Hey guys whats up! Im really sorry that I haven't been able to update in a while…..my little sis can be so overprotective of the computer sometimes….Anyway enough of my problems, let's get back to this lovable story shall we!
Natsu and Gray had pained expressions on their faces when the girls had taken them to an unfamiliar building. The girls took them down stairs and from there they could hear music playing. Gray was starting to get more and more panicked. "Oh crap! What if it is a stripclub…..or worse a gay stripclub. Dammit, I can't handle this." Gray tried to calm himself down. "Juvia did say that she was just kidding….but then again she has been a lot jokier lately. Maybe it's because she's around me more than usual….. I wonder what's up with her."
Lucy and Juvia finally led them to a door that was really old looking. They could hear the music clearly now that they were closer. It seemed like it was a rock song or something like that. "Okay, are you guys ready?!" Lucy and Juvia chimed. Gray and Natsu still had pained expressions on their faces, but they nodded nonetheless. Lucy and Juvia laughed while they opened the door. The song now burst through the open door, and Lucy and Juvia stood in front of the open door in a 'tah-dah' like pose. Gray and Natsu's mouths dropped opened. They didn't quite expect the girls to be the singing type, so why did they think of this? Lucy and Juvia laughed at their expressions. "Why are you guys so surprised?" Lucy asked. "Yes. I thought that Gray-sama would be a little pleased about karaoke."
Gray and Natsu were speechless for a couple seconds then Gray said, "You guys actually had me scared for a moment there." Lucy and Natsu looked at Gray like he was crazy, but Juvia on the other hand was chuckling in the background. "Why…" Lucy wondered. Gray blushed a little bit. "Juvia told me that we would be going to a stripclub earlier, but she said she was kidding. So when you told us that we were going somewhere, I thought that it would be some random striplub…." Gray trailed off. "God, I probably sound so stupid right now." Natsu laughed his ass off while Lucy tried to hide away her laughter. Gray was blushing immensly at this point. Lucy quickly recovered and told Gray, "Don't worry, we were actually thinking about doing that until…..we figured you guys wouldn't like it." Lucy turned her head towards Juvia who was still laughing. She akwardly smiled. "Heh, heh….sorry Gray-sama for making you worry so much." Gray walked over to Juvia and hugged her. He seperated from her and kissed her again. Lucy got the hots from this and Natsu noticed. He was really surprised that he could do it so openly like that. If Elfman were here you would hear 'NOW THAT'S A MAN!' all over the place. She freaked out and passed out. Gray laughed. "That's for making me a nervous wreck."
Gray carried a passed out Juvia inside while a blushing Lucy and ticked Natsu followed. They walked up to the counter and a familiar woman greeted them. "Hello, and welcome to the Karaoke Palace! My name is Avery and I'll be helping you out throughout the night." Lucy and Natsu were shocked…..again! "Avery, what are you doing here!" Lucy asked. Avery ignored the question for the moment, and gave her a slip of paper:
Meet me in the front of the building in 15 minutes. In the meantime, enjoy yourselves.
Avery led them to an empty table and gave them a big book of songs and several munbers. "When your number appears on that screen, then it's your turn. Or you can wait until one person's number has come up and you can do a duet or just sing a song with all of you participating in it. Before you go up to the stage, tell the DJ what song you want and proceed to the stage. Then start singing when the words come up. If you have anymore questions please don't hesitate to ask." Avery walked away and Lucy, Natsu and Gray had looked at their numbers. Juvia was woken up by Lucy and she got a filler about the note and everything else.
They all decided to do duets, since they didn't want to do it by themselves. When their numbers came up, they went and sang their songs. Lucy and Juvia decided to do "Take A Hint" by Victoria Justice and Elizabeth Gillies. While they sang, Natsu and Gray couldn't contain themselves…..or their pants. When it was their turn though, they couldn't really find a guy duet song that they liked, so they sang "Angel With A Shotgun" by The Cab, for their girlfriends. All the girls in the whole building were starstruck, including Lucy and Juvia. They didn't expect the guys to be so good at singing and have such gorgeous voices. When the guys had finished, they had girls lining up at their table, pretending Juvia and Lucy weren't there…..big mistake. Juvia got up and glared at the girls that were staring at Gray. "Nobody…..takes…my….Gray-sama." Lucy got up and glared at the girls that were staring at Natsu. "If you come near him I will rip off your heads and shit down your necks." Natsu and Gray nervously laughed it off, even though they were totally shitting their pants right now.
After more great fun times and freshly cleaned pants, Lucy looked up at the clock. "Oh, it's been about 15 minutes….we should go and see what Avery needs." They all nodded and got up, and went to the front outside. They saw Avery smoking a cigarrette. It seemed like her entire aura changed when they opened the door, almost like she was a completely different person. "Uh… Avery, are you okay?" Lucy asked, almost regretting asking in the first place. Avery shot her a look. "Of course im not okay! Do I look like it?" Lucy decided to just not ask anymore questions for the time being. Natsu decided to give it a go. "So…..why did you want us to come out here?" It took her a while to answer,and it seemed like she was going to beat up Natsu for asking, but she started crying instead. Her aura had changed back to normal. "I needed to tell someone this….since he's gone now…..I wanted to talk to someone." Lucy thought that it was safe now to talk to her. "Tell us what's wrong Avery, and why are you working two jobs?" Avery stopped crying for a few minutes. She finally had enough strength to tell them what had happened to her in the past week…
"After we had said out goodbyes to you two it was a completely normal day, just like any other. My husband, Jack, and I were talking and all of a sudden, the chef was screaming in the back. We ran as fast as we could to see what was wrong. When we approached the door, we could see fire and smoke inside. I have no idea how we didn't smell it before though…. Jack ran inside and rescued everyone that he could find, but they told us that there was someone else still stuck inside. He told me and everyone else to get out of the building and wait for him to come out. When we left, it seemed like the whole building had caught fire in an instant. After a few minutes, the water mages came to put out the fire. Jack still hadn't come out, so I went inside….and I found him trapped under some of the ceiling that had fallen on him. I ran over to him and thankfully he was still alive….for the time being. I tried to take everything off of him, but then he told me that he loved me and he had said goodbye to me. I knew that he knew that this was the end for him, but I didn't want to give up. I went out and called for help, and when help did arrive…..it was too late….."
Avery began crying harder. Lucy and Juvia tried to comfort her. "I just…..if I had just kept helping him instead of leaving him…this is all my fault. I lost my precious hotel that I had raised with Jack….now I don't have a precious place to call my special home anymore." Lucy and Juvia looked at each other. It seemed like they were about to cry themselves. Natsu and Gray were speechless though. "Look Avery, none of this is your fault. It was an accident. Im sure Jack was a loving and caring man. Im also certain that he would want to see you standing strong right now…so don't beat yourself up about this. Just go home and rest up a bit." Lucy cried. Juvia nodded. "Yes, please. Maybe you should go see your family members so you can prepare for certain things…." Juvia and Lucy shed more tears. Avery sniffed a bit. "Perhaps you're both right. I should tell everyone what has happened so we can arrange his funeral…."
After more crying, Avery got up and walked up the stairs. "Well I guess I'll be seeing you then. Thank you for listening and all the advice…I appreciate it." She gave a faint smile and left them behind. Juvia and Lucy smiled and waved, then they looked and Natsu and Gray, whose faces were hidden. "Why didn't you guys try to comfort Avery in her time of need?" Asked a recovered Juvia. "Yeah. You guys were awfully quiet….what's up?" Lucy and Juvia got a better look at their boyfriend's faces and it turned out that they had been bawling their eyes out. "Her story was so sad man…" Natsu cried. "Yeah, I feel so sorry for her, I cant even stop crying." Gray whined. Natsu turned to Gray. "Me neither….bring it in bro." Gray and Natsu hugged each other and cried even louder. Lucy and Juvia nervously laughed. "We'd better get home. I think we've had enough excitement for the day…" Lucy said. "A-agreed…" Juvia sulked when it was time to go. She wanted to spend more time with Gray, but things were getting a little weird. And speaking of weird, it seemed like she was more loose than normal. She was messing with Gray left and right today and it felt kinda great. "Maybe Gray-sama is bringing out a side in me that I didn't even know I had…."
The guys got over it for a bit and walked the girl's home…but yet again they came across the ultimate douchebag in Gray's eyes…Lyon.
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