Hi guys! I'm here again, with another really fast update. I'm more into this story than I thought I'd be; soon, I won't be able to pay attention to this story so I'd like to get as much content out there as possible. With the way I have things planned, this fanfic will definitely be very very long... but I guess that means more to look forward to right :)

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The next day at school, Lucy had even more attention than before. There was no catcalling but instead wary stares from afar.

'Gajeel's girl' was now infamous; she was described as having medium length blonde hair, large brown eyes, and a heart shaped face. However, despite her pretty features, she had a serious case of RBF. Also, she was somehow able to make the school uniform - a white button up and black knee-length skirt - look scandalous with her body figure.

Girls had to watch out for their boyfriends getting snatched by her: apparently upon her first day, the 'blonde bimbo' (which many of her peers refer to her as) managed to catch not only Gajeel's attention, but Gray and Loke's as well. Guys were likewise paranoid, because messing with Gajeel's girl was taboo unless they were looking for a beating by his metal bat.

These were few of the many rumors being spread about Lucy currently and by far some of the better ones being said about her.

She snorted when remembering plan A; she ended up taking the complete opposite route. Her school life didn't seem to be doing so hot.

The first half of the day passed by with Lucy unbothered by the attention. Her habit of staring out the window during lectures was apparently the reason for her 'bimbo' nickname. The blonde internally laughed at the irony of it: she dazed off because she already learned everything, but her desk neighbors would whisper about how "she dozes off since she can't understand".

The bad mouthing wasn't what got to Lucy; she deeply missed having someone she could rely on. Girls were actively avoiding Lucy at all costs, so if she were to make a friend it'd probably be… she looked over at her supposed boyfriend, who was now picking a fight with another group of guys, "Yeah, nevermind."

When the bell rang for lunch, Lucy got up to follow the crowd this time. Gajeel made his way over to her. Not too sure whether she wanted to be with him or not, she decided it was better than being alone.

"Gihi, wassup bunny girl?"

Lucy shot him a glare, "What did I say about calling me that?"

Gajeel shrugged, "What else am I supposed to call you? My bitch?"

"I didn't realize your vocabulary was so limited you couldn't memorize my name," Lucy gave Gajeel a pitiful look, "I'm sorry honeypie, I'll make sure to remember that next time I try to talk to you."

Many heads turned towards the duo after Lucy called Gajeel 'honeypie', "No way… she just called Gajeel a pet name…"

"Dude, she's his girlfriend. If she wasn't some kind of amazon woman there's no way she'd be able to date him."

Lucy looked at Gajeel in confusion, "Why are they so surprised that I can talk to you like a normal person?"

"Are you serious?" Gajeel asked incredulous, "Which should I tell you about? How calling someone honeypie isn't normal or how stupid you sound right now for not realizing how amazing I am?"

Lucy's brown eyes dulled, "You just said both, so I guess that solves your problem." She quickened her pace towards the cafeteria, "Let's talk more when I have food in front of me, I'm starving."

Sitting down at a rusty picnic bench outside, the couple found themselves without much company, "You don't have any friends?"

Gajeel briefly looked up before devouring his sandwich and the aluminum foil it was contained in, "As if you have any yourself."

"Ouch." Lucy responded monotone before poking at her half-cooked slice of pizza, "Is cafeteria food usually this bad?"

Gajeel's loud munching filled the air, "What, you didn't try it out yesterday?"

Lucy rose an eyebrow, "Why of course I did; it wasn't like I was totally getting beat up by your bestie, Juvia."

Gajeel burped right in Lucy's face, the air that escaped his throat slightly parting her hair, "Juvia's heavily misunderstood."

"And I'm not?"

Gajeel sipped his drink, "I mean, all the rumors I've heard about you have been pretty accurate." Before Lucy could give him a sassy retort, Gajeel's phone beeped. Without even glancing at the message, he got up to leave, "Sorry, Lulu, but I have to go."

"Who the fuck is Lulu?"

Gajeel flashed her a smirk, snatched her much undesired slice of pizza (she mentally breathed a sigh of relief), and ran away. Lucy watched him head off towards the back of the school, "But class is starting in like ten minutes…"

"He always skips in the early afternoon."

Lucy jumped at the high-pitched voice that suddenly appeared behind her. She whipped around to see a petite, adorable girl with shoulder-length wavy blue hair. She had a light yellow ribbon tied around her thick locks, and her school uniform was baggy on her small frame.

Lucy slightly tensed; so far she did not have very nice interactions with women in this area, especially the blue-haired ones.

The bluenette smiled gently, and let go of a book in one hand to stretch out the other towards Lucy for a handshake, "Sorry to startle you, my name's Levy."

Lucy's heart warmed upon Levy's gentle demeanor. She reciprocated the handshake, "Hi! My name's Lucy," the blonde blushed, "Actually, you probably know because of all the rumors, right?" she awkwardly laughed.

Levy gingerly sat down next to Lucy, "You certainly are the talk of the school right now." She looked towards the direction Gajeel ran off, "Especially after dating him."

Lucy felt anxious and excited at the possibility of befriending Levy, "Yeah…" Lucy facepalmed when the conversation died immediately after she spoke.

Levy spoke again, sensing Lucy's nervousness, "I bet Gajeel's happy with all the attention he's receiving though. He's been desperate for a girlfriend for almost a year now."

Lucy didn't know if she wanted to hear more about Gajeel. She had decided to stay away from him and his gang as much as possible, but being in complete oblivion probably wasn't a wise choice either. "Whatever," she thought, "I want to talk to Levy more."

Lucy inquired further, "Why was he so desperate?"

Levy looked down, slightly solemn, "I'm not too sure why either," her voice grew quieter, "I thought I knew almost everything about him, haha…"

The bluenette blushed and became flustered; she quickly looked up at Lucy and shot her a bright smile, completely blowing away the little gloom from before, "But who cares about him? I want to know more about you, Lucy!"

Lucy felt relieved, but before she let herself celebrate, she softly asked, "But, why would you want to talk to me when there's so much bad stuff that happens around me?"

Levy laughed adorably, "Trust me. I've been in a lot of trouble myself." Levy smirked slightly, which Lucy found oddly resemblance of Gajeel's, "Also, I was there when Juvia called you out yesterday in the classroom. I know that what everyone is saying about you is bullshit."

Lucy blinked in surprise. Levy continued, "To be honest I was too intimidated at first to approach you, but after the fiasco that happened yesterday, I felt a little at fault. If I had talked to you first maybe you wouldn't have gotten dragged into such a big mess."

A few days had passed, and the blonde and bluenette grew very close in a short period of time. They discovered that they were both bookworms. Being fans of both writing and reading, it turns out that they both also used reading glasses to compensate for their poor eyesight after straining many nights to read their favorite works. It was these silly similarities that managed to strengthen their relationship.

Levy also turned out to be the top student in their grade, so Lucy enjoyed doing schoolwork with her. Eventually, Levy even introduced Lucy to her other friends: Laki, Cana, and Mirajane.

At first, Laki was suspicious of Lucy, and Cana didn't care for the newbie's presence. Mirajane, on the other hand, was very interested in her right off the bat, and Lucy couldn't say that she hadn't immediately grew fond of the older and beautiful blue-eyed and white haired girl.

While Levy had two other friends, Jet and Droy, they were very unwilling to meet the blonde despite Levy's protests. Lucy assured Levy that it was for the best anyway; it seemed Lucy wouldn't be meeting any willing guys for a while because of Gajeel.

Lucy later learned that Levy was actually Gajeel's childhood friend, which explained their interesting first meeting. Thus, once it was obvious Lucy and Levy got along very well, everyone firmly believed that Gajeel and Lucy were officially dating since his childhood friend even approved. In addition, Lucy indirectly learned more about her boyfriend through her best friend.

"Does Gajeel have this friend who has weird pink hair?"

Levy's eyes widened, surprised by Lucy's sudden question, "Do you mean Natsu?"

Lucy nodded, "I think so? I only heard Loke say his name once, so I'm not too sure. They called him flamebrain though."

Levy giggled, "That's definitely Natsu. Why?"

Lucy shrugged, "I never see him. Even though I see Gray and Loke all the time."

The bluenette hummed in response, "Natsu is pretty active around the boys. He doesn't like girls though."

Lucy asked innocently, "As in he's homosexual?"

Levy smiled a bit, "Uh, I doubt that but possibly? I'm pretty sure Natsu just doesn't like girls…" Levy tapped her pencil on her bottom lip and furrowed her brows, "That's odd. I'm pretty sure he's straight…"

"What about Gajeel?"

Levy lowered her pencil, "What do you mean? Aren't you dating him?"

Lucy laughed awkwardly, trying to cover her mistake, "Yeah, he just doesn't really show interest in me, so I just wondered."

Levy started writing the conclusion for their partner project, "Don't worry, Gajeel doesn't show interest in anyone. Except for you, when you first appeared."

Lucy snorted in response, wanting to reveal that she didn't give a damn about her 'boyfriend', "That doesn't really mean anything. So did a lot of other guys."

The petite bookworm looked up and wriggled her eyebrows, "Okay, Lucy~ Getting all them guys~"

The blonde blushed, "NO! That's not what I meant!"

Levy sighed wearily, "That's why I can't get anyone, 'cause you're taking them all." She began fake crying.

"Shut up Levy! You're adorable. Also, Jet and Droy definitely like you and you know it."

Levy stopped acting and rolled her eyes, "I rejected both of them." Lucy nodded without disagreement. She could see why. The bluenette then looked down so Lucy couldn't see her face, checking their essay one last time, "There is someone I'm interested in, but they're taken."

Lucy sat up straight in her chair, "Oh my god. Tell me more."

Levy cringed away from Lucy, her red face deeply contrasting her bright blue hair, "No… besides, I don't stand a chance against her."

Lucy and Levy awkwardly stared at each other before Levy sheepishly broke eye contact. The bell rang and Levy got up to turn in their paper. Lucy waited for her at the door, and they walked home together without much discussion of Levy's crush afterwards.

Regardless of the lack of information, Lucy could already tell Levy crushed on her childhood friend, Gajeel. In other words, her best friend liked her boyfriend. Fuck.

This update was pretty fast actually, I hope? I wanted to release this chapter faster, but I had difficulty developing the latter half. I actually wanted to write even more in this chapter too, but there are already 2,000 words, and with the amount I wanted to add it would probably be 3,000 words more. I felt it'd be better to update this part first, instead.

The story is currently in the awkward slow rising action phase, I promise there is much more waiting down the road! Please leave a review, they really help me speed up the writing process!