They were on a mission again, and it was nice. Just doing normal jobs again, where the fate of Fiore was not solely in their hands, a nice break to all the chaos lately, without the boredom of nothing going on. Of course her "Fairy Tail Team" was with her: Natsu, Lucy, Gray and of course, Happy. However she had a sneaking suspicion that a certain water mage had secretly tagged along as well.
Thinking about Juvia's crush on Gray had made her thoughts turn to Jellal. She hadn't seen him in a few months. No, closer to a year… Damn time flew by quick. To tell the truth, she wasn't sure if it had been that long because of her, or if he was actually too busy to contact her since then. She was pretty sure that she could have easily ruined things between them during their last meeting. She had been… pushy, to say the least. She started to get nervous thinking about what she would do if he never wanted to see her again. Sure, she loved him in ways that went beyond friendship, but if she could not even have his friendship, well, she wasn't sure she could handle it.
"Yo Erza! We've got to be almost there, you know where we're supposed to be going right?" Natsu asked, snapping Erza out of her worried state.
She silently cursed herself for being so distracted for something as trivial as her personal life while on a mission.
"Natsu," she smirked, "Do you really think that I would let us get lost on a simple job? If you were leading us, maybe you could be worried, but the town is right over there." She laughed while pointing to a small town in the west.
"Hah!" Gray laughed in response to Erza's comment, while Natsu finally picked up on her teasing remark.
"YOU GOT SOMETHING TO SAY ICE PRINCESS?!" Natsu yelled at Gray, leaving Erza, Lucy, and Happy in giggles.
Ahh, these are the times I've missed, She thought to herself.
"Even you Luce?" Natsu asked, seeming hurt, before realizing that without a scent for him to follow, they were probably right.
"Sorry Natsu", Lucy said, attempting to stifle her laughter.
"Well come on! We're just about there, let's hurry so we can get back before nightfall!" Erza exclaimed, running as the others followed her into the town the job request had specified.