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Summary: Lucy was accused of being a demon for being the reason her mother died, ever since she woke up in her mother's dead arms. Barely anybody talked to her, they all feared her. She was a lonely, limpid, detached 17 year old that never gave much bothers to life anymore. Not until she met Natsu, a popular student that never noticed her until she saved him from a horrible incident. Now, both of their lives are changed; Lucy is also saved by him! What will happen between these two?

xx I do NOT own Fairy Tail, Hiro does. I only own the plot and OCCS, or anything stated to be credited towards me.

Time typed: 6:00 PM

On: March 18th, 2013

Words: 2,549

Normal POV

Four days had passed since the incident, and only one of them had tried moving on from it.

Lucy was casually spending her Thursday reading a book in a quiet cafe, where she took her sips of coffee every now and then. She hasn't fully forgotten about Natsu, in fact, he was on her mind every day. Not because she liked him, 'cause she didn't. It was because she was frightened that one day, they're going to make eye contact and he'll see that the person that saved his life wasn't at all significant.

"Here is your blueberry muffin, Miss." a waiter said sharply, abruptly interrupting her thoughts. Lucy looked up and smiled warmly, "Arigato." she replied and allowed the waiter to place down the plate of a single blueberry muffin. The waiter then brushed away the thank you and rushed off to another table. Lucy found it quite rude, but she let it slide and took a bite of the muffin.

She let out a soft moan as the warm piece she bit falls onto her tongue. After two minutes of savoring the taste and bites she took, Lucy got up to throw the wrapper away.

Once Lucy had finished that task, she returned to the book, hoping that there will be no more interruptions . . . unfortunately, the moment she started consuming the words in her book, a ear-deafening laugh, or laughs, is let out from the cafe door.

"Natsu and Gray, be quiet! This isn't the place to play around. We came here to study and eat." a stern, female voice lectured. The second Lucy heard the name, Natsu, be said, she looked up from her page quickly. And what she saw caused her to tremble. There stood, not far, was the person that she thought she'd never encounter again, not from this close at least. Her thoughts raced along her heart and she tried to look away and back at her book.

However, her hands were beginning to sweat and shake, she was afraid. Very frightened. The fact that she was this scared was incoherent. It was illogical - confusing, even to her own self. She didn't understand, she thought it would be just a little fear that would run through her veins, instead it was tremendous fear that ran through her veins from her pumping, jumping heart.

"Sorry, Erza! Gray just happened to lose his shirt, and o' god, you should have seen his face!" Natsu explained, he was trying his best to hold in the laughter that choked in his throat.

Erza didn't say anything and just glared at him, joy killing his mood. The three friends sat down at the table and looked around the quiet cafe, all they heard was quiet mumbles and barely audible chuckles.

Natsu let out a sigh and laid his head on the table surface, "Why are we at this cafe? There's no fun in here! They're all boring people." Natsu muttered to his two friends, hoping the nearby table won't hear his rude words. The red headed student leaned over the table slowly, placed her two elbows on the table, and landed her chin on her knotted fingers. Then, she spoke, "They're not all boring. Some are interesting and fun," she paused and then glared at him, "ever heard of, "Don't judge a book by its cover.", Natsu?"

The pink headed male didn't respond, and shut his mouth into a thin line.

"Yeah, pinky. Why don't you be curious and talk to some of them, instead of being judgmental." Gray mused, smirking at his childhood friend.

Natsu let out a grunt and shook his head, "Nah, we came here for food, not to make friends!" he told Erza and Gray with his toothy grin.

"And to study, as well." Erza reminded, taking out a large textbook from her book bag. Gray did the same, and Natsu groaned.

Over, at the corner of the cafe, Lucy observed them secretly. She heard everything they said, even Natsu's words. His mutters and whispers aren't exactly 'quiet' But they're less loud than his normal speaking volume.

Luck was not on Lucy's side today, because she wasn't able to leave the cafe before they did. She happened to know Erza, they're secretly best friends. And if Lucy were to get up and walk to the door to leave, Erza would have noticed her right off the bat and might even call out her name, in front of Natsu . . . which will only backfire her plan of escaping.

What Natsu had said, also, Lucy took it personally and offensively. She was not boring, neither were the people that were almost like her. She was not boring because she liked to read, have deep conversations with herself and others, and sit in solitude sometimes, and that was different - defiantly not boring, though. Boring was looking up at the stars and moon and saying that it was something they see everyday, and it wasn't all that special. That was boring. Because you don't always see the same stars, nor the same moon phase everyday. That was boring. And, her, and the people in the cafe was not that type of person.

Finally, the same waiter that gave Lucy her order went to serve Natsu and his friends.

But, instead of being disrespectful to them, like he did with Lucy, he greeted them with warm smiles and kind words. Such as, "And a stawberry milkshake, for the lovely lady." and, "Excellent choice, you have great taste."

That made Lucy advert her eyes to the waiter's face more, to see if it actually the same person - and it was. Except, the face seemed more familiar. Like she had seen him somewhere before . . .

'School! That's where I saw him!' Lucy thought, and then, it suddenly all made sense.

'He's being nice because they're popular! Of course, it makes sense now . . . I'm not like them, and I guess . . . he's a butt sucker.' Lucy chuckled at her own immature word, causing some people to give her strange looks.

"Oh, can I also have my chili soup, EXTRA spicy?" Natsu asked. The waiter raised his eyebrow before nodding, "Sure, I will tell the chef." he replied, then strode back into a corridor that led to the kitchen doors.

When the waiter was over, the three people that had just ordered groaned and sighed. Curiosity got the best of Lucy, and she wanted to know why they all did that in a union. Were they getting bored of studying? They didn't even open their text books yet!

"Another person, god, can't anyone act normal near us." Gray complained, Lucy strained her hearing to hear him say that.

'So they were thinking the same thing, I see. .' Lucy thought, while closing her book without being aware. She kept her eyes close to the three, she felt like a stalker! Next thing she did was place her book in her black shoulder bag, still not conscience of her actions.

Then, two minutes later of just watching, Natsu realized her presence and made eye-contact with her. She froze in her seat, she felt uneasy and started to play with her fingers.

Natsu snorted loudly, and chuckled. Gray moved his eyes over at him and gave him a look that represented: What's funny?

"Just another nerd, nobody important, but she's a stalker one too. She's watching us." Natsu drawled at him, as the waiter came back and placed food on their table. Erza would have asked questions, however, she became more invested in her strawberry milkshake, moaning in pleasure silently.

Lucy felt as if those words stabbed he right in the chest, she have been called names, not a stalker of course, but a 'nobody' and 'nerd' wasn't anything new. Why was she so badly hurt, you must ask? She felt hurt because she was a nobody to him, and that wasn't something you label when the person saved your life. The reason she kept calm was because she knew he didn't know who she was. Natsu doesn't know she's Lucy.

In a minute though, Lucy had slung her bag over her left shoulder and dashed out. Not fast enough, Erza caught Lucy's profile right before she ran out.

"Did you call her a nobody, Natsu?!" Erza said in a shouting tone. Natsu flinched at the blaring voice his friend was giving him, "Y-Yes." he responded, shrugging his shoulders softly.

"She's my friend, and a dear friend! How dare you hurt her, but, I don't have time to kill you. I must go get her. You guys continue studying! I'll be back." Erza hissed at the two boys and leaped from her seat and to the door. "Lucy!" Erza screamed as she ran out the door.

Gray frowned and proceeded with finding the page they were suppose to study on, while Natsu sat in his spot, frozen, shocked . . . and disappointed. At himself, of course. He literally just damaged the girl that fixed his physically damaged parts!

'Then again, she could be another Lucy and not the one I'm looking for . . . ' Natsu thought, trying to find a way to make himself feel better.

Normal POV - With Lucy and Erza

She wasn't okay, she felt horrible. Maybe she was being selfish, having such an outburst and thinking he was a horrible person for calling her that, because she didn't really give much thought to her consideration that he probably didn't know who she was. Yes, it was her fault. It's always her fault.

"Lucy! Wait up!" Erza shouted, almost tripping over her own feet as she ran to Lucy.

The people surrounding the area that Lucy and Erza were 'playing' chase moved aside, as of seeing the town warrior, Erza run.

Lucy was beginning to feel tired, and her legs started to ache, so she slowed down a bit - and just enough for Erza to grab Lucy's hand roughly and pull her back into the point where Lucy fell onto her behind.

"Oww!" Lucy gasped as she felt the hard ground collide with her butt. . . as if she wasn't in enough pain already.

Erza grasped harder onto Lucy's hand and brought her right up with ease. "Sorry, for hurting you, Lucy." she apologized, still grabbing onto Lucy's hand harshly. How ironic. . .

"It's okay, but do you mind letting go?" Lucy mumbled, her eyes stayed on her feet and she didn't dare look up. For all she knows, he and Gray could be standing right behind her. Erza nodded and released her grip gently and watched as Lucy rubbed her hands together.

"Also, I am sorry about Natsu hurting you. He isn't usually like this, he's just not in the best mood because he's irritated with his 'mission', whatever it is." Erza explained to Lucy, hoping her blonde friend would forgive Natsu.

After a few moments, Lucy lets out a relieving sigh and looked up from the ground and into Erza's eyes with a small smile. "I understand, just . . . please don't let him come in contact with me." she said Erza, her lips trembled slightly as she said that. Erza didn't say anything in response and just stared deeply into Lucy's eyes, but she saw nothing, only dull, large, brown orbs that seemed to have lost itself.

"Please? Can you do that?" Lucy said, after realizing Erza hadn't replied yet.

The red head nodded at the request, "I will try my best. But, what if he wanted to say sorr-"

"No, I don't want him to talk to me, at all. Or make any contact with me. Can you do that?" Lucy interrupted and said flatly.

"Yeah, he's stubborn . .. I will try my best though." Erza replied.

Lucy then gave Erza a rare, genuine smile. "Thank you, Erza! Now, I must run off. I also have studying to do!" she told her and rushed off, her shoulder bag smacking against her legs as she did so.

Erza exhaled the breathe she didn't know she was holding and shook her head, "You're so confusing, Lucy." she whispered to herself and ran the opposite direction of Lucy, back to where she will hold down Natsu if he tries to talk or touch her in any form.

In five minutes, Erza was back at the cafe where she witnessed another Gray and Natsu fight take place.

"Natsu, and Gray! Stop this and sit down!" she yelled, causing the two to stop and scurry over to their seats. Erza did the same and sat down with a 'thump' on her chair. She gave Natsu and a Gray a dirty look before opening her mouth to speak, "Natsu, you are not allo-"

Again, Erza was cut off mid sentence, by Natsu. "What's her last name?" he asked Erza quickly, tapping his fingers on the table impatiently.

A hand smacked against Natsu's head, "Let me finish, do not be rude and interrupt me! You do that again, and you will never be able to see tomorrow." Erza threatened. Natsu rubbed his head and didn't open his mouth again. Erza smiled, "Good, now listen, Natsu. You are not allowed to see, talk, or make any contact towards Lucy. Don't ask questions, just agree to it." she said and sipped on her milkshake, waiting for his reply.

Natsu debated on whether or not he should ask a question; ask, find out the answer then die, or agree and live on.

He has already been through a near-to-death experience, he doesn't want to face that again.

"I agree." Natsu responded simply, gazing around the room.

"Good, now that we settles this. Let us study!" Erza exclaimed and opened to a page quickly.

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