-I don't own Fairy Tail.- not sure why I have to write that, but most people do, so oh well. I have no idea where this story is going, and I simply wrote whatever came to mind, sorry. Nothing really happens in this chapter, after all. Don't blame me if you start hating this because right now it's just a pointless little chapter. But it was fun to write, so tell me where I went wrong, alright?

Chapter 1

It was another normal day. It was morning, and Lucy was at her favorite place in the world, Fairy Tail. She sighed contentedly as she sat down in front of Mirajane, Fairy Tail's ever-too-happy barkeeper and beloved guild member.

"Good morning, Lucy. Would you like some coffee? Tea, perhaps? And oh, we have this new product, some banana milkshake someone suggested way back that we decided to try out all of a sudden. And not to forget there's my favorite fruit punch that I think you should really try out! Also, and there's…" Mirajane went on and on, excited over everything like she usually was.

Lucy thought for a moment, but finally settled for a glass of plain water. What a boring day, she thought to herself, I should go on another mission sometime; it's getting too boring and besides, I need some money for rent and perhaps I could even go shopping with the leftover money. But then again, as Lucy brought the glass of water to her mouth, she realized she didn't want to. She felt kind of lazy right now. Going on missions could wait. Right now, she wanted to enjoy the peace and quiet on this normal day—

"Gray, fight me!" Natsu's voice called as he strolled into the guild hall, already ready for action.

"I've been waiting for you to say that!" Gray exclaimed as his stood, clothes gone in the blink of an eye for no apparent reason.

"G-Gray-sama, y-your clothes…" A blushing Juvia stuttered, though the two didn't even pay attention to her, too engrossed in their fight.

Lucy yelped as Gray suddenly flew over, almost dropping her glass in shock. Her face turned pink in anger. She tried to refrain from screaming at the two of her annoying guildmates, because she had a feeling it would only make things worse.

"Hey, you lousy ice freak. Get up already so I can smash you apart," Natsu taunted.

"You just wait there while I go over there and smack you upside down till you beg me to stop, stupid bunch of flames."

"Oh yeah? Like you're even able to do that, ice popsicle."

"Save your words for later when I beat you, flaming brat."

With that, the guild was thrown into turmoil. Chairs flew. Tables overturned. Somewhere along the way, someone tripped over one of Cana's wine barrels, spilling a little of her precious liquid. And somehow or another, Elfman, the huge guy that Lucy thought totally didn't fit his name, got dragged in as well.

"No one messes with my wine! Learn to respect it! I'm going to teach you a lesson for spilling my wine!" Cana shouted over the noise.

"Man! Fighting is Man! All men should fight to their heart's content! Anyone up for a fight? I'll show you my manliness!" Elfman babbled on and on about things no one else really understood.

Erza simply sat out, enjoying her strawberry shortcake while furniture flew all around her. Happy simply flew overhead, enjoying the scene.

"Not going to stop them, Erza?" her old-rival questioned.

"No, I should not let something as minor as that prevent me from enjoying my treat. This cake is a glorious piece of art, something to be enjoyed – I should not disgrace it by-"

She was stopped short as Elfman crashed into the table. Her eyes widened in a mixture of shock and fury as she watched the very object she was talking about go sailing towards the end of the room and hitting the floor, smashing into a million pieces.

"Oh dear," Mirajane commented, as Erza joined in the fight, bashing up a few of the males which had something to do with her cake being destroyed.

"Mira, tell me when they finally stop," Lucy sighed, barely dodging an empty wine bottle which then crashed onto the wall and shattered. Why did all her guildmates have to be crazy, violent idiots? Well except for some, she thought, as she glanced at the small blue-haired Dragon Slayer crouching down under the table beside her with her faithful Exceed. But still, almost everyone was pretty much mad. But who was she to complain? She'd done some pretty crazy things from time to time as well – not as crazy as her other guildmates, of course – and she'd come to love this guild despite their violent, crazy, tendencies. They were like family. No, they were family.

"Why are you smiling to yourself, Lucy?" Mira smiled, a twinkle in her playful eyes.

"Just thinking how nice it was to have a family."

The white-haired woman raised an eyebrow, and Lucy realized the overreacting mage was thinking too much.

"N-No!" she stuttered. "I meant Fairy Tail was like a family to me! That's all."

"Hmm… I see," Mira said slowly, like she was pondering something. "Have you ever thought of anyone in Fairy Tail as your family? And I don't mean what you meant just now. Like, you know, someone you can settle down with?" Her eyes twinkled, and Lucy did not want to know what crazy thoughts were going on in the mage's head.

"No? I can't even imagine dating any of them! Heck, I've never even had a boyfriend before!" Lucy exclaimed, wide-eyed. Well, wider than they usually were. Her eyes were already quite large in the first place, but that wasn't the point.

"Hmm, we have an innocent little girl here, don't we," Cana said suddenly, appearing out of nowhere. Wait, wasn't she involved in the fight too? But she was now drinking amidst her flying guildmates like nothing of that sort was happening! "It's about time you get a boyfriend, you know. One would've expected you to have gotten one already, it's common knowledge that you're quite good-looking, you know."

Cana was saying it as if it was nothing special, as if it was a fact. Well, Lucy kind of knew that already, but it felt nice being complimented, even if Cana wasn't really meaning it to be one. Lucy felt a little heat rising, giving her cheeks a barely noticeable pink dust.

"Even if you'll probably scare them away with your crazy personality…"

What! Lucy wanted to scream that she considered herself a lot saner than almost everyone else, because it was really the case. But she knew there was no point in doing that because it was impossible to argue against the insane logic of the other guild members, so she kept quiet.

Wendy turned to give her a questioning look, then she realized what Cana had said.

"W-What. I'm not-"

"Yeah, I agree with you too, Cana," the white-haired mage added in unhelpfully.

"How about it? Want me to introduce you to a few hot guys?" Cana smirked at Lucy's bewildered expression, seeming rather pleased with herself that day.

"I DON'T NEED ONE!" Lucy screeched, exasperated.

She sighed. She was so glad the other members were too busy fighting to listen to their conversation, because they'd probably start teasing her about her boyfriendless state, which was obviously, not what she needed right now. Really, she didn't get why they made such a big fuss about it. Sure, she'd like to have one, but she didn't really want any random guy out on the streets. She'd simply decided that what would happen would happen when the time was right.

"Alright, alright I get it. You're happy with the way things are right now, aren't you?" Cana smirked.

Again, Lucy didn't get what she was talking about, but she had a feeling she didn't want to hear it either. Really, these girls were so confusing.

"I don't think she realizes it, so let's just let her figure it out herself, why don't we?" Wendy interjected.

Charle nodded.

"Yup, Lucy's quite stupid!"

Ugh, Lucy had forgotten about the blue feline. Really, everyone was not making any sense today. Not that they did usually, but especially today. Were they keeping something from her?

"Guys, what are you talking about? Gosh, none of you are making any sense! Someone, explain it to me already!" Lucy exclaimed.

They all looked at her like she was an idiot. Which she almost felt she was, because of the way they were looking at her that totally said: This person is so stupid I don't know what to do with her! There was a stunned silence, which made her feel uneasy.

"There, look over there. Tell me what you see," Mira pointed.

Lucy turned. Natsu, Gray and Elfman were lying in a pile on the floor, apparently thrown there by Gajeel. They groaned and got up, Natsu and Gray getting into their fighting stance, and Elfman roaring something about falling to the ground and not being manly. Lucy turned back to Mira and company, not understanding the question.

"What do you mean? All I see are a bunch of idiots."

A pause. Then Happy and Cana shook their heads and spoke in unison.

"Idiot."

"She's blind."

Lucy looked at Wendy, hoping at least she would at least give her an answer or a clue, but Wendy only gave a small smile, not knowing what to say to her. Mirajane laughed softly.

Really, Lucy thought, what is wrong with today!

"Ne, Plue, do you think I should really get a boyfriend?"

"Pu!" was the only reply.

The celestial spirit mage gave a weak smile. It wasn't like she expected Plue to reply anyway. In fact, it was probably because he couldn't talk and make himself understood that she felt it was safe to tell him whatever that was troubling her. Well, but it was still kinda depressing since sometimes she felt like she was talking to the air.

Earlier today, she had had that weird conversation with her guild members. It wasn't surprising that Cana would bug her about not having a boyfriend, but it was weird that even the others agreed as well. She had simply brushed it off as one of their weird behaviors but then on her mission with Natsu and Happy later on, she had gotten into a fight with her rude, violent, spirit, Aquarius. Well, nothing special actually, considering she always got into a fight with her. But the spirit just had to say that Lucy would never get a boyfriend due to the way she acted before stating that Lucy shouldn't call upon her for a week or so as she was to go on a vacation with her boyfriend. Annoyed with all the happenings today, Lucy had simply collected her share of the reward, and stormed home to take a nice refreshing bath, leaving her two partners staring after her wondering what had gotten into her.

Lucy slid lower into her bathtub, sighing as she recalled what her friends and Aquarius had said to her today. Upon further thought, she realized that she had not been angry – just very disturbed. Was it that important to have a boyfriend? Lucy was curious. And then, she made up her mind. Lucy was not the type to do something just because others told her to, unless the person was as scary as Erza. But even if Erza had told her to get a boyfriend or die, Lucy wasn't sure she would comply, because that was simply unLucy-like. But the events today had got her curious. She had never thought of finding a boyfriend, because love was something she felt she wasn't supposed to rush into. Sure, it wasn't like she was experienced in love or anything, and she had certainly never dated before and did not know how to. But being a writer and an avid reader, she did get influenced enough to think that love was something special, unpredictable and yet impossibly sweet. Love was supposed to be shared with that one special person, and Lucy was sure she had not met that person of her dreams yet, because she felt she would know if something like that happened. But right now, only one thing ran through the spirit mage's mind now. She knew she had not met the person of her dreams yet, so she couldn't possibly fall in love yet right? But that didn't mean she couldn't try. Her guildmates had made her eager to find out more about this feeling of dating, and Lucy thought: why not? She was determined to try, even if only to prove to her guildmates that she had at least dated once and was not a total idiot regarding matters of the heart. Besides, it would probably be fun, wouldn't it?

She patted Plue on her head before getting up and grabbing a towel to dry herself off. And then she spoke aloud, more to convince herself than for Plue to hear.

"Let's try this out. I'm going to try to find my perfect boyfriend."

Lucy groaned. She was regretting what she had said earlier on.

She had been sorting through her list of perfect boyfriends since two hours ago. And not one had caught her attention. Sure, they were good-looking, and totally cool and strong. But not what she really wanted. She flipped through the latest addition of Weekly Sorcerer Magazine, wondering if she was ever going to find someone that would suit her definition of perfect. Okay, maybe not perfect, since Lucy doubted there would ever be someone she would find perfect. But at least he had to be acceptable. Then again, Lucy wasn't sure what she wanted. Perfect obviously meant handsome, cool, sexy, understanding, loyal, humorous, hardworking… the list could go on and on. But did the spirit mage really need all that? She was demanding, but certainly not that unrealistic. But thinking about that made no sense to her, so instead she decided she would think about it when the time came. Instead, she focused on what she did not want in her boyfriend. Weakness, she thought, was something that she totally did not want in her boyfriend. Imagine going out on a date and having the guy grab onto you, afraid of every minor thing. Lucy rolled her eyes. Definitely out. But sure, she would not expect that much. Every person would have some sort of weakness too, and she was definitely not an exception. But Lucy did like strong people, which was why she started finding a boyfriend from a list of mages, because from her experience in Fairy Tail, she knew that most mages, or at least those from her guild, were strong-willed, and had many good qualities. Well, her guildmates were rather loud and stupid though, but she loved them for it, in a way.

Alright, next point to consider. If it was a mage, he must not be a rival of Fairy Tail. The guild was like her family, and she loved it too much to even consider dating someone who hated the guild. Enough said.

Next point. Loyalty. Yes, she wanted her boyfriend, whoever it was going to be, to be loyal. She wouldn't know what to do if her boyfriend was not going to be loyal to her, and flirt around behind her back. No, actually she did know what to do: give him a punch and throw him aside because if she didn't mean a thing to him, she wasn't going to give a damn about him either. But dating someone like that before finding out he wasn't loyal would be a waste of time and effort, so Lucy would rather not in the first place.

Alright, next. Understanding. That was a must. Sure, she knew it was impossible for two people to agree with each other wholeheartedly on everything, but at least they should try to understand that other person's point of view. They didn't have to agree with each other, but they should try to understand what the other party was thinking. That was enough for her.

Alright, what else. She was beginning to have a headache. Oh, and of course she did care a bit for the person's looks. Okay fine, not a bit. A lot. But she didn't need the guy to be so handsome he could sweep her off her feet. Acceptable would do. And there were other factors to consider too, like stupidity, perhaps. But whatever. She was too tired to think about this. She had a feeling that it was impossible to find someone to fit all these qualities. In fact, she didn't even think she qualified for half of these requirements.

She groaned. This was harder than she thought. Perhaps she should just give up. But giving up was something she did not like to do. But it didn't mean she should be thinking over it all day, either. So perhaps she should just continue with whatever she was doing before this subject came into her life. She would think about it later. Right now, all she wanted was a glass of cold lemonade and a nice chat with her guild members. After all, they were what was most important to her right now. Yeah, they were the best guild ever, and nothing was going to change that. She smiled. No boyfriend? Sure, she could live with that. No guild? No, couldn't imagine that at all, because that was all she was. Yeah, if she had her guild with her, she could live through anything at all.

She burst out laughing, realizing her stupidity for hoping for more when she already had all she ever wanted right now. Yeah, she could live her life like this.