…could it be?" She suddenly stopped in her tracks looking at Erza with wide eyes.
"Wh-what?" Erza asked a little afraid of the answer.
"She actually likes you?" Lucy finished in a shocked voice. The girls turned to look at D who simply snarled at them. "Do you actually like them?" Lucy asked ignoring the snarl. They stared at her for a few minutes waiting for the answer. (D still has her headphones on and didn't hear their conversation.)
"How long are you going to stand there?" D growled. "Class is about to start in," she tilted her head to the side as though listening to something, "ten minutes." The three girls' eyes widened. They suddenly took off running like hell was at their heels to Mr. Macao's class. D followed calmly behind them. They made it to the classroom four minutes before the bell rang. Lucy turned to Mira and Erza.
"Aren't you guys going to be late?" Lucy asked.
"Oh! Didn't we tell you?" Mira asked.
"This is our first period as well," Erza finished.
"Let's sit together!" Mira decided dragging Erza and Lucy to a table near the back of the room. Strangely all the seats in the back of the room were left empty by the few students in the room. Lucy saw the reason for this to be sitting in the back there. It was a boy with long, black, spiky hair and piercings everywhere she could see. He looked quite scary to Lucy. He noticed her stare and flashed her a terrifying grin. Lucy shivered and looked away.
"That's Gajeel," Erza suddenly whispered into her ear making the girl jump slightly. "Don't worry, he's not as bad as he looks, but it's better not to get on his bad side. Most students are afraid of him. Lucy turned back to the boy. He was sitting by himself…in the back of the room…by the window…
Oh, no.
"D," Lucy called, but too late. The irritated girl was already making her way towards the frightening boy. She stopped next to him with a scowl obvious on her face even though she had her sunglasses on. The boy- Gajeel looked at her in interest.
"May I help you?" he asked.
"I want to sit there…move," D demanded. Something clicked in the boy's head.
"Ah…so you're the new kid everyone was warned about…" he started. "Sorry to break it to you. You don't scare me."
"I don't give a damn," D said her aura turning dangerous. "I want to sit there… move."
"And if I refuse?" he asked leaning back in the chair. D's eye twitched and her irritated aura turned into a murderous one.
"D," Lucy warned. D took a shaky, deep breath and sighed (her aura disappearing) before calmly picking up his chair (with him still in it) and putting it down at the seat next to him while simultaneously using her foot to move the chair in that spot to Gajeel's previous position. She then plopped down in the chair and slammed her head down on the desk. Gajeel stared at her in shock and blinked a few times before apparently deciding to let it go and turning back to the front of the room, watching the students enter right before the bell rang. Lucy, Erza and Mira stared at the pair in shock as they seemed to forget about everyone else while calmly sitting next to each other. Gajeel had appeared to completely forget D's presence until she suddenly began snarling and grabbed a textbook and threw it…right…at…Lucy… The book successfully slammed into her cousin's forehead, knocking the girl off her chair and giving her the very obvious hint to stop staring. Gajeel blinked and looked at the girl in shock as Mira and Erza helped Lucy off the floor. Gajeel then turned his gaze to D who simply took out a soda as though she hadn't just used a textbook to knock her cousin off her chair. "Dammit, D!" Lucy shouted once she was back on her chair. She had a hand pressed to her forehead as she glared at her cousin effectively drawing all eyes to them as the bell rang. "Did you have to throw a freaking textbook at me?" D took a sip of her soda before answering.
"I didn't even throw it that hard…you big baby."
"You knocked her off her chair," Erza interjected.
"That wasn't my fault," D replied quickly.
"How was it not your fault?" Mira asked incredulously.
"She was so shocked she lost her balance," D paused to take a sip of her soda, "not my fault she fell. She shouldn't lose her balance so easily." D finished looking away while drinking more of her soda.
"Oh, shut up!" Lucy replied. Suddenly someone cleared their throat from the front of the room. The students turned to see Mr. Macao staring at the girls in the back of the room.
"Well," he started, "you must be the new students." Lucy nodded while D acted as though he hadn't spoken. "Now then, everyone take a seat so we can have our new students introduce themselves." Everyone sat down quickly and turned back toward the two girls. A blue-haired girl sat with Lucy, Erza, and Mira while D and Gajeel remained alone in their corner. "Let's begin with you by Gajeel. What's your name?" When D didn't reply he added: "Gajeel is the one with the piercings and black hair." D looked at Gajeel and sighed before looking back at Macao.
"D," she answered.
"What does the D stand for?" Macao asked when it became apparent she wasn't going to continue.
"D," she answered.
Silence…
"Okay, and your name?" Macao asked turning to Lucy.
Lucy stood with a big smile and answered cheerfully: "Hello everyone! I'm Lucy! I hope we can all be great friends!"
"Nice to meet you, Lucy," Macao said. "D." Lucy sat back down, and Macao began muttering something about young people these days.
"Welcome to Magnolia Academy, Lucy!" the blue-haired girl that had sat with the girls greeted. "May I call you Lu-chan?"
"Sure!" Lucy agreed.
"I'm Levy McGarden," the blue-haired girl introduced herself.
"Well, it's nice to meet you, Levy-chan," Lucy said with a smile. "Wait a minute…McGarden…" Lucy gasped. "Could you be from the Garden book company?" Levy smiled.
"Yeah!" she confirmed. "Are you a reader?"
"I love reading!" Lucy declared enthusiastically.
"Okay then class!" Macao shouted gaining everyone's attention. "Let's begin the lesson!" During the lesson, D watched Lucy interact with the three girls and concern managed to break through her irritability.
After class, Lucy and Levy were discussing books when D and Gajeel walked up to them.
"Hey, bookworm," Gajeel greeted Levy.
"Next class, let's go," D declared dragging her cousin away before they could see Levy's reaction.
"Hey!" Lucy protested. D didn't show any intention of stopping as she continued dragging Lucy away.
"Wait!" Erza called. "Do you know where you're going?"
"Map!" D shouted holding up a piece of paper, presumably the map, for the red-head to see without stopping or turning around.
"Okay then!" Erza answered as D stormed away dragging a helpless Lucy behind her.
"What's going on?" Lucy asked. "Why the sudden urge to get to class?"
"I knew this was a bad idea," D muttered.
"What do you mean?" Lucy asked.
"You're growing attached already," D hissed. Lucy blinked.
"I'm just making friends," she defended quickly.
"There is no just about this, Lucy," D was losing what little patience she acquired. "We can't afford to have friends. You should know that. It just puts us in more danger." Lucy was about to argue when D suddenly spoke again. "Not to mention, it'll endanger the innocent people you want to make your friends." Lucy went silent while thinking about what D had said. Suddenly, she smiled.
"Always saying the real reason last," she said. "So I was right. You do like them."
"I don't have any recollection of you mentioning that," D answered quickly. "I simply don't want innocent people getting hurt because of your problem." Lucy stiffened at that.
That's right, she thought. D's just here to protect me. This has nothing to do with her at all. Lucy gave a rueful smile at this thought. If it wasn't for me, she could be doing whatever she wanted, wherever she wanted right now…
"I know what you're thinking," D's voice suddenly cut in yanking Lucy out of her pessimistic thoughts. "Stop it. I don't blame you for anything that's going on right now, mostly, because it's not your fault."
"But, D-" Lucy began but D cut her off.
"It's not your fault," D repeated firmly, leaving no room for argument. "It's that bastard's fault, and no one else's. Do you hear me?" Lucy didn't respond. "I said 'Do you hear me?' Lucy?"
"Yes," Lucy answered with a smile. "You really are nice when you want to be, aren't you?" she added with a slight laugh.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah," D muttered dragging Lucy into a classroom. "This should be it."
"Advanced Mathematics," Lucy read from her schedule as D walked to the desk in the back right corner of the room (left if you were at the front of the room). This time Lucy decided to sit with her cousin. When the bell finally rang, D had opened another soda and her mood was rapidly improving. D was currently sketching while Lucy tried to watch, but D wouldn't let her see.
"Take your seats, class," Alzack called from the front of the room. Ten minutes into the lesson, a tall, muscular guy with spiky, blond hair and a lightning-shaped scar near his left eyebrow came in then. "You're late, Laxus."
"Sorry, teach," the boy, Laxus, answered. "My alarm clocks busted."
"Just take a seat," Alzack said. Laxus walked to the back of the room and stopped in front of D. Even though D didn't lift her head, Lucy could tell the girl had looked up at him by the way her pencil stopped moving.
"You're in my seat," Laxus stated.
"Am I?" D asked sarcastically.
"Yeah," Laxus confirmed ignoring her sarcasm. "Move."
"No," D answered before going back to her sketch. The entire class gasped and stared at the pair.
"This is where I sit every day," Laxus stated clearly annoyed. "It's my seat, so move. The teacher told me to sit."
"Then sit," D replied. She was still calmly working on her sketch of…something.
"You're in my seat," Laxus growled.
"Sounds like a personal problem to me," she replied. "I'm not moving, so go sit somewhere else." Everyone was staring wide-eyed and open-mouthed at D, which didn't go unnoticed by Lucy.
"Um…D, I think-" Lucy was cut off when Laxus finally lost it and used his hand to sweep everything from D's desk onto the floor.
"Don't you know who I am?" Laxus growled leaning forward with his hands on either side of the desk. "When I say move, you move."
This isn't going to be pretty, Lucy thought. D was not happy. D slammed her hands on the desk and stood up leaning forward until she was eye level with Laxus.
"No, I don't know who you are," she stated her voice full of attitude, "and I don't particularly care either. Whether you're the son or grandson of someone important, or the heir of something, I don't care. You haven't earned these positions. Just because you're born related to someone important doesn't make you important. So why don't you find another seat, sit down and shut up." D had been slowly moving closer to Laxus during her tirade, and now their noses were mere centimeters apart.
"Oh, I get it," Laxus said with a smirk. "You must be the new student. Otherwise, you'd know I'm the grandson of the Master."
"Really?" D said in a fan-girly voice. "You're his grandson? Oh…wait…I don't care." D's voice took on a bored tone and Laxus' smirk dropped. "Now, sit down, shut up and get out of my face because you're not just annoying me; you're also disrupting this class, preventing the teacher from doing his job and therefore making it impossible for the students to learn anything. As the old man's grandson, you should know better. Now, SIT DOWN," D commanded. Laxus glared at her. D returned the glare. The class looked back and forth between the two silently watching on the edge of their seats, waiting to see who would snap first.
"Ahem," a voice from the front of the room suddenly said causing the class to jump and snap their attention to the front of the room. D and Laxus were the only ones unaffected as they continued their silent glare-off. "Master wants to see D and Lucy, please," Bisca's voice called out again. Lucy got up and began gathering her things. Laxus smirked.
"Well, it looks like I'll get my seat after all," he said. Lucy picked D's things up from the floor and grabbed her bag as well. (In case you're wondering, D had finished the soda and the can was empty.) D seemed to become livid at this statement.
"You want your seat?" D asked. Lucy was now waiting outside the room with Bisca. D grabbed the chair, walked to the door and proceeded to throw the chair into the hallway. (Don't worry; she didn't hit Lucy or Bisca.) "You can have it." With that, D, Lucy, and Bisca left for the office. Alzack cleared his throat.
"Okay then," he started, "we're on page 378. Laxus, take a seat." He then went back to the lesson. Laxus, however, simply stood staring at the door in shock.
When D and Lucy stepped into Makarov's office, the first thing out of D's mouth was:
"I met your grandson today." Makarov stiffened as D and Lucy sat down.
"You did?" he asked worriedly.
"Yep, turns out we have the same second period," D's voice hid all emotion. She could have been talking about the weather for all her tone revealed.
"Is that so?" Makarov answered cautiously.
"Apparently, I sat in his seat," D continued. "When I refused to move, he knocked all my things off the desk," she finished with a smile.
"I am so sorry for his behavior," Makarov immediately apologized.
"No need," D said calmly. Makarov looked at D uncertainly. Lucy, who had been listening emotionlessly to the conversation, finally spoke up.
"I know you're probably wondering, but don't worry. She didn't hurt him," she said. Makarov sighed in relief. "However, she did throw the chair into the hallway." Makarov sighed again, this time in defeat. "In my opinion, it was your grandsons fault. He ticked her off just as she was recovering from her morning evilness." Makarov turned back to D who had a dangerous smile on her face.
"I think we'll have so much fun, your grandson and I," D commented quickly raising her eyebrows at the word fun. Suddenly, both Makarov and Lucy began to pity Laxus.
Forty minutes later, the head of security finally arrived and D decided to leave Lucy in Makarov's office. (Remember, D was going to update their security system.)
"Makarov," D warned, "I'm trusting you here. Do not leave her side until I return."
"Understood," Makarov answered.
"Ma'am, I'm going to have to insist you show the master respect and address him as Master," the head of security, La'har said a little irritated. D stiffened and Lucy gulped knowing the cause.
"It's alright, La'har," Makarov said. "D can-" he stopped as he watched D's head turn towards La'har like a wind-up toy. D's glare in addition to the murderous aura she gave out made the movement even more noticable...It was terrifying really...
"Did you just call me 'Ma'am'?" D asked quickly.
"Umm…yes?" La'har answered.
Wrong answer, Lucy thought.
Come on man, even I could tell what the right answer was and I'm said to be terrible with women, Makarov thought. Lucy and Makarov were correct in their thinking because a moment later found La'har slamming into the wall after D threw him.
"Call me D, or don't call me at all, got it?" D commanded as La'har sat up readjusting his glasses. Makarov and Lucy sighed as he nodded. "Good." D turned her attention back to Makarov and Lucy.
"You didn't have to throw him," Lucy stated.
"So, are we clear?" D addressed Makarov ignoring her cousin's comment. "You stay with her until I return. Do not let her out of your sight."
"Understood," Makarov answered. "La'har!" Said man stood up and saluted him. "Listen to D, and do not argue with her when she tells you there's a hole in security at a certain point. Understood?"
"Yes, Master," La'har answered. With that said, D and La'har left. Lucy and Makarov were now alone in his office.
"I'm sorry," Lucy suddenly apologized after a moment of silence. Makarov blinked and looked at her in surprise.
"For what, my child?" he asked.
"You have to watch me for who-knows-how-long and…well…D," Lucy explained. Makarov simply laughed.
"Don't worry, dear," Makarov said. "I'm not upset. I know she's only doing it because she cares about you." Lucy blushed at his words. "Also…I'm pretty sure she was born that way, and there's nothing that can be done to change her."
"You'd be right about that," Lucy confirmed with a nervous chuckle. "She's been like that for as long as I can remember, and no one has had any success in trying to change her. The best I was able to do was get her to control her anger." Makarov rose an eyebrow at that.
"You got her to willingly take anger management?" he asked incredulously.
"Ah, no," Lucy answered with a quick shake of her head. "She was dragged there…kicking and screaming… It took three grown men to drag her there… Then we had to tie her to a chair… She was a very scary elementary student…" As she said this, Lucy got a faraway look in her eye, as though recalling a horrifying memory while trying to sound fond of it. Makarov shivered.
"I don't know what scares me more…that she used to be worse…or that I had no trouble believing you…" he said. "Well, I find it amazing that she cares so much about you."
"Yeah," Lucy said looking down with a fond smile. "I'm sorry about how she was ordering you around like that, and thank you so much for allowing us to stay here…it's the only place D said would be safe enough for me to be able to go to school. Thank you." Lucy sounded close to tears.
"It's fine," Makarov said with a kind smile. "Besides, I get a wonderful consultant showing me how to upgrade my security at minimum cost...for free!" Makarov shouted excitedly. Lucy laughed. She couldn't help it. The small old man had been acting like a child on Christmas. "So, I'm actually getting the better part of the bargain don't you agree?"
"I guess you're right," Lucy consented. "Though, I get the feeling something bad's going to happen to Mr. La'har." There was nothing but pity in her voice. Makarov nodded gravely.
Sure enough, when D and La'har returned an hour later, La'har was covered in new bruises and was sporting a huge bump on his head. Makarov and Lucy sighed.
"Master, the holes in security in the front of the school have been identified!" La'har stated with a salute. He flinched when he moved his arm which didn't go unnoticed by Makarov and Lucy.
"Good God man, what did you do?" Makarov asked the same time Lucy yelled:
"How many times did you hit him?" With their focus on La'har they failed to notice the immense anger rolling off D in waves.
"I lost count after 20… He pissed me off," she growled alerting them to her mood. Makarov gulped in nervousness.
"How?" he asked.
"Let's see…for starters he thought you only listened to me because I threatened you," D answered her eye/eyebrow twitching. "Then he repeatedly argued with me about cost and what was necessary. Not to mention if the holes were even there." Her eye/eyebrow twitched harder and more rapidly at everything she listed. D's anger seemed to be growing as she recalled everything. "To be honest, we could have finished the whole school by now if he would have just shut his trap and listened to me." D really wanted to hit something and had to resort to crossing her arms to stop herself. Despite this, the desire showed through. Makarov turned his gaze to La'har.
"Didn't I tell you not to argue with her?" Makarov sighed.
"But Master, she's just a student!" La'har defended.
"A student, who has already graduated college and is only here to be around people her age and protect her cousin, she has an even higher education than me La'har." La'har stiffened at Makarov's explanation and turned to D.
"I am deeply sorry for my earlier accusations," La'har apologized.
"Now he apologizes," D grumbled sourly. Makarov and La'har watched her nervously until Lucy started to laugh. The giggling girl made her way to her cousin while trying to use her hand to block out the sound.
"Stop pouting and except his apology. You already hit him," Lucy said with a swat at D's arm.
Pouting? Makarov and La'har thought at the same time.
D sighed. "Apology accepted." She then turned to Lucy. "You're gonna stop doing that." Lucy blinked.
"Stop doing what?" she asked.
"Hitting me," D answered. Lucy's eyes widened with shock before she burst out laughing.
"Really?" she managed between laughs. "You're constantly hitting other people, but you don't want me hitting you?"
"That's right," D replied calmly. The complete lack of emotion in her voice yanked Lucy out of her laughter.
"You sound like a hypocrite," she stated.
D smirked. "I am a hypocrite, haven't you realized that by now? That's not why you're not going to hit me anymore though…It's because one day I might hit back without thinking, and then you'll get hurt." Lucy's eyes widened.
That's true, she thought, D's first instinct when someone hits her is to hit back...harder
"Get it now?" D asked. Lucy nodded. "So you're not going to hit me anymore?" D leaned forward during this statement and raised an eyebrow. Lucy nodded again. "Good." D stood up straight again and turned to Makarov. La'har had left during their little conversation to treat his wounds. "What period is it now?" D asked uncrossing her arms and picking up her stuff. Lucy grinned and grabbed her stuff as well.
"Well-" the bell cut Makarov off. "It's lunch time," he answered. "You have three hours."
"Three?" Lucy asked.
"You didn't know that?" D asked. "The days are longer because the students like to go to fancy restaurants so they made lunch long enough for that."
"Oh," Lucy said. Suddenly a huge grin spread across her face. "Erza invited us to eat with her and her friends! Let's go!" Lucy said while nearly running out the door.
"No way in hell," D replied immediately. "I'm hungry, and I don't have that kind of patience right now." The girls left debating about what to do for lunch. Makarov sighed.
Those girls sure are something, he thought.