notes: I actually have a one-shot I gotta upload for a fan since she requested it but I haven't gotten the chance to finish it. I also have many stories to update as well but all I'm managing is to upload new stories... lmao, I promise this will be a short story(maybe?¿) I will also be releasing a Christmas one-shot so look out for that one as well;)
disclaimer: y'all should know better. I've been here for three years now.

"Lucy! Lucy, darling, the head editor is looking for you." One of his assistants spoke up as it caught the blonde reporter's attention. "I heard it was about something important." She added making Lucy stop whatever she was doing to swallow thickly. She quickly turned to the direction where his office was and took small heavy strides to his room, her heart racing in her chest.

What if he was requesting her presence to fire her? What if he was going to tell her that her stories are horrible and she had to quit on the spot?

She loved her job. She didn't want to get fired! What did she do so wrong?

Taking in a deep breath, Lucy stood in front of the door of the chief editor's room before giving the wooden a door a soft knock and entering. Once she entered, she noticed her boss was standing right by the window with his back facing her, the male gazing out his large glass windows to stare down at the city below.

"Were you looking for me, sir?"

"Yes, I was. Why don't you have a seat, Lucy?" He spoke as he turned around to look at the jittery blonde. He nudged his head towards the seat in front of his desk as he took a seat, as well. "How's your new paper coming along?"

"It's coming along great, sir. The secrets of how model's lost their baby fat is going to be a success!"

Pressing his lips into a tight line, the head editor made some sort of face as he didn't know how to respond to that. "Lucy... our company, Sorcery Weekly, has recently been going down."\

"I'm sorry to hear that," the blonde murmured as the male in front of her nodded in agreement.

"And so, we've been having to let go a lot of people."

"Are you firing me?" Lucy asked with trembling hands as she felt like a lump was swelling up in her throat.

At the question, her boss started to laugh and he shook his head, offering a slight grin. "No, Lucy, dear, I'm not going to fire you," he said making her physically relax. "yet."

"Y—yet?"

"Well you see, you haven't gotten a hit story in many months and if that doesn't change by the next issue... I'm going to have to let you go."

Letting out a small gasp, Lucy could only stare as she was at loss of words.

"So, I want you to discard your celebrity baby fat issue and go find something else. Bring in some juicy gossip that'll have me falling out of my chair!" He said excitedly and loudly making Lucy nod and stand up. "Bring home a keeper Lucy! Your deadline is in two months—make it a big one." He said as he dismissed the blonde back to work.

His words left her all flustered and confused as she still felt her heart pounding against her rib cage. She needed to find an interesting story fast or she was going to get fired.

—X—

Sitting at her home after a long and stressful day at work, Lucy finally got the chance to cool off and clear her mind. She discarded her entire story about celebrity baby fat but since that story was gone, she didn't know what to write about. She honestly was conflicted and she knew if she couldn't find something to write about, she'll be jobless in matter of time.

But what could be an interesting story that could actually bring her boss falling off his chair?

And at that moment, her phone started to ring making her snap out of his thoughts and look at the caller ID.

"Hello? Cana? What's up?" She picked up immediately as soon as she recognized it to be one of her best friends.

"Lucy, can you believe it?! They fired me from my job!" Her best friend cried out from the other end making her gasp. "And all because I showed up to work a little late, drunk! This is stupid!"

Letting out a sigh, the blonde could only roll her eyes. "Cana... you do know you work as a waitress at a family restaurant... right?"

"So what?! I bet half of the kids that show up are probably drunken mistakes!"

"I can see why they decided to fire you," the editor said making her friend click her tongue from the other side of the phone.

"Whatever, you want to go out tonight? I got nothing better to do and I wanna burn off some steam!"

"Eh... I don't know," Lucy murmured softly as she eyed her wall clock. "I kinda have to think of something to write about or I'll get fired, too."

"It'll be better if you go out, then! A shit ton of stuff happens in clubs and during the night! So let's go!"

Groaning, Lucy started to stand up. "Fine. Where to?"

"I'll meet you at Fairy Tail."

—X—

With people drinking and the air hot and humid, Lucy was pushed into the world of where many people got drunk and crazy off a little alcohol. She and her best friend, Cana, both came to the night-club very often and to put it out, the blonde was kind of enjoying herself at the moment. She was glad she came since she was stressing over a new article which got her in tears trying to figure a new one.

"Now, what am I going to do? I need to find a new job!" The brunette whined as the two stood around with cups of alcohol in their hands. "Help me find one, Lucy!"

"I'm too busy trying to keep my job, Cana!" She screamed over the music. "Help me instead!"

"Why don't you write about how restaurants these days have shit owners?!"

"It is your fault for getting fired, I'm not going to write about that!" She cried out as the two swayed with the music and the people around them.

With curious and wandering eyes, Lucy looked for something interesting to write about when suddenly, her eyes caught something and she was push back into reality.

"Is that... is that Natsu Dragneel?"

"The famous actor?!" Cana shouted in pure surprise and excitement, turning around in a full circle to catch a glimpse. "Oh my god, it is him! What is he doing all the way here?!"

"I don't know but I'll tell you one thing," Lucy took a quick swing of her drink. "he is better looking in person."

"Go talk to him, girl! Didn't you have the biggest crush on him back in high school?!"

"Yeah, but that was years ago when he was in that new movie—his career dropped after he had that break-up with his girlfriend, remember?" She said as her eyes never left the pink-haired actor who was loitering around the bar by himself. "I don't think he'll even want to talk to me."

Clicking her tongue in disapproval, the drunken brunette grabbed her friend by the shoulder and spun her around to face her, the blonde blinking in sheer surprise.

"You said you needed a new story to write about, didn't you?"

"Yeah—"

"This is your chance to get to know that hunk over there and get a juicy story for your job! You're missing a huge opportunity right now!" She shouted right at her blonde best friend making Lucy open her mouth to refuse but she pushed her even harder. "If you want to become jobless and get fired from your dream job, I suggest you ignore him but if you care about your job, you better go talk to him before another honey does!"

"Cana, I'm a news reporter. Celebrities hate news reporters!"

"Then don't tell him that you are one! Hurry, go and find something juicy!" The woman gave her a quick push leaving Lucy stumbling and running into several people. She scowled and cursed her friend out under her breath as she approached the said actor slowly and cautiously, not wanting to scare him off.

Once she approached him, she noticed that he was even more good-looking up close leaving her heart racing in her chest.

What could she say? She only had one chance with this and if she screws up, she was going to leave a horrible impression on this guy and it'll leave her with no juicy story to keep her job.

Clearing her throat, Lucy approached the male and leaned in near his ear. "Uh, can I buy you a drink?"

With the simple question, the rosy-haired actor spun around in his spot and his eyes landed on the flustered blonde. He was quiet for a moment as his eyes racked up and down her figure before a smile spread across his lips and he shifted until his entire body was pointing in her direction.

"Actually, I would love a drink."

"What would you like?"

"Depends if you're trying to get me drunk or really drunk." He said, a small smile dancing on his lips making her smile in return. "So which is it?"

"What if I was telling you I was trying to get you really drunk," the blonde flirted right back, a tint of pink on her cheeks. "what would you do?"

Subconsciously, he took a step closer towards her and smirked. "Then I would say, I would try and get you really drunk, too."

"Are you a good drinker?"

"Baby, I'm the best drinker out there,"

"I have a friend who can make you eat those words," her eyes flashed to the area where she left Cana as she looked right back at the smiling actor. "but, I bet I'm a better drinker than you are."

"We'll see about that... hey, can we get two shots of tequila over here?" Natsu snapped towards the bartender making him quickly arrange two shots of the alcohol before presenting it to the couple. "Let's see who'll turn out the best in the end." He handed the second shot to the blonde in front of him as Lucy looked down at the clear liquid before looking back up at the gorgeous actor. "Yeah?"

"You're on," she smirked before she down drowning down the shot with him.

—X—

"So, what do you do for a living, Lucy?" The slightly drunken male asked as the two sat in the back where the music was less loud and the people were less hot and sweaty. "You like, write books or something? Maybe make movies like me?" He guessed making Lucy giggle and shake her head as she sipped on her drink through a small straw.

"If I told you the truth, you wouldn't want to be my friend anymore," she pouted, the alcohol rushing through her veins. "so, I'm not going to tell you."

"Awe, c'mon, you have to tell me! I told you my job!"

"Almost everyone knows your job, Natsu," the blonde giggled as she watched how the male's hand progressively got closer and closer to hers that was resting on the table. "you're a celebrity."

"Just tell me, I promise I won't freak. I'll always be your friend."

"Promise?"

"Promise."

Drowning her cup full of brandy, Lucy let out a gasp of relief before she hiccuped and giggled cutely. "I'm actually a news reporter for, Sorcery Weekly." She revealed making Natsu stare at her in surprise. The drunken female quickly caught the look he was giving her and frowned, the pool of worry washing over her. "Oh-no, you're mad."

"I'm not mad," he reassured her. "I'm just surprised. You're... you're not here to write shit about me, are you?" His hand started to move away from hers making her quickly shake her head and frown.

"No, I promise I'm not! I truly... wanted to get to know you when I saw you at the bar. I promised." She said as she reached forward and grabbed his large warm hands in her small cold ones. "Please don't walk away from me."

Giving her a hard stare for a moment, Natsu decided he couldn't stay away and just gave into her, quickly drowning his drink before he grabbed her and pulled her up. "You want to dance? I actually have some cool dance moves to show you," he smirked as Lucy stared up at him. "it's better than my drinking, I promise you." He offered making a smile crack on her face.

"Well, then what are you waiting for? Let's go!' She was quick to drag him to the dance floor where the two got hot and close.

The rest of the night became a hot blur.

With the sun shining down brightly on the face of the blonde, Lucy was quick to wake up as she rolled out of bed and walk into her bathroom to pee. Her head was throbbing and her throat was super dry as she felt sick to her toes.

Just how much did she actually drink last night?

When she was done using the bathroom, she walked out to suddenly feel the cold air nipping at her skin. And at that moment, that was when she realized she was naked and this wasn't actually her room.

"Holy—" the blonde spoke up as she quickly covered her most vital parts as she looked around the room with large eyes. "don't tell me—"she gasped as she suddenly started to remember what happened last night bits by bits. She then noticed something on the desk by the wall adjacent to the bed making her slowly approach her, her mind swirling with crazy thoughts.

Once she approached the desk and picked up the piece of paper, Lucy felt her heart stop as she read the bold parts on the piece of paper.

"Signed by Natsu Dragneel and Lucy Heartfillia... the two are bound by marriage?! What?! I'm married to Natsu Dragneel?!"

notes:i got this idea off my phone and tbh i love the plot.
notes2: before you guys start bitching at me for uploading new irrelevant stories rather than uploading my already uncompleted ones, tell me how much i care.
notes3: its almost winter break and christmas—who is excited for the holidays?! i'm also going to be releasing a new holiday one-shot!
notes4: leave me a review if you think i should continue this or completely trash it