Okay first chapter is up! Rated M beacuse, well.. you'll understand when more chapters is published! :)

Hope you'll enjoy this first chap even though it's a little sad and gloomy. I have a great idea of where this story is going (at least I think so). Might take some time before next one is out, I'm in the middle of moving right now :/

Disclaimer : Fairy Tail still belongs to Hiro Mashima! :)

And please exuse any errors in the text! Thank you so much for reading! :D

I got a review from someone saying that Gray isn't a bad guy in Fairy Tail and that's right! But I needed a bad guy for this fic, and Gray was unfortunate this time! But as I said to the person who left the review; I'll make it up to him by making him a good-guy in a fic sometime! I love Gray! :)

All This Time

"Congratulations you guys!" it sounded from all over the guild hall. Everybody cheered and smiled, some even cried a little. Lucy and Gray stood in the middle of the guild, holding hands. They had just announced that they were dating and everyone wanted to know it had happened. Levy was asking how she had gotten Gray to admit his feelings while glancing over at Gajeel. Erza and Mira sat down with a heartbroken and furious Juvia. She was already planning ways to get rid of her lifelong love-rival Lucy. Had she only eliminated her earlier!

"Wow, I didn't even know you had a thing for each other!" Cana said, slurping down a bottle of booze. How had Lucy landed a guy like Gray, while she was still alone and lonely?

"Well, it sort of just happened. Gray was really cute and, yeah I don't know what to say. I'm happy" Lucy smiled as she held Gray's arm. He looked at her with a grin. "Yeah, you just couldn't resist me, could you babe?"

"Hey Luce, congratulations. Even though I really don't understand what you see in that ice-bastard" Natsu gave Gray a harsh look, but quickly smiled back at Lucy. "As long as you're happy so am I!" He gave her a clap on the shoulder in approval. She looked at him with wide eyes. She had been a little worried about Natsu finding out about them, but it seemed like he was ok with it and that to Lucy's relief. "Thanks Natsu" she smiled and gave him a kiss on the cheek. "But remember, you'll always be my teammate. Don't you dare stop coming on jobs with me!" he pointed a demanding finger at her and smirked. "I promise. I still have to keep an eye on you so you don't go berserk" she chuckled.

Later, after Lucy had gone home Natsu found Gray sitting at the bar and walked over to talk to him. "Hey bastard, just because Lucy is dating you it doesn't change anything about us. You still annoy the shit out of me!" Natsu had a very serious face and didn't wait for any response from Gray. He added "You better take care of her, she's my teammate you know!" his face was up close to Gray's, but he didn't seem to care. He just sipped on his drink and didn't even flinch at him. "Calm down fire-brain." He took another sip. "I care about her as well."

"If you hurt her, I'll kick your sorry ass!" Natsu turned around and left Gray to his drink. Natsu really was happy for Lucy and Gray, but if Gray hurt his Luce he would make him pay. Gray tsk'ed at him and went off somewhere, leaving most of his clothes behind.

A few months went by and everything was going as it usually was. Gray and Natsu were constantly fighting, Lucy was whining about not having enough rent and Happy's rejections from Carla got worse by the day. What changed the oh-so-idyllic everyday life in Fairy Tail happened a Saturday when Natsu and Gray sat surprisingly quiet together at a table in the back of the main hall.

"How are things with Lucy?" Natsu had been so curious, but he didn't want to ask Lucy, she would only go on and on about how amazing Gray was. The thought made him sick. Asking Gray seemed better, Natsu already knew how great Lucy was.

"Good I guess."

"Just good, is something wrong?"

"There one thing that bothers me. A lot!"

"What?" Natsu was surprised, they had only been together for about eight weeks and there was already trouble in paradise?

"She's great and everything, but she won't give it up to me. I'm getting really tired of her being such a prude!"

Natsu looked confused. Give him what? Money? Had she borrowed clothes from him that she didn't return? Well, probably not the last one. Gray couldn't really care less about clothes, so what was he talking about? He thought about asking, but he knew Gray would start mocking him for not getting what he meant, and Gray's face was already looking way to punchable. No, I'll let it be. Probably not that big of a problem anyway.

On his way home Natsu ran into Cana who was on her way home from the store, she had bought sake to satisfy ten men. "Hey Natsu! Come out with me tonight, we never hang out!" she was already a bit drunk and her breath stank of booze. Natsu's sensitive nose flinched at the strong smell "Nah, sorry Cana. I've gotta go home and make food for Happy" he tried to be polite but had to back up when she stuck her face in his. "Hmm.. is something wrong?" she lifted her brow at him, and chuckled. "No" he turned his head dismissively and stuck his hands in his pockets. "Hey Cana… I spoke to Gray about Lucy today. And he said something I didn't understand"

"Well there's a shock" she put her arm around him and grinned. "What can I explain for you my very flaming hot friend?"

"He said he was tired of Lucy being a… what was it again… a prune? No, prude! And that she didn't give it to him… do you know what she has that she don't want to give him?"

Cana's face lit up in a high pitched laughter and she almost fell to the ground. Natsu had to hold her up by her waist. "Ah Natsu, you ignorant, cute little dragon-boy" she grabbed his shoulder to keep her balance "He was talking about sex. Lucy probably won't have sex with him. She won't give it to him." she opened a bottle of sake and chugged it down faster than Erza could requip. "Typical Lucy… I knew she couldn't handle a boyfriend." Cana winked at Natsu as she stumbled ahead. Natsu thought for a second it would be best to walk her home, but he would never get out of her house if he took her. He had done that a couple of times before and Cana always got very clingy, trying to remove his pants. He didn't understand why, her house wasn't that warm.

When Natsu finally got home Happy had fallen asleep on the couch. No need to make you any food, you lazy blue cat. He went into his bedroom and sat down on the bed. He tossed his clothes on the floor, except his scarf, he carefully rolled it together and laid it on his bedside. The mail from the day before was in the windowsill, so he decided to see if there was something worth reading. He grabbed The Weekly Sorcerer and opened it on a random page. A huge picture of Lucy and Gray holding hands was the centrefold along with an interview of the two of them, the headline said :Reach For The Stars; GraLu – Fairy Tail's Newest Couple Open The Doors To Their Love Natsu remembered Lucy telling him about the interview, she had been so excited. He looked at the picture, Gray had his usual carefree face and Lucy was holding his hand and smiling with both mouth and eyes. Natsu thought about what Cana had told him earlier about how Lucy didn't want to sleep with Gray, why was that? More importantly: why was it such a big problem for Gray? Gray had told him that it had bothered him a lot, but honestly Natsu didn't understand why. Sure sex was probably a good thing, Natsu really wouldn't know, but he liked to think that just being with a girl you like would be more than enough to make someone happy. Well, clearly it wasn't enough for Gray, and Natsu suddenly felt angry at Gray for saying something so shallow. It suddenly struck Natsu that it should be him in that picture with Lucy. If it had been him he would hold around her and smile as wide as he could, because he knew he would be happy. Gray just looked like he had better things to do. Just the sight of his face made Natsu want to punch a wall.

Natsu held the picture close to his face and held his hand over that stupid Gray. He looked deep into picture-Lucy's eyes. Those big brown eyes stared back at him and he got a warm and fuzzy feeling in his stomach. Not the usual type of warm feeling, no it was something else. He laid down on the bed and let the magazine fall to the floor. He looked up in the ceiling and let out a loud sigh. Why was he suddenly feeling so sad and alone? Was it because of the picture, the thought of Gray holding Lucy? His Luce? Or maybe he had eaten some bad flames? He didn't know. All he knew is that he had an empty feeling inside him and it made him want to cry out. He soon fell asleep but it was a troubled sleep, full of nightmares and sadness. The dream ended with Lucy leaving his team, leaving him. He tried to reach out to her, he had to make her stay. It was too late, she was already in the arms of another. Cold arms, the ice-bastards arms.

The next day started bad for Natsu, the dream from the night before was haunting him and the empty feeling was still like a stone in his gut. He went out the door with a sleepy Happy flying next to him. It was raining. Of course it was raining. Just perfect. The grey clouds felt like soul sucking cotton-monsters. Happy felt Natsu's bad mood, but he knew the dragon slayer better than anyone, and in a time like this Natsu was better left alone. Natsu was slowly walking the familiar path to the guild, the rain pouring down his face like streams out to the ocean. "I'll fly ahead" Happy said, giving him a vague smile. "Feel free."

Natsu didn't even know why he was in such a bad mood. It couldn't have been just some bad flames. It had to be something else. Lucy…

He entered the guild soaking wet. Mira yelled at him to dry off and not drip all over the floor. He lit himself on fire and poofed out all dry, still with a gloomy look on his usually happy face. He saw Happy sitting with Carla and Wendy. For some reason he didn't want to talk to Happy, or anyone for that matter. He wanted to go home and sleep.

Cana, Levy and a still depressed Juvia waved him over to them. Well, Juvia didn't really care at all, but she was there. "Why the long face, Natsu?" Levy asked

"Nothing"

Cana and Levy looked at each other, they both had the same thought. Natsu sat down and rested his chin in his palms.

"Could it be that you're a little sad today, Natsu?" Cana smiled at him, but he wasn't in the mood for her jokes.

"I'm fine"

"Is it because of Lucy and Gray?" Levy laid her hand on his shoulder and gave him a concerned smile.

"No" he sighed "Yes…" it was no use trying to deny it. He was jealous and it tore him apart.

Just then Lucy and Gray walked in the door, holding hands under the same umbrella. Gray immediately saw Natsu's depressed face and grinned. He gave Lucy a big wet kiss, slapped her ass and went to order a drink from Mira. Lucy was left standing in the doorway, looking a little confused. Then she saw Natsu sitting with the other girls and headed in their direction. Natsu saw her coming over and stood up. He couldn't face Lucy right now. Her smile and voice would make him even worse. When Natsu passed her on the way out she grabbed his arm. "Where are you going? If it's to a job I really want to come with you!" she smiled and Natsu could feel his whole inside twist in pain. He shook her hand off and ran out.

"Wha- Natsuu!" She yelled after him but he didn't turn back.

"What was his deal?" she sat down with Levy and Cana, Juvia had gone to Gray and was trying to convince him to be with her instead of Lucy.

Levy and Cana just looked at each other, and figured they wouldn't say anything, for now.

Natsu had run trough Magnolia and was sitting on a hill looking down on it. He was still panting, trying to force himself to think about something other than Lucy. How could he feel this way? He loved Lucy, but not in that way. Well, now he did. Or at least he thought he did. He closed his eyes and her face instantly popped into his head. Why are you so perfect!?

"WHY!?" the scream didn't reach far trough the heavy rain. I have to be happy for Lucy! Why can't I just be happy for her? God I hate Gray! His thoughts were flustered, he wanted to be ok with it, but he couldn't. Why now?

End of chapter one

This fic is inspired by an AMV from Youtube made by xgodofwar2fan09x! I saw the video and it just made sense to make a fic about it. The plot is a bit different though.. No Gray in the AMV, but yeah.. I changed it a bit, but the main focus is the same :) you can watch the AMV here : watch?v=aoGXX0y886Q I really love this AMV and the song so please check it out!