Arthors Note::I don't own Fairy Tail::
"Lucy!" the pink haired dragon slayer barged in shouting "I need to talk to you!"
"I'm right here Natsu" Lucy said irritated "There's no need to shout."
Walking into the living room he saw not only Lucy but Gray sitting on her couch and it looked like they were holding hands. "Gray" Natsu asked "What are you doing here?" But before he could answer he was interrupted by the cat flying up behind Natsu.
"From the look of things i would say Gray and Lucy llllllllllike each other." Happy snickered followed by Lucy angrily shouting "Shut it cat". "Then why are you holding hands?" the blue cat questioned as Lucys eyes directed down to see Gray still holding her hand. Yanking her hand away her face started to blush a small tent of pink."A-Anyways Natsu why are you here?" She asked trying to change the topic.
"O-Oh right" he said remembering why he was there. "I'm here because I want to talk to you. Why are you joining Levys team? You are already apart of our team."
"Am I?" she asked sarcastically "Because lately it hasn't seemed that way." Anger started to show on her face as she started explaining her reasons again. "And besides Natsu it's not permanente. Its only temporary because rent is almost due and I need to work so I can pay it."
"Then we can find a job for you. Erza, Gray, myself and happy can find one that we can do together. You don't need to go with Levy, Jet and Droy." he spoke as he tried to get her to change her mind.
"I-It's not just about my rent." she spoke softly as she gripped at her skirt. It was obvious to Natsu and Gray (who was still sitting on the couch in silence) there was something she was clearly not telling them. Even in her earlier conversation with Gray he sensed there was another reason but didn't push it.
"Then what is it?" He asked with concern as he walked over to the couch and sat on the other side of her. "You can tell us anything." he said in a softer tone.
"You know what?"she said suddenly painting on a fake smile "I completely forgot I was supposed to meet Levy at the guild." as she shot up off the couch she bolted for the door. Just as she was about to shut the door behind her she shouted "You guys are free to stay as long as you like. I don't know how long the job will take but feel free to help yourself to whatever is in the fridge. Please don't break anything, go through any of my stuff and please don't read my novel. It's still not done and when it is Levy is the first person who gets to read it." With that she was gone leaving the two boys to themselves.
Immediately Natsu got up off the couch to rummage through her fridge. Taking advantage of the now free space on the couch Gray shifted himself so he could take a nap. Happy on the other hand (completely ignoring what Lucy has just said) flew to Lucys desk and saw another letter to her mom sitting on her desk. Curiosity getting the better of him he decided to open it and started to read what it said.
Without even getting half way through it Happy shouted, "Natsu!" Which caused him to pull his head out of the fridge and Gray to sit up wondering what all the yelling was about. "I found this letter Lucy left out." the cat continued.
"Geez Happy" Gray said as he got off the couch and started walking toward Happy "Didn't I tell you before it's not polite to read Lucy's stuff."
"What's it say?" Natsu questioned pulling the letter out of the cats hand and started reading out loud.
Dear Mom,
Things at Fairy Tail are just as hectic as ever. Natsu and Gray are always fighting but I know its just their way of acknowledging each other as they get stronger and believe me we have been on so many adventures together it amazes me every time I see them fight an enemy. The way those two never give up makes me strive to be a better wizard myself. Oh and did I mention Lisanna came back a couple of weeks ago. Everyone in the guild was so happy. Mira and Elfman were so relieved to know she had been alive this whole time. We had a big party for her and everyone went nuts. I even got punched in the face by Natsu.
"You did what?" Gray interrupted shocked and angry at what he just heard. "How could you punch Lucy?"
"I didn't punch her." Natsu said as he tried to remember everything that had happened that day but when his mind couldn't remember he just decided to continue reading.
Don't worry though mom it was all an accident. I guess that's what I get for going near Natsu while he's sleeping. Knowing him he was probably dreaming about fighting someone. But you know mom things have been kind of lonely lately. Since Lisanna has been back I feel like I've suddenly become invisible to my friends. I know they are excited to have Lisanna back especially Natsu. Heck those two have practically been joined at the hip since she's come back. But lately they have been going on missions without me. They don't even come over and visit me anymore. I know it normally bugs me when they all barge in my house but now I kind of miss it.
Reading those words Natsu felt as if his heart was slowly breaking but he never let the pain show as he kept reading.
And what makes it worse is I think I am falling for one of them. I wish you were here so I could talk to you about this.
After he read that sentence both males hearts started racing for what they thought was nervousness. "M-Maybe we should stop." Gray insisted "If Lucy knew we were reading this she'd kill us"
"I don't know. I kind of wanna know" Natsu protested even though he himself was hesitant to continue.
"Suit yourself" Gray responded as he went to sit on the couch as he listened to Natsu read again.
I would talk to Mira but word spreads fast in that guild and soon everyone would know. I don't know what to do mom I told my self when I first got into Fairy Tail that I would never fall for someone in the guild and yet here I am. But in a way I can't help it there are so many wonderful things about him that make my heart race. He is such a great wizard. He can be goofy but when it comes time to fight he becomes so serious and determined. He has a really bad habit but I can over look it (kind of). He is always there for me when I need him and he always protects me if I am in danger. Those are just a few off the top of my head the list could go on forever. But the main reason I can't tell him besides the fact that he is a teammate and a friend is because there is someone else at the guild who likes him. She is almost always around him. She has pretty much made her feelings very clear to everyone but him. I don't know if I could do that to her because she is my friend. I don't know but that's why I am joining Levy and her team. Getting away on a job will help give me time to sort things out and clear my head.
- Lucy
After folding up the letter and placing back on Lucys desk Natsu and Gray ended up lost in thought at what they had just heard.
Is it me? they both thought.
"So" Happy suddenly spoke startling both males out of their thoughts. "Who do you think it is? I think its Gray."
"WHAT!" Natsu shouted "Why would Lucy be interested in ice brain over here." His eyes glanced over at Gray watching him coming towards him.
"What'd you say flame breath" Gray asked furiously his forehand now pressed to Natsu's as they both stared at one another with anger in their eyes. "Why wouldn't she be interested in me? I'm clearly a better mage then you."
Before the two could say anymore Happy butted in saying, "well it said in the letter that he had a bad habit and lets face it Gray's stripping is as bad of a habit as it gets. Plus they were holding hands earlier."
"Wha-" Gray was about to argue but Natsu interrupted, "But the letter also said something about him being goofy. That's gotta be me right?"
"I don't know Natsu. I mean compared to Gray you are pretty goofy. Most of the time Gray is as stiff as a board." the blue cat spoke as he walked next to Natsu completely ignoring the anger in the ice make mages eyes. "But the last thing she wrote was that there was someone else in the guild who liked him."
"Well lets see." Natsu said as he scratched his head "I got no idea."
"That is a tough one" Happy responded putting his paw to his paw to his chin trying to think "I mean who in their right mind would like you two?"
"WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?" they both shouted simultaneously "DON'T LUMP ME IN THE SAME CATEGORY AS HIM!"
"Darn it" Happy butted in again completely ignoring the two angry mages "I wish she had put more details in her letter. Maybe we should just ask her?"
"And what makes you think she is going to tell us?" Gray pointed out "If we asked her something like that who knows how she would react. We should just wait for her to tell us when ever she feels ready. In the mean time I'm gonna go back to sleep until Lucy gets back." Natsu and Happy nodding that he had the right idea. "By the way Natsu" Gray spoke suddenly before he placed his head on the pillow "Why didn't Erza come over here with you?"
"Huh? Oh yeah!" Natsu thought back to a couple of hours ago "she was about to but just as we were about to head out gramps called her to talk to him. She told me to go on with out her and she would try to make it as soon as she could. I guess he needed her to do something for him. Don't worry though I'm sure she will be here tomorrow."
~Back at the guild Lucys P.O.V~
"What?" I said a bit shocked. I couldn't believe what Levy had just said.
"What's the matter Lucy. Trust me it's ok Jet, Droy and I discussed it and we came to an agreement. This job was mainly for you so you could pay your rent so why wouldn't we give you the whole reward."
"N-No I can't." I tried to argue "I barely did anything on that mission without your script magic we never would have been able to complete the job."
"Oh please you're still on that" she said with a chuckle "It was because of your and your celestial spirits that we beat the bad guys that were trying to steal the book I was trying to decipher. You really helped us out a lot. That's why Jet and Droy were so persistent to give you their half of the reward. And besides seeing you do your 'Lucy Kick' on the enemy while Aries had them distracted was pretty funny" she said with another chuckle.
"Levy" I said I was so happy to have a great friend like her. Giving her a hug i said "Thank you" and was about to head home. "Join us anytime you like." Levy yelled out to me as I was leaving. "I will" I said with a smile and left.
Today was just what I needed I was lost in though as I walked home. I got my rent money thanks to Levy and the rest of Shadow gear and I kind of got the whole crush situation figured out. But I decided it would be best to -
"Be careful miss Lucy" the guy in the boat shouted to me knocking me out of my thoughts "We wouldn't want you falling in."
"Don't worry" I reassured him with a smile "I'm completely safe" Not even a few minutes later I had already made it home. Walking through the door I quietly shut it behind me and walked into the living room. I wasn't really to surprised to see Gray asleep on my couch and Natsu and Happy had helped themselves to my bed. For some reason he says he sleeps better on my bed. What I didn't expect was what had caught my eye.
As I was getting an extra pillow and blanket preparing to sleep on my floor I could see something sparkling in the corner of my eye. Walking over to the table I now noticed 5 sparkling some things sitting on my table. Approaching the table I couldn't believe what I saw. Gray had used his Ice Make Magic to somehow make 5 ice figures. Looking at all of them i saw a little ice version of Happy, Erza, Gray, Myself and -" I let out a soft chuckle at the ice Natsu. Gray purposely made the ice Natsu look like Natsu normally did when he's on transportation. I can't believe he took the time to make these I thought as my eyes wondered a little bit further down to see a drawing that said 'We're Sorry Lucy' with Natsu and Happys face drawn on it. These guys are the best
Thinking about how horrible the day had started out to how it ended so wonderfully I was so over joyed. After I changed clothes I layed out my pillow and blanket and went to sleep.
~The Next Day~~End Lucys POV~
"IS THIS SUPPOSED TO BE ME?" Natsu shouted waking up Lucy in the process "WHY DID YOU MAKE ME LOOK LIKE THIS? WHAT THE HELL MAN!" it was clear Natsu hated the ice Natsu.
"Will you be quiet" Gray tried to get him to lower his voice "You're gonna wake Lucy up if you don't keep it down."
"Don't worry" Lucy said walking over to them rubbing her eyes to adjust to the light "I'm awake."
"Great see what you did you idiot" Gray said annoyed that Natsu had woken up the sleeping blonde "Sorry about that Lucy" he said apologeticly.
"I'm sorry too Lucy" Natsu said calmly but only for a short moment before the shouting began again "BUT I MEAN LOOK AT THIS! WHY IS IT YOU ONLY MADE ME LOOK BAD."
"Well it wasn't to hard" the Ice Make Mage spoke with a sarcastic tone.
"What did you say Perv-" An angry Natsu was about to fan the flames on thier argument but was interrupted my the blonde female.
"Thank You" She said with a smile on her face. Both Gray and Natsu gave her a confused look as they listened to what she was saying "Thank you guys so much. The ice figures and the drawing were just so sweet". Giving both males a hug she went off to the bathroom to take a bath.
"Hey guys" Happy said getting both mages attention "I think I came up with a way to decide which one of you she likes."
This peeked both Natsu and Grays attention kneeling down to the cats level so Lucy wouldn't over hear even though she was in the bath they wanted to be a bit cautious "So what's this Idea you have?" the dark haired boy asked. "Yeah man spill it? What'd you come up with?" Natsu asked right after.
"Well..." Happy paused for a sort of suspense effect "I thought you two could ..."
Ch 2 is finished. Sorry about the cliff hanger but tune in to the next chapter to see what Happy has in mind :)
I hope everyone liked it. In the letter to her mom I tried my best to put a trait of each of the males so it would still leave you guessing on which it could be. I hope I did well on doing that. Please let me know what you think and thank you everyone so far for your reviews and adding my story to your favorites. I appreciate it. Chapter 3 will be up as soon as possible.
Just a side note:: I don't know if Gray can do that with his magic but it seemed like a cool idea so I went a head and added it. And just so I didn't play favorites I added the gesture from Natsu. Since he can't really do something with his magic without sitting Lucys house on fire the drawing was the first thing that came to me