Yep. I updated Signed, Lucy again. Since it had been about two month before I updated the previous chapter, I'll update it early! But anyways, yeah. So, um...yep. Wow. I'm so articulate today! Ahaha! Anyways, I hopey ou guys enjoy this chapter! :D

NOTE...VERY IMPORTANT NOTE: I forgot (oh, silly, silly me) that I actually put Hughes and Mary in Fairy Tail in the second chapter. Thanks to Redbear108 I remembered! So, ahem, sorry for the mishap, but just pretend Hughes and Mary were never there at Fairy Tail. Because...I don't think I ever gave them any lines, did I? ...Hmm...but yeah. So sorry! Just pretend they were at Sabertooth all along. :D Again, very sorry, and I'll be much more careful next time! :D

Disclaimer: I Do Not Own Fairy Tail!

Dear Journal,

I'm writing this.

Under my bed.

Covered by blankets.

And in the company of thousands of dust bunnies and probably a few spiders.

My world is collapsing.

I'm going to go through so much trouble.

And I feel like screaming.

And yet…

Asdf…GHJKL!

I feel happy.

Incredibly happy.

Like I'm going to launch off into the blissful clouds above HAPPY!

But I should feel scared.

Dad's at work. Mom's at the grocery store.

And Hughes is at my front door pounding at it like he's crushing thousands and thousands of cockroaches.

And my phone is ringing nonstop.

First it's Gray, then Sting, and then…Natsu.

I'm about to melt into a pile of sh*t because I wrote that "N" name.

My whole face is so hot. And I bet it's really red, red enough to out-red a tomato.

It happened. It really happened. I can't even.

My fingers are trembling and I can barely write.

Like any other day, I left Sabertooth once that last bell ended.

I didn't join any clubs…'cause they didn't offer an anime club.

C'mon! What kind of school doesn't offer something like that?!

Does no one care about the lives of otakus anymore?

I bet someone invented weekdays just to cause otakus sorrow or something…

Anyways, I'm getting off-track.

But, yeah.

I was walking home, right?

With Hughes.

Because for some reason, he always insists on doing so.

Mary always parts from us at the turn that separates my path to my home and the path that leads the Zentopia siblings to their house.

For a while, Hughes and I did nothing but walk in silence.

Finally, I broke the quiet.

"D -do you have music playing on your headphones…ever?" I asked nervously.

The purple-haired boy looked at me, and smiled.

"Nah. It's just for show."

"Huh?"

That was kinda stupid.

"It's not stupid. It's a fashion statement."

I still couldn't get used to his ease at reading my expressions.

I had never imagined for him to become so perceptive.

"People change over the years," he said quietly, adjusting his headphones.

"Mind reader," I said in horror, and he scoffed at me.

"Idiot."

He gave me a small genuine smile before his face fell back into a neutral expression.

"Say…do you ever wear dresses, Lucy?"

I freeze at the question.

Besides that one time at that one party at Natsu's house…

"No."

"Lying," he said softly, and looked at me with an unreadable face. "Liar."

I'm taken aback. I thought I had nailed that lie.

"How-?"

"You know what happens when you lie, Blondie?" he asked, smiling. "Your nose wrinkles up really, really slightly."

I feel my face grow hot, and touched the bridge of my nose.

I rub at it. "What…?"

"It's cute."

The compliment is casual, light, and almost so smooth that I could have missed it if I weren't already on edge.

"What?"

Hughes turns, tilts his head one way, and gives me a huge grin. "It's cute."

I feel my stomach twist and drop, and my breath hitches as I walk on.

Uneasily, I scratch the top of my head.

After the incident where I had understood his lip synching-

"I'm glad you relied on me."

He seemed to be extra careful about what he said and did around me.

But he always managed to drop something here or there that took me aback.

And I can't stop thinking about his confession of liking me when we had been little.

But-

"Have you…ever…dated anyone?"

He turns, all curious and amused as he smirks. "Why…do you want to know?"

"Just…wondering."

He smiles, and takes a deep breath.

"I'll tell you if you tell me who your first love is."

The eagerness on my face falls off all at once. "No. Way."

A flash of irritation crosses his face. "Why not? Is it because you still like him?"

"There's no way," I said, crossing my arms.

"Then why won't you tell me?"

I look downwards, trying to shake off the dread boiling inside of me.

Slowly, I inhale and lift my head, "Because I don't-"

His face.

Is.

WAY.

TOO.

FREAKING.

CLOSE.

Yelping, I jump back, only to hit the wall behind me. My head rings as a loud thump rings out from where I smack it against the hard surface.

"You're such an idiot," he groaned, reaching out a hand.

Before I could react, my face was already pressed against his sweater as he checked out the site of the bump.

His fingers prod at the injury.

I wince.

"Ow."

He sighed. "It should be fine. It's only-"

"As I thought, you smell really good."

What…what…

What SH*T had just spilled from my mouth?!

Hughes didn't move. Not an inch. Not a millimeter. Not even a micrometer.

"Hu…ghes?" I said, my voice muffled against him.

I tried to move away, but his hand smacked me back against his chest.

Biting the inside of my cheek in irritation, I raised my hands and shoved him away.

Inhaling and catching my breath, I gruffly asked, "What are you-?!"

I stopped.

He's trying to cover his face with his hand, but I can still see it.

His cheeks are a flaming red.

Hughes laughs, and takes his hand away from his head quickly.

The blush doesn't fade.

"Smelling me…are you a dog or something?"

His voice wavers, and he looks the other way. Avoiding eye contact.

I feel my face burning up. I'm definitely jumping to conclusions with this.

"Hughes, do you still-?"

"Luce?"

I turn, my ponytail swinging as my heart leaps at a familiar voice.

He is tall. Muscular. Totally hot. Even with that salmon, almost pink hair, he still manages to look unbelievably attractive.

"Natsu?" I say in total confusion.

And then.

"Gray? Sting?"

The black-haired boy and blonde move into a position where I can see them clearly.

"What are you…doing here?"

"Natsu, wait!"

My stomach turns ice cold at the voice.

Sue appears around the corner, and she is followed by the two people I probably want to see the most.

Cana and Levy.

The panic that fills my body is like electricity stabbing me.

Without thinking, I turn, laughing softly.

"I can't-!"

And then.

Hughes holds out a hand to stop me.

He is smiling crazily, looking like he's having the time of his life.

"Hughes. You are?" I say, my voice trembling.

He laughs at me.

"Lucy…Fairies? You attended Fairy Tail. I get it."

He turned on me, his smile suddenly dull.

"So is your first love among that group or what?"

"Hughes! YOU BASTARD!" I yell, scowling.

"But see here, Lucy, you're a Saber now. So, back me up, will ya?"

There's something on his face that I can't pinpoint.

He turns away before I can analyze it any further.

"What do you want with Lucy?"

Natsu is surprised. For a moment, he looks from Hughes to me, from me to Hughes.

The salmon-haired boy points to the purple-headed one. "Boyfriend?"

"NO!"

My loud yell takes me by surprise, and my cheeks burn as I glance at Hughes.

His face is unreadable, but I can see the irritation that laces his expression.

"Good. Luce. Come back to Fairy Tail. We miss you."

I stare at him blankly. Finally, I shake my head no.

My stomach churns as I grab onto the straps of my bag.

"That's not it."

I lift my head in confusion. There's a conflicted look on Natsu's face.

Gray and Sting are also fazed, as if they hadn't expected for their friend to say something like that.

"Natsu?" Gray started, but the salmon-haired boy shakes his head vigorously.

"I miss you, Luce," Natsu says loudly, his voice shaking. "Please come back to Fairy Tail. Because I love you."

My world almost stops…if it hadn't been for Gray shoving Natsu to the side.

"What the f***?! I thought we all agreed that none of us would confess?!"

Sting is equally as enraged. Turning to me, he points at himself with his thumb.

"I love you more Lucy. I talked with Yukino and told her about it already."

Gray glares at the blonde. "So, now we're measuring which one of us likes her more?"

Hughes whistles, smirking slightly. "A catfight? Lucy, I didn't know you were so desirable."

I feel my cheeks burning, and suddenly I remember what I was about to ask him before the disruption.

"HUGHES! DO YOU STILL LIKE ME?!"

"Holy sh*t," Cana whispers as Levy looks from person to person.

My "childhood friend" freezes, and looks at me.

His eyes are glazed as he laughs nervously.

"That's not it. Seriously?"

My face is now about one thousand degrees hotter than the temperature around us.

"Honestly. Are you telling me that honestly?"

Hughes has a shocked look plastered onto his features.

And then he smiles. "I'm supposed to be the mind reader, Lucy. Not you."

I'm at a loss for words.

"Yeah. I still like you. I've never dated anyone else. And I thought I totally forgot about you. But yeah. I haven't. You're pretty, funny, and smart. You're a guy's dream. And it makes me pissed off to think that you fell for one of these stupid bastards!"

I can't take it anymore.

My insides are shriveling up from embarrassment. Without saying a word, I twirl around on my heel to briskly walk away.

"Luce! Wait!"

All I can feel is Natsu's hand wrapping around my wrist, and tugging me backward.

I turn around, and clench my jaw as my feet slip and I lose my balance.

"Luce!"

Natsu's knees bend, and his arms shoot out to catch me.

He succeeds. I feel myself slamming against him.

But even more impacting is when my face bumps against his and-

All I can feel is the fire burning in my chest as I look up in horror at his lips accidentally pressed against mines.

I can hear Levy's squeals and Cana's repetitive "Oh sh*t's!"

For a long moment, we stay in that position, until I regain my senses.

Yelling loudly, I push him away and don't even bother to look back as I dash back home.

And that's where I am now.

I unlocked my door, threw it open, closed it, locked it, pounded up the stairs to my room, and practically dived into the safety of the place I call "Under my Bed".

Maybe I can live under here?

Living off dust, using cobwebs for clothes, and keeping the occasionally spider as a pet?

Ew.

Spiders.

Never mind.

And then maybe I can-

Oh….sh*t.

Mom just came home.

And she totally just let Hughes in.

Oh.

Mavis.

And.

Strawberry.

Cheesecakes.

Signed,

Lucy

As usual, Lucy's live events escalate quickly. But, anyways! Natsu, and everyone else appeared, and I'm just glad Sue didn't ruin everything with her outrageous Natsu-fangirliness! Yep.

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