Chapter 7 ~the new friend group~

                                    

                                          
me and natsu walked home, just talking about our classmates. i seemed to have lost track of time because we were in front of my house oddly fast. "well this is me!" i said, giving natsu a closed eye smile. "are you sure your okay after today? those wounds looked pretty bad.." natsu said, giving a worried look. "oh no i'm perfectly okay. don't worry!" i said, trying to convince him it didn't hurt. "alright..." natsu said, sounding uneasy, "i'll see you tomorrow luce! you have my number if you need me!" i smiled and waved. i still couldn't believe i got his number during our walk, i felt so happy that someone wanted to be my friend! i was so grateful this first day was so good, well other than lisanna. just thinking of lisanna made me shudder, i just hope things will clear up between us. i shook out my thoughts and walked up the steps to my house. 
                          
as i walked in, i saw lots of beer bottles lying around. i mentally sighed, 'that means dad is home...' i suddenly heard moans upstairs in my dads room. "yep, he's home." i said to myself. i quickly slithered past my dads door into my room. he's always bringing girls home and has no respect for me. oh well, at least he leaves my room out of it! that's more than i can say for someone else's  circumstance... 
                          
i did my homework and ate a bowl of instant ramen for dinner, my dad fell asleep after his little hook up. i was lucky he did as it was the first peaceful night i've had in years. i feel asleep thinking of the day tomorrow and what it would bring. 
                          
i woke up to my alarm clock. i groggily turned it off and shot out of my bed. i put on my uniform again, ugh it really smelled. i would have to clean it tomorrow. i tip toed downstairs, not wanting to wake my dad. lisannas beating yesterday was already too much for my body. as i was grabbing my granola bar, my phone dinged. i looked at what it said. 
                          
natsu: hey luce! wanna walk to school together today?
lucy: yeah i'd love to! where you wanna meet?
natsu: i'll just come to your house. see you in 5!
                          
i put my phone down smiling, i was so thankful i met such a good person like natsu. every time i think of him, i get butterflies in my stomach. i'm not too sure why...
                          
natsu came and we started walking together. "you should meet my friends, they'd love to meet you!" natsu suddenly said. i smiled and replied "i'd love to meet them!" we walked the rest of the way with the occasional small talk and we finally arrived in front of the school. "come over here luce!" natsu said, grabbing my hand and dragging me to a group of people. "these are my friends!"
                          
they all introduced themselves to me and i caught some interesting details. apparently... juvia was it? well anyway apparently juvia was obsessed with a boy called gray. i think they'd be cute together! levy, who is a book nerd like me, seems to blush when gajeel is around her. and erza is in this friend group too! she seems to really like that jellal she mentioned earlier. there was a white haired girl who looked like lisanna, but her name was mirajane. she was snapping pictures of everyone together, it was weird. she kept muttering something about gruvia and jerza? weird things like that. no matter, this friend group seemed awesome and i felt i would fit in just well. suddenly someone came up to the group, "hey guy- wait what is SHE doing here?"
                          
hey! i'm sorry it's been so long but i've had some downtime lately and my trip is wrapping up so i may update more. thanks so much for reading, love you 💖