Boo! It hasn't been too long since I updated last. Some of my others haven't been updated in a very long time. Such a shame! But I think I'm finally getting back into writing again~ get excited everyone! Anyways, I won't waste too much time on this section. Just want to say thank you to everyone who reviewed, followed, added this to their favourites or just read the first chapter in general! You guys are my inspiration :3
Now please, enjoy this new chapter~
Chapter 2: Party Boys
Running a hand through her silky golden locks, Lucy gave a tremendous sigh.
How on earth did this happen? All she had wanted was a nice, refreshing cup of coffee. Somehow that resulted in meeting a long lost friend, a whole lot of shouting and arguing between the gorgeous set of boys in the cafe and being dragged to Levy's place for drinks with her friends.
"MORE BEER!" The pinkette man from behind the counter shouted, holding up his empty can of alcohol, causing the group to cheer and hand him another can.
He was flushed in the face and his words had begun to slur ever so slightly. He was getting drunk and he wasn't the only one.
Levy, along with her friends: Gajeel, Cana, Mira, Jellal, Rogue and Sting had taken it upon themselves to bring Lucy along for drinks at Levy's large apartment building.
The bluenette had also decided to invite some people from the cafe, which included the previously mentioned Natsu, the waiter - Gray, one of the cook's - Loke, and both the manager and assistant manager - Laxus and Erza.
Our poor blonde was not used to being around so many people at once; it was a little intimidating.
A tipsy looking Levy stood on the table and raised her glass, stamping her foot on the wooden top to get everyones attention and effectively spilling a small amount of alcohol on Gajeel who was standing directly to her right.
While the man with jet black shaggy hair grumbled to himself Levy began to shout, "Alriiight guysss! A TOAST! To my lovely Lucy, a friend of mwine I haven't seen in three whole years who has reshently moved Tokyo and the newest member of our grrroup!" And without hesitation, the bluenette tossed back her glass, downing the whole thing.
"CHEERS!" They all shouted and the blonde couldn't help but smile. These guys seemed nice enough and already she felt overly accepted.
"Lucy~" A pink faced Gray leaned over and passed her two shot glasses of some amber coloured liquid, "Have one!"
He grinned widely and the golden haired girl took the glasses timidly.
"Go on, go on!" Mira cheered from right behind her, causing the slightly shy girl to jump a little, almost dropping the glasses.
"Lucy! I demand you down those shots and then more!" An angry and drunk Erza ordered, tossing her long red hair over her shoulder, almost flicking innocent bystander Jellal in the eyes as she did so.
Lucy had quickly learned that the redhead was just as scary when she was drunk as she was sober so she didn't particularly want to go against her.
Quickly she downed the two shots and sighed happily. The alcohol seemed to make all her problems, all her past, less important.
She raised one empty glass into the air and cried out, "Another shot! Another!" Over and over until cool and calm Loke strode up to her with a bottle of Mischa and poured it for her.
The blonde grinned up at him and drank greedily, causing an uproar of cheers and compliments.
Humming to herself, she reached for a near by bottle of Jack Daniels and quickly begun to skull it - although it was quickly removed from her lips via a narrow eyed Laxus.
"I think you've had enough blondey," The muscular man spoke in a low, gruff voice, appearing rather serious.
Lucy looked at him, slightly wide eyed and quite out of it. She tilted her head to the side. Something about him looked off.
"Besides!" He leaned back and laughed a deep booming laugh that echoed all around the room, "This bottle be mine!" His face flushed red due to the alcohol and he began to chug down the bottle, laughing loudly in between gulps of whiskey.
She grinned and laid back, laughing to herself as the large blonde man stumbled off to smoke a cigar outside.
This prompted her to pull out her own packet of cigarettes and light up. She pressed the filter to mouth and inhaled sharply, taking a long drag before pursuing her lips and blowing smoke up into the air above her.
She took another drag and rolled over to her left side, exhaling loudly and closing her eyes, not realising that she'd just blown smoke into the face of another boy with ash blonde hair.
"Well that was rude." A smooth voice whispered to her through the darkness.
Lucy jumped, not realising that another person was so close to her. She opened her eyes only to come face to face with a handsome face and delicious view of his naked torso.
She unconsciously licked her lips before slurring out a sentence, "You're not wearing a shirt. I thought Gray was the stripper round here."
He barked out a laugh and sat up a little, leaning back on his elbows, "Heh heh, alcohol makes me too damn hot. You don't mind do you?"
She shook her head, flicking ash from her cigarette in the opposite direction of the blonde and he flashed a confident smile.
"Smoking will kill ya, you know." He reached for a nearby bottle of tequila, downing the majority of it in one go.
"Like I care. It keeps me relaxed so I'm fine with it." She replied, staring up at the ceiling as she took another drag, before exhaling the smoke into his face, this time on purpose.
"True, very true," He shrugged his shoulders before nodding in agreement, "Fuck it. Pass me one of those."
She pulled a cig out of the packet and passed it too him before putting hers out and lighting up another.
He leaned over and pressed the unlit end of his cigarette against the burning red cherry of hers, his eyes never breaking contact with her chocolate orbs. Gazing at her with such intensity made her feel like she was drowning in the ocean that was his eyes.
But then he pulled back, his cigarette now lit, and he inhaled slowly, savouring the slightly dizzying sensation it gave him.
"Marlboro golds… Nice choice." He smirked, leaning his head back and blowing smoke rings upwards into the air that was growing hazy with smoke.
"Mmhmm." She mumbled, stretching out her limbs and relaxing herself, "You're name's Sting right? You're one of Levy's friends?"
He nodded in response, "Yeah, I guess you could say we're friends. We've known each other for two years and she takes care of Rogue and I when we get in trouble."
"Mmm. That sounds like Levy. Always taking care of others but never looking after herself." Lucy muttered tiredly, rolling away from Sting and she finished off her cigarette.
"Hey Lucy…" A deep voice whispered her name softly making her shiver slightly.
She had rolled over only to come face to face with Sting's best friend Rogue.
He peered at her through half lidded eyes, lips slightly parted as he leaned forward, closer and closer till the thick locks of hair covering half his face thinned and parted so she could see that previously hidden eye. He moved his arm lazily over her body, his fingertips dancing along her thigh, up over her waist and trailing over her back, barely even grazing her skin.
She inhaled sharply, her face flushing pink and her mouth forming an O in surprise, "W-What are you…?" She was so flustered she couldn't even finish her sentence.
He smiled gently at her, "Shh…" He hushed her before his hand quickly darted out to the packet of cigarettes lying just behind her. The dark haired man pinched a single one and lit up before Lucy could even comprehend what was going on.
"W-Wha…" She mumbled in a confused state, "My smokes…? You could have just asked."
Her confusion faded in faint annoyance and she snatched the packet off him before pulling herself (clumsily) to her feet and stumbling off into the kitchen to find some more to drink.
Jellal was sitting alone on the bench top, nursing a bottle of expensive looking alcohol.
He looked up at her, dark eyes regarding her carefully, "...Yo." He greeted her briefly after an awkward moment of intensely staring at her face.
"Hi…" She mumbled back, her cheeks now tainted pink. His constantly staring was making her slightly uncomfortable and embarrassed.
Suddenly the blue haired man jumped up off the bench and darted to the fridge. He pulled out a container and grabbed some spoons from the draw to the left before sitting back down next to the fancy bottle of liquid.
He took a couple gulps before handing her the bottle without her asking.
"Oh, thanks." She looked taken aback as he opened the container, revealing an extravagant strawberry cake, complete with swirls of pale pink icing, flourishes of whipped cream and a sprinkling of bright red strawberries.
Lucy almost drooled at the sight of the beautiful cake.
Jellal looked up and saw her gazing longingly at the cake. He smirked and handed her a spoon before patting the spot next to him on the kitchen bench.
Spoon and expensive alcohol in hand she hopped up next to him, feeling rather cosy up there as there wasn't quite room for the two of them.
The blonde leaned over and took a spoonful of delicious sweetness, scooping up cake, frosting, cream and a strawberry in one go.
"It's good isn't it?" Jellal smiled wryly.
Lucy blinked rapidly in surprise. Her taste buds felt as if they would jump up and dance, the cake was that good.
"It's beautiful!" She exclaimed, sighing happily and leaning onto the man next to her (who was practically a stranger).
Together they devoured the cake, going so far as to even pick up all the crumbs and left over dollops of cream inside the container.
"Mmm, that was great!" She grinned, rubbing her belly and feeling very satisfied.
"Oh…" The blue haired man looked at her, his deep brown eyes focusing on her mouth intently, 'You've got something right there…" He mumbled, leaning forward and wiping cream from the corner of her mouth.
She blushed furiously as he sat back and licked his finger clean.
"I can't believe you just did that." The blonde whispered in an embarrassed tone.
"Well I could have done worse." He chuckled, leaning back towards her ever so slightly.
Lucy's eyes widened. The bluenette was edging closer and closer towards her, his mouth closing in on hers intently. She panicked a little. She was not prepared for this.
Luckily for her, they were interrupted by a high pitch scream.
Jellal almost leapt away from her at the sound. His head snapped towards the doorway where the usually snappy and terrifying Ezra stood still, shock written all over her face and tears welling up in her dark eyes.
"O-Oh...Shit. E-Ezra. By any chance...w-was this cake...for you?" Jellal stuttered out, motioning towards the empty cake container.
The red heads personality suddenly changed and she went from being overly surprised to incredibly furious.
"That was mine!" She shouted, stalking up to Jellal and putting her face right up in front of his, "MINE!"
Jellal turned away from her awkwardly, "Ezra gets a little possessive over her cake…" He mumbled.
Before Lucy could say anything to calm the scarlet haired girl down, Ezra was chasing the bluenette out of the kitchen, screaming profanities and threats, trying to hit him as he ran away.
The blonde shrugged and focused her attention on the half empty bottle of alcoholic goodness Jellal has left behind. There was no label to indicate what brand it was. It was just a green, intricately carved bottle that was rather slender and tall.
She popped off the cap and began to drink some more when the man with a lot of piercing from early entered. Levy called him Gajeel.
He poked his head into the fridge, searching around for something he couldn't find, "Dammit. Where did that damn shrimp hide all the alcohol?!" He grumbled, slamming the fridge door shut in annoyance.
He turned around to stalk off but it seems that he had jammed his long spiky black hair in the door. Trying to step forward resulted in him yelping like a hurt puppy and falling to the floor.
"Fucking fridge! What a piece of shit." He growled, opening the door to free his wild mane.
Try as she might, Lucy could not hold back her giggles at this sight. She laughed loudly, probably due to her drunken state.
"What the fuck are you laughing at blondie!" He snapped at her but that only made her laugh harder.
"Calm down you idiot. You want something to drink, ya gotta be nice to me~" She held up the half empty bottle of booze that Jellal had left behind.
"Hehe, well if I get a drink outta it, then sure. You're looking mighty fine tonight girly. There. Nice enough?" He chuckled and leaned against the bench where Lucy was sitting.
"That'll have to do I suppose." She chortled, taking a sip from the bottle before passing it to the black haired man.
Pretty soon after that they were joined by the ginger haired cook from earlier.
"Oh hey, it's Loke~" Lucy grinned, giggling from the foggy feeling in her head.
He just smiled and held out a bottle of tequila, which the blonde took eagerly. The three of them shared the drinks, laughing hysterically at everything and trying to stop themselves from falling over. At one point Loke drapped his jacket around Lucy's shoulders while he tried to do a handstand in the middle of the kitchen. Gajeel had declared him a chicken and said he wouldn't do it so being a typical man, Loke had prove his point.
This resulted in him breaking the bottle of expensive stuff they had and Gajeel getting into a fit.
But the ginger haired man just ignored him and began to flirt with Lucy.
"Mmhm." he pushed his sunglasses up his nose and smirked, "You are a rather remarkable lady Miss Lucy. That gorgeous golden hair, a perfect pouty mouth and that body...I'm at loss for words."
The blonde rolled her eyes and pulled on his jacket, refusing to give it back and laughing at all his flirtatious gestures.
Eventually the kitchen grew too crowded for Lucy's tastes. Loke was getting too flirty and Gajeel was growing too possessive over the alcohol. So she picked herself up off the bench and wandered outside, pulling Loke's jacket tighter around her frame to stop the cold night air from biting into her skin.
Damn. All she had wanted was to get a coffee, go home and get some sleep before looking for a place to live and a job. Now she was drunk, in a neighbourhood she wasn't familiar with, surrounded by strangers who were just as drunk as she was with no way back to her motel.
Feeling a little angsty, she pulled out her packet of cigarettes from the jacket pocket (where she has stashed them earlier) and lit up. It made her calm instantly.
There were more bottles of alcohol to drink stashed outside on the couches on the veranda. At this point the blonde just thought "Fuck it." and drank up.
From there, she didn't remember anything until the next morning when she woke up.
Lucy rolled over onto her back, yawning as she stretched out her tired limbs. Her hand brushed against something warm and soft.
"Huh?" She mumbled, trying to sit up and see what it was that she had touched but the moment she did the splitting headache struck like lightening inside her head.
"Gah!" She yelped, clutching her blonde head in pain, "Dammit. Why did I drink so much. Ow." groaning in slight agony, Lucy forced herself to roll over again, too curious to see what that warm thing was.
"Oh!" She gasped, her chocolate coloured eyes widening in surprise as she looked at the man lying next to her.
She spied strong arms, a broad chest and taut muscles. Everything from the waist down was covered by the bed sheets so she could not tell if he was naked or not. She the thing her fingers brushed across was...his bare skin.
She was so distracted by his well toned body that she didn't think to even look at his face.
"Ughhh!" She heard a muffled sound of annoyance and looked up to see the man covering his face with the pillow and groaning into it.
It was then that she started to realise the situation she was in. She looked down at her body, crossing her fingers and hoping that was she thought had happened, didn't happen at all.
"Please let me being wearing clothes!" she thought, beginning to panic.
Looking down her nose towards her curvaceous body she saw that she was indeed wearing something. But not much.
A bra and panties was all that covered her body from this man before her.
"I didn't really do anything with this guy did I?" She was getting seriously worried at this point.
Suddenly, without any warning, she was hit in the face with the pillow that had been covering the strangers face.
"Oww!" She shouted, grabbing the pillow and tossing it down onto the ground in anger.
"What the hell?!" She growled in annoyance, "Oh...It's you."
Ok guys! I'm not sure who I'm gonna pair everyone with so I want some ideas if it's not too much trouble! Who do you want to end up together? I'm curious and my decision will be based upon the thoughts and ideas of the people who review. It's all up to you guys! Just be aware I won't be making a decision just yet, you'll have to wait a couple more chapters.
OH! And who do you guys think it is that Lucy woke up next to? Let me know what you think!
Hope you liked the latest chapter, I'll get started on another as soon as I can!
- L.W
Feel free to read some of my other fanfics; 'Pain can lead to Love', 'Counting the Stars' and 'Those Lost Years'
Thanks! :3