Chapter 10
I can never catch a break from this guy, Lucy thought. She immediately got back on her two feet and tried to get away from the boy. However, Natsu didn't let Lucy go.
"Dragneel, let me go" Lucy hissed while bringing her hand up to his chest to try to push herself away from him.
"I don't know, I kind of like hugging you Luce, you're so warm plus you smell nice" Natsu said whispering in her ear.
Lucy then realized that Natsu was hugging her, not only that but she could feel his ripped body through his shirt making contact with her own. He's so warm…. This kind of feels….. For a moment Lucy might have gave in to Natsu but soon tossed that thought out of her head, No No No NO I will not be thinking these things, Natsu Dragneel is a god damn man whore. Lucy furrowed her brows and gave one last shove that caused Natsu to release his grasp of Lucy.
"Oh come on, I know you liked being held like that, I could see it in your face." Natsu said while smirking and walking towards the blonde.
Lucy however saw this happen and ran right pass Natsu through the door.
"Sorry Dragneel, but I like some personal space" Lucy said looking back. She turned and started walking away. "See you in theatre arts babe" Natsu said with his hand in his pockets and sly smile.
Lucy stopped in her tracks. She went wide eyed and had a funny feeling in her stomach till her expression went dark and turned back around to face Natsu. "Don't call me that. You hear me? I'm not one of your sluts you toy around with Dragneel" Lucy said.
"I never said you were" Natsu said with a straight face.
"You don't have to say it for me to know what your intentions are" Lucy said while crossing her arms.
"And what intentions am I trying to achieve here babe" Natsu said the last word in a more flirtatious way.
Lucy went silent for a while and was having a stare off with Natsu, neither one of them looking away, till she spoke up. "You know what, never mind. I don't even know why I'm still arguing with you when I could be having lunch." Lucy said walking away.
"Hey, wait. I got to ask you something" Natsu said.
"No way Dragneel" Lucy said not facing the salmon head boy.
"Okay fine I'll just ask you here. Where's my jacket?" Natsu said expressionless.
Lucy stopped yet again still not facing Natsu and said, "Forgot to bring it with me, so it's at my house."
Natsu was silent for a while till he turned and started walking away and said, "Alright, I'll walk with you to your house after detention Heartfilia"
This made Lucy quickly turn around and yelled, "No way Dragneel, I'll bring it to you tomorrow"
Natsu however didn't pay attention to the blonde and continued walking away.
"Are you even listening? Hey, Dragneel" Lucy yelled again but Natsu just waved her off.
What exactly are your intentions Natsu, Lucy thought while staring at Natsu till she couldn't see him anymore before she turned and walked to lunch.
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Lucy got to lunch and made her way to her table. However, she didn't notice that a certain red head and blue haired girl were at her table until she took a seat.
"What the hell? Don't you guys have another place to sit besides here?" Lucy said harshly to the two but mostly at Erza.
"Jellal and I needed to work on something so we decided to work on it here." Erza said while writing something down.
Lucy turned to Jellal with an angry expression and gave him a "What is this?" Look. Despite the look Lucy gave, Jellal just simply brushed her off and started to work with Erza. This made Lucy furious and kicked him under the table.
"Ow! What the hell Lucy?!" Jellal said turning to the blonde.
"What? Oh sorry, Leg spasm. Won't happen again" Lucy said in a fake nice voice.
Levy and Gajeel were laughing at the blondes actions. Jellal gave one last glare at Lucy and got back to work. Lucy just laughed and turned to Gajeel and Levy.
"Hey metal face" Lucy said to Gajeel.
"What is it now bunny girl" Gajeel said while eating his burger.
"Do you have a thing for Levy?" When Lucy said that both Gajeel and Levy started choking on their food.
"So I take that as a yes?" Lucy said in a playing manner.
"What's it to you anyways?" Gajeel said in a furious way while gasping for air.
"Oh nothing really it's just that Levy-" but before she could continue the petite girl slammed her hand on Lucy's mouth making her keep quiet.
"Oh Lucy I see you have no food yet. Let's go get some, I'll even come with you." Levy said getting up and grabbing Lucy's hand, getting her as far away from Gajeel as possible.
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Instead of pulling Lucy to the lunch line the bluenette started dragging her to the girl's bathroom. When they went inside there was about 3 other girls and Lucy could tell that Levy wanted to talk in private so all she said to the girls was "Out" and with that, they scurried away leaving the two alone.
Lucy leaned on one of the sinks and said, "So, what is it bookworm?"
"What do you mean what is it? You almost told Gajeel I had a thing from him!" Levy said.
Lucy looked at the bluenette with a puzzled look and said, "Am I not supposed to tell? I thought you liked him?"
"I do, but I don't even know if he feels the same. If I go out there and tell him that I have feelings for him and he doesn't feel the same. Everything will be different. I can't risk that" Levy said looking at the ground.
There was silence for a while till Lucy spoke up. "If you love someone, tell them. For hearts are often broken, by words left unspoken." Levy picked up her head and stared at the girl wide eyed.
"My mother would always tell me those words, I never knew what they meant since I never actually had a crush on someone but she would explain to me that if you were to ever fall in love you shouldn't let your nerves get in the way of your feelings. You can't give in to your shyness, it's just holding you back" Lucy said while giving Levy a kind smile.
Levy then hugged the blonde and said "I'm so glad we're friends Lucy, you have no idea how much those words meant to me"
"I'm glad I could help, and if that idiot doesn't feel the same I'm going to kick his ass till he doesn't feel it anymore." Lucy said hugging the girl back. Levy just giggled and let Lucy go. "I'm going to tell him today. I'm thinking right after school since we always walk home together" Levy said with a slight blush on her cheeks.
Lucy was shocked at first but then went back to normal since she could see the determination in her friend's eyes. "Good. I'll be rooting for you, okay?" Lucy said kindly to the girl.
"Thanks Lucy" Levy said giggling. "I just hope I don't faint" Levy said while walking out. "If that happens I so hope that metal face gets it on camera" Lucy said laughing, following behind the bluenette. "That's mean! What happened to you being nice?" Levy said. "That's only a once in the lifetime experience, don't get used to it" Lucy said with a smirk. Levy just rolled her eyes while the both went back to their table.
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The bell rang and Lucy was trying to sneak away from Levy and Jellal before they dragged her to class until someone blocked her from going any further.
"Oh Gajeel, what brings you here" Lucy said nervously looking behind her to see if Jellal and Levy were on to her.
Gajeel smirked and said, "Nice try bunny girl, but Jellal told me to drag your ass to class if you ever tried to sneak away again"
Lucy furrowed her brows and said, "How much?"
"How much what?" Gajeel said in a baffled way.
"How much did he pay you? I'll double no ill triple it" Lucy said smirking.
Gajeel thought about it for a while till he said "Sorry, let's just say I like to see you suffer", he then grabbed Lucy and threw her over his shoulder.
"SERIOUSLY GAJEEL, YOU TOO?!" Lucy said trying to get out of his grasps.
"Keep still before I drag you by your feet giving everyone a good view of what type of underwear you wear." Gajeel said with a snicker.
This made Lucy completely hold still. "Screw you asshole" Lucy said in a scolding manner.
Gajeel just laughed at the blonde.
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Right when Gajeel walked in to class with Lucy still over his shoulder the bell rang getting them on time to their theatre arts class.
"You going to put me down now or you just going to keep me here" Lucy said in an irritated way.
Gajeel set Lucy down between Jellal and Levy where she usually sits and went over to where Natsu and Gray were at.
"BACKSTABBER" Lucy yelled to Gajeel. Gajeel however merely just ignored her. Natsu heard Lucy's voice and turned his head locking eyes with the blonde beauty. Lucy blushed when she saw him give her one of his sexy smirks and turned to the front of the stage where their teacher, Mrs. Evergreen, stood.
"Alright class, today we'll be needing some actors to start us off with..."
Wait a minute, Jellal was the one who got me here in the first place. Lucy turned to Jellal and elbowed him in his side. Jellal gave a grunt making Evergreen look towards the blue haired man.
"Oh sorry, just got a little stomach ache. Won't happen again." Jellal said.
Evergreen gave a glare at the man and turned back, "As I was saying"
Jellal turned to Lucy glaring daggers at her. "What the fuck was that for Lucy?" Jellal said whispering to the blonde.
"That's for forcing me to come to class moron" Lucy said also whispering back.
Jellal gave a surprised look but quickly shook it off, "I don't know what you're talking about"
"Like hell I'll believe that. Gajeel told me everything." Lucy said whispering a bit more loudly.
"Okay then, so what if I forced you? You need a little shoving" Jellal said
"Shoving? How about I shove my foot up your-"
The blonde was then interrupted by an irritated teacher on stage.
"Mrs. Heartfilia and Mr. Fernandez since you two love to talk while I'm giving class you both will start us off" Mrs. Evergreen said.
Both Lucy and Jellal had a shocked look on their face.
"I'd love to but you see I have this phobia where I can't talk in front of other people, what was that called again? Oh yes Stage fright, I have that." Lucy said trying her best to sound believable.
"No she doesn't, Lucy and I will gladly start us off" Jellal said standing up while grabbing Lucy's hand and tugging her up the stage.
"You are so paying for this Jellal" Lucy hissed at her best friend.
"Great, how about you act out the scene of Romeo and Juliet, When Romeo first sees Juliet in the balcony but, you both have to add a little twist to it. Make it a comedy with a little bit of romance." Evergreen said excitedly.
"Yea there's a problem with that" Jellal said
Evergreen frowned and said "What is the problem Mr. Fernandez"
"I don't know any of the words to Romeo and Juliet" Jellal said in a dull way.
"That's total crap, everyone knows Romeo and Juliet" Lucy said turning to Jellal.
Jellal glanced at Lucy and said "Not everyone is into cliché love stories". Lucy just frowned at him.
"Okay then I guess I'll let this slide, Jellal take a seat. Dragneel, you're up", Evergreen said.
Shit, Lucy thought.
Natsu grinned and stood up from his seat making his way to the stage giving Lucy a smirk. Lucy however just looked away from the salmon head boy.
"I'm sure you know the words to Romeo and Juliet, am I right?" Evergreen said.
No he doesn't, Lucy thought.
"Yea, I do" Natsu said.
"Great, now let's get this show on the road, you may begin" Evergreen said.
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"My precious Juliet, I can see that you are in your nightgown staring up to the stars leaning in your hand, that same hand that you didn't wash when you came out of the bathroom." Natsu said while kneeling causing the class to laugh.
So that's how you want to play? I'm game then Dragneel, Lucy thought with a smirk.
"Oh Romeo Romeo, Why does your last name have to be as stupid as Dragneel? Why couldn't it be something less embarrassing?" Lucy said with a sigh leaning on the podium.
Evergreen saw what Lucy did but didn't say anything since she wanted to see how this played out.
Alright then Heartfilia. Let's see how far you can go with this. Natsu thought.
"Juliet! How can you say that about my last name? I thought you loved men with embarrassing last names. Considering yours is Heartfilia, what rubbish." Natsu said
Lucy frowned a bit but quickly got back to character, "Romeo!? How dare you sneak up on someone, nevertheless spy on a lady? You pervert!" Lucy said.
"A lady? Where?" Natsu said looking all over the place. Everyone was currently laughing their asses off at the two.
"Very funny Romeo, but may I remind you that you were the one following me around the ball room like a lost puppy" Lucy said with a smirk. This caused everyone to go "oooooh"
Natsu chuckled and said, "You got me there Juliet, I was following you around only because I'm in love with you" Natsu suddenly got serious.
A blush crept up on Lucy's face but she quickly shook it away and said, "Do you now? I don't know if I feel the same Romeo, after all, we only just met."
"Oh Juliet how you love teasing. I know you feel the same. I can see it in your eyes. They speak what your feelings are afraid to say" Natsu said while getting up from his knee and taking a step towards Lucy.
Lucy wanted to take a step back but she knew she had to stay put.
"My eyes? And what exactly do they say my dear?" Lucy said
"They say that you're afraid to love" Natsu said while bringing his hand up to cup Lucy's cheek. Lucy flinched at his action but soon relaxed to his warm hand.
"Afraid? I wouldn't say I was afraid at all." Lucy said nervously.
"You're not? I'm glad to hear you say that. How about we meet tomorrow, noon." Natsu said.
"Noon it is then. You should get going now, my nurse could walk in here any minute." Lucy said while lightly shoving Natsu away from her.
"But first" Natsu then grabbed Lucy's chin and gave her a kiss right on the lips making Lucy eyes go wide and her cheeks go beet red. Lucy's mind went blank and couldn't comprehend what happened until Natsu let her chin go and smirked.
"I'll take my leave now, my dearest Juliet." Natsu said walking away from her to the other side of the stage.
Everyone all had their jaws dropped at what they just witnessed. There was silence till Evergreen spoke up.
"That was WONDERFUL, a true work of art. I had my doubts at first but you really outdone yourselves, I could feel the love, the intensity, the hatred. Magnifique!" Evergreen said while get up from her seat and clapping. Everyone followed on behind her by also clapping at their performance.
Lucy was still spaced out until the clapping brought her back to earth. She went red again when she saw that Natsu was staring at her with an unreadable expression. She got off the stage and went back to her seat, Natsu doing the same.
Levy saw that Lucy looked deep in thought and was silent more than usual so she asked her lowly, "Are you okay Lucy?"
There was silence for a while but then said she said, "Yea… Just fine."
Levy didn't believe it for a second, but she didn't want to push the blonde any further so she left it alone.
Lucy brought a hand to her lips and thought, I just got kissed….. My first kiss…. was taken from me by Natsu Dragneel.