Hello to whoever ends up reading this story in the internet universe! Don't get me wrong. I love Gajeel x Levy, but I'm not going to lie, something about Gajeel x Lucy intrigued me. Gajeel is possibly one of my favorite characters in Fairy Tail, and pairing him with just Lucy sounded interesting to me, and since I couldn't find many stories about this pairing I thought I would give it a try and make my first Fanfiction a Gajeel x Lucy pairing. Because this is my first fanfiction everyone is probably going to be really OOC, but just give a chance :)

Chapter 1

A loud bang followed by a puff of gray smoke came from the front of an old 69 Mustang, interrupting Laxus's conversation he was having with Bixlow about what they were going to do the following weekend. "Hey, Gajeel! How's a going over there?" Through the gray smoke, you could see the soot covered head of Gajeel pop out from behind the hood, followed by a few curse words back.

"Eh I need a break, I'm going to go take a leak."

As Gajeel passed the bickering Natsu and Grey in too much of a foul mood to even pitch in some of his own insults for the two, Laxus called back, "Hey! Don't wake Lucy!" All he received in response was a grunt before Gajeel entered the house.

Gajeel checked his watch, and it read 3: 46 am, "Eh stupid fucking car, I've been working on that shit all night, and I haven't even make a fucking dent!" Gajeel grumbled to himself while stomping down the hallway. "It's not even my fucking car! Laxus is just too much of a damn pretty boy to work on it his god damn self!" in his ranting Gajeel's voice was raised from a whisper to loud talking.

As he passed the first bedroom door he heard something, worried that he had woken up Lucy, Gajeel stopped in his tracks. He took a few hesitant steps closer to the door and listened intently. He heard Lucy's voice and it sounded distressed, but he couldn't make out what she was saying. Worried about Laxus's little sister Gajeel lightly knocked on her door, "Lucy? You alright?" Not hearing a response Gajeel knocked again, only a little harder. Having not been shut all the way, Lucy's door pushed open. Gajeel was given the source of the mumbling, which was a tossing and turning Lucy. Gajeel walked closer to her sleeping form to where he could fully see her face that was covered in a light layer of sweat.

Lucy's turned her head and mumbled out, "No, no stop. Don't do it. Leave me alone, please. Please! No!" Lucy thrashed her head back and forth.

Frightened by her sudden outburst, Gajeel gently grabbed her shoulders and proceeded to shake her, "Hey Bunny Girl. Wake up." It didn't take much to wake her because she bolted upright forcing Gajeel to take a step back.

Seeing the frightened look on her face, Gajeel immediately tried to calm her down, "Hey you alright Bunny Girl?" (or at least tried)

She snapped her head towards him at the sound of his voice, "Oh! It's just you Gajeel. Yeah, I'm fine." She ran her hands through her damp hair in an attempt to calm herself. "What are you doing in here anyway?"

A Slight blush crossed Gajeel's cheeks as he lifted his hand to scratch the back of his neck, "Uh … well, I sorta heard you mumbling in yer sleep, so I thought I'd make sure yer alright. What were ya dreaming 'bout anyway?"

"Oh" Lucy abruptly stood up from her bed and proceeded to push Gajeel out of her room. "Nothing, for you to worry about Gajeel. I appreciate you coming and checking on me, but it's the middle of the night so if you would mind leaving now."

Gajeel blushed slightly when she stood up. Giving him a full view of her short shorts showing off her long legs, and her big light blue t-shirt that was hanging off of one shoulder, showing her bare neck. He had to admit he's always been a little interested in Bunny Girl. Who was he kidding, she was beautiful, but Laxus would kill him if he ever found out that he was crushing on his little sister, even if she was only a year younger than him.

Lost in thought he was brought back to reality when Lucy started to push him out of her room. Gajeel frowned at her actions, but let her push him towards her bedroom door. He dug his feet in at her door way and spun around, "Are ya sure you're alright Bunny Girl?"

Lucy waved off his question, "Yes, yes I'm fine Gajeel." Lucy proceeded to close her door in his face.

Stumped at her odd behavior Gajeel had to admit he was a little worried about her. She, at least from what he had seen of her at school and when she was with Laxus, was always happy, but just now she seemed sad and weighed down by something. A look he just didn't seem to think suited her. He much preferred the smiling Lucy, not this one who seemed to have the weight of the world on her shoulders. Sighing loudly, Gajeel shrugged and made his way back to the garage, having forgotten the bathroom stop he originally came for.

When Lucy closed her bedroom door turned around to lean against her door, sliding down to the floor she pulled her knees up to her chest. She wrapped her arms around herself. Images of her dream flashed before her eyes. Her father with a beer bottle in his hand slowly walking towards her. Other images of him hitting and screaming at her, and memories of him hitting Laxus for trying to protect her. She squeezed her eyes shut and gripped her arms tighter, fighting back tears. No. She would not cry, she would not be a victim again. Lucy clenched her fists; her family had left him a year ago, and even though he couldn't hurt her or her family anymore the nightmares wouldn't stop. This one, in particular, was one of the worst.

Why did Gajeel have to find her? Why couldn't he have just let her be? During the day when she isn't plagued by nightmares she is happy and can even sometimes forget what has happened to her in the past, but at night she couldn't hide her pain. Laxus is the only one who truly knows what she is going through, yet even he has a hard time comforting her. Their mom was always out of town working so she was hardly every home. Laxus is all she has. He is the only one who truly knows her, but now Gajeel as seen a part of herself that she didn't want to share with anyone.

Lucy stood and proceeded to change into some workout clothes and put on her running shoes. At times like these Lucy found that running could help her calm down. Something about running out all of her anger and sorrow helped. She then pulled her long blonde hair up into a pony tail and exited her room. She was heading for the door into the garage. She knew her brother's friends were out there, but at this point, she didn't care. Going through the garage was the quickest way out and if she didn't start running soon, she was going to fall apart.

Hopefully, you liked it! If not, give me some constructive feedback about it. Hopefully, I can improve in the future.