As hard as it was to get used too, Wendy was doing pretty well. She wasn't quite accustomed to being on wheels yet though. She would constantly find herself having hard times making turns and stopping on the glossy wood floor, but overall, there were no problems. Since she was still sleeping in hospital bed, Mirajane would come to help her into her chair every morning, then follow behind her as she would wheel her way out to the main hall. Every now and then the white haired mage would rush ahead to move something out of the way, or help make the really sharp turns in between the many tables.
Wendy found herself spending most of her time just talking to everyone. She still didn't have much to do, so she would always carry on of the books Levy had lent her in her lap. Charle would usually fly over to the young girl and rant on about how she was stuck alone in their large room at Fairy Hills, and how Happy kept coming up to her with fish wrapped in ribbons. But after a while even Charle would fly off to join the other Exceeds on the balcony railing they usually sat on.
Today was very quiet compared to most though. Natsu, Lucy, Gray, Erza, and Happy had all gone on a mission the day before, and Team Shadow Gear had gone out just before. Even though Gajeel had just returned from his own mission, he wasn't really someone Wendy could talk to freely. Even though they got along well enough, the iron dragon slayer still scared Wendy a bit. So the young girl found herself sitting by the bar, reading.
"Looks like you're almost done with that one." Lisanna said, coming up and sitting on the stool next to Wendy.
"Yep." Wendy looked up and smiled at the older teen. "I think I'll probably finish it today."
"You've really been reading a lot lately." The white haired mage said, gaining a nod from the younger girl. "Is there anything you're thinking of starting next?"
"Well," Wendy took a moment to think about it. "Lucy had been talking to me about this series that she had read recently. It sounded really interesting, so I was going to ask her if I could borrow that when she gets back."
"Which series?" Mirajane butted into the conversation.
"I don't remember the name of it." Wendy admitted.
"That's a shame." Mira laughed a bit to herself. "Do you at least remember what it was about?"
The blue haired girl nodded her head. "It was an action comedy story about a traveling circus."
"Hmmm. That does sound like it would be pretty good." The two other girls shared a moment of though. "Oh, Lisanna, can you help me get some boxes from storage?"
"Of course." Lisanna readily got up to help her older sister. "I'll see you in a bit Wendy."
Once the two sisters had walked away, Wendy continued to read her book. She sat in silence as she got closer and closer to the end. The whole guild hall was fairly quiet as well. Since the people who were usually the loudest, being Natsu and Gray, weren't here, there wasn't much going on. Macao and Wakaba were laughing and joking around about something Wendy couldn't make out. Reedus was painting a picture of Cana, who was playing around with her tarot cards, jug of beer in hand. But other than that, there were only a few quite conversations. It was strange really.
After a little while longer Wendy had finished her book. She placed the closed book on her lap, than rolled her way towards the large library of a basement. Apparently there was an elevator not too far away from the stairs. Wendy didn't know why no one had noticed it before, but now, she was thankful for it. Once she arrived on the floor filled with book shelves, Wendy made her way to the table filled with books that needed to be put back. She placed the finished book on the pile, then began to work her way towards to book shelves. She quickly found herself looking at action novels, romances, science fiction, but nothing was catching her eye just yet. Of course it didn't help that she couldn't see too high over her head, which was only at about the third shelf.
Soon she found a book that looked interesting. She remembered the title from a list of books that Levy had given her. The only problem, it was on the fifth shelf. Wendy stretched her arm up as high as she could. She was able to reach the bottom of it, but that was as high as she could. Wendy kept trying to reach the book, but wasn't getting anywhere.
"Come on!" She said, trying to motivate herself and she stretched her arm up as high as she could. "Almost there. Almost." She let out a sigh. She just couldn't do it. She could barely reach that shelf before, now it was a miracle she could even touch the book. Wendy was about to turn back towards the guild when an arm reached up over her head and pulled the book off of the shelf. Wendy turned her head to see the last person she expected to see.
"Here you go." Romeo said, handing her the book with a smile.
"Thank you very much." The young girl responded, taking the book into her arms.
"Not at all." The black haired fire mage crossed his arms behind his head. "Why didn't you just go get help if you couldn't reach it though?"
"I was about to." Wendy admitted. "But thanks to you I didn't." She flashed the boy a large smile.
Romeo returned the smile. "No problem. It's not like I did anything noteworthy."
"I guess." Wendy shrugged. She placed the book in her lap before grabbing onto the wheels of her chair. When Romeo saw the gesture, he stepped to the side to give Wendy the room she needed to get around him. "Thanks." Wendy said softly as she passed by the boy. She began to wheel her way back towards the elevator. She could hear Romeo's footsteps following behind her. "Did you come down here for something?" She asked.
"I was just getting a book." The boy waved a book with a blue cover above his head. "It's the next volume of this series I've been reading."
"Which series?" Wendy asked as she rolled her way onto the elevator.
"Lucky Duck." Romeo replied, hopping onto platform right before the doors closed. "Have you ever read it?"
"No." The blue haired mage shook her head. "What is it about?"
"It's about this thief who's always running away from the cops. He's got this huge bounty on his head too, so lots of people are after him." The fire mage continued to tell the crippled girl about the series as they made their way into the main hall.
"It sounds really cool." Wendy commented with a spark of interest in her voice.
"Doesn't it?" Romeo grinned as he followed Wendy to bar. He sat down on one of the stools. "I can bring you the first book tomorrow if you want."
"Really?" The young girl asked.
"You bet." Romeo nodded. "I'll go grab it now if you want."
"No, it's ok. I'm going to start this book first." She held up the book that Romeo had just helped her get. "Thanks again by the way."
"I told you, it's nothing to worry about." Romeo got up. "I'm gonna head home since it's starting to get late. I'll bring you the book tomorrow then?"
"Yes please." Wendy smiled and waved to the boy. "I'll see you tomorrow."
"Yup. See ya!" The black haired boy waved once before walking out of the guild.
Wendy looked at the time and saw how late it was getting. It was near 9 pm already. The blue haired girl waited for Mirajane, who was back from her little errand, to come closer to her before asking if the white haired girl could help her get to bed.
"I see you're starting a new book." Mirajane noted as she helped Wendy change into her pajamas, nodding in the direction of the book that was sitting on the bed side table.
"Oh yeah. I went to get it today from the library, but I couldn't actually reach it." Wendy explained. "If Romeo hadn't shown up then I would have had to go back to the guild hall and get some help."
"That's sweet of him." Mira smiled as she lifted the covers over Wendy's legs. "Was he getting something too?"
"Yep." The air dragon slayer nodded. "He said he was getting the next book to this series he's been reading. It sounded really neat so he even said he would bring me the first book tomorrow."
Mirajane smiled. "Well that sounds like you'll have some fun. Well I need to go clean up some. Will you be ok from here?"
"Yes. Thank you and good night." Wendy said.
"Good night." Mirajane left the room, turned off the light and shut the door on her way out.
When Mira had left, Wendy leaned over to turn on the bed side lamp. It was really bright and lit up her whole corner of the medical room, so she had no problem reading at night with it on. She picked up the book that Romeo had helped her get, and opened it up to the first page and began reading. She lost track of time quickly, getting completely sucked up in the story. By the time she was tired, she had already read 13 chapters. She figured that it was near the middle of the night by now, so she grabbed her book mark and placed it carefully inside of the book before closing it. She took a moment to study the cover, lightly tracing her fingers over the title. She smiled to herself and held the book in a small sort of hug, before placing it down gently on the bed side table. Wendy turned the lamp off, and did her best to wiggle her way down under the covers. She felt herself warm up under the blankets as she fell asleep.