When She Was Once Happy

Drunken as Drunk can be

    I decided to stay home today. My head was still throbbing from the chug of beer yesterday. My dad was out saying that he had a job interview. I am glad he's trying to get a job. I sat up from my bed and slowly approached my desk. Pulling out the spinning chair, I plopped down on the soft black cushion, while I grabbed a blank piece of paper from the side of the desk. Biting on the tip of my pencil's eraser, I tapped my foot down gently on the ground. "Hm..." an idea struck in my head.

Brainstorm Of Ways To Avoid This problem.

•Plan to steal my journal back
•Find some dirt on Michelle
•Avoid Natsu

My brain stopped as I hesistated to write down the last thing. Suddenly, a decision was made as the led from my pencil's tip gently pressed down on the paper. My hand swayed, writing the words; run away.
    Sighing, I plopped the pencil down. "That will be my last resort."

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Third Person POV

    "Where were you yesterday?" A salmon-haired friend interrogated the poor Lucy. "Sorry. I didn't feel good" Natsu huffed, knowing the reason she didn't feel good, but didn't want people to hear. So he kept quiet. They headed into the Class and the first person Lucy's eyes caught a hold of, was none other than Michelle's. Michelle was sitting on top of the desk along with 3 other girls doing the same. They were laughing, however when they noticed Lucy's prescence, they turned their heads. One of the girls chuckled quietly, "what a slut."
    Angrily, Lucy brushed the thought Off out of her mind and took her seat. Throughout the whole period Lucy was receiving a couple of stares and snickers. [A/N- Not the candy]
     Natsu was suspicious, as he glanced a couple of times towards Lucy as they did this. She stared down at a book, trying to distract herself from reality. However, her thoughts remained on everyone else.

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"Lucy...what was that about." Lucy shrugged, completely leaving Natsu to follow in her footsteps. They headed toward their usual tree. Lucy didn't eat. She wasn't hungry. She just sat there staring off into space while Natsu tried making conversation. Lucy would only be partially listening, and responding with "mhm"
"Yes"
"Okay"
And stuff like that. "Are you even listening to me." Lucy snapped out of it and turned her head to Natsu. "Huh? Yea!" Natsu's face became serious as he saw the look in Lucy's eyes. "What's wrong?" He questioned. Lucy shook her head.
   Suddenly, a girl came running up to the two, almost tripping a couple of times over her own feet. "Cocoa!" Lucy wondered, as she got up to help her keep her balance. "What's wrong Cocoa?" the girl panted with her hands on her knees. One hand held a black phone.
    Once she regained her breath, Cocoa darted her eyes towards Lucy's. "Did you see what Michelle posted?" Cocoa straightened her back as she unlocked her phone's passcode. Intrigued, Natsu put one hand on the ground to lift himself up. Slowly walking towards the two, him and the other two hovered over the phone. Cocoa scrolled through the Fiore app. It was an app which allowed the user to posts photos and videos and Dm people and stuff. "Here it is." Her finger stopped at a page filled with so many selfies. She then clicked on a recent video.

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    "I can't believe she did that!!" Natsu released his anger into a punch against a locker, which frightened Lucy a bit. "Natsu. Calm down. It's not that big of a deal." Natsu growled, "of course it is!" He argued. Even though Lucy didn't want to admit it, the video did bug her. It was a big deal to her. "It's one thing to force you to drink the beer, but it's going too far to record and post it!" Lucy's eyes widened, "you knew?" Natsu quickly averted his head from straight ahead to her in confusion. Finally realizing what she meant, he gently closed his eyes. "Of course I knew." Lucy hid a blush above her cheeks.