Lucy sat in the student could council roommate, scribbling in her notebook. Gray was a few seats away from her, swirling his pen. The only other person in the room was Jellal, who was doing something at his desk.
She was just waiting for Gray to ask her about the list. When she got on her phone, she saw the the text message was aready viewed. It was obvious he read it, but he hasn't asked her about it. She wouldn't know what to say if he did ask, so she was glad he didn't. It had been a whole week, which just made it surprising.
"I'm going to go get a drink," Gray said. He chair made a screeching noise as he stood up. He swiftly left the room.
Lucy looked to the door, just to make sure he was gone. Since he was, she grabbed her notebook and snuck over to Jellal. He didn't even lift his head when she walked past. She stood behind him and lifted her notebook in the air.
With one hit to the head, Jellal was out like a light.
X
"He's waking up!" Wendy said happily. She looked to Jellal, who was laying on a bed in the nurse's office
"What happened?" Jellal asked groggily. He groaned when his head started pounding. Erza was at his side in an instant.
"Gray came into the room and saw you passed out on the floor," Erza said, stroking his hair. He leaned into her touch and sighed in relief. His head was starting to feel better already.
"The nurse said you could rest in here the rest of the day," Levy said.
"Alright," Jellal said. He wasn't really sure what she said. He was too busy concentrating on what Erza was doing. He just wished it could always be like that. Erza was only paying attention to him because he was injured.
"Here," Wendy said, handing him a glass of water. He realized how thirsty he way. He licked his lips. The moment he did, he tasted something.
Strawberries.
X
"Then I divide by ten?" Gray asked, looking up to Lisanna.
"No, you multiply," she said. She pointed to the notebook. "Your sign is already division, so you would multiply to cancel it out."
"Why did I have to fail algebra?" he asked, sighing. He looked at the equation again. He might as well of been reading another language. Math was his weakest subject. Actually, it was his only weak subject. Luckily, Lisanna was amazing at algebra, and offered to help him. They both stayed after school to work.
"Gray!" Lisanna yelled, smacking his head. He groaned and looked up at her, rubbing the spot she hit. "Why are you adding seven?!"
"I don't know!" he yelled, completely flustered.
"You already subtracted seven! Why would you bring it back?!"
"I said I don't know!"
She knew he was bad, but she didn't realize he was that bad. She took a deep breath and let out a sigh. "Okay, why don't we take a break?" she asked sweetly. He didn't need to be told twice. He threw his pencil to the desk and leaned back in his chair, sighing in relief. His brain was starting to hurt.
When his stomach started to grumble, he made his way over to his backpack. He pulled out a candy bar and took a bite. He looked over to Lisanna and saw her writing more problems in his notebook. He rolled his eyes and looked around the room. His eyes landed on Lucy's backpack, which was resting a few seats away. He didn't even realize she was still at school. His eyes widened when he saw her notebook sitting beside her bag. He looked back to Lisanna. Since she still wasn't paying attention, he walked over to Lucy's stuff. He picked up the notebook. It was a few inches thick. He noticed a paragraph printed in gold on the cover.
'Eyes, look your last!
Arms, take your last embrace!
And you, O lips, seal with a righteous kiss,
A dateless bargain to engrossing death.'
He felt sick to his stomach. He was holding the notebook Lucy wrote in after she kissed his brother and sister. The quote even mentioned kissing. He pushed the thought aside and flipped open to the first page. Before he could read a word, the door swung open, catching his attention. He quickly closed the book. Lucy was in the doorway.
"What are you doing?" she demanded, stomping over to him.
"I was putting your notebook in your bag," he lied. "I didn't want you to forget it."
"Thanks, but I won't forget it," she snapped. She grabbed the notebook and picked up her bag. "Are you ready to go home?"
"Oh," he said, looking to Lisanna. "I was getting help on some homework."
"I'll help you," she offered. His head snapped back to her. "I just need to get home. You can eat dinner at my house, too."
"It's fine," Lisanna said. She heard the whole conversation. "Mom needed me home soon, anyways."
"You sure?" Gray asked.
"Gray, it isn't exactly fun teaching you basic math," she said, crossing her arms.
"See? Let's go," Lucy said, walking out the door. Gray scrambled to grab his bag and run after her.
X
"There you go!" Lucy cheered. "That wasn't that hard, was it?"
"It was actually easy," Gray said, pure amazement in his voice. She was such a better teacher than Lisanna.
It was about five in the evening. They were both sitting in the kitchen. A half empty pizza box and an empty pop bottle sat beside them. They just ordered pizza fir dinner, since Laxus didn't go grocery shopping yet. He was watching TV in the living room, but decided to go check on Gray and Lucy.
"Are you guys almost done?" he asked, leaning against the counter.
"Yeah, we're done," Gray said. He ignored the scowl Laxus was giving him. He heard a notice outside. "I think someone is here."
Laxus got up and went to the front door. The moment he opened it, he was tackled to the ground. He fell backwards with her on top of him. The woman had long green hair that was tied into a pony-tail. She had big green eyes. "Laxus!" she said happily.
"Misa, get off of me," Laxus groaned. She quickly got off of him and helped him up. "What are you doing here?"
"I came to check up on you two," she said in a serious voice. "I have to look out for those under me, right?"
"That's sick, Misa," a man tsked, walking into the house. His eyes landed on Lucy and smiled. "Hey, Sweets, how've you been?"
"Dan," Lucy said, honestly surprised. She looked over to Gray. He was picking at the corner of his notebook.
"Come on, don't I get a hug?" Dan asked, stretching his arms out. She rolled her eyes and ran over to him. He smiled and wrapped his arms around her.
"Did Michelle come?" she asked. Right on cue, a girl with curly brown hair entered the house.
"Dan!" she said worriedly. She walked over and separated the two. "You know you aren't suppose to touch her!"
"Come on, one hug won't hurt," he whined, crossing his arms.
"Yes it can!" Michelle whined, stomping her foot.
"Guys, it's okay," Lucy said, stepping between the two siblings. "By the way, how's Bosu?"
"He's very pleased with you," Misa said. "You've been delivering steady reports."
"I try," Lucy said, blushing. She scratched her head and looked to the floor.
Gray cleared his throat, making everyone look at him. Lucy and Laxus forgot he was even there. "So, uh, I should be going," he said. He didn't think he needed to be involved in the reunion taking place. He put his things in his backpack and stood up, ready to leave.
"No, you don't have to," Lucy quickly said. She looked back to her old friends. "Are you guys staying in town?"
"Actually," Dan said, laughing awkwardly. "We were going to stay here..."
"Michelle stays in Lucy's room, Dan gets the couch, and I get the guest room," Misa said, taking control.
"Y-yes," Laxus and Lucy both stuttered. They knew how Misa could get.
"Laxus, Dan, go get the bags," Misa said. The two boys quickly left. "Lucy, I need to know your intentions with this boy." She looked right at Gray when she spoke.
"What?!" Lucy shrieked. She blushed and shook her head. "I was helping him with math!"
"Good," Misa said. "I don't have to remind you, do I?"
"No," Lucy said sadly, the tension in the air finally dying down.
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