Chapter 9
Lucy woke up from the sound of her alarm and dragged herself out of bed putting on her same old uniform the same way she always would. While brushing her hair Lucy kept thinking of how people were going to treat her when she gets to school. Lucy sighed and grabbed her bag making her way out the door.
"You have got to be kidding me" Lucy said.
"Hey there neighbor" Natsu said with a grin.
"What are you doing here Dragneel? And we're not neighbors." Lucy said moving past him and heading to Jellal's house while Natsu was following behind her
"We live in the same street don't we? So technically we are neighbors…. More or less and where are you going? Schools the other way" Natsu said walking behind Lucy.
"To Jellal's"
"Jellal lives here to? Oh yea, I remember you mentioning you lived next door to him." Natsu said.
Once they got to the front door Lucy made her way inside hoping that Natsu didn't follow her. That however didn't stop the salmon head boy.
"You shouldn't walk into other people's houses you know, that's just rude." Lucy said sternly to Natsu.
Natsu just shrugged and continued following Lucy.
Lucy made her way into the kitchen and found Jellal sitting at the table eating his breakfast while his dad was reading the newspaper and his mom was making breakfast.
"Hey there Lucy, want some breakfast?" Jellal's mom asked.
"Sure, I can eat." Lucy said putting her bag down and taking a seat next to Jellal.
"Would your friend like something to eat also?" the mother asked looking at Lucy then at Natsu.
"He's not a friend, he's a stranger that walked into this house trying to rob the place" Lucy said while pouring some orange juice.
Jellal and his dad just laughed while Natsu glared at her.
"You never change do you Lucy?" the mother said while chuckling at the blondes response. "No matter, would like some breakfast not Lucy's friend?" Jellal's mom asked Natsu.
"Natsu, and Sure! But I gotta warn you, I have a big appetite" Natsu said giving a toothy grin at the lady. Lucy turned and saw the smile Natsu gave to the mother and began to get a slight blush on her cheeks. What the hell, my cheeks are hot again. Damn it, and since when did Natsu smile like that….? This has got to be an act.
Natsu grabbed his plate and sat in the opposite side of Lucy facing her and munched down on his food. While they were eating Jellal looked at his watch and stood up from the table fast making a lot of noise.
"Jellal, why-" but before his father could continue finish saying his sentence Jellal grabbed his bag from the floor and said "We got to go, we have 10 mins to get to school" Jellal said rushing out his house.
"WHAT!? How the hell did we lose track of time?" Lucy said yelling back and grabbing her bag but before she could leave said thank you to Jellal's mom and ran out.
"Tsk, I didn't even get to finish my pancakes!" Natsu said in an annoyed way and ran out also saying thank you to Jellal's parents.
While this was going on the couple just stared at them and snickered remembering the times when they were young also.
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Jellal, Lucy, and Natsu were currently running trying to get to school on time. Natsu however was slightly behind the two since he was the last to get out. If I get a tardy that old man might just add another week to detention with that pink haired idiot. No way imma let that happen, Lucy thought while picking up her pace.
When they arrived the bell rang right on time signaling the students to get to their class. "Right on time" Jellal said as soon as he entered the building and made his way to class "See you at calculus Lucy". Lucy just said "alright" and looked behind her seeing that Natsu was almost to the building. Lucy thought of a devious idea and smiled at the thought.
Before Natsu could get in the building Lucy slammed the door shut making Natsu's face collide with the window and falling back. Natsu now couldn't get in the building since the doors locked as soon as the bell started laughing when Natsu's face smashed on to the window.
Natsu got up and gave a death glare to Lucy that can make anyone shiver, anyone but Lucy. Lucy just continued laughing and was about to turn away when she saw a smile creep up on Natsu's face.
What are you up to Natsu? Lucy thought while still staring at the boy. What she failed to notice while she was laughing was Natsu getting out his copied key of the school and unlocking the door.
Before Lucy could ask him a question he opened the door and walked in with a wicked smile. Lucy saw this and gave a nervous laugh and said "Hey there Natsu umm wonderful weather we're having huh?" Lucy said slowly taking a few steps backwards. "Oh yeah it sure is" Natsu said taking a step, "Not too hot" step "Not too cold" step "Just perfect" step. Before he could take a step closer Lucy turned and rushed to her class with Natsu on her tail.
"YOU'RE NOT GETTING AWAY HEARTFILIA" Natsu yelled through the hall.
"OH YEAH? WATCH ME" Lucy said yelling back.
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After running for 3 minutes Lucy can see her English class slowly getting closer as she runs. She took a look behind her and saw that Natsu was still chasing after her but knew that she would be able to make it to her class before Natsu can get to her. When she got there she came to a complete stop, opened the door and shut it as soon as she got in. She turned around and saw the pink haired boy through the window glaring at the girl. Lucy just smirked and flipped him off. Natsu gave a sly smile and mouthed "Lunch" before leaving.
Lunch? What is that supposed to mean? Well I know one thing for sure, I'm not having lunch today Lucy thought. When she turned she saw that everyone was staring at her and whispering all around. "Did you hear about Lucy?" "Apparently she has no parents" "Maybe that's why she doesn't care about what happens to her" "No wonder she's a troublemaker".
Hearing all those whispers going around made Lucy furious and lashed out saying "If any one of you say anything else about me ill slam your head in a locker, got it?". This caused everyone to go silent and turn away from the blonde. Lucy smirked and made her way to her desk in the corner of the room where Gajeel was sitting next to her usual spot. To her surprise she also saw Levy sitting in the desk in front of hers.
"Since when did you have this class?" Lucy said to Levy while taking a seat.
"What?! I've always had this class! You probably didn't notice because I always sat in the front." Levy said.
"No! I would've known if you were in the front! Look ill even prove it to you, Hey Gajeel!" Lucy called to Gajeel but before she turned to look at him she saw the bluenette blush. She seriously got's to get a hold of her blushing, and how can Gajeel not tell she's into him? He's way too dense, Lucy thought.
Gajeel turned and said "What is it bunny girl?"
"Has Levy always been in this class?" Lucy said pointing her thumb at Levy.
"Yes" Gajeel said
"That's bullshit I tell ya, bullshit" Lucy said
"It's not bullshit, she always sat on the first row in the front" Gajeel said pointing at where Levy used to sit. This made Levy and Lucy eyes go wide.
"U-uhhh at least I think she did, Listen quit bothering me! Imma take a nap" Gajeel said in a nervous tone and put his head down.
"Yea okay Gajeel, whatever you say" Lucy said sarcastically.
He noticed me? "Hey" He knew where I sat? "Bookworm" I can't believe it?! "Levy" Maybe he does like me? "Earth to Levy!" No wait, maybe he-, But before the bluenette could continue her train of thought she was interrupted by a blonde waving her hand back and forth from her face.
"Yoo-hoo Levy? About time you were back to earth. What were you even thinking? I called you like 10 times" Lucy said
"O-oh i-its nothing" Levy said with a blush.
Lucy saw this and was going to tease her about it but decided not to.
"Anyways, where's the teach?" Lucy said resting her chin in her hand.
"Oh, he went to go make some copies of an assignment." Levy said.
"So I came to class for nothing? What a waste" Lucy said leaning back on her chair and crossing her arms on her chest.
"It's not a waste! You should take your attendance more seriously. Your grades are so good and they can drop at any moment if you keep missing class" Levy said in a worried tone.
"Yea yea, you're starting to sound like Jellal" Lucy said
"Good. Just please promise me you won't miss any more classes" Levy said taking the blondes hand in hers. Lucy flinched at the reaction but let it happen.
"No promises" Lucy said. This made the bluenette stare at her even deeper. Lucy let out a sigh and said "Fine… I will TRY to go to all my classes, TRY, still no promises though" Lucy said looking the other side of the room.
After Lucy responded the bluenette let out a radiant smile and started to mentally celebrate. "Yay!" Levy said while turning back to face the front since the teacher walked in with stacks of papers and started on the lesson.
"Okay class today…"
Why am I even considering this? This is not me. I would never go to my classes. Lucy kept having the same thought throughout the class while looking at the back of the bluenette's head.
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The bell rang and students were off to their second period. Lucy's second class was calculus, the class she found the most boring. She was going to skip it but then remembered that she skipped it last time and Jellal got after her since it's the class she has with him.
While she was walking she saw a certain pink haired boy leaning on a locker while flirting with some girls making them giggle at almost everything he said. Lucy didn't realize she was staring until Natsu shifted his gaze to the blonde and gave a slight smirk. Lucy then got out of her trance and shook her head while heading to her next class hiding the slight blush she had in her cheeks.
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As soon as Lucy walked in she made a way to her desk that was also in the corner. Jellal also sits in front of the blonde while Erza sits in the row next to Jellal. When Lucy was making a way to her desk she saw that Jellal had a relieved look on his face thinking the blonde wasn't going to show up to class.
When Lucy sat at her desk Jellal turned to face her and smiled at the blonde. "What? Do I have something on my face?" Lucy said
"No, just trying to see how it feels when there's someone actually sitting behind me" Jellal said snickering to the girl.
Lucy rolled her eyes and said "Yea whatever, I just decided not to ditch because I'll never hear the end of it coming from you."
"Then I guess I should scold you more often"
"No, just once is enough" Lucy said
Jellal snickered and turned back around.
The teacher Freed started calling attendance when Lucy noticed that he skipped over her name. "Hey teach, you forgot to call my name" Lucy said in a bored manner.
"O-oh Miss. Heartfilia, I didn't realize you were present today. Very well, I'll be sure to change that mistake" Freed answered back to Lucy. Lucy just shrugged. Unbelievable Lucy thought.
It was then that she felt some eyes on her and when she turned she saw that Erza was looking at the blonde. When their eyes met Erza stared a little while longer and turned back around. Lucy questioned this action but soon got her attention back to the lesson.
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The bell rung again signaling them to their last class before lunch. Lucy stood up and started stretching and yawned while saying "Jellal I swear I don't know how you can come every day to this class without falling asleep."
Jellal and Erza both laughed and grabbed their bags. "Thanks for coming today Lucy" Jellal said before making his way out with Erza right behind him. He thanked me? Something is going on with that guy, maybe he's in love? This will definitely be a good thing since I can tease him about it. Lucy thought with a smirk creeping on her face. She then grabbed her bag and made her way out.
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Lucy had art and got to her group that was of 5 people. Her, Wendy, Loke, Gray, and Cana.
Cana Alberona:
The schools heaviest drinker and party girl. She was known for throwing the best's parties. Almost every weekend she threw one and every weekend she would invite Lucy but Lucy never went since she wasn't a social person much. She would sometimes if not always come to school drunk and always carried a "water bottle" in her hand that most teachers tried to confiscate from her but never could.
"Lucy you're here!" Wendy said excitedly
"Well that's a surprise, and here I thought you were ditching class" Cana said while taking a swig at her "water bottle".
"My day just got better now that you have arrived beautiful" Loke said with a wink, Lucy just rolled her eyes.
"I'm pretty sure a snowstorm is heading this way right about now" Gray joked
Lucy just laughed and sat at the group. "Ha ha very funny guys. Why is it so surprising? I always come to class" Lucy said trying to make herself sound believable.
This caused everyone to burst out laughing at what the blonde said. "BAHAHAHA I LIKE THAT JOKE LUCY! SAY ANOTHER" Cana said while laughing.
Gray and Loke were currently holding their stomachs and tearing up. "YOU'RE KILLING US LUCY HAHAHA" Gray said
Lucy frowned but soon started laughing with the others.
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Lunch has finally arrived and everyone left, leaving Lucy behind in class since she was looking for her ribbon she had tied around her wrist. When she found it she made her way out the room when she bumped right into someone's chest causing her to loose balance and topple over. Lucy shut her eyes and was bracing herself for the impact, but it never came. She opened her eyes and looked down to see that there was two strong arms around her waist that was keeping her from falling, When she looked up to see who the person was that saved her from embarrassment she came face to face with non-other than Natsu Dragneel.
"Glad I caught you Luce" Natsu said with a smug smile.
Can never catch a break from this guy, Lucy thought.