Levy smoothed out her pink dress. She began working on her hair and sighed looking at it. "It doesn't look good enough." she said to herself. She tried a few more styles and finally decided to comb it out and wear it down. She placed the crown on her head and smiled. He added a nice touch the other night.
The past few days had been long and Levy had barely made it through the day but it was almost time for the party and she was more nervous than she ever had been before. It was time to finally tell Gajeel how she felt, she just hoped he wouldn't completely shoot her down. She heard heart break was not a fun thing to deal with.
A knock at the door broke Levy from her thoughts and she whirled around and walked to the door. She slipped on her shoes on the way and opened the door after straightening out her dress one more time. She smiled at Lucy who was wearing a queen's gown with a huge crown on her head. Her dress was a blue. Levy stepped out and locked her door. "You look better in that than I thought you would!" Lucy commented once they started walking towards the guild hall.
"You think so? Gajeel seemed to like it too." Levy replied smiling to herself. "He told me to add in the little crown too."
"Nice! You look like a princess!" Lucy linked arms with her friend and they walked to the rest of the way chatting.
Gajeel fixed his suit and looked at Pantherlily who was dressed in a small suit of his own. Gajeel's was a navy blue. Pantherlily just wore a black one. "You tried to match her, didn't you?" Lily asked at they headed out the door.
"Is it that obvious?" Gajeel's red eyes looks over at his small exceed.
"Only to people who know you love her."
"So you." he smirked.
There was a silence between the two for another little while before curiosity hit Lily. He realized that Gajeel had never gone over the plan of how he was going to tell Levy McGarden he loved her. "How do you plan on telling her?" he asked.
"Hmm?" Gajeel stopped in front of the guild hall watching Levy and Lucy walk inside side-by-side. He couldn't help but stare at Levy. She looked so beautiful in the moon light and the way she looked in the dress just made it even better.
"How do you plan on telling Levy you love her?"
"Oh," Gajeel looked down at the cat and stretched a little, "I was going to get her alone and just tell her everything, with style I suppose."
"With style..." the exceed went inside leaving Gajeel in front of the guild hall.
Gajeel watched people enter the guild hall, he couldn't tell his friend he was nervous. The Iron Dragon Slayer had realized that was what he was going to have to do.
Lucy separated from Levy as soon as Natsu had noticed they had arrived. Levy headed straight for the bar where Mirajane was preparing drinks and talking with Cana. She smiled at her and held up her finger. Levy had decided to let Mira think of the best way to tell Gajeel that she had feelings for him. After two minutes Mira walked over.
"Hey Mira." Levy said as Mira placed a glass in front of her. She poured some water in it and smiled back.
"Hey," she replied. "Has he arrived yet?" she wiped the counter in front of Levy.
"I saw him on my way in. He was outside talking with Lily."
"Lily is right over there." Mira looked over at Happy, Carla, and Pantherlily. Levy looked around and didn't see Gajeel.
"Oh, well where could he be?"
"There." Mira said. She looked at the door where Gajeel was walking in alone. "Go to him and ask him to step back outside with him. Then tell him. Don't hesitate, if you hesitate you'll never get a chance like this again."
"A-alright." Levy said nervously. She got up and walked towards the Iron Dragon Slayer. Her heart was pounding and when she reached him he had the look and emotion in his eyes again. Levy stopped in front of him and before she could open her mouth he looked away and walked in another direction.
"Wait, Gajeel." she whispered. She looked at her feet and he turned around. He smirked, not that she could see it.
"Yeah, shrimp?" he questioned her.
"Will you step outside with me for a moment?" she looked up at him. He looked into her eyes and nodded. The two stepped outside without anyone noticing them.