From Rags to Royalty [Jellal x Erza]

A Normal Date

Two Days Later . . .

KNOCK. KNOCK.

"Come in."

"Miss Erza?" A maid peeks her head through the doorway, a telephone in hand. "Sir Natsu is calling."

"Sir Natsu?"

"U-Uh, yes. Natsu Dragneel, the gentleman engaged to Princess Lucy."

"Oh," Of course, but why 'Sir'? "I'll speak to him then."

The maid gives Erza the phone and then quietly leaves the bedroom.

"Hello?" Erza greets.

"Hello?" The voice on the other side chimes, "Erza?"

"U-Uh, yes." Erza nods despite the fact that Natsu can't see her. "This is Erza."

"Great!" Natsu beams through the phone, "This is Natsu. I heard you were Jellal's date at the party the other night."

"Y-Yes, I was."

"I knew it! Jellal and I are good friends so I thought we could be friends too!"

"S-Sure." But I seriously don't want to.

"Okay! Wanna hang out this afternoon?"

"O-Oh, sure. No problem."

Erza was a reserved girl, the type that wanted to be to herself. Making new friends wasn't exactly on the top of her To-Do List.

"Great! I'll pick you up at two o'clock!"

Before Erza can reply, the line goes dead.

Did I just . . . agree to go out with him? What was I thinking? I'm too nice of a person!

Erza looks over to the clock on her dresser. In red digital digits, the time 11:53 can be read.

About two hours.

Erza leaves her bedroom and tries to find a maid so that she can return the telephone. As she turns the corner of the hallway, however, she bumps into Jellal.

"Excuse me." Jellal apologies immediately, not even noticing who he bumped into. "I'm so sorry."

"N-No," Erza shook her head, "i-it's my fault."

"Erza?" Jellal finally notices. He's surprised to see her. "Why are you in such a rush?"

"I was just . . ." The redhead looks around frantically before remembering the telephone in her hand. ". . returning the phone." She nods her head as if to convince herself.

"Oh, well, I'll take that." The Prince holds out his hand and Erza places the phone in his hand.

"T-Thank you."

With her problem taken care of, Erza turns around and scurries back to her room.

But only one of her problems is solved.

Two Hours Later . . .

"Miss Erza, Sir Natsu is here for you!" A maid shouts throughout the mansion.

"Natsu?" Jellal mumbles, walking across the hall.

"Oh, hey, Jellal." The pink haired boy grins.

"What are you doing here?"

"I'm taking Erza on a date!"

"A . . . A date??" Jellal's eyes widen, but he quickly returns his face to normal. "I see."

"Don't worry, I'll bring her back to you in no time."

The Prince doesn't say anything. He just grunts in response and disappears down the hallway.

Shortly after, Erza appears at the mansion's entrance.

"Sorry I made you wait so long." She apologies.

"It's not a problem." Natsu assures her. "C'mon, let's go!"

He grabs Erza by the wrist and excitedly drags her out of the mansion. There is a red 2016 Buick Cascada parked at the end of the entrance's steps.

Natsu opens the passenger door and allows Erza to sit down before closing the door and going around to the driver's seat and sitting down (and closing the door, of course).

"Is this your car?" Erza asks in astonishment.

"Sure is!" Natsu grins.

He turns the key in the ignition and, after about two seconds, he drives off.

"U-Um," Erza asks timidly, "where are we going?"

"To the beach!"

"The beach?? But . . . but . . . b-but I didn't even bring a swimsuit!"

"Don't worry about that. I've got some for you."

"O-Oh, is that so?"

"Yep!" Natsu smiles. "Let's enjoy this date!"

"DATE??" The redhead's eyes practically pop out of her skull. "Did you just say date??"

"Yeah." He nods, "This is kinda like a date. You know, two friends that're hangin' out for the afternoon."

"Except dates are for people who . . . l-like each other."

"Not necessarily."

Erza didn't reply, instead choosing to huff and mumble to herself. Once they were at the beach, Natsu opens the trunk and, behold, there were two swimsuits.

Both were red (to match her hair, obviously!). But one was a one piece, while the other was a two piece.

"Pick which one you like!" Natsu grins.

Erza picks the one piece for modesty purposes. When she has finished changing, Natsu is waiting, already wearing his swim trunks.

The two actually had fun (though, Erza most likely won't admit it to others). They splashed each other with water (after Natsu threw Erza in), played beach volleyball with others, and (upon Natsu's request) played Marco Polo.

At first, Erza had her defenses up. But it wasn't long after that those defenses collapsed.

Natsu was someone who knew how to have fun. Even if it was immature.

At around five thirty, Natsu and Erza walk back to the car.

Meanwhile . .
SNAP.

"Did you get it?"

"Yeah, I got it."

"How long will it take you to develop the film?"

"Not long. You'll have your pictures soon."

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A/N: Sorry, this chapter is short. Kinda having writer's block, but this is the start of the drama. A Natza conspiracy . . . what will that do to Jellal??? (」ﾟﾛﾟ)｣