YAAHOOO here it is! Chapter 2. Sorry it took so long, i kept adding little bits. Anyway, hope you enjoy :P
Chapter 2 – Hit and Miss, Hit and Kiss
Celebrations were well under way at the guild as news had spread of the new couple in Fairy Tail. Frankly, Lucy was sick of the 'congrats' and 'get in there Gray's the couple had received and was thankful when Gray had offered to walk her home. Now, as they walked together hand in hand, Lucy knew she could stay that way forever.
"Lucy?" Gray asked, waking her out of a trance. "Where exactly are we headed?"
Lucy looked around and blushed. They had long since passed her house, and were now reaching the end of the river.
"I'm so sorry Gray. I got a little spacey and completely missed my house. We can go back if you…" she was cut off as she felt his cool hands cup her face.
"No. I like it here. It's peaceful. Besides there's something I've been dying to do" he smiled warmly. He leaned towards her as if to kiss her and Lucy shut her eyes in anticipation.
After a while and no kiss, Lucy opened her eyes.
"AHHHH! NATSU!" she yelled.
"Hi Lucy" Natsu grinned, his face mere inches from hers.
"What the hell?" she asked, looking around and noticing Gray looking very angry and very wet climbing out of the water. "Gray are you ok?"
Natsu giggled. "He's fine, maybe a little wet though. I was walking home and I saw you two. Grays cheeks were really red so I thought he needed to cool down. Then you were just standing there. You looked very silly Lucy" he laughed.
Lucy rushed to her boyfriend's aid and scowled at Natsu.
"Sometimes you can be an utter idiot Natsu" she sighed."Come on Gray, we'll get you home and dry".
Natsu waved the pair off and then sighed in relief before his face turned serious.
"That was close. Too close" he said to himself. "I'd better stay alert from now on".
The next morning, as the sun rose and the birds sang all seemed peaceful in Fairy Tail.
"Poor Gray was dripping Mira. I have no idea what Natsu was thinking!" Lucy complained as Mira made her a coffee for the morning.
"Perhaps he really didn't mean any harm" Mira replied, trying desperately not to reveal the truth to Lucy. "You know he cares for you dearly, and you care for Gray so maybe he was just doing what he thought was right"
Lucy nodded softly. "I know. It's just, with Natsu around, Gray and I will never get any peace"
"You two should go on a mission together"
Lucy slowly turned around to see a smiling Levi in her face.
"Huh?" she asked dumbly.
"A mission. You and Gray pick something really small, finish the job and then have some alone time. No one will ever know" Levi said excitedly. "That's what me and..." she blushed and went quiet.
Lucy laughed then contemplated what Levi had said. Maybe a mission would be ideal. With that, she stood up and walked over to the missions' board.
Whilst she was gone, Mira shot an evil glare at Levi who backed away and left the guild. Mira sighed, she had to intervene somehow.
Lucy returned holing a piece of paper and smirking broadly.
"Look Mira. This is so small and simple, Gray and I will have plenty of time alone" she said giddily. At that point, Mira noticed a certain dragon slayer enter the guild.
"Ah yes that seems like a perfect mission" she said just a little too loud.
"OOHHH are we going on a mission Lucy?" Natsu yelled, suddenly appearing at her side.
"I..." Lucy sighed "yeah I guess so".
"WOOHOOO!" Natsu did several flips around the guild, blowing fire as he went. Mira gave Lucy an apologetic smile and Lucy just glared at her. Mira would pay for this, for certain.
"When do we leave?" Natsu asked as Happy flew around him excitedly.
"Leave for what?" Gray interrupted.
"A mission" Lucy smiled at Gray. "I thought we could do with something to challenge us"
"Great idea babe" Gray smiled back, laughing as Lucy blushed at the name 'babe' "when do we leave?"
Lucy looked down at the floor. "Errm tomorrow" she half whispered.
"GREAT" Natsu yelled.
Gray lifted Lucy's face with his hand. "Don't look so down. Tomorrow is great and I'm sure Erza will be able to make it. It's perfect" he smiled before closing the gap between them. Before they had a chance to kiss one another for the first time, Natsu pulled Lucy away from Gray's embrace.
"Come on lets go pack!" he smiled, vanquishing the anger that had formed when he sensed Gray's intentions.
"Wa...ahhh" Lucy yelled as he ran out of the guild towards her home, dragging her with him.
Gray rolled his eyes. Would he ever get to kiss Lucy?
"Gosh Gray, it's a little for you two to be kissing inst it?" Mira asked, almost sensing Gray's thoughts.
"Why do you say that Mira?" he replied.
Mira smiled. "Well Lucy is a well loved girl. She is kind and sweet but also powerful" Gray nodded in agreement. "However, she tends to have a very delicate heart. All her previous relationships have seemed to end in heartache for Lucy and I don't think she could handle another. You need to be slow and patient with her" Mira said in an unusually serious tone not matching the smile on her face.
"She seemed ready to me" Gray replied dryly. At this Mira chuckled but it was clear she would say no more. So reluctantly, Gray left to pack ready for the mission. Mira sighed. She could only hope Natsu would survive the mission, and Gray would not attempt anything whilst they were away.
"LLLUUUUCCYYY" Erza yelled as she burst through the bathroom door.
"Aaahhhh! Erza! You should at least knock when someone is trying to take a shower!" Lucy said, blushing.
"Sorry sorry" Erza giggled "But please hurry. We need to leave soon"
Lucy sighed. "Alright I'll be there in a few" she announced as she stood up, wrapping a towel around herself.
Around an hour later, Lucy, Natsu, Gray and Erza were off to their mission. As Lucy had said, it was ridiculously simple. Another official guild 'Pixie Palace' had had a huge party over the weekend and left a bombsite behind them. The guilds maid had refused to clean the mess, and so the guild, being lazy, had offered a 100,000 jewel reward for cleaning the place. What's more, the guild was full of high rated hotels and Pixie Palace had offered the mages accepting their mission a room for free.
Pixie Palace is situated in the centre of Clover Town, and so it does not take long for the group to arrive. Upon seeing the guild, Lucy nearly fainted. Cans littered the streets and buildings surrounding the guild. Both P's from the guilds sign had fallen off and lay at the top of a huge pile of pillows which appeared to have been removed from several hotels. Feathers, wrappers and odd pieces of paper blew around in the autumn breeze. Erza managed to catch one of the many flyers.
"Party at Pixie Palace" she read. "All invited all night, all day. Bring your own drink, if you dare" she tossed the leaflet aside. "What a pathetic guild, making all this mess and then refusing to clean it up. Why exactly did you choose this mission again Lucy? I thought it was supposed to be a challenge"
Lucy snapped out of her trance and blushed. "I...i just wanted something small for a change aaand the reward is really great. Plus I kind of need to pay rent soon so I thought we'd be able to finish it quickly…" she trailed off.
Natsu sensed she felt guilty and patted her on the shoulder. "It's alright Lucy, we understand. We can kick this missions butt, pay your rent and then head out on a bigger mission, right?" he grinned.
Lucy sighed inwardly at having even less time with Gray before reluctantly muttering "right".
The group got to work and surprisingly managed to clean up the guild in record time. They collected their reward and headed to the hotel that they were supposedly staying in.
Erza ran into their room. Apparently they would all have to share as it was the only room safe enough for use, despite the hotels high appearance. It seemed that even the prestigious hotels had not survived the party and sharing a room was the only option. This angered Lucy to no end, but with a reassuring smile from Gray she soon overcame it.
After a while the group had become pretty restless. They were all sat together in a group, not really doing anything. Lucy and Gray sat close, with Natsu keeping a watchful eye on them from the other side of Lucy and Erza simply looked on.
"Well this sucks" Natsu finally sighed.
"Go to bed then" Lucy replied, irritably.
"Awww but I'm not tiredddd" Natsu whined like a little boy. Suddenly Erza had a devilish idea.
With a smirk she said "let's play truth or dare!"
"WWHHAAAATTTT" Lucy laughed as Erza turned a further shade of scarlet.
"Jerall. I like Jerall" she replied, looking away awkwardly.
"That blue haired freak?" Gray asked
"Says you stripper boy" Natsu retorted, causing Gray to frantically look for his now removed shirt.
"I think it's sweet Erza" Lucy smiled "all the best"
"Y...yeah" Erza stuttered "ok so who's next?"
"MEEEE!" Lucy giggled excitedly. "And I pick dare!" Natsu opened his mouth to make a suggestion, but Erza interrupted.
"I dare you to kiss Gray!" she laughed wickedly. Lucy blushed, Gray thanked the gods and Natsu felt his heart stop beating.
"On the lips" Erza added to the awkward silence.
"WWWHHHHAAAAAAAAA!"
OOHHH DARE! I love truth or dare...although it always leads to bad things :/
Anyway, look out for the next chapter coming soon :P