Yaay~ It's chapter eight :D

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Lucy awoke to the sound of the shower running. She looked around drowsily and registered that Levy was still curled up in her blankets, meaning Wendy was the one occupying the bathroom.

Lucy sat up, rubbing her eyes, and stretched. She then tiptoed over to her desk, careful not to wake her bluenette best friend. According to the alarm clock on her nightstand it was 8:30am. She would get ready after Wendy was finished, so until then the blonde figured she might as well write something.

She wrote short stories in her free time, but she had been wanting to write something that was longer for quite a while now. Maybe in this new home, with new people and surroundings, she would find enough inspiration.

She usually wrote about friendship and romance; she also preferred happy ends, no matter how sad the stories were sometimes.

Lucy was so immersed in brainstorming and coming up with various plots that she failed to noticed the water being turned off and the bathroom door opening. Only as a surprised, quiet voice called out to her, she yanked her head up and turned around. "Lucy-san?"

"Wendy!", she exclaimed with a smile, before remembering her still sleeping best friend and slapped her hand over her mouth. Wendy giggled a bit.

"Why is Lucy-san up this early in the morning?", she asked.

"Shouldn't I be the one asking that?", the blonde retorted. "You went to bed the same time as us! Shouldn't you be getting more sleep?"

Wendy averted her eyes, pouting. "Please don't treat me like a kid!"

Lucy bit back a laugh. It was hard to take her seriously when she was doing that; it made her look even younger than she already was. It was incredibly adorable.

"I got a text from Jellal this morning", Wendy stated. Lucy raised a brow. From Jellal? Now that was unexpected. Though, she knew they had a connection of sorts, so maybe it wasn't that surprising. They must have exchanged numbers recently, since Wendy hadn't owned a cellphone until a few days ago.

Levy had dug out her old cellphone for Wendy; it was a cellphone with buttons and a small display that only had the basic functions of calling and texting.

Still, the thirteen-year-old had teared up as Levy handed it to her after their last day of school at Cait Shelter.

Rogue and Sting were paying for the phone contract, since it was only for messaging and calling, it cost close to nothing. They still had a lot of their savings from the jobbing they had done over the past two years. Wendy had frantically tried to object, her nature making it impossible to accept this much from them, but in the end she had agreed to letting them pay until she was old enough to get a job and able to pay for herself.

At that point, the young bluenette had already had tears streaming down her cheeks; she had then completely broken into sobs of happiness as she saw the four entries in her contacts.

Even though Wendy got along well with almost everyone due to her polite and kind nature, she had never really had a group of close friends she belonged to. To the bluenette, this was probably an invaluable proof of friendship.

Being able to watch the young girl expand her circle of friends and become happier with every new person she became close with was precious.

"So, what did Jellal want?", the blonde inquired.

"Ah, yes. He told me that Sting-san and Rogue-san are still asleep, but he would meet me at the entrance of Fairy Halls if I wanted to pick up Charle."

"I see." Lucy remembered the boys mentioning that they were sharing a room, together with Elfman, who had been occupying the room by himself until then. 'Sharing a room with other men is manly' had apparently been the first words he said as he had welcomed them into the room.

"Can I come along?", she asked Wendy, feeling like catching some fresh air.

"Sure!", the bluenette smiled.

"Let me get ready real quick then." Lucy whizzed into the bathroom after grabbing a set of clothes and got ready in lightning speed. After brushing her teeth and combing her hair she met up with Wendy in front of their door. They went down the corridor and the stairs and stepped out through Fairy Hills' entrance. Wendy sucked in a deep breath.

Lucy gave her a side glance. "Are you okay with your hair wet like that? Won't you get sick?"

Wendy smiled. "I will be fine. I already dried it off a bit with the towel, anyway."

The took a short walk across the campus instead of heading to the boys' dorm directly. It was quiet except the occasional faint sound of a voice where classroom windows were open. Of course; everyone besides the transfer students had classes after all.

They finally sat down on a bench near Fairy Halls as the young bluenette pulled her cellphone out and sent Jellal a short text message. They then patiently waited while simply enjoying each others company and the quiet.

"Hey, it's you!"

Lucy and Wendy jumped, startled by the voice that had suddenly called out to them from behind.

The blonde turned her head and was met with the sight of a familiar pinkette, a broad grin plastered on his face.

"Natsu?!"

He just kept grinning at her for a moment and then turned towards Wendy. "Hey, little girl, do you know someone called Luigi?"

Lucy let out a snort. Seriously?

Natsu decided to ignore her and waited for Wendy's answer, who turned away with a pout. "No, I don't." Lucy suspected she was offended by the 'little girl' part.

Natsu only blinked and scratched his head. "Huh."

Lucy noticed something. "By the way, shouldn't you be in class?" Natsu flinched. He looked unmistakably guilty.

Wendy narrowed her eyes on him. "You shouldn't do such things", she scolded.

Suddenly, the heard a rumbling sound, followed by a "Naaaaaatsuuuuuu~!"

From the direction of the school building, a scarlet-haired woman was thundering towards them.

"Crap, It's Erza!", Natsu yelped, running for his dear life. Only seconds later, Erza dashed past them, catching up to Natsu at incredible speed. "Natsu Dragneel! Get back here!" Wendy and Lucy soon lost sight of them.

"Was that Erza just now?" Another voice said from next to them.

"Jellal!", Wendy exclaimed. Lucy's eyebrow shot up. No '-san'? Hmm~

"Here", the blue-haired male said as the white feline he had been holding up till then jumped into Wendy's arms.

"Charle!" The bluenette hugged the female cat tightly. "I missed you..."

Both Jellal and Lucy smiled warmly.

Okay, let's cut this here~

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