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Chapter One:
The first time Gajeel saw her, she was driving an expensive as hell pearl white tesla.
He was working at the family auto shop, as he always was after school, and a friend of his (sorta) friend Erza had called for a tow. His dad, Metalicana, went to pick the girl up. Her little blue VW bug (that perfectly matched the hue of the girl's hair) wouldn't start.
Gajeel wanted to claw his (glorious long black) hair out.
The engines of the volkswagon bugs were extremely hard to get to. Usually only the manufacturer fixed em, but his old man offered a much cheaper price to do the same (super difficult) job.
Naturally, he pawned the car off on Gajeel and left him to it.
The owner of the bug was a shrimp named Levy. He had met her a few times before, but she went to Kardia Academy, which was the rich kid school a few blocks from his own school, Magnolia High. He rarely saw the kids that went there, usually because they hung in different groups. Also, half of them were scared of him because he had a handful of piercings on his face, give or take. But Erza had been friends with Levy since they were kids, and Gajeel had known the redhead for about sixteen years now. It was inevitable that he'd become acquainted with the shrimp.
"So what's wrong with it?" the bluenette curiously sat on a stool next to him as he maneuvered himself around the engine, poking a few things and tightening some screws.
"Well first off, brake line is leaking." he grunted. People always ignored this problem it seemed.
"Yeah, my friend Lucy told me to get that fixed." she sighed. "What else?"
"Starter motor is also shot. I'm gonna have to order a replacement." he pushed himself out from under the ugly bug, wiping his hands on a grease rag. He probably had oil all over his face, but what was new with that?
"How much will that cost?" when he told her the answer, she winced. "Crap. I'm gonna have to ask my folks for the money."
"What, rich girls don't just snap their fingers and get what they want? Gihi." he teased the girl.
"Oh, hush up. You know I'm there on a scholarship, you came to my celebration party." the girl groaned, but laughed at the end of it. "Besides, I bought my baby myself. My car, my responsibility… unless I can't afford a tune-up." she sighed.
"Well, you can get a job to help pay for it." he decided some friendly advice would do well.
"I've got one at the bookstore. Problem is, I spend my paycheck there before I can save it!" she laughed again.
"Yeah I don't got that problem." Gajeel worked every day because his dad asked him to, unfortunately. But he got to save up all the money for college, and his dad paid for his gas and even got him a discount on a sexy black truck that Gajeel pimped out himself.
"Well, Lucy should be here in a minute." Levy sighed again.
"I'll open the garage door. Do you wanna have an official estimate?" the dark haired boy asked the tiny girl.
"I suppose it would be good to know how much I need to beg for." the bluenette groaned. As soon as Gajeel punched the red button to open the garage door, his jaw dropped. Idling just outside was a sexy pearl white tesla with shiny black rims.
"Holy shit." he muttered, raking his eyes along the exterior of the car.
"Oh, there's Lucy!" Levy popped up, racing over to the passenger side. She opened the door, having a short discussion with the driver before she shut it again, hopping over to the mechanic once again. "I told her she can just come with me to the office to get my estimate." she smiled. Gajeel watched, starstruck as the drivers side door opened and a blonde head popped up. His gawking didn't stop there. As the blonde sauntered around the front end of the car, he ogled her just as much as he did to her car, raking over her endless legs and curvaceous figure.
"How's blueberry?" the blonde had a lilting voice and big brown eyes that glimmered gold in the light, nearly matching the hue of her hair.
"Blueberry?" Gajeel nearly smacked himself for sounding like an idiot.
"Yeah, it's what Levy calls her bug." the blonde had a cute laugh, Gajeel noted.
"She's not doing great." Levy sighed. "I'm gonna have to do so many chores. Aw man! I can't believe it." she whined.
"Yeah, yeah, I know your pain." Lucy giggled at her pouting face. "Ah, is this Erza's mechanic friend?" the blonde perked up as she scrutinized Gajeel.
"Oh! Gajeel, meet Lucy, officially. I'm sure you both have heard of each other from yours truly." Levy grinned at the two, and they shook hands. He was impressed when the blonde didn't wipe the oil from her palm.
"Okay, so estimate?" the black haired mechanic offered to Levy.
"Yeah yeah, let's get my nightmare over with." Levy muttered, stalking towards the office door.
"That bad?" Lucy winced, speaking softly to Gajeel.
"Unfortunately. There's only so much of a friends and family discount." Gajeel grunted as they followed. He went behind the counter and punched in the buttons, placing the order for the part. When he told her the official estimate, Levy slammed her forehead against the counter.
"I'm gonna cry!" she groaned, and Lucy placed a reassuring grin on her back.
"Okay, okay, wanna go sit in the car? I think I'm going to grab an air freshener, my old one ran dry." Lucy ushered the girl towards the door, handing her the tesla's key fob (it was shaped like a miniature freaking car) and returning to the main part of the store.
"Any particular scent?" Gajeel asked as the girl sniffed at one of the under-the-seat ones.
"Vanilla." she brought it over and placed it on the counter. Lucy looked back towards the door and sighed.
"Anything else you need?" the black haired mechanic asked.
"Levy's bill." the girl brought out an American Express Black card, the kind with no limit. Gajeel's jaw dropped.
"You-are you serious? That's a helluva lot of money." he stuttered out.
"My dad won't mind. He likes Levy." she shrugged.
"I don't know if the Shrimp will let me do this." he shook his head at her.
"She doesn't have to know just yet. I know prom is around the corner and she's already got to save up for that, so I'll just say this is an early birthday gift." Lucy gave a sheepish smile.
"I'm putting this down as refundable." Gajeel punched a few more buttons before bringing Levy's estimate up and adding it to her previously one dollar air freshener bill.
"I won't refund it." she swiped her card, not even flinching, and plucked the receipt from the machine. "This is our secret for now, okay?" she winked at him.
"Y-yeah. Sure." he muttered as she sauntered out, her vanilla air freshener still on the counter. He glanced down at it as she left before he grabbed it and hauled ass out after her. Shrimp looked miserable in the front seat, and the blonde driver was already in the car, a circular pair of shades already on her face. He jogged over and knocked on the Shrimp's window, waiting for it to roll down.
"Yeah?" Levy questioned.
"Forgot this." he grunted out, handing the stupid thing over. Lucy's cheeks gained a bit of color as Levy bust out laughing. "See ya." he backed off, going back in the garage door and shutting it. He leaned against the wall, scrutinizing the blue bug. "What kind of chick spends that much money on her friend for no reason?" he questioned aloud.
He had no idea what mayhem this girl would bring to his life.