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Previously

I stared after him. The one guy I really get along with, the one guy I can be myself with, and he runs away before I can learn his name or his phone number. I sighed. Figures.

"Lucy, your shift is over," Rachel said. I was daydreaming about a certain boy that I had met several hours earlier, and I didn't respond. "Lucy?" She poked my arm.

I jumped. "Really?" That went by a lot faster than I thought it would. At least, that second half did… Huh. "All right. I'm heading out now, I guess. See you later, Rachel."

"See you, Lucy," she said, taking my place at the cash register and waving.

I put my nametag and stuff away and walked out of the restaurant, smiling at the little bell that rang when I opened the door.

Tuesday is my shopping day; I buy everything that I need for the coming week. Generally, it's a gallon of milk, cereal or bagels (if I'm going to run out), any snack foods I feel like buying, dog food for Plue, and any ingredients for meals that I want to have. Occasionally I'll buy frozen foods, like pizza, but I prefer healthier food.

So, on the way home, I pulled into the parking lot of a Walmart. I parked and walked in.

Over the course of about an hour, I had gone all around the store. I had picked up several thing: a gallon of 2% milk, a bag of pretzels, a bag of Cheddar and Sour Cream potato chips, a package of spaghetti noodles, a can of spaghetti sauce with vegetables in it, more dog food for Plue, and a loaf of french bread.

I looked at the items in my cart. That should get me through until next week, I thought. I estimate twenty dollars. I turned and wheeled my cart back to the front of the store so I could purchase the food.

I ended up in checkout line three. There were four people in front of me. I guess there must have been some crazy sales or something, because that was the shortest line in the store.

As I was waiting for my turn, I found myself thinking about the guy that I had met. Again. That guy… He totally broke down all my walls, in less than, like, ten minutes! No one's ever done it that quickly before… Why was it so easy for him?

I pondered that question while staring at the tubes of Sweetarts and the king size candy bars.

"Hi, Luigi," said a voice, coming from right beside my ear. I screamed and jumped at least twelve feet in the air.

"You're so weird, Luce," said the pink haired guy from earlier, the very person I had been thinking about. He seemed amused.

"Pinky? What the heck was that for?! What are you doing here?" I asked, my heart racing I wasn't sure if it was because he had just scared the crap out of me, or because-

I shook my mind from that train of that thought. No, I just met this guy. It can't be that…

He frowned. "I'm here because a microphone cord at the place where I work broke." He held up a coiled cord in a plastic bag. "We didn't have a spare, so they nominated me to get a new one." He brightened. "But it's okay, because I got to see you again, Lucy." He grinned at me.

I blushed. Why do I keep blushing around him?! "Why did you leave in such a hurry earlier?" I asked him, changing the subject quickly.

"Oh that? It was because I was almost late for work." He shivered. "My boss is a monster."

"I'm sorry," I sympathized.

We sat there for a moment. Then he spoke.

"Hey, Luce, weren't you going to ask me a question before I left?"

I stared at him blankly. "What?"

"Right before I left, You said you were going to ask me something," he prompted.

A light bulb went on in my brain. "Oh! I was going to ask you what I should call you. Other than Pinky, of course."

"My name is Natsu Dragneel," he said, smiling at me.

"Natsu…" I said, trying it out. "I like it. It suits you."

"Thanks," he said, grinning.

"It's nice to meet you, Natsu Dragneel." I bowed low. "So, what do-" I started. I was cut off by someone clearing their throat. I glanced around and saw that while we were talking, the person in front of me had wheeled her cart away, leaving the clerk looking at me expectantly.

"Oh, sorry," I said, putting my stuff on the counter for her to run over the scanner.

She looked like a kind, cute little old lady, and she smiled at me.

"It's fine, dear. I'm sure you and your boyfriend have a lot to talk about."

I felt my face go cherry red. "N-no! You've got it wrong!" I waved my hands wildly in front of my face. "We're not- It's not-"

The woman laughed. "Oh, silly me. Well, forgive the ramblings of an old woman. "She slid the last item across the scanner, and put it in the bags with the rest before I could see what it was. I shrugged and ignored the little feeling in the back of my head, the one that warned me that something was not quite right. "Your total is forty-three dollars and sixty two cents."

I was surprised. That's more than I thought it would be. Maybe I missed something? I shrugged and dismissed the little feeling again. I ran my debit card through the card thing (I don't know what that's called…) (Neither do I, Lucy… XD) and punched in my pin number. I'm not putting it on here, because that would just be weird.

"Have a nice day," said the old woman. She handed me the receipt and smiled at me again.

I took it, waved, and smiled back. "Thank you. You too!"

I started walking away. To my surprise, Natsu followed me.

"Natsu?"

"Yeah?'

"Don't you have to buy your cord?" I asked, confused.

He grinned at me. "Why? You already did!

I stopped cold. "What?"

He took the last bag that the lady had filled and opened it. He pulled out the last item she had put in, the one that was on top, and revealed it to me, still grinning. Sure enough, it was his cord. Then he handed the bag back to me.

I looked at the receipt in my hand, and my eyes bugged out. "That was more than half of what I paid!" No wonder the cost seemed higher than I thought it would be… "Natsu!"

He laughed. "Thanks a lot, Lucy!"

"I'll get you, Natsu!" I said, running at him. He took off for the exit.

"You can try!" he said over his shoulder, still laughing.

"NATSU!"

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