I close the door tightly behind me after smiling nervously to Erza in the hallway. Gajeel was already inside reading comics, Lily was nowhere to be seen. "What are we going to do about those two?" I flopped onto my bed, he laid on the floor, still reading. "If you want you can keep them." I offered.

"Really?" His face brightened. I smiled softly. He was just like a kid again, "At any rate, we still have to tell the others what we heard." I sat up on the bed at looked at him, he continued, "This could mean war for Fairy Tail."

My eyes widened, I sat straighter, tense. "But, the guild was completely destroyed and, I-" the image of me, Jet, and Droy strapped to a tree after being beat up flashed in my head. With a cry I fell to the floor as a ringing took over my head. Gajeel rushed over.

"Levy!" He held me until the ringing stopped. Then he looked sad when he also remembered what he had did to me and my team.

"I slept through that whole battle. I wouldn't have done any good anyway. I'm small and weak and I get in people's way." Tears threaten to spill. "I can't even protect myself." I sniffed. Gajeel was quiet.

Then he patted my head, "I'll protect ya, shrimp." I looked up at him in awe. "It was my fault you got hurt and the guild destroyed. The least I can do is protect you and the guild." He said firmly.

"And I can provide you with iron." I joked, wiping the tears off my face. He smiled, "Sure, shrimp." We were interrupted by footsteps in the hall, with a flash he fled through the window. Erza bursted in looking furious.

She marched over to my window and looked out, then close the window. "What happened? We heard you cry out."

Panicking, I hurried and made an excuse. "I fell off the bed and landed on my injured arm. Don't worry, I'm fine now." Erza's face relaxed, then she smiled.

"Take it easy. Happy said you let a boy in." I made a mental note for happy. "Rest easy, maybe you should open some of the gifts. Levy?"

"Yes?"

"What's that flower on your head?"

"I just went to the meadow and thought they looked nice."

"Ah, they do look nice." She smiled softly.

I remembered what I heard at the field. "Erza, I have to tell you something." Then I thought it was best to tell her tomorrow. "Tomorrow."

She looked confused, but she said, "Ok, good night."

"Good night." I replied. Then she left, closing the door behind her. To be sure, I waited a few minutes before going to open the window again, Gajeel brushed past and went right to the gift pile.

"Oho! So many presents." He looked like a kid at a candy store. I giggled as he tried to decide which gift to open first. "Chocolates!" He exclaimed when he opened up a box. He picked one up, bit I ate it before he could get a chance. Yum, caramel and peanuts in chocolate. "Oi!"

I sly smirked at him, picking up another piece, dangling it in front of him. He was about to eat it, but I turned and ate it myself. I laughed at his fustrated face. "Delish!" I smiled.

I gave him one, and he looked suspicious but ate it. His face flushed when I laughed. Looking up at him with my large chocolate brown eyes and smiled with all the charm I had, "You're cute when you're frustrated."

That took him by surprise, he looked the other way flushing Erza hair red. "Wah! You're cuter when you're embarrassed." I clapped my hands together and mimicked his laugh "Gihihi." He flushed even more if it was possible.

"Shut it, Shrimp." He stuttered. "Are you drunk?"

I blink innocently, "Not yet." Then I revealed a bottle of expensive wine from the present pile, I uncorked it easily and chugged it, I came back up for air with a satisfied gasp. "Yum."

"Hey, Shrimp, slow down there. Let me have some." I was slightly tipsy and hugged the bottle closer to me, protectively. With no effort, he extracted the bottle from my arms, "Weeh." I teared up. He took a long swig. "Wow, that's good." He ignored my weak efforts to grab it back. "right, fine. Here." He tilted the bottle so I could drink out of it while it was still in his hand.

After a while, we were rather tipsy. "Baka Gajeel, you sure we won't remember this tomorrow?" I slurred, throwing wrapping paper at him. He closed the curtains and locked the door so no one would walk in on us being drunk and breaking the rules.

"Gihihi, I'm positive." Gajeel drunkenly laughed. "You didn't take long to be drunk."

Hanging upside-down from the bed, I looked at him with an expression of mock hurt, "I'm not a drunkard like some."

A look of shock registered on his face, "How did you end up on there?!" I snapped out of my haze to find myself on top of a tall book shelf.

"NYAAAAA?!" How did I end up here?" Suddenly I felt like puking, the side effects of a hangover. Now he laughed at my demise. "Stop laughing and get me down from here." I turned around, trying to find another way down.

"Don't turn around, Shorty. I like the view here." He teased. My eyes widened and face flushed extremely red and I pulled my skirt down to cover it.

"BAKA! Stop looking up my skirt, you pervert!" I exclaimed, shrieked more really. "Just get me down." I murmured.

He grinned more softly, and opened his arms to me, "Come 'ere, Shrimp." I landed in his arms but the impact choked up some vomit down his shirt. "OI!"

"Karma!" I grinned devilishly back. Then I hiccuped from the alcohol before passing out. He left me passed out on the bed and left through the window.

The sunlight welcomed me back into the harsh reality world. I took a strand of blue hair out of my mouth, along with a trail of drool. The weirdest dream occurred last night, but I can't remember, all I remembered was getting really red and yelling at Gajeel, that's stupid, boys aren't allowed in the dorm.

The door opened to reveal Lucy. "Yo, good morning." She placed a stack of finished read books on the table and my breakfast. "Brought you some breakfast and came back for more books."

Stretching, I rolled my eyes at her, "This isn't a library, you know. Food isn't allowed." Lucy laughed.

"Well don't you look like a beauty queen." She remarked at my appearance. "Virgo made it especially for you so enjoy it." She placed the box in front of me while she went to browse through the books, "Hurry up, we gotta get back to the guild."

So I chowed down on the food. By the time we walked into the guild, my head was pounding and my stomach full to the max, causing it to hurt. "Why do I have to be so fat?" I groaned as my stomach pains began to hurt again. Lucy gave me a sly smile.

"Don't look now, Gajeel's looking." She fanned herself while I shouted at her, behind me Gajeel walked into the guild. Lucy caught me looking and she started breathing heavily and grinning evilly, with that shine in her eyes.

"L-Lu-chan!" I shouted, squeezing my eyes shut with embarrassment. As he walked back, I covered her mouth and flushed as he gave me a suspicious look. Lucy just looks at me all smugly. Everyone in the Guild was rowdy, Natsu and Gray were at it again and Erza was secretly drooling over the cake in front of her. I ducked to dodge the flying mug that Gray threw at Natsu.

"Ah, how I missed the spirited liveliness of-"Lucy was interrupted when Gray's pants hit her face (sound effect, "Waaaah!~). "GRAY! PUT ON SOME CLOTHES!" Gray looked down at himself and noticed he wasn't wearing any. Juvia near about had a nosebleed. Natsu started spouting fire everywhere, causing people to duck and side step.

Now Gajeel and Natsu were glaring each other up for a battle. "You wanna go, you lil' Salamander?" Gajeel snarled.

"Hell ya! Ya iron nut." Natsu growled back, Lucy laughed nervously, and pushed me to the bar where it was more safe. Mirajane was cleaning a cup with a cloth, she smiled at us and smacked a flying plate aside without batting an eye. Sighing, I just asked for my usual drink. (No beer or wine, I don't drink alcohol.) My head was still pounding, for a reason I don't remember.

"Ugh." I held my head as a wave of headaches passed through. What happened last night?