Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy Tail or any of the characters. I do however, own this story so enjoy reading and review. ;D

So I decided I would start making every story at least 2000 words cuz I think they've been too short. Now enjoy the story. : 3

One more thing i just remembered; Laxus is going to be part of the friend group...not a teacher. So lets pretend that i wrote that Lucy's Math teacher is Mr. Clive and that Erza introduced Lucy to Laxus as Mira's Boyfriend in the first chapter. Tnx!

Lucy was surrounded by complete darkness. She didn't know how she got there or what was going on, but she knew she was supposed to be scared…and she was.

She tried to raise her wrist to wipe the tears that had started to crawl down her cheeks only to find them restrained over her head. Her legs were shackled to the wall as well. Then all at once, all the lights came on and she found her father standing a few inches away from her.

"D-d-dad? What are you doing? What's going on?" she asked, completely petrified.

"You said I'm never around so…I decided we would do this every night."

"A-and what exactly is…this?" she asked, tears running down her eyes.

"Remember that slap you got this morning? Well that's going to become a regular occurrence…except much more painful."

At that, Lucy woke up, panting, sweat sticking her clothes to her body. She turned on her side and looked at her bedside clock; 5:00. She knew she wouldn't get to sleep so she got up to get ready for school. She spent nearly an hour in the shower trying to wash away the filth of the dream she'd had.

Then she broke down and cried…cried at the fact that this was her life; running from home, hiding from her father, always afraid. By the time Lucy was ready it was about 7am so she decided to go to the park on the way to Fairy Tail. She spent the next forty-five minute walking around the park, thinking about how her mother's passing started to crack her heart, and how her father's torture tactics completely shattered it.

At about 7:45, Lucy left the park and walked the rest of the way to school. She got there a bit early and noticed only a few cars in the parking lot. She didn't recognize most of the cars, but then she saw one she did recognize; it was raven, just like its' owners hair.

After seeing his car, Lucy was curious as to what Gray was doing in school so early. She walked to their homeroom and heard soft moaning. She opened the door as quietly as she could. She saw Gray crushing his mouth against some girl whose back was against the wall. Then Lucy realized who the girl was. OMG, Juvia! She thought. She couldn't believe the two of them were actually together. But why keep it a secret? She wondered.

Soon she heard a few footsteps moving around the hall. Gray and Juvia must have heard it too because they pull apart and moved to other sides of the room, both of them a bit flustered after what happened, their lips swollen.

Lucy stepped back out into the hall. She noticed a head of white hair and instantly had an idea. She ran up to Lisanna and told her what she'd seen. "Damn it! I wanted to be the first to catch them. I always had a sneaking suspicion that those two were hooking up in secret."

"OK, I have an idea. What if we try to get those two to open up about their relationship? I mean everyone already teases the two of them about being together, why not just tell the truth."

"We'll see what we can do," she replied with a devilish smirk.

They walked into the classroom and giggled as the two awkwardly blushed. The class started to pile in and Lucy went to talk to Levy.

"Levy-chan!"

"Hey, Lu-chan! What's up?"

She answered, "I wanted to ask you about the AP English homework. I didn't really understand what we were meant to do."

So they talked about their work until a certain pink hair male walked into the classroom. "Hey Luce!"

"What's up Natsu? I'm kinda in the middle of a conversation here."

He walked over to her. "I need help in Maths. I'm falling behind."

"It's been one day. But yeah sure I'll help. Later though, I need to talk to Lisanna first." He groaned but let her past when she got up to talk to Lisanna.

"Hey! So what are we gonna do about those two?" Lisanna asked looking at Gray and Juvia, both trying their best not to look at each other.

"I think I have an idea…Would your parents mind if you have a party?" Lucy replied with a smirk.

"I think I understand where you're going with this…and I think I like it. One thing though, I live with my siblings. It's just the three of us so we'll be fine throwing a party at the end of the week. But what about getting those two together?"

"I'll talk to Gray."

"You'll what?!"

"We have a class together today. I'll talk to him. We actual get along quite well." Lucy turned to look at Gray only to realize he was rolling on the ground with Natsu. She rolled her eyes and looked back at Lisanna who was doing the same thing.

Then the bell rang. "Hey, Gray," she called and he looked up. "Wanna walk to class with me?"

"Yeah sure," he replied.

As they walked out of the room, Lucy heard Juvia whispering something about a love rival and Lucy laughed at that.

"What's so funny?" Gray asked.

"You and Juvia," he replied. At that, Gray blushed.

"W-what do you mean?" he asked.

"I saw you two this morning," was all she said.

Gray's entire face was red at this point. "So why keep it a secret? You two like each. You've obviously been hooking-"

"Don't say that so loud."

"You like her?"

"Yes," he said blushing a bit.

"That's cute. She like you?"

"God, I hope so."

"So why not tell everyone?"

"I don't know. I guess I'm not entirely comfortable with it."

"We'll talk more about this later. We've got to get to class. Oh one more thing; Lisanna and her siblings are going to throw a party this Friday. You're coming. No argument."

Gray looked suspicious but said nothing. And with that, they walked into their next class.

Time skip…Lunch

Lucy walked in after her AP English class with Levy. They walked over to the table full of her friends. Lucy sat between Lisanna and Gray. She turned to Lisanna and said, "I talked to him. He's crazy about her."

"I heard that Lucy," Gray said.

The two girls laughed at that. "So is the party on?" she asked.

"Yes it is!" Mira replied excitedly. "Oh, Lisanna told me what happened this morning," she explained with a smile.

Lisanna turned to the rest of the table and asked everyone, "How do y'all feel about a party at our house?"

A cheer came from the group. "So that's a yes?" she said and laughed.

Time skip…End of the day

"Hey Luce!"

"Hey Natsu."

"Do you want a ride home? My car's back from the shop."

"Um…" Lucy wasn't sure if she wanted to be alone in a car with a guy. But then she realized its Natsu, he wouldn't hurt her…right? "Yeah, sure."

They got into the car and Lucy gave him directions to her house.

"So…thanks for the ride."

"No problem. So, I wanted to ask you something."

"Ye sure, what?"

"Is there anything going on between you and Ice Princess?"

"Wait, you think Gray and I are together?" Lucy laughed then saw the look on Natsu's face and immediately stopped. "There's nothing going on with me and Gray. We're just friends. Same with Lisanna, Juvia and you."

At that, Natsu frowned. "Are you okay?" she asked.

"Yes I'm fine." Then they got to Lucy's house.

"Thanks again for the ride, Natsu. You didn't have to." Lucy got out of the car. She walked to the other side of the car and gave Natsu a peck on the cheek. "Do you want to go to the party together?"

He perked up at that and nodded enthusiastically.

Lucy walked up the stairs to her house to get her homework done and Natsu drove away.

For the rest of the week, Lucy and Lisanna worked on their plan to get Gray and Juvia to come out into the open. Lucy went to Lisanna's house ever day after school to help with the party prep until they were finally ready.

Time skip…Friday night

Lucy was in her apartment getting ready for the Strauss siblings party. She decided to wear her red dress with a plunge neckline and her black high-heeled thigh high boots. She had her hair curled and was in the middle of doing her make-up when she heard a knock on the door. She ran to her front door to open it for Natsu.

"Hey!" she said as she opened the door. "You look great." He was wearing black, ripped skinny jeans, and a tight red top with red air Nikes.

"You do too," he said with his jaw dropping.

"Stop eye-fucking me and sit on the couch," she said laughing.

He blushed, closed his mouth and sat on the couch. "I need to finish getting ready then we can go," Lucy said and walked back into her room.

"You have a cute house," Natsu commented looking around. "Thanks!" he heard from deeper in the house.

A few minutes later, Lucy walked out of her room. "OK! I'm ready."

"You look great!"

"Thanks again. Let's go!"

Natsu held his arm out for Lucy and they linked arms. They walked down the stairs in her apartment and to the car. Natsu went around to the passenger side and opened the door for Lucy. "Thanks!" she said with a smile. He walked around to the driver side of the car and they started their drive to the Strauss house.

When they got to the house. They walking in with their arms linked. Lucy whispered to Natsu, "How can they afford a house this big?" She had been curious about it since the first day she came here but she thought it would be rude to ask.

"Their parents are filthy rich," he answered casually.

"You guys look so cute. Did you plan to match up?" Mira asked winking at the two.

Lucy looked at their outfits and realized they were matching. "Hmm… well we didn't plan this," Lucy said unlinking her arms from Natsu's. It wasn't until she felt her arms at her sides that she realized she wasn't uncomfortable making physical contact with Natsu anymore. Hmm, she thought.

"Anyway," Lucy said, "where are they?" her smile turning devilish.

"Where's who?" Natsu asked, lost.

Mira and Lucy looked at each other then back at Natsu. "Go find Elfman and Gajeel and help with the rest of the set up," Mira said.

"But…" Natsu started. Then the aura around her turned dark and Natsu didn't argue anymore. "OK, OK! I'm leaving."

Mira turned to Lucy, "So, what are we doing about them? Also have I said how gorgeous you look tonight?"

"Thanks Mira. You do too." Mira was wearing a white ankle length dress with a slit up to her hip. She was wearing purple 5 inch heels and she had her hair straightened "Lisanna is the one with the plan for tonight."

"Then let's go find my little sis." And with that they walked into the house.

Mira and Lucy walked into the house to find Lisanna. "Your house is gorgeous, Mira," Lucy said.

"Thanks Lucy." Then they found Lisanna. When they made eye contact, Lisanna screeched.

"OK! So the plan is simply. We tell Gray to go to one of the rooms upstairs to get, I don't know, more drinks. And then later, we send Juvia up there too. We'll give them about five minutes then send Erza up. She'll threaten his, everyone will hear her, rush up to see what happened and see them. Boom! Everyone knows, they won't be hiding their relationship anymore and they'll love us."

The girls high-fived each other and went downstairs to start welcoming their guests.

Hope you enjoyed this chapter[that was supposed to come out last night, but what can you do]. The next chapter will be out soon. It's...on its way.

'Til then, R and R, and PM me your suggestions for what direction you think the story should go.