post GMG's / no dragons/ No END/ battles same/ game ending same/essentially it ended normally. *** this means Jellal had no reason to be at the capital during the games!

-to enkindle courage

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This is the story of ten friends, one night, and all the stupid, crazy, embarrassing things that we do, to find love.

Lucy & Natsu

9:00 pm

The grand magic games had ended without incident (like Natsu burning down the city) and with a bang (Fairy Tail taking the win) and we all know what that means.

"Let's parrrtaaaay!" Makorav is swaying on a barrel in a bar in Magnolia, clearly already partying. With the Fairy Tail symbol formed and his hand in the air, the half-drunk guild members obliged their master (for the…14th?... time tonight)

"Jeez, you'd think the old geezer has had enough." Grey shook his head, slightly amused, slightly annoyed. Just as he was about to speak again, Makorav was shoved off the barrel by a furious Cana. As Makorav flung across the bar, the guild burst into fits of intoxicated laughter at their master. He had been the only one to say goodbye to Mavis, their first master, and it had ticked off a few people. Without retaliation, the master sat against the wall he was just thrown against and started to laugh with the guild against the wall.

"The old guy never has enough." The dark haired iron slayer said with a chuckle. He grasped a drink and took a draw from it. "Salamander, you're drinking, right?" His eyes narrowed toward the pink-haired dragon beside him, who had been staring at his beer silently for a few minutes.

Snapped out of his daze, Natsu moved to grab his beer and take a sip, only to fumble the tankard and spill some liquid on his lap. Gajeel looks toward him unimpressed while Grey's laughter is renewed. "You wanna fight, ice princess?!" He jumped to his feet only to be pulled down by both men on either side of him.

"Uh uh." Gajeel sighs, grabbing his right arm.

"No way." Gray says at the same time, taking his left arm.

"Erza will literally kill us all if any of us ruins anything." Gray emphasized each point with a jab to Natsu shoulder. "We just got the money to fix the guild, if we lose it trying to fix this place, I think everyone will kill us." He concludes aloud to the salamander.

Grumbling, Natsu dropped down to his seat. "But then what do we doooooo then when we drink." He whines out, wishing he had chosen to go out with Happy, Wendy and Charles when they got back to town. At least they can fight people while training. Natsu thinks miserable to himself, though in reality, the trio had just gone for ice-cream down the road and returned home. (They made it a habit of lying to Natsu when they went because he had the habit of melting everything in the store when they went in.)

Gray and Gajeel share an exasperated look before turning to the fire wizard. "We do what normal guys do, duh." Gray shrugged his shoulders as he took another drink.

Natsu turns curiously toward the ice mage. Gray rolls his eyes at him.

Gajeel grabs him by the shoulder and motions toward the bar, unveiling where the female mages had taken residence. They sat giggling together in their bar attire; legs and stomachs showing everywhere.

"We go get laid."

Lucy was, by all means, not in the partying mood; it was Levy who convinced her to go out, despite them returning that very afternoon. "I just don't get why it can't be tomorrow."

"Ah, come on, Lu-chan." Levy looks up optimistically at her friend, her hands bunched into tight fists by her face. "We never get really drunk and we don't have to work until Sunday, so that means tonight-" She stops to grab of sip of her cocktail. "we drink!" She giggles up at her friend from her newly slumped positioning on the barstool.

Lucy sighs and looks down to her friend. Levy seems to really be in the mood to party, for reasons unbeknownst to Lucy. Not wishing to pry at this particular moment, Lucy simply agrees. This causes Levy to squeal and for Erza to fly her hands to her ears.

"Levy! Are you okay!?" Erza rushes to her side, forgetting her conversation with Juvia for the moment. (All she would really talk about is Grey anyway!)

"Oh, opps!" Levy giggles. Erza turns with raised eyebrows to Lucy who meets her with a shrug. Patting the seat beside her, Lucy motions for Erza to join them. Approaching cautiously, the scarlet haired woman, sat down. The bar tender was quick to bring a drink to the ladies before them. With a wink, he placed it down in front of Erza, who was too worried about Levy to notice.

Lucy let out a frustrated groan when he left. "How do you get all the guys, even in armour!" She spat (accidentally) venomously, before she recovered. "Erm, I mean- pretty armor"

"Huh?" Erza turned to her, not knowing what she was talking about. "Well, I have my sword too." She sat back in her straight on the stool and brought her hand to hold her chin. "Though I could probably just take them out with my barehands too."

Lucy's jawed dropped at her. Her hand flew to her forehead. King of the Celestial Spirits, do not allow me to try to strangle her tonight. Her eyes glanced over at Erza as she listed off ways of incapacitating men without her weapons. I'd rather not die tonight. Taking another sip from her drink, Lucy cuts off Erza's tirade as Levy had been trying to do. "Erza~~ what I meant is that all the boys think you're pretty." Lucy says extra sweetly, as to not induce the wrath of the fairy-queen.

Erza's face slowly begins to match her hair as she slunk back in her chair. "Do not…" She mumbled. Lucy, clearly amused with the situation, pushed harder.

"Awe, Levy-chan, isn't she sooooo pretty." Lucy giggled as Erza blushed harder, making weak protests.

Levy giggled with her hand over her mouth as she nodded in agreement. "Soo pretty, Erzaa!"

After watching her squirm for a bit, Lucy laughed out loud at her. "Awe, calm down. It's true. All the boys in here are looking at you!"

Trying to gain some composure, Erza fired back, "Well, not all of them. Certainly not the dragon-slayers." She teased as Levy blushed and Lucy looked at her confused.

It was Erza's turn to giggle. "I mean, those idiots have been looking straight at us for – " she turns to look at the clock on the wall. "for 20 minutes. Dang." She mumbles the last word, previously unaware it had really been that long.

Lucy whipped around to find the dragon slayers and Grey, casually looking at each other, but not speaking. Maybe their having a contest or something? Lucy thinks to herself. "No they aren't"

Erza moves toward her drink to take a sip. "Lucy, they've been staring at you guys. So yeah, theyre gunna turn away when you look." She shrugged. "Another example of my lack of sex-appeal."

Lucy's jaw dropped for the second time tonight. How many times had this woman dressed up, stunned men with her looks and numerous other Erza-is-great-at-everything activities! Lucy thought for a moment though. Despite herself having numerous fling-boyfriends through-out the years, she had never really seen Erza with anyone….except Jellal. They hadn't seen him since before Tenrou Island.

"Come on Erza! You're plenty pretty!" Levy protested. As Erza sunk into her chair, she couldn't help but be disappointed that he hadn't come to see her yet.

"He is wanted by the council after all." Lucy patted her on the back. "You could always go for someone else."

"Go?"

"You know- try?"

"Huh?"

Am I talking to Natsu?

"Erza, I mean, try to be with a different guy. Romantically." Lucy blushed slightly at the word, the alcohol ever so slowly taking hold of her .

"Oh." A mumble comes from her. After a moment, she brightens up, and takes a long drink. "I always give everything my 100%! So I will give this my 100% too."

"Oh no, Lu-chan, we—"

But before Lecy could say more, Erza was already on her way over to Elfman to interrogate (flirt?) with him as Evergreen gave her daggers from across the room.

"What have we done?" Levy paled at Erza.

"Caused some sort of entertainment for a while, I'm sure." Lucy giggled as she made dovey eyes at the bartender, who was currently serving the already way-too-drunk-like-seriously-guys-stop-giving-her-drinks Cana. She laughs as the bartender peels away from her before she can grab at him, making his way over to stand infront of Lucy and Levy, who give him dazzling smiles.

"I feel like bunny-girl is gunna pounce on that poor bastard." A laugh comes from Gajeel as he starts his 3rd drink in half an hour.

"Haha man, he's been punching on any girls she finds attractive lately!" Grey mixes up a few words, face slightly red from the drinking contest the three just had. He just didn't have the stamina the dragon slayers did when it came to alcohol tolerance. Which baffled Grey; Natsu didn't usually drink.

As Natsu rolls his eyes at the two, he takes another drink.

"Come on flame-brain. I was sure you'd have a zinger there." Gajeel nudges him with his elbow. "Unless…" His eyes narrow and his face turns into a mischievous grin. "You gotta thaaang for bunny-girl." His smirk grew as Natsu turned from him to "wipe his mouth" with his scarf.

Natsu shurgs. "Naw, Lucy's into guys like—" His point is proven by a wave of a hand. Grey and Gajeel turn to see Lucy and Levy fawning over the ripped bartender, who was currently juggling cups with an amazing (was he sculpted by Zeus? Really?) smile. As Gajeel's eyes narrowed, Grey suddenly felt the urge to stretch his legs. (and totally not to flee jealous dragon slayer rage.)

As Grey left with a drunken wave, Gajeel turned around and mutter something. Natsu gives him an inquisitive look, but he brushes it off. "I don't even get you." Gajeel glowers to him.

"I dunno. I think I'm pretty simple." Natsu smiles as he takes a sip from his drink.

Gajeel looks over at Natsu with an unreadable expression before turning to drop his head on the table. Natsu pulls a face, unused to seeing a depressed Gajeel. "Why don't you just go talk to her?"

Gajeel lifts his head a for a moment, but only to copy Natsu's words in a mocking tone. "Well, dummy, because we're not like you and Lucy. It would be weird if I went over right now."

"Me and Lucy?"

"Ah shut the hell up for a second, I don't wanna hear your confused 'lucy and me' bullshit." Gajeel takes a sip from his drink and looks over to Levy. His mind flashes to the moment he first met her; it was not a pleasant one. He had viciously beaten her and her team mates; the very idea made his stomach turn to this day. "….i don't even know how she can look at me."

Natsu, not willing to partake in the sob fest, challenged Gajeel to a fight. "Sweet King, flame brain, I already said we can't fight." He glowers at him. Natsu was secretly glad the topic had changed, but not for long.

"What the hell is up with you and bunny-girl anyway?" Gajeel nudges Natsu again.

Natsu casually shrugs and takes a sip from his drink. "We're nakama?" He raises an eyebrow, trying to make Gajeel feel like the foolish one.

"Bull. No 'nakama' of mine sneaks into my house at night and into my bed." He stares at the roof. "I don't even know how that girl survives; no wonder she jumps so many different guys."

Natsu finished his beverage to order another from a passing waitress. "Not my business." Natsu shrugged again.

Gajeel turns to him and stares him straight in the eye. "Alright, heres the deal, you be 100% honest with me and I'll dedicate my next song to you."

"…that's a lose-lose for me, man."

"…"

"…"

"… dick. Fine, I'll get Pantherlily to serve you for a day." Gajeel quickly threw his best friend under the bus, certain he would understand the situation.

Natsu groaned. "Fine, what is it?

"When bunny-girl has a boy toy, do you still stay in her house?"

Natsu reeled back in shock. "Of course not!"

Gajeel bursts into laughter at the Salamander. "Why not?"

Natsu started confidently, "Because…." but he falters "because Lucy and the guy need alone time?" Gajeel gave him a raised eyebrow as a response. "I don't know! It's wrong I guess!"

"Why?"

An exasperated yell of frustration. Natsu stood, not wishing to think about it. Gajeel continued to laugh as he left the Salamander seething. He moved over toward Elfman and joined in the conversation with him and a few others.

"I'm all fired up!" Natsu roars aloud, breathing a small flame into the air. Luckly, Erza was too busy with (terrified) Jet to notice him. With a grin on his face from her lack of notice, Natsu wanders over to Grey. Determined to start a fight, he starts calling the ice-mage names.

Grey ,however, was way too busy getting Juvia off of him. She acts like she hasn't seen him in years as she grips onto his sides; her empty tankards a few feet from her. Admitting that, maybe, Grey had too much on his plate at the moment, Natsu finds himself at the bar, wanting another drink.

As he stands there, a brunette saunters over to him and draps her arm over his shoulder. Natsu could barley contain the eye roll. This again?

"Natsuuuu~" She whispers in his ear, causing him to move away.

"Cana." He states simply.

"Awe, don't be like that." She frowns up at him as she leans her head on his shoulder. Cana was notorious for her…physical contact when she was drinking, lately. However, it only seemed to be aimed toward him today. "Natsu~~ lets go somewhere…together." She trailed off, lifting her eyebrows at him.

"We're here together." He points out to her.

She giggles and twirls to find herself back in her chair. At her face, Natsu can't help but laugh at her, causing said face to turn red and him to laugh more. She narrows her eyes at him and he stops his loud laughing and slowly proceeds to softly chuckle. "I mean aloooone. A.L.O.N.E." She spelled out for him in the air, and from what his spelling from Erza told him, there was no P in alone. He would ask her later if the spelling had been changed to add a P to which she would shake her head (slightly ashamed of him) and leave.

"Naw." He shrugs and takes another drink. "Wanna fight?" He grins and looks to her with excitement.

She gives him a mischievous grin and says. "Sure!"

Natsu, shocked at saying yes, jumps to his feet and grabs her hands. "Really?"

She smiles. "On one condition." She puts up one finger. He nods. "We fight with…our tongues." She grins again.

"Uh.."

"Too late!"

And without another word, Natsu is pulled into his 50th kiss of the day with Cana. Her hands intertwine with his hair and she giggles. Sighing to himself, he pushes her off. With a slight protest, she pouts at him. "Meanie!" Turning, she begins to laugh and turns toward her next target. Does that mean I'm clear for the night? I don't want to do anymore 'kissing'. yuk. He wipes his mouth and takes a drink, wanting to get rid of Cana's taste of vomit and vodka. Definitely should've gone with happy.

"Ugh, I don't even believe him. With her. She's like, 100!" Lucy shouts as she sees the lip smacking between her nakama. Levy giggles beside her as Lucy mumbles more incoherent things toward the couple.

She tsks at Lucy. "Someones showing her green."

Lucy glowers toward her, "Gajeel made a move yet?" Lucy nudges her. Levy, turning bright red, faces away from her. After a moment, Jet calls Levy over to the pool table in the back. Turning to smile at Lucy (because all is forgiven, girls just be bitches sometimez), Levy makes her way to the back, leaving her alone.

Smiling to herself, Lucy winks at the bartender. He casually makes his way over after taking another order to clean the area that just so happened to be infront of her. Oh yes, please. She thought to herself as she squeezed her boobs together, giving him a good view as she admired his biceps.

A cough from behind had startled her. She turned to see Natsu glaring at the bartender. Once Lucy turned back around, he was gone. After an exasperated moan of frustration, she turns to him. "What the hell?"

"He's a jerk. He probably gets with girls all the time after his 'job'" Natsu uses air quotes around the word job. "Besides!" He plopped down into the seat Levy had vacated. "I'm way …. hotter." He puts his hands behind his head as Lucy's eyes widen. After a second, he realizes what he had said and quickly puts his hands up defensively. "I mean! I just didn't want to say cooler because the cold sucks! Just like Grey!" He awkwardly laughs! "That cold bastard!"

"Well, I don't know about that you just said, but you were just snogging Cana over there. At least this guy hasn't kissed someone else tonight." She uses her thumb to point back at him. Her eyes widened after a moment. "Not that I think about kissing you!" She fumes, face red.

Natsu simply laughs at Lucy. Cute. He freezes for a moment before continuing in friendly conversation with her. Did I really just think that?

"Did you really just think what?" She peers at him curiously as he stated it randomly in the conversation.

"Huh?"

"Huh?"

Putting a finger on his nose, Lucy states "Boop. I'm confused." Natsu can't contain his giggles as he flicks away her finger and pulls his scarf over his face, trying to hide the smile. Shrugging, Lucy turns from him. "I just want someone to be happy with, for more than a night. Yea? Just whatever. He'll" She winks at the bartender again, "Do just fine." She nudges her silent friend. "Hey, why don't you go talk to someone."

"I am talking to someone." Natsu points out to her.

She giggles again. "I mean someone you, like."

"But I like you, Luce!" He smiles at her and takes another sip from his drink.

Despite the fact she knows that he is just casually saying those words, her heart almost leaps out of her mouth. Calm down, dummy.

She turns from him to grab another drink.

"Bet I can drink faster than you." She challenges him.

Meeting her gaze and grin, he brings up his beer.

"You're on, woman!"

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