I woke up the next morning feeling oddly refreshed. That never happens. I stuck my glasses onto my face and checked the clock, instantly jumping to my feet. SHIT! I've got 15 minutes to get to school. Fuuuccckkkkk! Something fell from the table I had beside my window. I instinctively grabbed the whip I kept beside my bed (it was a joke gift I got from Levy and Erza, long story) and jumped up from my bed. Natsu was half way through the window.

"What the hell Natsu!? How the hell. . . My room's on the second floor. . . WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE?" I rambled just a bit. I mean who wouldn't. Someone that you've only known for a day shows up the next day and climbs through your window. I bet that sounds as insane as it is, and yet, he acts as if it's completely normal.

"Came to walk you to school," He said it like it was completely obvious. "What's with the whip?"

"I legit can't comprehend what's going on. Just go to school Natsu, I'll see you there I guess." I grabbed a pair of gray sweatpants and an insanely large purple hoodie from my top drawer, and watched as the idiot climbed back through the window and down the side of my apartment.

"NEXT TIME, JUST KNOCK ON THE DOOR IDIOT!" I called down to him. He just smiled and gave a thumbs up. I rolled my eyes and slid the window shut, making sure to lock it tightly. I quickly dressed and combed out my hair. It was now 7:28, giving me only 7 minutes to get to school. I'd have to run if I want to stop by my locker. I ran down the stairs, grabbed a pop tart, and ran out the door, making sure to lock it. I was greeted outside my door by none other than, Natsu. Lucky me, I get to deal with a babbling idiot first thing in the morning. . .

"Ready Luce?" He grinned, making it utterly impossible to stay mad at him. He was just trying to be considerate after all.

"Yeah, but I told you to walk without me, Natsu." I responded, my hands on my hips, preparing for any argument he could dish out.

"So? I wanted to walk with you." All previous irritation fled from my body. What am I supposed to say to that?

"You're not supposed to want to walk with me," I pouted, clearly losing. He through his head back and laughed.

"You also can't tell me what I'm supposed to want." He stuck his tongue out and grinned triumphantly. I rolled my eyes and accepted defeat. We had been walking, instead of running like I had planned. We were going to be late either way at this point, so why not just walk? I didn't care at this point anyway. I looked over at Natsu whose onyx eyes lit up like he had remembered.

"I've been thinking about that project and I think we should do something more cliche. It'd be easier, and we'd still get the points." Natsu stated. We had previously talked about some short elaborate story that had really sparked my interest, but I've gotta agree that a cliche would be a lot easier and a lot less time consuming.

"Sounds good. I'm coming over to your place on Saturday right? Do you think we'd get it finish it in one day?" The question suddenly came to mind. What if we didn't finish? How would we get it done?

"That's why I said to go with a cliche. This way we'll get it done for sure!" He gave a wide grin and began walking faster. "We gotta hurry, Mira will be beyond pissed if we show up too late." He broke out into a slow jog when he pictured his teacher's demonic face. Mira was Lisanna's sweet older sister. She was only about 4 or 5 years older than us, and took college classes during her junior and senior years of high school. She was gorgeous, silky silver hair and gentle ocean blue eyes, but get on her bad side, she becomes Satan. I jogged to keep pace with Pinky. We were on the stairs outside the school when the one minute bell rang. Natsu and I shared a wordless conversation before we broke out in a run. Our class was on the second floor, the very last door down the long ass hallway. The tardy bell rang when we had made it to the top of the stairs. My lungs told me to stop and breathe, I obeyed and put my hands on my knees to catch my breath.

"Damn. I thought we would've made it too." He put his hands behind his head carelessly like we hadn't just ran up about 35 steps. He was absolutely unaffected.

"HOW!?" I exclaimed, receiving a strange glance from the strangest man I've ever met.

"How what?" He questioned.

"How are you not dying!?"

He threw his head back and laughed. He ruffled my hair as if I were a small child. "I do sports, Luce." I glared, pushing his hand away.

"Anyway, let's get to class. We're late." And with that, I walked forward with Natsu following. We arrived at the door and Natsu threw it open. We both bowed, and talked in unison.

"Sorry for being late, Mira-sense!" She peered over her black rimmed glasses and silently gestured us to sit down. Mavis, this is embarrassing. My face is probably pinker than Natsu's hair. A few snickers could be heard, a few from Natsu's friends and a snort coming from Evergreen, one of Lisanna's disciples.

The rest of the day went on as it always did, except Natsu walked with me to class and Lisanna was no where to be seen. All in all, it was a good day. Levy and Erza and I had sat at our usual lunch table in the far left corner of the cafeteria as we ate our, so called, 'lunch'. I walked back to my apartment alone, and this time there were no unwanted visitors. I did my homework, searched the web, showered, watched TV, ate, and then went to bed. It was the same 'ol, same 'ol that Tuesday night, but I couldn't say the same for Wednesday morning. . .

*END OF CHAPTER*

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