Over the course of three weeks, Lucy and Gray became more and more annoyed at the magazines. Every single one of their schemes, had flaws in it. They pretended just to call it off by not talking to one another but the press caught them talking to one another, so that planned failed.

Lucy placed one of her rings on her engagement finger. Gray and Lucy were in the middle of the street. Where they they executed their next plan. Lucy took the ring off her finger and threw it to Gray who luckily caught it.

"I can't believe you would do that to me. I thought you loved me." Lucy cried pushing past everyone. The plan went was going great so far, that was until they were caught hugging one another.

No matter where they went, there was always someone who asked about the wedding. They usually asked where the other half was if there were doing separate missions. Lucy and Gray could tell that Natsu was getting sick of hearing about the wedding. It was mentioned in a day, every time he walked outside or heard it from one of his comrades. Eventually, he ignored Lucy until the situation was finally over.

Lucy was walking beside Erza and Wendy at the front of the group, heading to the hotel of the their next mission. Natsu and Gray walked in uncomfortable silence behind them. The word had been mentioned 7 times this morning and they knew it would increase as the day grew.

"So we are visiting, the home off Mr Vendaich. Did he say what the mission was?" Wendy asked the older two woman. Lucy and Erza shook their heads.

"He didn't say but it will last a few days, hence the hotel." Lucy said then ran up the hill to see the town below them. It was quiet and sure was out of the way. She waited until everyone caught up before treading down the hill.

They entered the hotel which looked surprisingly modern. It was the most high starred than the others. Erza took the lead and walked to the reception were she signed them in. Lucy and the others sat on the seats in front of reception.

"Why does Erza have so much luggage? Most off her clothes she re-exquips into." Gray and Wendy just shrugged. Natsu didn't even respond to her comment. Lucy sighed and looked to the ground. Gray had noticed her change in attitude and placed a hand on hers.

"Don't let it bother you. He's being stubborn." Gray whispered into her ear.

"No way! It's the fairy tail couple. You two come here." The fairy tail group turned around and saw that he was referring to Lucy and Gray. They gazed at each other then stood up walking to the desk.

"You summoned us." Gray joked. Lucy hid her face and laughed. Natsu saw Gray was at the back of Lucy. His body pressing up against hers. He growled as he wished that he was in Gray's position. He would he a bit more handsy when he rested his hands on her hips. His chin resting on her shoulder, breathing softly on her neck.

Since Gray was taller, he could see over her shoulder. The receptionist smiled and handed Lucy a special key. The lady leaned over the desk, ushering for Lucy to do the same. Lucy did what she was told and leaned over the desk. The receptionist whispered into her ear. Lucy backed away quickly and blushed.

"That's on the house. We should let a coupe have their privacy." The receptionist winked at the couple. Gray caught on what she was referring to and blushed.

"There was really no need." The woman giggled and told him to stop rejecting her offer. The group thanked the reception for her kind offer and headed to their rooms.

Lucy and Gray stood with the others looking at the others room. It had two beds and a couch. One was a double the other was a single.

"Wendy you'll share with me. Natsu will take the single bed." Erza instructed the others.

"Shouldn't you be looking at your own room." Nastu said coldly towards the pair. Lucy picked up her bags and stormed out the room. Gray sighed and followed her with his bag.

She stood in the middle of the room with her bag and her feet. The room only had a double bed. There was no couch for someone to sleep on. The bed had many gadgets beside it. Lucy closed her eyes, trying to block them out from her mind. It was worse that were a perceived as a 'couple', but it was even worse that people thought they were having coitus.

"It's not that bad, if you get rid of all the unnecessary things."

"That will be most of the room." Lucy looked over her shoulder to feel like someone was watching her. She sighed and pushed Gray on the bed then climbed on him.

"Luc-" he was stopped when Lucy placed two finger on his lips. Her head was just above her fingers.

"There's cameras. We have to act like a couple or we will be squished in the room with Natsu." Gray pulled her head down. Her ear right next to his lips.

"Understood so we'll talk about it when we are out of this room." Lucy nodded and jumped off him.

"Lets get unpacked before the others come."

The group spent their most of the days, working for their client. They had been assigned to find the robber who attacked during the day. They usually got home early in the next morning. Lucy and Gray climbed into the bed and slept beside one another. They tried to keep their distance but it was hard as they woke up in the morning with Lucy resting on Gray's bare chest. She would blush and run out the bed a d headed for the shower while Gray stared at the ceiling.

Natsu had become more colder during the mission. Lucy was sometimes in a serous situation but he didn't bother to help her. Gray had noticed that every time Natsu pushed her away, the quieter she became. She wouldn't talk when it was dinner time and preferred to be alone, in the room.

Gray, Erza, Wendy, and Nastu sat at the dinner table, waiting for Lucy to join them. Gray looked at the time to see she was later than usual. She had said that she would be down after she had gotten changed.

"I will check on her." Gray stood up and walked to his room. He knew that she was there. He had been watching the door closely for her.

He walked up to the door and slowly walked in. He didn't want to disrupt her if she was changing. He walked in to see Lucy changed into trousers and a floaty top, sitting on the edge bed. She didn't bother to look at Gray when he walked in. She just stared at her hands.

"If your ready, lets go get something to eat." Lucy shook her head.

"If your hungry, go yourself." He could notice the sadness in her words. He shut the door behind him and sat beside her on the bed. He lay back on the bed and looked at the ceiling.

"If this is about the flame brain, I told you to forget him." Lucy jumped off the bed and stared at him.

"How can I? I love him and I can't forget what he is doing that easily." She he yelled at him, throwing her arms in the air. Gray sat up and looked shocked at her confession towards the pink haired idiot.

"Then why are you letting him put you down like that?" Lucy stood straight up and closed her mouth. She tilted her head, thinking off the reasons. Gray stood up and grabbed her arm pushing her onto the bed. He climbed on top of her. Her arms pinned above her head. "I won't let you go until you admit that you don't love him, because of what he is doing to you." Lucy struggled underneath him. Trying to free her trapped body.

"Why do you even care, if I love him or not?" She spat back at him.

"I care because the man's an idiot. He doesn't realise things like that. I don't like to see you get hurt because of his stupidity." He looked into her eyes, noticing that they were were all teary. He let go off her and sat up still sitting on top of her. Lucy sat up and wrapped her arms around his neck. He pulled her in close and wrapped his arms securely around her waist. He let her cry into his chest. He rubbed small circles on her back.

"It's not my fault. It's all because of this marriage. It's ruined our whole friendship." She cried into his shoulder. Gray just held her as she cried over her wrecked friendship. "He doesn't know how much I want it to end." Lucy looked up and pressed her lips against his cheek. "Your the best." Gray smiled gently and climbed off her. Lucy was still sitting on the bed with a slight blush on her cheeks.

"Come on, the others are waiting for us." Gray held his hand out which she gladly took.

They returned home after the meal. They had caught the criminal and the police took over for them after that. The man was a earth bender so it was hard to get close to him but Happy picked up Lucy and she dished the final blow rather than Natsu. The little cat had noticed how his friend was treating her and he didn't like it. When he picked her up he saw a huge smile from her lips.

Gray and the others in Fairy Tail were relaxing in their own special way. He was surrounded by Juvia and all of his other friends who talked about stupid things. He wasn't really paying attention he was too busy thinking about Lucy, in her apartment. She had been sick all last night. He had left her to rest alone. He was thinking about what she had said to him earlier that day. He didn't want to believe her as it was shocked him. She was thinking about giving up about trying to break up with Gray and make the rumour true and marry him.

"Yo, Gray, where is your fiancée?" A familiar voice asked him. He looked up to see it was his oldest friend, Lyon. Gray stood up and laughed.

"She is not...feeling well." He didn't know whether to say that they weren't a couple or not. It might ruin Fairy Tail as it's getting a lot of attention. Lyon looked at him quizzically as Gray hesitated to fully answer him.

"Your doing?" Gray shook his head and was slightly disgusted by his friends words.

"No, we think its food poison from the hotel on the mission." He answered truly. Lyon held up a picture of them hugging on the mission.

"Tell me, Gray, why didn't you say you had a hot girlfriend." Gray laughed at his words. It sounded to him that he was jealous of his love life.

"Why, jealous?" Gray laughed. He saw that Natsu was glaring at him from the bar. Gray glared back and shook his head. He was disappointed by his actions. Though Lucy and Gray weren't together, he didn't like the thought of someone or something hurting her. Especially if the person called her his best friend. He wished that Natsu would stop being so ice cold to her and help them out. They were trying everything to break up but nothing would work. They hadn't many options as most of them was cheating on the other half and that would ruin their guilds name.

Gray walked into Lucy's home as he was passing by. He wanted to check up on her as she looked like hell this morning. He walked in and saw her rushing off to the bathroom. She was sitting up in her bed drinking a glass of water. She smiled as she saw him walk in. He walked in and sat on her bed.

"Are you hungry?" Lucy shook her head. Gray kissed her forehead and headed to the kitchen.

She heard him going into her bread bin and place a slice into the toaster. She smiled even though she had said no he refused to take her answer.

Moments later he came into her bedroom and sat on her bed. He placed the plate on her lap. She slowly picked it up and nibble at it.

"I was thinking about what you had said, this morning about giving up." Lucy looked up with the toast hanging from her mouth. Gray leaned forward and took the bread out of her mouth.

"And?" She gulped swallowing her food. She waited patiently for her response.

"I too give up. If the people we are doing this for don't care then I shouldn't either." Gray jumped on the bed and sat on her lap moving the plate away. "Lucy Heartfilia, will you marry me? For real." Lucy smiled and wrapped her arms around his neck. So far his plan was going smoothly, now just to flaunt it in Natsu's face.


Chapter 3 is done, chapter 4 is in the thought progress. I hoped you liked this. This is a NaLu and it will be just will be in the last chapter. Do they have toasters in their time period? I don't know. They don't have phones.