Hello all you lovely readers! Welcome back to chapter 2, I hope that you have enjoyed the story so far. Just fair warning, this is not my best chapter. And I'm not that proud of it, it just seems kinda awkward and it doesn't flow as much as I would like it to. I don't know, I just know I could have done better. But I wrote this chapter literally like three months ago, and rereading it I was like "wow this is horrible." But just trust me that the story gets so much better.

Anyways, I hope you all like the chapter:)

disclaimer- I do not own fairy tail, or its characters. I only own the plot and words you are about to read.

Chapter 2

"Luce!" I heard someone call out to me as I was walking down the hallway of my school. I looked back to see Natsu walking towards me. Now, me and Natsu have been best friends for longer than I can remember. I can't even remember a time when he wasn't there. So it's no surprise that he's always around me.

"Hey, Natsu." I smiled at him, and he gladly smiled back, and we started to walk together down to the cafeteria. "How's your school day been so far?"

He sighed. "Tiring. And boring."

I giggled. "You say that everyday."

"Well that's how it is everyday. It's not my fault that school is the most boring place in the world."

"It's not that bad." I said. I never really hated school that much, even when I was younger. I actually surprising liked going to school most of the time.

"That's because you're smart." He wasn't entirely wrong about that. I am told that I am pretty smart, but it's not just because I'm good at school. I just overall like going. Most of the time, that is.

"You could be smart too. You just don't try hard enough."

"I try! I'm just not good."

"Maybe that means you should try harder." I tried to convince him.

"Pft. Whatever." I couldn't help but laugh at his very little motivation to try hard in school. He was never the most smartest, but he's not stupid. Well, he can be stupid at times. But he's smart in other areas. He just doesn't have school smarts.

By the end of our conversation, we slowly made it to the cafeteria where everyone else was. We had our own little group of friends who we hung out with. Everyday at lunch, we would all sit and talk together. It was really nice, and we all loved it.

When we walked down I heard someone call my name, and I knew exactly who it was. It was one of my best friends Levy. We've known each other for a long time as well. She moved to this area when we were still in middle school, and we bonded right away. And when we both realized our love for books, instant friendship happened.

So I sat down next to her and we chatted a little bit about our day so far. As I was looking around the table I saw how everyone was talking, laughing and having fun. I really did love my little group of friends.

Although, they were all busy talking to someone, and at the moment I was left alone. I wasn't alone, not really. I mean, I had a whole table of people around me, but there's always a loneliness feeling see down in my heart.

"Lu-chan?" Levy said as I got grabbed out of my train of thought. "You okay? You look sad."

"On, no, no. I was just thinking , that's all." I said, and gave her my big smile. I got up and said, "I'm going to the bathroom, I'll be right back."

"Do you want me to come with you?" She asked, about to get up."

"No, no, it's fine I can go by myself." And I left the lunchroom and waked to the bathroom. when I walked into the bathroom the first thing I realized when I walked in was that no one else was there. Like usually, the whole bathroom was unoccupied. I placed my backpack on one of the sinks to hold it up and unzipped it. I dug through and grabbed my small, metal battle. I uncapped it and took a burning on the back of my throat gave me a loving sensation.

It's not like I'm an alcoholic or anything, I just happen to usually have something with me most of the time. Although, no one knows about it. No one at school, at least.

And besides, one of my closest friends told me this little trick to boring stuff to have while you're at school. But they don't go to this school, but she's one of the people I'm closest with. She's taught me everything I know, and she's helped me through some of the touches times in my life.

After I was done, I quickly closed it and put it back in my bag. I lifted my bag up, and ran my hands over the cold water. When I was done, I walked back to the table. When I got there, I grabbed an orange, and quickly enjoyed the sweetened, overpowering flavor of drink.

"Luce!" I turned around to see Natsu, "lunch is almost over, we should start to go to our next class.

"Okay!" I smiled. And we gave our goodbyes to the others. We always left a few minutes early because our class was all the way on the other side of the building.

As we were walking, I started feeling warmth around my body, and once again starting to feel happy.

Natsu laughed slightly, and I look up at him In confusion. "Your smiling." He said. "You are almost always smiling."

"On, sorry. I didn't realize." I covered my mouth with my hands without realizing it.

"No, I like it. Your smile is nice." He said, and kept on walking. I have to say, that every once in awhile he would say something and it would make me blush. It would make me few warmth around my body, but a different warmth than I'm used to.

When the bell rung, we were already in our seats, and I had my stuff out. Natsu of course, did not, but after I nagged him a bit, he finally got all his stuff out so at least he looked prepared for class.

"Okay class, please take out your papers. And I'm going to be passing back your quizzes from the other day." All the students took out their papers, and when they got their quiz back you could see who got a good grade or not based on how they reacted.

"Ah man. I got a 70." Natsu wined. "But I guess it could have been worse. I still passed." That is true, he's never been the best in school. It's usually been just barely passing for him.

"Another perfect grade Lucy." The teacher said as she handed me the paper l. "Keep up the good work." I took hold of my paper and say a 100% at the top. I have always been a good student in class. I have even been top of my class several times. To me, it's just not that hard. I'm just able to keep information in my head.

"Wow, Luce." I heard Natsu gasp next to me. "Another 100. You need to tutor me sometime."

"You're going to need a lot more than just tutoring if you want to get the kind of grades that I get." I laughed.

"Hey! I mean, you're probably right, but still." He joked.

Once the class started, I was busy writing down all my notes, and I was trying my best to get down everything and still be able to keep them neat. It's hard to do sometimes, because sometimes the teacher may talk pretty fast, but i've developed a system that helps to keep me organized. By the end of class, I had a very nice note filled page in front of me. Knowing Natsu, I am probably going to have copy my notes and give them to him because he is no good at listening in class let alone writing notes.

Natsu and I then began to walk out of the classroom together where we would have to split up to go to our next class since we aren't in the same one together. We said our goodbyes and I walked to my next class where I met up with Levy.

"Good afternoon, Levy," I said giving her a smile.

"Hey, Lu-Chan. I have a question." I nodded, giving her permission to ask. "Are you doing anything on Halloween?"

I took a moment to mentally look at my calendar, and I did not think that I had any plans. "No, Not that I know of."
"Great! Because now you do." she said as she held up a piece of paper so close to my face that I couldn't even read it. I took the paper from her so that I could be able to read what it said.

Fairy tail Halloween fair

Friday, October 24

Come join our school fair where there will be games, food, dancing, and music.

Tickets are $8

Bring your friends

"Our school Halloween fair?" I asked, and she nodded her head. "It's a week before Halloween." I noted.

"Yeah. So it doesn't ruin our plans on actually Halloween day. But come on, all our friends said that they would go. It'll be fun."

"Okay, okay. I guess i'll go. It can't be too bad." I guess it gave me something to look forward to, nonetheless.

"Yay! now we can tell the others that everyone is going. It'll be great!" she said happily. If I was being honest, I didn't really want to go. It sounded pretty boring, but I guess i'll go anyway because it makes Levy happy, and she is my best friend, so I'll do anything to make her happy.

"Oh, and Lucy, don't forget to wear a costume." she winked at me.
"A costume? What kind of costume am I supposed to wear?"

"We can go buy one together. We still have a bit until the fair, so we have time to buy one."

I was going to keep asking her questions, but the class starting and we had to stop talking. I wasn't the type of student to talk during class, neither was Levy, so we knew better than to talk in the middle of the lesson.

The next few periods of the day went by, and soon enough it was time to leave. Throughout the day, I had to make several trips to the restroom so I can take a sip of my happiness. I always kept it at the bottom of a secret pocket in my bag. My friend Cana told me that little trick. Cana is older than me, and out of high school,but she is one of my closest friends. She knows stuff about me that even Levy and Natsu don't know. But she's a lot more than just my friend, I just don't know what other word to use to describe her. But she's helped me a lot throughout my life. As I was walking out of the school building, my phone buzzed and I looked to see that it was a message from her. The message including her telling me to go somewhere, which happened to be the back of the school. So I did as she asked, and sneakily walked to the back of the building. Walking behind the school didn't freak me out as it would other students. It actually gave me a warm, and familiar feeling. People don't know it but I've been behind this building countless times. Most people don't know about this area because it's more of a dark alley type place. I don't even think any of the teachers know this place exists. It's Very old and overall creepy looking, but I like it. I walked through the alley with a peace of mind, but wondering what Cana was doing here.

As I walked out though the other end, I saw Cana in her blue mini van. She was actually going to get a white one, but I told her that it would have been way too creepy and convinced her to get another color.

"Hey, Blondie!" she said fairly loudly as I was walking up to her.

"Cana! Don't be so loud!" I warned her.

"What? We have meetup her so many time and no one's cough us. It's like this place only exists to us." She said happily.

"Yeah, yeah. Still, don't be too loud. It hurts my ears."I said as I opened the door and got into the van.

"Hey, Lucy." I looked up to see Bacchus sitting in the passenger's seat. These two are almost always together. They even live together. I have always thought that they were dating, but I have never really asked. Even if I did ask, I would probably get one of those "it's complicated" talks. Like how complicated can things be? You're either together or not. I don't understand how complicated things could be. But still, I never bothered to ask them.

"Hey, Bacchus." I greeted him, then looked at Cana. "So, where are you taking me?"

"Nowhere ." was all she said. I looked at Bacchus, and have him a confused look, he just shrugged. He probably didn't know what she meant, either.

"What?" I asked.

"I just thought that you would like me to drive you home instead of taking the the stinky bus."

"I guess you're right on that." I said thankfully. "I hate the bus."

"So did I." She agreed, and she tossed me a little dark plastic bag. "And I thought you would like these." I wanted To open it up, but knew better than to do that now. Whenever she gave me these little gifts, I knew that I shouldn't open them in front of her, I just found that to be rude,I guess. And unspoken rule kind of thing.

"Thanks." I said, My face glowing up. When I shook the bag lightly , I knew what it was, and it made me happy.

"Don't mention it. And If you ever need anything Blondie, just give me a call.""Sure thing." and that was the end of that conversation. Now she started the van and we were off to my house.

"So, How are those friends of yours at school."she asked me as she was driving.

"They are good. There's this Halloween fair thing at my school soon that they are making me go to."

"Sounds boring." Bacchus groaned.

"It really does."Cana agreed, laughing.

"I think It'll be fine."I shrugged. I was't super exited about it, but I'm sure that It wont be the worst nigh of my life.

"You should come to our Halloween party." Cana mentioned.

"Your parties are always fun. When is it?"

"Halloween Night."

"I'll see if I can go."

"Lucy." she groaned. "But the parties are so much more fun with you."

"I said I'll see if I can go. I didn't say no." I laughed.

"Well at least try to come to part of it."

"I will." I said. Her parties were always fun. I honestly could not even think of time that I didn't have fun at her parties. Or didn't have fun hanging out with her, she's just a fun person to be with.

We talked for a while longer and made it to my house. She parked a little ways before my drive way and let me get out. As I was about to get out she spoke.

"If your house ever give gives you a hard time, don't hesitate to call." I looked over to see Bacchus nodding in agreement. She really did care for me.

"Thank you." I said and I got out of the car and walked towards my ominous house.

From what I've said about my house, you probably this it's a mess, and a horrible place to live. It's quite the opposite. It's pristine. Perfect looking. That's what I hate. It fools everyone into thinking that we're a happy family. Who are we? Well that would me me and my dad. I never had any siblings, but that's never bothered me really. I had a mom, her name was Layla, but she died when I was young.

Most of my group of school friends know that my mom's dead. I remember crying and Natsu coming I've trying to make me feel better. He let me cry, and he held me. Even though we were young at the time, he didn't push the subject and just let me let out my feelings.

Natsu and I have always been there for each other whenever one of us were going through a rough time. He was also very respective of my personal life. He never mentions my mom's death, or what happened.

So I slowly walked into my ominous house, not wanting to go in.

End of Chapter 2

Well, I hope that you all didn't hate it too much. But basically, to sum it up:
Lucy goes to high school, with all her friends (which is basically everyone from the fairy tail Guild.) But she also has a "secret life" full of parties and drugs and alcohol. With people that you will find out about in future chapters.

So I hope that there isn't too much confusion. And don't forget to leave a review saying if you liked it or not.

Thanks for reading:)