I present to you, Chapter two!I just graduated college today so i felt happy and in the mood to write, hence why this chapter has come to you so soon!

As usual i don't own Fairy Tail and sorry for any OOC And just so you know the slashes mean a scene change or a new point of view

Chapter Two: Mission, What mission?

Blondie hadn't been to the guild in three days. He hadn't meant to notice it, wasn't like he cared but he couldn't get the picture of absolute grief that had been her face out of his head. He glanced at her team and noticed the two male mages were stealing glances at each other when they though no one was watching. He really had been surprised at the fat that the two of them had been hooking up without anyone noticing. He realised that all the fights they got in must have been just an excuse to touch each other. No matter how caught up the two were with each other it did not mean that the blondes absence hadn't been noticed. His dragon hearing strained just slightly to pick up the worry in Natsu's voice as he regaled his team with news of how Lucy had downright refused to let him in to her apartment.

Laxus sighed and swept his eyes round the room before he found a slight blue haired girl in a corner with the steel dragon as her company. He stared at Gajeel until the man finally turned toward him with a sneer, his eyes asking the lightning dragon what the hell he wanted. He looked back to Fairy Tails "strongest team" then back to Gajeel as if to say 'notice something missing?' Gajeel rolled his eyes and shrugged 'What's it to me?' his posture seemed to say. Gajeel was about to return his attention to the shrimp beside him when Laxus caught his eye once more and pointed at Levy 'Sure, doesn't matter to you, but what about her?'

Gajeel sighed and leaned his head down toward Levy's ear subconsciously inhaling her scent. "Hey Shrimp it seems like fire brain has been louder than usual where's bunny girl to keep him in check?" Levy bit her lip and looked at the three mages and the little blue exceed. "Lucy said she had to talk to Natsu the other night. But I haven't seen her. Maybe I should go check on her." Levy closed her book and stood shooting Gajeel a smile before making her way out of the guild. Gajeel growled low in his throat in annoyance, the noise easily reaching Laxus's ears. The thunder dragon smirked and spun around positive that the solid script mage would cheer up the small blonde. Not that he cared.

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Levy knocked on the door loudly and huffed in exasperation she had been at the door for at least four minutes and Lucy had refused to open it. "Lu-Chan if you don't open this door now I will get Natsu and Grey to break it down!" She heard a chocked sob and stopped mid knock in surprise. "Lu-Chan? Please open the door, I'm worried." Finally the solid script mage heard the lock click. She waited a moment then carefully opened the door and poked her head in. The celestial mage was curled up on her couch, her hair a ratty mess and her clothes oversized. "Oh Lu-chan." Levy rushed to her friend and wrapped her in a hug. "He turned you down?" Lucy shook her head. "You couldn't do it?" Lucy shook her head again and Levy pulled back in confusion. "What happened?"

Lucy opened her mouth and a sob rang out she threw her arms around the bluenette and after a few more sobs she forced out the words that had been running through her mind over and over. "He's gay!" Levy cocked her head to the side and tried very hard not to smile at the ridiculous notion. "What do you mean Lucy? The whole of Fairy Tail knows he's head over heels for you." Lucy violently shook her head. She scrubbed her hands against her face and began to tell her best friend the whole story starting from her resolution to confess and then continuing with what happened after her and Laxus found the two volatile mages making out.

*****Flashback*****

"Well was not expecting that one." Lucy's large brown eyes swiveled to the side to see Laxus right beside her leaning against the wall and smirking. Lucy covered her mouth with her hand and stared at him incredulously. "How can you just stand there?" The thunder dragon slayer shrugged. "I'm not the one in love with one of those brats." Lucy's eyes swiveled back to the sight in front of her and chocked down a sob. The two had separated and Lucy knew she had mere moments before they caught her starring. Suddenly there was a hand roughly grabbing her upper arm and jerking her back through the guild doors before the two boys could turn to go back inside.

Lucy wrenched her arm out of Laxus's grip and glared up at him, her vision slightly blurry due to the tears filling her eyes. "Come on Blondie it's not the end of the world, he's just a boy." Lucy fought the urge to slap him, it wasn't the blonde dragon slayers fault he just so happened to be by her side when she was so upset. Instead of physically hitting the ginormous man in front of her she glared at him. "How would you know? You've never had a broken heart before. Not that you have a heart to break." She snarled before storming out of the guild right pat Natsu and Grey who were heading back inside. "Hey Luce! Where are you going?" The happy voice calling after her just made her run faster toward her home.

*********End Flashback***********

Levy gave a low whistle as her friend finished her story. "Wow Lu-Chan that was a bit harsh." Lucy's mouth gaped open. "I just told you I saw the man I love in the arms of another and that's the part you find important? That I yelled at Laxus?" Levy shrugged a bit and pulled her friend in to another hug, running her fingers through tangled blonde hair. "Are you going to hide in here forever?" Lucy nodded and Levy sighed. "Some food for thought for ya Lu-chan. Do you really love Natsu? Or do you love the idea of the two of you being together?" Lucy pushed away from her friend, suddenly furious. "What's that supposed to mean?! Of course I love Natsu!" Levy shook her head and placed a light kiss on her friends' forehead before standing up and heading to the door. "Just don't let Fairy Tail dictate who you should be with. Just because they thought you two were meant to be doesn't mean there isn't someone who truly is meant to be with you." She sighed deeply at the back of her friends head. "You know where to find me if you want to talk."

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It took another two days before Lucy could be seen hesitantly walking in to the guild hall. Her hair was brushed and her clothes were the usual skimpy top and skirt. "LUUUUUCYYYYY!" She glanced in the direction of the yell and opened her arms right before Happy barrelled in to her chest. His eyes were large and watery as he looked up at the blonde mage. "Lucy we missed you. Why wouldn't you talk to us?" His voice was whiny and Lucy couldn't help but melt at the small exceed. "I'm sorry Happy, I just... Wasn't feeling well." "Well I'm glad you're feeling better! I was hoping the team could go on a quest soon! After all your rent must be coming up right!" Lucy's body stiffened at the voice from behind her. She slowly spun around to see Natsu smiling goofily at her. Her heart felt like it was breaking all over again as she stared at her ignorant friend. "Oh, ah-I" She stuttered before she felt a heavy arm drape across her shoulders. "Sorry flame brain but Blondie and I already have plans for a mission." Her brown eyes looked up at the bored face of Laxus who was staring down the fire eater as if daring him to dispute that fact.

"Luce?" Natsu sounded confused and he looked at his frozen best friend. He opened his mouth to question her but she cut him off. "Sorry Natsu." She tried to make her voice sound less hollow.

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Laxus didn't have to intervene. In fact he had no clue as to why he had. He was perfectly content to watch the Blonde get increasingly more flustered but her words from the other night rang in his head. 'Not that you have a heart to break.' He couldn't help but want to prove the blonde wrong and as she floundered in front of the pink haired idiot. He hadn't realized what he was doing until he wrapped himself around the slighter body and spoke to the pink haired mage. He could feel the incredulous stares of his team boring in to his back and new he was going to have to face their questions at some point. A grin spread across his lips as Lucy apologized to her friend then carefully handed him the flying blue cat. Laxus used the arm around her shoulders to carefully steer her to the mission board where he plucked a random mission off the wall and smirked at a slightly shell shocked blonde.

Let me know what you think! constructive criticism welcome but please no need to be rude :) The more i hear that people like it the more likely you are to get chapters or you know as long as this little plot bunny hops around my mind :P I'm working on making the chapters longer but part of me feels this may be the normal length through out the story, Let me know if it's to short please!