Author's Note: Hi guys. Thank you all for the reviews and the encouragement. What started out as a one shot, is now going to be a full-blown story. Please be patient with me as I write this. I'm currently on Winter break from college, so I will be working on this when I'm not working at my job.

As always I own nothing. All credit goes to Hiro Mashima. That man is a true genius and has all of my respect. Feel free to review and if you have any requests or ideas feel free to send those too. Again thank you for all of the support! Enjoy!

When Levy woke, the first thing she noticed was that she was still on the couch and that she was alone. Oh God, I must have fallen asleep after reading that story to him last night. Crap! I probably scared him off. She sighed aloud. She was hopeful that after the events of the previous night, they could possibly start having a relationship. I'm such and idiot, I didn't mean to fall asleep. I was just hoping that we could hang out and enjoy some time together. I..

"Is everything ok in there?" growled a concerned voice from the kitchen. Seconds later, Gajeel stepped into the room. "I didn't wake you, did I? You were still asleep, so I took it upon myself to make some breakfast. I figured you wouldn't mind."

Levy took in the interesting sight before her. Gajeel was wearing one of her aprons and had an oven mitt covering one of his hands. His hair was even pulled back into a pony tail. Levy always heard that he took cooking very seriously and that he was a great cook, but this was too much, she started giggling.

"No, you didn't wake me. I was confused when I woke up that's all. Sorry for falling asleep on you, literally." Levy looked at him and blushed. "Thank you for making breakfast. You really didn't have to."

"It's nothin'." Gajeel looked away, but Levy did catch his blush. "Breakfast isn't ready, so if you want to grab a shower or something, whatever girls do in the morning, go 'head. I can handle things in the kitchen."

"Thanks Gajeel." She smiled "I'll be back in fifteen minutes to help you in the kitchen."

"Uh…no problem shrimp." With that Gajeel went back into the kitchen.

Levy stood up from the couch. Did that really just happen? I have to talk to Lucy! She grabbed her communication lacrima, and practically ran into her room.

Too warm, thought Lucy as she tried to kick off her blankets. Why is my room so warm? At that same moment Lucy was fully startled awake by what sounded like a chainsaw being started up right next to her.

"Woah" she gasped, sitting up in her bed and looking around. She quickly located the source of the noise, finding it to be a certain dragon slayer sleeping peacefully next to her in bed. Talk about déjà vu.

Lucy sighed and checked the clock. It was nearly noon, but she wasn't feeling up to climbing out of bed, not that she could with the fiery lump that was currently passed out next to her, blocking her way out. He's kind of cute when he's asleep, but I know he'll want to get to work so I better wake him up. Having been in this situation before, she began trying to wake him up by shaking his shoulder and calling his name, while leaning back in case he struck out in his sleep. It's happened before.

"Hey Natsu, it's time to get up." She said gently, hoping it would work, but knowing she was just being optimistic. Just as expected, there was no response.

"Natsu! It's almost noon, come on." Lucy semi-yelled. "It's time to get moving." A groan. At least I'm getting somewhere.

"Natsu!"

"I don't wanna. It's so warm and comfortable." Whined the still half asleep dragon.

"If you get up, I'll make you something to eat." Maybe. That did the trick. Natsu sprung up and stretched.

"Man, I don't know why, but I always sleep better when I'm at your place." Natsu grinned at her. "You're bed is so comfy."

"Maybe that's because your place is a mess and your bed is a hammock." She retorted. She didn't altogether mind when he and Happy stayed over, but they did practically eat her out of house and home whenever they showed up.

"It's because he likes you…." Happy called as he flew through the window.

"I'll flay you cat," Lucy growled with a blush. "What are you doing here? Don't you know it's rude to come in without knocking?"

"Yeah but if you didn't want me to come in, than maybe you should lock your window." Happy replied with a smile. "When Natsu didn't come home last night, I was worried. I checked at the guild, but he wasn't there, so the next place I thought to look was here."

"Sorry to worry you little buddy. Why don't we head to the guild and get a job? There should be plenty of work with the storm being over."

"Aye sir!"

"Hey Luce, to make it easier on ya, you can just buy me lunch at the guild instead of making me something." Natsu offered.

Lucy stood up. She didn't feel very well, but she knew she needed money for rent, and Christmas was coming soon too.

"Yeah fine. Just let me get read….." Lucy's reply was cut off with a coughing fit.

"You ok?" The smile fell immediately from his face and was replaced by a look of concern. "You're still sick, aren't ya? Ah, Luce. I'm really sorry. Here, Happy why don't you go on a job with Wendy and Carla for today and when Lucy's better we'll go on a mission together."

"Natsu, it's ok. I should be better in a day or two. You should go with Happy. I'll be fine staying here by myself for the day." Lucy tried calming him. She didn't want him to worry. It was unnatural for Natsu to worry.

"But…"

"No buts, Natsu. I'll be ok. Go with Happy. I'll stay here and rest. It's ok."

"If you're sure…but I'll be back later tonight, to check on you." Natsu conceded.

"But…"

"Ah, ah, ah. No buts, Lucy." He grinned, loving the fact that he could use her words against her. "You stay bundled up, ok? Make sure you rest and I'll see ya later. Come on Happy."

"I hope you feel better Lucy," And with that they jumped out the window. Again.

"Can't you guys use…"Another coughing fit cut her off. Looks like no yelling until this cold passes. She heard a buzzing in the room and found it to be coming from her communication lacrima. It was a text from Levy. One of many, the first one was sent earlier around 9 in the morning.

Lucy I need to talk to you. Something's happened.

Lucy, please text me back, this is really important. I need your advice.

There were at least 6 messages all along the same lines. The last one read:

Lucy. Are you there? If you don't answer soon, I'm coming to your apartment. Whether you're ready or not.

It must be serious if she has texted me so many times. I better give her a call, Lucy thought as she dialed her best friend's communication code on her lacrima.

"Lucy! Thank god! I was just getting ready to come over." Levy said with obvious panic in her voice.

"What's wrong? Are you hurt? Is it the guild? What's wrong?" Lucy asked, her own fear growing.

"It's Gajeel. He stayed over at my place last night and he made breakfast."

"What? That's all?!" Lucy laughed in relief. "I thought you were attacked, or the Erza was rampaging or the world was ending."

"It's not funny. This is serious." Lucy heard the pout in Levy's voice. "Can I come to your place so we can talk?"

"What about Gajeel? Is he still there?"

"No, he left for his apartment earlier to change and go to the guild. I told him that I might be along later, that I had something to take care of. I'm freaking out."

"Well, first calm down. We have time. I just got up a little while ago, so give me a half hour and then I'll be ready for you to come over."

"Isn't Natsu expecting you at the guild?"

"Normally yes, but I still have a stupid cold from yesterday."

"Ok. I'll see you soon. Thanks for helping me Lu-chan."

"No prob. I'll see you soon." With that Lucy, hung up and laughed. What a goof. I wonder if that's what I'll be like when a relationship ever starts working out for me.

Exactly a half an hour later, Lucy was just finishing pulling a sweatshirt on, when there was a knock at the door. Lucy quickly answered the door. Levy was standing at the door bundled in a bright orange coat, holding a carry out bag from the guild.

"I brought some lunch of us." Levy smiled shyly while stepping into the apartment. "I'm sorry for freaking out earlier. It's just a lot happened last night."

"Well, spill it girl." Replied Lucy, while sitting down on the couch.

Levy quickly explained the previous night's events, starting with how Gajeel awkwardly asked to walk her home and ended with the events before breakfast.

"I can't believe I fell asleep on him, literally! I'm such an idiot." Levy lamented while picking at her sandwich.

"How was he at breakfast?" Lucy asked.

"Fine. He was a little quiet, but he wasn't awkward. He did blush a little bit when I came into the kitchen with my hair still damp, but he was fine. I'm the only one freaking out."

"Levy, relax. If he wasn't comfortable he would have left, but he stayed the night and from the sound of it, he stayed on the couch with you. He obviously likes you, he just needs to get enough guts to admit it."

"I know, I know. I'm just worried that it's never going to happen. What if he loses interest before he speaks up?" Levy's voice dropped and began to shake. "What if we are reading the signs wrong?"

"The only way we'd be reading the signs wrong, is if we thought he wasn't interested. You'll be ok." Lucy hugged her best friend tightly. "It's going to work out for you. It's just a question of when, at least you have that going for you." She looked away, thinking of her lack of luck in the dating area.

"Lu-chan." Levy sighed. "Don't you notice that there is a certain pink-haired idiot who has his eye on you?"

"Huh? Natsu? Yeah, he's always around, but we are a team. He's too dense to notice anything."

"Uh-huh…Tell me Lucy, what happened last night after you and Natsu left the guild last night?" Levy asked with a smirk.

"He brought me home and made me stay on the couch. I have to admit he did a good job looking after me. He brought me tea and….Oh my God!"

"What Lu-chan?"

"When I fell asleep last night, I fell asleep on the couch. When I woke up, I was in bed." Lucy looked at her best friend in total shock. "He took care of me last night and put me to bed."

"Does that count as your first night in bed together?" Levy laughed with mischief written all over her face.

"Not even funny." Lucy blushed which only made Levy laugh harder. "Ok, ok. You're right. It looks like we both have a chance for the taking here. So what do we do?"

"Well, we could go to Mira for advice."

"No way, she'd have a field day with this information." Lucy shivered at the thought of all the rumors that would go flying. "Wait…Christmas is coming and we could make it work in our favor. What does the guild do for Christmas?"

"That's a great idea. The guild normally has a big dinner and dance on Christmas. Everyone gets dressed up and it's a lot of fun."

"Perfect! Then let's try to get the boys to go. Figure Natsu will go, at least for the food. We could probably get Lily in on this too. He'd do anything to help you."

"Fantastic! It's a plan then. Our goal is set then. From here on, our mission is to get Gajeel and Natsu to take us to the guild's Christmas dance. You're a genius Lu-chan!" They hugged. "Hopefully in the next couple weeks, we'll each have a boyfriend."