Chapter 3

Love plays games on us all but no one sees it coming. Love's a powerful feeling not to be used lightly. People describe love like a spark or fire. When two people love each other a lot the sparks there and the fire keeps burning but once one of them doesn't love them back anymore the spark disappears and the fire goes down. It happens and it's life. People say being in love is wonderful but sometimes is it really that way?

We're only humans living a mystery that is yet to be unsolved and we come up with things true or false to let us live through the day. Maybe we say things to overcome fears that eat us up inside. Fear, that's something we all have, we all fear different things. I think though the one thing all humans fear is rejection. Rejection is that one thing that we never want to feel. Though we fear it we're not afraid to reject someone, no we're not afraid of hurting people but when it's our turn to feel hurt it's just sad. I know a few may beg to differ but think about it.

Rejection is what leads to darkness. Maybe that's true and maybe that's not but it does hold us back from finding the truth. It makes us afraid to try new things. Rejection is a silent killer of self-stem. We all know that one day we'll get rejected. It's how you take that rejection that makes you who you are for the sisters are watching you and they can if they want twist your life.

Minerva made her way to the table to take their orders when she had the bell of the café meaning someone was walking through the door. She turned her head and saw a blonde girl and next to her was a blue haired girl. She smirked they came here every Friday and she didn't take a liking to the blonde girl so much. Boy we're always staring at her whenever she walked in and that drew their attention from Minerva and she didn't like it one bit.

She sighed and turned her head back to her new target for the next week. She was going to break up with Orga anyway. He had lasted longer than the others a whole month. Not that she didn't like him or was bored she just found something better to play with. She walked closer to their table and the boys didn't see her coming but they did see the girls who walked into the shop.

I see his already staring at her. She rolled her eyes at the thought of the hot blonde boy staring at the blonde beauty like the rest. To her surprise though he didn't keep his eyes on her for long and just turned back to his black haired friend. She neared them but Lucy and Levy reached them first and sat down opposite them. She didn't care though she was going to show them that they had no effect on her plans they were just mere bugs that could easily be squashed.

"Can I take your orders?" Minerva asked looking at Sting

"Oh I'll have my usual" Lucy said

"Me too" Levy said

"I'll have a coke" Rouge said

"A chocolate milk shake with extra cream in a takeout cup" Sting said

"Leaving so soon?" Minerva asked putting on a pout

"Not really" Sting said giving her a sly smile "I just love drinking out of those type of cups"

She smiled back and went to give in the order. Is he really a bad boy with those looks and that scary if you add in the bonus of him being a bad boy then he's the total package.

After she left Lucy looked at Sting and smiled that warm smile of her but he didn't return it so she went back to normal. She wanted to get to know her new classmates better and seeing as they were in her and Levy favourite café she couldn't resist but sit next to them.

"So…" Lucy said facing Rouge now

"So…?" Sting asked

"Are you guys going to try out for football tomorrow?" Levy asked "I know Sting is what about you Rouge"

"Basketball" Rouge told her

"What school did you use to go to?" Lucy asked facing Sting now

"Sabertooth" Sting told her "You?"

It was a stupid question but it had to be asked. Sting had a feeling that she hadn't been at fairytail long enough and when Natsu said 1 year he was looking at Lucy while saying it. Sting's biggest guess was that he meant that Lucy's been at the school for one year.

"I was home schooled" Lucy said looking away her eyes were sad

"So you've been at Fairytail for 1 year" Sting said

"Yea" Lucy told him "How do you know all this?"

Sting just smiled. Sure he might act like a dumbass with what he says sometimes but his average smart. He can put the pieces together of something and it makes sense to him. His only problem was that he didn't want people finding out in case they treated him differently.

"Like I said" Sting said "Natsu seems to have taken a liking to you more than a friend"

Lucy looked at him, studying him. He comes to their school and already knows half the things that happen. His made half the things that happened to day happen and now here he was figuring out her life with just one look and a few hints. She had never met a guy like him before. His one of those people who every one notices but at the same time no one really does. His was in the light but also in the shadows. One problem with those people is that they know all, see all but they don't think about their actions and that's a big problem.

Levy and Rouge were in their own conversation. They heard their friends talking next to them but when they stop hearing their voices they turned to face them. All they saw was Sting and Lucy looking at each other deep into each other's eyes both with no expression on their faces and both so silent. Levy and Rouge both cleared their throats and that caught both blondes attention.

"What?" Lucy asked

"Just wondering should we leave you two alone?" Levy asked evil in her eyes

"Why would you guys want that?" Sting asked confused

"Oh just the fact that all you're doing is looking at each other" Rouge said carefree

Both blondes faced each other at what Rouge said and then turned away quickly both blushing in embarrassment. Levy and Rouge smirked at this. They could now tease their friends about this after.

"So Lu-chan" Levy said "Do you like Sting?"

Lucy was surprised at the question and looked at her friend like she was mental. Lucy not knowing was blushing redder and was smiling. Sting looked at her wanting to know the answer to the question too. He already knew their waitress liked him it was way too obvious when she was staring and smiling and looking at him.

"Well do you blondie" Sting teased

"No I don't stingy" Lucy said back "Besides I don't know you"

"You don't believe at love at first site" Rouge said looking and Levy

"No" Lucy and Sting said together

Levy looked at Rouge and Rouge looked at her. They smiled at each other and their stupid best friends. Rouge and Levy believed at love at first site it was after all happening to the both of them and they wanted their friends to see it too.

"It's a thing for books" Lucy said

"It's for fools" Sting said

"Hey!" Both Rouge and Levy screamed

Lucy and Sting maybe for the first time noticed that their best friends liked each other. They gave each other knowing sly smiles. They two had something to tease them about now.

"So you two are in love huh?" Lucy asked

"Loves hard to find" Sting told Rouge "Once you have it grasped it in your hand and never let it go"

"When did you get so smart?" Rouge asked

"I've always been smart dumbass" Sting yelled

Levy took in what he said. She turned to Rouge and she knew that somewhere in her heart she was afraid but she had to take a chance and ask Rouge that one question. Maybe he would say yes. When it come to love it's better just to not think. She remembered her favourite quote from a book she read.

"Rouge" Levy said the said boy faced her "Would you mind going on a date with me?"

"No at all" Rouge said smiling

Levy was relived and she turned to face Lucy smiling. She was about to say something when Minerva came back with their drinks. Lucy had her Strawberry milkshake and Levy had her coffee. Rouge and Levy talked for a bit.

Minerva was only focusing on Sting. She had a flirty smile on. It's now or never. She was going to ask him out. She had never had a problem with boys they all loved her so how could this one be any different. She didn't know how wrong she was about that.

"So what your name cutie" Minerva said flirting

"Names Sting" Sting told her smiling "Minerva is it"

Minerva nodded. He just read off the name tag. He wasn't really interested all he wanted to do was get back to teasing Rouge. Lucy watched the whole thing. She felt ignored but she was studying Sting to see how he would react to a girl flirting with him. He was playing it cool so far.

"I know we just meet but would you like to go on a date with me" Minerva said with her best smile

"No thanks" Sting said clearly looking away and out the window "You're boyfriend would mind"

Minerva stood there shocked. How did he know she had a boyfriend? She looked where he was looking and saw Orga holding a small box in one hand and flowers in another. She smiled at this and he smiled back. Then she left the table not feeling one bit down.

Sting then went on to drinking his chocolate milkshake like nothing had happened. He could feel Lucy staring at him though.

Lucy was shocked how he handled the situation. So calm and he didn't even know the girl and could tell that he had no clue she was taken. He was really different from any guys she's meet before. Sting was something else.

"Stop staring blondie" Sting said looking at her "I know I'm hot and all but you don't need to stare like that"

"How did you know?" Lucy asked ignoring his comment

"Simple" Sting said "He was standing there looking at her with love in his eyes"

"Have you been in love before?" Lucy asked

"No" Sting said "Either have you"

Lucy looked at him. How did he know that? True though, she has never loved a guy and a guy has never loved her before. She couldn't say she wanted to feel love but she couldn't say she didn't want to. She's read so much in the books but that's not real love it's made up. It's what the author thinks love is like and makes it sound all perfect.

"Love's for fools" Lucy said "You said t yourself"

"Then we're all fools" Sting said "Or at least we're all going to be"

"You have every girl falling at your feet, single and taken girls" Lucy told him "So why not just pick one"

"I could ask you the same thing" Sting remarked

The more Lucy talked to him the more she liked talking to him. He was just throwing words back like a poet or it was just her mind and heart that were getting clouded. She thought of a way to reply but nothing came. She had noticed tons of guys staring at her from time to time but she didn't know.

Sting noticed her silence. He liked talking to the blonde. She was interesting easy to read but interesting. He could see why she was so well liked by everyone.

"I don't have every girl" Sting told her

"Yeah right" Lucy said rolling her eyes

"So you do like me" Sting smirked

The conversation was getting too deep for him. He didn't like it. The girl was bringing out the real him out and he didn't want that. He wanted it to turn into something fun or funny.

Lucy didn't blush at what she said she just rolled her eyes again.

"No I don't Stingy" Lucy said

"Is that a challenge?" Sting asked joking

"Maybe it is" Lucy said smiling

"Decline" Sting said getting serious "It's not love if it's focused besides loves not a game"

With that Sting took his drink that was almost done and left the café, holding his shopping bags. He was on his way home. Lucy had really hurt him with what she said. Lucy sat there so confused they were having a great conversation and she was starting to like Sting a bit more as a friend and he just got up to leave. She felt bad she would have to talk to him tomorrow to see if he was ok.

Sting walked out of the mall and made his way home. He started to remember his dad who left and never came back. All he had was his brother and grandfather. He didn't even know his mum. To his dad love was just a game and he rejected his mum after a few nights when they found out Sting was coming. Sting didn't hate his mum or dad he just didn't like people thinking that people or feelings were just games to be played.

Rejection is something hard to take but when you don't get rejected after taking a chance life's perfect. If you do get rejected remember that if you were strong and brave enough to ask a question that lead to it then you can make it through being rejected. Though sometimes you can never see it coming. Do you really learn lessons through happiness or pain?