Chapter 1

Lucy's POV

I sat at the table waiting for the stupid pink haired boy to finally come. Natsu's always late though so I don't know why I'm surprised. He always has some excuse. It's usually because of Igneel or because of his dumb baseball practice. "Ughhhh!" I suddenly burst out. "He's 30 minutes late! Where the hell is he?!" I was fed up by now. I was starting to pick up my purse from off the back of my chair when I heard a familiar voice yell my name.

"LUCY! WAIT UP!" Natsu yelled from a block away as he was running to catch up to me.

"What the HELL took you so long?! You're 30 MINUTES LATE! Don't you DARE blame Igneel or baseball because I know it's not that because baseball doesn't meet Saturdays and I KNOW Igneel and Grandeen are out of town this week visiting your cousins, Gajeel and Laxus. So what's your excuse now?" I said to him a bit harshly.

"Luce, I am SO sorry! Gray was being an ass so I had to put him in his place. Long story short, I fought with Gray and Erza came and y'know… kinda beat the crap outta us." Natsu said scratching the back of his neck with a sheepish look on his face.

"Whatever. I don't even care anymore. Y'know that you're ALWAYS late to our little dates right? I don't mind you being a little late but you're always like 30 minutes late. I'm sick of always having to wait for you to do whatever the hell you're doing. I have stuff to do too y'know. I gotta take care of Plue and do my chores, not to mention paying for the bills while my parents are on their business trip." I was getting really irritated with Natsu.

"Luce, I'm... really sorry. I didn't realize… please… don't be mad at me." Natsu was looking at the ground now. He looked kinda upset.

"It's ok I guess. Just… PLEASE, try not to be so late next time." I said feeling a little bad about myself for yelling at him.

"OK! Thanks Lucy! You're the BEST!" Natsu said with that huge, famous smile on his face. Ughhh! why is he so cute when he does that! He makes it so hard to be mad at him. WAIT! what am I thinking? Natsu isn't cute. He's Natsu. My best friend for crying out loud. Dense little Natsu who I've known for a couple years now. Natsu then suddenly grabbed my hand and pulled me into a bear hug. Oh my god! He's so warm. I hug him back and hide my face in his neck, leaning into his warmth. Screw it. I know I love him. I don't know why I even try to convince myself otherwise.

"Luce?" Natsu said softly.

"Yeah? What's up?" I mumbled due to the fact that my face was right by his chest.

"Y'know that you're my best friend and that I would do ANYTHING for you right?" He said right after I finished my sentence, almost cutting me off. At that moment I couldn't help but think "Would you love me if I asked you to?" I obviously refrained myself from asking though. He then whispered something that I couldn't catch.

Natsu's POV.

"Y'know that you're my best friend and that I would do ANYTHING for you right?" I asked her. She didn't say anything. I then subconsciously whispered "Because I love you." I guess she didn't hear it though because she didn't move or anything. I wanna tell her how much I love her but I don't think she feels the same. She'll probably freak and everything would be awkward. I love her so damn much! I never wanna let her go. I wanna hold her like this for the rest of my life. I wanna kiss her so badly, to show her how much I love her and how important she is to me. The truth is that I was talking to Gray and Erza about what I should do about my feelings. Gray said to ask her out and if she says no then to play it off like it was a dare. Erza said to ask her out as well but to show her how much she means to me. That I should do something to prove my love for her. I think I'm going to write her a letter though, so like a combo of Gray and Erza's ideas.

Lucy's POV.

"So you ready to go see that movie?" I asked pulling away from him. I could feel him tense up as I pulled away. I knew it wasn't from my question. Did he not want me to pull away? No, that's ridiculous. He wouldn't care. He was probably just thinking about Erza beating him up.

Natsu's POV.

I felt myself tense up and I know why I did too. It's because I didn't wanna let her go. She fit so perfectly in my arms.

Lucy's POV.

"Yeah, I'm ready now. You wanna come over afterwards? I'll need help with the English and Math homework again." He said smiling and rubbing the back of his neck again.

"Sure! But don't forget I have my own homework to work on too." I couldn't help but laugh at the face he's making.

Natsu's POV.

dang, I love her laugh.