I do not own Fairy Tail or any of the characters, unfortunately.

Thank you to my awesome beta, ShadowedSoulSpirit for taking o another story! You are amazing, and I love you so so much!

This is just an idea I had, and I decided to run with it. I will update as often as possible, but I do have two other stories I am currently working on.

Lucy found herself sitting across the table from Cana, tentatively holding a shot of vodka in one hand. Cana was busy setting up a whole line of the vile drinks in the center of the table. Her wavy brown hair hung around her face in a manner that Lucy couldn't help but find alluring. Not that she was into her friend like that. No. It was the alcohol talking.

Cana was forcing her to drink. She was only two shots in, but she could still feel a slight buzz working its way up to her head.

"Cana.."

"Don't sta~art." Cana sang while holding up a finger and winking at her blond friend. "If you don't drink with me you know what'll happen."

"Shh! Don't! I told you I would. I just don't see why you can't find someone else to drink with." Lucy pursed her full pink lips into an adorable pout that had absolutely no effect on the Card Mage.

"They all suck." The brunette brushed the question aside as if Lucy should already know the answer and went back to arranging a dauntingly long line of shots.

Lucy sighed and gave up on arguing with her alcoholic friend. She couldn't afford for Cana to spill the beans about her secret. No, that just couldn't happen. She would rather endure a drinking binge than everyone know about that.

"Alright! This time we will arm wrestle. Loser takes a shot."

"That's totally unfair!" Lucy wailed at her friend as she scooted over and took up the position for arm wrestling.

"Well. You always know your other option. You know..I could tell everyone that you have a crush on- oomph!"

Lucy leapt across the table and slapped her hand across her friend's face none too gently.

"Shhh!"

Mira closed her eyes and grinned at the two girls as her gown brushed against their table on her way to deliver a tray of beverages to a back table. With her hand still firmly planted on Cana's face, Lucy followed the white-haired mage's progress. She dropped the drinks off with the Raijinshuu and Laxus.

'Nooo' she inwardly groaned.

If Mira overheard something then it would all be over.

"Let's do this." Lucy situated herself on the bench once again, and clasped Cana's hand.

It was an easy win for Cana. While neither girl was physically strong, Cana had a lot more experience with arm wrestling. It figured she would. Lucy grudgingly took her shot and let the warmth seep into her a little further. Blinking at the taste, she looked up just in time to catch Cana downing a shot as well.

"Why did we have to arm wrestle if you were going to drink anyways?!" Her indignant shout attracted quite a few gazes.

"If I lose a round, then I'll take two shots." Gray and Natsu were thankfully busy beating each other's faces in at the moment, and Lucy glared at Wakaba and a few others until they turned away.

"Fine." She hissed vehemently at her devious friend. "This time I'll kick your ass."

Cana stood above Lucy laughing her ass off and swaying on her feet. After a multitude of silly games, Lucy was laying on the floor drunk out of her mind. Her black skirt was hitched dangerously high on her thighs, but she couldn't move to adjust it.

"C'mon," Cana slurred. "Another. You lost that game of go fish. You have to take another."

"I I can't. I'm spinning."

"If you don't then I'll tell everyone that you like hi~im." Brown hair obscured her vision as Cana leant over the poor girl and sang in her face. "He's sitting right over THERE, ya know. It wouldn't be hard to just walk right up and tell him." She was straddling Lucy in a very drunken manner at this point, with her breasts pressed into her face while she whispered the dangerous words close to her ear. Her wavering finger was no doubt pointing in the general direction of her crush.

There just wasn't much she could do. She was wasted. Cana had drank almost three times as much as her, and she was pretty drunk as well.

"Come on now, Cana. I don't think she will be conscious if she drinks any more." Lucy inwardly cheered at being saved as Mira drug the Card Mage off of her prone form and dumped her back at their table.

"No way, Mira! That's not fair! She lost the game, and now she has to drink. If she doesn't, then I'm going to tell everyone who her crush is!" Cana's face was flushed from the exertion of yelling as she leapt to her feet and glared at Lucy accusingly.

"Crush? Who does Lucy have a crush on?" Mira had been in the process of slinging Lucy's arm over her shoulder, but the shock of Cana's words startled her into dropping the poor girl back onto the floor.

"Noooo!" Lucy wailed when she saw the evil look in Cana's eyes.

"You know, this is me being nice. I could just scream it at the top of my lungs to the whole guild." With that she leaned over and whispered into Mira's ear as the oldest take over mage clasped her hands together at her breast and bounced on the balls of her feet in anticipation.

"Eeeeeek!" Lucy couldn't tell if her friend were squealing in glee or terror. All she knew was that she was absolutely doomed.

She just knew it by the look on Mira Jane's face.

Laxus had been watching the scene that the two girls were causing out of the corner of his eye with mild interest. Mostly he was just a huge pervert and waiting for Lucy's shirt to dip a little lower. He could admit that to himself. What man wouldn't want to see more of that body?

Cana's breasts were always on display. It wasn't that Laxus didn't look at the Card Mage's, because he certainly did. It was just a rare treat to watch the two girls drunk together. He was taking advantage of the situation to get a closer peek at the Celestial Mage's assets.

"Laxus." A cheerful voice interrupted his pervy time, and Laxus looked up at Mira with a scowl on his face.

"What d'ya want?" He tried to peek around her and catch another glimpse of Lucy's rear end, which was currently thrust into the air as she lay her head on the table from a standing position. Mira obviously noticed, and with a smile she side stepped to block his view.

"I just heard something interesting. As I'm sure you're aware."

Laxus glared harder. Of course he was aware. It wasn't hard to put the pieces together after that little display and then Mira making her way over to him. His Dragon Slayer hearing had allowed him to pick up on the entire conversation, even though it had taken place across the room. The only part he was unable to hear was the part that Mira was here to tell him.

"I'm not interested." He turned away from Mira and back to his glass of brandy.

His team was watching him with curious looks on their faces. Well, Evergreen looked mildly interested, and Bickslow's tongue was wagging back and forth in what Laxus assumed was some sort of curiosity. Freed was staring at Mira with a faraway look in his eyes.

A pale hand slammed into the table and knocked over his drink. Upon looking up, he found him face to face with Mira, and she was radiating a dark aura that sent shivers down his spine. Man, was he glad that he had stopped pursuing this crazy broad. He couldn't imagine dating her with her crazy demon form boiling just below the surface.

"I wasn't asking. You owe me a favor anyways."

"Whatever." He grumbled and shrugged his shoulders. There was no point in arguing with her when she was like this.

Evergreen tittered behind her fan, and Laxus shot her a venomous look that had her scurrying away for fear of his life. Freed was still staring at Mira, and Bickslow was pretending to be busy picking his nails.

"Great! So I picked a mission out for the two of you." She flashed Laxus a bright smile and slapped the paper down in front of him. "You can ask her to go with you on your way to take her home. It's the guy's job to ask the girl, after all." Mira frowned at Freed, turned away from the table, and walked back to the bar.

Laxus stared after her open-mouthed. She was crazy.

The sound of a soft choking noise brought the Lightning Dragon Slayer's attention back to the table. Freed's eyes looked like they were going to bug out of his head, and he was making a disturbing noise in the back of his throat. Bickslow had raised his visor, and was patting his friend on the back in a sympathizing manner.

"You should probably make your move, buddy. If that wasn't a hint then I don't know what is." The Sieth mage nodded his head in agreement with himself as his dolls made laps around his head in an annoying manner and voiced their approval on the matter.

This was so not happening. Laxus really wasn't interested in dating the girl. He just liked to fantasize about her naked body. There was no way he was going to let himself get bullied into this. Mira was just mad because Freed hadn't asked her out yet. It wasn't fair that she was taking it out on him like this.

He pushed his chair back with unnecessary force, and stalked after the nosy mage.

"Mira." He grabbed her arm and spun her to face him. She had just set a beer in front of Gildarts, who pretended to not notice the two standing a mere few inches away from him. "Look, I'm not interested in her like that. You will only be making things worse. Also, Freed said he wants to meet you by the pool after you close tonight."

Mira's mouth snapped shut at the last statement, and she merely watched as Laxus walked away.

With a dreamy look on her face, Mira turned and ran smack into Lucy. There were tears in the blond's eyes, and she was holding the paper Mira had left at Laxus' table. Mira could only assume that the girl had heard the exchange.

"H-how could you?" He hiccupped. She was drunk and upset and it was all Mira's fault.

"Lucy", she reached out her hand to the fleeing blond. It was too late. She was already out the door.

Matchmaker Mira had really screwed things up this time. Laxus was annoyed with her, Freed was pressured into making a move that he may or may not really want to make, and Lucy was beyond upset and embarrassed. Mira sighed and brushed her hair over her shoulder in a nervous gesture. All she wanted was to see her friends happy. It wasn't her intention to hurt anyone.

Sobbing, Lucy slammed the door shut to her apartment. She had barely made it home with shaky steps. Teetering over to her dresser, she pulled out random changes of clothes and stuffed them into her travel bag along with a few granola bars from the kitchen and some money.

Making sure her keys were strapped to her belt along with her whip, Lucy straightened her hair, and stomped down the stairs towards the train station with the request clutched in her hand. She hadn't even bothered to look at the thing. All she knew was that she had to get out of there.

Upon reaching the train station, Lucy stopped short. She knew she was drunk, but she was fairly certain that Gray was standing there with his hands in his pockets waiting for her. She realized then that she had completely lost track of him and Natsu sometime after her fifth shot. Her face burned with embarrassment at the thought of him listening in on the entire ordeal.

"Hey." He removed one hand from his pocket and cautiously waved at her.

A sob broke loose from her throat as she collapsed to her knees. Instantly he was there holding her close and allowing her to cry into his coat while rubbing a hand soothingly up and down her back.

By the time the train arrived, she had calmed down enough to pull out a compact mirror and wipe away the smudged make up from her face. She had agreed to let him come with her. He was one of her closest friends, and he pointed out that the request did require a male and female mage.

After shakily boarding the last train out of Magnolia that evening, Lucy lay her head against the cool glass of the window and watched the scenery whip by as she blanked out her mind in an effort to forget about the embarrassing events of only thirty minutes before. She hoped that by the time she returned that Laxus would have forgotten about what Mira had told him, and things could return to normal. She just didn't know how she would ever face either of them again.

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