"Levy, don't forget you have to stay late tomorrow night to start training the newbie!" I hear my manager calling from inside the storage room.

"Not in million years would I forget!" The day he had come in to retrieve an application, I was out sick. All the barmaids were talking about him, day in and day out. No one would tell me anything about him, some were intimidated by him while others kept saying how attractive he was.

"That's right, you're the only one who hasn't seen him." The white haired woman pokes her head around the door frame. "He's very handsome and well built, I think he will be a good addition to your crew, since it's just you and Lucy on the floor. He should be able to help you girls with the drunk men." Mira comes out with a crate of varied liquor. I put the rag down that I was using to clean the bar with and scramble over to help her carry it out. Her blue eyes are sparkling, like she has something devious planned for me.

"Won't you tell me even one thing about him Mira? I'm dying to know! I'm the one training him, I deserve to know!" We successfully set the box on the bar and begin to empty the bottles onto the shelves behind it, replacing the empty ones we'd thrown away throughout the night.

"Okay," She places a rum bottle on the bottom shelf. "He has a few piercings on his face." She giggles to herself and places more bottles in empty spaces.

"Oh c'mon Mira,that's not fair!" Her answer is just a 'hm', she just continues to decorate the wood shelves with varied types of liquor. I can't help but give in. I'll meet him tomorrow I suppose.

"I'll see you tomorrow Levy!" Her voice follows me out the door, just realizing that I'd left.

"Good night, Mira." The childish part of me was pouting because no one was willing to spill anything.

While fixing my short blue hair into a yellow headband I was thinking about the new guy. I hadn't slept last night, it was racking my mind, what does he look like, what kind of person is he? A large part of me is worried that he's not going to be a good person, the last male Mira had hired turned out to be a total pervert, his name was Leo, if I remember correctly. He'd harassed both Lucy and I almost every day, the reason for a male to be out on the floor with us was so we wouldn't have that problem and if we did, he could throw the person out. So I guess one could say he was a bouncer who served drinks in his free time.

"Hopefully," I find myself mumbling, "He's going to be a better guy than the last." One last time, I take a look in the full body mirror, the yellow dress hugged my hips, it's a little short but it's my favorite. The optional sleeves add a cute touch to the look. Of course, if the guy was cute and smart, I'd want him to have a high opinion of me.

"Levy!" Lucy, my blonde haired friend, crashes into me as I walk through the back door of Fairy Tail, the bar Mira manages. She gazes at me with wonder in her brown eyes, her large chest still in contact with my small one. "What took you so long? The new guy is here and he's waiting on you!" I always come in early to help set up before we officially open for the night. However, my lack of sleep was making me a little slower than I normally am.

"Sorry Lu, rough night. Where is he?" As I place my purse in my locker, I wrap my apron around my waist. She points out to the bar and I begin to walk out to meet him. New people aren't my thing so it's normal for me to get nervous but this was almost ridiculous, my heart was beating incredibly quick. As I enter the bar area I see the back of his head, long, spikey, jet black hair, very tall, muscular physique. He wears a dark green bandanna, a long black trenchcoat with a grey tank top. His pants are also black. All...black? Mira nods in my direction.

"Speaking of which, this is Levy, she is going to be showing you the ropes." He turns around and looks down at me with ruby red eyes. "She's the be-"

"This little shrimp?" He interrupts her and scrunches up his face. When she said a few piercings I thought she meant ears and maybe one on his nose. They are everywhere, his nose, eyebrows, arms, below his lips and on his chin. I wouldn't doubt there were more in places I just couldn't see.

"Yes!" Mira walks over to me with the grace she always carries herself with, her pink dress following her. "She knows everything there is to know about Fairy Tail." She places her hands on my shoulders. However, I can't keep myself from staring up at the man. Indeed he is handsome, but he is also very intimidating.

"Gihi, the names Gajeel, Shrimp." Without missing a beat I shove my hand in his direction.

"My name is Levy, not Shrimp." He takes my hand with a firm yet gentle grip. Such big hands.

"Nice to meet ya Shrimp." A sigh leaves my lips, this man is going to be difficult to deal with.

"And this is the back, every day from now on you will be leaving and entering through the back door." I point to the heavy metal door that I had entered in just a few moments earlier, but when I look over to Gajeel he's sifting through the lockers bordering the smallest wall in the boxy room. "Gajeel!" Without knowing what I was doing, I'd already stomped over to him and tore the items he was messing with out of his hands. "The things in these lockers are the belongings of those of us who work here. Do not touch them without permission." Looking down to my hands I see that it's Mira's extra dress. "You will be assigned your own locker later."

"Feisty little thing aren't ya? Gihi, it was not like I went through her purse or anything." My face grew warm with anger, breathing it out I told him,

"That's irrelevant, don't do it again." I walk out before I lose control of my anger.

"Touchy." He whispers under his breath and follows me out.

"Now, every bottle has a cap that measures out how much goes in the drinks. Use them, you can find extras for new bottles under the counter. As well as all the glasses and dish rags, except martini glasses. Those are in the center here." I walk over to the middle of the back wall, in between all the liquor is a small table like area holding the glasses. He watches my every move like a hawk.

"So now you decide to pay attention?" My hand finds its way to my hip which swings to the side.

"Don't wanna upset ya again Shrimp, after all, I need this job." He crosses his arms over his chest and grins, his teeth showing.

"Ugh, moving on." I spin on my heels and walk around the bar to the customer's domain. "There are both tables and booths, every time someone leaves they are to be bussed and wiped off. What you see is what you get, there are no assigned tables, you see someone who needs a drink, you serve them."

"That all? Seems easy enough."

"That's not all, you have one extra job. If someone is acting out or sexually harassing Mira, Lucy, or I, you have to throw them out after we tell them to stop." His face grows serious.

"Do ya get a lotta that around here?" His muscles tense and his arms find their way to his sides.

"No, not a lot, but enough for it to be a serious issue. No one is a serious threat to anyone's life though." His shoulders relax a bit. Perhaps he's afraid?

A/N:

Please let me know what you think! This is the first story that I've had to courage to post so please go easy on me. Thank you so much for reading this! I hope you guys enjoy reading it, I'm going to work hard and get new chapters out at the very least once a week. I appreciate you all very much =^*^=