New E-mail received!

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From: DragoNatsu
To: TeamNatsu

TEAM MEETING, ASSEMBLE!!

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Erza and Lucy groaned at the same time upon reading one his newly sent emails. They had just decided to sleep after reviewing for their preliminary examinations when their phones rang.

"I'm really going to have to smack him later when this team meeting commences." Erza pulled her sleeping mask to cover half of her face to get some shut eye.

Meanwhile, Lucy checked the clock on her phone twice to be sure. "Uh, Erza? We've got 15 minutes before-"

Alas, it couldn't be done. Erza had gone off to snooze, hiding herself under the blankets. With that, Lucy jumped from the upper side of the bunk bed to take a quick shower, dress up for the day and greeted herself with a smile that said: "I'm going to pass with flying colors!"

Before she could walk out the room, she was hesitant on whether she should wake up her still unconscious roommate or not. While pondering over the decision, Lucy remembered the times she got kicked in the face from her previous attempts. In the end, Lucy opened her friend's phone to set her alarm off in 2 minutes to get her up the second time.

"Levy! I was looking for you."

Ah, typical McGarden. She usually does go ahead before her two roomies, only after one or two attempts waking them both up on time, as well. But not today. Today was a special day.

"Sorry," she took off her glasses to wipe the fog irritating her sight. "I need this, Lu, you know that."

Of all the "members" of Team Natsu (let's just call it that for now, since obviously it hasn't been decided yet), Levy was the most studious and grade conscious. That's why, most of the time, she refuses to partner up with the other members, to avoid conflict. Sometimes, she recruits Lucy (especially in Arts and Performing), but in other times such as General Education subjects, she bails and does the project on her own. Surprisingly, Lucy got used to this.

Lucy keeps track on all personalities of her friends, which gives her the advantage of knowing them well to the point of being the first person any member would want to come after when they're in trouble.

More on that later.

Anyway, Levy needed to ace this prelim exam so she could have her grades stable and reach the Presidential list (highest honorary roll with the average of 4.5 and above). Of course, the knowledgeable Lucy, although she wants to comfort her friend and tell her she's not far behind with her 4.75 GPA, she couldn't break her spirit. For now.

Moments later, the tests were distributed per row and the time started ticking away.

✨🤙✨

Natsu's been typing away random words that fit his paragraph for his term paper that was due two days ago. His Lit Professor had already collected their papers, BUT if one knows Professor Gildarts well; they'd know he does collect the papers, BUT only to leave them lying around on his desk all day. An opportunity for procrastinators like Natsu to get a chance to pass it "on time". That's why he always sends in his decoy, just in case Professor Gildarts checks the attendance from their name.

"Aaaand.... DONE!"

Without a second to lose, the man wired his roommate's printer to his laptop and grabbed the stapler, then off he went to the faculty first to slip it under the stack of homeworks.

When he arrived, Natsu bit the inside of his mouth in panic, seeing a lot of other Professors roaming about the room. "Damn it."

This calls for a rescue from one of Team Natsu's (NOT) finest members.

natsu:
gray
sos

gray:
oh man
stop getting me in trouble, jack ass

natsu:
this is IMPORTSNT

gray:
i'm sure it is.
you spelled the word wrong, again

natsu:
distract the other profs from the entrance

Gray Fullbuster, one of the university's scholars who work half of the day and during his free time to pay for his tuition, saw his friend's hair by the door and noticed the rather big attention he was getting merely from gesturing him by his pleading on the ground.

"Not this again."

gray:
alright
i'm going to cover gildarts' desk
you better not get caught

natsu:
:3

✨🤙✨

"Now that the prelim exam is done, Lev, can I talk to you now?"

"Yeah." Levy's clearly still hung up on what the results are going to be.

"You definitely received Natsu's email, right?"

"Natsu always sends emails. That's why I have his name automatically sent to spam." Levy immediately earned a high five from Lucy. "I'm sorry, I love him, but he needs to be concise with his messages and send it in one go. Remember that one time, he sent 8 same messages just because he forgot to type in Natsu, your leader at the end."

Both girls sat in their Team Natsu spot behind school grounds, where they first gathered together and became a group of friends up 'til now, sophomore year. There was an unused picnic table between two old trees. They cleaned it up once and ever since then, they've been using it for their meetings (which only Natsu schedules because he always claims there's an emergency).

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Team Natsu (not official name)

lucy:
guys lev and i are already here

levy:
wassup
what's up*
that sounded so wrong

gray:
save the idiot from gildarts lol

gray:
i'm still busy with work

levy:
ahhh i really wish i could be with you

gray:
oh? 😏

levy:
i love working for school! don't
misunderstand 🙅‍♀️

gray:
right 🥀

gray:
where's erza?

lucy:
probably still asleep

erza:
will you please stop chatting, you're
disturbing my examination

lucy:
but

lucy:
you're in the middle of an exam.
then how come you managed to
reply sjsjs

erza:
i have never been caught texting in
class 😌

erza:
bye

lucy:
@natsu don't set up dates when you
can't even be here on time!! 😤

natsu:
sike! im omw

lucy:
i thought you were in trouble??

natsu:
me?

"..in trouble?"

The girls didn't bother looking up, aware how regularly Natsu does this surprise attack towards the team- and how he always failed to deliver.

"What's this team meeting about?"

Natsu completely ignored Lucy after wrapping his arm around her and went straight to Levy, asking how the exam was. "I bet you're gonna pass above anyone in your class!"

"Pass?"

"Uh-oh," Lucy went to her side.

"I need to ace that test!" Levy gripped on the hem of her skirt, "I need that 4.5GPA, I need that 4.5." She started chanting to herself.

"Whoops," Natsu thought it was a wrong move to still continue sitting beside the stressed teen, so he scooted to Lucy's side. "How'd it go?"

"Don't ask questions! I told you it's not a good thing to ask Levy right after the exam!"

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Author's Note:

Sooo this is a test first chapter of the
new book. I'm hoping to see your
comments whether I should continue
this or not. And whether you prefer
3rd POV style or 1st POV for
each character!

Xoxo