It was him. Erza could see him across the cafeteria as she stopped Natsu and Gray from fighting. It was him for sure, the same blue hair, the same face, the same symmetrical birthmark on his face. It was Jellal Fernandes. The guy who got her kicked out of Tower of Heaven (or maybe it was Siegrain) and the guy she has had a crush on for the past five years, though she hadn't seen him since the incident until today.
Erza would have been yelling at Natsu and Gray, but now she was trying to figure out what Jellal was doing at Fairy Tail High. He must have either transferred from Tower of Heaven, or Siegrain got him kicked out. The second one seemed more likely, especially since she knows what Siegrain is like and he has likely not changed.
"Hey, Erza," Lucy brought Erza back to reality. "Why aren't you yelling at Natsu and Gray?"
"Yeah, we're getting away free," Natsu added before going back to stuffing his mouth with his lunch. It was just the four of them at the lunch table, the rest of their group of friends had one of the other two lunches, however the table seemed crowded still due to Natsu's large lunch.
"Don't remind her!" Gray slapped Natsu upside the head.
"Hey! I'm trying to eat here!" Natsu replied as he stuffed his fourth piece of pizza down his throat.
"How can you even eat that fast? Eight minutes into lunch, plus a fight, and you're on your fourth piece of pizza," Lucy said, having watched the pink-haired boy eat.
"I'm a growing boy," Natsu replied.
"Anyway Erza," Lucy turned back to her friend. "What did you see?"
"Someone I knew," Erza answered.
"The blue-haired boy at Laxus's table?" Natsu asked.
"How do you know?" Erza asked surprised that Natsu figured it out.
"He smells like you did when you first transferred from Tower of Heaven," Natsu answered. "Like a school uniform."
"Who is he?" Lucy asked Erza as she got interested. "Did you have a crush on him?"
"No!" Erza quickly denied her crush, though it wasn't true.
"Okay, then who is he?" Gray asked.
"His name's Jellal Fernandes," Erza explained.
"He's the guy that got you kicked out of Tower of Heaven, right?" Gray then asked.
"It could have easily been his brother," Erza said, mainly trying to convince herself.
"You know, I think I saw him blushing when he saw you stand up," Lucy said, realizing that her friend did have a crush on Jellal.
"What?" Erza asked, being to blush herself.
"You do have a crush on him!" Natsu exclaimed.
"I do not!" Erza replied punching Natsu in the shoulder. Natsu accidentally then kicked his backpack on the ground, which made a meowing sound.
"What was that?" Lucy asked Natsu.
"I dunno what you're talking about," Natsu rubbed his sore shoulder.
"Your backpack meowed at me," Lucy replied, looking down at the beaten backpack.
"It did not!" Natsu protested.
"You brought your cat to school again, didn't you flame-brain?" Gray asked Natsu.
"No!" Natsu argued.
Lucy reached down for Natsu's backpack and opened it, revealing the blue-gray cat inside named Happy.
"Natsu, that's the third time this year you've brought Happy to school," Lucy sighed.
"Shush!" Natsu exclaimed, quickly zipping his bag up. "He's not here! I dunno what you're talking about! I don't even have a cat!"
"Natsu," Erza got her friend's attention. She was glad that they got off of the subject of Jellal, but she wasn't happy that it was turned to Natsu bringing his cat to school again.
Natsu sighed, unhappy about leaving his lunch behind. Erza got up as well, and he followed her to the office to call his father, Igneel, to come to the school to take Happy home.