Finally, the line was shortened and it was Lucy's turn to go inside and meet with the principal.
"Hey, Mr., Makarov." She greeted looking up and smiling at the old man with her hand knocking on the door. He had short brown hair and a scruffy beard.
"Oh Mrs. Heartfilia!" The old geezer greeted back with a smile. "What can I do for you?"
"Well I wasn't here for Orientation day so I need to get my schedule." She told him.
"Alright, just a moment." He said opening one of the drawers on his side of his large brown desk. He rummaged through a set of cream-colored file folders that probably had the students name on the tab until he found hers. She watched as he picks it up to set it on his desk so that he can find what she's looking for.
"So how was your summer? Are you excited for the new school year?" He asked obviously trying to make a bit of small talk so that they're both not waiting in an uncomfortable silence.
Lucy honestly hated when teachers did this because you never end up leaving the room that there in as quick as you want. "It was good and yeah I'm so ecstatic about it."
"That's good to here!" He said. "So that means you'll be passing your classes this year, and will not be in my office, instead of right?"
'Annoying old geezer' she thought glaring at him. "No promises on that one."
"Well let's try to make it a promise!" He seemed to encourage handing Lucy her schedule but to her, it seemed like more of a threat than anything. "Have a good day now."
"You too." She gritted through her teeth exiting the office.
She smiled when she noticed her friends had still been waiting outside for her to finish. "Hey, guys I have my schedule now!"
Before she even had time to hand it to them herself they snatched it out of her hands almost ripping the paper itself before she could even blink.
"Ahhh man we only have 3 classes together!" Levy groaned pouting.
"Hey, that's not that bad I only have one class with her and that's chemistry." Erza chimed in. "At least we all have the same lunch class!"
"That is true!" Levy agreed. Suddenly the bell rang for homeroom causing everyone to stop lollygagging and to get to where they needed to be before detention slips were handed out for being late.
"See you guys later!" Lucy shouted taking her schedule from them so that she can jet to find her homeroom class.
"Wait do you know where to go?" Levy asked her.
Lucy shook her head trying not to panic feeling super afraid of getting lost.
"Here I'll go with you to find your class!" Levy told her trying to help. "I'll see you later Erza."
Erza said bye to them both as she wondered down the hall to get to her own classroom.
Lucy smiled at her friend as she walked along beside her. "Thanks for the help Lev!"
"No problem," Levy responded.
"So, can I ask you a question?" Lucy asked feeling unsure if she should or not.
Levy nodded her head as she eyed both her friend and the hallway that they were in. "Yeah go ahead!"
"Is Erza okay?" She asked staring at her friend in concern. "Like does she have a problem with me or something because I feel she's not that excited to have me around."
Levy knew this was going to come up one way or another but she didn't think that Lucy would ask so soon. "To be honest she feels like you really don't care to be our friend anymore because you shut us out. Because there were times when she really needed you and you barely even answered your phone let alone your door."
Lucy shook her head frantically. "No that's not true you guys are practically like sisters to me and I didn't mean to shut you out. I just have stuff going on that I don't know how to tell you guys without feeling like a freak."
"You're our sister to Lu but in the end, you both got to understand that as sisters we don't hide stuff from each other. No matter how much either of us will think that the other won't understand." Levy explained.
Lucy nodded her head. "Do you feel the same way she does too?"
Levy shrugged her shoulders. "Sometimes I just feel like were growing apart more than close and if we grow too far apart not much of our friendship is going to be left and that'll make it hard to fix. Because I hate having to be the one that always gets stuck in the middle whenever you to fight. Therefore, you should talk to her when you can."
"I will," She agreed. "I'm sorry I made you guys feel that way I feel so awful now."
"It's alright hopefully things will go back to how they use to be in time!" Her friend encouraged leading her up to a door that had her homeroom number on it. "Bye see you later!"
Lucy waved as she watched her friend go before taking a deep breath and opening the door to her class where all eyes including her teachers landed on her.
"Fuck!" She whispered in embarrassment.