Lucy smacked her right hand and walked out of the building, but all the while, a grin flashing brightly on her face.
Lucy looked from her calendar to the floor, to the calendar and back to the floor. FEBRUARY 14TH was bolded in big red letters, making Lucy scratch her head and sigh again. Lucy never liked Valentine's Day – it was too bothersome. Why make a big deal out of 1 day you had to give chocolates to 'the person you love?' Even throughout elementary school, Lucy had always been the receiver of chocolates. Not once had she given out chocolates to anybody that wasn't related to her. Ever.
"The person you love, huh…" Lucy looked up to the ceiling and thought about love. Suddenly, a picture of Gray and Natsu appeared in her head, making her face turn into a horrified expression. She shook her head and grabbed her bag, trying to make the stupid love thoughts disappear from her head. She walked to school cautiously, making sure to avoid anybody within the perimeter holding a box of chocolates.
Finally, she had reached the big gates of Fairy Tail Academy, walking in quietly. "Yo, Lucy!"
"Well, there goes my stealthy appearance," Lucy groaned inwardly, turning around to see the Pinkette waving towards her. "What do you want?" Lucy asked him annoyingly, turning back towards the school and pacing forward. "Aw come on Luce, don't leave me!" Natsu laughed from behind her.
"I told you to stop calling me that!" Lucy said to him, stepping inside the locker bays and peering towards her locker. Already, she could see her overfilled locker, fancy letters and boxes of chocolates nearly wedging the door open.
"Ooh, you look like you've got a lot of chocolates. Lucy's popular~" Natsu sang, finally catching up to her and leaning on the lockers next to her.
"Great, how am I going to grab my shoes?!" Lucy sighed, facepalming. "Just open the locker and grab them?" Natsu suggested, shrugging and looking around him.
"Whatever." Lucy ran down the hallway, ditching Natsu. "Oi, wait up!" Natsu tried to catch up, but only ended up with a bunch of open doors and no sign of Lucy. "Well, there goes my chance to talk to her," Natsu groaned, turning around and walking towards the entrance of the school to find somebody to hang out with.
"Phew, thanks." Lucy slid down the door of the Student Council Room, rubbing her face and catching her breath. "No….No worries," Jellal sweatdropped, still holding Erza by the waist. In fact, the two were indulged in quite the heated session together until Lucy had arrived.
"Ah, shit, sorry. I, ah….I didn't mean to disturb you." Lucy turned around to face the door as if allowing the two to continue, chuckling a little after she noticed that it wouldn't really change anything.
"I just wanted to say thanks. I needed to be pushed in the right direction, I guess," Jellal shrugged, giving Erza a peck on the cheek, making her blush. "What do you mean?" Erza asked him, sitting on one of the chairs on the opposite side of the room, making Jellal pout. Who knew the two would be so lovey-dovey after they got together?
"Lucy was the one who organised everything," Jellal explained. "At first, I thought she was crazy, but I guess I owe her, since we're together now." Jellal winked at Erza and Lucy turned around, leaning on the door and crossing her legs. "How can I ever repay you, Lucy?"
Lucy looked around the room and lolled her tongue out of her mouth lazily. "No need to repay me. I'll grant you a wish this time, because today, I'm your genie," she winked at the couple, making them laugh. "Geez, I haven't said anything that cheesy before," Lucy scratched the back of her head bashfully, making the trio laugh at each other.
"Excuse me Jella-"
"Ow, shit!" Lucy rolled across the floor and encircling her head with her arms and yelling out in pain. "What was that for?" Lucy barked at the unknown person at the door. She didn't bother to look since she was busy with the pain inflicted on her head.
"That's your fault for sitting there in the first place." There was only one person Lucy knew with a deep voice like that! She turned around slowly and glared when she saw the familiar face of Laxus Dreyar. "Shut up! You ruined the moment, doofus! You have the worst timing ever!" Lucy pouted.
"Do you need some ice, Lucy? We have some in the fridge," Jellal offered. "That must hurt," he chuckled. Now it was Erza's time to glare at Jellal. She smacked him on the head and he whined at her. She turned on her heel and crossed her arms as a reply, walking towards the fridge to get some ice for Lucy.
"No, no. It's okay, it was only a small knock on the head," Lucy glared at Laxus again, who glared back and sat in his seat. Lucy mouthed a 'go die' to him and stood up, brushing the dust and dirt off her uniform. "That reminds me – have you guys got any chocolates yet? It's Valentine's day, right?" Lucy asked them.
"I bet I got more than you," Laxus smirked.
"I got quite a few," Jellal replied.
"So did I," Erza said.
"My locker was exploding with those stupid chocolates. That's why I'm not wearing my school shoes, see?" Lucy pointed towards her black converse and Jellal shook his head. "Not those shoes again. They bring back memories, actually."
"Oh right, I remember! And then that whole dating scandal. There's no way in a billion years I would really date you, though," Lucy grinned, a pained expression replacing Jellal's thoughtful one.
"Ouch," he chuckled. Lucy turned around and held the silver doorknob of the Student Council Office door. "Well, I gotta go. Let's hope there won't be any confessions or exploding lockers today!" Lucy opened and closed the door quickly, walking towards the classroom and not bothering to grab her books for 1st period. She slammed the door open, where most of the girls were holding boxes of chocolates and squealing towards each other.
"Look, it's 3rd year Takeshi-kun!"
"He's soooooo hot!"
"Kyaaaaaa!"
The said 3rd year walked into the classroom, earning even more squeals from the girls.
"Excuse me, Heartfilia-san…May I talk to you for a bit?" Takeshi smiled at Lucy and opened the door, inviting him with her.
"I wonder if he's going to confess!"
"They would look so good together!"
"And he's the captain of the school's baseball team! Kyaaa!"
Lucy grumbled a few words and turned around, hands in her blazer and walked out the door with Takeshi. The two walked out of the building and round the back of the school, which was where the outside of Lucy's classroom was located.
"Erm….please accept my chocolates! I have liked you ever since you enrolled here and when I saw you climb up that building! Please go out with me!" Takeshi handed Lucy the chocolates and faced the floor, eyes shut tightly, awaiting her response. Lucy looked to her right and saw the whole class with their faces pressing against the window. She sighed and ruffled her hair, shifting her weight to her right foot.
"I can accept your chocolates for you, but…I'm sorry, I'm going to have to decline your offer," Lucy said softly.
"Bu –"
"Too much stuff is going on right now, I'm sorry."
"But I'll help you and support you through all those things! Please!" He urged her, a determined look on his face.
"I…I'm sorry," Lucy exhaled. "I really can't. I admit that you're good looking and you have a great personality, but I really can't. I would offer to be friends, but that would be too cruel. How about a hug?" Lucy outstretched her arms and Takeshi hugged her back.
"OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH!" The class cheered for the two, thinking they were a couple, and they split apart.
"Thank you for your reply. I hope you'll at least accept these chocolates though, I worked hard to make them. Well... I'll see you around." The two waved to each other and Lucy walked off, heading back up towards the classroom. When she walked in, the class erupted into cheers.
"Yeah, see you around." She grabbed the chocolates and made her way to the classroom, not daring to look back.
"Not this again," Lucy groaned, seating herself behind her desk. "We're not dating. I declined his offer. Calm down you idiots," Lucy exhaled, making the cheers turn into shouts and yells.
"Why not? I mean, he's the captain of the baseball team, right? And he's more good looking than any of us here," someone laughed.
"I have my reasons," Lucy replied, the tone in her voice hinting to say 'you ask again, you die'. She stood in front of her desk and frowned, opening the small table, a bunch of presents tumbling down in different coloured patterns and colours.
"Great, more chocolates," Lucy rolled her eyes, stuffing the small boxes back in her desk.
"Wow, Heartfilia-san got lots of chocolates!"
"I know!"
"So many chocolates, I'm jealous!"
All the girls squealed, and suddenly, a bunch of guys slammed the door open and crowded into the room.
"LUCY! ACCEPT MY CHOCOLATES!" The crowd yelled barging towards Lucy. "Leave me alone!" Lucy yelled back at them, opening the window.
"D – don't! This is the second floor!" Levy yelled, who was sitting quietly and observing the scene.
"Oh well, it's not like I'm gonna die," Lucy shrugged. She saluted towards the crowds of boys and turned her back, clicking her tongue. "See ya later." She jumped off the building, making the classroom press their faces against the window once again. They watched in awe as she jumped perfectly onto the floor, just like a cat. The crowd of crazy boys ran out the classroom to look for the missing blonde, leaving the class alone to breathe a sigh of relief.
-X-
Lucy chuckled at the familiar white sheet of paper stuck to the roof door.
Please don't come up here!
From the Principal.
Lucy brushed the warning aside and opened the door, letting the breeze caress her face softly. She smiled to herself and sat down, not noticing the other presence next to her.
"Uh….hi?" Lucy looked to her side and jumped away when she saw a half-naked Gray sitting next to her. She took a few minutes to catch her breath and sat back down, not caring that the two were sitting close together.
"Your clothes, Gray." Lucy rolled her eyes at his stripping habit. "I guess old habits die hard." A very flustered Gray stood up and raced around the roof trying to find his shirt, which was hanging from his pants the whole time. "On your pants, Gray." Lucy cracked a small smile and watched him as he wiped the sweat off his forehead and slid the shirt on, letting the tie hang loosely around his neck.
"Why are you here? Escaping from the crazy fans?" Gray asked her, sitting down, trying to make conversation.
"Mmm. I've always hated Valentine's Day," Lucy scowled, her guard dropping. She didn't know why, but she felt safe around Gray for some reason. Safe? She was nowhere near safe with this guy. She stood up and walked to the edge of the roof, making Gray get ready to catch her.
"Don't make a repeat of what happened last time," Gray chuckled.
"Shit!" Lucy cursed out loud, stepping away from the edge. A horrified expression replaced the happy one that graced her features just seconds before. "Dad's here!"
"Dad? You mean that old man with the musta-"
"Shut up. Just do me this favour and shut up right now. Shit, what am I going to do?!" Lucy pulled the strands of her hair and paced around the roof. "I gotta go." Lucy ran towards the stairs, leaving a shocked Gray behind. He just shrugged and sat down, enjoying the cool breeze.
Lucy ran down the stairs quickly and looked for Sting and Rogue's office. Sure, class was still in session, but who cares? She finally reached the door she was looking for and burst in, doing a mini cheer when she saw Rogue and Sting sitting down.
"Hide me! Dad's here!" Lucy yelled out frantically, running around the room and hiding behind Sting's chair.
"Don't worry, no-one will find you here," Rogue assured her, offering her a cup of tea. Lucy shakily grabbed it and gulped it down slowly, the tea starting to calm her down.
"Yeah, it's not like Jude's gonna look in this particular room to find y-" Sting was cut off when Lucy's brown-haired suit wearing dad burst into the room. "Oops, maybe I jinxed us," Sting chuckled nervously as Jude grabbed Lucy's hand and pulled her up.
"Let me go! Don't touch me!" Lucy screamed at him, two guards restraining her hands.
"Jude…let her go. She's under our care," Rogue hissed at him, standing up.
"Who are you?" he spat at them, glaring viciously. "Oh, I remember you. Those filthy children that were abandoned. Serves you right, no one would want you anyway." The two flinched but ran up to the guards and tried to grab Lucy.
"No! Let me go! Sting, Rogue! Help me, please!" tears were threatening to fall down Lucy's cheeks now as she continued screaming and thrashing around. In the blink of an eye, the two were drugged with hankerchiefs and fell to the ground, unconscious.
"No! Sting, Rogue! NOOOOO! Stop it! Let me go! You're not my father, you filthy old man! Let go of me!" Lucy screamed, her voice echoing throughout the hallway. Students from other classes ran to see what was going on to see an angry Lucy being held by two bodyguards and dragged towards the exit of the building.
"Someone help her!"
"But that's Jude, right? The all-powerful businessman?"
"I heard he sued someone for giving him cold coffee! The guy ended up going bankrupt!"
Whispers flung from student to student, none of them daring to help her.
"Let go of me, you stupid people!" Lucy was finally dragged to the entrance of the school, where they had stopped. Jude grabbed Lucy by the face with his hand and glared at her. "You're coming back with me, you naughty child."
"LUCYYY!" Lucy looked to her side where Natsu and Gray where standing.
"Let go of her!" Natsu yelled at Jude, his fists clenching. Natsu and Gray ran up to the body guards and attempted to punch them, but were cast away like wooden toys.
"Stop! Just leave! Don't get involved in this!" Lucy yelled at them, a ferocious look on her face, clearly telling them to back off.
"Of course I don't want to leave! You're being kidnapped, for goodness sake!" Gray screamed back her, charging again and again at the bodyguards, but still being batted away.
"SHUT UP! JUST LEAVE! Leave…!" Hot tears rolled down Lucy's cheek, a black hole of darkness welling in her stomach. Sure, she didn't care about these people…but they were her classmates, right? She didn't want them to face the wrath of her father, no matter how much she liked them!
"JUST….TAKE ME AWAY! DAD, TAKE ME AWAY!" Lucy yelled at her father, who smirked.
"Fine then. Let's go." The bodyguards ran towards the two boys and held them down. With horror plastered all over his face, Gray watched as Lucy slowly got into her father's sleek black limousine, not looking back once, even when she was in the car.
"Let's go, you two." Jude commanded the two bodyguards to the car and Gray ran up to the window of the car, banging on the door.
"Lucy, Lucy! Open the window! LUCY!" he screeched, banging furiously.
"Drive." The car started moving slowly at first, and Gray ran alongside the car, still banging on the window, but not for long. The car shook Gray off and he sat in the middle of the road, banging the black pavement angrily. Blood seeped out of his knuckles, but he couldn't even feel the pain.
"LUCYYYYYYYYY!" he screamed out, his voice cracking painfully, tears streaming down his face. "Wait...why am I crying?" Gray's eyes widened in realization as his tears flowed onto the road. "I...I like her!?"
Tears rolled down Lucy's cheeks as she saw Gray running behind the car, his face going red and running out of breath. Her hands slowly touched her face, feeling the tears on her cheeks, suddenly covering her bright red face.
"No way….I like him?" Lucy buried her head into her hands, covering her cherry red face. The bodyguards stared at each other, then, at Lucy then shrugged, just thinking she was crying from what just happened. Jude, who was in the front seat, smirked to himself.
"Finally, I've got an heir! Now she can take part in the arranged marriage so I can expand my business..."
-X-
"LUCY!" Sting and Rogue shot up simultaneously, unaware that Lucy was already long gone.
"Where the heck is that bastard?! I'm going to rip him to pieces!" Sting growled, teeth gnashing together dangerously, his fists clenching together so tightly his knuckles were going white.
"Calm down you two. You're in the infirmary." Erza sat opposite the two teachers, arms crossed, a serious expression on her face.
"Where's Lucy? As soon as I see Jude I'm going to murder him…" Rogue had a murderous intent in his eyes. As he got out of the bed. "I'm not gonna let him take her daughter away this time!" he slammed the door open and Sting quickly pounced on Rogue.
"Rogue! Calm down! Oi, redhead! Help me calm him down!" Sting yelled at Erza, who glared at the name but shrugged it off and quickly helped Sting pin Rogue down, who was thrashing around furiously, trying to wiggle out of his brother's grip.
"She's gonna get taken! Sting, let me go!" Sting and Erza tried to pin him down but only went as far as pinning down a leg each. His arms grabbed the doorframe, trying to pull his way out of their hands, and so far, was winning. Suddenly, the gang – which consisted of Laxus, Jellal, Gajeel, Levy and Lisanna came along. Natsu and Gray were resting in the back corner of the infirmary, after being knocked out one too many times.
"Help us pin him down!" Erza barked at the gang. They all shuddered and helped pin down Rogue immediately. He thrashed and wiggled and crawled everywhere, but never gave up.
"Rogue! Calm down!" Sting yelled at Rogue, who shook his head.
"He'll do the same! He'll do the same to her!" Rogue screamed.
"Shut up! I know that! Just shut up!"
"No!"
"Calm down, Rogue! We'll figure a way to rescue her, don't worry!"
"No! Jude's going to do the same to her like Layla! He...He's going to make someone rape her!"
A/N: dun dunn! there's the (semi?) cliffhanger! tell me what you thought about this chapter in a review!
Make sure to review & read / support my other stories: Valentine's Day, Darkness, Of Dragonslayers love and best friends, The proposal, Fairy Tail Academy and Replacement!
- hime