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"Why do you have to be in my next class?" muttered the blonde girl as she trudged herself in the hallway.

"Tch Like I had a choice Blondie! Believe me I don't like this either" replied huffily from the raven-haired boy walking a few feet in front of her.

Their companion with long brunette hair burped before she took another swing of her beverage "Can you two love birds keep it down! I'm trying to drink my sake in piece!" she yelled. (A/N: If any of you don't know sake is the Japanese term for alcohol or wine ^-^)

"Shut UP Cana, we are not and let me repeat we are not love birds! And you shouldn't be drinking that! Alcohol is not allowed on school premises," the blonde girl chastised at her friend.

Cana pouted cutely at her friend then grunted "Luuuuuucy" she whined, "You're no fun. You're just like a stick in the mud, no fun at all," she complained.

The boy stifled a laugh as he covered his mouth with his hand as they walked. Lucy's eyes twitched in agitation. She puffed out her cheeks with a slight blush forming on them.

"Shut up" she muttered quietly as she quickened her pace and was now leading the two to the next destination.

Cana just raised her eyebrow at Lucy questionably but then shrugged it off "Come on Gray" she said, "Lucy's butt hurt" she added quickly.

Gray smiled and followed Cana. He had his hands behind his head as he slowly walked to 3A his and Lucy's next period.

'Boy it's going to be a long hour.'

xxxoxxx

Both Lucy and Gray eyed the door for a moment. Due to their high grades and test scores the academy believed that the two of them should a skip a grade level in math (much to the latter's annoyance and disappointment) and they were to start today. (A/N: Gray was madder because it's his first day here and they placed him there without his knowledge XD ahah)

Lucy knew about the level skip which caused her to be very anxious this morning; she also heard Levy had to skip but she has Math 2nd period while Lucy has it 6th. She was nervous and didn't want to go to the new class alone but the Head Master Makarov (A lot of the students call him Jii-chan "Gramps") assured her that there would be another student accompanying her.

It did in fact give her a bit of relief but she didn't know who it was until Lunch when one of her friends asked what class Gray had next and he said "Calculus 3A". Then the butterflies came back in her stomach.

'NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO'

Gray heaved a sighed and then turned his gaze towards Lucy; she looked petrified and at the verge to throw up. He looked at her with pity.

"Well I'll see you guys later, Good luck with your new class!" Cana said as she waved the two goodbyes and walked on to her next class.

Gray nodded at her and then looked at the door; he grabbed the doorknob as he slightly pushed the door to open.

"It's now or never," he whispered as he entered the classroom.

Lucy followed behind looking like a cute lost puppy. She bit her lip 'Hopefully the people here are nice'

As they walked in some students looked at their new guests confused taking note of the junior red ties and not the senior blue ties, their new class mates were second years.

'So these are the new students? GOODLUCK' they silently thought. A girl with long white hair and porcelain skin approached them. She had beautiful blue eyes and the brightest smile any one has ever seen, it was as if she was glowing and radiating sunlight!

"Ah so you two must be the new students!" she exclaimed, "We didn't expect it to be second years though"

"Mirajane-senpai!" Lucy replied happily.

Mirajane Strauss, a 3rd year at Fairy Tail Academy, she has two younger siblings Lisanna who we all met and Elfman who is also in her grade. Ever since Lucy joined the school Mirajane has been her idol and role model. She admired her ever since the day they met.

"Lucy! It's no surprise to see you here!" she giggled as she waved at her friend "And please just call me Mira"

"Mira I'm so happy to see you I'm glad I don't have to be in this class alone."

Mira raised her eyebrows then looked at Lucy and her companion. He had his arms crossed and was looking at Mira intently. Something about him seemed familiar but Mira couldn't put her finger on it.

"Then who's your friend?" she asked in disbelief as she pointed at Gray. Lucy flinched when she realized that she forgot about him.

"Tch He's not a friend just a jerk I met today…" She bluntly stated. She crossed her arms in front of her chest. Mira giggled 'Ara ara someone to make Lucy act this way that's something worth to see'

"So what's your name then? I don't think your name is actually Jerk-San," she says while eyeing him.

The boy still stared at her intently, something about those eyes Mira figured were something familiar. The boy then walked up to her still gazing at her, which caused Mira to flinch in surprise.

He was getting too close as he walked up to her invading her personal bubble space. He then lowered his head to meet Mira's at eye level. The whole class stared at them in shock. 'Was the new guy making a pass at the school's beauty?'

Lucy fumed as she watched the scene, she clicked her tongue and her face was blushing madly at Gray's sudden progress with Mira 'WHAT A PLAYER' she screamed in her mind.

As the two both looked at each other something finally clicked in Mira's mind as the boy placed his forehead against her; still looking at her with those Grey-blue eyes.

He finally spoke "Is that really you Mira?" he asked in disbelief. He then moved his face away from hers and crossed his arms again, back to the original position he was when he entered the class.

Mira suddenly smiled which made the class look at her for her next response.

"GRAY!" she finally exclaimed "Is nice to see you're back!" and she threw her arms in the air and gave the boy a bear hug, something that Gray, Lucy and the whole class didn't expect.

"Ehhhh!" they all exclaimed while Gray looked even more confused deciding whether or not to hug her back.

xxxoxxx

"So when did you get back?" asked a few students that knew the lad and were crowding over his desk.

He just nodded acknowledging that they were there "Actually I just got back this morning" he grinned sheepishly.

"Is Lyon back as well?" asked Alzack who knew Gray since he was 10; he came from the west so when he moved to Mangolia Gray was one of his first friends.

"Ah yeah he'll be back tonight. He said he had some business to finish so he won't be here till tomorrow," Gray mumbled as he started playing with his pencil with a bored expression plastered on his face.

"Well it's good to see you're back after so long!"

Lucy whose desk was next to Gray (She wasn't pleased at all) just eyed the lad as more friends started hovering over him asking questions that he didn't want to answer fully.

Mira caught Lucy staring and gave her a playful smirk, which Lucy fully noticed and turned her head rather rapidly.

Mira giggled and walked up to the now blushing girl "I see you've got your heart set on Gray ne?" she whispered with amusement in her tone.

Lucy's eyes widened and gave Mira a confused glance "What are you talking about?" she hissed, "Like I will ever fall for player like him"

Mira couldn't help but laugh 'Gray a player that's very hard to believe'

"So he changed that much huh?" she added looking at Gray from where he was.

"Yeah sorry to burst your bubble but he is just a cocky know it all" Lucy huffed as she put away her books.

Class was now over since it's only the first week of school and there is not much to do. The class went pretty well. (Much to Gray and Lucy's surprise.)

"GRAY! You look so different now that you've grown up" Mira said as she put away her pencils and paper in her satchel bag. She gave Lucy a knowingly look and heard the girl "humph" and turned away.

Gray yawned, "It's no big deal its just puberty." He said which caused Mira to laugh in reply and ruffle his hair in the progress.

"But I still can't get over that you are Mirajane from when I was a kid. Back then you were a Dem-OW!" Gray was caught off as Mira pinched his cheek really hard.

"What was that?" a dark black aura suddenly surrounded her.

"N-nothing! Nothing!" he shivered in response.

Lucy laughed 'Who knew the cocky confident Fullbuster is afraid of Mira' she giggled 'So that makes two women on his 'I'm afraid of' list. I wonder if they could give me some pointers'

"That's the way to go Gray. Take it like a MAN" a very tall buff guy with white spiky hair said.

"SHUT UP ELF MAN!" Gray yelled annoyed as he rubbed his red cheek. He turned around to payback Mira but noticed she was already uninterested and talking to Lucy and Bisca; a western girl with pretty eyes and long green hair.

Gray sighed in relief knowing that he didn't upset the 'Demon' that much. He grabbed his bag and looked at his next scheduled class.

"Hmm Art, finally a class where I don't have to try. Hopefully Blondie is not in that one" and with that he opened the door and left the class.

xxxoxxx

"KAMI-SAMA what did I ever do to you? Can you please tell me?" Gray whined as he banged his head on the table.

The girl next to him also groaned "BAKA I should be asking Kami-sama that"

What did I ever deserve to have you not also in my class but as my partner?"

Lucy frowned "Hey I'm not that bad. I feel sorrier for myself that I got stuck with you"

"Ne, How many classes exactly do I have with you?" he asks as he lifted his head from the table. He perched his palm underneath his cheek while his elbow rested on the desk.

Lucy furrowed her eyebrows 'That is a good question…'

She took out her schedule that was neatly folded and was placed in her blue binder. Gray took out his slightly crinkled one as well.

They both placed the two pieces of paper next to each other. They both eyed them suspiciously as they scanned the information written. Both their eyes bulged giving off the sense of shock and repulsion.

The schedules were almost practically identical.

"NANI!" Boy, they like yelling the same things at the same time.

The class eyed them. Natsu who was also in their class stopped fighting with Elfman (The class is Art so it is not strictly to just juniors). Erza looked up from her painting and stared at them with much confusion. Lissana and Levy from the other side of the room giggled. Reedus-sensei the teacher of the art class looked at his students worriedly as their sudden outburst caught the class off guard.

Lucy and Gray looked at each other; Lucy blushed and looked away muttering things like "Baka" and "How embarrassing". Gray raised an eyebrow but shrugged it off then muttered inaudible things like "Brat and "Noisy girl".

The bell rang indicating that school was finally over. You can just hear Natsu screaming outside that he was finally getting out some sort of prison. Erza suddenly stopped his outburst as she punched him out and yelled at him to be quieter.

Lucy packed up her things, her face still red from embarrassment from what she did earlier 'that stupid jerk! I can't believe I humiliated myself' she sighed and walked out the door.

She looked out and noticed Elfman and Natsu laughing, talking with Gray. She decided to wait for a few minutes since Natsu did walk her home every day. But after waiting a good five minutes she started to get impatient, before she decided to call out to him, he was all ready leaving with the both of them making plans for after school.

'I guess Natsu is not walking me home today…'

"Lu-chan" Lucy turns around to see her best friend Levy and Lissana waving at her. She greeted them with a smile "Hey"

"Do you want to walk home together?" Lisanna asked.

"Yeah that would be great since Natsu ditched me for Baka-san as you see" she added annoyed.

"Well you can't blame him" Levy giggled, "He is just excited that his best friend came back"

Lisanna nodded "Yeah and a ree? You already gave him a nickname how cute" she said teasingly. Lucy puffed out her cheeks.

"It was meant to be an insult!" she cried which just caused Levy to laugh so hard that she had to clutch her stomach.

"Mo, if you're trying to be mean you need to do better than that Lu-chan!"

Lucy just looked at her friends weirdly "Ahh whatever I'm pretty much over today"

She walked off with her friends following suit, she looked at the sky; the sun was setting giving the sky a hue of orange and pink. The leaves were dancing in the wind, the red, yellow, and orange color adding to the feel of the setting of fall.

She smiled at the scene giving her a sense of peace with in herself 'I guess I will just have to deal with him...' as those words crossed her mind she didn't notice the tightening grip her heart made.

As the sky turns madder red. Its time for that sad season again on such an afternoon I want to go back to the time when I first met you. My heart is beating so madly Even now, it's still tightening up