NaLu: The Story Of Us

▷▶Chapter 15◀◁

~Lucy's P. O. V. ~

After the class quieted down from the buzz Sting's arrival caused, Gildarts cleared his throat, and said: "Class, I almost forgot. I have a project for all of you. Get into groups of two, and write a report on the history of these countries in the time periods I give you. Get into groups of two first. You have ten minutes. Go."

Before I could even stand up to find Levy, Sting was already at my table. Wow. "Wanna pair up with me?" He asked. I was about to say no, but scanned the classroom. Natsu was nowhere in...I DO NOT CARE WHO HE PAIRS UP WITH. I HATE HIM. Levy was on Gajeel's lap, blushing and bickering with him. I glanced at Erza, who was beside Jellal. Both were the color of Erza's hair (classic). I sighed and looked at Cana, and groaned when she paired with Yukino. I felt like stabbing myself when Laxus paired with Mira. I literally face palmed when I saw Juvia clinging onto Gray-nii. I scanned the room once more. Natsu.....

.....was with Lisanna?

My fringe shadowed my eyes. Sting grabbed my shoulder and shook it gently, and held my chin, lifting my face to see him. "Partners?" He asked, loudly. I put on a fake smile, and said, "Partners.", just as loud as he had asked me. Some people were glancing at us, some girls already wanting to strangle me for bagging the new kid. Who cares. But when my eyes landed on Natsu, he looked away. His eyes were filled with hurt and bitter anger. My fake smile melted away. Sting lifted me by the waist, causing me to squeal. He plopped me on the table and then rested his ass on my chair. I glared at him, and he laughed. Ugh.

~Natsu's P. O. V. ~

I might have liked pair work before me and Luce had that blow up but now I'm dreading it. Gajeel, Laxus, Jellal and even Gray had their girls. Lisanna appeared at my desk. I looked at her, correction, I glared at her and looked around for Lucy. Sting was in front of her, and she was looking around the classroom. I watched as her gaze landed on her friends, and smiled a little when I saw her face palm at Juvia hugging Gray. I had to talk to her. I was gonna stand up and go over, but Lucy's gaze landed on me before I could move. Her eyes showed a sudden wave of pain and anger, and she looked away. Sting held her shoulder and shook her gently. I clenched my fists and gritted my teeth. How dare he touch her... WAIT NOW HE'S HOLDING HER CHIN AND LIFTING HER FACE TO MEET HIM? I felt a growl rumbling in my chest. Lisanna crossed her arms and narrowed her eyes at me. I glowered back. "Partners?" I heard Sting say. I snap my attention back to them. Lucy smiled and said, "Partners." Something about her smile was different....she turned and looked at me. I gulped and looked away. When I turned back, she was being lifted by the waist and plopped onto the table. I got up and was about to shout and throw a punch at Sting, but Lisanna held me back and sat me down. "Want another slap, Lisanna?" I hissed. She smirked. "Say that to me after I tell you something about your mother." I froze.

What?

I was about to grab her collar, but realized she wasn't a boy. Tch. "Partners, Natsu?" She purred. "Tch, f*** it" I muttered under my breath. I looked away and replied, "Partners."

~Lucy's P. O. V. ~

Natsu and Lisanna, huh? I'm not the only player here. "My house, 3pm." Sting said, distracting me. "Your house, 3pm." I confirmed. I was gonna enjoy every minute of this. No one was gonna ruin this.

"Five minutes up," Gildarts called. His gaze swept around the classroom, but he seemed.... weird..... when he laid eyes on me, Sting, Natsu and Lisanna. After he assigned us with our tasks, we returned to our seats. Free and Easy session resume. Levy looked at me. I sighed. "Lu-chan...gomene, Gajeel wanted to partner with me." She apologized. "Why are you saying sorry? Im pretty happy I get to do the work with Sting." I covered up. A little too quickly, I might add. "Lu-chan, I saw. I know when your smiles are fake, Lu-chan. I know when your eyes show anger, or sadness, or hate." Levy gave me a hug. I felt presences gather behind me. Erza, Mira, Juvia, and Cana gave me warm smiles. I smiled a real smile. "Arigato." "Imoto-chan, come out with me for a while." A masculine voice sounded from behind me. Juvia squealed and fainted. "Gray-nii?" I questioned as he pulled me out of the classroom.

"Lucy, what are you doing?" He asked/hissed/shook my shoulders. "I'm talking to you." I joked. His face looked indifferent. I pouted. "Awh, not funny?" His face still displayed no emotion. "Gray.....Lisanna was partnering with Natsu. And I'm still mad at him. And I still want revenge. And Sting is who I'm supposed to get married to anyway, might as well know him better." I tried reasoning with him. "Lucy, you know you don't stay mad at people for long. You know you aren't--" "Gray-nii, I'm only hours younger than you. Trust your imoto. Besides, nothing's gonna happen." I cut him off. "You're only allowed to be there for two hours." He told me.

Alas, he thought he was my father.

"Gray-nii..." I whined. He remained adamant. "Fine," I huffed and stalked back to the classroom. I stopped abruptly and turned back. "Gray-nii?" "Yes, Lucy?" "Clothes." I laughed. "Damn it!" He yelled.

~Natsu's P. O. V. ~

"Lisanna. Spit what you know. What do you know about my mother." I growled. "Ara, that's no way to treat someone with important information." She tsked at me, then continued, "I know how she disappeared. I even know if she's dead or alive." She smirked. I felt as if my whole world was shaken. "How do you know anything? Tell me everything you know." I hissed. "Shh, we'll talk about this at my house. 3pm." She smiled like a Cheshire Cat. I felt like slapping her silly, but held back when I realized she knew what I wanted to know.

I hate my life.

-time skip, 3pm, Sting's house-

~Lucy's P. O. V. ~

"Big house," I said, gliding into the front door when Sting held it open. "You've seen bigger. Your house ain't no joke." He commented. "You're punctual." "And I have blonde hair," I replied sarcastically at his obvious comment. "Let's just do the project," I continued, making myself comfortable in the living room. "My room." He said. "Nah, living room." I insisted. He sighed and got the laptop and papers and pens all ready. "Okay, so...."

~time skip, 4:30pm~

"....done." I capped my pen with a flourish. "Yay." Sting groaned and flopped onto the couch. "Gonna leave. Thanks for the idiocy level decrease. Bye" I picked up my bag and got ready to go. But he shot up from the couch and stopped me. "We can talk for half an hour." He offered. "About what?" I asked. "You know something about my transfer." He started off. I sat back down. He smirked. "I do."

And we chatted the half an hour away.

At 5:00, I got ready to leave. We already fixed another day for us to hang out, which was on Sunday. He was gonna bring me to the Library. We both agreed that we weren't gonna go out anytime soon, but since we were kinda, sorta future husband and wife, we needed to know each other better.

The moment I stepped out, I saw a car parked outside with Gray at the wheel with the window rolled down. I sweatdropped. "Ano....nii-san? What are you doing?"

Imagine this: a blonde girl coming out of a new kids house and finds a her half naked brother parked outside in a car.

"I'm driving you home Lucy." He stated the obvious. I sighed, picked up his shirt that was strewn outside the car earning a "crap! My shirt" from Gray. I sighed and slid into the car. "I could have gone home myself." I told him. "No can do. This kid is new you never know." He said while starting the engine and driving me home. Yup, I never know. I never knew my brother was this overprotective. What have I been missing out all those ten years of my life?

Warning: there is gonna be a time skip that is considered major compared to all the past time skips I've had in the chapter after the next one or something. Just sayin'. I realised I had to speed up the story a bit.

If you're reading this, thanks for reading. 😄😄😄