"Come on, come on!" Lucy muttered, pulling up my sock while balancing a glass of orange juice in her other hand. Stupid stubborn sock! Not now! Choose not to come off after school, not before!

"Lucy, do you have everything?!" Her mother called from the kitchen. Layla Heartfilia was a busy woman: working 2 full-time jobs to support her and her 17 year old daughter, including hospital bills.

"Yeah! By! Gotta go!" Lucy yelled, swinging her backpack over her right shoulder, and running out the door. As you can tell, our little 5'4 blonde beauty was going to be late for school. Again. Hey, if you had a bitchy father who just leaves you and your sick mother, you were bound to have problems like: Jude Heartfilia getting Layla pregnant at 16. Getting married at 18, beating her, and leaving when Lucy was 7. How nice. And, to put the cherry on top, Layla was diagnosed with cancer 5 years ago.

But that didn't stop Lucy. She got a job at Magnolia's Night Club, Fairy Tail, and met wonderful friends, including asshole exes. But otherwise: Life was great. And it was going to get better, depending on what you mean by better.

"You are late again, Ms. Heartfilia. Honestly, you're my best student. What am I going to do with you?" Asked Gildarts, the Language teacher.

Lucy blushed so red, is was bound to put one of her bestfriend's scarlet hair, Erza, to shame. She wondered why she did that. Always blushing at the slightest embarrassing things. ( I do the same thing, and HATE it. TT_TT.)

"S-sorry." She said, keeping her head down and rushing to her seat, almost tripping over her own feet. But, Gajeel, a mean looking but actually sweetheart caught her by her bag. "Thanks," she muttered, getting a grunt in reply. She took her seat, and class began once again.

As always, her first three classes went by in a flash. And finally, everyone's favorite: Lunch. Especially to boys. They ran to line so fast, they we blurs. Same for their food.

"Lu-chan! Hows your mom doing?" asked Lucy's closest friend, Levy, a 17 year old 5'0 bookworm with sky blue hair and hazel eyes asked.

"Same old, same old. But her hair is all gone now, which makes her depressed. And all the hospital bills, being sick, and working day and night only getting hours off….I wonder how she does it all." Lucy whispered in her ear. Levy's hazel eyes saddened, and nodded.

"Well if you need anything, anything at all Lu-chan, we're here for you. All of us."

Everyone of Lucy's friends nodded and smiled. She decided that it was time to change the subject.

"So, you guys, how are the companies these days?" she asked, popping a chocolate covered strawberry into her mouth. All of her friends either owned, and were going to own famous companies.

"Meh." Gray said, whose parents owned famous ski resorts all over the world, and invented different products for skiers.

"Ok, I guess. instead of making $100,00 a day, their making $200,000. Still not as much as him, though." Gray said, smirking after he said him.

"Yeah, Damn, how can he make so much?" Gajeel said, barking out laughter.

"Juvia thinks its because he owns a lot of good companies all over the world?" Juvia said, looking directly at her beloved Gray-sama. Ezra, Levy, Jellal, Cana, and others nodded their heads. Lucy just sighed.

"When is he coming back?" She said, making everyone think. Erza just narrowed her brown eyes.

"It wasn't his choice to leave in the first place. When his father disappeared, he was next in line...to think he would be back by now, that was 2 years ago, but...he probably hired private tutors." She said, crossing her arms and looking at the table. Lucy looked down too. She missed her best friend dearly, but she knew he wasn't ever coming back. At least, not now.

"Lucy, you coming to the club tonight?" Cana asked Lucy as they were leaving the doors of Magnolia's public school. Lucy had to think this over. It was a yes if it seemed her mother was doing alright, but a definite no if she was acting sick. But, Lucy hadn't been to the club in ages (3 days, but still.) That annoying blond prick Sting probably wasn't going there anymore including his Sabertooth buddies.

"I'll be there an hour before it opens?" She asked, a smile on her plump lips.

"Yes!" Cana said, thrusting her right arm and empty vodka bottle in the air, clearly drunk.

Lucy sighed. Her friend drank at school, including stealing shots at the bar. She must have gotten it from her father, and yes, his name is Gildarts Clive.

The two said goodbye, and walked home.

She missed him, she really did. She missed his smile, his laugh, his eyes, his strong light tan muscular arms wrapping around her for a huge bear hug. She missed how he used to tower over her at 6'2, his childness, proactiveness, and….his pink hair. She laughed out loud, and could almost hear him protest and say it was salmon. She felt lonely, without Natsu here, always by her side. But, he was now the boss the the American, Chinese, and Japanese mafias. She saw him in magazines: The world's most dangerous 18 year old, the hottest, and sweetest badboy out there. But no matter what, Lucy knew, he would always be her Natsu. And, she had to admit, he had an amazing body. So did she, but she decided not to show off her perfect hips, waist, and big bust off like some girls did. It also helped to keep away so guys, directly speaking to Sting, who only wanted girls for their bodies. Sure, Lucy wore girly, model clothes, but not around play boys, like her model friend Loke. Her friends, both boys and girls, had amazing figures too. Not to mention they were all popular, Lucy thought, but they were nice.

She glanced at her watch, and saw the time: 4:00. The club didn't open until 6:30, but she decided to go now, and maybe hang out with her friends. Her mom was probably doing alright, she had been for the last month. At that final thought, she ran off to the club she also called home.

As she neared the huge 3 story club, she could see Elfman, the head of security, guarding the main entrance. Elfman Strauss was at least 7'3, with dark skin and bleached white hair.

"Hey, Elfman." She said, smiling and craning her neck just to look at him. He look down and smiled, opening the huge glass doors for her.

"Sup Lucy. Your pretty early. Well, Nee-chan and Laxus are in already preparing. Go on in." He said, smiling. She thanked him, smiled back, and walked in.

The club was already dark, with black lights everywhere, including different colored lights. The bar stretched all the way across the first floor, with at least 30 chairs at the counter. Lucy worked on the first floor, along with her best friends.
"Oh, Lucy! Nice to see you!" The always smiling Mirajane said. She was 19 and in her second year of college, with 20 year old boyfriend Laxus, whose grandfather owns the club, Makarov.

"Hey Mira. Need help with anything? Lucy asked, looking at Laxus who was leaning in the doorway of the kitchen. "Let me think…" Mira said, putting her pointer finger on her bottom lip.

Then her beautiful blue eyes lit up.

"Oh! You can prepare the 2nd and 3rd floor bars of you can." She said, smiling.

"Sure!" Lucy said, setting down her bag and jacket in the staff room. Mira and Laxus went back to the kitchen, and least Lucy hoped so, and headed up the glass stairs.

It was 6:40 when Lucy finished, and the club was starting to get packed. She headed through the mass of people and bodies dressed in slutty costumes and went to her shift behind the bad. Her friends were already helping people, and that's what she started to do. Later, at 9:00, she was supposed to start waiting on the people at the tables and booths at the 3rd floor with Gajeel, Jellel, and Laxus. When is was 8:50, Lucy finished her last Banana Daiquiri, and got the 3 boys and headed upstairs.

The food was coming fast, and so were the people. Lucy tried her best to keep up, wait on people, talk, and get food. It was a work out, waiting on all these people, but she kept up.

Finally, when her shift on the 3rd stairs was over, she went to the 2nd floor to run the bar.

As she rushed to get her apron off and getting through the crowd of people, she made it. She almost tripped down the stairs, but she mad made it. As soon as Lucy got behind the countertop, she was swamped with people. But, she noticed, there was a different atmosphere in the room. She slowly slid the beer down to a man, studying the crowd. Just who could be in there? Lucy thought. Sometimes, famous people came to Fairy Tail. It was, after all, the most popular bar in the country. So who could it be this time?

After a while of looking, she didn't see anyone she recognized. So, she turned around, when she heard, "Oi, Blondie, a Bloody Mary, please." a male said. He had a masculine, deep voice. She thought he sounded familiar, but she didn't remember. Oh well, Lucy thought, and started making the drink. Lucy glanced all the way at the end of the bar at her friend Levy, who was gaping at the man Lucy was waiting on. Her eyes were wide, for some reason, and she looked like she was in shock. But as soon as she got another customer, she snapped right back into reality.

That was weird, Lucy thought, and decided that Levy thought that the man behind her was gorgeous. With a smirk, Lucy turned around, and dropped the drink. The man was drop dead gorgeous. He was so handsome, she almost started tearing up. That, or the fact was that he was Natsu Dragneel. He hadn't changed: He still had the messy, spiky pink, of salmon, hair. He was back. Natsu, her Natsu, that has been gone for over 2 years without a single word, was back. And he had that same stupid ass toothy grin she loved. So what did she do? Well, Lucy flung herself at him, and he just let out his deep, hearty laugh. But, he hugged her back. Maybe harder.

Well, I think I'm just gonna end it there. Again, this is just one of my plots or story line thingys. So how did I do? Until next time, which might be tomorrow, depending on how much people review it. So awyway…..even if one person reviews it and it it's good, I'll make another chappy A.S.A.P.! And could you guys help me with another username? Mine was kinda last minute. Thanks!

-TealEyes