So this is my third book in my NALU fanfics and it's quite, complicated. So beware of grammatical errors, the plot can get a little crazy like there's a lot of plots included or something. BEWARE!
but thanks for all the votes and comments, i appreciate it.
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1st: One Pepperoni. One Kiss.
I dive after the ball, making sure it won't hit the ground. I jump down, my knee sliding on the floor and just in time to hit the ball back up in the air. I quickly stood up, wiping my sweat off and put both hands out together, ready to hit. The ball flies over the net, a brunette hits it back. Fail, she hits it with her fingers, causing her to flail her hand around, complaining "OMG! I think I broke a nail!!!"
I rolled my eyes and saw the ball hit the ground. Coach blows the whistle and the games a tie. I groaned. I hate ties, we'll end up having another game tomorrow and right now, I'm not up for it. My legs are sore, as if it were ready to come off anytime. I shook my head lightly and sauntered over to get my towel. I made a grab for it and wiped my face, continuing down to my neck and back. I placed it over my shoulders and chugged down gulps of water.
"Hey Luce?" Levy piped in.
"Hm?"
"Do you know who won today? As in, in the basketball game?" she asked again.
"Uhmm... I think Nortweigh?I'm not sure, though. But I have a feeling it is" I gulped down more water.
"I wanna know, come on! Let's ask Erza, maybe she has a clue!" she quickly packed her stuff and I did the same. Not that I was eager to know but I was eager to LEAVE. Trust me, you do not wanna be left with the other girls in the gymnasium. It describes one word and one word only, scary. They would be talking about boys, boys, boys. Disgusting. Uck. I don't hate boys but I only hate the topic they're talking about them.
We quickly run out of the gym and passed by buzzing students on who won the basketball game. We stopped by our lockers to drop our things by and continued on our search for Erza.
"There! She's managing a group of idiots. Again." Levy groaned as she ran past students.
What does she mean by IDIOTS? Oh here goes, recently, a pack of IDIOTS dared us to play basketball with them. They asked us to play, boys VS girls. Erza, on the other hand, wasn't a slight worried. So when we played, she took over the game. She did, three-point shots, slam-dunks and a whole lot more. The boys fawned over her, asking to join their team. She keeps refusing, of course, her head is into volleyball. And ever since, they kept crowding over her, begging for her to join against the Eastwood team.
We push past the boys and reached Erza, who was casually sitting down, with her boyfriend, Jellal.
"Erza!" Levy called.
Erza's head shot up and looked around, her head turned right and she stopped at us. A smile crawled onto her lips and stood from her seat and walked over to us.
"What's up?"
"Me and Levy are both gonna ask you if you know the results of the basketball game?" I explained.
She frowned deeply then sighed.
"It's very disappointing, Eastwood won by a point. Although with my own eyes, they disagree. They think Nortweigh deserved it. They still disapproved." she shook her head then smiled again.
"Come, let's drink the milkshakes I ordered." We followed her to the table and sat down. We slurped our drinks and the taste melted into our taste buds.
"OMG, that's delicious" Levy kept slurping and slurping and slurping, non-stop until she reached the bottom.
"Aw..." she then looked at my milkshake.
"Nuh-uh, you had your fair share!" She kept reaching forward for my drink and I kept moving forward, away from her. Suddenly, my milkshake was snatched from my grasp and I looked up to see, Natsu. Great! Note the sarcasm.
"What do you want Natsu?" I asked, showing my irritation.
"Now, now, that's not how you greet someone" he smirked then slurped into my drink.
"Hey! That's mine, geez, I freakin' came from practice" I whined.
"Stop being a baby" He finished the whole thing down and threw it on the ground.
"Ugh, I hate you so much Natsu" I stood up and pushed through the crowd. I continued down to the exit of the school and kicked the doors wide open. I continued down the stone path and sat down on a wooden bench. I propped my elbows on my thighs then placed my chin in my hands. Ugh, I just hate him so much.
*After School*
"Bye Levy! Don't forget to bring rubber bands tomorrow, okay?" she nodded in return. " 'Kay bye!"
I waved to her and strolled over to my car. It was a simple car, a hand-me-down, to be exact. I don't really need a car but Lauren insisted. Lauren, by the way, is my older sister. She's in college right now. She studies the architecture as her course for college. She has dark blonde hair, near the shade of brown. Compared to me, I'm pure blonde, close to yellow, mostly. She has blue eyes unlike me, I have brown eyes.
I slammed the door right after I entered the car. I grabbed my bag and dug in to find my keys. II was interrupted by a loud knock on my window. Surprised, I dropped all the contents of my bag onto the ground. I groaned and turned to see the intruder. It's none other than, the most annoying, cocky, idiotic Natsu.
I pressed the button and my window slid down.
"What?" My tone harsh, as it came out.
"Whoa, what's with the attitude?"
"You're the reason why I'm like this, Natsu." I leaned down to get the fallen contents of my bag. I shot it in my bag and straightened up. Natsu was still there, staring at me.
"What's with the look?" I raised an eyebrow.
"You're always so serious, try smiling" he suggested.
I scoffed and rolled my eyes, "What's there to smile about? I always frown when I'm around you because you friggin' piss me off. When was there ever a time when you don't make fun of me or even annoy me? None. More like, IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN!!" I waved my hands in the air.
He looked at me for a moment then laughed.
"Ugh, what now?" I frowned.
"You're...J-Just so... F-funny" he said between laughs.
I rolled my eyes and grabbed my keys from my bag. I placed it in and started the car.
"Is there anything else you want me to say before you laugh your ass off again?" I looked at him. He immediately stopped laughing and said, "I'll be at your house soon, we'll be off somewhere."
"Uh hello, I didn't say yes!"
"I didn't ask you, I stated it"
"Y-you're just so... Impossible!!" I put my head in my hands and calmed my nerves down. I breathed in and out then just drove away, not minding Natsu.
I continued my way down the neighborhood and reached a house, the walls were gray and dull. I didn't care though. It's just a....wall. I exited the car, slamming the door behind me. I walked over to the door and kneeled down. I took the keys under the matt and stood up to open the door. I entered the house and shut the door behind me. I didn't both greeting my parents because they were always fighting. They'd argue about my college course or why I wasn't like my sister. They say my sister was smart, pretty and kind. Unlike me, I was rude, tough and always stands up for myself.
I rolled my eyes at the arguing couple and hurriedly ran upstairs to my room. I threw my bag on the floor and jumped into my bed. I sat up, hugging my knees. I was always like this. I had my own world. I'd always hug my knees, thinking, why wasn't I like my sister? Why was I ugly, rude, tough and mean? Why can't I be talented, pretty and kind? Why was I the opposite? Why was I so different? Should I change? No, I should be myself.. or not?
Ugh... Life sucks. I realized I was silently crying. I wiped the tears with my sleeve and leaned on the pillow. I sighed loudly and covered my face with my favorite lavender colored pillow.
Brrrrrrriiiiiing
I immediately sat up and made my way to the floor. I kneeled down to my bag and brought my phone out.
"Hello?"
"Well hello there, why don't you look out of the window" said a familiar voice.
I stood up almost immediately and looked over my window. Natsu was there, leaning on his favorite Ducati motorcycle. I groaned, can this day get any worse?
"What now?"
"Remember, we're going out. Come on, you don't need to change anymore"
"I'll just brush my hair.." I trailed. I walked over to my desk and grabbed the brush. I quickly brushed my hair and rushed downstairs. As usual, they're still ranting over stupid things. I rolled my eyes and exited the house.
"You seem beat" Natsu noticed.
"Yeah? No crap" I sighed. I massaged my temples and put my hands on my hips.
"What's wrong?" His voice sounded concerned. At the moment, I didn't believe it. Then I looked at him, should I tell him. Most probably, not.
"Nothing, I'm just tired from practice. That's all" I lied. It seemed to convince him a bit then he motioned for me to get on his bike.
"Come on, we don't have all day"
"Fine, but this doesn't make us friends" I hopped on the bike and grabbed the helmet Natsu handed over. I buckled it on my head and waited for Natsu. He got on and without a minute wasted, he sped off.
My grip on his shoulders tightened every time he accelerates. Oh yeah, have I mentioned that I'm afraid of bikes??? Fortunately, we came to a stop. I immediately unbuckled the helmet and stood up to catch my breath.
"Lemme guess, you hate bikes?" Natsu slowly got off and hung his helmet on the bike. I simply nodded and we both walked side by side in the mall. My stomach growled.
"Have you eaten?"
"Not a single thing. After practice, you took my milkshake and that's the only thing I drank. Half of the shake. I haven't eaten when I came home because there wasn't anything prepared. Besides, you took me out so I'm gonna eat.. right now" I rubbed my tummy and looked at Natsu.
He was scanning the area then his eyes landed on Pizza Hut.
He grabbed my free hand, that wasn't on my stomach and dragged me as we made our way to Pizza Hut. Natsu pushed the doors opened and waited to get seats.
A waitress led us to a table for two and we sat down.
I grabbed the menu and flipped through it.
"Hm... Pepperoni or Hawaiian?" I questioned, looking up from the menu to Natsu.
"I'm going for Pepperoni, I hate pineapples" he answered.
"Alrighty then, let's order Pepperoni" I called on a waiter and repeated our order. The waited left with our orders as soon as I finished telling him what.
"So" Natsu broke the tension.
"So..." I echoed. What was there to talk about? This isn't a date or anything.. Right?
"Why don't we start off by telling me why you look so down?" I immediately looked at him. I don't want him to think bad of my family. I don't want to tell him they fight everyday because he'll keep asking more questions.
"I told you, I was tired from practice. And very very hungry.." I trailed, as I made circles on the table.
"I know you're lying Lucy. Why don't you explain it to me?" He softened.
"I-I can't. You'll think lowly of me..." I looked away from him and stared at the lights. They were as round as a basketball, wrapped with Japanese paper. There were various colors, green, blue, pink, purple and red. I should have one in my room.
"Earth to Lucy" Natsu snapped both his fingers in front of my face.
"Oh! Sorry.. Can you repeat?"
"I promise you, I won't think lowly of you. Just tell me" His face looked so concerned. Should I?
I opened my mouth to say it right when our orders came. A round plate contained pepperoni pizza. The waiter laid it on our table and followed by the two glasses filled with coke. I silently thanked the man and we both dug in our food.
I was about to get the pizza with the most cheese and pepperoni when Natsu took it first.
"Hey! I was about to get that!" I reprimanded.
"Nuh-uh, I got it first" I rolled my eyes at his response and took another pizza with more pepperoni than cheese. I settled it down on my plate and silently prayed before eating. As soon as I opened my eyes, all the pepperoni of my pizza was gone. I looked up at Natsu who was innocently eating his pizza. I looked down on his plate that had a LOT of pepperoni. I gave him a I'm-not-stupid-look.
"Give it all back" I put my hand out.
He shook his head and proceeded to take the fork beside his plate and forked three pepperoni's at the same time.
"Natsu.." I warned him.
"Lucy" he imitated me in the same tone of voice. Idiot.
"How about we make a deal?" Natsu piped in.
I looked at him and nodded.
"One Pepperoni. One Kiss" I froze. No no no no no no no no no!! I am not gonna give my first kiss, to NATSU! Uck, not ever.
"Nevermind, I'm out of the deal. Go ahead and eat my all of my pepperoni's. I don't care"
"You can't back out. You already nodded."
"I nodded for you to continue, jerk-face" I stuck my tongue out and continued to devour my pepperoni-less pizza.
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"Come on, I'll bring you home"
"U-uhmm... okay" We both headed over to his car.
On the way home, the atmosphere was comfortable. It's not as if, we talked about something inappropriate.
"You know, Natsu. I enjoyed today. Even though my pizza wasn't a pepperoni pizza anymore." I smirked.
"Actually that was funny. You should have seen the look on your face. Priceless"
I rolled my eyes and turned to look over the window. It was dark, the street lights were blinking as if it were some horror movie. I watched as Natsu finally pulled over in front of a familiar house. I got out and thanked Natsu. I waved and he drove off. I sighed.
Today was a long day...
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I published it two days early! Yeah, it doesn't matter. I didn't want y'all to keep waiting! So here ya go!
So, how was the book? This is the first chappy and BTW, Merry Christmas! This is my christmas gift to everyone because y'all have been great people. I love you soo soo much! I'm gonna try to update and update what I can.
If I'd be estimating the amount of chapters of this book, I'd say around... 20+. I'm not a type of person to reach 40. It's too long! Anyways, hope y'all enjoyed the first chapter and thank you thank you so so so so much!!!
I love y'all, byeeee! :)
-Faith <3