Author's Note 4.23.2014: I've been writing this since around January and haven't gotten to post it so here it is. I'll be saving my original

Authors Note: Yo! So I've got a new story up. Hopefully I'll do better with this story then with my other ones. The format also goes in the way that I state the title of each chapter at the end of the chapter. Enjoy your stay! I'll be updating every Friday.

Disclaimer: Fairy Tail and characters all belong to Hiro Mashima.

Chapter One

9:30 A.M.

The phone rang, but was left unanswered. A voice message played.

"Natsu, it's are you? It's almost time for your shift... Gray is already here and Erza is ready to leave anytime now. Anyways please don't be late again."

The salmon haired man sat up in bed and groaned. Another weekend I'll never be able to sleep in... He thought moodily.

He stumbled to throw on some street clothes as he brushed his teeth. Happy, a small cat he had taken in, followed his master confusedly.

"Fish in the fridge, Happy! Laters!" Said master yelled as he dashed out of the small house.

Natsu arrived at the outdoor mall and hurried out of his run down car. He glanced at his phone- 9:55 it read- as he ran through the complex of the mall. Unfortunately, glancing at the device took away his concentration at the moment and tumbled into something. The young man was on the floor and his face was in between something soft.

He looked up and saw a blonde miss with a flaming face. Realizing the fact his face was buried in some poor girl's chest, the red faced slacker staggered off her and offered a hand up.

"I am so sorry. Oh god, now you probably think I'm sort of pervert. I wasn't looking where I was heading. Oh crud I'm late for work." The man managed to spit out an apology and resumed running. "Sorry again!"

How embarrassing! He thought and remembered the look on her face. The glowing red on her face was somewhat cute, while her pretty doe-like eyes were staring at him intently. It was only a split second, but embarrassment will forever haunt a person.

I'm gonna make it!

10:05

I'm dead.

"Your late, Dragneel."

A voice said while dark eyes glowered at him.

"Erza, I ran into some trouble on the way here...Sorry about that." The darkened eyes lightened a bit, clearly amused.

"I'm sure you would tell Lisanna and I the deal, right?" Natsu gulped at the slight menace in the redhead's voice.

Speaking of which, a bob of white hair made her way around the counter of the frozen yogurt shop and stared up at Natsu.

"What deal?" She asked ever-so-kindly.

"Ya know, I should really get in uniform, so if you excuse me-," With those parting words, he dashed into the locker room where he found his other coworker dozing.

"Oi Stripper, stop lounging around and actually work." He barked at the other male.

"At least I'm here on time."

"Shut it,"

"So what deal?" Natsu's face heated up.

"I literally ran into someone. More like ran into her breasts..." He mumbled the last parts of his sentence. The silence was soon filled with a deep, masculine laugh.

"Erza oughta get a kick outta that! Anyways see ya up in front." Gray chuckled as he skipped to the front.

He changed into his uniform which consisted of a red t-shirt with the ice cream shop logo on it: Fiore FroYos, a lap apron, and his trademark white scarf. Natsu could already hear the feminine giggling of his co-workers and blushed a bit deeper at the memory. Oh they'd never let him live it down.

Considering it was the middle of winter, the shop was really busy. Literally ten minutes after the boys had started their shifts, large waves of costumers had arrived at the shop. For the next hour, costumers would come and take their frozen treats to go or stay awhile at the shop.

It was now eleven thirty and shop was once again deserted. Gray was wiping down tables, while watching the current football game on the television in the shop. On the other hand Natsu was fumbling behind the counter, looking for the extra cookie dough bites.

Then the bell of the door chimed and sounds of light shuffling met the young man's ears.

"Welcome." Gray's voice lazily greeted and light laughter filled the air. The foot steps became louder as they neared the counter. Natsu got up from behind and looked at the frozen yogurt before him- probably tart with raspberries and cheesecake bites- then placed the bowl on the scale. He looked up at the costumer.

"Is that all your-," The young man choked and his face reddened. "Oh my god it's you. I am so sorry about that. That thing from earlier."

The blonde before him made a small grimace, but it quickly faded away. It was the same blonde he had run into from this morning. She swatted her hand in a motion as dismissing his action.

"We're good then?" She nodded then pointed at two other girls, both had blue hair. Gray gave Natsu a knowing smirk, while Natsu suppressed the urge to roll his eyes.

"So you're with them, huh?" She nodded again. The two other girls went up to the counter and joined the blonde. From the corner of his eye, Natsu saw Gray eying the girls and Natsu himself.

"Juvia will pay for the frozen yogurt." The taller girl spoke as she handed him a twenty dollar bill.

"Hey, Lucy is that the guy...?" The short bluenette whispered to her friend, although it was quite audible to him. As he gave the girl who had referred herself as Juvia the change, he saw Lucy's pretty face turn a shade of pink. Blondie bowed (Natsu assumed it was a silent gesture of thanks), grabbed her treat, and headed out the shop with her friends following behind.

"Have a good day." Natsu said as he watched the three retreating figures. He noticed a golden band on the floor. It was a gold ring with a star-shaped diamond on it. Might have been a customer. He picked it up and jammed it into a pocket. All of a sudden, there was a weight on his shoulder.

"Poor girl, she's too shocked to even say a thing to you," Gray mocked. The irritated Natsu swatted his friend's hand away and ignored the comment.

The two resumed their tasks after.

Since Gray usually leaves a little after three, Natsu was left by himself at the shop to wait for Lisanna or Erza to begin their late-afternoon shifts at 3:15. He was pretty glad he had the morning shifts, although it required him to wake you ask?

The shop's busiest times were those of 10:15 AM to 11:00 AM and 3:45 PM to 4:45. Not to mention the rowdier groups come out during the afternoon and having Natsu around with them would probably end up with a broken frozen yogurt shop.

The bell rang again.

"Welcome- oh hey Lisanna." The young Strauss waved at Natsu.

"Hey Natsu." Erza's voice rang from behind Lisanna and he just nodded at her. The females headed to the locker rooms to put their uniforms on. Once they came back out, Natsu himself slipped into the locker room and into his street clothes. He grabbed his keys out of his locker then headed out.

"Good luck and Erza don't kill anyone on the job!" The fiery spirit called as he walked. When he walked out the door, something met with his chest.

Just Ran Into

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Natsu found out several things about the girl. They were both seniors at Magnolia High School, more commonly known as Fairy Tail. (The school mascot was a fairy. With a tail. Strange names...) Even though they were in the same grade, Natsu was still older with his birthday being in December (New Years Eve), while Lucy's was in May. Natsu told Lucy about his family and pet cat. They told each other of their friends, activities, and ambitions.

It was a new feeling to Natsu and Lucy. Even though they we're complete strangers, they felt like they've known each other for a long, long time. It's almost if they had met in a previous life.