Luck of the Unwanted~

Chapter 7

"Lucy…."

I ran upstairs and all but slammed the door shut. I put my back against the door and tried to catch my breath. Why did I care so much anyways? I don't own Natsu and he doesn't even like me. I mean, come on, he has ditched me twice already. I have to take a hint at some point.

Still though. I sat there frozen not knowing what to do. Should I go down there and apologize or should I demand to know who the girl is and what they were doing. Even so, I am still not on good terms with Natsu and I would prefer if it could change. My episode didn't really help though….

I sat on the floor in thought for a little while longer before finally standing up and running a hand through my hair. In the end I just ended up grabbing my book bag and sitting on my bed doing homework.

Downstairs

Natsu P.O.V

"Lucy…." I whispered.

"Who was that? What was she even doing here?" Lisanna asked as she got off me and began to straighten her plaid skirt and silver hair from our make out session.

"That was my new "sister". Her name is Lucy." I explained as I too stood. I am a bit confused on what to do. Should I apologize? That isn't really my character though… Even so I feel bad when I think of Lucy being mad at me. Is she even mad though? Ugh What do I do?!

"Oh. I think I am going to go then. I would normally be arriving at home right about this time…" Lisanna said as she grabbed her school bag and slipped her shoes on before walking out and shutting the door behind her.

I stood there for a second debating, hesitating. Something really bothered me with the thought of Lucy being mad at me. It isn't like we are really even that close.

I sighed and slowly dragged myself up the stairs. Once finally at the last room on the hallway, I took a breath. I raised my hand to knock but suddenly the door opened.

Lucy P.O.V

After I finished my little bit of homework, I lay on my bed staring at the white ceiling and occasionally the pink walls. Thoughts ran through my mind as I debated what to do. How should I assist the situation?

Finally I got up and made my way to my door, whiteboard in hand. I guess the only way to fix this was to apologize before Grandine got home and noticed something was off in both of our attitudes. She would definitely know something was up.

I walked to the door and opened it only to find a surprised Natsu standing there with his fist up to, what I assume, knock on the door.

"U-Um. Heeeeyy Lucy…." He said awkwardly. I knew this was going to happen. I knew it would be awkward… Suddenly though, he straightened his posture and a serious look appeared on his face.

"I'm sorry. I know I have already said this to you and such as that but I am really sorry. I bailed, again, on you. This time it wasn't over something stupid like showing you around town. I bailed on showing you around school on your first day of school ever. I really am sorry." Natsu said as he looked down. I was shaking to bad to actually write and Natsu doesn't understand sign language so I did the only thing I knew I could do. I hugged him.

He was a bit tense at first but eventually softened into the hug and we sat there for a few minutes. Almost just as soon as we broke apart the front door opened. Already knowing who it was, Natsu and I walked down the stairs together to greet Wendy. Or at least that's what I did. Natsu probably just wanted to see what she brought home.

"Hey guys. Sorry it took so long. Once I finally got there, there was only one line open and at least ten people in line (Don't you hate when that happens?) and then after that, I was walking home and a train started coming so I had to wait for what felt like years. And then-" Wendy just continued to rant on and on. I couldn't help but smile at my newfound family.

Just as Wendy was finishing her rant, Grandine came in the door. She was wearing an ocean blue ruffled shirt and a black pencil skirt ,her long navy hair ran down straight with her bangs pinned back with a black hair pin. She was also wearing a pair of closed toe black pumps. How she walks in them I will never understand. I can barely wear flip flops without falling over. She walked into the kitchen where we were and sighed before putting her bag down on the counter.

"Another long day at work Mama?" Wendy asked innocently as she began rinsing some vegetables.

"Yeah. Quite a few clients. Today was open house." She explained. I looked over at Natsu questioningly. I guess he got my drift because he quickly devoured whatever it was he was eating and looked at me.

"Mom's a real-estate agent." Natsu explained.

"You guys look like you are getting along better. Something happen?" Grandine asked raising an eyebrow. I couldn't help but look at Natsu to see what he was going to do. Would he confess or lie his way out of the question…

"Nothing much." He replied simply walking out of the kitchen and up the stairs.

"Okay…" She said and winked at me. I was confused but decided to just let it pass by.

"Oh Lucy by the way, how was your first day of school?" She asked me.

'Fine. A little chaotic but I made a lot of friends. 8 to be exact.'

"Oh. It seems you got off a good start." Grandine complimented. I just nodded and smiled in return.

"What time do you think that papa will be home from work?" Wendy asked as she cut the carrots into proportional slices. How does she do that?! You know, when I take a step back and look at myself, I am a failure as a woman. I can't where heels, I can't cook, what else can I fail at?

"Probably right before supper. He shouldn't be working late tonight…" She said as she put a finger to her lips in thought. She then grabbed a knife and started helping Wendy.

"Would you like to help Lucy-San?" Wendy asked looking up from yet another carrot.

'Um. I haven't really had a chance to cook a real meal before. I might just get in the way.'

"Nonsense. Come here and you can peel. I will do all the real cooking." Grandine said motioning to the sink where she was helping Wendy. I would have just declined her offer but it looked really fun to be able to be in the kitchen helping out 'mama' again. I smiled and made my way towards her.

Finally when supper was finished, we all sat the food out on the table and Wendy got the plates and such from the cabinet. We set those around the table and Grandine sent me to get Natsu.

I quickly walked upstairs with my whiteboard and walked to Natsu's door. A sudden flashback came to me of last time I walked in there. I smiled at the thought and made sure to knock on the door.

"Come in!" He yelled from inside. I slowly opened the door and walked in. The room was still the same it was last time only a tad bit cleaner. I looked to find Natsu at his desk on his laptop. As I approached I noticed he was watching some kind of anime.

"Oh hey Lucy." He said turning towards me and back at his laptop screen. He then pressed pause and completely turned to me. He probably knew he wasn't going to be able to understand what I was 'saying' until he turned around to read it.

'Grandine asked me to come and tell you supper was ready. Igneel isn't home yet though. What is his job?' I asked. I didn't even know what my foster parents' jobs were.

"That old geezer? Oh he is the CEO of Dragneel Inc. Haven't you heard of it?" Natsu looked at me questioningly.

'No you do realize where I grew up.' I wrote with a smile on my face.

"Point taken." He said as he stood and walked to the door. I quickly followed him and we descended down the stairs and into the dining room.

Almost as soon as we were all seated at the table Igneel walked in the door. He took off his coat and hung it on the rack by the door along with his brief case.

"How was your day dear?" Grandine asked standing to greet him.

"Oh just the usual." He replied. His eyes then locked with mine and a sudden sadness filled them. After that he went up the stairs. A few minutes later he walked back down in some more casual clothes rather than his business suit. He then moved to his place at the table and blessed the food.

Just like the last few times I have eaten with them, Natsu and Igneel started to eat throwing food all over the place. Since I have already seen this, I kind of guessed this would happen and mentally prepared myself.

After every last piece of food was devoured, Grandine collected the plates and carried them to the sink where Grandine started to wash. Wendy moved right beside her and started to rinse them before gently laying them in the strainer for them to dry. In the meantime I just stared wondering if I should interfere. They seemed to have it under control but I felt guilty not helping. Wendy looked up at me and smiled. I feel like she always knows how to get me out a sticky situation.

"Don't worry Lucy-San. We have it here. You can go ahead and get a shower for school tomorrow." She said sweetly. I nodded and walked up the stairs.

I first walked into my room and grabbed a few necessities before I walked into the bathroom. I quickly undressed and turned on the water. I allowed the water to run along my hand testing the water before fully submerging my body in the liquid substance.

I sat there for a few minutes just… thinking before I actually started to wash my hair and such. After quickly washing my hair and body I turned the water off and dried my body with a towel. I put on a fresh pair of black sweatpants and an old Three Days Grace t-shirt before taking my dirty clothes back to my room.

I quickly brushed my hair before lying on my bed. I caught myself spacing out as I stared at the white ceiling. I just thought about the things that have come to pass. I smiled before closing my eyes and allowing sleep to overcome me.

Riiiiinnnnnggg! Riiiiinnnnnnggg! RIIIIIINNNNGGGG!

A hand quickly came out from under the covers as I all but smash the stupid alarm clock. It wasn't that I minded getting up as much as I hated the annoying sound that escaped it.

I stood up and emerged from my bed before turning around and quickly pulling the comforter back in its rightful place along with the pillows. After that I walk to where my uniform hung and quickly stripped before putting my red, gray, and black uniform on.

After that I brush my hair and did a side braid and walked down the stairs. To my surprise, Natsu was already down there (dressed this time) and breakfast was ready. Igneel and Grandine weren't here again this morning so I assume that they have to leave pretty early in the morning.

I went to sit at the table and Wendy greeted me. Natsu just nodded but at least he acknowledged me. I am still a bit confused on where our relationship stands though. Especially after…. That…

We ate our breakfast with a light conversation before moving towards the door so we could venture out to school. Natsu looked a bit pained. Of course after the way those girls responded to him during homeroom yesterday, I guess he is pretty popular and just doesn't want to deal with them. I wouldn't want to deal with them. But that's just me.

We walked towards the school for a bit Wendy and I walking ahead of Natsu carrying a conversation when suddenly I heard screaming. I guess Wendy heard it too because when I turned to her she had the same face as I did.

Suddenly out of nowhere, a girl came flying onto my back almost throwing both of us to the ground. If it wasn't for Wendy stabilizing me, I would probably be road kill. Literally. Ran over and all. The 'thing' then jumped off of me. I was fairly surprised to see what it was. Sort of.

"Good morning Lu-Chan! How are you this morning?" She asked me.

'Levy-chan? You about gave me a heart attack!' I wrote putting a hand on my heart to emphasize, which made her laugh.

"Sorry about that. Good morning Wendy-Chan. Natsu." Levy said with a bright smile that could light up anyone's day. I could help but smile with her.

"Levy." Natsu replied. So these two know each other? Well I guess since they are in most periods together, you would at least know of the other person.

We walked a bit further and Wendy had to part ways. I find it a bit cute that she is a freshman and Natsu is a senior. I shook the thought out as we entered my first period: Math. Not my strongest point first thing in the morning. Don't get me wrong. I am not bad at it, I just have to wake up first. The 5:30 wakeup call doesn't help my brain learn quadratic formulas and such

I inwardly groan when he walked in a started his lectures on some form of math. Instead I just let my brain wonder. Even though I had never been to school doesn't mean I didn't learn at the orphanage. Truth be told, I probably know most of the stuff he is going to teach because of my love for math.

It didn't feel like long but eventually lunch came. Levy-chan, Mira, Erza, and I walked into the overly crowded lunch room and got in line to get our food. When we walked out we walked to the same two table as yesterday and sat down in almost the exact order. Only this time all of the seats were filled.

Whereas yesterday there were three, excluding the one I took, empty seats, today all of them were taken. I looked at the other table and saw that today Natsu and the girl he was *Ahem* kissing him yesterday along with some other guy that was sitting beside Juvia- chan. I looked at Levy chan and she started to explain.

"The guy with dark hair is Gray. He likes Juvia; he just doesn't know it yet. Juvia is stalker crazy over him though. Watch out, she might think you like Gray and go ballistic on you. That girl right there is Lisanna. She's Natsu's girlfriend for going on three years. Or at least since freshman year." Levy explained. So she was the one that Natsu ditched me for that Sunday?

"Flamebrain what the hell happened yesterday? You were supposed to serve lunch detention with me!" He exclaimed brining me out of my thoughts.

"Listen here popsicle. I don't have to answer to you. It isn't any of your business anyway." Natsu exclaimed crossing his arms and looking away.

Suddenly the other guy stood and almost flipped the table. I saw a tick mark appear on Erza's face but she didn't say anything. The Natsu slammed both of his fists on the table and it knocked Erza's lunch, which was strawberry cake, into her lap.

Erza stood abrupt and the murderous aura came back. Fear was evident on both Natsu and Gray's faces as they started hugging each other.

"Were you two fighting?" Erza asked cutting her eyes to the two boys.

"O-o-of course not Erza. Best friends don't fight. See?" Natsu said as him and gray linked arms and started acting like they were the best of friends.

I inwardly laughed looking at the two guys going from hating each other to being the best of friends. Apparently Erza found it funny as well because started to laugh as well. It seemed really out of character for her to be laughing but suddenly everyone smiled and started laughing as well before continuing to eat their lunch.

Not long after that, the bell rang and we all went to throw our trash away. Levy-chan and I made our way to Creative writing. We were almost their and suddenly started to smile which made me a bit confused.

"Hey Lucy, on Saturday Erza, Mira, Juvia, Lisanna, and I are going to go shopping at the mall. Would you like to come?" Levy asked. At the thought my heart sped up and I felt really warm. I had never went out with friends before. Unless you counted the five minutes with Natsu. I quickly nodded my head with a smile on my face and Levy smiled back.

This week has to go by faster.

Hey guys! Sorry. I would have posted it first thing this morning but i forgot it was Friday ^u^' Anyway i still have it posted on the right day! So it isnt entirely late.

Also! Good news! This is officially the longest chapter I have ever written! It has 11 pages! *o* LOL. Thnaks to everyone that contributed (Faved, followed, or reviewed) ! I got more reviews on the other chapter than ever before as well! 11 reviews. Is 11 my lucky number?

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