Day 3 - Chicken feets?!

"Lucy how many times do I need to say, I hate chicken feet! They are weird and it feels like you're literally eating feet!"

"That's the whole point of chicken feet Erza!"

"No it's not!"

"But you have to come with me to eat it!"

"Why?! I didn't know you liked eating chicken frickin feet!"

"Well...I don't but there's this guy who sells chicken feet and he's just so cute and there's this challenge that if I eat as many chicken feet as I can than the other player, I would get free couple tickets to an amusement park and I'm thinking of asking him so please...give me company will you?"

Wow..love is such a thing. It can make people do what they don't want to do huh..

"But I have other plans..I have to get to somewhere-"

"Can't you cancel your plans for you best friends love Erza?" She shook my shoulders, "can't you do this one tiny little thing for me! For my better future?!"

Although my plans were to stalk Jellal, and maybe think of giving him a surprise present since I don't want to lose a day, but because there are still 96 days left, I think I have to sacrifice today for my best friend, after all, we have a 9 year old string attached to us.

"Fine. When's the challenge?"

"At 5, at Rose woods park."

"Alright...yay, well get ready quickly then, and wear your best outfit since you're going to see the one you love, and don't wear too much make-up and tie your hair so that you can eat your feet easily."

"Not my feet, chicken feet."

"Yea whatever."

Lucy got ready as quick as a cheetah and came running downstairs. "Aren't you really going to come in those torn suspenders?" She asked."Yea, what's wrong with them?" "Nothing..just that it's torn." "Only from the knees, besides people call it fashion these days so who cares." "True..but-""You want me to come with you or not?" "Man did I say you look as pretty as the scarecrow ? Let's go Erza! Chop chop!" She quickly intertwined her arms with me and the both of us left her house.

The park was overcrowded with people of all ages, probably cause of the challenge.

Since Lucy was the participant, she got to go ahead of the line and sit opposite a stall selling chicken feet.

She waved at me and promptly one of the workers handed her a napkin, a water bottle and a can of soda.

She looked back at me and I quickly asked her where the guy she fell for was, and shyly she pointed her index towards the stall.

I followed her gaze and saw a guy behind the stall wearing a blue cap and a blue apron. He was cooking, presumably feet, but I couldn't see his face so I just nodded to her and waited for him to show himself for me.

There were quite many challengers for just a bunch of couple tickets for the amusement park, and sadly Lucy was one of them and I hate to say it, but couldn't she just buy it herself and ask the guy out? That would have been the most easy way for her since she is damn wealthy.

I even stole her credit card once but she didn't notice cause she has like, what, 6 of them? Yea... I still have it though..don't tell her.

"LADIES AND GENTLEMEN AND TEENS AND KIDS AND DOGS AND CATS! ARE YOU READY TO START TODAYS MOST AMAZING, MOST FIERY, MOST FEETY CHALLENGE OF ALL?!"

Everyone cheered. So did I.

"ARE YOU READY TO GET THOSE AMUSEMENT PARK TICKETS AND GO WITH THE ONE YOU HAVE BEEN WANTING TO GO WITH ?!"

Everyone cheered again. So did I.

"ARE YOU READY TO-"

"DUDE WE HAVE BEEN READY FOR AN HOUR! GET ON WITH IT ALREADY!" Someone from the crowd shouted.

"ALRIGHT! SINCE YOU ALL ARE SO EAGER-" he glared at the interferer, but spoke again, "LETS BEGIN THE CHALLENGE!"

"HEY MAN, CAN WE STILL JOIN?" Another one from the crowd asked.

"SURE YOU CAN! YOU CAN JOIN IN ANYTIME BUT ONLY BEFORE THE WINNER GETS ANNOUNCED!"

"THAT'S OBVIOUS ISN'T IT! YOU DIDN'T HAD TO TELL ME THAT!"  

The host couldn't speak for a moment,

"WILL YOU START ALREADY? I DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME! I HAVE A JOB TO FINISH!"

"UH..SORRY..YEA, BEFORE FURTHER ADO-"

"WHY DO YOU TALK SO MUCH?! CAN'T YOU JUST SAY 'START'?"

"UM, ALRIGHT START!!!" The host yelled reluctantly and immediately the blue cap guy served the contestants their huge bowl of fried chicken feet.

Lucy had begun eating and judging by her expression, she isn't enjoying it one bit. Poor her..why does she want to do something like this for a guy who doesn't even know...her-wait a minute-what the hell?!

The blue cap guy turned over his cap and stood behind the stall again, and The blue cap guy was no other than my crush Jellal!

So does that mean that Lucy likes Jellal as well?!

That can't be!!

Why did it had to be him!!!!

But why is he working here..? No that's not the question here, the question now is-

LUCY WHY?! Why are you planning on ruining my future girl?!

WHAT BAD HAVE I EVER DONE TO DESERVE THIS BETRAYAL?!

Hold on...

Sub-consciously, I raised my hand and jumped forward. "I WANT TO VOLUNTEER!"

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"I WANT TO VOLUNTEER!" And just as I walked to one of the empty seat, the people cheered for me. Though I was a stranger, I felt so popular by just hearing those, "GO STRANGER ! GO STRANGER!"

Lucy confusedly looked at me,p but didn't stop eating, after all, her goal was to win, however as unfortunate it was for her to become friends with such a girl like me, I'm aiming for that goal as well.

I need to have those tickets so that I can ask Jellal out. So that he knows that for him I can do just about anything!

Jellal tardily bought the chicken feet bowl and placed it in front of me.

I looked at him with a 'fighting' expression and held his wrist before he could turn around to leave.

"I'm gonna win and Im gonna win good so you better prepare to go to the amusement park with me Jellal Fernandes." I smirked and let go of his hand.

"Let's see Scarlet. If you can eat these feet, I will accept that you can go to any feat."

"Challenge accepted!" I winked at him.

"But I do have to say..." He crossed his arms. "I hate girls who eat chicken feet."

My heart suddenly stopped, more like shattered because I'm gonna do something he doesn't like and I'm totally unaware of the future which means he can hate me more or he can change his opinion on hating girls who eat feet of chickens.

"Don't you worry about that! I will make sure you like me even if I eat them!" I grabbed one piece and began wolfing it down.

He smiled at me before turning around and said, "Fighting."

For the first time in two days, I had this feeling that my love was going to be successful! All I have to do is cling on to him until the end and not let go no matter how many obstacles come in my way.

Sorry Lucy p, but this time, let me win these tickets. I promise I will pay you back...

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"AND THE WINNER IS-----------------------------Wait what's your name again?" The host asked me and I excitedly snatched the mic from him and yelled, "ERZA SCARLET WOO!"

The host annoyingly snatched back the mic and cleared his throat while the people were clapping and cheering for me. "Miss Scarlet, you have won two tickets to go to the amusement park, how do you feel about it?" He asked and handed me those two sparky piece of papers.

"Great, I feel so-" however the host interrupted me, "okay awesome, you can leave now, the party's over people, come on, go home." And he walked away.

I didn't even get a chance to say a speech or declare my love for Jellal.

Damn that host...I wish I could stuff those feet in his mouth-

"Erza congratulations!" Lucy hugged me tightly. "Eugh I don't know how you ate those feet, cause I thought you hated them but man your decision was so sudden!"

I chuckled nervously, "ha ha...yea.."

"But you really didn't had to do it for me, I mean I could have done it myself but ugh why are you such a great friend Erzy?!" She playfully punched my shoulders.

"Huh?"

She snatched the tickets from my hand and grinned. "I love you Erza, you do know that right?"

"Y-yea, but Luce-"

"I better ask him before anyone else does!" She turned around and jogged towards Jellal who was clearing up the bowls from the tables.

"No Lucy wait-!" But she didn't and here I was, frozen like a statue. I wonder why I couldn't bring myself to tell her that I won because I wanted those tickets, not cause I wanted to give it to her.

Ugh, now what if Jellal agrees on going with her? I'm sure he will agree...But wait, Lucy's expression...it turned kind of serious..And Jellal is impassively looking at her.What's going on? Oh, she is coming my way but she looks sad..Did he decline her kind offer?

Erza stop feeling happy dammit!

"Wh-what happened Luce?" I asked as soon as she approached me.

She sighed, took a long deep sigh and looked up at me. I knew the words she was going to say, I presumed it already and I already thought of what I had to say to her.

"I'm so sor-"

"HE AGREED!" She suddenly hopped a few inches off the ground and smiled boldly.

"Wait what?!"

"OH MAH GOSH ! I really can't believe he would agree so easily!!!!!! ERZA I'M SO HAPPY RIGHT NOW I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M FEELING BUT THIS FEELING IS SO AWESOME AND I-I-I CAN'T BREATH AND I REALLY NEED AIR AND I THINK I'M GETTING HYPER BUT I CAN'T STOP SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME CAUSE I THINK I'M DYING!"

Lucy was exited, happy, and really in love.

And I was the total opposite of her. I was feeling down, unhappy and more than in love with Jellal but the tables had turned so suddenly that instead, she won. It should have been me...

"Ha ha..yay..." I looked at Jellal and he was staring at me, with a smirk, with eyebrows raised playfully.

So I knew, that he was playing with me.

He purposely agreed on going with Lucy just to see me suffer.

Okay, fine, if that's how he wants to play, so be it.

Oh he doesn't know how stubborn I can get!

If he has his ways, then I have mine.

JELLAL, YOU JUST WAIT AND WATCH! I WILL MAKE YOU MINE NO MATTER WHAT! MUAHAHAHAHAHA-

"Erza what's with that face of yours?" Lucy confusedly asked.

"Uh, um, nothing ha ha lets go Luce, let's get some ice cream cause the taste of the feets are really getting to me!"

Before dragging away Lucy to an ice cream shop, I turned around to look at Jellal but he was nowhere to be found.

Hm... Maybe he left.