FairyTail: Soulmate Countdown

Chapter 3

<\Levy/>

I flip to the next page, too engrossed with the book. I'm waiting for the gang at our lunch table and they're taking longer than they usually do.

"Levy-chan!" I hear someone call my name in a distance.

I lift up my head to see Lucy running up to me, with her lunch tray in hand. "Lu-chan! What took you so long?" I ask my blonde friend, who is gasping for air. I slid a bookmark to the page, where I left off and shut the book. I look at Lucy, expecting an answer.

"Gray and Natsu got in trouble again, Sir Gildarts sent them to the Principal's office. Erza being Student Council president, accompanied them. Natsu dragged me with him but let me go when we reached the Principal's office." Lucy explains, "So yeah, they're still at the Principal's office." She sums it all up. She then takes the seat next to me.

"How about Gajeel and Juvia?" I ask curiously.

Lucy wiggles her eyebrows at me, "Levy-chan's worried about Gajeel~" She teases in a sing-song tune.

My face turns to a light shade of red. I open my mouth to argue back but Lucy butts in first, "You're so forgetful, Levy-chan," She says, taking a bite off her chicken sandwich, "I don't have any classes with them in the morning." She finishes, taking another bite.

Oh yeah, how stupid am I?

"Also, Levy-chan, look!" Lucy shows her right wrist to me, showing a white watch. It took me some seconds, to make me realize, it's the infamous, Soulmate Watch. "I got the watch!" Lucy says, stating the obvious.

"Lucky you! I can't have mine yet." I sigh, looking at my bare wrist, only an orange bracelet slung over it. Lucy's friendship bracelet for me.

Mom and Dad thinks it's absurd, so they didn't want me to have it. But after some convincing, they agreed but when I reach 18. So I have to wait for a couple of years.

"I don't consider myself lucky." Lucy says, taking another bite from her sandwich. "Maybe I might not like who I end up with." Lucy states.

"Yo Luce! Levy! What you guys talking about?" Natsu suddenly appears right behind us. Lucy and I shriek and fell backwards, Lucy on top of me.

"Gomen'nasai Levy-chan." Lucy apologizes, getting up from me, quickly.

"Nah, it's okay. It's Natsu's fault anyways." I say, sitting back up.

Natsu pouts and slides to the seat beside Lucy, then he starts chomping down his food.

Lucy asks him, "Where are Gray and Erza?"

"Oh, I dunno with Erza but Gray got "attacked" by Juvia." Natsu brings up his forefinger and middle finger from both hands and makes a quotation sign. Lucy and I giggle.

At least, She never gives up.

"Shrimp." A low voice calls out. There is only one person who calls me that, I spin myself around and see.......

Gajeel.

"What up, Giant?" I stick out my tongue, I literally hate when he calls me 'Shrimp' because of my size.

"I need to ask ya, somethin'." Gajeel grunts.

"Metal face is going to ask Levy on a date!" Natsu teases, spewing some of the spicy chicken he is eating, which really caught my eye.

Gross.

I flush red, realizing what Natsu had said.

"Keep Quiet, Salamander!" Gajeel glares menancingly at Natsu, which is really scary. The piercings in his skin and his attire made him look scary but Natsu seems unfazed.