II. OMG! (Oh My Grocery!)
"Hey Jellal! Where's Natsu-nii?" asked Romeo who was nibbling cookies.
"I don't know Romeo. I'm not his nanny" replied Jellal annoyed.
Jellal went over the drawer and a piece of paper caught the blue-haired guy's eyes. It was a note from their manager, Gildarts Clive. It reads,
||Jellal, I will be gone for a while. I will be going somewhere to defend the greater good of our city. I leave the band in your capable hands. Lead them with diligence and compassion. I know you can do what I have asked you to.
PS: I sent Natsu to school, Fairy Senior High. It's his punishment for not showing up at band practices.
PPS: Could you pick him up for me?
PPPS: I left money for you at the counter. Buy some food. I ate some before I left, there's no more food in the fridge.
-Gildarts the Great||
Jellal held the note in his hands- almost crunching it. He was furious. Not another baby-sit-the-band duty. Jellal was gone for a while and his alter ego came out, Siegrain.
"Greater good of the city my butt! He's gone picking up chicks!" stated the annoyed young man.
"Hey Jellal! Could you-" Gray realized that Jellal was already glaring at him. He backed off a few centimeters.
"C'mon! We're picking up Natsu!" Jellal stated as he grabbed Gray on the shirt.
"What? I thought Gildarts asked YOU. You can't drag me into this. Besides-" before finishing his statement, Jellal glared at Gray once more. This time, angrier.
"I mean okay. I could use some fresh air", Gray added. He finally agreed to picking up Natsu. He knew Jellal would not take no for an answer.
"Nice save, Gray", Romeo said to himself and continued eating his cookie.
At school, Natsu was being scolded by the Student Council President, Erza . Eyes were on the pink-haired pop star as Erza talked to him.
"As the student council president, the teacher appointed me to let you know about the do's and don'ts of this school. And wandering off the campus while classes are going on is definitely prohibited", said Erza with arms crossed.
She tried to compose herself while stating her terms, but as everyone noticed, she's not very good at it. Natsu was seated on a chair facing Erza's. He showed no interest of the conversation.
"Do we have an understanding?!" Erza finally shouted and startled Natsu.
"Y-y-yes ma'am", he answered. Everyone respects Erza and no one dared to make her angry.
"Good. And another thing…" Erza was interrupted by screaming girls.
"Kyaaah! "screams of girls altered Erza's attention. To her surprise, two gaudy-clothed young men were standing by the classroom door. They were, as they describe it, unbelievably handsome.
"I apologize for whatever my friend has done", Jellal said when he approached Erza.
"Uhm…uh…Natsu has..g-gone…uh…" the Student Council President who always knew what to say had suddenly become tongue tied.
"I know he's a handful but thank you for taking care of him", smiled Jellal. His reaction made Erza's face red.
"Go on and apologize, Natsu. We still have practice", Gray said and gave Natsu a hard pat on the back.
"Alright! Sorry, Erza", Natsu apologized and cheeky as he was, he let off a goofy smile.
"We'll be going then", Jellal said to Erza and the three went out of the room.
Juvia, Lucy's friend, was running in the hallway because she was in a hurry to get home. Suddenly, she bumped into the Dark Prince, Gray Fullbuster.
"Have I hurt you anywhere?" Gray reached out his hand in slow motion to Juvia and everything around them turned sparkly and pink.
But that wasn't what really happened. It was only Juvia's wild imagination. What really happened was…
"You okay? Sorry about that", Gray said and went on his way. No sparks, no pink and no outstretched hand. It wasn't necessary; she wasn't on the floor anyway.
Before getting into the car near the school gate, Jellal looked up the building and saw Erza. She was also staring at him, nervously. Jellal smiled at her one last time as a way of saying goodbye. The young lady was caught off guard.
The three young men went to a local grocery store. There were only few people around, so it was the perfect opportunity to do Gildarts' "bidding".
"Jeez…Why does he have to eat all the good stuff? He even drank my spicy orange juice!" Natsu complained.
There was silence in the room.
"What does he mean by spicy orange juice?" Jellal was confused.
"That's just sick. He has a wacked out sense of taste", Gray replied grossed out by Natsu's statement.
"Why don't we split up and pick up our own food items? Just be sure not to take too much and I also called Romeo and Loke. They said they were on their way", Jellal instructed.
"Hey Gray, why don't we have a contest to see who gets to finish shopping first?" Natsu suggested. The two were always competitive.
" Prepare to loose, Natsu. Ready, set, shop!" shouted Gray and the two of them dashed to the shelves.
"Were they even listening?" Jellal was left in the center of the store.
There was chaos inside the store. Gray and Natsu's shopping carts almost flew. Natsu was not aware that he almost hit someone. Wendy Marvell was wearing headphones, listening to music. She was on her way to the counter when Natsu came out of nowhere, pushing his cart into top speed.
"Watch out!" Natsu warned her, but he could not stop so soon.
Wendy's eyes grew big as she gets ready for the impact but then, someone pulled her from behind.
"Honestly, Natsu-nii… What the heck are you doing running around like that?" Romeo scolded Natsu after he saved Wendy from Natsu's careless cart driving.
"Are you okay?" he turned to Wendy. The girl nodded her head. She was obviously still in shock.
"Sorry 'bout that", Natsu paused for a while and apologized. After that, he went running again.
And one of the last few shelves, another Fairy Senior High student named Aries was trying her best to reach the last strawberry jam on the top shelf.
"Almost there…" Aries said to herself as she stretched out her arm helplessly.
"Here you go", Loke took the jam and handed it to Aries.
"Thank you", Aries said timidly and headed to the counter.
"She must have been star strucked by my stellar good-" Loke was talking to himself but before he could finish his self-admiration, Natsu came running in…again.
"Out of the waaaay!" Natsu shouted.
It was too late to get out of the way now. Before they know it, CRASH! BANG! BOOM! The two collided and the grocery items were on the floor.
"What the heck, Natsu?" Loke complained as he tried to gain his composure.
"Just hurry and pick them up!" the pink-haired pop star picked the items as fast as lightning.
Natsu was almost at the counter, but then Gray took the lead.
"HAHA. You are such a slow poke, Natsu", Gray laughed and was surely happy to be the victor of the greatest shopping contest joined by only him and Natsu.
"Shut up, Gray! I bumped into Loke. That's why it took me some time", replied Natsu, totally annoyed.
"Excuses are for losers", Gray said.
"What the-? What part of not taking too much don't you understand?!" Jellal was furious after seeing Gray and Natsu's carts piled like sky high with so much food.
The two young men just gave Jellal a goofy grin, which annoyed Jellal even more.
"Make sure you pay for them", Jellal said, trying not to entertain their stupidity any further.
"Jellal, it seems you have forgotten. Health is very essential in performing as a band. You wouldn't want Gildarts to think that you are incapable of taking care of us now, would you?" Gray said dramatically.
"When he comes back and sees us, already skin and bones, just thinking about it will break his heart!" Natsu added.
Jellal took his credit card and slammed it on the counter's table. He knew that if he used the money left by Gildarts, it would not be enough to pay for Romeo and Loke's groceries.
"Thanks, Jellal! You're the best!" Natsu and Gray said in unison.
"Are you sure you're okay with that, Jellal?" Loke said as he was paying for his groceries.
"It's not like I have a choice", he said as Romeo and Loke giggled at their friend's reply.
"Oh, wait! I forgot to buy my spicy orange juice", Natsu said and dashed to the beverage aisle.
"He forgot what?" Romeo asked, trying to figure out what "spicy orange juice" meant.
"I know. Don't ask", replied Gray, who did not want to think of the weird beverage that Natsu seems to like.
Along the beverage aisle, Natsu can't seem to find the spicy orange juice.
"Where is it?" he searched the whole aisle.
"I might as well get some hot sauce and orange juice. That way it will become a spicy orange juice", Natsu was well satisfied by this idea and went to look for plain orange juice instead.
"I found it", he said to himself and as he grabbed the can of orange juice, another hand reached out for it the same as he did.
Natsu's hand was on top of Lucy's hand.
"Natsu!" Lucy was startled when she saw Natsu.
"Hello random girl that I just met", Natsu said with a smile.
It was the last orange juice on the shelf. Both of them wanted it.
"It's the last one. You can have it", he handed the can to Lucy.
"It's okay. I'll buy something else", Lucy said.
"Hmm… Alright then. Pick something on this shelf and I'll pay for it", replied Natsu.
"No, it's not necessary", the blonde girl hesitated, but Natsu insists.
Lucy picked a soda and he paid for it on the counter together with the orange juice and hot sauce.
"Here you go", Natsu handed the soda on the plastic bag to Lucy.
"Uhm…Thanks", the girl said blushing.
"No problem. Thanks for letting me have the orange juice…uh", Natsu stopped because he didn't know the girl's name.
"I'm Lucy", she said.
"Thanks, Lucy!" Natsu said with a smile and went off because Gray was making the car honk non-stop.
"What took you so long, Natsu-nii?" Romeo asked.
"Spicy orange juice", replied Natsu.
Lucy watched their car drive away into the night as she clutched the soda in her hands.
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