Chapter 5
Lucy and Lisanna

I stand outside the school door, after school, waiting for Lisanna. It wasn't long before the white haired girl came outside, as cheerful as ever. "Ready to go?" I ask. "Yup!" She confirms excitedly. "Alright, I live nearby so we can walk there." I inform her. She nods in understandment and we make our way to 'my' house. Hopefully I can get her into the house and in my room before Natsu gets home.

Luckily for me, I remembered which house it is. It wasn't hard because it's slightly bigger than the other houses on the street, and it has one of those stand-up basketball nets on the front lawn. Once we reached the house I opened the door, which was fortunately unlocked. Grandeeney poked her head into the front entrance, obviously curious as to who came through the door. "Oh, Lucy you're back!" The blue haired woman points out. She then spots Lisanna. "And I see you've brought a friend." She adds. "Sorry I didn't tell you, it was kinda last second. We want to work on our science project, is that alright?" I apologize. "Of course!" Grandeeney exclaims. "Thank you Mrs-" "Just call me Grandeeney." She interrupts Lisanna, as expected.

"Let's go to my room." I signal Lisanna to follow me upstairs and to my room. She does so. When we enter my room, I set my bag on my bed and Lisanna starts taking out the materials from her own bag. "Actually... I'm going to get a drink before we start, do you want anything?" I ask her. "Water please." She replies. I nod my head and go back downstairs.

Walking into the kitchen I see Grandeeney, who is most likely preparing dinner. "Natsu's not home yet?" I ask, hoping the answer is no. "No, he has football practice today." Grandeeney answers. Score! "Oh, he plays football? By the way, where are the cups?" I question. "Yeah. He plays a lot of other sports too, but football is his favorite. And the cups are in that cupboard." I quickly get two cups from the cupboard Grandeeney was refering to and fill them with water. "Ok, well I'm going back now.

I head up the stairs again, and into my room with the two cups of water. "Here you go." I say, handing Lisanna her water. "Thank you." She responds. I then shut my door and sit across from Lisanna as we begin our project.

It's currently 5:30 pm. We've been working on our project for a while now, huh? Basically we have to make a model of the solar system. I'm pretty into astrology, especially the zodiacs, so I'm enjoying this project. As we finish adding Saturn onto the model, I hear the sound of my door opening. I look over to the door and I swear I could die right here and now. "Mom wanted me to tell you that dinner is ready." ...Natsu.

The pink haired boy didn't even acknowledge Lisanna and left right he said what he had to say. Lisanna then began poking my shoulder as she stared at the door, wide eyed and jaw slightly hanging open. "Uh Lucy... What's Natsu Dragneel doing in your house?" Great.

Oh man! What am I going to do? Should I tell her why I'm here? To be honest, I don't see any other option. Stupid fucking Natsu coming in at the worst time! I sigh as I decided to tell Lisanna the truth. "It's kind of a long story...My house sorta... burned down... And my mom is old friends with Natsu's parents so we are kinda staying here until our house gets rebuilt... Huh. Guess it's not that long of a story. Please don't tell anybody!" I explain to her. "Your house burnt down?! I'm so sorry" Lisanna apologizes as if completely forgetting the whole 'staying at Natsu Dragneel's house' part. I shake my head. "You don't have to apologize." I tell her. Well I guess there is no point in trying to hide her from Natsu anymore. "So, let's go eat dinner now."

Lisanna and I make our way downstairs and into the dining room. Natsu and Grandeeney are already sitting down, but not eating. "Sorry, were you waiting?" I ask, taking a seat. Lisanna sits in the chair next to mine. "It's fine, you didn't take long and we don't mind a bit." Grandeeney assures. "Speak for yourself." Natsu says, earning a slap on the back of his head from Grandeeney. I couldn't help but giggle a bit. "Mom and Igneel still aren't home?" I question, noticing the two missing people. "No." Grandeeney answers simply. And with that we start to eat.

"I just remembered! I never got your name." Grandeeney remembers, reffering to Lisanna. "My name is Lisanna Strauss." Lisanna responds. "Strauss? You're the sister of Mirajane?" Natsu enters the conversation with a sudden interest. "Y-Yeah." Lisanna confirms. For some reason, I notice a slight blush on her face. I wonder why.

After that, nobody said anything. It started getting awkward... So of course... I just had to do something! "So Natsu, how was football practice?" I ask, having that being the only thing I could come up with. "Fine." Natsu answers, obviously uninterested. Aaaaaaand conversation failed.

"Thank you for the food. It was great." Both Lisanna and I thank once we finish eating. We stand up from our seats and go back to my room to finish our project. I enter after Lisanna, closing the door behind me.

"Actually Lisanna, I'm going to head to the washroom first, sorry." I tell her. "Ok, I'll be waiting." She says. I walk outside of my room and am about to enter the bathroom when something pulls me. "Wah!" I shout in shock. I was pulled by Natsu, into his room.

"Ow!" I yell at him as my way of saying 'I did not enjoy that'. "What the hell are you thinking?" The jock snaps at me. "Uh, what?" I say, confused. "Why would you bring somebody over here? Now she knows we live together!" He shouts. "Well she only found out when YOU barged into my room without any warning! I mean, do you not know how to knock?" I argue. "How the fuck was I supposed to know?" He questions. "Didn't Grandeeney tell you I had somebody over?" I reply. "Obviously not." He answers.

We think about it for a while. "I bet she did it on purpose..." We mutter in unison, resolving in giving each other death glares. "I swear, if that Strauss tell her sister, brother or anybody about this, you're dead!" He threatens. "Whatever. Now if you'll excuse me, I was going somewhere." I walk out of his room and into the bathroom like I originally planned.

After I was done, I headed back inside my own room, shutting the door behind me. "So, you're really living with Natsu Dragneel?" Lisanna asks as if it wasn't already clear. "Yup." I reply, taking a seat across from her. "You're so lucky!" She squeals. "Lucky?" I repeat. "Super lucky! I would faint if I suddenly fount out that I had to move in with Natsu Dragneel!" I'm guessing she means faint in a good way judging from her expression. "Wait a minute... Lisanna do you... Like him?" I question. Lisanna's face turns red and she starts fidgeting. "A-a little... Y-yeah." She admits, stuttering. "You're like, the only person who knows this and I want to keep it a secret. Please don't tell anybody!" She pratically begs me. "I won't. Not as long as you don't tell anybody I'm living with him." I say. "Deal! I swear I won't tell a soul!" She promises.

Wait a minute.

Crush talk.

Secret Telling.

Promise making.

Isn't that... What friends do?

Did I... Just make a friend?

Ah! I'm so ashamed! It's been so long since I've updated! And right after I said that I would be able to update more often... Sorry for making you all wait so long for this chapter. I hope you enjoyed it. Sorry for any grammar mistakes, and a nice review would be greatly appreciated! Thanks for reading!

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That's all for now. Till next time, bye minna!