(Gasp! He's not dead!) Yeah, sorry its been like forever since I lasted posted anything. It's been a mixture of looking for a part time job, trying to enjoy my summer while it last before I start community college in a couple of weeks. (Sigh) Darn me for trying to get my education! But here's the next chapter. Chapter 8 is in the works and should be uploaded soon, but until then:
On with the story!
Chapter 7:
Laxus groaned as he tossed and turned in his bed as the alarm continued to blare off. He reached over on his night stand, looking for the snooze button inadvertently knocking over something which smashed on the ground with a hard thud. Ignoring the mess that he would have to wipe up later, Laxus continued his hunt for the button when the alarm suddenly stopped.
Laxus, letting out a sigh of relief, sunk back into his bed when his alarm soon started up again. With a reluctant sigh, Laxus roughly grabbed the alarm clock and pulled it from the outlet socket before chucking it toward the wall. Laxus figured that he either had another mess to clean up or a hole in the wall to patch up, but he wasn't going to find out until he got at least another three hours of sleep.
And just when it felt like he was going to get back to sleep, the door bell started to buzz. Using his pillow as a silencer, Laxus tried to block as much of the sound out as possible hopefully whoever was at the door would eventually give up and go home, however, the door assailant continued to bang on the door with all their might. Realizing that sleep wasn't going to happen, Laxus rolled out of his very comfortable bed, carefully walking over the mess that he would have to clean up later, dragging himself down his unnecessarily long hallway to his front door.
He snatched the door open and was met with bright sunlight, causing him to shield his eyes
"Bout time you answered" Evergreen strided in, Laxus stepped to the side letting her in and was about to close the door when a hand stopped him
"Hey, that hurts me feelings" a loud laugh cut through the air, a tall man with black and blue hair styled into a Mohawk pushed the door open
"My bad" Laxus said letting a yawn escape his mouth as he let Bickslow in
Both, Evergreen and Bickslow found themselves in his living room, Evergreen occupied the love seat as Bickslow stretched out on the sofa
Laxus's real apartment was, for all of one word, a penthouse. He lived in one of the richest complex's that bordered Magnolia. He lived at the top floor, five rooms, two and a half bath, inside and outside pool, fantastic view of the whole city from his porch. Laxus had only let one of his "guests" ever stay at his real house, and he caught her in the dead of night trying to make off with some of his valuables. The only time that he ever allowed them to enter his house was when he knew for a fact that they were leaving right after they were done.
"You know, when someone says make yourself at home, they don't mean it literally "he said scratching the back of his head with one hand as the other was showed in his pocket
"Well" Evergreen chuckled as she crossed her legs, making Laxus roll his eyes
"Don't be like that" Bickslow grinned "You know that you're glad to see us"
"Tch, whatever, why are you guys even here" Laxus said taking a seat on the opposite side of Evergreen "Shouldn't you be at work?"
"You know I don't work" Evergreen chimed in
"Not you"
Bickslow let out a menacing cackle as he watched the two bicker
Laxus had known Bickslow for as long as he could remember, the man had a weird sense of humor but was good person to be around, most of the time. Combined with his over active hyperness and skill with those little creepy puppet things that he carried with him everywhere, Bickslow earned a living as a performer, children's birthday parties were his main source of income.
"Oh, the party that I was working got cancelled" he said slumping further on the sofa
"So you both came to bother me on my day off, great" Laxus commented walking into his kitchen and fishing for something to drink, finally deciding on a half empty bottle of water
"Well, it was either that or have this idiot at my house all day entertaining me with his puppets" Evergreen said shuddering at the though
"Don't pretend you would have enjoyed it" he said giving her a crooked smile
"I'd rather give Laxus a blow—"
"Whoa, whoa. Keep me out of this" he said downing the last of his drink
"Thanks for offering" Evergreen said annoyed
"You know where everything is" he said tossing the bottle behind him not caring where it landed
"I'm surprised that your house isn't breaming with trash by now" she said flipping her hair over her shoulder
"Then why don't you clean it?"
"Because, manual labor isn't for the beautiful"
"Then I guess you shouldn't have a problem" Bickslow commented earning him a heel to the face
"So what's the plan" Laxus asked ignoring his half bleeding friend on the floor
"Well, I figured that we could do some shopping, then hit that cute little Italian place down town, and then—"
"Let me guess, you want me to pay for this little excursion" he eyed his friend up and down
"I had hoped so" Laxus sighed already knowing the answer to his question
"Fine" he said pushing himself up "Let me just take a shower"
"Make it quick, time is your money"
"Yeah, yeah" Laxus said walking over his slumped friend "Meanwhile, do something about him"
"No promises"
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"And then, Zancrow fumbled the ball, but get this, he drops it on the 45 yard line. I mean, who does that"
"Apparently he did" I said half listening to Chelia regale the story about the football game the other day, which I was fortune enough to have missed out on because of my little hospital visit. It had been about two days since I had been back home. The house was empty except for me, Juno was down the street as a friend's house and my parent's where at work, as usual. My mom was reluctant to leave but decided to when my dad reminded her of all the work she had to do. She made Juno promise her that he would check up on me every couple of minutes, to which he puffed his chest and out proclaimed
"Commander J is on the case!"
I chuckled at the memory of him running down the street just to run back and see if I needed anything
"Are you laughing at me" Chelia seized on the other side of the phone
"No, just…thinking is all"
"I'm so happy that you voice is back to normal" she giggled
"Me and you both"
Luckily, the antibiotics that the doctor had me doped up on had kicked in to the point where my throat didn't hurt as bad but just throbbed. It had thankfully stopped me from talking like, as Juno had put it, a mega-super-awesome robot commander
"Oh and guess what" she said dragging out each syllable as she spoke. I could picture her now, all giddy with excitement over something that couldn't have been really important
"What" I breathed out
"Shima said "Hey"" she purred out
I could feel myself physical shudder when she said that
"Oh….how nice"
"Yeah" I could feel her bouncing off the wall of her room as she spoke "Said that since his Tomo couldn't be there—"
"He did not say that!"
"Cross my heart, word for word" she pledged "Told the whole team that he was going to pay you a visit"
I groaned and threw my head back, that's when a thought hit me "Hey, do you think it was him who sent me those flowers?"
Chelia got quiet for a minute "I thought about that, but why wouldn't he put his name"
"Good point" I breathed a silent sigh of relief. I don't know why but, the thought of having Shima sending me those flowers kind of took the preternatural essence out of them. When I look at the flowers, a sense of warmth ness washes over me, like I could wrap myself in them and feel safe
"Anyway, I thought that he would stop by the hospital to see you but since he didn't, he might make a house visit later. I would prepare if I were you"
I let out a loud laugh "He doesn't even know where I live" the line got quiet "Chelia" the line continued to be quiet and I could hear soft whistling on the other side
"Chelia" I warned "He doesn't know where I live, right"
The whistling turned to soft humming
"Chelia!"
"Yes, my dear" I could hear her stifling in a laugh
"You didn't!" I screamed
"Why, whatever could you possibly mean" she said in her fake innocent voice. Just then, there was a knock at the front door followed by a couple of doorbell rings.
"Please be Juno" I repeated over and over in my head as I grabbed the crutch on the side of my bed and used it to sneak my way over to my window and peer outside of it. There, standing on my front porch, suit and all, was the object of my discontent
"Hey, what's going on?" I heard Chelia scream as I crutched my way over to my bed. Without thinking, I placed the crutch awkwardly on the rug that lined my room and managed to slip and stumble, hitting the ground with a hard thud; So much for trying to hide
The doorbell continued to ring profusely and gave up on trying to pretend I wasn't home. I reached over on my bed and grabbed my cellphone
"What's all that noise? Are you okay? Answer me dangit! Ignoring all her question I pulled myself up
"I'll call you back" I said before hanging up and slumping back to the ground. Getting up and carefully dragging myself down the stairs, I made my way to the door. I reached to turn the knob but pulled back, shaking my head I realized that if I didn't face him now, then he would just go to my parents and cause even more problems. Gripping the doorknob with all the courage I could muster and swung it open
"Ah, Tomo" he said beaming down at me
"Hi, Shima" I said trying to sound at least a little pleasant
Shima Nohiro was basically a blonde haired version of Bear Grylls that played football (Wait, did Bear Grylls play football?) He was the Quarterback for the Sterling Red Wolfs, and one of the most openly sexual person that I had ever met. He came out at the game against MPA freshmen year, there was even a YouTube video that got a very sizable amount of views. His parents owned a couple of business in town and placed a flyer all around preaching
"Our son is gay. Hip Hip-Hooray!"
It was the weirdest thing that ever hit Magnolia, but everyone decided just to run with it. Whenever someone would say something slick about him, all he had to do was tower over them and they instantly clamped up. The dude was 6, 8, an admirably masculine build, and a great personality. However though…
"I brought these for you" he said shoving a bouquet of roses toward my body. I looked down and then back up at him, he finally caught on that I had a crutch
"Oh sorry, I didn't realize" he started to chuckle nervously and I sighed before snatching the flowers out of his hand with my free one
"Thanks" I grumbled
We stood there for a minute, he ran a frustrated hand through his short blond locks and I sighed before moving
"Wanna come inside?"
His whole demeanor changed and he shook his head a little too eagerly. He walked in stopping to take his shoes off before walking and siting on the sofa. I crutched myself over to the love seat on the opposite side of the room and placed the roses on the table
"Those will probably need to be put in some water" he commented
"Yeah…I'll do that later" I said trying not to look at him
"Um, I heard something stumbling earlier…Is everything alright?"
"Oh yeah, that was just me…not used to this yet" I said waving the crutch around
"I see, how long you have to have it on?"
"Couple of weeks"
"Oh that's good. I mean! Good that you only have to have it for a short time, not that you have…I didn't mean to, you know"
"I got it" I said wanting him to stop babbling
He coughed nervously before tugging on his tie
"What's with the get up?"
"Oh this" he said looking down at his attire "I didn't know if your parents were home or not, and I wanted to make a good impression" him saying that made me arch an eyebrow
"Too much?"
"Just a little"
He groaned and hung his head
I shifted a little on the love seat to place my casted leg in a more comfortable position. This conversation was beginning to become tedious, as was his presence
"Why exactly are you here again"
His shocked expression turned from one of scorn to concern
"When I heard about the fire at MPA I started to worry about you, and when you didn't show up at the game, I kind of put two and two together." He looked up at me and I couldn't help but stare back, those green eyes of his were full of compassion and longing, like those of a little puppy
"I worry about you, Tomo" his voice dripping with emotion
I could feel my heart skip a beat as he said that. He always had to say those mushy things to me
"Well, thanks" I mumbled feeling myself become slightly flustered
The relationship between Shima and I could be compared to that of a cat and mouse, with me being the mouse in this scenario. When the word spread around that I liked to, how you say, pick my berries from the other side of the fence. He had the great idea that we should go berry picking together. A slew of emotions hit me that day but one thing continuously stuck in my mind
Hell No.
It's not that he isn't a good person, it was just that he came on so strong and it kind of made me uncomfortable; That, and a whole other bunch of things that just made my head hurt, so to avoid myself of that headache I decided keep Shima at a distance, which doesn't help because the boy is just so freaking persistent
Suddenly the door bell rung and a knock soon followed it
"That'll be Juno" I thought about to get up when Shima suddenly jumped up
"I'll get it" he said running over to the door, I sat back down and could hear the creak of the front door as it opened
"To—mo?" I could hear Juno break my name up as recognized that I wasn't the one to open the door. The next thing that I could hear was a scream before Juno bolted into the living room
"Intruder!"
He grabbed the nearest thing to him, which happened to be my crutch, and ran back to the front door, the next thing that could be heard was the yelps of a 18 year old boy as he was unmercifully beaten by a small 8 year old
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Laxus stopped as he pulled up in front of the Fairy Tail bar, after spending the whole day with Evergreen and Bickslow, he desperately needed a drink. Laxus pressed his hand on the door when someone grabbed his attention
"Laxus" the voice called out to him
Laxus pulled his hand back ad looked down to see his grandfather walking up to him
"Oh, hey gramps" he said greeting the short man
"It's nice to see you too" Makarov said beaming up at him
Laxus had to admit, it had felt like a long time since had last seen his grandfather, but with everything that had happened recently it was really neither one of their faults
"Yeah" Laxus nodded to the man placing his hand back on the door
"I head that you rescued a kid the other day, I'm very proud of you"
Laxus sniggered his teeth "Whatever, it was just work, nothing to big"
"Not to big!" Makarov jumped up and smacked Laxus on the back of the head
"Ow, what was that for" Laxus said rubbing his newly formed lump
"Laxus, you saved a child's life, because of what you and the others did, that kid can grow up to make the world a better place" Makarov preached as he tugged on tugged on his mustache and nodded knowingly
"If you say so" Laxus said finally pushing the door open
The pair walked in and instantly caught sight of Gajeel carrying some boxes while a petite sized girl stood next to him
"I don't think he's- oh!" she stopped when she saw them
Laxus started the girl for a moment before tunng his attention to Gajeel, the tall man narrowed his eyes at Laxus, causing him to smirk in return
"Laxus," Gajeel growled at the man before dropping the boxes and walking over, he stood directly on front of Laxus face
Laxus chuckled at the man infront of him "Gajeel" he greeted the other man "still mad about the swap I see" he said clearly knowing the answer
"You got it bastard" the man barked
Laxus waved his hand nonchantly "fancy a rematch"
"You're on jerk" Gajeel said with an evil gleam in his eye
"Tonight?"
"Nah, I'm on the early shift tomorrow"
"Ah. Saturday?"
"You're on!"
"Same wager"
"You got it"
Laxus and Gajeel both glared at each other with evil smirks on their faces before shaking hands. Laxus looked behind Gajeel at the blue haired girl, she was talking to his grandpa about something he couldn't hear
"Hey"
"Yeah?"
"That chick over their" Laxus said gesturing to the girl "That's the one you been talking about"
"Yeah" Gajeel said looking over his shoulder grinning "That's shrimp"
"Ah" Laxus really wasn't interested in the girl one way or another, from what he had heard Gajeel already had dibs on her
"Anyway, what the hell are you doing here so early? Taking some tips from Cana"
Gajeel chuckled and Makarov joined in, meanwhile the girl was standing their looking lost, and from what Laxus had been told about her already, that was how she looked most of the time anyway
"Nah, had to help shrimp move her crap" he said jabbing a thumb behind him
Laxus looked around Gajeel at the woman and stared, he could feel her being intimated by his stare
"H-hello!" she said weakly with a little wave
"Yo" Laxus replied nodded at her
Laxus watched as Gejeel walked back over to the woman and said something that apparently infuriated her. He watched as he picked the boxes back up and chuckled as she fumed at him, Laxus felt something tug at him on his insides, suddenly his mission for a drink turned sour
"Anyway, I got go. See ya later Gramps" he said patting the man on the head as he walked by "Gajeel, Shrimp" Laxus waved back at them before exiting the building.
Laxus closed the door to his car and started it up, but as he went to turn the car into the corrective gear something caused him to stop. Laxus didn't know that had gotten into him but watching how Gajeel and that shrimp girl acted around each other caused something to stir up inside of him. The way they flirted without either of them paying attention to it, the in between the line signals that they sent each other made Laxus made at the thought.
Laxus shook his head of the thought "Whatever" he said pulling the car into drive
"I don't feel like going home" he mumbled pulling his phone up and going through his contracts looking for someone to "entertain" that night
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Waking up in the middle of the night to pee, normal. Waking up to pee in the middle of the night with a cast, annoying
I pulled myself up and reached for my crutch, using it to walk myself over to my bathroom was a lot more difficult than people thought. Opening the door and pulling myself over to the toilet, I realized that I had another issue to deal with.
Peeing while sitting down had always been a strange sensation to me, but it was the only choice that I had for the time being, unless I wanted a mess of course. After finishing my business and flushing (of course) I walked over to the mirror to wash my hands. As the cool water ran over my hands, I looked up at my reflection in the mirror. It had felt like a long time since I had done that;
There was a scar left on top of my forehead from when I had been buried underneath the rubble. The burns on my body and that scar reminded me that the events that took place actually happened. I remember being in the burning building and then being covered, but everything after that was all a blur. The images of that moment keep repeating themselves over and over in my head. The fear of being trapped, the feeling of almost being dead, all of it caused a cold chill to run down my spine.
But all of that couldn't prepare me for going back to school tomorrow. Just the thought of having to deal with everyone's stares was enough to make my stomach churn. Shaking my head, I continued to stare at myself, I promised that if I got out of that situation alive that I would change myself for the better, do all the things that I would never normally do.
Bending down to turn the water off, some of my hair flung over my shoulder and a strong odor hit my nose, I sniffed around and finally sniffed my hair, the smell of smoke was so strong that it almost knocked my off my feet or rather foot.
Okay, the brand new me will start right after I get this smell out of my hair
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Getting dress was another struggle that I would find out. The cast was so bulky that getting my pants to go up around it was proving to be difficult. After hopping around my room and tripping a couple of time in the process, I was finally dressed. Grabbing my bag and heading down stairs, the smell of something burning suddenly hit my nose and realized that it could only mean one thing, my mom was trying to cook.
Rushing into the kitchen, my mom was desperately fanning over the pot as the smoke continued to spew from it, grabbing a cup of water I quickly douched the pot and turned it off before placing a lid on top of it
Letting a sigh escape my mouth, I glanced over at my mom she looked tired and completely disarray, her hair was sticking out in all directions and the bags under her eyes had bags. She was wrapped up in her bright blue bathrobe
I could hear her muttering something to herself, something about a stupid pot
"Umm" there were a couple of different thing that I could have said at that time, each probably ending up with me getting a death stare, so umm seemed like the simple and least repercuptive (If that's even a word)
"I'll take of things down here so…you…can" she turned her head to look at me and a wave of emotion washed over her face, she sighed before wiping her hands off on her robe
"Don't worry about it" she said "I'll just pick something up on the way" she sounded defeated as she made her way up stairs. I groaned and limped my way into the living room, to my surprise Juno was already in there dressed and flipping through the TV
"Morning" he said not looking in my direction
"Morning" I replied back a little suspicious "You're up early" I commented easing my weight onto the sofa
"Yeah" he said changing the channel to some weird early morning show about the wonders of healthy eating
Okay something was seriously up here, the normally energetic, loud mouth brother that I had come to know was just sitting here, still, well…not being crazy
"Umm, are you feeling okay?"
"Yeah, just a sleepy" he responded nonchalantly continuing to flip through the channels "And a little hungry" he grumbled as he stomach growled
"Oh, do you want me to get you something" I asked about to get up
"Nah" he shrugged "Mom and dad told me not ask you to do anything that wasn't necessary, told me that I need to become "responsible" he air quoted around responsible
I didn't know how to feel when he said that, I part of me was actually surprised that my parents were actually making an effort to worry about my well being, another part of me was worried that maybe Juno was going to take this whole thing to heart and feel over whelmed. That was the one thing I wanted to prevent him from going through
"Juno" I stared sitting up straight "Just because I'm partially impaired" he looked at me with a twisted face "handicap. Doesn't mean that I want you to act any different around me, if you want something all you have to do is ask me"
He looked across the room the room at me with bright brown eyes, he grinned at me and I smiled back
"Really, cause I'm super hungry" he said clutching his stomach
I had to stifle back a laugh "Mom said that she was making a stop for breakfast"
"Thank goodness" he said throwing his head back
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It was rare event when one of my parents would drop me off to school. I was always the first to leave the house, rain or shine I would always catch the bus. But with my cast on, my mom didn't want to take the chance of my injuring myself again
After making a stop at the closest fast food pace to grab something for breakfast, we were off to take Juno to school. He attended Fiore Primary school, it was closer to the idle of the city were majority of the business were established. Pulling up to the front of the school, the teachers assistant, a blue haired woman named was there attending to the arriving students as she greeted the parents with that warm teacherly smile. Saying his goodbye, Juno hoped out of the car and ran up to the lady, she beamed down at him and then looked over to where we were parked, she smiled and waved at us, and I waved back before my mother pulled off
As my mother zoomed off and turned the next tight right the car was dead silent. The radio was on but turned down to the point where you could hear little bits and pieces of what the people were saying. As she made another turn, my mother cleared her throat
"Um, listen Tomo" she started "I know that this may be a challenge…"
I was staring out the window as she spoke, but as those words left her mouth I turned and looked at her "What challenge?"
"I mean, going back to school after..." her eyes flickered for a moment before she spoke "that incident"
"Oh…yeah" I responded continuing to stare out the window
"And I realized that the transition back to everything, will take some time. What I'm saying is, if you have a problem or feel like there's something that we need to talk about, you know that you can come to me,right" she made the next left and the car drifted a little too close to the side walk for comfort
"…."
"Tomo?"
"Yeah"
Did you hear what I—"
"Yes, I heard you"
My voice came out harsher then I meant it to, the look on my mom's face told me that she had taken it that way too. It wasn't that I didn't understand what she was trying to do, but all the length strung wires that I had attached between my parents and myself weren't going to be disconnected by one moment of parental affection.
She turned her attention back on the road and her face had a stale expression on it. I sighed and reached for the radio and turned it up partially, anything was better than this awkward silence that lingered in the car. For the rest of the way the only sound in the car that could be heard was the morning talk show host rant about the lasts celebrity scandal. Pulling up to MPA gate, I unlatched myself from my seat belt and through my bag over my shoulder, grabbing my crutch I opened the door when my mom spoke out
"We set up for you to meet with your school nurse to have you bandages changed daily"
Grunting in response, I closed the door behind me and my mother soon speed off. When she was out of sight, I let out the breath that I hadn't realized that I was holding in. Something about being back here so soon set my scars to burning, scratching at them from above my clothing only soothed them for a minute.
Using my crutch and making my way into school, I was instantly met with starts and whispers. People would look at me for moment and then turn to the person next to them and gossip something. The people that walked around me would look back before returning to their business
"I already expected this" I thought as I crutched my way over to the court yard. As I made my way over, I looked around; everything seemed to be normal, I was expecting people to be in shock or at least slightly devastated; that just goes to show you to never undermine the teenage resilience
"Tomo!"
I looked over and saw Chelia standing up and waving at me. Smiling, I walked over and saw that she was sitting with Lina, Orie, Nobu, and Noah he was one of the sophomore basketball players and Lina's current play thing. Grunting as I eased myself onto he empty space to next to Chelia, I placed my crutch and bag on the table
"Hey!" Noah barked as the crutch swung across the table almost knocking him in the face "Watch what you do with that thing"
"My bad" I muttered adjusting the crutch
"Guess what?" Chelia grinned evilly as she pushed her self-close to me
"I don't really care but I have a feeling you're going to tell me anyway"
"You sir" she said pointing an imposing finger in my face "Have topped the school's "Hit" lists."
"And the "Hit" list is, what exactly" Noah asked looking confused
Lina placed a comforting hand on his shoulder and gave him a look that said, stop asking so many questions.
"The "Hit" list, is what we call the talk of the school list" she explained
"Basically, it's the gossip chain, so to speak" Nobu said explaining it simply
"And why am I the talk of the town"
"School" Chelia corrected "But, everyone thought that you wouldn't be coming to school anytime soon, and can I go on the record as saying that having them make us come back to school so soon after" she tried to phase it right "That" all happened."
"And people thought you were died" Orie added "So you're like a walking ghost'
"Great" I muttered rolling my eyes
The bell rung and we all groaned
"Uh, time for one of Mrs. Genevive's raving tiles about the 1820's" Orie said leaning into Nobu who grinned and stroked his girlfriend's head in response
Watching those two had always given me a strange feeling, not the feeling of how they were still together but more of jealous feeling, not that I would ever tell them that
"Come on" he said grabbing her bag and pulling her up as she groaned
Getting up from my seat and swinging my leg around, I was about to grab my stuff when someone waked past me roughly bumping me in the shoulder. The attack had caught me off guard causing me to stumble backwards, using the table as a buffer I caught myself with ease
"Hey" I grumbled at the person "watch it"
"What was that?" The voice turned around and I was met with beady little eyes. Zancrow sneered looking me up and down, his eyes landed on my casted foot and he chuckled. His chuckled sent a cold shiver shooting down my back
"Nice fashion accessory" he grinned evilly "Might have to give you a matching set. Now, what was it that you just said to me?"
The world seemed to stop for a minute as he started me down, people walking about stopped and looked at the scene that was unfolding in front of them. It was as if he was staring deeply into my soul, which I know sounds cliché, but those eyes of his were just the creepiest thing ever
"I said, watch were you're going"
I wondered who had said that, it only took a minute from the reaction of the audience that I realized that those words had come from my mouth. Zancrow looked at me surprised, which to say I was surprised. Zancrow's shocked expression only lasted for a minute before it was replaced with a sadistic grin
"So, think that since you can survive fire, that you can survive me" he said taking a step closer to me "Listen, I'm already in a fucking bad mood, the last thing I need is some stupid dip shit, who thinks he has the freaking pair to mess with me and another thing—"each time he spoke he would take a step closer to me, and he was seriously taking up my personal space
"Enough" a feminine voice chimed in
We all turned to see Angel walking up to us, she was wearing a top that left little to the imagination,
"What was that?" Zancrow said turning his gaze to her
"I said enough" she responded flinging her light colored hair over her shoulder "The bell rung for class and if you're late again, you know as well as I do what happen" she glanced in my direction
"And picking a fight with a cripple, that's weak even for you"
Zancrow growled at her before taking a step back from me. Giving a thankful sigh to the great people above, he turned back to me and squinted those evil looking eyes at me before accusing finger in my face
"This isn't over" that was the last thing he said before turning and running to catch up with Angel. I could feel time start moving again as everyone scattered away from the scene, my back slid across the table, its obtuse edges digging into my skin. Reaching behind me for my crutch, I grabbed my bag and limped my way over to where my friends were standing
"OMG, I thought he was going to kill you" Chelia said
"Yeah" I mumbled to myself
"Hey, look at it like this" Noah said placing a comforting hand on my shoulder "Nothing worse can happen to you, then what has already happened"
I took me a minute to comprehend what he had just said "Thanks, I think"
The warning bell rung signaling that we only had one more minute to get to class
'Ugh" Lina groaned grabbing Noah's hand "Come on, I'll see you guys later" she drug Noah off with her
"Yeah, we got to go too" Orie said stating to walk off with Nobu "I'll see you in dance class" she said nodding in my direction.
"Sooo' Chelia began "Is this one of those times that I can use you to my advantage or, are you going to be a spoilsport about the situation?"
"What do you think?"
She sighed and took a step away from me "Fine, but if you need anything I'm a text away" She said waving her phone through the air
"Yeah"
Chelia walked off and I stood there for a moment trying to catch my thought, but for some reason my brain didn't want to respond to anything that I was trying to access (Talk about mental block)
Making my way over to speech class, I stood in front of the door as the bell sounded off. I was late anyway but surely, Mr. Forest, whose real name was Fredrick but we called him that because he had the body of a tree, thick and bushy. It didn't help that he was of Irish decent so he also had this really weird accent, which is kind of funny when you think about it.
Reaching the door I drew in a breath before twisting the knob and pushing it open. All eyes flew in my direction as I closed the door behind me
"Ah, Mr. Brackendale nice of you to join us" Mr. Forest gave me a big grin which was kind of hard to see with his long beard being in the way
"Yeah" eyes continued to trial me as I made my way over to my seat. The room was dead silent besides the sound of the wall clock ticking and my crutches scratching against the floor. Finally reaching my seat I pulled the chair out and winced as it squeaked but took my seat.
"Alright class, let's talk about pronunciation" he wrote it out on the board
For the first time that day, the attention that people were paying me seemed to disappear as they were trying their best to ignore the lecture. And I couldn't have been happier
I've never had a cast myself but I've heard that they have mixed reviews (shrugs shoulders)
PS. In the next chapter, Tomo and Laxus will have there very first (speaking) interaction! Trust me when I say it's going to be good.
But R&R on what you think, honestly