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Erza dragged her feet towards the cafeteria of the hospital, her eyes were heavy and her body felt like a wet noodle and she still had 5 hours to go in her shift. She stalked across the room eyes gliding over everybody she saw as she poured herself a cup of coffee, holding the cup with both hands she let the warmth pour into her fingers and felt it move through her body and she sighed deeply, her brief moment of piece was interrupted as a sharp voice snapped her out of her relaxation.

"Damn Erza you look like crap." Mirajane stood in front of the red haired doctor, her childhood friend wearing the nurses uniform Erza secretly thought she didn't actually deserve as far as she knew she was never working how could she possibly earn that cap.

"Hi, nice to see you too." Erza said in an sarcastically cheery tone as she sipped at her coffee.

"Hello Erza," after a slight pause "Mira how are you two?"

Erza smiled at her only other friend Juvia she was much quieter than her white haired friend and was often the voice of reason "I'm alright what about you?"

"Can't complain," Juvia answered with a smile "Did you two here about the new head of Cardiology?"

Mirajane perked up "Yeah, he is supposed to be crazy handsome, I guarantee it will only take me a few days to add him to my list." Juvia raised her eyebrows both of the women knew about Mirajane's habits when it came to men in fact the only work she seemed to be doing ever was increasing her list of partners.

Erza snorted in boredom "As long as he does he jobs it doesn't matter to me."

"Wow, has it been that long for you?" Mirajane asked looking at her curiously

"What are you talking about now?" Erza demanded

"You know what I am talking about," Mirajane nudged her "Done anything with a guy?"

Erza glared at her "Are you serious?"

"Well you know me," Mirajane said with a smile "So what have you taken a vow of abstinence you haven't told us about?"

Erza shook her head "No, men are only good for two thing either breaking your heart or taking your time, I have neither time to cry or deal with them, I am going to make my rounds." with that she turned away from her friends and walked away.

"She really needs to get laid," Mirajane sighed "So what's new with you Juvia?"

"Not a goddamn thing." Juvia answered quickly.

Erza stalked down the corridor an angry scowl painted across her face, she stopped and took a deep breath returning to her normal controlled demeanor, while on the inside she was practically boiling over. She had only ever had one serious relationship it was a long time ago in high school with a strange boy she had met named Jellal, they had broken up on good terms but they rarely spoke with other than that she had a few flings in college that were more casual sex than anything else.

She looked down at her watch, four and a half hours to go may as well try to get some rest as contrary to popular belief she was not a robot that lived off caffeine and work, she opened the door to the on-call room, it was just a small lounge and a bed she laid down lazily and her exhaustion pushed her into sleep quickly.

A loud beeping brought her out of her sleep, and she jumped out of the bed looking at her pager, she was needed at the ER so she took off at a dead run. she slid to a stop as she rounded the corner and was handed a clip-board large accident on a freeway at least 40 injured, she walked into the operating room determined to save as many people as possible.

Almost nine hours later she emerged from the room, the last few families sat waiting outside intently hoping to her their loved ones were okay. "Your oldest son is going to be fine," Erza smiled at them their reactions gave her a sense of accomplishment that nothing compared, she was surprised when the girlfriend of the boy in question hugged her and thanking her in between sobs "Um, that's alright but I do need to get back to work would you mind letting me go?"

The girl realized her with another thank you Erza nodded and walked away, she walked into the locker room and sat down with a sigh and a groan, he heard someone walk into the room and she didn't make a move to acknowledge them, she just rubbed at her eyes tiredly with another sigh.

"How many did you lose?" The voice was male but as she didn't really feel like looking up, that's all she could discern.

"Two," she answered "And you?"

"Just one although she was pregnant so I guess two," he said sadly "The look on her husband's face when I told him that kind of heartbreak makes me want to stay away from any kind of love."

"It's not loves fault people can't drive," Erza said simply finally looking up at the man, she didn't want to be rude but technically her shift was over and she wanted to go home and get at least one night's sleep, her whole body suddenly felt like jelly and she struggled to form words in her mind as she looked at him, saying he was handsome was an understatement, he looked as though he was carve by the gods themselves, strong jaw line led to onyx colored eyes that contrasted with his pink hair to make him even more appealing on the eyes, her eyes roamed his body for a moment she could see the fact that he was fit under his scrubs she gulped and shook her head as the perverted side of her mind had a field day. She suddenly realized she had never seen him before and stood up to introduce herself "Sorry for being so rude, my name is Erza Scarlet, I am the Resident Surgeon here."

"Natsu," he said flashing her an almost seductive grin, she shivered slightly "It's my first day here actually talking about hitting the ground running."

Erza had to think really hard to make her body do as she told it too "Well welcome to the hospital," She managed to say "My shift is over so I am going to go get some rest I will talk to you tomorrow." she smiled at him as she turned around.

"I am sure I can make the time for someone as beautiful as you." Natsu replied as he got a look at her rear while she walked away before turning around to select a locker.

She was glad she wasn't looking in his direction, he cheeks flushed a furious red that rivaled her hair as she rounded the corner she took a few deep breath and waited for her heart to calm down. As she got control of the rational part of her mind, the perverted side of it was having a field day and no matter what she did Erza couldn't get it under control, the only audible sound was the click of her shoes against the pavement as she walked to her car to drive home.

A/N: All right here you go guys a little fun story! this is one of two I am going to be releasing over the next day, the next one will be released the morning and is inspired by the story "Natsu's little flame." Anyway hope you enjoyed this and I will see you guys in the next one!