Chapter 4
Lucy P.O.V.
Tomorrow was the exchange. I'm really excited to see what my not-so-secret-Santa got me! I took a bath for about half an hour letting the warm water surround me. Until I realized... "I DON'T HAVE A DRESS!" I screamed. I jumped out of the bath and put something on. I searched through my closet, but nothing good was in it. "What do I do? I don't have the money for one!" I whined. I was now pacing back and forth. "Hey Lucy!" I turned to see two white haired mages. "Lisanna, Mira!" I squealed. "How did you guys get in here?" I asked. "Trade secret." I sweat dropped. "Anyways, you don't have a dress do you?" I nodded. "Well Mira-nee and I are going to take you shopping!" Lisanna beamed. "Sorry, I can't I don't have the money." I said shaking my head. "Who said you're paying?" Mira asked with a smile on her face. "Omygod thank you guys!" I tackled Mira and Lisanna into a hug. "Let's go! We're shopping too!" We all left my apartment. No really, how did they get in?
Erza .
I sighed, tomorrow was the secret Santa exchange. I was nervous. I re-quipped into a dress. Not nice enough. I grabbed a few jewels from my wallet and went into town.
Shopping was fun. I got to try on lots of clothes. I was searching for something to wear when I saw it. It was the most beautiful piece of...armour ever made. I was about to try it on when I saw Lucy, Lisanna and Mira. "Erza!" Lucy waved. "Oh dear, I hope that's not what you're wearing tomorrow." Mira said. "It's not!" I protested before Mira got any ideas. "I-it just looked nice so..." I started. Mira shook her head, "Don't waste your jewels on that!" I nodded and put back the armour. "Erza I'll help you pick out something nice!" Lucy smiled. I nodded and we went into a nice store to search for something to wear.
Natsu P.O.V.
"Natsu, what are you wearing tomorrow?" Gray asked. I looked at him confused, "Huh?" Gray face palmed. "You have to wear something fancy, like Mira said." I creased my forehead, "I don't wanna wear a dress!" Happy shook his head, "Natsu, boys wear tuxedoes, not dresses." I pouted, "Those things are really tight. I'm not wearing it." Happy sighed "At least wear something formal, you don't want Mira getting angry at you." I shivered at the thought. "Uh Happy..." I started. Happy looked at me, "Yeah?" "What do I wear?" Happy sighed. "Natsu, you're so clueless. I'll help." I grinned at my best buddy, "Thanks!"
"Happy! I want this!" I said waving to Happy. "Well?" I asked holding up the outfit. It was an awesome dragon costume that came with a hat that had dragon eyes and a snout. "Natsu this is a formal party, not a Halloween party." Happy said calmly. I pouted, why can't I wear the dragon costume? "Then what do I wear?" I asked. Happy pointed to an outfit. The pants were long and grey. There was a button up shirt and a tuxedo jacket that went on top of the shirt. It was a light grey. "This." Happy said. I looked at him for a while. "Okay, I'll wear it." I paused, "Happy what are you wearing?" I asked. Happy immediately pulled up a shirt with a red tie and a pull over sweater, "I chose this." We paid for our outfits and got out of there.
Lucy P.O.V.
"How about this?" I asked Mira, Lisanna and Erza. "No, not your style." Mira said. I was wearing a long red dress with a black belt at the waist. It came with a white boa and black heels that were at least four inches. "No fair! You guys chose all your outfits in like, two or three tries but I can't find one and I've tried on at least six things!" I whined.
Mira chose a silver dress that hugged her curves. It ended below her knees. The bottom of the dress curved upwards and the strap went around her neck. She chose white heels and a golden pearl necklace to wear with it.
Lisanna chose a white dress that fanned out from her waist. Not ridiculously, just a little. The dress ended below her knees and the straps crossed over from her shoulders in the front, exposing a little cleavage. She chose white flats and a flower hair clip to go with the dress.
Erza chose a blue dress that had a slit from her mid thigh down the the bottom on her right leg. It was strapless and near the bottom was a pattern of cherry blossoms. She wore white gloves and blue heels as well.
"Ooh! Try on this one!" Lisanna squealed. I sighed and went back into the change room. The outfit was really nice. It had two layers. The inside layer was soft, it was a nice pink. The inside layer hugged my curves and it went down to just above my knees. The outside layer was translucent and was a lighter shade of pink. It started at my waist. It went down to below mid thigh then it split into two long two parts were sewed so that they went behind me rather than in front. As I said, my upper body was only the inside layer, the straps were thick and met at the back if my neck. The lining for the top and bottom of the inside layer was a lacy black piece of fabric. At the top the lace was fashioned into a bow. I chose black gladiators that also had bows at the top. Finally, to top it all off, I wore a necklace with a silver star.
"Kyaa! You'll be the talk of town with that on!" Mira giggled. "Yes, you look very nice Lucy." Erza added. "I picked a good one didn't I?" Lisanna asked. I nodded. "This is gonna be really expensive." I said. "No sweat, you can make up for it later!" Mira said with her most innocent smile. I gulped.
Levy P.O.V.
Wendy and Juvia stayed over that night. We helped each other make the dresses. They were very nice for three girls who made them.
My dress was blue. It had translucent straps that were a lighter shade of the main colour. The straps were like a normal t-shirt but it the top was diagonal. There was a white sash at my waist and the bottom half of the dress almost looked like a skirt. The blue fabric stopped at my knees and the hem was white. I decided to wear blue flats and a blue headband to match the dress.
Wendy's dress was green and flowed like a princess. The top half was a dark green, however the bottom half and the top lining was a mint green. She had green flats to wear, though the colour was off. And she wore a little charm bracelet that had a heart on it.
Juvias dress was red. It was tight and went down to her mid thigh. The dress was strapless and at the bottom right of the dress was a golden accessory that held up that section a little more. The accessory was a circle with wing like things coming out of it. She wore red heels and a locket(which probably had a picture of Gray).
Making the dresses was tiring. It took Juvia a few tries before the golden accessory stayed without falling off. Eventually Carla turned up with and outfit. She decided to wear a pink skirt and a pale blue top, it was simple but cute! I couldn't wait to see what everyone else was wearing!
Natsu P.O.V.
I returned to the guild to find Gray and Gajeel wearing some funny stuff. Gray was wearing a slick black tux with a light blue bow tie. Gajeel was also wearing a tux, but his was a creamy colour. It was like the one he wore when he tried to sing. The shirt was a lot whiter than the pants and sweater and he was wearing a red and black-stripped tie. The stripes were small and thin, there was also some yellow in the tie.
"Hey Natsu, surprised you could even buy something." Gray said. "Yeah, I did and my outfit isn't tight like yours is, snow cone."
"Wanna say that again, ash brain?"
"Exhibitionist!"
"Flame thrower!"
Soon Gajeel started fighting too. A few more members joined in and we caused a huge riot. "I hope you guys aren't wrecking the decorations." Said a sweet voice. We all turned to see Mira. We all gulped, "Nope!" I said quickly. "Good, then you'll all help put them up right?" Everyone nodded. Mira and Erza handed everyone a box and told us how they wanted the guild.
"Natsu! That's not how it goes!" I saw Lucy yelling at me from the bottom of the ladder. "Then how does it go?" I asked. "Get down, I'll do it, you put up-" Lucy froze at what was in her box. It was a plant that kind of looked like the holly I was putting up, but it was rounder and had fewer berries (I tried to eat some but Happy told me I would get sick. I decided not to because Mira would have my head if I wasn't at the exchange). It also had a string attached to it. "What is it?" I asked. "It's mistletoe." Lucy gulped. "How come your staring at it like it just stole your food?" Lucy just shook her head. I reached out to grab it from her, but she pulled it away. "Natsu, don't touch this. You put up the wreath, it goes in between the ribbons." How come Lucy didn't want to me hang up the mistletoe?
"Hey Mira, what's wrong with mistletoe?" I asked after putting up the wreath. "Nothing's wrong with it, why do you ask?" I squinted at what Lucy was doing, she was hanging up the mistletoe on the door frames and ceilings. If anyone came near her she screamed. "Well I was gonna put it up for Luce, but she wouldn't let me." I said. Mira giggled, "That's probably because you don't know the tradition with it, Lucy didn't want you to mess up." I pouted, "What's the tradition?" Mira smiled and whispered in my ear, "When Lucy is putting up the mistletoe go near her."
"Hey Luce!" I said. "Eeeeeek!" Lucy screamed. "Get away!"
"Why?"
"Cause I don't wanna kiss you!"
"Huh?"
Lucy face palmed. "Right you don't know. If two people stand under mistletoe together they have to kiss." Lucy finished putting up the mistletoe, when her toe slipped. "Lucy!" I screamed as I caught her. "This is like the third time I have to catch you." Lucy rolled her eyes. "So, we gonna kiss? I did save you." "LUCY-KICK!"
"All right everyone; don't forget, tomorrow at 8:00pm! Thanks for helping putting up the decorations." Mira said. Everyone nodded and started filing out the door.
Sorry for the short or long (ish) chapter. Thank you for the review! This is my first fanfic so I'm super happy about that. The next one is gonna be the last! I don't own Fairy Tail.