Well here's Chapter 3~

So as you all can see….I was sort of, maybe, somewhat, kind of lying when I said I'd release on a weekly basis….I'll just release whenever I finish the chapter….So the times when each chapter is published could vary. Yes Yes I know…I shouldn't lie….NOW! I know you all want a Lucy and Laxus interaction…so I might just grant it this chapter….Oh please stop! Your modesties are making me blush~

Anyways now that formalities are done, we all know the drill. I do not own Fairy Tail, sadly. Hiro Mashima owns it…lucky son of a….gun….heh you thought I was going to cuss….

After Astrology had ended, Lucy began walking to her next class. She examined her class schedule again, looking to see what was next, only because she was so into talking with Levy during homeroom that her mind had completely washed the memory away. 'Hmmmmm….next is…' she examined her class schedule, 'gym? Hm, I don't remember signing up for that. Must have been a last minute addition I'm guessing.' She wondered who was going to be in the next class with her this time. Still looking at her schedule, her feet had a mind of its own, automatically homing in on her next target, which was the gymnasium. She entered, noticing how tall the building was, probably to accommodate the very tall bleachers, which had to be, considering the vast amount of students attending the high school.

She continued walking, astounded by how large it was, when she noticed some students already there waiting for everyone else to enter. She walked over surprised as she noticed a couple of familiar faces who belonged to Natsu, Erza, and Laxus. She casually walked towards the group, greeting everyone back who had said "Hi" or other forms of greeting, as well as waving to those who waved back.

"Hey guys, nice to see that I'm not the only one in here!" She exclaimed happily, joyed by the fact that three of her friends were in this class as well.

"Hey Lucy." Erza replied back with equal happiness. "Yes I agree, it is rather nice to have people you know to be in the same class as you." She nodded at her words.

"Luce!" Natsu jumped up, hugging the blonde mage, who had stiffened at the hug, but soon relaxed into it. "How have you been? I haven't talked to you since…well you know…" he asked curiously, looking for any sign of discomfort at what he said.

"Oh I've been fine really I have." She waved her arms in front of her. "You don't have to keep worrying about me over something so trivial. I'm just glad that I managed to say it to you and get it out of me!" she exclaimed happily, although she wasn't fooled by her words, as they hid a deep sadness and loss. She forced a smile, although those with a keen sense of deduction would immediately recognize the tone of the bubbly teen. Erza was the first one to notice it immediately, followed by Laxus, because he was actually more knowledgeable than he looked.

"Well if you say so Luce…" Natsu replied, sensing something was wrong but decided to keep his tongue, as he had realized the secret weapon that Lucy kept from everyone, which was her deadly technique dubbed, "Lucy Kick".

"Hey Laxus." Lucy greeted, trying to veer away from the subject of what had happened between her and Natsu. "I haven't talked to you in forever!" she exclaimed, which wasn't far from the truth, as the last time they had said anything to each other, was when Laxus had the whole "I'm better than all of you" attitude. But he seemed to have a change of heart somewhere down the line, as he talked to everyone as if they were equals now and not just dirt under his shoes.

"Hey blondie." He replied.

"You're blonde too you idiot!" she snapped, folding her arms across her chest, looking away from him

A small smirk had formed at the corner of his mouth as he watched her reaction to what he had said. "It has been a while hasn't it. Ever since my horrible attitude." His mouth now set in a firm line. He had been a complete and utter moron during that phase, telling everyone that if Lucy had become his girlfriend, he might have stopped torturing everyone, which didn't go so well with the others.

"Oi! Laxus!" Natsu exclaimed, immediately turning to the other blonde in the group. "Fight me!" he had a determined glance, as if stating that he wouldn't lose to him again, because in all honesty, Natsu had never won in a match against the more muscular teen. He had his held out in front of him, ready to strike whenever he wanted to at the blonde.

"How many times do I have to tell you no!?" Laxus asked annoyingly, because he could not handle the amount of times he was asked that from the idiot. He was this close to wanting to pummel him into the ground and teach him a lesson, but he had told himself that he would never again strike someone down.

"Awww come on! Just one round!" Natsu flashed a smirk as he said that, "What too chicken?" he added, hoping to rile up the other with his childish antics. He was determined to win this time, no matter what the cost, except his own life of course. Adding insult to injury he began acting like a chicken in further attempts to get to Laxus, hoping it was just enough to cause him to break that patience that Laxus was holding onto for dear life.

Lucy had stared at the two men, waiting for what seemed like an eternity, for Laxus to snap and strike Natsu into the ground. Switching her gaze from one to the other, she secretly deep down wanted Laxus to strike him down, but tried to demolish that feeling. She had a feeling that if the two were to fight, Natsu would be out in a snap, just because the other was more muscular, and hotter. 'Wait did I just think that Laxus was hot? What am I thinking!?" her inner self wanting to bash it's head on a wall or other hard surface as she felt a small blush creep onto her face. 'I hope he didn't notice that!' she inwardly facepalmed herself, thinking how stupid she would look right about now. She didn't know why, but every time she glanced at the older blonde, she had a feeling of attraction towards him, extremely small as it may be; it still managed to conquer her mind. Shaking her head, she couldn't think like that, she just wasn't ready for a relationship right now, and decided to suppress her feelings for now, although it was quite hard.

"N-Now now you two, I don't want you two fighting." She stated, waving her hands in front of her, signaling her discomfort at the sparks they were shooting at each other. She looked at Erza, who without even needing a word, marched to the two and pummeled the both of them into the ground.

"Knock it off, this isn't the time to fight!" Erza stated loudly, hoping to get her point across to the two mounds on the ground. She walked back to Lucy's side, her head raised in triumph of completing the task of quelling the fight.

Not a minute too soon, the gym teacher had arrived, clad in what seemed to be a business suit. 'A business suit? Who wears a business suit to gym class?' Lucy thought, obviously confused as to the strange attire that said man was wearing. He had dark shades covering his eyes, hiding anything beneath them in a shadow. He had a white beard, that wasn't very long, but not very short either, it was rather normal in length. His hair, which was obviously also white, was slicked back, giving him a more regal appearance that matched his attire perfectly.

He approached the group of students, examining them, eyeing them carefully through his dark glasses. He had just gotten done when he had noticed a familiar face among the students, one that he had not mistaken ever in his lifetime. It looked like one of his lifelong friends, the very beautiful and kind, Layla Heartfilia. He walked over to the familiar person, eyeing her up and down, studying to see if his eyes were deceiving him, and after what seemed like forever, had finished. She looked like the spitting image of his deceased friend Layla, so came up with the conclusion that she must be her daughter. He left the presence of the Heartfilia heir and stood in the middle of all of the students and ushered them to form a small circle around him.

After the class had gotten comfortable, the teacher began to speak, "Hello everyone, I look forward to looking over your fitness, you may call me, Capricorn" he stated, "Now what I expect from each and every one of you in this class most of all is your participation in each sport that we play. Those who do not comply with my rules will get their grades lowered each time they do not follow. I will give each of you one…" He held up one finger to exercise his point, "warning, after that I will begin to deduct. Now for your gym attire, I ask that the men wear a light t-shirt, as well as gym shorts. The women shall wear a sports bra, along with tight gym shorts. You will be required to wear them Monday of next week. Now are there any questions that you would ask of me?" he said, waiting to see if anyone was confused at what he had told them. After seeing that everyone had followed him, he excused them and allowed them to do whatever they wanted for the remaining time they had in the class.

"So what do you guys want to do now?" Lucy asked, wanting to see what the others would do before deciding to walk around the gym room.

"Nothing really, what about you Lucy what are you going to do?" Erza asked, having no idea what to do with the remainder of the class time now that the teacher had talked to them.

"Well…I was going to go for a walk around the gym. If any of you want to join me I wouldn't mind at all." She smiled, she wanted some company, but if none of them wanted to do anything she wouldn't force them to do it.

"No thank you, I think I'll just sit here until the class is over. Thanks for the offer though." Erza replied with an apologetic smile.

"I'll pass Luce, I wasted my energy earlier with the attempt to fight Laxus here." He said, seemingly worn out from the actions he did earlier, even though they weren't very strenuous at all.

"Well alright then, I'll be back in a bit then." She smiled, not waiting for Laxus, as she thought he wouldn't want to be disturbed by walking with her. As soon as she took a step away, she was stopped by the person she didn't expect would walk with her.

"Sure I'll walk with you, that is if you wouldn't mind." Laxus said, already starting to get up and walk towards Lucy.

"Of course not, I am the one that offered" Lucy said, a little surprised at the unexpected turn of events. 'This might be a little awkward…' and with that thought they began their walk around the gym.

He had expected Lucy to deny him, but he knew she wouldn't do that, as she wasn't cold-hearted at all. To be alone with her was just a little added bonus, causing him to inwardly smile at the situation he was in. It was at this time that he started to think about the girl that had invaded his mind for quite a while. Every time he had thought about Blondie, a foreign emotion somehow crawled into his body, causing his stomach to, figuratively, be filled with butterflies. This girl was making a bigger impact on him than any he had met before, and most of those were just one-time deals, nothing special. But Lucy, he wanted to hold her, kiss her, and protect her with everything he had. The only problem with this though, was that he didn't know how the other had felt about him. Was she scared? She had a reason to be after the way he acted most of his life. Was she afraid that he didn't like her the same way? And what was with that faint blush on her face when she had looked on him earlier?

"s…..Laxus…."a voice called, drawing out from his thought process and caused him to look at the person walking beside him. Confusion was written on her face, as if she was wondering exactly what was going in his head, but didn't act upon it.

"Huh? Sorry was….just thinking about something." He replied, wondering how he had allowed himself to go into deep thought in the presence of another person. This person being the exact one etched into his thoughts for what had been a while, ever since he turned a new leaf to be more precise. When he had discovered that Lucy had feelings for that idiot Natsu, he didn't lie when he said it hurt, because in actuality, it killed him. To love someone who didn't return the same feelings that he had for her. It tore him apart in many different ways, to see the person his life revolved around wanting someone that wasn't him.

When he had heard that Natsu and Lisanna were together, he wanted to go comfort her, if only to mend the aches she had. Deep down, he was jumping with glee now that he actually had a chance to win Lucy's heart and with nothing to stop him. He decided to forgo seeing Lucy, as it would seem out of the normal if he had waltzed into her life, caring about what recently happened. But that was all in the past, and now he had to think on ways of making Lucy see that he did like her, however, he wanted to make sure that her past was put back behind her before deciding to go on.

"Thinking? About what?" Lucy slightly cocked her head, wondering what was causing this man to be in serious thought all of a sudden.

"None of your business Blondie." He said with a small smirk, immediately turning his head away from her.

"Ok…?" Lucy replied, deciding not to press the question any further, deciding to change the subject. "So how was your summer? Meet anyone new?" she asked playfully, a playful smirk etching it's way at the corner of her mouth.

Laxus knew without even looking the look the blonde had on her face. He decided to play along for now, but he wouldn't let it go unpunished. "Nope not really. And you? Meet any good looking boys?" he asked, hoping there would be a "No" as an answer. 'Wait why should I be jealous? It's not like we're going out or anything…yet' he inwardly cackled at the end.

"Well…some…although it was more along the lines of them hitting on me." She involuntarily shuddered.

Laxus felt jealousy at her words, his insides boiling with the thought of men surrounding her, asking her to hang out with them. Once again he had to stop himself before that anger would pour out of him, which wouldn't score points towards his plan to get Lucy. So he just let it go, and just like that, the feeling vanished without a trace, no longer plaguing his thoughts and emotions.

"Must be hard to fend off all of them…with your body and all." He smirked, and without even thinking, winked at her as well. He noticed her body stiffen, just for the smallest amount of time, before resuming her slow walk.

"W-Well…" her fingers fidgeting, looking down at the ground as they went, "You are right…it is rather hard to relax with men oogling you at a distance." She nodded while saying that.

"I bet." His voice had deepened a bit, but was oblivious to Lucy, as she hadn't reacted to his tone at all. "I don't blame the others, you have the right amount of curves." He added, his eyes quickly examining her body, having the slightest traces of lust in them as they continued to look at her.

"Wh-What?...You perv!" she screeched loudly, causing Laxus to wince, and most of the people in the gym to stare at the two walking around the gym. Eyeing them carefully before resuming back to what they were doing before the outburst.

"Jeez Blondie, you're going to attract attention with that banshee screech of yours." He stated, his ears ringing from the sharp yell that had just happened moments ago. But he had to admit, that side of her was very cute, causing the love for her to go up even more. He had decided to change the subject after that yell which garnered them unwanted attention to themselves. "So…do you have any parents?" and he immediately wanted to take that back after seeing her reaction. She stopped her walking for a while; sadness was the only thing you could see in her chocolate eyes. She then resumed walking, opening her mouth to say something, but immediately withdrawing as if what she wanted to say, was right on the tip of her tongue. She sighed, and then finally opened her mouth to speak.

"I did….but not anymore…they're both dead now, leaving me alone on this world." She replied sadly, looking up as if she felt them looking down at her, smiling for their daughter. "My mother died when I was younger, protecting me from a vehicle that surely would have killed me upon impact." Laxus noticed a small mound of the salty liquid forming in her eyes, wanting to run down her cheek. It killed him inside to see her like this, and it hurt even more to know that it was he himself that had caused it. Lucy continued, "Then a few years after that, my father had finally fallen Ill, most likely from the heart ache that he had. I was sitting next to him on his death bed, waiting for eternal slumber to take him away. It was sad…sad to see the last thing I had left in this world….vanish in an instant…the pain it caused me was immense." She stopped, barely able to hold back any more of the salty substance pricking her eyes, but what she did next was something he didn't expect…

She was smiling…a smile after all she had been through, losing both her parents. "But then…I met everyone here…and my sadness quickly changed to that of happiness…happy that I finally had something akin to family…you guys." Her smile made his insides melt, so full of emotion. Pain, happiness, sadness…those were the three main feelings that were shown, but the most dominant one of them all was happiness.

After wiping her tears away, she looked at the male beside her, who a few seconds ago had a small smile etched onto his face. "And what about you? Do you have parents?" she asked questioningly, curiosity getting the better of her. She had heard that he was suffering the same way she was, but she didn't understand what had happened to his parents at all.

He sighed, knowing it was his turn to reveal to her about his past, since he had asked her the same. "I…don't know my mother…she died before I had gotten a chance to see her. And my father…well let's just say I don't want to see him ever…after what he had did to me." He replied, sad at first for his mother, which was followed up by anger towards his father. "All he cared about, was for me to get stronger, not caring about anything else. And like what any normal son would do to please their only parent, I had to comply with his demands, and so then on, I had to get stronger for my father's sake." He had added, his mouth set in a firm line on his face, brows furrowed. "That's why…I had that whole superiority complex a couple of years ago. It was only for my Father. But gramps had helped set me on the right path, and well…that's where I'm at right now."

A small smile formed. He was happier with the way things were now, than what his father had turned him into. He went from a cold-hearted, selfish prick, to that of a warm-hearted and friendly person. Which he was currently still working on, as his body gave off an aura that had people scared to approach him.

"I understand, I forgave you a long time ago after your attitude changed. I'm not holding anything against you." She smiled at him, every word that left her mouth was laced with truth. She knew he had changed. He wasn't anything like he used to be, as when they had returned to school a year later, his demeanor had changed drastically.

He was surprised at her words, surprised that she had easily forgiven him for something that had garnered hatred from everyone else. He didn't deserve someone like her, someone so forgiving and innocent, someone who has a heart of gold. This only increased his desire to have her at his side, her and only her. He didn't want to share what she had to offer to anyone else, but the problem still remained the same, he would have to wait for a while to start making his moves.

The bell rang, signaling everyone to go to their next class, which Lucy didn't really want to do. She wanted to continue talking to Laxus, she felt happy in his presence. Why? She didn't have the answer to that, but deep down a certain feeling arose, a feeling that she had felt for the pink-haired fool, Natsu. She fought back to keep the feeling from bubbling to the surface, as she needed more time to cope after what had just recently happened, right now though she was contempt to just speaking and talking to the taller blonde, who she had forgiven when he acted brash. Her mother had taught her that everyone deserves a second chance, no matter how cruel their history was. If they wanted to change, then by all means she had no right to say what they need to do, she just allowed it to take its course, and of course support along the way.

She had waved Laxus goodbye, before walking to the other side of the gym and grabbing her bag. To her surprise he had followed, but she didn't question him, and instead she just smiled at him. Both walking side by side, they exited the gym and headed towards their next class, parting ways before going to their own class. The school year seemed like it was going to be fun, but how she knew that, was beyond her. She just had a deep feeling within her stomach that had told her to look forward to the future. The feeling wasn't far from the truth, because what awaited her, would leave her being happy and contempt.

Well there you go. What you all wanted, that being an interaction between Laxus and Lucy. I liked how it turned out, but I leave that judgment to the readers.

So I had just remembered something, If you all have any ideas, then by all means share them, and maybe I might use them, with credit due where needed of course. I wouldn't dare dream of stealing from someone without consent.

Thanks to those who reviewed, favorited, and followed this story. Your reviews are what keep me from deterring from this story. I truly appreciate your time reading this fic.

Now, the usual ending to this A/N. I thank you all for taking your time reading this. I hope you all have a nice day~ ^_-