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The Second Christmas

Christmas in Fiore is slightly different, shopping wise. Instead of the shops closing on Christmas day, they're closed after 3pm. clearing that up before the questions. ;)

In a certain apartment there lay a blonde sleeping peacefully, before she was awoken by the sun's rays gleaming at her. It was finally Christmas. The blonde jumped up forgetting the fact that she didn't have a Christmas tree to run to. Remembering this a frown was placed on her excited face, stupid Natsu and Gray had to cause so much trouble on their last mission, because of that she had to pay some of the money for repairs and the rest for her rent, now she was stuck without a tree! However master did say they have a traditional tree at Fairy Tail so it was okay. The blonde eyed the clock, seeing it was only 9am she thought on what she should do until 6pm…

"For goodness sake! I forgot to buy a dress!" She thought out loud thinking why she didn't. The chocolate orbed girl got up and checked her Fairy Tail themed calendar, this month's picture consisted of Team Natsu dressed up Christmas themed. Natsu had a red Santa's scarf instead of his usual one plus his normal outfit, Erza wore red gloves matching her red skirt, Erza being Erza of course wore her armour for the photo-shoot. Lucy had been wearing a red outfit which was exactly the same as her blue and white one but red… The designers thought it was best if she wore a Santa's hat on her blonde hair, Gray didn't look much different apart from the fact he was wearing clothes! Anyway he wore black trousers with the usual chain hanging, the Christmas-sy part was him wearing a Santa themed coat, the blonde laughed at the fact that the raven haired mage refused to wear a top underneath or button the coat up allowing the audience to see his perfectly toned 6 pack. Lucy looked at the date and in small red pen was written:

Dress shopping with Mira, Erza and Levy-chan at 9:45am :)

"Ohhhhh…" Lucy responded remembering the agreement that the girls had the other day. "Wait what?! 9:45?!" She repeated only having 45- sorry now 44 minutes to get ready. As fast as lightning the female grabbed random clothes from her closet and dashed into the bathroom.

48 minutes later Lucy exited the bathroom coming out in a crimson pullover sweater and dark blue skinny jeans, her hair was out.

"Yo Lucy!" A voice suddenly greeted her, turning around she saw Natsu and Happy on her bed grinning like morons.

"Natsu! How many times do I have to tell you to not let yourself in all the time?" Lucy complained as they shrugged not really bothered about it.

"Yeah yeah, you tell us that all the time! I don't see the point! Anyway, how long do you take to shower! We're late!" The pink haired mage told her and as soon as Lucy had put her converse on and grabbed her bag the guy took her hand dragging her out of the apartment.

"Natsu!" Lucy was about to complain again when the male just gave her his signature grin in response. "Merry Christmas Natsu." Lucy smiled. It's Christmas and this was Natsu, Lucy needed to let everything go for today.

"Merry Christmas to you too, Luce." He answered. The two ran (well Lucy forcefully ran due to the fact that he was pulling her along) while Happy flew above them thinking what events could happen today.

The trio arrived at the shops with Natsu and Happy arguing on how much weight Lucy has gained and Lucy with a murderous look on her face.

"NATSU HAPPY! It is impolite to talk about a girl's weight like that!" Erza exclaimed silencing the two.

"Especially when she's with you…" The raven haired guy muttered as Lucy sent his a glare.

"Sorry minna! I didn't mean to be so late! I forgot about today!" Lucy apologized, the rest shook their heads knowingly: Lucy could be so forgetful sometimes.

"It's okay Lu-chan no harm done! Oh and Cana has joined us." Levy replied as the blonde tilted her head in confusion.

"Not to be rude but… Why?"

"Well Lucy if you guys are looking for dresses the guys have to look for suits! They have no style though so this is why I'm here! Don't worry I've already bought mine." Cana explained smiling, Lucy nodded her head understandingly.

"Not you too!" Gray groaned.

"Yeah we were hoping you'd disagree or something!" Natsu agreed slapping his hands to his face.

"What do you expect?! Knowing you guys, Natsu you'd probably buy food instead of clothing, Happy you would be there accompanying you with fish, and you Gray, would not buy anything at all preferring to go to the party naked!" Lucy told them pointing her finger at each individual, the guys rolled their eyes at her behavior. There goes their lucky escape.

"Now that we've got that understood, let's go shopping!" Mira announced as they all split off.

The girls happily walked into many shops, examining dresses and chatting, the guys however were moaning and groaning at everything they saw. 'Why are girls so excited with buying clothes?' Was the thing they were thinking of. About an hour and a half later the girls were soon fed up. They couldn't find a decent shop and even if they did the Christmas clothing and party stuff would be sold out.

"This sucks… Too bad we didn't come earlier." Lucy said exiting their 33rd shop.

"We couldn't, remember Lu-chan? Mira was too busy bartending, Erza was on a long period mission I was also busy buying presents." Levy reminded the blonde as she sighed in defeat.

"It's true though, there isn't a good shop anywhere!" The scarlet haired female complained frustrated, one more shop with no good clothing and she was going to start planning murders.

"I don't know what to do…" Mira muttered as they all sat on a bench, slightly exhausted. Then out of nowhere the blue eyed female thought of something! "Wait! There is a shop that I went to last year for a dress!" Mira exclaimed as all eyes were now on her.

"Which is…?"

"Um… Josey's? No… Jenna? No… Wait! Jemma's Jewels!" Mira told them s Lucy's eyes gleamed.

"I know that shop! It's like a street away!" With that the four girls speed walked to the store full of hope, while the people walking by gave them strange looks. They arrived at the fancy purple shop, walking in they could tell it was a very expensive place indeed.

"Hello? Madame Jemma?" Mira called out and just then a very tall lady with purple hair and false eyelashes came into view. She was wearing very high, high heels and professional clothing.

"Mira? Oh Mira dear! Nice to see you!" Jemma hugged Mira as the white haired female gave an awkward chuckle.

"Nice to see you too, Madame Jemma. We need a favour though." Letting go of Mira the lady had a face of confusion and she had also just noticed the other three.

"Yes?"

"Well you see, we need dresses for the Fairy Tail party…" Mira trailed off as Jemma gave a knowing look.

"Again Mira? Oh dear you've got to stop shopping so late!" This is when the lady noticed Lucy properly. "I know you! You came to my shop once! Lana? Lilly?"

"Lucy, mam." Lucy replied as the purple haired lady nodded.

"Sorry to destroy this reunion but we really need our dresses." Erza interrupted, Jemma's eyes dazzled in excitement as she ordered the girls to follow her. An hour later the girls were still looking for the perfect dress, but had no luck.

"This is hopeless!" Levy shouted annoyed and saddened at the fact of no dress. At this point the girls were thinking they couldn't attend the party at all, their hope was getting crushed. Madame Jemma stood at the counter thinking, the lady had a secret but she didn't know if she could trust the girls, what if they tell the rest of Magnolia? That's not like them though, these were Fairy Tail mages, and they protected Magnolia, heck the protected the whole of Fiore loads of times. Jemma's mind was made up, she was just going to have to take a risk with these girls. Gathering the young women, she looked at them quite seriously.

"Girls, my designs are indeed popular." Jemma stated as the girls nodded. "However there is something I haven't told anyone."

"Madame Jemma?" Mira questioned worried.

"I don't share all of my dresses… I have a secret collection." She admitted, taking them to a secret door tucked behind a line of clothing. As soon as the woman opened the door they all gasped in shock, there in front of the girls were 4 gorgeous dresses. Without hesitation they ran to different dresses, examining them with glee.

"This is amazing!" The petite blue haired girl expressed, clearing loving the dress in front of her. Lucy and Mira went up to the lady thanking her and telling her she shouldn't worry about the secret as they wouldn't tell 'another soul.'

"Come girls! Time to try these things out!" After the crimson haired girl announced this they all headed for the changing rooms, Erza went in first. The scarlet haired female came out in a navy blue one shoulder cocktail dress. The dress hugged her body perfectly it was also a mini dress, this suited Erza perfectly.

"Wow Erza! You look gorgeous!" Levy told her as the other grinned. Next was Mira, who looked quite calm about it. Mira came out in a plum coloured high low dress which stopped halfway in between her thighs and the back went all the way to her legs. It was a sleeveless dress and the waist was carefully decorated with silver stones.

"That's Mira for you, she looks good in nearly everything, especially that dress!" Jemma exclaimed adoring it. Next was our cute little Levy. One thing about Levy is that she's always wearing cute clothes but never wore the fun sexy type, so when she came out in her dress the girls were stunned. The girl came out in a yellow v neck chiffon dress. The sides were cut into a slit, the back was open and at the bottom of the dress there was another slit so you could see most of her right leg.

"Levy… You… Gajeel is going to love you." Lucy breathed out as the other smiled in appreciation.

"Really?!" The girls on replied with a nod, you could literally see the delight coming from her! Next was Lucy's turn as she went in nervous. What if the dress didn't fit her, what if it exposed too much? Leaving her depressing thoughts she put it on and came out looking at the ground instead of her friends. The blonde was wearing a short gold sequin dress, it had a strapless sweetheart neckline and a sparkly bodice awash of gold sequins. The skirt was layered with what looked like tulle and had another handful of sequins sprinkled on to give it a 'flirtatious' look. Instead of jaws dropping all the girls had a smile on their faces as the blonde was now puzzled.

"Lucy, don't be shy, you look gorgeous." Erza stated as the girl looked up.

"Yeah! I'm sure Gray will love you!" Mira and Levy exclaimed as Lucy's eyes widened and nearly tripped over her own feet.

"Wh-what? What- what do you mean by Gray?" She stuttered helplessly.

"Wait, she likes Gray?! Oh Lucy why didn't you tell me! I would've made sure he was already with you!"

That's exactly why I didn't.

"Anyway, yes Gray will definitely be attracted to you!" The scarlet haired female concluded as Lucy's face now matched her hair.

Embarrassment overload.

After another 45 minutes of shopping for accessories and such they finally met up with the guys, by saying they were exhausted was an understatement.

"How do you girls do it?!" The raven haired male questioned mainly at Lucy, while she just shrugged with a tint of pink sprayed across her cheeks.

"Experience?" Lucy answered looking pretty doubtful herself.

"Hell to experience, Natsu and I are dying, Cana dragged us to every shop!" Gray replied, cringing at the memory.

"Yeah right, it couldn't have been that bad… Why didn't you guys just leg it?" The blonde asked. Cana was indeed a strong mage but against a dragon slayer and an ice mage? You'd think they'd be able to run away.

"Believe me we tried! She caught us in the act though and said she'd tell Erza off us! I want to live thank you very much!" Lucy had to admit she felt pretty bad for Gray and Natsu but a girl must do what a girl must do. Even if that means forcefully taking guys shopping.

"Ooooh Gray lllliiikes Lucy!" Happy exclaimed making the girl and guy blush slightly.

"What the heck is up with that?!"

Oh Gray if you only knew…

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Ritzy: Sup?

Natsu: Is that all you have to say?

Ritzy: What do you expect me to say?!

Natsu: Oh I don't know something like 'TOMORROW'S CHRISTMAS YAY!'

Jack: … She wouldn't do that even if she was about to die...

Lucy: Yeah Natsu, It's not going to happen.

Natsu: It wouldn't kill her to say it!

Ritzy: True, but it would kill my personality so… NO.

Natsu: Whatever I'll say it. Hey guys! Christmas is tomorrow, Ritzy will be updating tomorrow too! Hope you're all excited, Cuz I'm fired up! Unlike someone here…

RITZY: Yeah... you can shut up now. Alright, see you guys tomorrow.

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Those who hate shopping

Don't know

How to shop.

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The quote above describes me… I HATE shopping. It's too tiring.

Laters.

Ritzygal91 Out! ;)