A/N: This was something split off from "Speculation" but that I wanted to wait to do until the series was over because I wanted to see how ships would work out. This will be roughly chronological with the series (I might add ideas after the chronological part), and include some stuff post-series. Like most of my other Fairy Tail stuff, this will be more like a series of one shots and less like a story, although it will fit into the larger story of the Fairy Tail manga. I'll try to give context of when each conversation occurs, for those happening during the series.

This will deal heavily with the more canon ships (NaLu, Gajevy, Gruvia, Jerza, Elfman/Evergreen, Erik/Kinana, etc.) and some less canon ships (Cana/Bacchus, Mira/Laxus, Meredy/Lyon, etc.)

This is rated T, but certainly will include some mature topics of conversation, so it may go up to an M if it gets really inappropriate.

Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail

Setting: Just after Episode 49.

Girl Talk

"Lucy," Cana groaned.

"Was your date not good?" Lucy asked her, truly curious as to what the guy she'd set Cana up with was like.

"It's not that," Cana replied. "I need girl talk."

"Girl talk? Don't you get a lot of that here?"

"Nah, not like that," Cana replied, knowing she'd have to correct Lucy's misconceptions. "Girl talk. About boys. And sex."

Lucy tried not to blush, even though she knew Cana knew she was a virgin. "I- isn't there someone you can talk to?"

"If there was I wouldn't be complaining to you," Cana said, slumping over the table.

"Can't you talk to Erza or Mira?" Lucy knew that they had all grown up together. Levy had as well, but Lucy knew her friend probably wouldn't want to partake.

"Erza? Total virgin," Cana replied. "You know, for a while, I actually thought she wasn't. I mean, even though Gray is practically her brother, there were just too many Weekly Sorcerer articles to ignore for a while there! Not to mention the other S-class mages convinced they have a claim on her." Lucy knew, she had been fooled by the articles until she saw the Erza and Gray interact.

"Other mages?"

"Not from Fairy Tail. It's mostly just one disgusting guy from Blue Pegasus. I hope you never have to meet him." Cana spat in disgust.

Lucy looked around, making sure Erza wasn't within hearing distance. "But what about the romance novels and the obsession with sexy clothes?"

Cana laughed. "You don't like porn or showing off your assets? According to Erza you like scandalous lingerie, and you haven't even got a boyfriend yet!"

"Speaking of which, how are thongs scandalous to Erza with what she calls armor?!"

"You think she wears underwear under those?" Again, Cana laughed. When she was done, her face turned more solemn. "Besides, I think we learned that Erza only had one guy she was ever interested in, and now that he's dead who knows if she'll ever care about anything other than the guild and her work again."

Lucy nodded, surprised Cana would bring up something so serious.

"Anyways, Mira's also off the table," Cana said, quickly turning the mood cheery again.

"Why not? I thought she'd had boyfriends before," Lucy said.

"Oh, lots of 'em," Cana confirmed. "You know, though, it all started with Laxus, right?"

"Really?!"

"Yeah. Back before Lisanna died she decided she needed to get laid, and she wanted a challenge. So she somehow seduced him. Back then, she was into girl talk, so she told me to try him out. I actually got Laxus a couple weeks later myself," Cana said with a perverted grin.

Lucy looked away, disgusted but fascinated with how crazy that was – recommending a hook-up to your friend. A hook up, no less, that both girls had known since childhood. It was worse when she remembered that Mira and Cana would've been 17 at the time – and Laxus 21.

"But then Lisanna died. Mira tried to get comfort sex from Laxus but he turned her down. After that, both Mira and Laxus swore off all relationships within the guild and Mira stopped having any girl talk with anyone in the guild," Cana paused. "Well, except for Erza. So she won't talk to me."

"Is that why she started dating all those models?" Lucy asked. She remembered reading all about her favorite model's life before she joined the guild.

Cana shrugged. "I wouldn't call it dating. I think she only actually dated a couple of them, but I can't be sure. Anyways, that streak ended a while ago, so even if she was willing to talk, she'd have nothing to say."

"How about L-" Lucy paused. She would not suggest Levy. "Laki?"

"No. Just no," Cana said. "Have you seen her room? I mean, kinky is kind of hot, I just don't want to hear about her brand of it. Believe me, it's disgusting."

Lucy was morbidly curious for a second, and then remembered Laki's room. "G- good point. Bisca?"

"Oh, please! She and Alzack are going to be dancing around each other forever. She'll never be able to give me good conversation."

"Then maybe you'll have to branch out a bit," Lucy replied, getting sick of Cana's whining.

"Or maybe you'll need to just start getting some? Natsu perhaps? Or maybe Juvia's right and you like Gray?" Cana wiggled her eyebrows.

"C'mon Cana, you know we're just teammates," Lucy whined back.

"Maybe right now, but you never know," Cana replied.

"Wait! Juvia! Why don't you ask Juvia?"

"Nah, Gray'll take a while to show her any interest. He's not close to anyone but Erza," Cana said. "But he's vain – he likes people that like him – and no one likes him more than Juvia, so we'll see how long it takes for him to give in to her."

"If you say so…" Lucy wasn't sure that was a foundation for a healthy relationship, but she also didn't know Gray nearly as well as Cana, so maybe Cana meant something she wasn't understanding.

"Anyways, I gotta go," Cana told Lucy. "I'm supposed to be doing a job this evening."

"Really?"

"Yeah. Some rich guy wants me to do fortunes at his daughter's birthday party, so I need to make myself presentable for kids."

Lucy didn't realize that Cana did any work, but was relieved to know that the woman had some sort of income – she'd always wondered about that with how much money Cana spent on alcohol.

Levy walked over and plopped down next to Lucy with a fruit bowl. "What was that about?"

"Cana's frustrated that no one else has a boyfriend," Lucy sighed, happy to be talking to one of the sane members of the guild again.

"She gets like that when she gets laid," Levy replied. "So I'm assuming the guy you set her up with worked out for her."

"But wouldn't it be nice to have a boyfriend? I haven't even had my first kiss yet!"

Levy laughed. "Maybe, but not in this guild. None of the guys are really worth it."

"I guess so," Lucy replied.

"No – you know so. Unless you like someone?" Levy asked, wiggling her eyebrows.

"No! It's not like that," Lucy insisted.

"We'll find guys eventually," Levy replied. "We're only 17. What's the rush?"

Lucy nodded, agreeing but still desiring that first kiss.

Erza lay in her bedroom, tired in so many ways. There was the physical exhaustion she normally felt from the non-stop missions and training she subjected herself to. There was the mental exhaustion of calculating her finances to determine if she could go shopping for new armors. And, of course, there was the emotional exhaustion still weighing on her from the Tower of Heaven incident. That was only made worse by seeing Mystogan's face.

She thought about taking a relaxing bath or reading a good novel, but nothing was relaxing right now.

A knock on her door brought her made her jump up from her bed. The door creaked open and closed behind someone. "Erza?" Erza knew from the voice that it was Mira.

"It's unusual for you to be in Fairy Hills this late," Erza said. Mira entered her room carrying a cake box, wine glasses, and a chilled bottle of some of Erza's favorite wine.

"I thought we should talk," Mira told Erza. "The two of us with no interruption, like the old days." Mira meant the time after Lisanna died. Erza, having faced her own share of loss and tragedy, had tried to help Mira through it as best as she could. Although both were close with Cana (being the same age), she wasn't good with delicate situations.

Erza sat back down and let Mira grab a small end table to set the cake and wine down on. Erza peered into the box to check what was inside. The cake was their old go-to: chocolate with strawberry filling. That meant Mira was expecting the conversation to go deep.

"Get something more comfortable on," Mira suggested. "We can't have proper girl talk with you in armor." Surely Mira knew that Erza had used the armor to hide her insecurities.

"What if I want to?" Erza said. After the Tower of Heaven, she thought she wouldn't need her armor as a safety blanket in her own space, but tonight she felt she needed it.

"You don't need it, Erza," Mira assured her. "You're strong enough now."

A golden glow lit the room and Mira looked to see that Erza had requipped into her favorite pajamas.

"Good. Now we can start." Mira began to pour wine into the two glasses and opened the cake box.

A/N: I hope you enjoyed this! This may be a bit slow to update, but we'll see.