I walked through the school's front doors and looked at my map. Since I missed science yesterday, I had to find out where it was.
'Where the hell is room 590?!'
I browsed the entire map but I couldn't find my science class.
'This map is useless!'
"Goodmorning! Natsu!", Lucy's cheery voice called out to me.
'Perfect!'
"Mornin, Luce! Would you happen to know where room 590 is?"
"Do you mean Ms. Blossom's room?"
"Yup! That's the one! Please help me Luce!"
She giggled, "Ok, ok, don't panic, it's your lucky day! That's my first period as well"
"Really?!", my eyes shot up
'Yay! I get to have another class with Lucy!'
My heart was doing a dance of joy inside my chest.
"Yup! I guess we have each other for another class then", she smiled brightly as she started to walk into the crowded hallways.
I followed beside her.
"I hope we get to sit next to each other, just like in English"
"Yeah, I do too, I have high hopes though, because the student who was supposed to sit next to me didn't show up yesterday"
'Could it be me?!'
"Well here's hoping it's me", I gave her my toothy grin, which in return made her smile.
I don't know why I loved her smile so much. It just felt really comforting, like being underneath a warm blanket that just came out of the dryer.
"Well we're here!", Lucy exclaimed as the both of us entered the silent cold science classroom.
Lucy took her seat but I was left standing.
'Great this is so embarrassing! Where am I supposed to sit?! I can't just stay standing like this!'
Without thinking I sat next to Lucy, and waited for the teacher to come in.
Ms. Blossom soon walked in, with a tye dyed lab coat and a cup of coffee.
"Morning class!"
"Morning Ms. Blossom!", everyone shouted in unison.
She took a glance around the room with her shiny glasses, until her eyes stopped on me.
The warm atmosphere suddenly turned into a scary one.
Her smile disappeared once she saw me.
"Well look who we have here, Mr. Dragneel, finally decided to show up to my class"
"Yeah, sorry about that, I woke up late yesterday", I scratched the back of my neck as I sent her a weak smile.
'At first glance I thought that she was nice, but now she's really scary'
She sighed and pulled out a sheet of paper
"At least you found where you were supposed to sit without me telling you, that's good"
'Wait so that means, I do get to sit next to Lucy!'
"But!"
"Y-Yes?!"
"Don't ever show up late to my class again!"
"I-I won't!"
"Good", her smile returned and she then began her lesson.
The funny thing is that, I ended up being late almost every day.
…
Three months had passed and I was starting to enjoy school. I had made a lot of friends since the first day of school. And the awesome thing is that all of my friends became friends with each other. We were like one big family. We even had our very own table, well tables we were a big crowd.
The table consisted of Me, Lucy, Erza, Jellal, Gray, Juvia, Levy, Gajeel and Lisanna.
We all got along perfectly, well except for Lisanna and Lucy. I didn't know what was between those two, but I knew deep down inside they disliked each other.
It was just like how Me and Loke acted. Even though he would smile at me and act like my friend, I knew somewhere inside of him he disliked me.
'Well I guess the feelings' mutual'
I took a bite into my frozen pizza as I listened to what everyone was saying at the table.
"Soo, Lu-chan are you going to the dance?", Levy asked Lucy, making me choke on my pizza.
'There's a dance?!'
Gray slapped my back, as I chugged my milk, praying to Mavis that I wouldn't die.
"Nope! No one's asked me out, what about you Levy-chan?"
'No one's asked her out yet? Maybe this could be my chance….wait a minute what am I talking about?! Lucy's my friend nothing more!'
"I'm not sure yet, I mean if someone were to ask me out I would automatically say yes", she said in a quite suggestive tone.
I could see Gajeel blush a small tint of pink, which just made me even more curious.
"What about you Natsu? Are you taking Lisanna?"
Me and Lisanna both choked on our pizzas.
'I think I'm going to end up dying before I even get to my next class'
"N-No!", I managed to shout as I chugged my milk again.
"Eh? Why not?", Levy questioned making Lisanna blush a dark shade of red.
"B-Because I-I was planning on taking someone else", I whispered as I looked down at my knees.
My face was a burning mess, and to top it off I started feeling lightheaded.
"Who?", this time it was Lucy who asked
"I-I….um…
DING! DING! DING!
"That's the bell! I got to go!", I grabbed my bag and rushed out of the cafeteria.
This was the first time that I ever wanted to get away from my friends and be alone.
'Real smooth Natsu, real smooth'
…
"Yo, Natsu?", Loke whispered to me as I tried to pay attention to the lesson our health teacher was giving out.
"Yeah?"
'What the hell does Loke want from me?'
"You askin anybody to the dance?"
'Oh great! Now he's asking about the dance!'
"I'm not sure, I have somebody in mind but….I don't know I'm nervous"
"Let me guess it's Lisanna"
'Why?! Why does everybody think I like Lisanna in that sort of way?!'
"No, it's someone else"
"Who? I could probably hook you up man", he smirked the smirk that always made me want to punch his face.
"That's none of your business"
"Wow, Natsu that's cold, I thought we were buddies", he pretended to be shot by an arrow.
'Jeez Loke, you have such a punchable face, why don't I just-
"I'm taking Lucy"
At that moment my heart stopped. Everything around me just froze in time.
"What did you say?", I whispered sorrowfully
"I'm taking Lucy to the dance"
"She agreed to go with you?"
"Nope, I haven't asked her yet, but once class is over, I'm going to go up to her and ask her"
DING! DING! DING!
"Speak of the devil, see you later Natsu I better hurry before she leaves the school grounds"
Loke packed up all of his stuff and rushed out of the classroom. I was still stunned and hurt that I didn't get from my seat.
'There's still a possibility that she could reject him…..right?'
'Right? Right?! RIGHT?!'
I picked up my bag and exited the classroom quietly alone with my thoughts.
'What if…..what if she says yes?'
My hand bawled into a fist as I clenched my teeth.
'I…..I can't let that happen. I want to take Lucy to the dance. I was to dumb to admit before, but I…..I like Lucy!'
I rushed down the hallways frantically as I pushed away all the students who got in my path.
No one was going to stop me, I had to get to Lucy before Loke did.
'I will take Lucy to the dance!'
But suddenly the back of my backpack was pulled by somebody, making me halt to a grinding stop.
I turned around and saw Lisanna blushing madly while looking down at the floor.
"Lisanna? What is it? I'm kinda in a hurry"
"Um…...Natsu…..I-I", she played with her fingers as she tried tried her best to speak to me.
"I'm sorry Lisanna, but I really have to go-
"Wait! I have to ask you something really important!"
"It can wait, I have to do something important right now too!", I ran down the hallways not giving Lisanna a second thought as I came closer and closer to Lucy's classroom.
'Yes! I made it! And I don't see Loke anywhere!'
I turned around the corner and what I saw at the moment crushed my heart.
Lucy was holding a box of chocolates and bouquet of red roses as she stared at Loke, who was smirking like an idiot.
They didn't seem to notice me so I stayed behind the corner eavesdropping on what they were saying.
"Lucy Heartfilia, will you go to the dance with me?"
She hugged him tightly and smiled, the smile that I always loved to see on her.
"Yes!"
'Wow! I've never seen her look so happy before'
I couldn't feel my heartbeat anymore, instead I felt empty inside.
It felt as if all of my organs were gone, and all that was left was air.
'I guess it's for the best, she deserves to be happy. And after seeing her like this I know Loke will make her happy'
I walked slowly through the empty school hallways, as I clenched my chest.
'I'm such an idiot'