Chapter 18
Lucy arrived at the top of the roof and took her phone out to text Levy.
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Lucy: Hey, any chance you got an extra set of girl's uniform? Or any uniform? At this point I don't even care.
Lucy waited for Levy's response and instantly the blue haired girl replied to her message.
Levy: Sadly, no. Why? And please don't tell me you're not in uniform.
Lucy: umm…
Levy: Lucy!? Seriously?! You're going to get in trouble and more than likely receive an extension on your detention or even SUSPENDED.
Lucy: I know I know. Just chill out, I've got a plan.
Levy: Let me guess, it involves me?
Lucy: Ding Ding Ding, we have a winner.
Levy: Will I get in any sort of trouble if I go through with this?
Lucy: Nah, I don't think so.
Levy: Okay, then explain.
Lucy: All you gotta do is sneak into the front office cabinets where they keep all of the uniforms, grab one and sneak back out. Easy peasy.
Levy: YOU SAID I WOULDN'T GET IN TROUBLE
Lucy: You won't! If you don't get caught.
Levy: You do realize who you're talking to right?
Lucy: The master of sneaking into offices and grabbing uniforms?
Levy: Very funny
Lucy: I try (: and just take Gajeel with you.
Levy: What?! Why?!
Lucy: Man, even I know you blushed just by looking at that message.
Levy: Shut Up!
Lucy: LOL, anyways you should take Gajeel because he can distract Kinana while you go around carrying some files.
Levy: Kinana?
Lucy: Yea, Kinana. The lady in the front office.
Levy: How do you even know her?
Lucy: Umm, have you met me? I practically know every administrator in this school.
Levy: Yea, good point.
Lucy: So will you do it?
Levy: Fine…
Lucy: YES! YOU'RE AWESOME LEVY!
Levy: I swear, ever since I met you I've been doing things I never would find myself doing…. EVER.
Lucy: I know, you're like my little guinea pig I get to experiment my troubles on.
Levy: I hate you. But if I get into trouble I'm pulling you down with me.
Lucy: And if you get caught you might just end up in detention with Natsu and I. So I hope you do
Levy: Hey! Now that's just cold!
Lucy: Should I text Gajeel or do you have to courage to do it yourself?
Levy: In case you forgotten we are in first period the class WE ALL have together.
Lucy: Oh, right.
Levy: sometimes I question if your scores are actually YOUR scores.
Lucy: Yea whatever. Text me when you're coming up the roof. Or text me if you get caught. C'ya
Levy: Got it. Bye.
Lucy closed her phone and decided to take quick nap while her friends went on a mission of retrieving a school uniform.
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Levy closed her phone and gave a long sigh. "What is it shrimp?" Gajeel asked the girl.
"Lucy came to school without her uniform and now I have to go sneak in to the office to get her one" Levy said putting her head down.
Gajeel snickered and said, "Of course she did. I have a feeling I'm involved with this somehow."
Levy brought her head up and faced Gajeel, "You're the distraction."
"The what?" Gajeel questioned the girl
"The distraction, as in you have to chat Kinana up while I grab the uniform." Levy said.
"Oh, let's get going then" Gajeel said standing up from his seat.
Levy quickly reached for Gajeel's arm pulling him down back to his seat and said, "Are you crazy? We can't just get up and leave."
Gajeel smirked and brought a hand up to get the homerooms teacher attention.
"You have a question Mr. Redfox?" Mr. Capricorn said to the boy.
"Actually no, shrimp here got a headache and needs to see the nurse." Gajeel said pointing his thumb towards Levy.
"Oh I see, very well. Miss. McGarden you may be excused" Capricorn said writing an excuse with her name on it.
"Can I be accompanied? In case I faint." Levy said
Capricorn thought about for a second and agreed to it making Gajeel tag along with the girl.
"And head straight back here. Got it Mr. Redfox?" Capricorn said looking right at Gajeel who didn't faze the boy at all.
"Yea yea" Gajeel merely waved him off and both Levy and the boy exited the classroom.
Levy started taking deep breaths trying to calm her nerves. Okay just grab the uniform and then leave. Grab the uniform and leave. Grab the uniform and leave. The blue haired repeated in her head. Gajeel looked at her with a worried expression. "You know shrimp, if you want Ill grab the uniform while you can talk to Kinana."
Levy faced the boy with wide eyes and relieved expression, "Really?!"
"Yea, it's no big deal" Gajeel said with a slight blush on his cheeks turning away from the girl.
"Oh thank you so much Gajeel!" Levy beamed as she gave Gajeel a tight hug making the boy turn into a deeper red. Levy then quickly let go and she herself had a blush on her face.
The two continued walking until they heard Erza's voice down the hall.
"Oh great" Gajeel tsk'd
"What do we do?" Levy whispered.
"Just go with the plan, you have a headache and I'm escorting you. If Erza finds out what we're really doing she'll kill us both." Gajeel replied keeping cool.
"Okay, go with plan. Keep cool. Keeping cool." Levy said
Gajeel saw how anxious the girl got again and said, "How about you let me do all the talking"
Levy nodded and continued walking keeping her mouth shut.
Gajeel and Levy were nonchalantly walking until they saw the red haired girl turn the corner surprised that she wasn't alone.
Gajeel wide eyed at who were present with the girl and his expression swiftly turned to a stern.
"Gajeel, Levy. What are you doing out of class?" Erza asked the two.
Gajeel was just glaring at the two with arms crossed across his chest. Levy looked up and saw that Gajeel had a cold expression on his face looking like a completely different person. The girl shivered at how Gajeel can go from his outgoing self to a total stranger in a matter of seconds.
"We just needed to go to the nurse, I have a killer headache" Levy said hoping her nerves wouldn't get in the way of her voice.
"I see, then why is Gajeel with you?" the scarlet girl asked
"Mr. Capricorn wanted him to accompany me in case I fainted" Levy explained
"Very well. I'll let you get going then" Erza said
"Wait, I have a question" Levy asked
"Yes, what is it?" Erza replied
"Who are the two boys that are standing behind you?" the girl asked curiously. Gajeel clenched his jaw when he heard Levy ask that question, the girl however didn't notice this action.
"Oh right, this is Sting, and that's Rouge. I'm showing them around the school since they will be attending their classes starting tomorrow once they get their schedules."
Levy smiled and nodded her head turning towards the two males, "My name is Levy, I hope you like it here"
Both the boys smirked at the petite girl, "Nice to meet you Levy, as you already know I'm Sting and this right here is Rogue" The blonde haired boy said putting an arm over the shoulder of his friend.
"Hello" Rogue said expressionless not facing the girl. Levy frowned at this action thinking that he might've not liked her.
"Don't worry, Rogue just isn't much of a talker when it comes to meeting new people." Sting said
Levy's smile returned glad to hear it wasn't because of her, "It's okay, If it makes you feel any better I start stuttering a lot when I get nervous"
The two chuckled at how sweet the girl was. Sting walked up to Levy and stretched out his arm saying, "I hope we get to be great friends Levy, right Rogue?"
The boy nodded in response.
Levy was about to take Sting's hand until Gajeel grabbed the girls wrist pulling her next to him saying, "Sorry, we better get going." Gajeel said cruelly.
Levy looked up to see that Gajeel hadn't let his guard down around the two. Erza saw the way Gajeel was acting and questioned him.
"Gajeel? What is the matter with you?" the red head asked.
"Nothing." Gajeel replied not facing the girl.
Erza followed Gajeel's gaze and saw he was staring harshly at Rogue and Sting. The boys though were calm as ever with a smirk across their face.
"Do you know them Gajeel?" Erza asked.
There was silence for a while, until Gajeel replied to the girl, "No, not at all."
Erza knew that Gajeel has got to be lying. You can't just glare at someone like that and claim that you don't know them, Erza thought.
Erza turn towards the two males and asked, "How about you two? Have you met Gajeel before?"
Both boys faced Erza, Sting being the first to reply, "Nope, never seen him before"
"Doesn't ring a bell" Rogue responded as well.
Erza let out a sigh "We better get going, the bell is about to ring any minute now and you don't want to get caught up in the ruckus. I'll see you in lunch Levy" Erza turned and continued walking leading the two.
"Y-yea I'll talk to you later Erza" Levy replied shivering at how much tension there was
Sting and Rogue followed Erza side eyeing Gajeel with a grin as they passed him. Gajeel clenched his fist making Levy wince in pain since he was still holding on to her wrist.
Gajeel rapidly let her go apologizing to the girl. "I'm sorry shrimp. Really I am!"
Levy grabbed her wrist with her other hand saying, "No its fine Gajeel, I'll live."
Gajeel looked at her wrist and saw that she was pain, "After we grab what we need we'll go to the nurse to wrap it in something or lay an ice pack on it" Gajeel said walking towards the main office.
"No! It's fine! Seriously! It didn't even hurt that much." The girl explained following behind Gajeel.
"Quit lying, I can see right through you" Gajeel said not facing the girl. Levy blushed at his remark but stayed silent as they got closer to their destination.
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The two finally arrived and were just outside going over the plan.
"Okay shrimp, you go in there and ask Kinana about, I don't know smart stuff while I sneak in and grab the item." Gajeel said
"Okay, I'll go in first. You wait out here while I try to make her face away the door that way you can come in without being noticed." Levy replied placing a hand on the door knob.
"Nice, now go in" Gajeel said with a smirk.
"Right" Levy turned the knob making Kinana spin in her direction and instantly smile at the oncoming guest.
"Levy, what a nice surprise! What can I help you with?" The girl gleamed.
"I was wondering if you can check to see if you have any applications for scholarships." Levy replied.
"Sure! Let me just go get them in the drawers" The women said standing up and going towards the other side of the room.
Levy quickly faced the window where Gajeel as watching the two and gave a nod signaling him that now was the chance to come in.
Quietly Gajeel opened the door and snuck in crawling besides the desk where he could not be seen. Levy walked over to where Kinana was with hands behind her back while also keeping an eye on Gajeel.
"Here there are! Now should we go-" but before the women can turn Levy grabbed both her shoulders making her immobilize from moving.
"No! I think I saw some other ones there that I really wanted to see hehe" Levy said nervously laughing.
"Oh, sure thing dear. I can check again but I'm pretty sure there weren't any other ones" Kinana replied with a confused expression sorting through the paper work.
Gajeel quietly went towards the drawer and slowly opened it making it squeak. Kinana heard this and was about to turn around again when Levy quickly spoke up making her stop in her tracks.
"Ma'am I think I might be pregnant!" Levy said a bit too loudly.
Kinana turn towards the blue haired girl with wide eyes. "What? Are you sure?"
"Uhhh yes?" Levy said more like a question than an answer. Gajeel was busy trying to contain himself from laughing at Levy's sudden remark.
"Well, when was the last time you have gotten your period?" Kinana asked with a worried expression.
Levy looked behind Kinana to see that Gajeel grabbed the uniform and was already making his way out the door.
"Oh, now that you mention it I actually did get my period this month haha silly me" Levy said chuckling. "Anyways I better get going, the bell already rang for second period. Wouldn't want to be late" the girl said walking out the door.
"Wait! Don't you want the applications?" Kinana asked but Levy was long gone by now.
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"You got it?!" Levy said walking up to Gajeel who was looking at the clothing.
"Yup" Gajeel replied handing the girl the outfit.
"Nice job" Levy replied with a smile looking at the outfit. She then noticed at how odd the shirt was since it was slightly bigger than expected. "Uhh Gajeel, we have a problem" Levy said with a troubled expression.
"What it is?" Gajeel asked.
"You got a boy's uniform!" Levy said bringing the pants up. "Oh crap! I didn't know there was a damn difference!"
Levy face palmed, "Its fine, Lucy will just have to work with it." The girl said while stuffing it in her bag. "Let's go give this to her, she said she was at the roof top"
"No, we're going to the nurse first." Gajeel said grabbing Levy's uninjured hand gently and leading the way.
"Gajeel, I told you already it was fine" Levy retorted.
"No its not. It's my fault this happened and I can see that it hurts you when you grab things"
Levy blushed, He must've seen when I grabbed the door knob and the uniform from him. I thought he wouldn't realize it, the girl thought.
They ended up arriving to the nurse making Levy go inside and wrap her wrist while Gajeel leaned on the wall just outside the door.
Gajeel was silently waiting for Levy to come out until he was approached by a certain salmon head boy.
"Yo I got your text. What's the problem?" Natsu asked.
"They're here." Was all Gajeel responded. Natsu was confused at his remark until he realized what exactly he meant by it.
"What do you mean they're here?" Natsu said sternly furrowing his brows.
"As in they will now be attending this school. I just ran into them this morning"
"And what did you do?" Natsu asked
"Nothing" Gajeel replied facing the boy. Natsu however didn't believe him and gave him a "really" look. "I'm serious, I didn't do anything. Erza and Levy were there when I saw them." Gajeel said.
"Alright, I believe you. But what I want to know is what the hell they are even doing here." Natsu said with an agitated tone.
"That's what I'm trying to figure out also" Gajeel replied. Natsu looked to be in deep thought while Gajeel just stared at the boy wondering what was going on inside his head.
"Don't do anything, let them make a first move and we'll take it from there" Natsu said turning and walking away from the boy.
"Fine, I guess" Gajeel said bringing his hands behind his head. "I mean it Gajeel." Natsu said with a glare to the boy. Gajeel ignored his stare and replied, "Yea, I got it. No need to get so uptight" Natsu rolled his eyes and left leaving Gajeel alone again in the hall.
After a while Gajeel's phone beeped meaning that he got a text message and saw that it was from Natsu,
Natsu: And I'll tell Gray about it, I have him right now anyways.
Gajeel: alright
Gajeel replied and put his phone back in his pocket in time for Levy to come out with a bandaged wrist. "You ready?" Gajeel asked the girl. "Yes, I've been ready a long time ago you know" Levy complained.
"Just keep walking shrimp" Gajeel said jokingly.
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