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- fairytail queen17175

Lucy started walking out of her apartment and making her way to the guild when she heard someone calling to her.

"LUCY WAIT UP!" She turns and sees her best friend and partner running to her waving his arm. She smiles and waits for him to catch up. When he does he puts a strong muscular arm around her shoulders. "Hey Luce are you headed to the guild?" He said to her kinda close to her ear. With a small blush sprinkled on her cheeks she replied with

"Yeah I am, my rent is due soon I need to get a job."

"Me and Happy will help you Luce!"

"Aye sir!" Lucy looks up to see Happy flying above them.

"Oh Happy I didn't notice you! Are you going to the guild too?" Lucy said looking up at Happy.

"Yup! I'm in the mood for some of Mira's fish." Lucy rolled her eyes and noticed Natsu's arm was getting heavy.

"Natsu your arm is getting heavy." She said starting to take his arm off her shoulder.

"oops sorry." After the two were separated there was a long silence from the three mages walking to the guild. Lucy looked over and saw that Natsu was staring at her, he seemed to be thinking about something. Which he was, in his head he was thinking: Wow Lucy looks great today. When Lucy felt him looking at her she looked to him and he quickly looked away hoping he didn't get caught.

"Are you okay Natsu?"

"Yeah, why?"

"You're a lot quieter than normal"

"I'm just thinking about what food i'm going to eat at the guild" He said smiling really big at her.

"Of course you are!" They were at the guild door and could hear a real ruckus going on inside, it sounded like a fight.

"THEY STARTED A FIGHT WITHOUT ME!" Natsu yelled and dashed inside to make sure he could be apart of it. When Lucy walked in she couldn't see Natsu but she could see his flames. She smiled and shook her head as she sat down at the bar with Levy and Mira.

"Hey Lu-chan" Levy said looking at her smiling

"Hi Lucy, can I get you something?"

"Yes, advice!" Lucy said putting her forehead on the counter. Levy and Mira looked interested. Lucy hardly ever needed advice unless it was about a job for her oh-so-precious rent. A shirt then landed on Lucy and she looked up. She instantly knew it was Grey's shirt.

"GRAY! YOUR SHIRT!" She yelled and balled it up and threw it into the crowd of still fighting mages.

"So Lucy what can Levy and I help you figure out?"

"It's about Natsu, actually" Levy and Mira smirked at each other, they knew this day would come when she eventually needed help with the infamous dragon slayer.

"What seems to be the matter Lu-chan?" Levy asked, finally closing the book she was reading.

"I don't know, lately he's been hanging on me a lot, but then he doesn't say a word, and he always stares at me." Mira and Levy looked confused. "I mean he's always hanging on me and kinda staring at me, but he's never, ever quite so that's what I find weird." Mira and Levy seemed to understand now.

"Do you think he likes you?" Mira asked, and Lucy buried her face in her hands.

"I don't know, that's what I need help with! I can't seem to figure it out, like the other day he gave me a necklace I saw in one of the shops, and said I kind of liked."

"Well, I think the one thing we need to clear up first is...do you like him Lu-chan?" Levy asked, Mira and Levy leaned in closer to make sure they didn't miss Lucy's answer. Lucy didn't answer for a long time.

"I honestly don't know, I think I could be." Mira and Levy squealed with delight as Gray started to walk over.

"What are we squealing over?" Gray asked with his arms crossed, the fight must have finally broken up. Lucy started panicking hoping that Levy and Mira wouldn't tell Gray.

"NOTHING!" Lucy yelled before the other two mages could answer. Gray started smirking and looked at the barmaid and book worm, then at Lucy.

"Ok what guy do you like Lucy?" Gray asked taking a seat next to her, looking very into the conversation already.

"I don't like anybody." Lucy said, backing herself up. Her eyes started searching for her partner, and she found him arm wrestling Gajeel, surprisingly it was a pretty even match.

"Lu-chan you said you could like him though, which isn't yes but isn't no either." Levy said. Lucy looked at her with a glare, and the bluenette pretended not to notice.

"Come on Lucy let's just tell him, if anything Gray could help you!" Mira said trying to reason with the Celestial Mage. Lucy's cheeks went red because she knew Gray would just laugh at her. Lucy rested her forehead on the counter in defeat.

"Natsu…" She said. After she didn't hear Gray say anything for awhile she looked up at him. She saw him desperately trying to hold in a laugh. She grabbed Levy's book off the counter and hit him in the head with it. He covered the spot with his hand in pain.

"What the hell was that for?!" He exclaimed

"It's not funny!" Lucy exclaimed back at him. Mira and Levy were giggling at the two.

"I totally called it though! I knew you and Flame brain had a thing for each other!"

"WE DON'T!" Lucy yelled, getting frustrated. She sighed and gave up. "I'm just confused and don't know what to do. I feel like he likes me but, I don't know." Lucy said looking at her lap.

"OK how about this? I'll subtly ask hothead questions about you and see what he thinks about them OK?" Gray said supportively. Lucy looked at him and gave him a weak smile.

"Thank you Gray, and in the meantime I guess I should start figuring out my own feelings." She said, and then she got up and started walking towards the guild doors. Natsu noticed and got up and burned Gajeel's hand letting Natsu be able to pin him, then he got up and ran to Lucy.

"Oi, Lucy, did you pick a job?" Lucy mentally facepalmed herself. She totally forgot the whole reason she came to the guild today. She decided she didn't want to go on a job with Natsu until she figured out her feelings for him.

"Actually I'm feeling a bit sick, so why don't we pick one tomorrow?" Lucy said giving her best fake tired smile she could muster. Natsu looked concerned, and put his hand to her forehead. She could feel her cheeks heating up. Levy and the others were looking at the whole thing pan out, and smirked at each other.

"You feel warm, I'll walk you home Luce."

"OK, thanks Natsu." and the two left the guild walking to her apartment slower than they normally would. Again Natsu was abnormally quiet, and it made Lucy feel a bit uncomfortable. When they got to her apartment she walked into the door and he followed. Lucy decided to break the silence, because now Natsu looked seriously conflicted about something.

"Natsu what is the matter? You were quite walking to the guild today, and quite on the walk back." She said, he wouldn't keep eye contact with her, and his face looked a bit red. He looked up and took a step closer and leaned in a little bit. Lucy held her breath waiting for him to do something. He decided against what he was planning on doing and took a step back looking at the ground again.

"It's nothing Lucy, I'll see you tomorrow." And before Lucy could get another word in, he was long gone from her apartment.