Six - Jellal Fernandes
Jellal sat down on his own in the lunchroom, trying to make himself as unnoticeable as possible. He sighed and played with his food, wondering how Myst could handle being by himself all the time. Jellal hadn't been as popular at Era as Siegrain was, but he'd had friends. Wally, Milliana, Sho, Simon. He couldn't be friends with them anymore though.
Not after he helped Siegrain extort the student council. His friends were among the people threatened. There was no way they'd forgive him, but Siegrain had to stay at Era, all set to become Student Council President. Siegrain was the best option to take over the company after their father, so Jellal would take all the blame. He would just have to live without friends.
"Hey, Myst," Erza said, grinning and sitting down next to Jellal.
"Hey," Jellal said. "Why are you sitting over here?"
"I didn't want you to be all alone," she said.
"But doesn't Myst always sit on his own?"
"You're not Myst," she said softly. "And we're friends, right?"
Jellal couldn't help but smile. "Yeah," he said. "Of course we are." Erza took a bite of strawberry cake. "Uh, Erza," Jellal said. "Shouldn't you eat the cake after your real food?"
"I can eat it whenever I want," she said, taking another bite.
Jellal chuckled quietly and turned to his own food.
"Whoa! She didn't kill you!" Jellal and Erza turned around to see Natsu standing behind them. "No one messes with Erza's cake and lives," the pink-haired boy said. "She must like you, or something."
Red crept up on both Jellal and Erza's faces as they glanced at each other.
"Natsu, shut up!" Gray said, putting Natsu in a choke hold. "You want Erza to kill you?"
"Let me go, you crazy stripper!"
"Hey! If you're gonna fight, do it outside!" Gildarts shouted from the teacher's table.
Before anyone could do anything else, Erza punched both Natsu and Gray in the face. They fell to the ground and Erza went back to eating her cake. Jellal raised his eyebrows.
"Was that necessary?" he asked.
"I'm sick of them fighting all the time," she said. "I just want to eat my cake in peace."
Natsu and Gray crawled away and Jellal laughed. "I guess that's one way to deal with it."
-.-.-
At the end of the lunch period, Erza stood up and smiled at Jellal, making his heart flutter strangely. "Come on," she said. "All the rest of our classes are together, so I'll show you where they are." Jellal was more than happy to spend the rest of his day with Erza, despite the strange feelings he got just being around her. He was so glad to actually have a friend. Maybe this year would be easier than he thought.