Teenage Minds

Chapter 8- My Soul

It was late at night. He had just finished scrubbing off the last of the spray paint off Erza's locker. He stood up and made his way to his car. Once he opened his car, he thought of the best way to make it up to her. He drove to her favorite restaurant. The Pastry Dragon. He entered the restaurant and immediately knew what to buy. "Hello Porlyusica," Jellal waved at the pink haired woman. "If it isn't you again boy. The usual?" Porlyusica asked. Jellal nodded and couldn't help but notice the similarities the woman had between her and Natsu. Then it dawned on him that Natsu was in the restaurant as well.

"Natsu," Jellal greeted heading over to his table. "Natsu, don't eat too much," a little adorable girl with blue hair warned. "Jellal?" Natsu slightly choked on the apple pie he was eating. "Oh hiya!" Natsu smiled. "Hello!" The little girl greeted, "my names Wendy" she smiled. "This is my little sister. And you see that mean ole witch?" Natsu asked, pointing to Porlyusica. "That's my mother," Natsu rolled his eyes. Mother?! Jellal thought, inwardly freaking out for no apparent reason. "Natsu, you shouldn't talk about mother that way," Wendy scolded.

"Mind if I sit?" Jellal asked. "Yeah, I gotta talk to you," Natsu said, finally swallowing his food. Wendy scoots over allowing Jellal to take a seat. "What was that about?" Natsu asked, pushing his pie away. "What?" Jellal asked. "I heard you were the reason the wrote that stuff about her and made her cry" Natsu said, intimidatingly. "Which means you made Erza cry," Natsu said menacingly. "You made Erza cry," Natsu growled. "It's all a misunderstanding," Jellal tried to explain. "If you ever make Erza cry again, I'll kill you" Natsu raised his tone, balling his hands into a tight fist. "Natsu!" Wendy scolded. "Let him explain. Go on," Wendy looked at Jellal.

"Minerva must've thought that Erza and I did something for some reason and y'know how she is. Erza must've thought that I spread that rumor and now she's incredibly upset with me. As a token of my apologies, I decided to get her strawberry cheesecake." Jellal explained. "That's actually...really sweet," Wendy swooned. "Oh, well in that case, treat her right or else," Natsu said in a polite tone while grinning widely. "And, you're the newspaper girl, amirite?" Jellal asked as he stood up. "Every Sunday, Monday, and Wednesday!" Wendy cheered. Jellal smiled at the girls cheery attitude. "Boy, over here!" Porlyusica shouted. Jellal ran over to get the cake and left out.

"Those two," Wendy giggled. "What?" Natsu asked, finishing off his pie. "He went through all this trouble to prove he was sorry even though he didn't do anything," Wendy said. "You think that could work on Luce" Natsu asked. "Well yeah, just don't be too aggressive about it," Wendy told him. "You're the best lil sis," Natsu smiled again.
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It was the moment of truth. Jellal stepped foot into the house and what he heard was silence. He was only then greeted by his dog, Lassie. "Hey Lassie," Jellal rubbed the Labradors head. The dog tilted her head to the stairs. "What're you trying to say Lassie?" Jellal asked the dog. The dog took flight up the stairs and Jellal followed. He soon realized where the dog had lead him. The room was decorated with red, blue, and purple jewels on the door. He heard a bit of crying on the other side of the door. "Thanks Lassie," Jellal smiled. The dog shot off downstairs.

Jellal slowly turned the golden knob and entered the room. He saw Erza sitting in her bed, face buried in a stuffed animal. She had on a light pink spaghetti strap strawberry tank top with a matching pair of pajama shorts. She had pastel pink knee high socks on as well. "Hey?" Said Jellal. "Go away," Erza murmured. "Please? Can we talk?" Jellal asked. Erza slowly took her face from her unicorn stuffed animal and looked at Jellal. "I'm sorry," Jellal apologized. "I know you didn't do it," Erza started leaving Jellal confused, "Rogue told me." Erza said. "Y'know he really cares about you," Erza added, Jellal smiled softly.

"I, uh, I brought strawberry cheesecake," Jellal placed the cake in front of her. Her eyes lit up and Jellal swore he could see them sparkle. "Cheesecake!" Erza smiled, opening the box. "Where's everyone?" Jellal asked. "Violet-San and Richard took Sting and Rogue shopping for Fall Ball clothes," Erza explained, stuffing her face with cake. "Check the site," Erza passed Jellal her laptop.

Jellal opened it up and read what he saw. He gaped at the bright screen. The screen was filled with 'I'm definitely voting for Erza to be Fall Ball queen' and 'voting for Scarlet.'

"You got their vote?" Jellal asked. "I figured, if she can make amends with the students, I can too," Erza licked the spoon clean. Jellal blushed at her actions, attempting to shake it off. "W-what'd you do?" Jellal questioned. "I wrote a super inspirational post on the schools website and on Twitter" said Erza. "So there is something up there," Jellal teased. His face was then greeted by a pat by Erza's petite hand. The door cracked open and Lassie entered. "Come here Lassie!" Erza cooed. The Labrador jumped onto the bed, nuzzling it's head against Erza's leg.

"But I do have an idea," Erza smiled mischievously. "Isn't that right Lassie?" Erza patted the pups head. She grabbed Jellal's hand and pulled him downstairs. "Hey!" Jellal shouted. "No ones here so I thought I'd try.." Erza started as she pulled something out of the pantry in the kitchen, "this!" She pulled some champagne out. "Where'd you find that?" Asked Jellal. "Cana gave me some," Erza answered. "You aren't gonna drink," Jellal scolded. "I am! I've always seen older people do it so why can't I?" Erza shrugged, popping the cap off the bottle.

"Cause you're underaged," Jellal snatched the bottle away from her. "Hey!" Erza shouted angrily while pouting. "It's for your own good. Plus, we have school tomorrow," Jellal reasoned.

Then, Erza leaned in, her petite figure inches away from his toned body. "Please?~" Erza asked seductively. Jellal blushed, trying hard to avoid that innocent yet sexy look in her eye but failed miserably. "Alright," Jellal sighed in defeat. She cheered causing Jellal to chuckle. She grabbed the bottle from Jellal and searched for cups. She poured the drink in for both of them. Erza hopped onto the counter, her small legs stretched out across it. "To the future homecoming queen!" Erza raised her glass, making a 'clink' noise with Jellal's glass.

Erza didn't wait to drink it. She hastily gulped the Chardonnay down. "Ah," Erza sighed softly. "What am I going to do with you?" Jellal asked as he took only a mere sip of the wine.

All it took was 6 cups of Chardonnay for Erza to get drunk. And for Jellal's memories...

Again.