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Chapter 3

It was very fine morning when Juvia woke up. The sun was shining brightly and the birds were singing. The only thing she didn't like is the faces of Lucy and Levy mischievously grinning down on her

"Good morning Juvia-chan!" Lucy and Levy said at the same time with a tone on their voice that meant that they are up to no good.

"Good morning Lucy-san, Levy-san." Juvia replied as she started to get out of the covers of her sleeping bag. Lucy and Levy quickly helped her fold her covers and put them away.

Before she could ask the two what they are up to, she was shoved into the bathroom roughly. "Take a bath Juvia, we have a long day ahead of us!" Juvia could only sigh in defeat and do what they say. She knew she is going to suffer in the morning the moment they found out she is blushing because of a man.

Juvia took her sweet time while taking a bath just to annoy Lucy and Levy. It's the least she could do because she knows they're going to make her suffer and embarrass her in front of the soldiers. It took her almost an hour before finishing her bath, then additional 5 minutes to get dressed and sure enough, she is greeted with annoyed faces courtesy by Lucy and Levy. She smirked at their direction, which they promptly ignored as they took her by the arms and led her to their make-up station and quickly put make-up on her face. After they got done, it was almost noon and Juvia was starving.

"Can I at least have lunch? Considering you two are going to drag me back and forth, to and fro the whole day. The least you can do is give me something to eat." Juvia asked as she rubbed her grumbling stomach in an unlady-like manner.

"We'll just eat outside while looking for Mr. Prince Charming. Don't worry, we'll treat you a Caramade Frank." Lucy said as she winked at Juvia. The thought of eating her favorite food made Juvia giddy even though she knew she'll suffer from embarrassment before she can actually eat one.

'But it's okay, as long as I can eat one. They're so expensive that as far as I can remember, the last time I had one was last year ago.' Juvia thought to herself, feeling her mouth water from the thought of her favorite food.

"Fine…." Juvia said with a sigh. She watched Lucy's face light up and took her purse. She looked at the two and noticed that something, or rather, someone is missing.

"Lucy-san, Levy-san, I don't really want to be embarrassed by you all but is it just me or is everyone missing?" Juvia looked around their camp, as if confirming that they really are the ones on their camp. Erza, who is usually the one who wakes up their fellow dancers is currently missing and Cana, their heavy drinker and sleeper has her cot folded already.

"Hmmm? Oh, Cana went out early in the morning because she has ran out of her 'fuel' and Erza has gone incognito the moment the sun rose. She probably went to meet Jellal." Lucy said as she checked her purse to see if she has enough money to buy Juvia her favorite food, pausing when she said 'fuel' to air-quote it.

Juvia just muttered a quiet 'oh' and started to fiddle with her hands as they fell into an uncomfortable silence. They all knew about Erza's bittersweet relationship with Jellal, no matter how much Erza tried to keep it a secret. Jellal is the sheriff's son and according to Erza, they used to be secret playmates when they were young. When the sheriff found out that Jellal is talking to Erza, he was almost close to disowning him if it wasn't for Erza promising the sheriff that she will never, ever talk to Jellal anymore. The sheriff agreed to it and to make sure that Erza and Jellal would never see each other again, he searched for a noble girl suitable for Jellal and arranged a marriage between them. The wedding happened on the exact day that the girl turned 18, which is just about a year ago and to add insult to the injury, the sheriff invited Erza to the wedding. Erza broke down to tears after she got back from the wedding. They were all surprised when Jellal suddenly appeared on their camp and started to apologize to Erza. They don't know what happened after that because Jellal asked to be left alone with Erza but they do know that after their private talk, Erza got into an affair with Jellal although they both furiously denies when asked.

The silence lasted for a minute until Levy sneezed. "Bless you." Juvia said to Levy who uttered 'Excuse me' while wiping her nose with a handkerchief. They were all relieved that the awkwardness is now gone. 'Thank goodness for Levy-chan's unconscious ability to lighten up the mood.' Juvia thought with a small smile on her face.

"Ugh! Allergies. Sorry."

"It's okay. As long as you don't sneeze in front of the soldiers." Lucy said and they all started to laughed. "We better go now if we want to catch the soldiers."

Levy hauled Juvia by her left arm as Lucy started to walk towards the opening of their camp, with her purse on her hands.

"Well what are we waiting for? Let's go!" Levy pumped her fist in the air while Lucy and Juvia just laughed.

"Do you think that's him?" Levy asked Lucy as they watched Juvia apologize to the soldier whom they shoved Juvia to.

"No, it's not him. Juvia did not even blink an eye while saying sorry. And besides, I know he's not Juvia's type."

They have been at it for about 3 hours. At first, it just started with them approaching the soldiers and saying either 'Hello' or 'Hi' or 'A pleasant day to you' then they will watch Juvia on the corner of their eyes if there is any change on her facial expression. And then when Levy and Lucy got impatient by how there is no change in Juvia's expression, they got forceful on their approach. Lucy and Levy started to shove Juvia on the soldiers they can spot on their way. Juvia blushed every time they'd push her to unsuspecting soldiers because of embarrassment. And then when they first noticed Juvia's redness, they thought that they have finally found the man they're looking for, but Juvia explained that it's because of their rough ways. It's not because she's attracted to the man whatsoever. Then after Lucy and Levy realized that they're being forceful, they just resorted to Plan C, which is just like their Plan A, although they'd let Juvia do the talking. Many soldiers have took it the wrong way and started to flirt to the three of them but Lucy silenced them with a kick to their family jewels.

'I'm surprised that Juvia's playing along with us. I can't believe she's that desperate for Caramade Franks.' Lucy thought as she watched Juvia bid goodbye to their recent victim/soldier and started to walk towards the two of them with a pleading look on her eyes.

"Levy-san, Lucy san, I'm begging you. I'm so hungry right now. Can we just continue this later?" Lucy and Levy heard Juvia's stomach grumble. It is already way past noon and they haven't eaten lunch yet. And as for Juvia, she hasn't eaten anything since last night. They took pity on Juvia and with another look on her puppy dog eyes, they started to walk on the place where they sell Caramade Franks.

"We're getting nowhere. Maybe we should be much more forceful, don't you think Levy-chan?" Lucy asked Levy as she readied the money they needed for the food.

"I think so too Lu-chan."

"Aren't you guys forceful already?"

"Yeah, but as you can see, no improvement yet."

"You do realize that I'm only doing this for Caramade Franks, right?"

"Yes I do. That's why I offered it to you in the first place. I knew that you'd never say no to Caramade Franks."

Lucy started to laugh at Juvia's pouty face. She had been planning about this the whole night. She knew that Juvia would never agree to anything that will embarrass her. Actually, no one ever will, so that's why she baited Juvia by offering her favorite, yet expensive food. It would cost her a lot of money, but it'll be worth it because of the entertainment she'll get out of it. Lucy was lost on her thoughts as she heard Juvia squeal in delight.

"Gajeel-kun? Gajeel-kun!" Lucy looked to Juvia waving her arms to a man with long black hair with piercings on his face and arms. The man turned to Juvia and his face lit up as he recognized Juvia and started walking towards them while Juvia ran over to him.

"Juvia, it really is you." Gajeel said as he stopped in front of a smiling Juvia.

"So you were watching us?"

"Yeah, along with the other soldiers."

As Juvia and Gajeel asked how the other had been, Levy, who is just behind Juvia, whispered loudly to Lucy who is right beside her.

"Do you think that's him?"

"I don't think so, Levy-chan. She's way too happy to see him."

"But what if he's her long lost love?"

"You read way too much romance novels Levy-chan. Look at Juvia, there's no love in her eyes."

As Lucy and Levy continued to whisper loudly to each other, Gajeel turned to his long lost childhood friend and asked Juvia "Are they your friends?"

Juvia just smiled a little. "Yes, they are." After answering Gajeel, she turned towards her two friends.

"You do realize that we can hear you two." Lucy opened her mouth to answer Juvia but a man's voice interrupted her.

"Hey metal-face, what'cha doing around here?"

Juvia turned towards the man's voice and suddenly, everything stopped. 'That's him!' Juvia thought, feeling her blood rush to her face.

Gajeel turned towards the man who spoke. "What do you want, Ice Princess?"

"Just wanna ask if you know where they sell Caramade Franks. Heard it's the best."

Lucy and Levy watched the exchange of the two soldiers in amusement because seriously, what's more funnier than watching two grown up soldiers throwing insults at each other. They were about to ask Juvia if her friend Gajeel has always been hostile towards other when they saw her blushing. Lucy and Levy turned towards each other thinking the same thing and grinned.

Bingo. Target found.

"I dunno. Ask them. They know the way around here." Gajeel answered as he pointed towards the dancers.

Gray turned to look towards Juvia, who is keeping her head down. He figured that the girl wouldn't want to talk to him so he asked the other two girls instead.

"Excuse me ladies, do you know where they sell Caramade Franks?"

"Oh, it's just right around that corner. We were also on our way there." Lucy answered as she looked at Juvia who is still keeping her head down and grinned. They so got the right man.

"Whatever, I'm going ahead. Bye Juvia." Gajeel said as he turned on his heels and walked past them. Juvia just said nothing but did raised a hand to wave at her retreating friend.

"So your name is Juvia?" Gray asked Juvia, not noticing her red face.

"Y-yes."

"I'm Gray. Gray Fullbuster." Gray said as he took Juvia's hand and kissed the top of it, making Juvia's face much redder than it already is. Lucy silently wondered if Gray did anything other than kissing her hand would make Juvia's head explode.

"I'm Lucy and this bluenette here is Levy. Nice meeting you." Gray moved towards Lucy and Levy and kissed their hands too.

"So ladies, do you want to eat Caramade Franks with me?" Gray asked as he straightened up.

"Oh, it's not the three of us, actually. It's just Juvia. We were just walking her to the shop to make sure she doesn't get lost." Lucy said, sending a wink to Levy who just giggled and nodded her head. "Oh, could you do us a little favor? Could you take our friend Juvia to the shop and eat with her?"

"Sure thing ladies." Gray said as he walked up towards Juvia and offered his arm to her. Juvia looked at his arm and hesitantly took it, throwing a glance to her friends. "Lucy-san, Levy-san, could you please go with us?" Juvia called them, silently praying that they will took pity on her.

Lucy and Levy just looked at her then turned towards each other. That's when a plan formed on their heads.

"Oh my gosh, Levy-chan, I feel so horrible!" Lucy loudly exclaimed as she rested her head on Levy's shoulder who quickly put her hand on Lucy's head, feeling is she has a fever.

"Oh no Lu-chan, you're burning up!"

"Sorry Juvia-chan, I can't go. I'm not feeling well." Lucy started to fan herself as she leaned heavily on Levy's shoulder.

"I can't go too Juvia-chan. I have to take her back to the camp."

"Well, allow me to take you ladies." Gray offered them, although he knows that the two are just asking. After all, he needs to be a gentleman towards ladies.

"No! I mean, no, just go you two. We'll be fine." Lucy corrected herself after her little outburst. She's a little glad that Gray never said anything about their petty acting.

"Well, I guess it's just the two of us then." Gray said as he and Juvia started to walk away from Lucy and Levy.

Juvia looked back to her two friends, with a last plea on her face, which was promptly ignored by her grinning friends.

"Good luck Juvia-chan!" Lucy and Levy held their two thumbs up and watched as Juvia and Gray disappeared on the corner.

Whoo! Chapter 3!

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It took me about 3 hours to write this chapter. I just finished writing this chapter and I didn't proof read this one so forgive me for the mistakes you'll see. But I really had fun writing this chapter, especially the part where Levy sneezed while they're thinking sad thoughts. This actually happened to me and my best friend. We were talking about something sad and then I suddenly sneezed, killing the moment. Okay, I'll stop ranting now.

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EDIT: I edited this chapter because I realized that it's supposed to be Caramade Franks, not Caramel Franks.