Chapter 4 Lunch
D and Lucy were making their way to their dorm room after D had won the argument about what they'd do for lunch, when someone shouted at them.
"D! Lucy!" The pair came to a halt and looked for the source. Correction, Lucy looked. D had already known the source and was staring at it. Lucy followed her cousin's line of vision to see Erza, Mira, and Levy coming towards them with huge smiles on their faces. There was a group of people watching them which included Gajeel and Laxus. They seemed to be on their way to lunch.
"Hey, Lu-chan!" Levy greeted when they reached them.
"D," Erza greeted. D nodded at her. "So are you two coming to lunch with us?"
"Nope," D answered before Lucy could open her mouth.
"Why not?" Mira asked in disappointment.
"I don't want to," D answered. Mira seemed to become depressed at this answer.
"What about you, Lu-chan?" Levy asked.
"Well I want to but…" Lucy glanced at D through the corner of her eye. "Where are you guys going?" Lucy asked trying to change the subject.
"A restaurant on campus," Mira answered.
"Their food is really good, Lu-chan!" Levy added trying to get Lucy to change her mind.
"Well, that sounds nice," Lucy said. "I hope you guys have a good time." The girls sighed in defeat.
"What are you guys doing for lunch?" Erza asked.
"I don't know," Lucy admitted turning to D. "What are we doing for lunch?"
"I was planning on cooking," D answered. Lucy's eyes widened and a huge grin spread across her face.
"Really?" Lucy asked latching onto her arm. "Are you really gonna cook? This isn't some sick joke right?" Levy and Mira giggled. Erza just smiled in amusement.
"Why are you so excited?" she asked.
"Because my cousin makes the best food in the world. Period," Lucy answered. "But she hardly ever cooks…for other people."
"Really?!" Mira asked.
"Are you sure, Lu-chan?" Levy asked skeptically.
"Are you doubting me?" D suddenly cut in her eyes locking on the small girls form. Levy squirmed under the girl's stare.
"Oi!" a voice shouted. They turned to see Gajeel and Laxus just before they reached them. "Are you picking on shrimp?" Gajeel continued.
"N-no Gajeel…um…I think I insulted her," Levy said muttering the last part.
"Really?!" Gajeel sounded shocked. Levy nodded with a blush. Laxus snickered.
"Look Lucy!" D said suddenly. "It's the grandson!" Lucy sighed and slapped a hand on her forehead.
"Not this again," she muttered nervously.
"So," D started with a grin, "did you get your seat?" Laxus glared at her while D just chuckled and returned it with an amused smile. As the two continued their stare-down, Lucy, Erza, and Mirajane watched with wide eyes. A concerned aura radiated from the girls.
"Oi," Gajeel said eyeing the group. "Chill out."
"Yeah," Levy agreed. "Laxus may be a jerk," Laxus turned his glare on her at that, "but he's not one to hit a girl." Levy smiled and put a hand on Lucy's shoulder. "So don't worry so much."
"It's not what he'll do that worries us," Lucy, Erza and Mirajane said all at once. Laxus, Gajeel and Levy all snapped their gazes to D at this. A shiver went down everyone's spine at the positively predatory grin on the girl's face.
"Well," D suddenly said, "since you challenged me shortness," Levy jumped realizing D was talking about her, "how about you five join us for lunch?" D's smile turned into a challenging smirk. "Unless of course, grandson here is afraid I'll poison him or something." Laxus' eyes narrowed at the challenge.
"Yeah," Lucy suddenly decided, "why don't you guys join us? Then you can see just how unbelievable D's cooking is!" Erza, Mira and Levy stopped to think about it. Gajeel didn't particularly care what they did as long as he got to be with Levy…not that he'd ever admit that… Erza looked back at their friends who were waiting for them.
"This is a one-time offer by the way," D suddenly added regaining the girls' attention without looking away from Laxus. "I don't usually cook for people."
"That's true," Lucy confirmed.
"Why not?" Levy couldn't help but ask.
"That's because once they eat her food some people beg her to cook for them again. It drives her crazy," Lucy explained with a slight laugh. This made the group gulp imagining how good the food must be.
"I'm in," Laxus said finally breaking eye contact with D. D gave a victorious smirk. "I simply can't back out from a challenge," he added returning D's smirk. Lucy became elated as she turned towards the girls.
"What about you guys? You might not get another chance like this!" she said. D looked over at them. Levy sighed.
"Yeah," she agreed, "I'd love too. Besides," she looked at D, "I get the feeling that she'll hate me forever if I say no." D smirked.
"Ah," she said. "I thought you looked smart…whoever the hell you are…" Lucy glared at her.
"Oh!" Levy exclaimed in realization. "No wonder you were so offended! I never actually introduced myself did I?" Lucy's eye's widened.
Oh yeah, she thought, being insulted by someone she doesn't know is one of D's top pet peeves. No wonder she's being so rude…
"Nope," D said answering Levy's question.
"I'm Levy. Levy McGarden," Levy finally introduced herself.
"Nice to meet you," D responded quickly. She turned to Mira, Erza and Gajeel. "So are you three coming or not?"
"D!" Lucy exclaimed in outrage.
"What?" D groaned turning to her cousin. "I'm hungry woman. You know I get irritated when I'm hungry." Lucy didn't respond.
True….but that doesn't mean I like it…she thought.
"I'm in," Gajeel agreed.
"I'll join as well," Erza decided.
"Sounds like fun!" Mira exclaimed putting her hands together. "Let's go!" D turned and started towards the dorms again Lucy quickly followed.
"Are you going to tell your friends to go without you, or are you gonna make them stand there?" D called without turning around.
"Oh!" Mira shouted as though she had forgotten them. She ran over to them with Erza while the rest of the group followed after D and Lucy.
When the group reached the dorm room, D opened it, threw her stuff on the couch and headed straight for the kitchen.
"What do you guys think of D's redecorating?" Lucy asked picking up D's stuff and placing it next to the couch.
"It's pretty, Lu-chan! D's amazing!" Levy said clapping her hands together.
"I don't care," Laxus and Gajeel stated together. Mira and Erza entered then.
"Did you tell them to eat without us?" Levy asked. Mira nodded. "How'd they take it?"
"They wanted to come eat with us, but it'd be rude to invite people over to someone else's dorm room, so I told them to go without us," Mira answered. "They agreed to as long as we meet them after we're finished." She turned to Gajeel and Laxus. "Did you guys see the other room D redecorated yet? It's probably the only one you'd like."
"Ah," Lucy said. She then led them to the rec-room and opened the door. For Laxus and Gajeel, it seemed to be love at first sight. "This is basically D's room since I prefer reading," Lucy explained as Laxus and Gajeel entered the room.
"You break anything, and I'll kill you!" D suddenly shouted from the kitchen making everyone jump.
"Look at these," Gajeel called over to Laxus from one of the locked glass cases. There were hundreds of video games in there. In a similar case next to it were movies. "Her collection's amazing. She has at least two of every game."
"Oh," Lucy said coming back in from showing Levy her room. She had to drag the girl out of there with the promise that she could look at her books later. "She does that in case one breaks."
When did they leave? Gajeel wondered.
"Whoa!" Laxus' voice suddenly called out. They turned to see him standing in front of the closet. It was filled with movies, video games, and board games. There were other games too, but you couldn't really see them unless you stepped inside.
"Get out of the closet, grandson!" D shouted from the kitchen making everyone jump again. You could hear her laughing after a short pause. Mira, Erza, Levy, Lucy, and Gajeel chuckled under their breath as well.
"Stop laughing!" Laxus yelled. Erza, Mira, and Levy tried to hide their laughter, whereas Lucy and Gajeel laughed openly. "Gajeel," Laxus warned. Suddenly, loud music started blaring from the kitchen.
"Sounds like she's about to start," Lucy observed walking over and closing the closet. "We better go watch and make sure she doesn't poison…um…" She turned to Levy. "You said his name was Laxus, right?"
"Yes," Laxus answered for her. "Didn't I introduce myself already?"
"No," Lucy denied quickly before heading for the door. "Okay! Let's make sure D doesn't poison Laxus!" She cheered heading for the kitchen. Laxus walked up to Mirajane and Erza who were still standing in the doorway.
"She was joking about that right?" he asked.
"I don't think so," Erza answered. The group all looked at each other and bolted for the kitchen. Laxus was the first to reach it only to be greeted by the comforting sight of D expertly spinning a knife in her hand before using it to mince a slab of raw meat without looking while she sautéed onions dancing in place to 'Masquerade' by Nicki Minaj. Suddenly, Laxus' eyes dropped lower as D bent her knees and moved her hips back and forth as the song played the chorus.
Right now, Masquerade
Master the merry-go-ro-ou-ound
Right now, Masquerade
Master the merry-go-ro-ou-ound
Right now,
She stood up again and just rocked her hips from side to side again. Laxus' eyes snapped back to the knife as she brought it back down and pushed the meat to the side before turning and dumping the onions on the other side of the cutting board. The song ended and 'Roman Holiday' began playing. Laxus turned to see Lucy smiling at him while resting her head on her fist obviously saying, 'I saw that.' Laxus looked away from her and took a seat on a stool watching all the food D touched like a hawk to make sure she didn't poison it. Everyone else sat at the table.
"Hey Lucy," D suddenly said with a smile.
"What?" Lucy asked returning her smile. D started the song over and sang in a nasally voice:
"Take your medication, Roman. Take a short vacation, Roman. You'll be oka~y." Lucy laughed and copying D's voice sang:
"You need to know your station, Roman, some alterations on your clothes and your brain~." D gestured for her to continue, which she gladly did with a smile, standing up and dancing to the song. "Take a little break, little break, from your silencing. There's so much you can take, you can take. I know how bad you need a Roman holiday, Roman holiday. A Roman holiday."
D then began to rap along with Nicki Minaj in a voice that mirrored Nicki's without missing a word. Everyone was laughing as they watched Lucy singing the chorus and D rapping the verses while she was cooking. Soon everyone was dancing with Lucy as the song changed and the girls sang along because they knew the words. D turned the music up even higher. Laxus and Gajeel just sat in their seats watching the girls in amusement…Correction, Gajeel watched the girls. Laxus only watched D because he was still afraid of being poisoned. Soon enough, the food was ready, and they were sitting around the table ready to eat. D had made onion-filled cheese burgers, with colcannon and steamed broccoli.
"Lunch is served," D declared. "What we have is onion-filled cheeseburgers, colcannon and broccoli. Dessert is strawberry cheesecake. Enjoy."
"What's colcannon?" Levy asked. "Is it the mashed potatoes?"
"I believe the dictionary defines colcannon as: 'an Irish dish made of cabbage and potatoes that are boiled and mashed together then served with butter or cream'," Lucy answered. Everyone looked at Lucy in shock, whereas D looked at her like she had grown a second head.
"You memorized it?" she asked. Lucy blushed and looked down.
"Well you told me to look it up…" she defended weakly.
"That's because you kept asking me even though I had already told you before," D replied.
"So it's just potatoes and cabbage?" Levy asked trying to change the subject.
"No," D answered. "It has potatoes, cabbage, butter, sour cream, green onions, and garlic. Now stop questioning me and eat." Everyone nodded and grabbed their burgers. Lucy watched excitedly while D simply raised an eyebrow in curiosity. Laxus and Gajeel's eyes went wide and they stared at the burger in their hands like they couldn't comprehend how it got there. Levy's eyes widened and she covered her mouth.
"Oh my God," she said quickly. Erza stared at her burger for a moment before speaking.
"Unbelievable," was the only word she could think to say.
"You weren't exaggerating, Lucy," Mira commented with a smile. D smirked and began eating her own food. Lucy nodded with a giant grin on her face.
"I know right?" she asked. "Isn't it amazing?"
"As much as I love the compliments," D cut in, "are you going to sit there and stare at the food, or do you actually plan on eating it?" Everyone started eating again. A few unidentified people were actually moaning. D was the first to finish. "Who wants more?" she asked standing up. Everyone raised their hands. In the end, Gajeel, Laxus, and Erza had eaten 3 burgers each, D and Mira had had two, while Lucy and Levy each had one. As for dessert, everyone except D had a slice and Erza ate the rest. There were quite a few uncooked burgers left and D put them and the rest of the left overs in the fridge.
"Whew!" Lucy said patting her stomach. "We still have 2 hours; time to work off the meal!" She jumped up and ran into the living room. D followed after her while Mira washed the dishes. (She doesn't understand why, but the white-haired girl refused to take no for an answer.) The others followed them into the living room just as D walked over to the couch in front of the T.V. with her hands in her pockets. She stared at it for a moment.
"This'll be in the way," she concluded calmly lifting her foot putting it against the armrest and proceeding to push/kick the couch into the wall. She did the same thing with the chairs while Laxus and Levy stared in shock. (Gajeel, Mira and Erza had witnessed her strength already in their 1st period and weren't surprised.) Erza noticed that Lucy was trying, and failing to set up a gaming system. (She couldn't see which because Lucy was in the way.)
"Do you need some help Lucy?" she asked. Lucy turned to her helplessly holding up the cords to an X-box connect, Wii, and Play Station. She had them all mixed up and was tangling the cords. D saw this and instantly got upset at the mess.
"What the hell are you doing?!" D demanded. Lucy cringed and looked at her cousin.
"I wanted to try and set it up for once," Lucy answered with a nervous smile.
"Then how about starting with asking me how you do that?" D suggested with an annoyed sigh.
"Yeah," Lucy agreed, "that would have been a good idea." D sighed again and walked over to her.
"What were you trying to do anyway?" she asked. "You've got 3 different gaming systems here. Stop that! You're tangling up the cords!" Eventually, D managed to untangle all the cords and show Lucy the proper way to set up the Wii system. Gajeel, Laxus, Levy, Erza, and Mira, who had come out of the kitchen by then, each made their own Mii. (D didn't want them messing up Lucy's account, let alone hers.) They played multiple games then D got bored and started watching parody videos on her Galaxy. Laxus watched them with her while the other's kept playing. One hour later, the furniture was back where it belonged, and it seemed D and Laxus had called a temporary truce. When it was time for the group to go their separate ways, D and Laxus fist bumped. (D and Lucy were going to their class early, and the others were going to meet their friends.)
"See you later, grandson," D said. Laxus chuckled.
"See ya, D," he said. D and Lucy walked off as Lucy yelled:
"Call people by their names woman!" D rolled her eyes.
"Hey, grandson," D called when they were almost out of earshot, catching the additional attention of the students around them, "The Key of Awesome!" Laxus laughed as he continued walking. D smirked as she and Lucy entered the main building.
"What did she say?" Levy asked. "Was it the key, Ducky, Donkey, of awesome?" Laughing, Laxus simply waved his hand dismissively as they continued walking.
"What did you mean by that?" Lucy asked D, who merely chuckled.
"Nothing you need to worry about," she answered.