"R-R-Revenge?!" Juvia stuttered as she held the signup sheet in her trembling hands.
"Mhm, Juvia you said you wanted to give Gray revenge for being a jerk." Lucy implied, browsing through a stack of CDs in that she brought over, looking for a particular one.
"B-But! That was only talk! I can't go back on the stage, not after last time!" Juvia cried, completely flushed on remembering the incident.
Aries sighed as she swiftly snatched the paper out of the blue-haired girl's hands and looked it over. A smirk came to her face as she read the fine lines.
"Juvia, we already signed everyone up and we can't just drop out, that'd be foolish. Besides you're the lead." She mentioned as she handed the paper back to Juvia, whose jaw dropped when she heard that she would be leading.
"THERE'S NO WAY IN HELL I'M GOING UP THERE!" She finally screamed, causing a few neighborhood lights to turn on. Juvia saw this and threw her hand on top of her mouth, embarrassed.
"Pleaassseeeee Juvia," Levy, as well as everyone else, gave her the infamous puppy-eyes and pout. Juvia sweat-dropped at the move, her friends were dead serious. "We're all doing it, so you won't be totally alone!"
"R-Really?" Juvia asked surprised as she looked over the paper once more. Each time she read it, it didn't seem so bad. After all, it's not like Gray will ever have feelings for her and even if she embarrasses herself, then she could at least say she tried….
"B-But what about Erza?" Juvia mentioned as she looked over the red-haired teen, who sat on a huge cushion, looking more calm and serious then the rest.
"Kinda…but I'm not going to be in too much-"
"WHAT! Y-You said that everyone would be in it…." Juvia finally hesitated, suddenly becoming unsure or her decision.
"Juvia, think a little! Everyone but Erza needs revenge and she is actually helping you! If it wasn't this serious, she wouldn't have even considered it! She was the one who came up with the idea!" Lucy bargained, glancing over at Erza, who nodded at the remark.
Juvia's heart skipped a beat. Suddenly, two choices lay before her. She could A. Decline the offer quickly and live the rest of her high school life in peace, avoiding Gray Fullbuster at all costs.
Or B. Do the Talent Show, risk the chance of embarrassing herself again, but also the chance of prevailing and getting back at Gray for all he has done. To finally show him that she wasn't so annoying, she wasn't the idiotic girl he had known, and that behind her shy exterior, was a bitch who wanted revenge.
Revenge.
'Troublesome Girl.' Gray's word's echoed in Juvia's mind.
Revenge
'Hmph. Pathetic .Like she honestly believed that some retarded twirl act would impress me?' His voice echoed, only this time louder.
REVENGE.
"Seriously Juvia, do your really consider us friends?! Just leave me alone!" Those painful words that Juvia ever had to endure once again echoed through her minder, but only this time the loudest of them all.
REVENGE!
Each time Juvia repeated the word, her confidence boosted and the desire to put Gray in his place took over. This time, HE would be the one who would want to impress her, HE would be the one fawning over her every move, and SHE will be the one who would harshly decline his offer and walk away, putting him in complete misery. Just like he had done to her…
"I'M IN!" Juvia suddenly declared, slamming the paper down in the middle of the scattered mess of popcorn and candy. Everyone else gave her approving looks, and Lucy finally after a long search, pulled a CD out of the pile and placed it into a stereo.
"Good for you Juvia! Now, let's see …what track was it?" Lucy congratulated, keeping her eyes on the stereo, however.
"And don't worry Juvia! You're the not the only one using this for revenge!" Levy emphasized as she patted Juvia's shoulder, fully approving of her blue-haired friend's actions.
"Yeah, me too!" Aries chimed in, raising her hand in the air.
"Huh? What did Loke do to you, Aries?" Erza asked, raising an eyebrow. Everyone else suddenly dropped what they were doing; Aries never mentioned anything about Loke. In fact, she was probably the only one, besides Erza, who would never bNatsu about him which was odd because she certainly seemed the type.
Aries looked down, her face a bright red. "W-W-Well, you see, it was during school, in the hallway…"
-Flash Back-
Aries walked down the hallway like any other day, but today was Friday so she walked with a little more oomph, excited to get the heck out of the torture chamber aka school
As usual, the halls were filled with students getting to their lockers and such, so Aries had to weave her way through. As she thought she had finally made it through into the clearing, she smacked right into Loke, causing both of them to fall to the ground, with Aries on top of him.
"Wow, someone's a little excited this morning." Loke smirked as the surrounding students circled around them, snickering.
"Eh…"Was all Aries could say, she was just like a deer in the headlights, she was too embarrassed to move. With a face beat red, she meagerly got up off of Loke but she got up over his head.
"Wait a minute…I didn't just-SHIT!" Aries cursed at herself as she realized what she had just done.
Aries looked back in horror as she looked down at her blue uniform skirt. Well, of course, you would see nothing wrong with it but here was the thing, she had worn her SHORTEST skirt she could find today! Aries was terrified as she saw Loke get up, red in the face.
'Damn it!' Aries literally screamed in her head.
She began to retrace her steps in her mind, horrified. She picked herself up off of Loke, walked over his head, and-
"YOU DID NOT JUST SEE-!" Aries screamed out.
"Ha. I JUST DID." Loke coolly walked past Aries, a smirk on his face. "By the way, nice red lace panties! Does your mother know you wear those?" He added, slapping her butt as he walked away.
As Loke was about a few feet away, Aries screamed out
"PERVERT!SEXUAL ASSUALT! SEXUAL ASSAULT! " Aries screamed back at Loke, flailing her arms.
Sadly, everyone just gave her a queer look and walked away, all thinking that Aries had just lost her mind.
Aries trembled a sigh as she, and her short skirt, marched out of the building while cursing in her head:
'REVENGE! REVENGE! I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW HOW JUVIA DOES THIS EVERYDAY!"
Aries sat there, mortified as she told the story.
"Poor thing…" Erza consoled as she placed an arm around her shoulder.
"I still can't believe why I thought it was a good idea to wear my red-laced panties with my short skirt!" Aries wailed as she dug into one of Lucy's ice cream pints.
"Well, here's the perfect revenge. Just like you said Aries…They have to know you have it and know that they can't have it!" Lucy proclaimed as she pushed the play button on the stereo. A Catchy tune began to play. As soon as it played, Aries's ears perked up and an excited look spread across her face, as well with Lucy and Levy.
"The perrfeccttt revenge." Levy purred Natsu she nuzzled into a huge pillow just like a cat.
It took Juvia longer to come into realization but as soon as the lyrics began to play, her face turned a deep red.
"WE'RE GOING TO SING THIS SONG?!" She shouted once again, her face red. Juvia knew this song, she knew it very well and she knew what the song meant! Especially the French Words!
All the girls gave her a nod, which caused Juvia to turn redder! She couldn't do this song, especially in front of Gray! It'd be worse cause then if she messed up she'd look pathetic and desperate!
"W-we can't!" She finally stammered as she hid in her head behind her pillow.
"Juvia! This is perfect! We show the guys we got it and -"
"Know…they…can't have…it." Juvia murmured under her breath in a barely audible tone as she finished Levy's sentence.
"What's that? We can't hear you!" Levy encouraged, holding a hand to her ear.
"THEY HAVE TO KNOW WE HAVE IT AND KNOW THEY CAN'T HAVE IT!" Juvia finally bellowed flushed in the face, which caused more lights to go on. This caused all the girls to giggle.
"Exactly." Lucy agreed, "Now you can finally show off you singing ability, curves, and your confidence."
"Yeah…WAIT! Singing?! CURVES?!" Juvia once again, yelled, completely red. Everyone let out a huge sigh as she did so; this was going to be a long night.
"Huh? Odd…" Lucy said as she began typing on Juvia's pink laptop.
"What is it Mist?" Juvia asked cheerily as she ducked a pillow that Levy chucked at her. The girls decided to have one huge pillow fight, and Lucy who learned from experience, decided to sit this one out and go on the internet instead.
"Natsu just IMed me! But that's so weird! It's like 2:00am!" Lucy replied with a confused look on her face.
"What! No Way!" Aries exclaimed as she pounced on Juvia's pink comforter next to Lucy, everyone else soon followed, their eyes glued to the laptop's monitor. The following convo appeared.
NatsuBoy: Yooo Mist!
StellarChick589: Hi, Natsu? Isn't it like 2:00am?
NatsuBoy: And?
"I don't buy it. Natsu is the laziest person on earth; he would never be up this late." Erza figured as she knew Natsu, she was the one who had to put up with his snoring in French Class after all.
Natsu began typing again and another IM came up.
NatsuBoy: So, why are YOU up?
StellarChick589: Um, sorta at a sleepover. Duh.
"Ooh, this is so much fun! Here, give me the computer!" Levy squealed as Lucy handed her the laptop. Levy prompted it on her lap while everyone looked over her shoulder. Levy began to converse with Natsu, pretending that she was Lucy. Juvia let a huge sigh before getting off the bed and going into her bathroom.
"Something wrong, Juvia?" Everyone asked in unison as they saw Juvia approach the bathroom.
"I got to change my pajamas; apparently this one has a huge hot chocolate stain I just noticed." Juvia complained as she showed off the huge brown stain on her pretty pink gown, everyone frowned.
"Aw, and you looked so pretty too!" Lucy sympathized as Juvia hung her head in agreement. She marched right into the bathroom and closed the door behind her.
Everyone turned their attention back to the convo.
NatsuBoy: Hey, let's put up a webcam!
Stellarchick589 (Levy): Why?! OMG you're so perverted. I swear, just like Gajeel!
NatsuBoy: Levy?
"Crap!" Levy screamed as Aries and Lucy giggled. Erza just rolled her eyes. Levy then decided to play it cool and replied:
Stellarchick589 (Levy): Nooooo, Lucy.
NatsuBoy: Nope, def. Levy. Lucy never talks about Gajeel and how perverted he is.
Stellarchick589 (Levy): Damn!
NatsuBoy wants to connect with you for webcam.
"Well, there's no harm. It's only Natsu right? And it's not like we're naked or anything." Aries giggled as she placed the webcam on top of the laptop.
Stellarchick589 has accepted your request for webcam.
A screen popped up on the laptop, showing Natsu there, laughing.
"Hey, guys! This webcam is so much fun!" He cheered, since the boy probably never used webcam to chat before, he found it quite amusing.
"Yeah…sure…" Erza rolled her eyes once again, and then moved the webcam around to display everyone.
"Woah! Is that Juvia's room?! It's so Blue!" Natsu asked amazed, everyone simply nodded. Then there was a large smack against his head, causing Natsu to linger in pain.
"Seriously, you're such an idiot." A voice off-screen insulted Natsu, who Natsu returned with a glare.
"Eh? Is there others with you?" Aries asked as she pointed her finger at the screen.
Natsu picked up his webcam and displayed it around the room, showing Loke, Gajeel, and Gray just sitting there! Natsu adjusted the cam to keep it on all four of the guys while Levy did the same by adjusting it so the whole room was displayed, even the bathroom door.
"Awe, how cute! A boys-only sleepover!" Lucy teased, causing everyone, except the guys, to laugh. This caused Levy to fall over the floor, from complete hysterics while shouting "Cute! Cute! Cute!"
"It's not a sleepover, idiot! We were practicing." Gajeel said as he took control of the screen, ginving them a gehee in the process.
"For what?!" Levy snapped as she appeared in front of the screen.
"The Talent Show, what else? We're going to kick ass-" Gajeel paused as he looked at Levy; his eyes looked at her mischievously as he Gehe again.
"What now?! You little piece of mlet crap!" Levy roared at the screen.
"Oh, I just noticed that you don't have your body pillow with you tonight! Kicking the habit?"
"WHY YOU LITTLE-!" Levy bellowed as she tried to attack the screen, Aries, Erza, and Lucy had to restrain her back.
Gajeel responded by smirking and gehee once more.
"Like I was saying, our band is going to play in the Talent Show." He declared in complete confidence. At this point, Levy began to calm down and now her huge temper was now at a violent simmer.
"You guys have a band? Well, we're-" Aries, being her oblivious self, almost spilled but just in time, Erza covered her mouth.
"They can't know, you idiot!" Lucy whispered harshly to the long-haired brunette, who muffled her words through Erza's grasp.
"Oh…Right…" Aries replied with a weak response as Erza let go.
"Wait a minute, if this is at Juvia's house, where's Juvia?" Loke asked as he looked at the four girls, Gray just sat there, emotionless and annoyed.
"Oh um-" Levy began but, as if on cue, Juvia waltz in the room, but only wearing a tiny blue tank and her white undies. Completely oblivious to the webcam and that Gray was watching.
"D-Juvia!" They all cried but Juvia just ignored them.
"I'm so dumb! I can't believe I forgot to bring my pants!" She complained as she slipped on her pink sweatpants, she turned her attention to her friends, who both gave off a shocked look and as well a sympathetic look for their friend.
"What?" Juvia asked as she tilted her friends, who gave her a
Run-Now! Look.
"Well, I guess that's solved." Loke smirked.
"L-LOKE?! WHAT THE HELL!" Juvia screamed as she ran to the laptop, only to see Natsu, Gajeel, and Loke with extremely red faces. Juvia let a huge scream in humiliation and then it all just got worse. She then saw Gray sitting in the corner, with an angry expression on his face but he did his best to conceal it.
"WHY DIDN'T YOU GUYS TEL ME?!" Juvia yelled as her fellow friend covered their ears.
"W-We tried…" Levy whimpered. Juvia looked at the computer screen again, hoping that it would just disappear.
"Well, I don't think any of us want to see that again. Bye." Gray said in a disgusted tone as he cancelled off the session. Aries meekly turned off the laptop.
"Juvia?" Erza sympathized with her friend, whose head drooped down, sulking.
Meanwhile Juvia was crying, tears dripping off onto her blue bed.
'Well, I don't think any of us want to see that again'
'H-How could he be so mean? He's acting like we were never
frien-No Juvia! You promised to never think of those times, never!'
Juvia ran back to the bathroom, crying so hard. Lucy ran in with her, hoping to console her poor blue-haired friend.
"J-Juvia?" She asked, hoping to help her friend in need, this scene was way too familiar with all of them by now. Everyone else ran in, all aiding Juvia.
"I…want that revenge…I WANT IT SO BADLY!" Juvia finally screamed in her tears, it was just so hard. Why did it have to be this hard?! And now, Gray Fullbuster is going to regret everything he's down to her, every time he made her cry her heart out.
Juvia helped herself up off the toilet seat she was sitting on and looked in the mirror, only to find herself with a tear-stained face.
She looked at it long and hard, it didn't make sense, not at all.
"Why…." Juvia cried once more as her friends all consoled her.
"WHY THE HELL AM I STILL IN LOVE WITH HIM?!" She finally cried, her knees falling to the floor.
'And after all he has down…'
"Just like that Juvia! Like, just like that!" Mirajane cried as Juvia performed a series of suggestive moves to an upbeat yet suggestive song. With every bend and turn, Juvia saw her revenge suddenly becoming alive.
"And like, don't be afraid to shake what your mother gave you! Use what Mother Nature gave you before Father Time takes it away!" Evergreen shouted towards the girls as they danced, who all sweat-dropped at the statement.
Lucy had confined to her three older friends that she was going to be in the Talent Show with the girls, and of course, since the girls trio where in show business, they happily agreed to choreograph. And when they heard that it was for revenge on the boys, they went all out! Now they were currently practice at their sister's dance studio, which was really HUGE!
"Alright! It's like, time for a break!" Lissana announced as she clapped her hands together. The four girls up on stage nearly collapsed from their positions and each fell into a chair.
"Why is revenge so painful?!" Juvia cried as she took a sip from her water bottle. Of course, being the lead in the act, Juvia had the most work. She was fully dressed in dance practice attire, a light blue tank and grey sweat-pants with the imprint of the words Flirty running down her left leg. Pulling her hair out of her high ponytail, Juvia was quick to splash some cool water on her sweaty forehead.
"It'll get better Juvia! Just imagine Gray's face when you appear on stage!" Aries shouted giddily as she got up to prance around in her light pink tank and white shorts. Levy, Lucy, and Juvia look at her in astonishment on how she still had so much energy! Even after 5 hours of dancing and singing! They all sighed; of course, it was typical behavior for the bubbly Aries.
"Buck up, it doesn't look that hard…" Erza said as she approached the girls, unlike the rest, Erza's part was really minor to the performance, so everyone just glared at her.
"What? I don't need the revenge." She laughed as she plopped down on the floor, taking a sip of her own water. Erza, however, helped Evergreen, Lissana, and Mirajane with everything else such as outfits, props, and chorography.
"Well, I know my revenge is going to be sweet!" Levy declared as she pumped her fist in the air, a victorious grin spread across her face. Of course, being Levy she wore a small yellow striped tank and white capris. She also had her hair tied back in her signature bandana.
"Yeah Levy! You go make Gajeel squirm!" Lucy cheered as she slapped Levy with a high-five. Lucy, who sported a yellow tank and blue sweatpants, also wanted revenge, but it wasn't a jerk revenge like the others but more of an I'm-going-to-make-you-notice me revenge. Her very heart sank at the memory.
Lucy sat on her couch while Natsu kept struggling with his math. She couldn't help stare; he was so cute when he looked frustrated!
"So, how does this work?" He asked in frustration as he tried to figure out the compass. Lucy sighed dreamily in her head,
'He's so clueless it's cute! C'mon Luce, be bold and make that move already!'
She placed her shaking hands over his and gently glided the tool swiftly across the paper. Just contact was enough for her face to turn deep red! She shyly looked up at Natsu, but instead of a crimson face as well, he just sat there like nothing was wrong!
'Idiot!' Lucy cursed at him in her mind, wishing that she had her mallet with her but sadly, it finally snapped in half after a good-term of Natsu-smacking.
"S-See?" Lucy explained as she let go of his hands, she missed the warmth of his hands so badly. Natsu then smiled, but not at her, but at the problem on how it was finally solved. God, he was so oblivious!
'Well…I guess I'll have to be less subtle…' Lucy thought with disbeleaf. Even though she was confident most of the time, but when it came to Natsu, that's a completely different story.
After a good five minutes of silence and Natsu's frequent questioning, Lucy finally couldn't take it anymore! She stood up from the couch and looked at Natsu right in the eye, her heart beating fast and her face bight pink.
"N-N -Natsu!" She stuttered as she looked him right in the eye.
"Yeah Mist?" Natsu asked, completely confused on what was going on. Lucy mentally smacked him for being so dense.
"I-I think we should go out!" She finally screamed, causing Natsu to fall off the couch from the huge outburst.
"Is that all? Alright Lucy!" Natsu said happily as got to his feet and took Lucy's hand, leading her to the door. Lucy's face turned even redder as he led her, her heart at an extremely fast pace.
"I-It worked! Natsu and I are finally dating!" Lucy squealed with delight as she savored the moment, the warmth of his hand, and just the very presence of the raven-haired boy.
Once they were outside, Natsu smiled at her and then said:
"Okay, let's go back inside now! We have to tackle that next problem with that compass thingy."
"What?" Lucy asked, confused on what was going on. Weren't they going to go out, as in, ON A DATE?
"Huh? You said you wanted to go out…" Lucy began confused.
"And here we are, outside!" He happily cheered densely as if Lucy was mentally challenged, the poor girl's jaw dropped.
"FREAKING IDIOT!" Lucy screamed as she pounded her fists against his head extremely HARD
"Ow! What did I do?!" Natsu cried in pain. Lucy ignored this, however, and kept beating the dense boy. Oh how she wished she had her mallet but noooooo, it broke!
'YOUR GOING TO WISH YOU NOTICED ME!' Lucy kept swearing in her head as she kept pounding Natsu, how desperately she wanted revenge
"Leave it to Natsu to be completely dense." Levy teased as she took a bite out of a granola bar.
"Well, you could have been more specific like 'Let's go out on a date!'" Aries said in her cheery voice as she jumped up and down, an energy bottle in her hands.
"Um, Aries? How many of those energy drinks did you have?" Juvia asked as she sweat-dropped at her green friend. Everyone else looked at her, asking the same thing.
"Um, about five? Why?" Aries answered as she put a finger to her lips confused, oblivious to how hyper she was. All her friends sweat-dropped once again at her, mentally smacking Aries for being so idiotic.
Juvia couldn't help but giggle at her friend's actions. She also couldn't help but take account on everyone's attitude towards this whole entire scheme. They all had such confidence, so sure that this was going to work. Sadly, she didn't feel quite as confident.
'What if this solves nothing? What if, Gray won't even care and he makes fun of me again! No! I could just see things going all downhill from their…'
"Like Alright! Aries, Lucy, Levy, and Juvia! Line up!" Mirajane ordered as the said girls lined up across the small stage while Evergreen walked passed them, with a judging look on her face. Juvia sweat-dropped, perhaps Lucy's friends were going overboard after all. They all gave a pleading look to Erza but she just shrugged, the redhead trying her best to maintain herself from laughing.
"Now, picture this!" Mirajane said in her best director's impersonation voice as she motioned her fingers into a camera angle. "You four lovely ladies are the vision of every man's fantasy! Travel back into an era of high society and arranged marriages, you are the ones who bring the pleasure and true happiness to all the men!" Mirajane continued as she walked past each girl, hoping to make it clear enough for them.
"Well, for a fair price." She added with a giggle.
"Aries!" The whithe-haired girl pointed to the bubbly pinknette who perked up at her name. "As a newcomer to the biz, you are the boy-teaser who the men flock to with your innocent and childish charm!"
Aries squealed as she was assigned with her "role". Juvia couldn't help but giggle, if Aries really was an 'entertainer' back in the old days, that's exactly the kind she'd be.
"Um, Mirajane? What is the point for these roles?" Lucy asked as she poked her head out of the straight line towards her sister.
"To get into character little girl! Like, it won't be entertaining at all if you're not your character? Right? The audience should believe and so should you!" Her sister commented, placing her sister back in line.
"Next, Levy!" Levy looked up excited, waiting to see what 'role' she would play. Mirajane looked her up and down and a sparkle shone in her eye, a sign of inspiration. "You girl, are the very idea of pleasure! You give what the men want but yet you make sure you're in control, which would keep your clients wanting more! Levy, the strong rebel!"
"Awesomeness!" Levy cheered as she pumped her fists in the air once again.
"That'll show Gajeel a thing or two!"
"Uh Levy, you know that these roles aren't real right? It's just for character." Juvia pointed out, causing Levy to give out a sulk. As Mirajane approached Lucy, Lucy sweat-dropped.
"Let me guess…" Lucy began but was cut off by her sister.
"Lucy darling! You are the mother of the house, the one who keeps her girls in line! Men adore you and most want you! But yet you turn your head away from it all, which causes them to flock to your very feet! Diamonds, jewels, and high quality silks dress adorn your very back!"
"Woah okay, that's kinda cool…" Lucy said in a surprised tone, a little taken back by her role. She suspected that she'd get some slutty role but hers was sorta classy in a sense.
"And finally, the lovely Juvia," Mirajane began as she approached the blue-haired girl. Juvia's heart-beat fastened as multiple thoughts ran through her mind.
'Oh God! I could only imagine what 'role' I'll be assigned! Being the lead, I'd probably get the most suggestive and most sexual' Juvia squirmed as her face turned a deep red. Mirajane placed her finger under Juvia's chin and lifted it up; making the sure she had eye contact with her.
"You dearest, are the very jewel and treasure of the house! You're the woman who every man wants company with! And your fares are too expensive for even the richest man in town! All men want you, and all women want to be you. You are the sole reason why the Moulin Rouge exists!"
"Wow Juvia! That's like the best out of them all!" Aries congratulated as she hugged Juvia. Juvia stood still, still awe struck from her role.
"-Sigh- Aren't I good?" Mirajane fawned over herself as Lissana and Evergreen all agreed with the same day-dream expressions.
'H-How can I perform as someone with so much confidence?' Juvia thought, completely unsure of what she has gotten herself into.
"Well, don't forget guys! Tomorrow is like, another practice! So make sure to leave school right away!" Evergreen pointed out as all the girls nodded, well, all of them except Juvia.
"Wait, tomorrow's Monday?! I-I'm not going!" Juvia flushed as she snapped back into reality, obviously thinking of the past incident that occurred at her house.
"C'mon Juvia! It'll look even worse if you don't show!" Erza pointed out, which made Juvia sulk even more.
"Hey don't worry, we all have your back." Lucy said as she placed her hand reassuringly on the blue-haired girl's back. Juvia looked from her sulking to see everyone else did the same with smiling faces.
They all gave Juvia an expecting look and Juvia gave out a sigh.
"Okay…but only if we're all in this together! All right?" Juvia made sure as she looked at all of them, who all gave her a huge smile in return.
"Then let's do this!" Levy cheered as she pulled everyone into a huge group hug.
Oh, how Sweet Revenge is in the air.
The following morning was tough for Juvia. Normally she would have woken up early but since she came home late last night from rehearsal, she completely forgot to set her alarm! After she threw on her blue uniform skirt and white blouse, she rummaged through her vanity for her signature yellow clips. As she went through all the junk that usually consisted of head accessories, hair care products, picture frames, and just plain trNatsu, something sparkling caught her eye. The very sight of the object made her eyes widen.
'N-No, that can't be…' Juvia thought as she picked up the shiny object. In her trembling hands she held the most beautiful necklace you have ever seen. It was a small sliver chain that fit tightly around the neck, and in the center of that chain was a cross diamond in the middle. The very sight made Juvia's heart skip a beat.
"I-I …thought… I got rid of this years ago…." Juvia thought to herself aloud. Then girl quickly looked at the alarm clock and back at the necklace. Now was not that time to travel down memory lane! Juvia, unaware of her actions, threw it into her schoolbag as she rushed out the door. As she rushed to school, Juvia felt tears suddenly drift down her cheeks.
Whether they were tears of happiness or tears of sadness, Juvia didn't know…
"Oh my God! Who could do something so cruel to my beloved?!" Multiple fan girls shouted as they surrounded Gajeel, Loke, Natsu, and Gray.
"Gajeel's face! Even though it's bruised, it's still undeniably sexy!" One girl shouted among the rest.
"Is Gray going to be able to play guitar?!" Some girls cried in fear.
"What is going on?" Juvia asked as she and her friends stopped by the intense scene in front of the school yard.
"Hmm, let me check it out." Aries said as stood on her tip-toes, hoping to get a good view. She looked over the many fan girls and then the girl went into complete hysterics.
"Oh. My. GOD. HAHAHAHAHA!" Aries cried as she regrouped with Juvia, Lucy, Erza, and Levy, who all just gave her a quizzical expression.
"What?" They all simply asked in unison.
Just then, Kagura-sensei marched up to the huge mob with her blow-horn and shouted "GIRLS! And some boys….PLEASE CONTROL YOUR HORMONES AND GIVE THEM SOME SPACE!"
As the mob sulked there way out of the mob, Juvia finally realized why everyone was making such a huge fit! Gajeel's face, Natsu's face, and Loke's face each had a stunning black eye! This caused Levy, Erza, Lucy, and Juvia to join Aries in complete hysterics!
"Oh my god, are you serious?!" Levy managed to say through her laughter. Gajeel gave her an annoyed look towards her direction.
"Ha! What happened?" Lucy asked Natsu, who gave a scared look towards Gray. Gray, unlike the others, did not have a black eye but his left hand was wrapped with white bandages. As usual, he wore the usual annoyed look on his face.
"Well…Um. You see…" The boy looked towards Loke and Gajeel for support but they gave him angry look, as if almost saying
'Watch what you say!'
"Well, we were practicing for the band…um yeah! For the band! On Saturday night, and I went to go yet some cola cause I was thirsty, but I tripped over all Loke's power cords which made me fall and Loke came down with me! Sure, let's go with that! Then our eyes smashed into each other as we got up and when Gajeel went to help, he fell over too and his eye landed right on Gray's guitar pick! It was like killer!" Natsu quickly explained as he threw a story together.
"Huh?" Juvia asked confused, "But then why did Gray's hand get hurt?"
"Oh you see…"Natsu began but was cut off by Gray.
"That is none of your freaking business, stupid girl." He said bluntly as he motioned the guys to follow him.
"Let's go. We're already late" He merely said as everyone followed.
"Juvia?" Levy began as soon as the guys left but Juvia quickly shrugged off the sad expression she had earlier and walked ahead of them.
"C'mon…we'll be late for class too…" She tried to sound brave but her response came out weak instead. Aries was about to speak up but Erza shook her head, full aware of what was going on.
She knew there was way more to Gray and Juvia's relationship then the others realized.
"Dude! That was the worst excuse for a story I've ever heard!" Loke insulted Natsu as he smacked him against the head, very hard.
"Ow! I thought it was alright!" Natsu complained, holding his hands over his head for support.
"Your just lucky that he made an excuse period." Gray remarked as he kept his eyes on his note book, completely ignoring the other boys' comments.
"Um by the way Gray…is everything cool?" Gajeel asked as he tried to fend off all the love notes he was getting from fan girls a few rows back.
Gray gave Gajeel a harsh look, and said in a harsh whisper. "We're not speaking of this. Got it?"
Gajeel nodded as he gave Loke and Natsu a solemn look. Gray always got picky when it came to her. And that Saturday night was one of those nights when he couldn't control himself.
-Flash Back-
Natsu was typing away at on his computer while the other three guys just laid around his room, completely bored.
"Honestly, can your typing get anymore more annoying?!" Gajeel finally shouted as he slammed a pillow against Natsu's head.
"Ow! What is everyone hitting me?!" Natsu complained as he chucked the pillow right back at Gajeel, who expertly dodged it by tilting his head to the side.
"Because you're an idiot." Gray mentioned as he sat on the floor, tuning the strings to his guitar.
"Hey!" Natsu snapped back but Loke cut him off by looking over his shoulder.
"Woah, you're talking to Lucy?" He teased as Natsu quickly nodded, a blush in the face.
NatsuBoy: Yooo Luce!
Stellarchick589: Hi, Natsu? Isn't it like 2:00am?
NatsuBoy: And?
By this time, Gajeel came up to the screen too and looked over the convo.
"Natsu, you totally suck at this. The best excuse you could have is 'And?'" Gajeel smirked as he kept watching over Natsu.
"Why do you think she's up this late?" Loke asked.
"I think I know why…" Gajeel trailed off as she put his arms over Natsu to type something.
"Hey!" Natsu shouted.
"Shut up. Let me check something." Gajeel countered as he began typing, pretending he was Natsu.
NatsuBoy (Gajeel): So, why are YOU up?
Stellarchick589: Um, sorta at a sleepover. Duh.
"Score!" Loke and Gajeel shouted as they exchanged high fives. Gray looked at the trio and rolled his eyes. God, they were so annoying!
After a long silence of Lucy not responding, Loke decided to join in and he typed:
NatsuBoy (Loke): Hey, let's put up a webcam!
"Webcam?" Gajeel commented as he rose an eyebrow, Loke just laughed it off 'Lucy' replied.
Stellarchick589 (Levy): Why?! OMG you're so perverted. I swear, just like Gajeel!
"And that would be the lovely Levy." Gajeel said sarcastically, trying to fend off Natsu's swinging fists, hoping to push Loke and Gajeel away from the computer. After a few tries, Loke and Gajeel simply smirked and backed down. Natsu finally got control over the keys and typed:
NatsuBoy: Levy?
Stellarchick589 (Levy): Nooooo, Lucy.
NatsuBoy: Nope, def. Levy. Lucy never talks about Gajeel and how perverted he is.
Stellarchick589 (Levy): Damn!
Just then, Gajeel jumped over Natsu's head while Loke pinned him to the ground. The metal boy sent a webcam invitation to the girls while Natsu struggled to get free.
"What the heck!" Natsu shouted as Loke let him up. He looked at Gajeel and he smirked slyly "Woah Gajeel, you really are a pervert!" He laughed, while Gajeel just rolled his eyes in return.
Stellarchick589 has accepted your request for webcam.
"Woah, they did it!" Now quick, hide!" Loke snickered as he and Gajeel hid, while Natsu sat in front of the computer laughing.
"Hey, guys! This webcam is so much fun!" He cheered, since the boy probably never used webcam to chat before, he found it quite amusing.
"Yeah…sure…"Erza rolled her eyes on the screen, obviously annoyed. She got up to display Lucy, Levy, herself, and Aries sitting on a pink bed.
"Woah! Is that Juvia's room?! It's so blue!" Natsu asked amazed, everyone simply nodded.
Gray's head immediately jolted from what he was doing and smacked Natsu hard against the head.
"Seriously, you're such an idiot." He harshly insulted, Natsu gave him an angry glare in return but he saw the anger in Gray's eyes. That would signify as a warning.
"Eh? Is there others with you?" Aries asked as she pointed her finger on her side of the screen.
Natsu nodded as he displayed everyone in the room, which caused a few gasps. Levy did the exact same by putting Juvia's room in full view.
"Awe, how cute! A boys-only sleepover!" Lucy teased, causing all the girls, to laugh. Levy had fallen off the bed from the laugher, shouting "Cute! Cute! Cute!"
Gajeel pushed Natsu aside again, and took control of the chair.
"It's not a sleepover, idiot! We were practicing." Gajeel said as he flicked his hair. Gajeel decided that 2:00am was now the Let's-annoy-Levy-to-Hell time.
"For what?!" Levy snapped as she appeared in front of the screen.
The Talent Show, what else? We're going to kick ass-" Gajeel paused as he looked at Levy; his eyes looked at her mischievously as he Gehee.
"What now?! You little piece of metal crap!" Levy roared at the screen.
"Oh, I just noticed that you don't have your body pillow with you tonight! Kicking the habit?"
"WHY YOU LITTLE-!" Levy bellowed as she tried to attack Gajeel through the screen, Aries, Erza, and Lucy had to restrain her back.
Gajeel ge hee once more and smirked.
"Like I was saying, our band is going to play in the Talent Show." He declared in complete confidence. At this point, Levy began to calm down and now her huge temper was now at a violent simmer.
"You guys have a band? Well, we're-" Aries, being her oblivious self, almost spilled but just in time, Erza covered her mouth. The guys sweat-dropped at the scene that appeared on Natsu's monitor.
After a few harsh whispers from Lucy and Aries, Loke finally spoke up.
"Wait a minute, if this is Juvia's house, where's Juvia?" He asked, confused. Gray gave him a sharp look and Loke just looked towards the screen. Gajeel and Natsu surrounded him, while Gray gave in and approached, an annoyed look still on his face.
"Oh um-"Levy began but then Juvia entered the room wearing nothing but a tiny blue tank and her undies! Natsu jolted, Gajeel turned red, and Loke simply smirked while he turned red as well. Juvia began to mumble about some crap about pants and then Loke spoke up.
"Well, guess that solves it."
"L-LOKE! WHAT THE HELL!" Juvia screamed as she came into view. Juvia began to shout at her friends how they didn't warn her and they began to counter saying they did. Gray suddenly grew very irritated and furious as he appeared in front of the screen.
""Well, I don't think any of us want to see that again. Bye." Gray said in disgust, he cancelled off the session without even a response from Juvia. As Natsu's desktop came back into view, Loke, Gajeel, and Natsu gave Gray a worried look. They all back away from him as Gray cracked his knuckles.
"D-Dude, we swear we didn't see anything!" Natsu stammered as he waved his hands back in forth in front of him, Gray simply smirked.
"I know you didn't." The cold-teen said as he approached the trio of idiots.
"Now hold on Gray!" Gajeel said as he backed up farther.
He smirked, ignoring his friend's comment. Gray finally caught up with them as Gajeel, Loke, and Natsu had no more space to back up against.
Igneel Dragneel looked up from his tv show in his living as he heard loads of banging and crashing from upstairs.
"Boys will be Boys…" he sighed as he took another sip of his hot cocoa, anxiously waiting for the commercials to cease. Apparently, Igneel worried more about cliff hangers and love triangles then her son's well being.
"So, my friends want us to come over tomorrow night for costume fitting." Lucy said as she walked with her friends down the hall.
"I'm sure I could make it, I already have an idea on what I want to wear! It has to be PINK!" Aries bubbly said, causing everyone to laugh. If Aries picked anything in her life, it would be pink. From her car, her outfits, and even her locker was coated pink instead of the traditional blue!
"Well, I just hope they don't go over-" Juvia began but due to her lack of focus, she bumped right into someone, causing them both to fall to the floor!
"Watch where the hell your going!" The stranger yelled, Juvia's eyes widened at the voice. The owner voice belonged to no other than, Gray!
"S-S-Sorry!" She quickly began as she frantically went to put all her belongings that fell out of her schoolbag back together.
Gray watched, annoyed, as the girl did so. He gave out a annoyed sigh as he helped her pick her things up, hoping that she would not make such a huge scene. Juvia was surprised by his actions but still she kept her head down as he helped, half for gratitude, the other to conceal the deep crimson on her face. Gray performed his deed with his usual emotionless expression when all of a sudden, he picked up something sparkling. His eyes widened, his face paled.
Juvia got to her feet as Gray did so, the sparkling object in his hands. Her face paled as well as she saw what it was.
Her necklace.
Regaining his composure and usual monotone, Gray harshly threw the necklace into the girl's hand as he stormed out of the building. Juvia did not hesitate to stop him; he had every right to do so. She just kept her head low, trying her best for tears not to fall.
Waiting for his footsteps to be out of ear-shot, Juvia began to walk alone out of the building, the opposite direction of Gray of course. Her friends tried to follow, but Erza held them back, shaking her head.
"Did I just miss something?" Levy asked as Erza sighed and said.
"Girls, apparently there's a lot you don't know."