A/N: Hi guys! Welcome to Chapter Four! I would love your reviews and ideas on what should happen next! Happy Reading!

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Chapter 4: Journey

The carriage Gajeel hailed was a tiny one just big enough to fit the two in it. There was only one bench and because Gajeel's legs were so long, Levy's leg space was being taken up by their bags. Much to both of their pleasure, this put Levy in the position to put her legs underneath her and she had to kind of lean on Gajeel to be comfortable. She loved that Gajeel had to put his pierced arm around her for him to be comfortable as well. They had never been this close before and she was silently thankful that the carriage was so small.

She was trying to read one of her new books but with Gajeel being so close to her she couldn't concentrate at all when a thought suddenly occurred to her. She looked up at him without realizing he was already looking down at her and their lips were close enough that if the carriage hit a bump they would touch. Levy's breathe hitched and looked into his handsome eyes not able to pull herself away. After about a minute, Gajeel gave her his signature smile, "Did ya wanna say something, Shrimp?" This knocked Levy out of her trance as she pulled herself away from him and changed positions to where her back was on the side of the carriage and she pulled her knees up against her chest. Gajeel was disappointed that the girl had moved away from him, he loved wrapping his arms around her and wanted to do so again.

Just then Levy opened her beautiful mouth, "How come you aren't green from motion sickness right now?" Gajeel chuckled to himself, "Well while you were whispering with Lucy before we left, I asked the little one to put a troia on me so I wouldn't get sick. It's a good thing too, I'm sure you wouldn't be so thrilled if I got sick in this little ass carriage." Levy nodded slightly, "Oh that's good thinking, but what are we gonna do about the way back?" Gajeel crossed his arms and huffed, "We'll cross that bridge when we come to it". He noticed Levy's face turn downcast and realized when he got huffy with her it probably hurt her feelings. After all she was just looking out for him. After a few quiet moments, Gajeel said "So what do you like so much about this writer anyway that you want to meet him so much?" This brightened Levy's face as she smiled. "Well, he is my favorite author! I have all 10 of his books, they are just so good, I can't put them down, even though I have read them over and over again! He is doing this book signing as a promotion for his brand new book "At Love's Door", but there are only going to be 500 copies released and I want to make sure I get it!". Gajeel snorted, At Love's Door huh, didn't think you read that kind of sappy stuff. Levy turned red, "WELL, it's normal for a girl to like romance novels, I don't just HAVE to read educational materials GAJEEL! It was Levy's turn to huff and cross her arms. Noticing that he had irritated Levy, Gajeel scratched behind his ear for moment thinking about what to say when without thinking about it, he leaned over, picked her up and put her on his lap.

Levy was PISSED. UGH! Why did he have to be so mean! He's always trying to embarrass me and GODS was it annoying. The bluenette was stewing in her thoughts when all of a sudden she saw Gajeel move out of the corner of her eye. Immediately after she felt her body being lifted by his strong pierced arms and she was on his lap. 'Wh- wha - WHAT ARE YOU" - Gajeel put her finger on her lips. "Shhhh, Levy I'm sorry. I didn't mean to make you upset." Looking into his puppy dog eyes and listening to him say her real name instead of one of his stupid nicknames for her and realizing he was being so gentle with her instantly made her relax into him. "S'okay, You just pick on me all the time, I realize you don't mean anything by it but it just hurts my feelings sometimes". His breath hitched as he thought about what she said. He never wanted to hurt her ever again, emotionally or physically. It wasn't in his nature to be so caring and he didn't know how to get the words out. It was almost as if instinct took over when he tipped her chin up, looked into her surprised eyes and pressed his lips against hers. Levy's lips didn't kiss him back. "Fuck, I knew I shouldn't have done that, now she's gonna hate me". As soon as Gajeel finished his thought, he started to pull away from the girl he loved so much that obviously didn't feel the same way.

Levy went from relaxed to freaking out in .2 seconds. GAJEEL IS KISSING ME, GAJEEL IS KISSING ME. Her body went stock still. She had dreamed about this moment, wanted this moment for so long AND SHE COULDN'T GET HER FREAKING LIPS TO MOVE. " UGH, What is wrong with me?" As she was gathering up the courage to tell her brain to work again so she could return his kiss, she felt his lips stop as he took them off of hers. He kept them so close they were practically touching for a moment, just to see if maybe she would change her mind. When she didn't move, he grabbed her again and put her back against the side of the carriage, muttered sorry and roughly looked away out the window.

Being abruptly moved from her relaxing spot on his lap and realizing that because she couldn't get her brain to work, she had single handedly ruined the moment she had wanted for so long. Deep in her thoughts, she knew that she had messed this up and it was up to her to fix it. But if she couldn't get the courage to kiss him back, how could she ever get the courage to make the next move on her own? Levy, distraught at this turn of events, tried to push back the tears that had started to fall down her face and failed.

Gajeel was feeling very stupid at the moment, "I can't believe I did that, I am SO fucking dumb for thinking she had feelings for me, no she's just being nice to me, that doesn't have to mean she friggin likes me back - and just then he smelled it. Salt water coming from Levy. Fuck, now he had made her cry. The rest of this trip was going to be miserable… for the both of them.

A/N: Wow, what an intense chapter to write! Please review! 3