Fallen Angel (discontinued)

New Teacher

About 3 months passed after Natsu attempted to kiss Lucy and it hasn't been the same since. Things went by like a blur. The only things she really processes are getting up, going to school and going back to bed. Every day is the same in her eyes. First she'll meet her friends, get avoided by Natsu, finish her classes and then go home wondering when her dad was going to come back...

Speaking of her father; he never told her when he was going to come home. It's been three months with just small phone talks between them. In fact, the longest trip he's taken was about 4 months, but he told her that was really just a one time thing.

The project was due any day now and they have long since finished.

Lucy walked into her last class, the rest of the day speeding by. She took her seat, set her things down and waited for the bell to ring. While she waited, she thought she should check on Natsu so she turned around and caught sight of him leaning over his desk writing in his notebook.

When he looked up, they made eye contact and locked their gazes. It was as if time itself had stopped. Soon it was just the two of them... no one else seemed to exist as she stared into his onyx eyes, large and beautiful, she thought. This was the slowest time had been for her the past three months... and she enjoyed it. She marveled at his other facial features, at how strong and built they were, before her eyes ventured down to his lips. Right then she wished he had kissed her three months ago, and she wondered how different things would be if he had.

Their gazes tore away to soon as the bell had rang and the teacher walked in, only, it wasn't their usual careless teacher. It was someone else; he had long, black, shaggy hair that was tied back into a ponytail and sharp red eyes. But what Lucy found most particular was the first thing he set his eyes on when he walked into the room, was her.

"Hello class." He said, not taking his eyes off Lucy, causing her to fidget in her seat. "My name is Mr. Geer. I'm your long term sub. Unfortunately your old teacher had a family emergency and he'll be gone for quite some time."

Lucy looked back at Natsu, trying to find comfort in his presence when she caught him looking at her and he quickly averted his eyes back to his paper. Her heart sank a little by the way he was acting. She didn't know why she was so sad to the fact he hadn't been speaking to her lately... She used to be so eager that they would never have to interact with each other after they had finished their presentation. Why does she feel different now?

She looked back to the front of the room when the teacher started speaking again. "We will be in the lab today, so find a partner and get to a table." He said and Lucy and Levy were immediately magnetized toward each other.

They went to a table and started setting up their lab. As Lucy looked around, she noticed Natsu was at the table across from them in perfect view, as in if he looked up, they'd lock eyes.

Levy and Lucy were mixing different chemicals in test tubes and writing down their results when Lucy got a strange sensation, like someone was watching her. She slowly, slowly started to glance to her left when she once again caught Mr. Geer staring at her. It made her extremely uncomfortable and it creeped her out a lot. So she started pulling down her short skirt casually and pulling up her shirt to cover most her cleavage but that didn't really help anything...

She wasn't paying much attention the carbon disulfide in front of them while she was concentrated more on the fact that the professor kept looking at her.

She set the test tube onto the stand and placed her hand close to it on the counter. Her powers were then somehow triggered when her hand visibly pulsed with electricity and it channeled to the test tube and enveloped it with the blue gold lighting, causing a small explosion. Levy screeched next to her but Lucy's eyes immediately traveled over to Mr. Geer and realized he had watched the whole thing.

Shit, shit, shit! She thought and then looked up at Natsu who looked back at her with panic. Lucy showed fear in her expression as Mr. Geer walked up to them and Natsu watched him carefully.

The teacher placed a firm hand on Lucy's shoulder that made her shiver under his touch. "It's alright girls," He said as Natsu's eyes watched him with suspicion and alarm. "Just clean up your mess and finish up for the day." He said and walked away with a smile.

Lucy was temporarily frozen with shock before she glanced at Natsu who was still watching the teacher with a frown on his face.

Soon, they had cleaned up their mess and the bell rang shortly after signally the end of school.

"Have a good night guys." Mr. Geer said as everyone exited the classroom.

Lucy hurried out, knowing already he had his eyes on her as she left. She quickly walked away before someone put their and on her shoulder, causing her to freeze. They turned her around, and she took a breath of relief when she saw it was only Natsu.

"Natsu." She breathed.

"What happened in their?" He asked panicked as he grabbed her arm so she'd walk with him.

Lucy looked at the ground. "I-I don't know..." Is all she could say.

Natsu kept his voice in a hush. "What do you mean?" He asked. "You have to start controlling your... ability." He said,

"Well it's not like I tried to do it!" Lucy whisper-yelled as she raised her hands. "It just- just happened!"

They had walked out of the building and were outside of the schools gate when Natsu checked his watch. He grunted and then said, "Look, we can't talk about this right now, I have basketball practice and then I have to go to work... So I'll see you later." And with that he walked back to the school to go to practice and left Lucy outside the school.

He's been working an awful lot lately. Lucy thought as she began her walk back home.

Tomorrow she decided she was going to figure out why Natsu's been acting so strange. And now that she's thought about it, he's never invited her to work on the project at his house. It's always been at hers.