ExtremelyCreativeGirl: Hello again :D It's been almost a week since I posted the first chapter of this story. I hope you liked it :) Thanks for the reviews (even if there were only three) it made me really happy :D I just couldn't stop smiling when I read the first review.
Again, I apologize if there are any mistakes. I try not to make too many of them.
I hope that you'll enjoy this chapter ;)
Merely an Attraction
Chapter 2
I woke up because of the small rays of the sun which shone in my room. I forgot to close the curtains. It didn't bother me much, but I was still tired.
I wanted to turn to the other side to avoid the sun but something stopped me from moving. Or someone...
My eyes snapped open in realization.
Last night I fell asleep with that pink haired guy. His name was Natsu... I think...
I felt his arms wrapped around my waist. I only realized then that my tank top lifted itself up, leaving my belly uncovered. He moved when I started wiggling. My back got only pressed closer to his toned chest. I tried to free myself but no use. He is strong!
I continued trying but I only earned a growl from Natsu "Five more minutes, Happy..."
I am not happy for sure. So, who or what is Happy?!
I sighed. "Natsu. Come on. Wake up. Please?" His respond came quickly "Okay."
Wow... That was easy... I didn't except that he would say that. I thought he would say no cause he's more or less childish. Perhaps it was too soon for me to say that he was like a child. Maybe he's actually a gentleman.
I tried to stand up but Natsu took me back in his arms again. I take everything back! He is childish and there is nothing that could change my mind. I could feel his hot breath on my cheek as he said seductively "But only if you make me breakfast."
He caught me off guard. My eyes opened widely and I could feel my face heat up. I was paralyzed by his voice. I never heard such a sexy voice in my life before. But his childish voice returned again "Great. Call me when it's ready."
Shit. I must have nodded unconsciously when I was thinking about his hotness. Curse his damn hotness... again!
He released me and plopped down on the bed again. I stared at his now closed eyes and his happy face. And I could swear I saw a tint of pink on his cheeks. A long, deep sigh escaped my mouth. What was I thinking? Why couldn't I change? I was still the same cute and perverted Lucy like in high school.
Back then I was attracted by every second guy I saw. Don't blame me; Blame the hot boys, the tall basketball players, the sporty football players, the cute and innocent freshman, the badass delinquents, … Yeah, like I already said before, I was attracted by every second guy. But after I left high school I promised to myself that I would stop with that.
Well, bad habits are hard to break.
I looked at the clock on the commode next to my bed. 11.56. I should take a shower first. I took some fresh clothes from my suitcase and proceeded to the door.
There was only one more door left, which I didn't open. So it must be the bathroom.
I entered the room and looked around. I was amazed by the view. The walls were covered by white tiles; even the bathtub was tiled on the outside. The bathtub and the shower were separated. The floor was covered with black tiles.
This place is awesome! I will never move out. I must be really lucky; first I got a great job offer, second I got to move to Magnolia, and third I found an awesome apartment for a really low price. My life couldn't get any better.
I turned the shower on. The water was still cold. In the meanwhile I should take off my clothes. Well there wasn't actually much to take off.
On the counter were already some towels. It seemed like somebody prepared it there for me and Wendy. Speaking of Wendy, I started wondering if she already woke up. I opened the door of the shower to put my hand inside to feel if the water was warm enough.
A chill run down my back as I felt the warm water on my cold skin. I slipped in the shower and relaxed for a while.
I closed my eyes and for a moment I forgot everything around me. While standing under the shower I always think about my life. It's like I'm my own little world.
As I put shampoo on my hair, I started humming a song which I heard on the radio the day before. It was the first time hearing it, so I couldn't remember the lyrics but the melody just wouldn't leave my head.
I didn't feel this nice in a while. Nothing could ruin this now. Absolutely nothing, I thought. But I spoke too soon.
That moment I heard a really loud scream. My eyes snapped open. "Holy shit, Wendy!"
I stepped out of the shower and took a towel from the counter. I wrapped it around my body and stormed outside the bathroom.
The door to Wendy's room was open but she wasn't in there. She's maybe in the living room. I ran towards the living room. I spotted Wendy standing by the frame of the door which surely led to the kitchen.
"Wendy!" I cried out and ran towards her but my lucky day didn't seem so lucky anymore. I forgot that there was a phase which separated the lower part of the living room from the upper part of the living room. As expected I tripped and landed right on my face.
Wendy looked and me and clutched her hands on her mouth "Oh my god! Lucy, are you alright?" I lifted my head up and looked at her worried face.
"Yeah. Well more or less. I forgot that there were stairs."
She ran towards me and gave me her hand to help me stand up. I gladly accepted. Just then I saw a guy with pink hair coming out of the kitchen. Natsu looked at me with a grin.
"Yo, Lucy. You finished showering I see. Now cook something for me. I'm hungry."
I couldn't believe this guy! Really? Food? Was that the only thing he had to say? I walked up to him and smacked his head.
"Idiot! I just fell down on my face and the only thing you say is 'Cook something for me'?!"
He clutched his head with his hands and looked at me really confused.
"What do you mean? You promised me if I release you, you would make me breakfast."
I recalled the actions earlier this morning. I almost forgot it. How couldn't I forget with such a nice feeling under the shower?
"And besides why are you only in a towel?"
Okay, that wasn't the shower's fault. It was Wendy's. She was the one screaming, so I had to hurry.
But still, my face lit up in a light red color. And it was not because I landed on my face earlier.
I turned towards Wendy as I said "I heard Wendy screaming so I had to rush. By the way Wendy why were you screaming?"
I just remarked that Wendy had a really confused look in her face.
"I screamed because there was a stranger in our kitchen."
That's right. She didn't meet Natsu last night. How should I explain things to her?
This is too complicated to explain it short; this is Natsu, our neighbor, he forgot his key so he slept here last night? When I think about it, it doesn't sound that complicated.
Let's give it a shot "Wendy this is Natsu, our neighbor. He slept here last night because he forgot his keys."
She still looked confused "Why didn't he ask Miss Aries downstairs to give him a spare key for his room?" This made even me frown.
I turned around to look at Natsu, who was surprised. His mouth dropped open. I think this thought didn't even cross his mind for a second. I sighed and turned back to Wendy, seeing that Natsu was deep in thought.
"It doesn't matter Wendy. It seems like he was too stupid to think of that." Before I could say something else Natsu interrupted me "Hey! Why didn't you think of that? I'm sure you are as stupid as I am."
I shot him a glare "I'm not stupid. Besides I already thought of that idea, I only didn't want to say it." My voice lowered by every word. Of course it was a lie. For some reason Natsu started smirking. I wonder why this time.
"So you purposely didn't say anything so that you could sleep with me in the same bed. Truly, Lucy, I have to say that's actually really smart." I blushed deeply. This made things even worse than they were. Ever since we met yesterday, he would find a way to outsmart me.
Before we could continue our argument a loud grumble was heard. Natsu and I stopped and looked around searching for the source of the noise.
"Is it yours?" We asked each other at the same time.
"No, it's not mine. Stop saying the same thing as me! Stop it!" We said at the same. We stopped arguing when we heard the grumble again.
Our eyes fell on Wendy who blushed madly. I started laughing "Why didn't you say you were hungry?"
"I was on my way to the kitchen because I was hungry. But then I saw Natsu in there so I started screaming."
"It's decided: Let's eat! Lucy! Cook something! But before you do, change into something more decent." Natsu said as he stared at me in only a towel covered body.
I smacked his head. A loud growl escaped his mouth.
"What was that for?" I smiled innocently at him "For nothing. I just felt like hitting you."
He shot me a glare but I ignored it. I proceeded to the bathroom to dress up.
"This is the last one, right?"
"Yep"
"Okay, now let's go celebrate in the bar!" Natsu said, suddenly bursting with energy.
He helped me and Wendy carry our boxes up to our new apartment. He actually helped me a lot, so I could return him the favor by going with him to the bar.
"Then let's go!"
"And when were there, I'm gonna introduce you to my friends."
"What are they like?" Wendy asked.
"Well, there is a stripper, a violent monster, a stalker, a bookworm, metal face, the she-devil, a manly man, an alcoholic, and many others." He said while counting on his fingers.
I'm sure that Wendy meant there character, but this is more precise.
"And what are you."I asked playfully.
"The stripper said that I'm a pyromaniac. But I think that I'm the awesome one." I rolled my eyes at his comment.
"And with you and Wendy we have the weirdo and the innocent one." He pointed out with a grin.
I twitched at his comment. Wendy is definitely the innocent one which leaves me being the weirdo.
I hit him on the arm and he only laughed.
"No, no wait! I'm returning you a favor now!" I said again, trying to explain it to him.
"What are you talking about?! You returned it with the breakfast." He argued back.
"You released me back in my bedroom, so I returned it with the breakfast."
"But you also returned this one!"
"No, I didn't!"
"Yes, you did!"
This was leading us to nowhere...
I told Natsu that I wanted to return the favor for helping us carry the boxes, so I was going to pay for the next round. But he said that he owned me one for some unknown reason.
"And tell me when?" I crossed my arms.
Natsu's friends weren't here. Natsu said that it was because of the party they had last night before I arrived.
"Okay, now listen: I owned you one because you let me sleep at your place. I paid it back by releasing you. You paid back the release by cooking something, which was by the way pretty good."I nodded. So far so good.
"I helped you carry the boxes, which was a payback for letting me see you in a towel." He told me, but before he could continue, I put my hand over his mouth.
"Wait, hold it. I never let you see me in a towel."
"Doesn't matter. Back to the story. You made me owe you something because you came with me to the bar. And therefore I'm going to pay."
"No! I told you I'm going to pay!"
"I will!"
"I will!"
"I will!"
"How about if you both shut up and I'll pay." A new voice said. It wasn't Wendy's. She was too confused by our argument, so she was quiet. The other voice belonged to a man.
We turned towards the entrance. There was now a dark haired man and next to him a red haired girl.
Well rather a woman than a girl. And she looked oddly familiar. I looked back at the man who now sat down next to us. Leaning closer to Natsu, I whispered "Is it normal in this building for guys to walk around naked?"
Natsu started laughing and shaking his head. The man looked confused. He probably didn't hear my question. He quickly shrugged it off.
"So Natsu, why won't you introduce us to this wonderful lady?" He said taking my hand and kissing the top off it.
I started giggling. He's surely a friend of Natsu. Man, am I lucky to be surrounded by attractive boys.
I couldn't enjoy that moment really long, because Natsu took my hand back and squeezed it in his own. He shot the man a deadly glare.
I retrieved my hand and frowned at his action.
"Okay. Guys, this is Lucy and this is Wendy. Lucy, Wendy, this is Gray and this is Erza." Natsu said with a grin.
Wait, wait a minute...
"Erza? As in 'Erza Scarlet'?" I asked completely surprised as I remembered why she looked so familiar.
She smiled proudly and crossed her arms over her chest.
"The one and only," She said.
Just then I was about to faint, so I held on Natsu as support.
"Hey, hang on there!" He said while holding me up.
I held onto my face as I was smiling like a fool. It can't be! It's really Erza Scarlet, THE Erza Scarlet. The famous fashion designer! I knew that she lives in Magnolia but I didn't know that she lives in Fairy Tail! I already love it here.
I shot up from my seat and took her hand. "Nice to meet -" I got pushed away by someone. While lying in the floor I saw Wendy reaching out her hand to Erza.
"Nice too meet you, Erza! My name is Wendy Marvell!" She was beaming with excitement.
Natsu was clearly laughing at me. I could also see Gray snickering at me.
"Need a hand?" Someone new entered the scene. A blue haired girl, who was really small, was kneeling besides me and two men were standing beside her. She held out a hand to help me. At least someone cared about me.
As I was halfway up, a third man came behind that girl and grabbed her by her shoulder. Because of the shock she released my hand and I landed on my ass again.
"Come on shrimp!" He said while dragging her towards one of the tables. The two other men followed them.
Aaaand, I got forgotten...
"Oh my, are you okay?" A white haired girl said kneeling down beside me. She was really pretty. She reminded me of that model, Mirajane Strauss. She also had the same long, white hair like this woman.
Could it be...?
She helped me up and as I wanted to thank her Wendy jumped in the scene and took her hand.
"Mirajane Strauss!" She said while beaming with the same smile like before.
Oh no Wendy, payback is a bitch!
I pushed her away and took Mirajane's hand. "Thank you for helping me! My name is Lucy."
She showed me a warm smile. She really is prettier than in the magazines. "You're welcome. Just call me Mira."
She got called by a violet haired girl who stood on the other side of the bar counter. My wishes came true. I met Mirajane Strauss and Erza Scarlet AND we are living in the same building. This must be a dream.
"Sis is really a nice girl. If you want to date her you have to be manlier than me!" A man said while putting his hand on my shoulder.
"I don't want to date her! I'm just a fan! And besides, I am not a man." He started laughing.
"That's good to know!" He said as he hit me playfully on the back.
Did I mention that this man was quiet muscular? No? Well then I did now. Because of that man's strength, I got pushed back on the floor.
Hello floor. Didn't think we would meet each other so soon again.
"Come on, Luce. What are you doing on the floor? Pull yourself together!" Natsu said while taking my hand and pull me up. I hope that I won't land on the floor anymore.
"I think everyone is here." He muttered.
"Okay. Listen guys. We got new neighbors. Meet Lucy and Wendy!" He said loudly enough so that everyone could hear him. The people's heads turned towards us, some of them showing a smile others, just nodding.
Natsu dragged us towards the counter. "I think you know Mira already. She is the barmaid here. Next to her we have Kinana also a newbie. This is Elfman, the manliest man in this building and brother of our lovely Mirajane Strauss."
"Next, we have here the usual table of Macao and Wakaba, two of the few oldest residents here in Fairy Tail. Macao's son, Romeo isn't present today."
"Just because I have a son doesn't mean I'm old, Natsu." Macao said.
Natsu shrugged his remark of and pulled us to the next table.
"This is the table of Levy, Jet and Droy. Childhood friends, living on the same floor," and the last part he whispered, "and both in love with Levy."
I giggled as Jet and Droy blushed hard.
"Nice to meet you! I'm sorry for not helping you back then."
In that moment, a man entered the scene, the man who was the reason why Levy didn't help me.
"Isn't this the girl who laid on the floor?" He asked while looking at Levy. She shot him a glare. I thanked her mentally.
"This metal face's name is Gajeel." Natsu said, pointing at him.
Just now I noticed that he had several piercings on his face.
"What did you-" Gajeel didn't continue due to Natsu's urge to continue our tour.
"Next is our usual table. You know Gray and Erza already so we'll skip it. From now on it'll be your table too." Since when does he decide where I sit? But on second thought it might be not that bad to sit next to Erza.
We saw Mira standing by the next table.
"Come on wake up. Here is someone who wants to meet." Mirajane said to a person who was lying on the seat of the table we were heading now.
"Let me sleep." The person muttered. My eyes widened. It couldn't be... nah, that's nearly impossible. But I remember she said that she moved in this region.
As we moved towards the table, I believed more and more that I already knew that person who was lying there.
"Guys this is-" Natsu started but Wendy and I ended the sentence," Cana Alberona."
The girl looked at us and blinked a few times.
"So you already know each other?" Natsu asked.
Just then we started screaming and launched ourselves on Cana. "We are sisters!" Wendy said while hugging Cana.
"Hey guys, it's been a long time." Cana said hugging us harder.
It's maybe a little complicated so let me explain: Cana is our sister. She moved out of the estate after her 18th birthday. She said she would move to Magnolia. It's funny that we three ended up living together in the same building again, althought we were separated from Cana for four years already.
I heard an awkward cough from behind. It was Natsu's and he looked impatient. "Let's finish the tour, and then you can have a family reunion."
What is wrong with him? Ah, who cares! I stood up and walked by his side.
"I'll stay here with Cana. You can go and have fun with Natsu." Wendy said, while Cana started laughing at her chose of words.
Go and have fun with Natsu? What was that supposed to mean?!
"We should later drink one for your arrival here. See ya." She lastly said before Natsu dragged me away.
Next were Alzack, Bisca and their four years old daughter Azuka. By the way they talk; I found out that they loved the Wild West, country music and a lot of other things that were related to Cowboys. Also did I met some of the workers from Fairy Tail. Funny fact: their names were the same ones as the 12 signs of the zodiac.
And these are all the people I would live with from today on. "That would be it for today. What's with that face your making?" Natsu asked as I was smiling at the happy faces of the people here.
I'm happy I'm here.
"Lucy you look like creep with that face."
Why does that idiot have to ruin my moment?
"Shut up!" I yelled.
"Calm down Lucy. Come here and let's drink!" Gray said while lifting up his glass.
How can I say no to this offer?
Natsu said besides me and lifted a glass. "To our new friend Lucy!" Natsu said.
"And Wendy!" Erza added.
It was only three in the afternoon, however it didn't seem like that would stop them from getting drunk. This is the kind of people I was looking for. People, who aren't serious all the time.
This surely is the beginning of new friendships.