Chapter 8

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"W-what?" Lucy stuttered going completely red.

"Go. On. A. Date. With. Me." Natsu said pausing in between each words.

Is he being for real? Lucy thought No can't be, it's probably some sick joke. Besides I hate Natsu, no way I'll ever agree on that.

"No" Lucy said crossing her arms.

"Then you don't get your keys back" Natsu said dangling the keys in front of Lucy's face.

"Why the hell do you want to go on a date with me Dragneel? If we were to go on a date we would argue all the damn time and hate each other even more" Lucy said starting to get annoyed by the salmon haired boy.

"Honestly I-" Natsu was cut off by someone calling his name. Lucy turned and saw a blue haired little girl in pigtails coming towards them. Lucy recognized this girl, she was in her Art class. What was her name again? Whitney? Wanda? Lucy thought, trying to remember the little girl's name.

"Hey Wendy, what are you doing out here at this time? Does mom and dad even know you're out?" Natsu said to the little girl.

Wendy Dragneel:

Always referred to as Natsu's little sister and she hated it. She was very nice to everyone so they always questioned if her and Natsu were actually related. She also attends the Fairy Tail middle School. The only reason her and Lucy had art together was because they mix the students of Fairy Tail middle school and high school with the electives. Lucy doesn't know much about her since Lucy almost always skipped that class and whenever she didn't Wendy would be too scared to talk to her.

"Umm no. But don't tell them! Pleaseee" Wendy begged Natsu.

"Fine, but next time don't do that. You never know what could happen." Natsu said rubbing her head.

"But I was looking for you. I was getting worried and so was mom and dad." Wendy said looking at the ground.

"That doesn't mean you sneak out the house looking for me, you can get hurt." Natsu said

"Okay. I won't do it again" Wendy said still not facing Natsu

"Promise?" Natsu said holding out his pinky

Wendy finally looked up and smiled locking her pinky with his "Promise" she said while giggling.

During this whole thing Lucy was staring at the two but mostly at Natsu. She was surprised at how Natsu's attitude can change in a matter of seconds. She started chuckling at how much of a softie he really was.

Natsu heard Lucy laugh and looked towards her realizing that the blonde was there witnessing everything. "W-what? Never seen any siblings bond before?" Natsu said with a slight blush.

Is he blushing? Lucy thought, but then shook her head putting the thought aside.

"More like I've never seen that side of you" Lucy snickered.

"Yea whatever. Let's go Wendy" Natsu said grabbing the little girl's hand.

"Hey wait! You still haven't given me my keys!" Lucy said before he could leave.

"Oh these?' Natsu said taking out the keys from his pocket. "You still haven't agreed so. No can do" Natsu said smirking.

"Natsu I said please for mavis sake! I just want to go home and sleep" Lucy said getting annoyed.

That was when the little girl reached for the keys and grabbed them out of Natsu's grasp and walked over to Lucy handing them to her.

"WENDY WHAT THE HELL!? HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO YOUR OWN BROTHER?!" Natsu said to the little girl.

"Because you were being mean!" Wendy retorted back to Natsu

Lucy's eyes lit up and hugged the girl on instinct. "Thanks you so much. I owe you one"

"N-no problem." Wendy said blushing a little.

"I feel…. betrayed" Natsu said while having a hurt look on his face.

"You deserved it moron" Lucy said while letting the little girl go.

"We should be going now, I hope I get to see you in art tomorrow Lucy" Wendy said with a smile

Lucy thought about it a while and said "Yea sure, I'll be there"

"Great" Wendy said a bit excited.

Wendy then turned and started dragging Natsu by his hand since Natsu was still "injured" by what Wendy did.

Lucy started chuckling and said "He can be such a kid". She then noticed that she hasn't given back his jacket. She was about to call them back but realized that they were already halfway to their place.

"I'll just give it to him tomorrow during detention or something." Lucy said. She turned around and started walking to her home when she heard someone call her name.

"Lucy"

EEEEEP Lucy screamed and juggled her keys around causing them to fall to the ground.

"JELLAL! What the hell! Don't you know to not sneak up on people? You gave me a damn heart attack for Christ's sake." Lucy said with her hand leaning on the door trying to settle her heart beat.

"Oh Sorry, I didn't think you'd actually get frightened, all I said was your name" Jellal said while leaning on the fence in between both houses.

"Well I did get scared! It's been a long mother fucking day." Lucy said with a sigh bringing her hand through her hair.

"I see, wanna talk about it?" Jellal said.

"Honestly…. Not really." Lucy said not facing him.

Jellal stayed silent for a while and told Lucy to come over. Lucy continuously objected his offer but Jellal wasn't taking no for an answer so Lucy gave in.

She walked over to the porch and sat on the steps looking up at the sky. Jellal did the same.

It was silent for a while till Jellal finally asked Lucy, "What happened Lucy? And don't say nothing because I can tell when you're hiding something."

"You want the whole thing?" Lucy said lowly.

"Yes." Jellal said.

Lucy let out a sigh and went on and told Jellal about how Lisanna was the one who caused her to cry by mentioning her parents and making fun of her. She then told him about how now possibly the whole school knew that she was an orphan. Then she told him about how she almost got raped and possibly killed if Natsu wasn't there to save her ass. When she said this part Jellal whipped his head around facing Lucy with an astonished face and a hint of anger. Lucy shuddered at his expression and looked away.

"When did this happen?" Jellal said in a low tone but he was clearly pissed.

"N-not that long. It was when I was walking home from school. I went through the short cut and that guy happened to be there at the time." Lucy said but then realized what she told him got him over the top angry.

"Lucy! I told you millions of times to stop using that short cut didn't I?" Jellal hissed.

"Yes you did and this wouldn't have happened of you just waited for me! In case you didn't know, I was looking for you and since I couldn't find you I tried to get home the fastest way! You know I'm afraid of the dark." Lucy said whispering the last part and hugging her knees to her chest but Jellal heard it all.

Jellal's expression went from anger to guilt. He felt like a failure for not being able to be there for Lucy at the time she needed him the most.

"L-lucy I'm sorry…. I should've waited for you instead of going ahead. I got after you instead of asking if you were okay… and for that I'm sorry extremely sorry" Jellal said in a low voice.

Lucy didn't say anything, she just avoided looking at him. Deep down she was happy that Jellal understood and cared about her.

"Lucy? What do I have to do to make it up to you? I'll do anything. You name it." Jellal said hoping to get the girl to talk to him.

Lucy turned with a devilish smile and said "Anything?"

Jellal sighed and said "Yes anything. Shoot"

"I want you to get me off detention" Lucy said

Jellal blinked multiple times and said "Lucy I love you, I really do but for you to get off detention, you need a miracle for that"

"You said you will do and I quote I'll do anything. You name it" Lucy said trying her best Jellal expression.

Jellal laughed at her attempt to impersonate him and this made Lucy start laughing also. They eventually both settled down and there was a comfortable silence.

"Sooooo, you going to get me out or not?" Lucy said turning to Jellal.

"I can't Lucy, even if I did try to get you out I wouldn't be the one to decide that. It will be the Headmasters decision, and I'm pretty sure you're not in good terms with him."

Lucy let out a groan and looked back at the stars.

"Lucy it's only two weeks. It'll be over before you even know it." Jellal said making it sound easy.

Lucy faced Jellal and said "Oh it is NOT JUST TWO WEEKS. Its two weeks with that damn Dragneel. Not only that but we have to work together. Like Seriously? Who does that? I'm so going to pull a prank on that old geezer he won't even see it coming" Lucy said in a harsh manner.

"You never know, you could have a lot more in common then you realize. Who knows, you just might be soul mates" Jellal said smirking making the girl blush at what he said.

"No way in hell that will EVER happen. I would kill myself before I even develop feelings for that idiot." Lucy said in a panicking way. Why the hell are my cheeks burning? Maybe I'm coming down with a cold, but I don't feel sick…

Jellal chuckled at the girl's reaction. That's when he realized that she was wearing a jacket that didn't belong to her. He knew this because he saw how huge it looked on Lucy.

"Whose jacket is that?" Jellal said looking for the girl's expression.

Lucy got even redder and faced the other way. "Natsu's. He lend it to me to try to cover me up since the buttons of my shirt were ripped off"

Jellal felt himself get angry again but soon took some breaths and calmed down. He soon realized that he had to thank Natsu for saving Lucy. I'll thank him tomorrow. Jellal thought.

"Did he now? What a nice guy. Hey what's wrong Lucy? Why is your face red?" gasp "Could it be that Lucy Heartfilia has developed feelings for the boy? Will she kill herself now that she knows the truth behind her feelings?" Jellal said teasing the girl.

Lucy stood up and hissed "Shut Up! I DO NOT and I repeat DO NOT have feelings for him! Okay? I'm outta here" she turned and started making her way to her house.

Jellal thought of something even funnier to get the girl angrier. He stood up and put both his hands around his mouth and yelled "LUCY ITS OKAY TO BE IN DENIAL! BUT DON'T WORRY I WON'T TELL HIM, OKAY?"

"WOULD YOU SHUT UP?" Lucy shouted, quickly getting in her house before he could say anything else.

Jellal laughed and thought of what the future holds for Lucy now that Natsu's in the picture. He got one last look around the place and made his way inside.