Chapter 4-Being Followed
Selena kept following Zane down the street in a close, but not too close distance. Zane and Happy were not able to notice they were being followed. At one moment when Zane turned around, Selena had hidden behind an alleyway to hide and moved her head around the corner to get another glance at him when he looked away. Selena then breathed heavily at the sight of Zane.
"What am I doing?" Selena asked.
"What are you doing?" Terra's voice asked back.
"Terra, where are you?" Selena asked back.
Selena's brother Terra then stood back up from where he was hiding. Terra was hidden behind a trash can appearing half-dressed.
"Terra, what are you doing here?" Selena asked "And where are the rest of your clothes?"
Terra then looked down and noticed he was half-dressed at the moment and began to make a shocked face.
"I was doing reconnaissance." Terra answered "What are you doing here?"
"Well, you know…I just thought it would be a nice evening to take a walk outside." Selena nervously answered back.
Selena then turned her head back to look at Zane who was currently stopped walking in the middle of the street to tie his shoes. Terra looked in Selena's direction to notice what she was looking at.
"I can't believe this." Terra commented "You're stalking Zane Dragneel?"
"I'm not stalking him." Selena answered in denial.
"Yes, you are." Terra corrected "You seriously do have a crush on the guy, don't you?"
"Fine, I admit it." Selena admitted "It's just that the way I saw him today had really stricken me. I think I've finally found the one I want to be with."
"That is insane on so many levels." Terra commented.
"Come on, just look at him." Selena replied as she made Terra look at Zane again.
Selena and Terra then resumed their conversation in the alleyway.
"Now that you think about it, I would definitely make him my man if I had the chance." Terra commented.
"Thank you for that, but Zane is mine, alright?" Selena replied in a harsh tone.
"You know, there are other ways of getting Zane's attention." Terra advised "You don't need to stalk him or anything."
"Well, it worked when our mother did it to our father." Selena commented.
"You're crazy, you know that." Terra commented back "But I guess people do crazy things when they're in love."
"Listen, can you please not telling anyone about this?" Selena requested.
"Of course I will." Terra answered "You wouldn't want our father to know that you're in love with the son of his competition, do you?"
Selena was aware of the ongoing rivalry between her father, Gray and Zane's father, Natsu. However, that did not matter in her own mind, because she was still heart stricken with how she desired for Zane to become her boyfriend.
"Anyway, I have somewhere else to get to." Terra explained "I still have some reconnaissance work to do."
As Terra was about to walk away, he said one last thing to Selena.
"Before I head off, Selena, I hope that you find what you're looking for in Zane." Terra assured.
"Thanks, Terra." Selena replied "By the way, Terra, you still haven't put on any damn clothes."
"Good luck stalking Zane." Terra replied as a comeback.
Terra then left which made Selena all alone at that moment. Selena started to daydream again about Zane. She imagined Zane standing up from a kneeled position right behind her as she turned around. Zane was currently shirtless and only wearing his scarf and pants.
"Come with me if you want to live." Zane claimed.
Selena then ran off with Zane as she held his hand. All of the sudden, they were both surrounded by thugs. Selena and Zane then prepared themselves for battle. They worked together to defeat the thugs. Selena made ice attacks and Zane made fire attacks. The fight escalated for a few minutes but was finally over once they made a massive attack.
"Ice Make Hammer!" Selena shouted as she made her attack.
"Fire Dragon Blast!" Zane shouted as he made his attack.
As soon as they defeated the thugs, they stood beside each other and turned to glance at each other.
"Are you alright?" Selena asked.
"Of course I am." Zane answered "You know me. Why don't we get to that make out scene?"
"It sounds great." Selena commented.
As Selena imagined placing her lips on Zane's lips, Selena then woke up once again from her daydream and resumed to follow Zane. However, as Selena looked back, she found that Zane was already in a far distance from her but kept going to find out where he went. Selena followed Zane until she saw him stop by a house. Selena was hidden behind a tree with her head around the corner to look at Zane.
"Happy, could you give me a boost up?" Zane asked.
"May I ask what it is you're doing?" Happy asked back.
"It's something that you had better not tell my father about." Zane answered.
Happy then flew Zane up to the one of the windows of the house where Zane would do a stylized knock. Someone inside then opened the window. The person happened to be Leanna Redfox, who was the 13 year-old daughter of Gajeel Redfox and Levy McGarden. She, along with her twin brother, Leon Redfox was an iron dragon slayer wizard. Leanna and Leon both had long black hair and brown eyes. Leanna often wore sleeveless shirts and blue pants.
"How are you doing, Leanna?" Zane asked.
"You do know that there is a front door." Leanna responded "You don't have to climb through the window."
"Oh, come on, my entrance style is much more fun." Zane replied "Can I come inside, please?"
As Selena saw Zane with Leanna, she started to feel jealous.
"I can't believe my eyes." Selena said to herself "Does Zane happen to have feelings for Leanna Redfox? What does she have that I don't? I obviously need some way to prove myself worthy to date Zane."
Selena began to feel even more upset when she soon saw Zane enter Leanna's room through the window.
"Leanna, that there is my man." Selena continued speaking to herself "I think it's time you've found some other guy to pluck."
Zane started speaking to Leanna the moment he entered her room through the window.
"What are you doing here anyway?" Leanna asked.
"I thought I should come see you." Zane answered.
"What is this about?" Leanna continued asking.
"So, I found the perfect wizard job for us to do tomorrow." Zane continued answering as he showed her the job posting.
"This is an extermination job." Leanna explained as she looked at the posting "You want us to hunt down a mysterious bandit nicknamed 'The Phoenix'?"
"Come on, we're ready for this." Zane answered.
"That wizard has just on gone on a rampage after recovering from his coma/telekinetic-energy-cocoon recovery." Leanna argued.
"Don't worry. We got my brother, Leonardo and Erza's daughter Rila to back us up." Zane replied.
"I can't believe I'm agreeing to this." Leanna replied back "Alright, I'll come with you guys tomorrow."
"Shake on it." Zane requested as he held out his hand.
Leanna then grabbed onto Zane's hand with her right hand to shake it. Leanna's lower right arm was entirely made up of metal used by her magic to conceal the fact regarding that part of her arm became amputated after an injury on a previous wizard job.
"Leanna, do you have someone else in your room with you right now?" Gajeel asked from afar.
"No, I don't, Dad." Leanna answered to her father before answering back to Zane "That's the signal for you to go now."
"Man, someone is being feisty." Zane commented "So, I'll see you tomorrow."
"See you tomorrow, dragon slayer." Leanna greeted back.
Zane then climbed out of the window and jumped down to the ground. He and Happy then proceeded to walk back to the Dragneel household. Selena continued to spy on Zane, but was figuring out a way to get the nerve to go up and talk to him.