I looked up to see a shirtless ink haired male looking at me with a shocked expression.
"So it really is you?", I breathed out.
"Yeah, you're the real deal too", he responded back.
"I can't believe it! You go to this school too?!", I shouted not caring if I was loud or not.
"No I just like visiting this school for fun", he said with a sarcastic tone.
I chuckled, "You haven't changed a bit since 2nd grade"
"Yeah, you too, you still look like a bottle of hot sauce", he smirked.
"Hey!", I growled
"Listen Natsu as much as I would love to catch up I can't right now, I'm already late for class", he said as he got up from the floor. I followed his lead, "What class do you have right now?"
"I have English with Ms. Evergreen", he responded as he looked at his schedule.
"Really?! Me too!", I yelled out as I shoved my schedule in his face.
"Wow, What a coincidence! I guess we can catch up after all!", he said with excitement in his voice.
"Yosh! Let's hurry, lead the way man!", I patted Gray's back.
"Well the thing is… I don't know where her room is"
"You gotta be kidding me!", I yelled out as I pulled on my pink bangs.
Well this was going to be fun.
…
We spent about 5 minutes looking for the class until we finally found it.
"Finally!", I let out a cheer.
"It's about damn time now let's head in", Gray said as he twisted the doorknob opening up the wooden door. The sound of the door opening attracted all of the class's attention. The second Gray and I stepped in we had a lot of eyes focused on his. It made me really uncomfortable.
"Well look who's finally here", Ms. Evergreen said with a little bit of attitude as she placed her hands on her hips.
"You guys are ten minutes late!"
"Yeah sorry about that we were lost", Gray said as he rubbed his neck awkwardly.
"Didn't they give all of the students a map of the school?", she said as she raised her eyebrows.
"Uh….."
"Errr, Well it doesn't matter, what matters is that you guys are finally here"
"Yeah that's the spirit!", Gray raised his fist in the air.
"Shut up! You're not forgiven!"
"Ye-Yes ma'am", he whispered as he lowered his head.
The whole class started to laugh at the three of us. We were like a comedy skit to them.
"Silence!", Ms. Evergreen roared shutting up all of the students. The laughter was replaced by a cold silence as everyone held their grins.
"Now then if you guys would kindly take your seats we can finally begin class"
"Uh… where do we sit?", I questioned as a confused look appeared on my face.
"Oh that's right you were late", she said with a sarcastic voice that somehow irked me. She went to her desk and pulled out a brown basic clipboard that had a white sheet of paper attached to it.
"Ok…. let's see…... "
"Gray you will be seating next to….. Juvia. Juvia raise your hand so Gray can see you"
The blue haired girl named Juvia rose from her seat and flailed both of her arms in the air.
"GRAY SAMA JUVIA IS RIGHT HERE!"
Gray was startled by his new neighbor. I could see that he wasn't too happy about the seating arrangement.
"Gray…. sama?", he whispered as he slowly made his way over to Juvia.
I couldn't help but chuckle a little. The scene was just way to funny.
"What are you laughing at?", Ms. Evergreen asked in a cold tone that made all of my body hair spike up.
"N-Nothing ma'am", I squeaked out
She gave me a cold look before she returned her gaze to the clipboard.
"Natsu Dragneel you will be sitting next to….. Lucy. Lucy raise your hand"
A blonde girl with a side ponytail raised her hand across from where Gray was sitting.
"There she is now go take a seat right next her so I can begin", Ms. Evergreen said as she pointed at Lucy.
I made my way through some desks so I could reach my new seat.
I heard some whispers on my way there. Out of all of them I only heard a few.
"Lucky, he gets to sit next to Lucy"
"No fair"
"Why does he get to sit next to Lucy?"
"He too ugly to sit next to Lucy"
That last whisper got to me. A vein appeared on my forehead as I tried to control my anger.
I really wanted to retaliate back but I couldn't.
'Control yourself Natsu, deep breathes'
'Breath in, breath out'
'Breath in, breath out'
'Breath in-
"Hi", the girl known as Lucy said to me as I took a seat right next to her.
Now that I was close to her, her beauty amazed me. She was way too pretty. I couldn't stop looking at her. She had the most beautiful eyes on the planet. They were like delicious homemade chocolate. I could've sworn that they were sparkling.
I was at a lost for words. My mouth nor my body would move. I was in a daze.
'She the definition of beauty'
A blush appeared on her cheeks as she averted her gaze from me.
"Umm…. could you please stop staring it's making me uncomfortable", she said as she rubbed her arms.
I immediately snapped out of daze.
"Oh! Sorry! It's just that…"
I focused at the board not wanting her to see my burning face.
"What?", she questioned as she forced my gaze on her.
"Umm… you're really pre-
"Alright class! Today we will be introducing ourselves! Since this is a pretty small class we should be able to breeze through this!", Ms. Evergreen said completely cutting me off.
'Thank Mavis! She saved me!'
I clutched my heart as I tried to regain my composure.
"Alright! So each of you will stand up from your desk and tell the class three things! Your name, one of the things you love, and your dream for the future ok?"
"Yes Miss!", everyone yelled
"Alright let's start with… Juvia!"
"Ok!", Juvia yelled as she sprung up from her seat. She took a deep breath and began.
"My name is Juvia, I used to love water but now I love Gray sama, that is why my dream is to become Gray sama's loving wife!"
"WHAT!", Gray yelled out as he jumped up from his desk.
"Why do you love me?! You don't even know me!"
"Then let's get to know each other!", Juvia yelled out happily as can be.
"I… uh….."
"Oh I get it…..", Juvia's smile started to fade away.
"You don't love Juvia!"
Tears started to flow out of her eyes. She tried wiping them away but more and more kept on coming.
"I… I'M SORRY GRAY SAMA!"
Juvia ran out of the classroom with her hands in front of her crying face. We could all hear her footsteps and sobbing down the hall. Just hearing her cry made my heart break.
"Gray! That was really rude! You made her cry!", Ms. Evergreen said as she scolded Gray.
"W-What did I do?!"
"You broke her heart! Now you better go fix it young man!", she said as she pointed to the door.
"But I-
"No buts! Go!"
"But-
"Go!"
"Alright sheesh!"
Gray got up from his desk and exited the classroom. I could see from his face that he felt really guilty for making Juvia cry.
"Poor Juvia", Lucy whispered as she stared at the door.
"Yeah I feel really bad for her, I hope Gray can make her stop crying"
"He will"
"How do you know?", I asked
"Because love fixes everything", she responded with a smile.
"I don't Gray feels the same way about Juvia", I said as I folded my arms.
"Oh trust me he does"
"How do you know?"
"Because I can tell when someone is in love"
"Really?"
"Yup all of my predictions are true just ask my friend Mira"
"I highly doubt that…", I whispered more to myself than I did to her.
"Alright class! Let's continue the activity!", Ms. Evergreen said as she pointed to the next student.
…
Thirty minutes went by and we had listened to about twenty more students. I tried to remember everyone's names but it was really difficult. In the end I only ended up remembering like six names.
"Alright Lucy you're up!", Ms. Evergreen said as she nodded towards Lucy.
"Alright", Lucy got up from her seat and cleared her throat.
"Good luck", I whispered making her smile.
"My name is Lucy Heartfilia and I love to read. My dream is to become a really great writer but I doubt that'll ever happen", her smile got smaller as she sat back down.
It crushed my heart for some reason.
"Hey Luce?", I whispered towards her trying to be stealthy.
"Yeah?", she whispered back
"Have you written any stories yet?"
"Um… yeah why?"
"Can I read one of them I want to see if you're writer material?"
"What no!", she whispered/shouted at me making Ms. Evergreen bat an eye at us.
"Come on pretty please?"
"No, I don't let anyone read my stories except for my best friend Levy"
"Then can I become one of your best friends so I can read one of your stories?"
Lucy paused for a second with an unidentified expression on her face but then she smirked.
"Ok I'll let you become one of my best friends but I'm still not going to let you read one of my stories"
"Yay! At least I can be best friends with you. So it's still a win for me"
Lucy blushed a tiny bit which made me smile. She looked so adorable when she blushed.
"You look so-
"Mr. Dragneel it's your turn!"
"Huh?! What!?", I spun my head to face Ms. Evergreen. She looked really annoyed with me.
"Well if you paid attention to the other students then you would've known that it was your turn", she said with an annoyed tone.
"Oh…. sorry about that", I whispered as I played with the edges of my scarf.
She gave me a look that said I feel like we're going to have problems throughout the year.
I gave her a look that said I couldn't agree with you more.
"Just stand up already Dragneel we only have two minutes left until the bell rings", she said as she checked the clock across the room.
"Ok I'm going", I stood up slowly from my desk and faced the class.
"Hello my name is Natsu Dragneel and I love fire"
"HAHA PYRO!", some random kid shouted at me making me lose my cool.
"Shut up! Fire is cool!", I shouted at the class not knowing where the kid who said it was.
"NATSU! RESPECT!", Ms. Evergreen said as she threw a marker at my forehead.
"But he started it!", I said as I pointed at the people in front of me.
"I don't care who started it! Just behave yourself!"
I could hear Lucy giggling right next to me along with the class.
'I thought Gray was the class clown'
"Whatever old hag", I whispered hoping she didn't hear me.
"WHAT DID YOU SAY!"
I gulped, "I said that I love to read!"
I put on my best fake smile and directed it towards her.
"I'll have you know that I'm twenty-three!"
"Wow that old?!"
"WHY YOU LITTLE-
*Ding!* *Ding!* *Ding!*
'Phew saved by the bell!'
"Everyone you can go to lunch now! But Dragneel you stay here!"
'Nevermind'
My body instantly became cold and sweaty. I stood there frozen and I stared at all of the students exiting the classroom. They all gave me sympathetic looks and they walked past me.
"Hey I'll wait for you outside", Lucy whispered to me as she pointed to the door.
"Ok", I nodded, I was still frozen in fear.
Lucy patted my back before she left the classroom. She was the last one to leave. Now it was just me and Ms. Evergreen.
She walked up to me as she cracked her knuckles. Every step she took the floor would shake. I was facing death right in the face.
"PLEASE DON'T KILL ME I'M TOO YOUNG TO DIE!", I yelled out as I covered my face with my hands.
"No Dragneel the punishment I'm giving you is far worse than death!", she said with an icy tone that made me shiver in fear.
"W-What is it?"
"DETENTION AFTER SCHOOL MWAHAHAH!"
"On the first day of school?!"
"Yes! And you will be here other wise I'll track you down and dropkick straight to the moon! Am I clear?!"
"A-Aye ma'am!"
"Good now get out of my sight!", she said as she pointed towards the door.
"Aye!", I sprinted out of the room before she could throw another marker at me. Those things hurt a bunch!
Once I was outside I was greeted by Lucy's beautiful warm face. Just seeing her face calmed me down.
"What did she say?"
"Oh I have detention after school"
"On the first day of school?!"
"Yup so far my school year is going just great!", I said with a sarcastic tone.
"Well at least we have lunch right now", she said as she tried to cheer me up.
And it worked I no longer thought about Ms. Evergreen. Instead I thought about wonderful delicious food.
"High school food here I come!"
A/N: Thank you guys for the positive feedback, you guys are awesome ^.^