Ugh, sorry for the long time- no update, life has been BITCH. I had a really nice, long chapter written for you guys like, a week ago and was gonna upload it, but I accidentally deleted it all... Then I got depressed (actual, medically depressed) over that, and yeah... But I thought of all the really nice reviews you guys have left and have worked hard to rewrite it. I think it's actually better than the other one, so at least a little bit of good came out of it, though I still would have preferred to not have erased it in the first place. Well, enjoy anyways, and I apologize again.

"Ahhhh..."

Lucy sat up and rubbed her eyes.

God, she was so sleepy... Natsu's snoring had kept her up all night...

Natsu's noisy even in his sleep... Lucy sweatdropped.

She gazed down at his sleeping face. He looked calm, untroubled. His lips moved.

"Ig... Neel..."

Her eyes widened.

He was dreaming about his father, the dragon?

"Lucy..."

His face contorted.

"Stay... Away... From Igneel... He..."

What?

He smiled again.

"I... Like... Ballet..."

WTF?

Lucy turned away and looked at the clock.

I spent 10 minutes just looking at NATSU?!

Am I some kind of perv? Lucy thought.

"Geez, maybe I should actually DO something with my time and make everyone breakfast..."

She sleepily stumbled into the kitchen.

"What would they like?" Lucy scanned the pantry for something to make. It needed to be better than just some eggs and toast, something that was fancy-ish, but she could make multiples of, and wouldn't take too long or be TOO much of a hassle.

"Waffles!"

Yeah, those would be perfect.

Oh, wait, her waffle maker was broken...

"Pancakes then. They probably taste better anyway." she said with a shrug.

"Did someone say pancakes?"

Natsu was standing in the doorway to her kitchen.

"Geez Natsu, is your sense of hearing really so keen that what I just said woke you up?"

Natsu would never cease to surprise her, Lucy thought.

Awkward silence.

"So... Would you like anything on or in your pancakes? I mean, I have blueberries and chocolate and banana if you're interested..."

Lucy didn't know why she was suddenly making the offer. She just wanted to see that... Look on his face that he got whenever he was happy, content. She wanted him to think of her as something other that nakama. She wanted him to smile and say that he loved what she had done, that he was proud of her or something she'd done.

"Lucy?"

Natsu was looking at her.

"Oh, nothing, everything's fine, just spaced out a bit..."

He smiled again.

"Oh. Well, I think some chocolate in my pancakes would be great!"

"Ok!"

"And make them hot!"

"Will do!"

God, it's like he's used to having someone cook for him.

"Hey, is anyone else up yet?"

Natsu scratched the back of his neck slightly guiltily.

"Well, I tried to wake Erza up, but she mumbled something about being in a thousand pieces if I disturbed her..."

Lucy sweatdropped. Erza was scary even in her sleep...

"... But I'm gonna go try Happy."

"Ok!"

"I think he will want chocolate too."

"Isn't that poisonous for cats?"

"Nah, Exceeds are tougher. And I think that's dogs anyway."

NATSU KNEW SOMETHING I DIDN'T!

"Ok, well try and get him and the rest up for breakfast without getting killed."

"I'm sure they'll get up for your delicious pancakes!"

"Heh, they're not all that great.."

"Arigato, Lucy!"

He called them delicious..

While cooking, Lucy pondered her feelings for Natsu.

He was an idiot, definitely not the brightest bulb in the box... But he was kind, would do anything for his friends, could never hold a grudge, and was loyal to something of a fault.

The fact that he happened to be very cute didn't exactly deter from his appeal.

She wanted him to think of her as something more than nakama.

Something more than nakama.

Lucy's eyes widened.

I- I've been falling for him... This whole time...

I am in love with Natsu...

"Here you go!"

Lucy smiled.

She just hoped no one would see her hands trembling slightly.

You fell for Natsu, you fell for Natsu...

She pushed those thoughts out of her mind. There were a couple more IMPORTANT things that needed to be dealt with.

"Hey... Everyone?"

No one was listening as they all devoured pancake after pancake after pancake...

It was interesting to see who got what kind of pancake.

Erza was having strictly blueberry.

Gray was having blueberry and plain.

Happy was loving the chocolate.

Natsu was eating all three.

Lucy sweatdropped.

They all have such enormous appetites... It's a miracle they don't get fat with all they eat...

"Ahhhh... That was good... Arigato, Lucy-chan..." Happy said.

"You're welcome..."

He ate 15 chocolate pancakes...

"Alright, there are a couple things that need to be taken care of."

"Here's the deal. The landlord has charged us 20,000 jewel for the noise we made."

"THAT MUCH?!" everyone yelled.

"I couldn't even get him to lower the price with my feminine wiles. The stupid old man must be blind!"

"Or maybe he's just got some common sense..." Happy whispered.

"Can it, stupid cat."

"I'll pay my share, because I'm the one who hosted you, but you guys all have to pay 4,000 jewel."

"What? I don't have that kind of money!"

Lucy turned her attention to Gray.

"What about that money you're saving up for something that's no doubt stupid?"

"IT'S FOR A VIDEO GAME!"

Lucy gave him a look.

"Ok, ok, I bet I can scrounge up that much..."

"Erza?"

"It is fair that I must pay that. I am deeply sorry that I have caused you this trouble."

"That's not what you said either of the times the landlord came up to complain..." Lucy sweatdropped.

"Fair enough. Natsu?"

"Hm? Oh, yeah I have some money left over from our last job."

He sounds distracted...

"Okay," Lucy smiled, "Now that that's taken care of, Happy and Gray have to do their dares today."

Happy turned pale.

"I- I can't kiss Carla..."

Lucy softened.

"Ok, you just have to hug her."

"Arigato, Lucy-chan..."

"Wh- what about me...?" Gray looked at Erza hopefully.

"Hm? Me? I'm not changing my dare one bit."

Gray turned a rather interesting greenish-pink.

Everyone sweatdropped.

Erza was merciless...

"Well," Lucy said, hoping to lift the rather nervous mood, "Why don't we get dressed and go back to the guild?"

Natsu grinned.

"I'm all for it, soon as our little stripper here puts on some clean clothes."

"Oi!"

Oooh, ooh, little bit of NaLu action there...

Also, I am not a fast writer. I like to take my time to make sure that it's good and that I like it, and I explained at the beginning the bitch situation I was in before. However, I already started writing the next chapter, so that should be out soon!

I have been reading a lot of NatsuxLucy fan fiction, I think that's where that little NaLu bit came from... When I'm done with this, should I write some NaLu stuff? Thank you so much for all of your lovely reviews, I love all of you, every view and review makes me happy, and I will see you soon with another chapter (if I don't delete it)!