Author's Note: I found college AU's….not good….not good at all. Well, maybe good for you guys, for me, not so much. Anyway, as always I own nothing and Hiro Mashima gets all the credit for Fairy Tail. This is just a bonus chapter for funsies and has nothing to do with "Chasing Dragons". Enjoy and feel free to review

Lucy Heartfilia could not believe her luck. She somehow managed to get into the Fairy Tail fraternity while attending Magnolia University and even better yet she was invited to live in the Fairy Tail house. As a freshmen, this was a great honor and privilege. Just to add to her luck, her roommate and best friend, Levy McGarden, made it into the fraternity too, so they were still able to room together in the house. Lucy was as happier than she ever imagined possible.

Lucy's life, previous to college was a mix of emotions. She had grown up in a sheltered home and wanted for nothing, at least in the material aspect. As a child, her family was a close and happy one, full of love and happiness, but after Lucy's mother died from a sudden illness, Jude Heartfilia grew distant and did not interact with Lucy, unless it was necessary. During Lucy's senior year of high school, Jude began pushing for Lucy to go into business and attend a business school, but Lucy refused. She wanted to become a writer. This difference eventually led to an ultimatum from Jude, either Lucy would attend business school and take over the family's company or she would be cut off from the family and have to get through college by herself. Lucy, not being one to give up on her dreams, refused his offer. She didn't care about money, gifts, or fancy things. She had already accepted that since the loss of his wife, her mother, had destroyed his capacity to love. After her refusal, Jude kicked her out of the house. With nowhere to go and nothing holding her back, Lucy left. She ended up at her best friend's apartment and Levy welcomed her with open arms.

Lucy and Levy both applied to Magnolia University, Lucy was going for Creative Writing and Levy was going for Anthropology. When their acceptance letter came in, it was one of the happiest moments of their senior year. They made it into their first choice school and were going to achieve their dreams. Lucy hoped that by hearing about her acceptance into Magnolia University, Jude would accept Lucy's choice and start speaking to her, but the silence only continued. She knew it was a false hope and it stung when he continued to ignore her existence, but Lucy moved on and began dreaming of college. Graduation came quickly, as it always does for seniors and their last summer before college began. While most other students spent the summer partying and drinking, Lucy and Levy worked so they could afford their books and supplies at school. Levy at the library and Lucy at a crappy convenience store. For Lucy, it was one of the longest summers of her life, but summer finally ended and at the end of August, the two friends moved into college.

The first semester went by in a whirl. Levy joined several book clubs and human rights groups. Lucy joined in some writing groups. Even with their busy schedules, they managed to make many friends. One of their most notable friends was Erza Scarlet, a Junior and member of the Fairy Tail fraternity, the most popular and most rowdy fraternity on campus. Everyone rushed for Fairy Tail, but only those with a drive to help others and have great adventures were able to get in. Naturally Levy and Lucy were drawn into Fairy Tail and with some pushing by Erza Scarlet, the girls rushed and made it in. Not only did they make it in, they were able to get a double room inside the main house itself.

The first night the girls lived in the Fairy Tail house was an adventure in itself. The house threw a massive party in celebration of all the new members, Lucy, Levy, a quiet girl named Juvia Lockster, an edgy boy who went by Gray Fullbuster, and a kid with bright salmon hair named Natsu Dragneel. Within the first hour of the party, Lucy could see that the fraternity's reputation was well earned and why Natsu and Gray were added. According to Juvia the two boys were roommates, but fought like cats and dogs. And fight they did. They were constantly challenging each other to drinking games like beer pong and quarters. They played bloody knuckles and were always trying to one-up each other. Lucy couldn't help but laugh at their antics. Eventually the party was put to an end when one of the neighboring fraternities called campus security for the noise. Those sober enough went back to their respective rooms and those who were not crashed wherever was comfortable enough to sleep.

When Lucy woke up bright sunlight was streaming in through the window. The clock read noon and she was in her room alone. Levy was gone, but before Lucy could panic, she found a note on her nightstand from Levy. It read:

Hey Lu-chan,

Good morning! Just wanted to let you know that I am going out for coffee with a friend. You seemed pretty out when I left, so I just let you sleep. I'll talk to you when I get back.

Levy

Lucy smiled at the letter. Even though she was drinking and spent most of the night dancing, Lucy did notice Levy talking to dark haired guy at the party the night before. Looks like Levy made a 'friend' last night, she thought. Who knew Levy was into tough guys? Lucy giggled at the thought and began imagining ways that she could tease her best friend.

Checking a clock again, Lucy figured it was an appropriate time to take a shower, even with hung-over people in the house. She quickly changed out of her clothes, wrapped up in a towel, grabber her shower gear, and left for the nearest bathroom. As she walked, Lucy could hear snores coming out of the room across the hall from her. The door read: Natsu Dragneel & Gray Fullbuster. So that's where those two are living. Man, they must have drank a lot to still be sleeping.

When Lucy made it to the bathroom she shut and locked the door. She set her shower basket on the floor next to the tub and was about to drop her towel to step into the shower when she saw a massive black spider. The type of spider that makes a horrifying crunching sound when you kill it. It was awful.

Lucy screamed! She screamed at the top of her lungs. Suddenly, there was a loud banging on the bathroom door.

"Is everything ok in there?" a muffled voice yelled and when Lucy didn't respond with words, the voice continued. "I'm coming in."

After two good hits, the lock on the door gave and in walked a pink-haired kid.

"What's the problem, who's dead?" he yelled looking around the bathroom in a panic.

"SPIDER! MASSIVE SPIDER IN THE TUB!" Lucy was against the wall trying to get as far away from the tub as possible.

"Got it." The kid took off his flip-flop and before the spider knew what was happening, he killed it with one swift strike.

Lucy took a deep breath and peeled herself off of the wall.

"Sorry for scaring you," Lucy looked at the ground and blushed. "I'm just not good with massive spiders, especially ones like that." She held out her hand to him. He looks oddly familiar. "I'm Lucy Heartfilia, by the way."

The kid looked up at her and then quickly looked back to the ground. He was blushing fire-engine red.

"And you're naked." He bent down to grab her towel and hand it to her, still looking away.

Lucy looked down and blushed even redder than he was. Apparently in her panic to get away, she dropped her towel. Lucy quickly grabbed the towel and covered herself the best she could.

"Oh my god! I'm so sorry. I…" Lucy began talking very quickly in her embarrassment. The kid just started laughing.

"Well, that's one way to get acquainted!" He laughed and stuck out his hand. "I'm Natsu Dragneel. I live across the hall."

Lucy readjusted her towel and shook his hand.

"That's right, I thought I recognized you from last night. You're one of the new members of Fairy Tail. I saw you goofing off at the party last night with that Gray kid."

"Yeah, we get a little competitive, but it's a lot of fun." Natsu rubbed the back of his hand and grinned. He's cute, she thought. "Well I better go so you can, uh, shower and stuff. Like I said, I live across the hall if you want to hang out…or if you find anymore spiders."

"Shut it!" Lucy growled turning red again.

"That's no way to treat your savior." He teased.

Lucy just growled again, causing Natsu to laugh again.

"Fine. I'm going. Talk to ya later Luce!"

"Luce?" she asked confused.

"Yeah, we're friends now, and that's your new nickname." Natsu grinned. As hard as she tried, his smile was contagious and she ended up grinning back. "Later Luce." And with that, he left the room.

Lucy stepped in the shower. Fairy Tail is an interesting fraternity, and Magnolia is a great school. A friendship with Natsu wouldn't be the worst thing that could happen. I think I can find a home here. Either way, college is one hell of an adventure.

Author's Note: I hope you guys enjoyed this. I had a lot of fun writing it. This will possibly be a two shot, with the next chapter being a Gajevy fic.

Anyway, funny story for you guys. I'm a college student and am living in a double with my best friend. While I was writing this, she was reading a book for a class. I was just at the part where I was describing the spider and how big it was when she slammed her book shut. Now understand I had headphones in at the time and I HEARD her slam the book shut. It scared the hell out of me to say the least. I yelled, jumped up from my seat, and ripped my headphones out. Apparantly my reaction was hysterical because my roommate laughed at me for ten minutes straight. The worst part was that her laugh is contagious so I couldn't stay mad for long. Needless to say I'm currently looking for a new roommate….just kidding, I love the chick.

Like I said, I hope you enjoyed the story. It was a blast to write. Thanks for the read, if you have any requests or suggestions, feel free to send them in. I like hearing from you guys. Until next time.

Jayniebear