Good Meets Bad

Chapter nine;Yellowish Blue

Lucy smirked and stared at Reina's horrified yet excited eyes. The cerulean-haired girl began breathing heavily, her heart thumping painfully against her chest. Jellal watched the exchange and felt goose bumps crawl over his skin. He didn't understand what was going on.

Reina gasped for air, "I d-don't believe you!" She clutched her hair in frustration in fear, pushing away Jellal's comforting hands.

"Say what you want," Lucy shrugged, "I am, after all, just telling the truth. I don't want to lie to such a cute girl like you, now would I?"

Reina stumbled backwards and her eyes widened in shock. A strange burst of energy awakened inside of her and she ran. She ran.

Jellal looked just as surprised as Lucy when Reina suddenly ran towards her. She prepared for a slap or hits but none came as she felt arms wrap around her.

Lucy went rigid as the cerulean-haired girl's arms wrapped around her, giving the blonde a tight and warm hug. Reina clasped her hands together and snuggled her face against Lucy's neck, tears threatening to cry but not to.

"What are you doing Reina?" Jellal asked, eyeing his little sister with great confusion.

Lucy looked at the young girl's hair and just wrapped one arm around her, the other supporting their weight. She patted Reina's hair and stared at the ceiling impassively, a sigh escaping her lips.

"If you think I'm her, then you're wrong," Lucy said and Reina went rigid.

The young Fernandez looked up at the blonde with wide eyes, "B-But you look like her!" A shriek escaped her lips, "You look like her!"

Jellal nearly yelled in confusion, he didn't understand what was going on! He didn't want to know, yet he urged to find out. He wanted to know, no, he needed to know why Reina suddenly hugged Lucy for he knew she wasn't the type to hug a stranger.

Lucy stared at Reina with a blank look on her face. "With your intelligence, you might have guessed by now why I look like her. I'm sorry that you were disappointed, but I'm merely a girl who inherited her looks," she said and shrugged. "It's natural, isn't it?"

Reina opened and closed her mouth, speechless. Finally, after a few minutes, she slumped on Lucy's lap. "Maybe you're not her, but you are still the girl in my dreams. You're her!" she exclaimed and sighed, pinching the bridge of her nose.

Lucy raised a brow, "For a young girl, you sure do act like an adult."

"She's like that. I think it's because she's smart. They say that her intelligence has infected her personality," Jellal said, sitting on the couch across from the two. "But I'm surprised. I have never seen Reina act like a child until now."

Lucy looked at Reina and shrugged, "Well… expect the unexpected."

Reina slowly got off of Lucy and sat beside her, leaning on the back of the couch. "Why are you here by the way?" she asked, staring at the blonde.

"I told her that I would help her study for the exams," Jellal said, giving Lucy a sharp look.

Lucy rolled her eyes, "I can speak, thank you." The blonde sighed and massaged her forehead, "But yes, I am here to study."

Reina smiled in amusement as she watched the exchange between the two classmates, one looking smug while the other looked angry. However, just as they were about to go upstairs to study, she suddenly had an idea.

"Wait!" Reina yelled, grabbing Lucy's wrist.

The blonde raised a brow, "What?"

The cerulean-haired girl grinned uncharacteristically, "Teach me how to fight."
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