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~(Lucy's POV)~
Gray had opened the door to his house for Mirajane and I. Jokingly he held it open like a proper gentleman which i thought was down right adorable. However Instead of going along with it I rolled my eyes and walked past him. My face felt hot, Crap! Did I blush! The last thing I needed was for Gray to see me blush. As soon as I had entered the home A wave of alcohol caught my nose. Its smelt gross. The place was crowded with people, I would say around 10 people just in the living room, another 5 in the kitchen, and through the sliding glass door the the back porch i could see 2 more people. For a small house, roughly the size of my new one, that's a lot of people and that's the people I could see. No doubt there was more in other rooms. Gray followed us in.
"I'm back, and i brought your damn beer." He grumbled, clearly tired. A Long, ocean blue haired girl pushed past me and rammed into gray.
"GRAY! Where the hell have you been!" It was Juvia. Go Figure. Gray kinda stumbled back from the impact. Then when he realized who it was, he had this look on his face i couldn't quite read.
"I had some minor complications, but thats not the problem anymore." He sighed and Pried her off of him. Wait, what did he mean by that? Did he not plan to tell everyone what happened? Is that really a good idea? I glanced over at mira, she just nodded and smiled. I could help but smile back.
"Whats the problem now block-head. You took too long at the shop, cana almost left by the way. I have never seen her this drunk before." Natsu laughed."It's fucking hilarious."
"Language Natsu!" Erza Yelled at him. Her booming voice came from my left side. She was sitting on the big brown couch beside Elf-man. "Wendy is here Remember?" Erza pointed to a small blue haired young girl, who just turned to face the group whilst sipping on a juice box. I'm gonna guess and say that is Wendy. She looked cute! What was she doing with these guys though. Isn't this 'Party' a bit much for her.
"Oh right, hehe sorry wendy." Natsu said sympathetically before lamely waving at her with a huge grin on his face.
"Where is Cana now?" Gray asked.
"Why? So you can make out with her?" Gajeel teased. My heart dropped. What did he just say? Gray making out with Cana, the drunk girl on the roof? The girl who hugged gray and shared a drink with gray. Was he her Boyfriend? It would make sense, After all they seemed really close the other night and on the school roof. I felt as though I had been crushed. I barely Knew the guy yet why was I so attached to him? I stared down at the floor boards, hoping no one saw the look I had on my face. Why Cana? Was all I thought. The room went Semi-Quiet.
"Bastard." Gray spat. "I was gonna go give her the beer she so desperately needed. But hey." He paused, his eyes still peeled to the beer he place on the counter. The room now focused on the 2 dark haired teens. Silence hung around the room clinging to the walls and bodies, heck you could hear a pin drop. "If you wanna pick a fight so badly. I right fucking here, but don't bring people into a fight that don't belong Jack-ass." He smirked. He now turned his full attention on the angry Gajeel. Tension filled the air.
"Gray! Enough!" Erza stood up and face him raising her voice a little louder than the last time.
"Why? He started it, Im just playing along." Gray smirked.
"Yeah well im ending it!" Erza threatened.
"But-" He was cut off.
"I don't want to hear an excuse. It's been 2 weeks since we have seen Wendy and I don't want her to see this the day she gets back." She paused, taking a deep breath in, then releasing it. "Now apologize!"
"Wha!-"
"No"
"But-"
"No!"
"Huh?"
"NO!"
"Stop cutting me off Erza!"
She just glared at him.
"Just cool it gray and apologize to the little girl. Then maybe i'll tell you where cana went so you two can go cuddle." Gajeel sneered. He must be drunk. Gajeel was acting different then when he had at the bonfire.
"Fuck off Gajeel." Gray hissed. The awkward silence was un-bearable. They both glared at each other. Death glares. Were they gonna start a fight? I could see natsu Grinning and cracking his knukles.
"Oh~ getting some hostility here. Want me to teach you a lesson on respecting people who are better than you?" He cracked his knuckles and held a fist up. I almost laughed, what a weird come back.
"Wow, what a creepy come back. Kinda sounded like you were gonna rape me there for a sec."Gray retorted. It was like he read my thoughts. I giggled under my breath and made sure know one heard it."Unfortunately for you, im already bored." He turned his attention back on the beer and opened one pack, then grabbed two beers. Mira tapped my shoulder. I returned my attention to her.
"Hey Lucy, are you okay?"
"Huh? Yeah. Why do you ask?"
"You just seemed pretty tense back there, that's all." Mira smiled, she was right though. Still, I just smiled back at her.
"I guess, I'm just pretty shaken up right now... I'm fine though!"
"Okay, That's good! Oh, Follow me." Mira grabbed my hand and pulled into the kitchen. There was this so called Wendy sitting on a small chair beside the newly placed beers, drinking her juice box.
"Hello Wendy!" Mira exclaimed. "It is so great to see you again!"
"Yeah! Its great to see you all too!" Wendy chirped."Um, is she the new girl Gray was talking about?: Wendy pointed to me with a warm smile.
"Yes! Wendy this is Lucy, Lucy this is Wendy!" Mira seemed excited. I was pretty happy too, new people I get to meet the better.
"Hello Wendy Its great to meet you!" I greeted myself.
"Hi Lucy! Its great to meet you too."
"This may be a weird question and all but how old are you wendy?" I asked nervously. If i was honest i'd say she was too young to hang out with these guys.
"Oh, its okay I get it a lot, I am 13 almost 14" She answered honestly.
"Oh! and... your parents allow you to be here?"
"My auntie does! I'm just not allowed to drink or be near people who are smoking." She winked at me then giggled.
"Ah, I see. That makes sense." I smiled back at her. "Are you In the Fairy Tail club as well?"
"I don't go to Fairy Tail Secondary School Yet. I got a couple years to go, but when I go there I will definitely join!"
"Ah okay! What school do you go to now?"
"Cait Middle school, however they are shutting down next year." She sighed.
"Oh no, thats not good. what school are you gonna go to next year then?"
"They are currently trying to figure that out. It's quite exhausting. My aunt might even move because of it."
"That's too bad!" I frowned, she seemed like a good kid too. I wonder how she deals with these crazy people given her age. How did she even meet them anyway?
"Yeah. Anyway what school did you go to before FTSS?"
"Actually I was home schooled, so this." I gestured around the room." Is all new to me." Then smiled.
"I see, so that's why.." She trailed off. Why does everyone say that! I mean come on! Whats so different about me than the others that's so noticeable. Gray said the same thing too. Speaking of Gray, I searched around for him. He seemed to have disappeared into the crowed of people. However my eyes finally found the raven haired adolescent. He was currently walking out the back door. Which I'm guessing lead to their back porch, but before he left, Gray had paused only to glance around the room. i turned my head around and join in Mira and Wendy's conversation to make it look like I wasn't ogling. The door then shut behind him and Cana.
"Anyway Lucy, I heard Loke, Max, aaannddd Natsu thinks your hot." Mira winked at me and wendy 'OOhhhh'ed.
"R-really?" My face turned a rosy red from embarrassment.
"Really. I think Gray does too." Mira added and If it was even possible my face grew even more red. It lit up like a traffic light. Gray? Did he really think I was good looking?
"Wow Lucy! Thats awesome, Gray never really gets attached to new people that often." Wendy reassured.
"W-w-wh-what?" I stuttered way to much, I just couldn't believe it.
"You heard me," Mira giggled "I think you like someone~"
"I think so too!" Wendy chirped.
"W-What are you talking about" I tried to act as natural as I could. I failed big time.
"Its okay, I wont pry." Mira winked again before they both giggled
"Hey Mira!" The voice belonged to Loke. The ladies man had 3 girls swooning over him. 2 were on either sides and the other one was on his lap. Disgusting, how does one kid need that much attention. It grosses me out. However i can see why the girls liked him. He didn't look half bad. His shaggy, Orange hair was a great look on him, like everyone else still had their school uniform on. It was cool to see the many different ways to style a uniform.
"Yes loke?"
"I was wondering if you could fix my pants tonight. So i have something to wear tomorrow." He asked.
"Of course! Im fixing Gray's uniform as well so it works out perfectly." She smiled and nodded.
"What happened to Gray?" At that instant Mira and I froze. What do we tell him?
"W-well you see he wouldn't tell me. So if you wish to know, get up and ask him." She smiled and gestured to the back door where the said beautiful teen was. I wish I knew what he and cana were up to. Oh-well, Some things should be left a mystery.
"Nah- I'm too comfortable right now." He hinted and flirted towards the ladies on his lap." Anyway Here." Loke handed her his ripped pants. The tear seemed to be where his knee was. Probably, tripped and skidded his knee on the pavement.
"What did you do? I'm not too sure I can fix something like this..." Mira trailed off, sadness hinted her voice. I guess she hated not being able to help her friends.
"Oh, Some jack-ass pushed my off my skate board today looking for a fight. My knee scraped against the concrete ripping my uniform in the process."
"Loke... please re frame from using harsh words. After all.." Mira tipped her head and her eyes dashed back and forth from Loke to Wendy.
"it's okay Mira, I understand some people are drunk. Plus, i've been with you guys long enough to let a few words by. It's not like it's hurting anyone." She had the sweetest grin on her face. A look of complete innocence.
"I'm sorry Wendy." Loke apologized and went back to the girl drooling over him.
"Your so sweet Loke!" One girl said.
"Yeah, Like an angel!" Said another. Angel my ass. He was clearly a player, and enjoyed several girls swooning over him. A complete playboy by my books.
I walked over to levy who was sitting on the arm of The large brown couch. Gajeel was talking to Elf-man about the sports game playing on the T.V., levy was just sipping the can of Pepsi In her hand. She looked a bit lonely, i'm guessing she didn't enjoy sports as much as her boyfriend did.
"Hey Levy, Whats up?" I asked.
"Oh Hey Lucy! I didn't think you were gonna come here today!" She smiled and waved at me when i approached her. "Just drinking some soda and watching the game." Levy replied. "What are you up to?"
"Um just talking to you I guess" we both giggled.
"So It got pretty Intense back there huh?"
"What?"
"You know between Gray and Gajeel."
"Oh that.."
"Yeah. Gajeel gets the 'Fighting Urge' whenever he drinks. You know.. um he just wants to start a fight and Gray knows that. So don't worry. They're still friends and such."
"I have a question about Gray." I didn't really know how to ask this.
"Ask Away!"
"Okay, well i know this is none of my business but, Whats the whole thing about Cana and Gray?"
"Ohhh, Well" She winked at me and continued. "You should ask her Yourself. They don't mind talking about it. After all the past is the past. And they are still great friends to this day."
"I don't know, it doesn't seem like my business to ask that.."
"You asked me. It's the same thing." She laughed, "I'm serious, they really don't care. Come on. I think they went out back."
"Uh, Are you sure its okay?" I didn't really know what to do at this point. However we walked to the door Gray and cana walked out of.
"Im positive!" When we passed everyone and made it to the sliding glass door, I glanced around the room."Besides I need some fresh air."Levy finished.
This is the kind of people I want to spend High school Fairy tail club. Thats where I wanna be after schools, at Lunch, and Every sunday at the bonfire. No where else, I felt like I could be me here. Not some rich girl who always had to respect people she hated. The dresses, long and silent dinners, the many so called 'Parties' my dad held, where they played classical music and everyone there was old. I didn't belong there. This is where I wanna be. A thought had crossed my mind. I completely forgot that I promised to have lunch with those girls. Do I go with them, or go underneath the cherry blossom tree and enjoy lunch with these goofs. I didn't want to think about that right now and with that i turned my head and we exited the house.
Gray and Lyon's Backyard was nice. There was a trail that lead to the school-Thats the detour we took so the police wouldn't notice us yesturday-, the back porch was a nice oak wood and black fencing around it, there was an area by the far right that was covered in trees. On the porch where 3 figures sitting around a table. The coffee table had silver legs and a glass top. There was 2 benches on the longer sides and 2 smaller chairs for the smaller. The chairs/benches were also silver with green cushions and white pillows. 2 of the figures sat on the one bench that was closest to the house. The other was sitting opposite of them.
The 3 figures where Gray, Lyon, and Cana. Lyon and Cana were playing cards together, Gray on the other hand was sleeping. The scene would have been fine however, I notice Gray was sleeping beside Cana. No thats not Right, he was sleeping on her. His head was lazily resting on her bare shoulder.
When we drew closer to the trio cana noticed us first. She slowly lifted her hand and placed a finger on her lips.
"Shh" She hissed quietly then pointed down to the passed out hotty on her shoulder. Cana then giggled and signaled us to come closer.
"Hey guys! Hows the game going?" Levy whispered and gestured to the card game.
"Im winning." Cana sounded triumphant."Naturally." She winked.
"Ugh, your like the master at all things cards." Lyon sighed and forfeited the match by tossing the cards in his hands on the table, then sat back and crossed his arms. "Thats like the 10th time she beat me today."
"Haha sorry, ill go easy on you from now on." the so called 'card master' chuckled and rounded all the playing cards up, then started shuffling the deck.
My attention went back on Gray. His sleeping face was adorable. Little breaths of air was slowly taken in and let out by a small opening through his lips. He looked so relaxed, not to mention one side of his face was slightly squished by certain brunette's shoulder. Their hair mixed together creating a beautiful blend of Black and Brown. I realized his injured arm was opposite of cana, I guessed it was still too soon to be careless with it. I'm surprised he isn't getting stitches. He wore his black hoodie and the bottom half of his uniform. My heart skipped a beat as I remember him with out a shirt. He looked utterly exhausted. Go figure.
"Anyway Lucy was gonna ask you a question." Levy winked and pushed me closer to the three.
"wha-oh um, Well Gajeel and Gray where talking about something earlier. I was just wondering whats up between you and gray." I winced as I expected her to get mad at me for sticking my nose into her business. However that never happened. Cana just shrugged and started to explain.
"Ah- i see, Sure why not." She gestured to one of the smaller chairs whilst shuffling the cards." Take a seat, If you want i'll give you a full story."
"Um- okay.." I took the said seat and glanced back at levy."Are you not staying?"
"No, im going to Gajeel's house for a bit." She blushed and thanked Lyon for her stay. "Thank you too Gray." She whispered and ruffled his hair a tad before leaving. Gray just moaned and If it was possible he squished his face into Cana shoulders even more then relaxed a bit.
"Bye Levy! Have fun, but not too much fun If you know what I mean." Cana Winked then giggled. Trying to be as quiet as possible.
"Cana!" Levy's face flushed with a florescent Pink and ran inside.
"She's cute." Cana mumbled as she finished shuffling the deck of playing cards. "Wanna play?" Cana turned to me, the question hung in the air for awhile as I thought to myself. What Game are they even playing? I never really played Card games a lot. I guess from the lack of people i knew, more or less cared for. I decided on an answer.
"No thanks, ill just watch." I smiled kindly to her hoping not to offend her. However she didn't seemed fazed at all. Every time my cousin, Michelle, asked me to play a game with her she got sad. Yet Cana, no, all of these guys respected my opinion and was okay with it. It was a nice change.
"Okay," she tossed 7 cards, faced down, to Lyon and Gave her self 7. Then she spread the rest of the deck around the coffee table in a large messy pile. "Lets play 'Go fish'."
Lyon laughed as he stated the game was meant for kids. Cana snapped back with a retort.
"Then why can you never win against me? After all It Is meant for kids, right?" She joked.
"Oh please this game is all luck of the deck." Lyon laughed and picked up his portion of cards.
"Your right, You don't have any skills in any of my games so I decided that you might have a chance, even if the odds are slim." She winked and picked up her 7 cards. Skillfully placing all seven in one hand. "May luck be on your side." She giggled, Lyon just grumbled. As the game commenced I stared intensively at what was about to happen. On the other hand, it wasn't very exciting.
"Okay do you have 3?" Lyon asked starting the game off.
"Nope! Go fish."Lyon picked up a card."Do you have 6?" Cana asked him.
"yeah...2 of them." Lyon grumbled and passed her the two cards.
"Do you have an ace?" she asked again.
"No, Go fish."
Cana drew a card from the pile.
"Oh I picked one up! My turn again." She stuck her tongue out teasingly. Lyon clearly not amused."Do you have a 9?"
"How did you?- ugh yes." He cats away the question and gave her his card.
"Anyway, to carry on with the previous conversation. I would mind telling you about our past." she nudged Gray gently. Who was still sound asleep on her shoulder. The asked Lyon for another card.
"Oh okay!" I placed my attention away from the game and onto Cana. i don't know how she could play the game and explain but whatever.
"Well we were childhood friends for a really long time. He is actually the first friend I made. So about a year and a half ago we decided to hook up. After all we did know everything about one another, at the time it was a great Idea. Best Friends with Benefits, if you know what i'm saying. Anyway Last summer we both went to a party together, drunk out of our minds, and we both had no real idea what was going on... and well..." Cana's gazed shifted awkwardly to lyon then back at me rapidly. "I kinda woke up in Gray's bed... So yeah. It was kinda a big deal and all, We both decided to just be friends at that point."
My eyes widened in shock, she lost her virginity to Gray! OMG. I couldn't really understand what was whirling through my mind at that point. I tried not to blush at the thought of waking up in Gray's bed however it felt as if my face radiated the bright red color my face displayed.
"If I'm honest," She kindly stared down at the sleeping figure, her eyes filled with softness of the memories the raven haired teen and her shared."He was the best boyfriend I ever had. At the beginning we both knew it would end sometime, and we promised to remain friends when that time came. I'm glad for that year, it made us understand each other better. Plus if you must know.." She leaned closer to me and whispered. "He is pretty good in bed." Then pulled away and giggled.
"Ah- I see. Thank you so much for telling me, I was just curious."
"No problem! The whole school practically knows anyway, I just told you my thoughts and opinions of it all." She smiled the brightest smile I have ever seen her wear. She was beautiful. My eyes wandered to the past out gray.
He has done it before with some one... hmm. OMG what am I thinking! No No NO NO NO! My face became redder and redder at every dirty though that had crossed my mind. Wait. I thought back to what cana had said earlier in science class...
"Gray doesn't 'do' someone more that once." Cana stated..
What does that mean. I guess I hadn't thought about it till now. Does that mean he slept with more people than Cana? I gulped, trying not to think about his love life.
~CRASH~
My head whipped around to face the sliding glass door that lead inside. Did someone break some thing?
"Ugh those little twerps, what did they break now." Lyon grumbled,Probably still upset from his loss on the kiddie game. He got up and ran inside i was about to follow him but before i could get up from the chair Cana grabbed my wrist. Gray kinda mumbled something and adjusted his position on Cana's shoulder. Cana let go of me and Gently scratched his head before he silently fell back asleep.
"I have a question to ask you now Lucy." Cana stated and I sat back down.
"W-what?"
"What really happened to Gray?"
I gulped at the thought of having a gun pointed at me and the sight of blood. What do I say?
"I know he lied to us, he doesn't get this tired after a simple fist fight."
What do I say, what do I do? My mind flooded with those questions. Do I lie or Tell the truth?
"mmmmhhmmm uggugghhh" A moan came from the dark haired delinquent who finally started to wake up.
The teen slowly sat up straight and wiped his sleepy eyes. Then had a really big yawn before scanning the area, eventually, with eyes half awake, he found me. Our eyes locked for a moment, his dark blue eyes looked almost empty like the deep sea, though after a moment, they slowly began to fill with life, like the glistening waters of the Pacific Ocean. Eventually he broke our eye contact to stare blankly at the empty bench across him and cana. He woke up at the right time, thank god.
"Huh? where did Lyon go?" he mumbled still half asleep
"Good morning Gray," Cana greeted him by ruffling his raven hair. "He just left a minute ago, It sounded like glass shattered so he went to go check it out."
"Oh thanks." He yawned again.
"So, I was Just asking Lucy about you."
"Lucy?"
"Yes, Wanna tell me why you are so tired, now that Lyon is gone. I want the truth."
"Lucy's here?"
"Yes now answer the damn question." Cana was getting impatient.
"Huh? what question" Gray blinked a couple times before his eyes found me again. "Oh! Hi Lucy!"
"H-hi" I replied and waved.
"Idiot are you still asleep, Why are you so tired?"
"Now, now Cana that can wait. How long was Lucy here for?"
Cana just Face palmed and got up from the chair. " I'm gonna go get another beer, wait there. I'll ask again when your fully awake."
"Okay~" He waved her good bye before glancing at me again.
"and then there were two." I winked at him, remembering what he said to me at lunch today.
"Haha, Yeah! Um may I ask how long you were there for." He laughed.
"Well Lyon and Cana were playing a card game and you were-"
"Sleeping?"
"Yeah.."
"Sorry about that, ha, I guess i'm just tired from you-know-what." He winked at me before leaning back on the bench, stretching his back out.
"You don't have to apologize, I understand. However, may I ask why you Lied-" i was cut off by a hand that covered my mouth. My words stopped dead in their tracks, i blushed slightly when i realized it was Gray's Hand. Gray was in a pushed forward position with one hand on my mouth and with the other hand he pressed his index finger on his own lips. Motioning for me to shut up.
"Shh. They might over hear you say may not be able to see through those walls, but I kid you not, they aren't sound prof Cana is very observant, Lyon not so much. Plus i don't want someone walking out here with the word 'Lied' hung in the air." He slowly removed his hand. "Anyway to answer your question, I didn't Lie. I just didn't tell the whole story. As to why I didn't tell the whole story.. I guess you could call it protecting them. If i told them about the gun, they would worry. Not to mention the wounds, i don't want them to worry about me all the time. Besides if I told them everything that happened Lyon wouldn't let me go outside alone for forever." He smirked. "So lets just keep this whole thing our little secret." Gray then winked and laughed before Cana came back with her beer.
"Gray, Lucy. Wanna play a game?"
"No thanks, I'm good." Gray stated and placed his hand up gesturing 'No'.
"Okay" Cana frowned, "What about you Lucy?"
"Um, i'm good with just watching.."
"Okay then!" Cana sat down at the opposite bench as gray and started playing a game I was actually familiar. Solitaire. I played that game a lot during my spare time.
"So Lucy how was your first day?" Gray question, hoping to spark a conversation.
"It was Great! I had no Idea so many people would belong to a public school! The principal is a bit weird and with out you guys, I'd be SO lost. Other than that, the classes are super boring. I never knew how hard it was to sit still for that long on those uncomfortable plastic chairs." I complained. Gray and Cana just laughed,.
"Yeah, Thats High school for ya." Gray chuckled.
"I always wondered how home-school works. Can you tell us?" Cana asked.
"Yeah sure! i could take as many brakes as I wanted yet I have to have a certain number of minutes for each subject a day. My butler taught be most stuff.." I trailed off when i realized both Gray and Cana's Jaws Dropped. "W-what?"
"BUTLER!" They both said astonished in-sync. The two of them looked like a Deer frozen in headlights.
"Yeah.."
"You had a bulter?!" Cana repeated.
"No, I had 27 butlers."
"WHAT!"
"Omg I need to come over to your house sometime!"
"Well they aren't ours anymore, We moved because of money problems."
"Oh I see. Your family was a big spender eh?"
"Yeah.. haha Im glad I moved here now! Surprisingly, downsizing was the best thing that has happened to me!"
"Hm.. haha i guess! I'm surprised you like it here so much though." Gray seemed shocked, I guess the whole Butler thing caught him of guard. The Last thing I wanted to be in his eyes was a spoiled rich chick.
"Well I have friends now! Friends that aren't over 40 or under 6 years old. Haha." We all laughed. I realized it was getting a bit dark outside.
Someone opened the sliding glass door and 3 figures came out. Mira, Natsu, and Lyon.
"This idiot broke the coffee table inside." Lyon gestured to the one and only Natsu, who looked down in guilt.
"It's not my fault! Elf-man Called me Flaim Brain! What the fuck does that even mean!"
"It means your and Idiot, Jackass. Stop trying to break everything in your god damn path." Gray retorted.
"What did you just call me Ice princess!"
"What the fuck are you? Deaf?"
"No! Bastard," Natsu gritted his teeth," wanna go?"
"if your not to much of a chicken, or do you need to fix you hair before a match like last time." Gray stood up and started walking towards him. But he never reached his destination because Mira barricaded his path with her arm.
"Safe it you two, we don't want another broken table do we?" She pointed to the table that me and Cana sat at.
Gray and Natsu just grumbled to them selves. Glaring daggers at each other.
"Besides that, Gray come here." Mira ordered.
Gray looked confused but obeyed. When gray became a foot in front of her she leaned in and whispered something in his ear. Gray then nodded and left the his way inside.
I wonder what had mira said..
"Hey Lucy sorry for their behavior, are you playing cards with cana?" Mira asked.
"No, im just watching." I smiled and glanced at natsu. He looked like he wanted to punch someone out. In all fairness he make Pink hair look good on a guy. Badass almost. He had a structure too. You could see a bit of muscle from his arms, you could tell he was a strong opponent. I guess he was equal to gray, after all they are practically the same in a fight. He still wore his uniform like most of them here. Some probably went home to change. I wish I could do that, this mini skirt is making me uncomfortable.
I felt something on my arm, it tickled a bit. I looked down on my arm to find a tiny mosquito sucking tiny portions of blood from me. I swatted at it however I missed and it flew away. I frowned, damn thief. Now I'm gonna be itchy tomorrow. I looked around the group, they had the same problem too. Lyon was swatting at one bug that was flying around his ankle. Mira kinda just looked at us like we were crazy. Natsu had one on his arm too yet, he held down its tiny arms and legs as it kept on sucking, incapable of flying free, The poor thing exploded from the inside out. Gross. Another one was flying around Cana's head, she clearly looked pissed off.
"Yeah these bugs are gonna be annoying.. I'm going inside." Lyon stated.
"Same, sorry about your table by the way, i'll pay for the new one." Natsu hopelessly smiled, probably realizing it might never happen.
"It's okay I guess, and don't make promises you can't keep, block head." Lyon teased. "But, you can help clean the house after." He smirked.
"Awe"
"Serves you right."
Natsu stuck his tongue out and opened the door to go inside.
Shortly after we all piled in and I noticed it was much less crowded in here. Bottles & Cans were scattered around the household, above it all was a completely destroyed coffee table in between the T.V and big brown couches. It was beyond fixable.
"Hey the salamander is back!" Max joked. "Did ya break the table outside too?" He nearly broke into a laugh.
"Oh shadap, will ya? And whats with bringin up our old nicknames?" Natsu Commented.
"You do it all the time Natsu" Cana laughed.
"It's just habit thats all. I haven't heard salamander in a long time, ah kinda nostalgic." Natsu put his hands on his hips and closed his eyes as if trying to remember things while smiling. His smile was comforting, you just know when you look at it. This innocent smile that spread from ear to ear. It felt contagious.
When I looked around the room everyone was smiling and nodding, It seemed everyone here was family, they knew all their secrets, they knew when one was sad or mad, happy and carefree. Like one emotion was set for all of them. If one member was down, the others would bend down to pick their day up. Like a big happy family that could get through thick and thin.I felt warm inside, as if I wasn't alone. I loved that feeling and I hope to keep it for as long as I live.
I heard a honk come from outside. So did others but soon ignored it.
"Oh! I bet thats Wendy's aunt," Mira walked over to the window."Yep! Hey Lucy, since your the only sober one here, could you go get wendy for me?" Mira giggled.
"Ah, sure! Do you know where she went?"
"Oh she is probably in the Bathroom or in Gray's room."
"Okay, i'll go get her." I nodded and made my way to the long hall way leading out of the kitchen. I stopped at the first door. My guess was it's the bathroom, well I was right. I cautiously opened to door to find a Orange haired teen washing his hands. He looked at me surprised at first then had an amused look plastered on his face.
"Oh! Im sorry!"
"Well Hi there lucy." He chuckled." My, my aren't you an eager one." Loke grabbed my wrist and pulled me in closer, the water from his hands dropped down my arm and on my back.
"Loke!"
"Awe come on! If you really wanted to see my special place, you could have just asked my dear." He replied flirtatiously. Was he drunk? His breath smelt like beer. Thats for sure.
"Loke! L-let go! I didn't think anyone would be in here."I pleaded, It was getting uncomfortable.
"Awe... well if you change your mind," He let go of my wrist and untangled his arm from my waist. "Call me." He winked before turning off the running water and exited the bathroom, leaving only me to process just went down. Crap..
I too left the small room in search for Wendy. The next door over was a shot. On the white door had a sign labeled: Gray. The door opposite of that was Labeled: Lyon. Now thinking back to my conversation with Mira, she had said the bathroom or Gray's bedroom. So with that I entered Gray's room.
It was surprisingly cleaner than i had expected. His bed sheets were a light gray color with white pillows. He had a Hard wood flooring (like the rest of the house that had no cloths or anything on it, there was a desk with two pictures of people I could not pick out with a lit candle beside them. The walls were a beige color and he had a closet attached to the wall beside the door frame. Two figures were at the foot of the bed.
Gray sat on the edge shirtless (again) and wendy was standing between his legs, while inspecting a massive, purple/blue bruise across his abdomen. Was that there before?! The wound on his arm was properly cleaned and wrapped with care, By the looks of it, it was done by a professional. However there was only a small blue haired girl in the room. The raven haired delinquent cut off my thoughts.
"Oh Hey Lucy, whats up?"
"Uh-" I was still mesmerized by his figured upper body, my mind trailed off until i realized Gray noticed me staring at him.
"Haha, Whats wrong? Lost in thought?"
"Shut up, Its not what you think." I replied quickly.
"Haha , suurree." He chirped sarcastically.
"Yep, and The only reason I came in here was to get Wendy." My eyebrow twitched in annoyance. i hated how it was true, and he knew it.
"Oh, Is my aunt here?"
"Yeah, she is here to pick you up I think."
"Okay, " She started to gather her things, Med kit, coat, and an Ice pack that had rested against Gray's newly developed bruise. She stuffed it all into her purple backpack and left the room. I turned to Gray who still sat on his bed.
"Is that from earlier?" I asked, It looked like it hurt. I thought the scrape on his arm was the only damage he took. I still couldn't believe that he kept it all a secret from his friends.
"The big purple thing on my stomach? Yes that's from this afternoon. I only noticed it when i had to take my hoody off for wendy." He sighed and stood up, he winced slightly in the process in pain, but soon got over it.
"Oh, um are you okay...?"
"Haven't died yet." Gray smirked. " But yes i'm fine, thanks for asking."
"You make it sound like a semi-truck can hit you and you'd just walk away like nothing happened." I groaned.
"Haha! Your pretty cool you know?" Gray walked over to his closet and pulled out a white shirt. "However I'm not superman, so the likely of me dying via truck is a complete possibility." He winked and placed his arms threw the two arm holes, then was about to pull it up over and onto his head, but looked a me before hand.
"What?" I asked.
"You where staring at me. haha, do you want me to keep it off?" He gestured to the pearl whit shirt. Then smirked like a devil. God he was hot. His dark blue eyes stared into mine as the question hung in the air. What do I say? Obviously I can't admit to it, even if it may be the truth.
"Idiot, put your shirt on. I'll be taking my leave now."
"Haha! ppffttt. 'Ill be taking my leave now' What the fuck? haha like i said your awesome. "He pulled over the rest of his shirt and closed the closet doors. "Try to be less formal here. At Fairy Tail Secondary we don't really used formality, and you sure as hell don't need it here." He smiled again, the warm smile i saw last time.
"O-okay." Crap! I stuttered!
"Your cute." Gray sighed, slid past me and left the room. Leaving me there alone in his bed room.
"Huh?" Wait! Did he just say i was cute? No Way! Was I dreaming?
I didn't know what to think, was he just teasing? Probably. I left the room, making sure i wasn't blushing, I stepped into the hall and into the kitchen area. I searched the near empty room, Gray was having a conversation with Elfman and Mirajane. I started to walk over there, running several sentences in laps through my head. What do I say? Do I just shrug it off? Ugh! Why is the so confusing! Before i could take another step Cana and 2 other girls cut me off and dragged me into their conversation.
"Hey Lucy! I want to to meet some people." Cana smiled and gestured to them.
"Hi there lucy! Welcome to Fairy Tail Secondary School! My name is Bisca." She winked and held her index finger up, pointing to the ceiling. "And advise on this town, and ill help you! I know this area like the back of my hand!" The girl had long Green hair that reached down to her lower back. She had a cowgirl hat on and wore vibrant red lipstick. Bisca had a southern accent and her eyes were a pretty brownish, purple color.
"Hi Bisca. Pleased to meet you."
"Hello lucy! I am Laki." The girl known as laki had long purple hair that she kept in a ponytail, bangs framed her face and a red ribbon tied her hair up. She wore silver glasses and her eyes were a dark brown. "If anyone here causes you problems, come to me, I'll make sure they'll never even think about speaking again." She grinned and a spark of the devilish look glinted in her eyes. I could already tell she was unique. Mind you everyone here was strangely unique in their own way.
"Hello Laki, pleased to meet you too!" I smiled at the two girls i was just introduced to. However something knocked on the door. Everyone fell silent, Gray walked to the door and slowly opened it. I low male voice came from the doorway, it seemed familiar. My stomach dropped when i realized who it belonged to. My Father...
"Hello sir, can i help you with something?" Gray asked patiently.
"Yes, tell everyone to go home, i'm trying to work."My father replied dryly. Thankfully he doesn't know i'm here... but this was kind of embarrassing.
"Excuse me? Tell me how we are interrupting your studies." Gray looked straight into his eyes. "Sir" he growled.
"You are being loud, it is very disturbing. So people need to pack up and go home or else."
"Or else what?" Gray glared at him.
"Ill contact your parents"
Gray chuckled. "Your funny old man, i don't think I've seen you around the neighbor hood before. I think i would remember bumping into you." Gray looked hostile, and very serious.
"Im not kidding."
"And i'm not scared of you."
"where are your parents? i'd like to speak with them runt." My dad cursed.
"They're dead." Gray said calmly, my dad on the other hand looked shocked but played it off with a straight face.
"Okay i think your done talking Gray..." Lyon stepped in and pried him away from the door. Gary stepped back still glaring at my dad.
"And who might you be?" My father questioned.
"I am Lyon Vastia, the owner of this household, who might you be?" Lyon held a calm gaze.
"I am Jude Heartfilia, I moved here yesterday." He stated. Oh Crap! No No this can't be happening! Ugh! Everyones eyes fell onto me. Hy head slunk down, starting at the floor I felt the eyes of many shocked teens starting at me.
"Heartfilia?!" Gray and Lyon said almost in-sinc and they too looked towards me.
"Wait! Lucy! This old farts your Dad!" Natsu asked, astonished.
I stayed silent. Having a stare down with the floor boards. My dad peeked his head around the door to find me. An unreadable expression fell on his face.
"Lucy! What are you doing here?"
I pulled my eyes off the floor and took some courage to look at my dad, our eyes met. I was scared, what will he do?
I don't want to leave yet. I like it here.
Please don't make me go home. I hate it there.
"Why are you hanging out with these delinquents? At this hour too!" His face furious. He stormed inside, ignoring Gray's warning to not barge in someones house. Grabbed my wrist and tugged me out.
Please stop. I don't want to leave their warmth.
I don't want to embrace your coldness.
I don't want to say Goodbye yet.
Please let go.
I Didn't want to work up the courage to say good bye, or even lift my head up as my dad dragged me out. I didn't complain, i didn't do anything. I just went along with him. I know the power my dad has, He could make their life a living hell at the snap of his fingers. I didn't want that. I felt like I had to do something, but i could bring myself to do it, when i finally decided to look back, the door to Gray and Lyon's house was closed shut, and we were at the doorstep of my new home.
Why?
Why did you have to ruin it?
My chance to finally have a life,
to grow up,
to see the world for myself,
to make my own mistakes,
to feel success riding on my shoulders alone.
I don't need your help,
I don't want it.
I hate you.
Let me go.
Please.
My dad finally loosened the grip he had on my wrist and fished in his pocket for keys. He opened the door and let me inside. I couldn't bare to look up at him, i knew what he was gonna say next. 'Go to your room'. Those unspoken commands i knew all to well just from the tension in the air. I sulked up the stairs and curled up into the sleeping bag i had for a bed. I didn't care right now, i didn't feel like washing my face, or brushing my teeth, or having a shower.
I just wanted to cry, And i did. I Cried my heart out. Mascara ran down my face, but i didn't care. Black stains covered my white pillow. My gut hurt, i was crying too much. I didn't want to give my father the satisfaction of ruining my day, So i cried in silent.
I griped my stomach and my mouth, my eyes were blurry from the tears, I just stayed like that till I was tired. Till the makeshift room around me fell into darkness of sleep. The boxes surrounding me slowly blurred out of vision and my eyes fell victim to the dark.
Dear Mom,
I had a great day today! I met new people and got to know more about my friends.
However Dad made a scene again, I really do hate him.
I wonder what they'll say tomorrow? Will they hate me now?
I don't want to think about that.
I hope your doing well mom,
I miss you,
Love Lucy.
And with that, I cried my self to sleep...
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