VACATION DISASTER
Chapter Four
The Reason Why
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~Tia
A week after the dreadful fight between Natsu and Lucy, things had begun to quiet down. Natsu and Lucy were basically ignoring each other. The boys couldn't be very bothered by this piece of news. One of them however was.
"It's good they're ignoring each other, every time they fought my ears would hurt." Gajeel commented one fine evening to Jellal, Gray and Elfman.
Jellal shrugged, "I don't have a comment for that. But I do think that they would look good together."
Gajeel looked at him in shock, "How could you say that?"
Gray shook his head as if to disagree with Gajeel. "I think Jellal's right. Remember, 13 years back, Elfman?"
Elfman nodded. "They were so close! It was a manly relationship!"
Gajeel interrupted them and said, "Wait, wait, and wait. Can you tell us about it? We were not there that time."
Gray explained, "We used to meet a lot 13 years ago. The first time Mira, Elf, Lisanna, Juvia, Lucy, Natsu and me met we were at Wendy's baby shower. I don't know whether Juvia, Lucy, Natsu and Lisanna remember about this, but Mira, Elf and I do. We met several times after that. During every time we had a reunion, Lucy and Natsu were always together. Talking, laughing, or holding hands. They were like best friends."
Jellal looked a little shocked when he heard this. He asked, "What happened? Did all of you had a sudden memory loss, and forgot about everything?"
Gray chuckled sadly and replied, "No, that's not the reason. You see, a year after Wendy's birth, my father passed away. He was funniest person ever, and best friends with Igneel. After his death, the entire group almost stopped meeting. We would visit the Dragneel's place and the Strauss's place. But we lost contact with the Heartfilias and Locksers. Natsu eventually forgot about Lucy, and moved on. His new best friend was me,"
Gray sneered, and continued, "But I always thought that I could never replace Lucy. And when I came to know about this vacation, I was so happy that Natsu would get his best friend back." He spat. "What did I know that his best friend of years back, would become his enemy in school? And that wasn't the Lucy I knew when I first met her. She was fun, and now…"
Gajeel completed the sentence for him. "She buried herself under a rock."
Jellal gave a sad smile. "Who thought that this story would be so sad? I'm sorry about your dad, Gray."
Gray gave a smile. "It's alright."
They didn't know someone was listening to them. Tears were rolling down her cheeks. "No, Gray. You were wrong. Only Natsu, Lucy and Juvia don't remember." She whispered.
Gray turned behind and saw Lisanna. He looked bewildered.
"I remember them being together as well in the past. That's why; I want them to be together now."
After Lisanna told them everything about her efforts to get them together, Gajeel shook his head and said, "You really think that these two will be in a relationship? Girl, they are like polar opposites. One is the baddest boy in our freakin' school and the other is the Student Council President who desperately tries to bring him down. You better give up, whitey."
Lisanna frowned at the name he gave him.
Gajeel continued, "It's best if you continue with Jerza."
Jellal asked in a puzzled tone, "What the heck is Jerza?"
Lisanna covered Gajeel's mouth. While he struggled, she smiled sweetly and said, "Oh, I think you heard wrong. He said Jersey. He wanted to buy a jersey for me, right Gajeel?"
She shot him a demonic look that rivaled her sister's. Gajeel nodded fervently. Lisanna smiled gave a very bittersweet smile. "Good. So, why don't we go to the resort, and see if we could find a jersey?" Gray snickered at Gajeel's discomfort.
Lisanna raced downstairs and yelled to the others. "GET READY! WE ARE GOING TO THE RESORT TO HAVE SOME FUN!"
Lucy deadpanned. "You could have said that without shattering our eardrums."
Juvia muttered, "Juvia agrees with you."
Soon, the youngsters were outside the beach house and on their way to the resort. Wendy asked curiously, "Lisa-nee, what are we going to do today? Have you planned anything?"
Lisanna shrugged, "Nope. I just decided to go to the resort as a change of subject."
Natsu asked, "Change of subject for what?"
Gray started laughing nervously and shook his head. He said, "Nothing very interesting, Flame-brain."
Natsu retorted, "OI! Who're you calling flame brain? I have gold for brains!"
Lucy snorted, "Then they wouldn't be called brains."
Natsu snapped, "What was that, Miss Prissy?"
Mira muttered, "Here they go again." Jellal agreed with her.
Erza, for once, was not being her shy self when she was with Jellal. She replied, "I'll do something about it."
She came between Natsu and Lucy, who were looking like they break each other's neck. She then pushed them apart so suddenly, both of them felt like their necks would definitely break.
Jellal, to everyone's surprise, applauded. He looked very happy. "That was great, Erza!"
Erza blushed and said, "Th-thanks."
Mira smiled and whispered something to Lisanna. Lucy gulped and muttered to Juvia, "I have a feeling that there will be some matchmaking tonight, too."
Juvia nodded and gulped, too.
"Umm…Lisanna?" Lucy asked when they stepped out of a clothes shop.
Lisanna whipped her head and said, "Yes, Lucy?"
Lucy asked pointing to something in her hands, "Why did Gajeel buy you a jersey?"
Gajeel gulped when Lisanna shot him a look, and when she smiled at Lucy sweetly, Lucy swore that something bad must have happened to Gajeel. Lisanna replied to Lucy's answer, "Oh, Gajeel lost a bet and was forced to buy this for me. Right, Gajeel?" Gajeel nodded fervently.
Jellal said in a puzzled voice, "That's not what happened…"
Gray laughed nervously and said, "Oh come on bro, don't you remember?"
Jellal realized that there was something off and quickly realized the situation. "Oh…yeah, yeah, that's right."
Elfman also nodded vigorously. "Gajeel lost the bet to my little sis. Lisanna is a man!"
Mira, Natsu, Lucy, Wendy, Juvia and Erza all had sweat drops after they heard this conversation.
Just when things were about to get more awkward, somebody from the shop called out, "Lu-Chan! Wait up!"
Lucy turned around and saw her best friends with bags full of shopping hurrying towards her.
"Levy! Cana!" Lucy squealed.
Erza smiled. Mira asked, "Lucy, are these your friends?"
Lucy nodded. "My best friends."
Natsu snorted, "Isn't it amusing that one of your friends is the school geek? How typical."
Lucy whipped her head to retort something but somebody else did. "Shut up, Salamander." Gajeel said in a low, but dangerous voice.
By that time, Levy and Cana had come. Panting slightly, Levy threw her bags aside and hugged Lucy. "It's been so long, Lu-Chan!"
Lucy giggled and said, "Just ten days, Levy!"
Cana slurred, "'Sup, D-cups."
Lucy said in an embarrassed voice, "Of all the nicknames you could find, is this the best one?"
Cana nodded, "Yep! And it suits you! Oh, hey Erza!"
Erza waved and said, "Hi Levy and Cana. Long time no see."
Levy pulled away from Lucy. "Are these the family friends you were talking about on phone?"
Lucy nodded and introduced her best friends to her new friends. Lucy was grinning when she did it. Natsu had never seen her grin like that, ever. She looked nicer when she smiled. He shook his head to get rid of such thoughts. "Bad, bad Natsu. Stop thinking such stuff!"
But once she came to introduce Natsu, her grin dropped and she said, "This is Pinky."
Natsu reacted, "It's salmon, not pink!"
Lucy shrugged and said, "Fine. This is a type of fish, which I hate to eat."
Gray started laughing and said, "Dude, she got you good!"
Levy, however, had a different reaction. "OMG! LU-CHAN, IS THIS THE NATSU DRAGNEEL?!"
Lucy nodded with disgust.
Natsu swelled up. "In your face, Heartfilia! Even your friends think I am cool!" Natsu almost yelled in his thoughts.
Cana nudged Lucy and whispered loudly, "Hey Lu, Have you tried hitting on him now that you aren't dressing conservatively?"
Lucy snorted and said, not bothering to keep her voice low, "Why would I try to hit on a buffoon? Anyways, this is Lisanna and Mirajane. And this is their brother Elfman."
Natsu felt his jaw drop. "Who the heck is this bitch calling a buffoon?"
But he felt his attention shift when he saw Lucy introduce Levy to Gajeel. Both Levy and Gajeel were blushing madly. Natsu smirked when he realized his cousin had a crush on someone so not his type. But something made his heart stop. Lucy was giggling, like literally giggling when she introduced Levy to Gajeel. "Does she share my thoughts? Do we think alike? Wow, her laugh sounds like the tinkling of bells…No, no, no! Bad, horrible Natsu! Stop having such thoughts!"
Natsu felt like slapping himself. Just then, Cana announced, "Hey, have you guys heard about this place where we can enjoy karaoke? It's on the fifth floor. We can rent a karaoke machine!"
Natsu almost thanked Cana for distracting him from his thoughts. Everyone agreed almost immediately and headed towards the fifth floor.
Another chapter done! Pretty short, and a little sad. And a little dose of GaLe! Levy and Cana arrive! Very disappointing, I know, but the next chapter's going to be really fun! Stay tuned on for Chapter 4: Karaoke Night! Leave a review!
~Tia
