The Babysitter and the Brat [A NaLu Fanfiction]

Chapter 3

All credits go to the artist for the picture above :) 

Levy's POV

Woah... did that girl really just faint? I feel kind of bad for her, to be honest... I decided to try to carry her up to my newly rented apartment. I lay her on the bed and just let her be...

Lucy's POV

I blinked. The first thing I saw was sunlight streaming in through pale pink curtains... MY APARTMENT! 

I shot up and saw a petite blue-haired girl which I remembered as the one who was renting my apartment. What was her name... oh right! It was Levy...

"What are you doing in my apartment?" I asked rather rudely.

"Y-you fainted after I told you the date..." Levy replied nervously, fingering her skirt, "So I brought you up to my apartment."

My eyes widened, after remembering that incident. "Is it really 2017 already?" I questioned, hoping that it was a mistake.

Levy nodded slowly. She fished out her phone and pressed the home button, pointing at the date. "See?"

I gasped and was ready to faint again when Levy stepped forward and steadied me. "Woah there! What's going on?"

"I don't know!" I yelled, frantic, "It was just 2010 yesterday! I was taking a walk in the woods, and it started pouring, so I decided to find a cave to sleep in. The next morning, I found my way out of the woods, and here I am!"

"Are you sure it was 2010 when you fell asleep in that cave?" Levy questioned.

"Yes! I'm a hundred percent sure!" I answered, "This shouldn't be possible, unless..."

"Unless what?" 

"Unless that creepy voice in the cave was actually telling the truth," My eyes widened at the prospect, "That means I really did sleep for 7 years!"

Levy peered at me curiously. "Are you telling me... that a voice in a cave told you that you were going to sleep for 7 years?"

I nodded my head sheepishly, knowing she wasn't going to believe me.

"That is so cool!" Levy squealed, "This seriously sounds like a scene from one of my favorite books! We are going to be such good friends!"

I let a small smile on my face. "Yeah, I suppose we could be. But," I looked down sadly, "I have no place to stay, I'm broke, I should be going to high school right now... I don't know what to do! On top of that, I've missed out on 7 years! 7 years, I just disappeared! Why did this even happen to me?!" I buried my face in my hands and started sobbing.

Levy sat down next to me on the bed. "Hey, Lucy right? Can I call you Lu-chan? Anyway, you're supposed to be in high school?"

I nodded sullenly. "Sophomore."

Levy clapped her hands in joy. "Me too! I'll tell Principal Makarov to let you in as a new student at Fairy Tail High. I'll show you around the school! Ooh, also, since you don't have a place to stay, we can share the apartment!" 

I looked at her questionably. "Are you sure you wouldn't mind?"

"No, no of course not!" Levy smiled, "We're friends, remember?"

I grinned. "Of course!" Finally, my life is getting back on track.

Suddenly, I remembered something. "Wait, did you say Fairy Tail High, and Principal Makarov?"

Levy tilted her head. "Yeah. Why?"

"I used to go to Fairy Tail High!" Her eyes widened at that. "I know Principal Makarov, he even paid me to babysit for him..."

Now it was Levy's turn to be surprised. "Did you say babysit?" she asked. She looked at me, and recognition filled her eyes. "You're that hot high school babysitter that Gray totally had a crush on 7 years ago!"

I nodded sheepishly. "Wait, Gray had a crush on me?"

"Yeah!" Levy squealed. "He thought you had big breasts."

My face turned red as I tried not to pay attention to the suddenly heavy weight on my chest. "Ah, okay then... I can't believe you remember me!"

Levy grinned. "Of course we did! You were so fun; we would look forward to every Sunday as it came! You even managed to cheer Natsu up! He would actually smile once in awhile." 

"When you didn't show up that Sunday, we were all so worried, especially Natsu. He was practically tearing up the house..."

Natsu, eh? I wonder how he's doing right now. I snapped out of my thoughts as I heard Levy speaking again.   

"Wait till I tell everyone else! Our former babysitter in the same school as we are! Wow!" Levy jumped up and down like a little girl. "I can't wait for all of us to be friends!"

I couldn't help but smile at her enthusiasm. "Yeah, I can't wait!" I wonder what all those kids are like now...

"Okay, we need to get you ready for school," Levy said, "First off, those clothes..." I looked down to find myself covered in dirt and grime. "We need to go shopping. For now, just borrow one of my dresses. Also, before we go, please take a shower!" Levy wrinkled her nose, and I really couldn't blame her.

Time Skip

After getting new clothes, a new phone, and some other necessities, Levy and I headed back home. We had become really good friends; turns out, she loves reading and writing just as much as I do! 

It was nighttime as we exited the elevator doors. Levy yawned.

"That was fun, Lu-chan. See you tomorrow morning..." she flopped down on the bed and started snoring, her cute little puffs filling the eerie silence.

"Okay..." I mumbled, laying down on the couch. I immediately fell asleep.

Okay, just to clarify, a few years after Lucy left, Makarov couldn't sustain the kids anymore, so all the kids decided to move out and get their own apartments. They somehow raked in enough money to do that, but I'm way too lazy to describe that ;)