Chapter Forty-Seven: Apologies and Confessions

My nails are EXTREMELY long. I should cut them, but I don't want to. It looks nice! Anyways, me and a couple of my friends planned a trip to go to Hawaii when we graduate from high school! I'm super excited, because we've calculated all the money we need and the jobs that we're going to take to get that money.

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1 person = at least $4,000
3 of us together = at least $12,000
Working in Starbucks = about $10/hr
4 hour shift = $40
Working 2 days =$80
Weeks in a year = about 52.143 weeks
Total = $4,171.44/yr
3 of us together = $12,514.32/yr

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Bonuses for working at Starbucks: I get free coffee when I'm working and a 30% discount if I'm not working!

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Author's POV:

It was time for one of Lucy's least favorite subjects. Physical Education was simple, but she was not good at it. Every time she took the fitness test, push-ups were the ones that always fail her. She didn't have the upper body strength she needed to reach the number of push-ups required to pass. It was also the reason why she only had an A- and not a solid A. This time, she was determined to get that A, no matter how challenging it gets.

Changing into her P.E. uniform, all of the junior students were sorted by gender. Males were at the right side of the gym, while the girls were at the left. The males had a different evaluation than the girls, so to make it fair, that's why they were separated into two groups. The way it worked was they would do all of the testing in the gym, but the running would take place outside the field. After everyone has finished the test, they would get their results immediately.

"Hey, Lucy? I don't think I can do the fitness test," Levy said, clutching onto her stomach. Lucy could see the pained expression on Levy's face. She did not look at all ready to do the test. Lucy had suspected this when Levy ate her mom's homemade yogurt. The yogurt was good, but Levy had a really bad reaction to it, which gave her some stomach problems. Lucy could only imagine what Levy was going through.

Erza walked over. "Are you okay, Levy? You don't look too good."

"Do you think you can still take the test?" Juvia asked, stroking Levy's back.

"Levy, you have to go to the nurse. Why did you go to school in the first place when you're having stomach problems?" Lucy asked, concerned about her friend's condition. In all honesty, Lucy didn't need to know why. Levy was always a great student and that meant not missing a day of school. Whenever she was sick, Levy would suck it up and deal with it. If not, then her mom would make her.

"The fitness test counts for half of our grade and I'm not going to nurse's office, because of that," Levy took a breath, "plus, the teachers are going to think that I'm doing this on purpose, so I can avoid the test." Shaking her head, Lucy supported Levy with one arm and walked over to Coach Jet, who was supervising the test.

"Coach Jet?" Lucy asked, "Levy doesn't feel well. Is it okay if I take her to the nurse's office?" Coach Jet didn't seem to be convinced that Levy was sick. After all, he did have some students come up to him claiming that they were sick when they clearly weren't. Levy, of course, knew this. She was a straight A student after all. To make it seem realistic, she had an idea in mind. She fainted.

"Oh, my god! Well, don't just stand there! Take her to the nurse! I'm going to be fired if they find a dead student in my gym!"

"Wait, but what about the test?" Lucy asked.

"You both get a pass, but get her out of here!" Lucy quickly did as he said, knowing that Levy fainted on purpose. She carried Levy over her back, thankful that she wasn't too heavy. Away from Coach Jet's sight, Lucy carefully set Levy down and they both squealed in victory.

"That jerk! Did you hear what he said?" Lucy asked, regarding about Coach Jet. Levy scoffed, slightly offended by what the coach said. He cared more about the protection of his job rather the health of a student. In his offense, though, he really did have no reason to care about the life of his student. Well, other than his job.

"I know right? How can he not care about a girl who's on the verge of death?" The two of them laughed and made their way to the nurse's office. You know what the plus side of all of this was? Lucy didn't have to take the fitness test and that was Levy's plan from the very beginning. You see, Lucy had been dreading nonstop about the test and how she was going to fail, so using her intelligent mind, Levy constructed a plan that would allow them to skip the test. Pretend to have a stomach ache, so that both of them could have an excuse to miss the test.  What a wonderful friend Levy was.

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Somewhere in the gym, the test was taking place. Over to where the boys were, the guys were all supposed to warm up for the test. Some of the guys were taking advantage of it, while others decided to use the time to talk with their friends.

"Did you see Levy fainting earlier?" Gajeel asked, while stretching his arms.

Natsu nodded. "I hope she's alright. She didn't look too good."

"At least she got to sit about on the test," Jellal continued, "I think she gets an automatic pass."

Gray stretched his legs. "No use fussing over it. Let's just hope she's feeling better."

"Hey, Natsu. Can I talk to you? Alone?" Jellal asked, scratching the back of his head. Natsu nodded and the both of them were far away from the boys as possible.

"So, why did you want to talk to me alone?" Natsu asked, his friendly aura perceptible. He didn't know how to break the news to his friend. Jellal didn't want to tell him about the whole dilemma he had caused, but it was now or never.

"I falsely accused Lucy of cheating on you." Natsu was wide-eyed. The both of them felt like total jerks. Jellal looked like he was hitting rock bottom. If it weren't for him, Natsu and Lucy would've still be together. Albeit, Natsu didn't cause the problem, but now he knew that he made the worst mistake of his life.

"Jellal! I broke up with her!" Natsu uttered, stating the obvious.

"I know! I know! It's my fault and I thought you should know, because I didn't want to lie to you." Natsu face-palmed. No words could express how idiotic he felt. Lucy wasn't the type of person to cheat on him and he knew that. Yet, for some reason, he trusted Jellal and that made everything more complicated than it should have been.

"What about Lucy? Did you tell her you're sorry?" Jellal nodded his head. He was trying to avoid Lucy at the moment. It's not that he didn't want to talk to her. It's more that he didn't know how to approach to her without making the whole thing awkward. Natsu sighed. "You have to talk to her, you know. I know you apologized to her, but I'm pretty sure you guys are not comfortable being around each other, yet."

"I'll chat with her at the end of school." Jellal cleared his throat. "Would you like me to tell her you're sorry?"

Natsu shook his head. "I should be the one to apologize to her. I should've known that Lucy didn't cheat on me. What kind of boyfriend doesn't trust his girlfriend? I feel so stupid."

"I'm sorry, about everything."

"I'm not the one you should be apologizing. It was my fault that I believed in you."

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"Do you want me to take you to the hospital, Levy?" Lucy asked, though she knew Levy looked much better.

Levy shook her head. "I'm fine. You go home. I still need to get my stuff."

Nodding her head, Lucy walked out of the nurse's office and started her journey home. The feeling of relieve took over Lucy's expression, knowing that the fitness test was over. With a smile on her face, she was about to leave school, but that was until Jellal showed up unexpectedly.

"Lucy, can I talk to you?" Jellal asked, which made Lucy wonder what he wanted to talk about. They weren't exactly in good terms, but at least they don't hate each other anymore.

"Okay, but it has to be quick."

Jellal tilted his head in confusion. "Do you have somewhere you need to be?"

"Yes, I'm expecting a letter from the writing university I want to go to." Jellal was now even more confused. Lucy was only a junior, so there was no way she could go to a university this early.

"Okay, I know I apologized to you the other day, but I still want you to know how sorry I am. I really want to put everything last us and-"

"Jellal," Lucy said, cutting him off. "I already forgive you. What you did was just a mistake and if I were you, I would've done the same thing, so don't beat yourself up about it."

"Thanks, Lucy. I hope you and Natsu can work everything out."

Lucy smiled. "Bye, Jellal. I'll see you tomorrow."

The both of them part ways and for the first time in a while, Lucy felt that everything was going to be okay...

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I've posted a picture of me in this story, since there were more readers here than there are in my other stories. If you missed it, I'm sorry, but I left it for 24 hours and then I deleted it, because it wasn't part of this fanfic. To the people that did see the picture I posted, it might be a while until I post another picture of me, so I hope you liked my face reveal! Bye, guys!

~TheKonfusingKK

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