THE BET | NALU

Chapter - 7

"Hmm, maybe I should wear this?" The not so little girl wondered as she stared at herself in the mirror. She was now 13 years old, and actually caring a bit on what she looked like now. She was wearing some black jean shorts and a white tank top that covered most of her, along with some white sneakers.

Normally her father would never let her wear such a thing in public, but he wasn't there then.

Nope.

It was just going to be her and her friend.

"Are you ready to go yet?" she glanced over at the window to see her friend climbing through, chuckling to herself.

She didn't think he even knew how to use a door.

"Yeah let's go!"

000

Lucy sat in her first period class, English. It was her favourite class of the day, mainly because she loved to write. Writing..it gave her the chance to create her own reality, her own world.

A world where she was in charge, and doesn't have to listen to a certain person.

A world where she can just be..her. Where she doesn't have to hide herself.

And most importantly, hurt the people she holds most dearly to her heart.

Beep.

Lucy glanced down at the phone in her lap to read the text.

From Pinkie

LUCEE! I'm so bored! I can't believe you made me come to class! You're an evil witch!

Lucy tried hard to smile at the text. Lately since the hypnotist event (Turns out he was arrested for hypnotizing banks to give him money, go figure.) after Natsu asked if they were friends, Lucy hung out with him a bit more. And Natsu seemed to notice it too. She wasn't hanging out with him A LOT more, well that wasn't the plan. Once Natsu figured out that she was getting more comfortable around him, he decided to push it a bit and hung out with her more. Texting her every second, during class or not, and always making sure he was by her side in the halls.

She didn't know if it was a kind gesture, or a creepy gesture. Either way it still stung her heart each time, but she didn't want to stop. She didn't want to stop hanging out with him, even though she knew she should.

So anyways, the reason he was in class was because Lucy actually enjoys this class. Lucy forced Natsu to go to the class he has now so he wouldn't text her, apparently that didn't work.

To Pinkie

Shut up and listen! You're never going to graduate at this rate!

Lucy pressed the sent button as she rolled her eyes, sighing at him. Almost instantly another text showed up.

From Pinkie

Maybe I don't want to graduate!

To Pinkie

And why is that?

From Pinkie

Because it's just so special here with you ;)

Lucy rolled her eyes again. True, Natsu has been a flirt lately, but he's always a flirt. Whether to her or another girl, she's gotten used to it. But..it still hurt sometimes.

Lucy was about to send Natsu a text with a snarky comment when she received another text from someone else.

From Sting

Meet me outside the school after this class.

Lucy didn't know whether to sigh sadly or roll her eyes. Sting wanted to see her again, she actually hadn't seen him since what happened on the beach. She figured he was just avoiding her or something, she didn't really care if she was being honest.

But she had a pretty good feeling that she was going to regret meeting him outside.

000

Lucy shivered a bit at the breeze. It was early fall, late summer, but for some reason it had gotten extremely chilly out, despite the hot summer they just had. She crossed her arms, bringing them closer to her body, trying to preserve her own body heat.

It wasn't working very well, the cold wind kept slapping her skin.

She dreaded not bringing a sweater outside with her.

"There you are." a familiar voice said behind her, making her jump a bit. She turned around to see Sting and his usual smirk. He was wearing a white t-shirt and a denim jacket, with black soccer pants and black soccer shoes.

"Why'd you wanna meet me here?" Lucy asked in between shivers.

"I wanted to talk to you about your new friend." Sting said, emphasizing on the word 'friend'. She didn't know if it was out of disgust, or saying it was a lie. That Natsu wasn't really her friend.

"What about him?" Lucy asked, knowing where he was going with this. Sting wasn't...well he was easy to predict. And if there was one thing Lucy is good at it, it is predicting outcomes.

"I don't like him being so close to you all the time, like he owns you. Like he knows you." Sting said, with obvious disgust this time "I don't want you hanging around him."

"He's my friend Sting, I will hang out with him if I want too."

"Not if I tell your father." Sting threatened, smirking as Lucy widened her own eyes. Lucy knew he didn't realize why she had widened her eyes, but she knew he liked the reaction.

"Please don't tell him.." Lucy said quietly..no she begged. If he told her too, she would've gotten on her knees and begged. She didn't want her father knowing about Natsu.

"It depends...I want you to be my girlfriend." Sting declared putting his finger in the air. Lucy raised an eyebrow at that. Sting had never actually wanted to be her boyfriend before, because he liked being able to have other girls around his arms without other people thinking of him as a cheater. Cheaters get bad reputations, and Sting just loves his reputations.

"I don't like other guys touching you, you know that." Sting said placing his the palm of his hand on her cheek "And even Dragneel knows not to mess with another guy's girl." Once he said that, he slammed her into wall of the school, placing his lips on hers. She winced a bit in pain but he didn't stop. He was rough. He was always rough though, because he didn't have to be gentle.

Not when he had the upper hand.

"Kiss back.." he demanded, watching something out of the corner of his eye. Lucy did as told, not wanting to at all.

"Wrap your arms around my neck." he whispered into Lucy's ear then began kissing her again. She did what he said, regretting everything.

After a while, when whatever he was watching left, he stopped kissing her and smirked.

"You know navy is really not your colour