PROMISE

"Tell Me"

~THE NEXT DAY

    "Yo, Lucy!" Sting greeted while tapping Lucy on her shoulder. Lector, who was hovering above Sting this whole time also said, "Good morning Lucy"

 They met at the exact same spot where they met yesterday and in the same circumstances, well except for the late part.

    "Good morning Sting, Lector. Who's thi with you?" Lucy asked, referring to a black-haired guy with bloodred eyes and a green exceed which was wearing a pink costume, walking on the ground. "Oh, this is Rogue" Sting nodded in the direction of the black-haired man, "he's a Shadow Dragon Slayer. And this little guy here, "he pointed to the exceed on the ground, "is Frosh"

"It's nice to meet you both!" Lucy gave a very warm smile that could melt anyone's heart and continued, "My name is Lucy Heartfillia"

"Yeah" Rogue replied, which made Sting laugh and say, "You're so stiff Rogue" while he flung he's arms around Rogue's neck, in a friendly manner. "It's nice to meet you nee-chan" the exceed known as Frosh said with a curt nod. "It's nice to meet you too Frosh" Lucy replied as she tapped him.

"Well, it was nice meeting you both, but I gotta go. See you guys next time." Lucy added, ready to leave.

"Wait...I'll walk you..." Sting offered.

"Maybe next time, I'm in a hurry! And besides, you're with your friend" Lucy replied and left in a rush.

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"Good morning Lucy!" Happy greeted.

"Good morning Happy" Lucy greeted back, ignoring the fact that Natsu was there

"Good morning Luce!" Natsu greeted with a guarded look.

"Luce?! You haven't called me that in ages!" Lucy exclaimed, giving him a glare.

"Look, I'm sorry about last night.  I guess I was just distracted. I promise I will never ignore you" Natsu explained, seeking for consolation.

"It's okay. I'm also sorry for losing my temper. I guess it was partly my fault. Anyway I like it when you call me Luce, Naa-kun" Lucy said in a teasing manner while nudging him, and both started laughing. That's what they used to call each other. Back when they were cute, little kids.

"Good morning Lu-chan! Good morning Natsu" Levy as she rushed pass them and walked beside Gajeel.

Lucy turned to look at why she just rushed pass them and realized she was going to Gajeel, who was just at least 3 meters ahead of them. After seeing them walk together, a smirk was planted in her face.

"Good morning Gajeel, good morning Lily" Levy greeted as she caught up with them.

"Good morning Levy" Lily greeted back, then gave Gajeel a nudge.

"Good morning...Shrimp" Gajeel greeted with a huff. Levy stood on her tippy toes and leaned forward, her face inches away from Gajeel's, and said, "I told you to stop calling me that! Seriously, when will you stop calling me names?" Gajeel only averted his eyes as a tinge of red crept up on the tip of his nose, and he said, "Shorty..." Levy did not back away but she furrowed her brows and said, "LE-VY!"

"Alright! Le-vy" Gajeel said as he leaned his forehead onto Levy's and added, "Happy now?"

Levy blushed as she realized the position they were in, and almost immediately, backed away, nodding. Gajeel could only smirk at this while saying, "Gihi"

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During class, Natsu and Lucy started exchanging notes again...

  'I'm really sorry for ysterday...' --Lucy

  

  'Don't worry about it. It's mostly my fault anyway...' --Natsu

  

  'Hey, can I ask you something?'

  

  'Sure, go ahead'

  

  'How do you know Romeo and Wendy?'

  Oh, I saved Romeo from bullies and started hanging out with him after and Wendy, well I met her because of Romeo'

  

  'I see...but how about the rest of them?'

  

  'I met them in this academy 5 years ago'

  

  'Oh, and one last thing...where's Happy? He was suddenly gone'

  

  'Probably with Charla. The white exceed'

RRRIIIINNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!! *Time for LUNCH*

~CAFETERIA

"Hey Levy-chan, where were you yesterday? You should have come with us, we went to karaoke" Lucy said after taking a seat beside Levy, opening her lunch box.

"Really? That's too bad. I needed to attend to some matter yesterday. Maybe next time" Levy replied.

"Come on Levy, tell me what happened" Lucy insisted. "I know something happened between you and Gajeel yesterday at the clinic. And judging from what happened a while ago, you must have been with him yesterday after school too."