Ch. 3

A/N: 'ello 'ello 'ello again, lovelies~! it's absolutely fabulous to see you all again. thank you so so so so much for favoriteing, following, reviewing, and all that jazz! anywhore, i do NOT own FT, sadly, so… yea.

well, it's gonna be a Lucy x OC fic, hopefully, and with a little bit of GrayLu/NaLu/LoLu, etc.

Enjoy the tail! (get it? huh? *waggles eyebrows* punny, right?) ignore me please.

"Lucy!"

The blonde dodged Halken's ice attack swiftly. Preoccupied with Dret's cards and Gaunt's rotting weed attack, she didn't notice Harte's flock of girls coming at her.

"Aah!" she cried. "Shit." fwompf! She fell to the ground and put her arms over her eyes. She soon felt strong arms pull her up.

"You okay, Lucy?" Erin asked with worry in his voice. Lucy flinched at the feel of his hand on her lower back.

"Y-yeah, I'm fine." She assured, backing away a little. Erin frowned, clearly still concerned, but backed off. Lucy swept a piece of her hair back and turned her head towards the guild. It was now close to dawn; Lucy had been training with Erin and his spirits since dusk last night. She still felt she'd not gotten any stronger, though, despite how long and hard they'd trained. Erin seemed to sense her discomfort and feelings towards this, for he moved near her again.

"E-Erin…" Lucy flinched again. She still hadn't gotten used to the fact that he'd been a childhood friend – one that she couldn't remember – and possibly a new and/or old crush.

"Luce!" Lucy heard her name and turned towards the familiar voice with a happy grin.

"Natsu!" she ran towards her best guy friend and stopped when they met in the middle.

"Luce, I found us a job!" the pinkette cried excitedly.

"Awesome! How much?"

"40,000 jewel and one gate key."

"A KEY?!" Lucy's eyes lit up and she dragged her friend towards the train station. "We're leaving. Now!"

"But Luce-"

"NO BUTS!"

"Eeep! Yes'm!"

Erin watched sadly as his blonde friend/mistress waltzed off with the pinkette dragon slayer and sighed.

"Lucy…" he dropped to his knees. "If only you knew… if only you knew…"

hay~! it's moi again and i really hope you liked the chapter and it didn't suck shit! comment/review/like/follow, pleaaaaaaaaaase!

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