Good Meets Bad

Chapter Ten:Trip and Fall (in love)

"Lucy Heartfilia."

The said blonde walked to the front and stood in front of her teacher. She didn't waver as he glared at her. The silence continued as the class stared at the two in worry for her. He threw her a piece of chalk and jerked his head towards the blackboard, "You didn't show your solution at the exams, but you got the answers right. Show me how you did it."

Lucy stared at the chalk in her hand before looking at him through her bangs, her head still aimed at the chalk. She smirked, "I don't want to."

He glared at her and gritted his teeth. "Why not?" he asked and Lucy shrugged, throwing the piece of chalk high up in the air before catching it again.

"It's a secret. If I show you, I'll have to go through the trouble of STILL explaining how I did it and plus, others might copy how I did it," Lucy said and smirked, sending chills down the teacher's spine. He glared at her and the students gasped as they noticed the light shade of pink on the man's cheeks.

Lucy raised a brow in amusement, "What is this? Rufus-sensei is blushing." She grinned as the said man glared at her harder.

"Solve the problem on the board Heartfilia, it's an order."Lucy tsked and walked past him as she went to the blackboard. She read the problem and reread it again before solving it. She wrote quickly with the board and heaved a sigh, "How troublesome."

"It's you who's troublesome," Rufus said and there were a few chuckles and giggles heard from the class. Even though she knew they wouldn't see her expression with her back facing them, she smirked and continued writing on the board. When she was done, she threw the chalk and it landed on the box on the other side of the board, earning cheers from the class.

"Done."

Rufus hissed, "Bi—"

"Better watch that tongue of yours, sensei. There are students watching," Lucy said and smirked, looking over her shoulder as she stared at the substitute. The class stared at her in awe – except for Jellal – and Lucy walked back to her seat. She sat down and crossed her legs and arms with a sly smile on her face.
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LUNCH

"You're absurd, you know?"

Lucy shrugged and just took a bite out of her sandwich. Levy, who was sitting beside her, grinned. "Did Lucy-san do something cool again?" she asked and Jellal groaned.

Lucy smirked and just nodded, not saying anything else.

"She made the teacher pissed," Jellal said and sighed, shaking his head in disappointment. Lucy rolled her eyes and Jellal glared at her. "You're amazing though, you made him blush. That man's supposed to be dense," he mumbled the last part and Gray snapped his eyes towards them. He really didn't like their relationship.

Lucy hummed and grinned, licking her lips. "Well, what do you expect?" she said and finished the last bit of her sandwich. She used a tissue to wipe away the mayo on her fingers, "I suddenly remembered… there's a race at PE."

Laxus raised a brow, "You mean the running race? I heard everyone's invited to watch."

"Are you in the race?" Levy asked and Lucy just tsked.

She sighed, "I didn't really want to join but due to the votes, I was in. Everyone wanted me to join in. I don't know why though," She mumbled something under her breath and stood up, swinging her bag over her shoulder. "Well I'm off to warm up. I was supposed to eat more than a sandwich," she said in irritation and sighed before waving her hand – for the first time – to say 'see you later.'

"See ya."

Jellal and Gray blinked, suddenly feeling warm.

Lucy looked over her shoulder and winked, "Cheer for me, 'kay?"