So this chapter is titled Hands Down (acoustic version) by Dashboard Confessional. I really do encourage you to look up these songs. This one especially- one of my personal favorites. Anyway, I would like to apologize for Loke's actions last chapter. In the manga and anime, I love love love Loke. I don't actually hate him and it kind of kills me to write him as a shitty character...but my fingers slipped...and it worked, I guess?...In any case, there is a line that Levy says in here about rape. And although it is a super sensitive topic, Rape is NOT okay (duh). Neither is silence. And this goes for anyone: If you see something sketchy happening, say something. College is a serious place. Shit happens to both male and females. So be safe out there! Love you all and I hope you enjoy this chapter! *kiss kiss (fall in love)*

I don't own Fairy Tail, IHOP (why? you'll find out), or anything else in here that isn't mine.


Erza steps up to the door.

*Knock knock*

It opens to reveal Jellal sporting his pajama bottoms and some fine abs.

"Erza?"

"C-can we talk." She asks shyly.

"Yeah sure. Come in."

Erza steps inside and shuts the door behind her.

Jellal walks over to the coffee pot and pours himself a mug and offers some to her.

"Yeah sure, that'd be nice." Erza admires his muscular back as he stands to pour the coffee. His right arm muscles pronounced from holding the pot.

He hands the cup to Erza.

She peers inside it and notices its paleness.

"Little cream and honey and three sugars right?"

She smiles and snuggles the cup to her face. "Yeah. I can't believe you remembered."

"How could I forget?" He turns to smiles at her as he leans up against the desk.

"What did you want to talk about?" Jellal takes a sip of coffee.

"Well, last night I saw one of the girls on my floor being carried onto the elevator by one of your boys."

"Who?"

"Natsu?...I think?"

"Really? I expected it to be Gajeel or Loke," he takes another sip, "Those two are in a frat you know."

"Yeah I heard about that from Mira. She was telling me about Laxus's frat brothers."

"Wait, Laxus is in the frat too?"

"Kinda, Mira keeps him in check too much for him to really do anything crazy."

"That's Mira for ya."

"Well you know," Erza sips her coffee, "She's as sweet as pie but when you piss her off it's like facing a demon."

"You say that like you've experienced it."

"Mira and I hated each other when we were little."

"I don't remember you talking about Mira when we were kids."

"That's because I met her after you left, or more like disappeared."

Jellal sighs. "Yeah I'm really sorry about that..." He looks down into his black coffee.

She breathes. "To be honest I was mad at you for a while, until I really started to miss my best friend."

"Erza…" Jellal turns up to her. His stare is beautiful, yet intimidating enough to where Erza has to look away.

"Anyway, Mira and I hated each other. But when her little sister went missing, she became a different person. And that's when we became close. She's older than me, but in high school we were close. And she actually moved into your old house…."

A silence falls between them.

Jellal just examins her, trying to read something. She looks down at her legs, occasionally taking a sip of her coffee.

"So, about Natsu and the girl from your floor." He eventually adds.

"Lucy."

"Yeah, about them."

"What about them?"

"You don't think he did anything to her?..."

Erza thinks for a second. "No, I didn't get that vibe from him when I saw his face. He looked scared quite honestly."

"Well, I'll ask him about it later." Jellal lifts the mug and takes that last gulp of coffee.

Erza smiles, "Don't stir up too much drama."

"Oh please, this is coming from Miss Drama Queen."

"I am not! You just don't play by the rules!" She huffs.

"I heard you liked the bad boys though, Titania." He gives her a smirk.

Erza sets her mug down and gets up. She walks dangerously close past him and turns back just before exiting his view. "I just might, Jellal."

He shakes his head and chuckles to himself.

That woman…


Lucy mumbles herself awake.

She blinks her eyes open to unfamiliar surroundings.

The covers on top of her reek of boy. Her filthy dress is still on. There's a hickey on her chest.

What in the hell happened last night…

She blinks to the floor and sees Natsu: mouth wide open, hand on his bare chest, in red boxers, and surrounded by a white comforter that looks like it came from the other bed.

Did he do this to me?... How did I get here?...

Lucy tries to reassemble her memories. The last thing she clearly remembers is looking over at Natsu while playing beer bong with that guy Loke. And then after that, it's bits and pieces.

She remembers a guy's touch on her skin. His breath slightly hoarse. She remembers looking up to pink hair as street lights periodically illuminate his sculpted face.

"We're almost there Lucy." The voice says.

His grasp is tight. He cradles her head is his arms. Her face pulled into his chest.

A wave of drowsiness washes over her. A known feeling, but she doesn't quite fit the pieces together before she collapses back down on the pillow.

It smells like him.

It's debatable if it nauseated or comforted her at this point. Her memories are too cloudy.

*Buzz buzz*

What in the hell in that noise?

Juvia lazily reaches for her phone. She slides it open to reveal a text: 'Hey it's Gray. Want to get breakfast?'

Juvia smiles into her pillow and slowly rises from her bed, stretching above her head and noticing no sign of Cana.

She steps out and looks at her reflection in the mirror and notices a blue flannel on her body.

"I'm so cold." She says rubbing her arms. "You're cold? It's in the low sixties!" He jokes. "Yeah. But you see, I've grown up in 80 degree heat." She looks up at him with her navy eyes and a pout. Gray slides off his flannel to reveal a tight black shirt underneath that shows off his lean, muscular body. He hands the blue flannel to her. "Here, this will keep you warm." Juvia looks at the shirt and then up at him. He smiles down at her as she takes the shirt from his hand. "You're so kind."

Juvia smiles and ruffles her wavy blue locks and steps over to the end table and grabs her phone. 'I'll be there in 30:)'


Gajeel pokes the bluenette asleep in the bed. "Shrimp."

No response.

He pokes her again. "Hey, shrimp."

She mumbles something incoherent and turns her head away from him, her blue hair sprawled out on the pillow and her body curled up in a ball.

He pokes her again. "Hey, Levy."

She flips her body back to the voice and slowly opens her eyes. A tan, defined face is staring down at her. Red eyes peering at her body.

"Ah! What the hell?!" She screams.

"Good you're awake. Let's go!"

She sits up and turns to him in pure confusion. "What the hell are you talking about. And where are we going?" She says groggily.

"We're going to cure your hangover." The black haired man heads towards the door.

Levy breathes in deep and rubs her eye. "Whe-where am I?"

"You're at the frat house. I was too lazy to take you back to campus, so I let you sleep here." He steps over to her petite body on the bed.

Levy looks up at him with sleepy eyes.

He blushes.

Damn, why does she have to look so attractive right out of bed...

"Was I embarrassing last night?..." She asks sincerely, yet with a smile.

"Well you sure as hell were having a good time." He laughs at her a bit but turns to confusion as he watches Levy furrow her brow and eagerly scan the room.

Levy stands up in front of him. "Is Lucy here? I vaguely remember seeing her and Natsu."

"Yeah here's the thing…" He starts off. Gajeel scratches the back of his head as Levy impatiently folds her arms across her chest.

"What happened to Lucy?"

Gajeel sighs. "Loke drugged her and tried to get it in, but Natsu caught him in time and Natsu took her back to campus."

Levy's eyes grow. "Are you joking?..."

"No. I really do apologize for what Loke did. He can be a real ass sometimes."

Levy leans on one hip. "Well, are you going to kick him out of the frat?"

"Why the hell would I do that?"

"Well, maybe because he tried to, I don't know, rape someone, who just happened to be my best friend, at your party."

He looks at her in discomposure. "That's not a reason to kick someone out of the frat."

Levy lunges in anger. "Oh, it's not? What if he actually did have sex with her? What if she got pregnant from that kid?! What if Natsu wasn't there in time to save her? What would you have done, hm? What would your little fraternity have done, Gajeel?"

"Why are you being such a bitch to me? I had nothing to do with that?!"

She rubs her temples in frustration. "Because, Gajeel, that was your party. That was your idea. And whatever happens at it, falls on your shoulders."

She points at his chest, "You allowed that son of a bitch to be there and drug Lucy and let him take her away. You watched it happen didn't you!?"

"So did you! You were standing right there with me!"

"Oh, please. That is so not fair. I was not sober and too far gone to have done anything. Meanwhile, your ass was standing there watching her get taken away by Loke."

"To be completely honest, I thought she was into him."

Levy glares at him. "Are you serious, right now?! Are you blind?! Did you not, at any point in the night see the way Lucy looked at Natsu at least once. She's even told me how into him she is!"

"I'm not good at these kinds of things, Levy! I'm a guy!"

"That isn't even a logical excuse!"

"What is your deal this morning?!" Gajeel holds a hand out, presenting the bed. "I let you sleep in the bed here and didn't even do anything with you last night."

Levy rolls her eyes. "Your hands were all over me, Gajeel. I do remember that."

"That's not what I meant," he grumbles, "I didn't take advantage of you and you're standing here yelling at me for something I couldn't have controlled."

"But that's the thing, Gajeel. You could've done something. You knew he quote 'gets like that whenever he's drunk' and you did nothing. Did you even talk to him before the party?!"

Gajeel rolls his eyes and crosses his arms in front of his chest. "No."

"Exactly. If anything would've happened to Lucy, I would never have been able to forgive you."

"Like I care…" he huffs and starts to walk towards the door.

"You know, I really do think you care. You care about me and it's written all over your face. Not only do I read books, I read people. And you care, Gajeel."

He pivots to her. "I don't give a flying fuck, Levy!"

"You do! You just don't want to admit it."

Gajeel pauses and folds his arms and avoids her accusing eyes.

"Why did you let me sleep here? If you didn't care, then you would've drugged me too and banged me in this bed, right?"

Gajeel throws his arms up in the air. "I would've banged you anyway!"

Levy's jaw drops at his words. "Is that what I am to you?! A prize? Just some chick you invited to get some?

"Is that what I said, Levy?!"

"No but-"

"No. That's not what I said. It came out completely wrong, but it was a compliment, okay. You looked beautiful last night! And I'm sorry my roommate is a horny ginger and your friend has big boobs that every guy at this party was staring at. But I'll let you know that you won best ass at this party. And-"

"God you're such a dork…" Levy smiles and shakes her head.

"What did you call me?!"

"Just shut up and take me to breakfast."

Gajeel smirks and watches Levy grab her shoes at the foot of the bed. She leads Gajeel out but pauses and turns to him before walking through the door frame.

"Dont mistake this for me letting you off the hook because rape is not okay. Silence is not okay either." She points on his chest. "If you see something, say something. Got it."

He turns her around by her waist and eases her down the hallway. "Yeah yeah, I know."


Lucy wakes up to the sounds of mugs clinging together.

Natsu hears her yawn beside her and turns towards her. "Lucy! How are you feeling?"

She stretches up in the air, letting out a slight moan, and runs a hand through her hair. "Pretty terrible actually. What happened last night?"

Natsu looks down and his face turns glum.

"What?" She asks.

"I uh-. Loke drugged you…"

"He what?!"

"He drugged you and tried to uh- you know." Natsu gives her a look.

Lucy's eyes get big. She takes a gulp before asking. "Did he-"

"No!" Natsu immediately responds. "At least it didn't seem like he got that far when I found you two in the kitchen. I got him off of you and took you back to campus."

There's a silence.

Lucy tucks her knees into her chest, suddenly feeling exposed.

He's not even sure...What if he did go all the way. I'll never know. She feels naked in front of him. I knew I shouldn't have worn this dress.

"You okay, Luce?" Natsu says, looking at her with a deeply concerned face.

How in the hell would you think I'm okay. In what way would I be okay.

Lucy sighs and turns her face away, scooting herself closer to the wall. "Well, no."

"What's wrong?" Natsu pushes.

"What's wrong? Did you really just ask that, Natsu?" Lucy snaps at him.

He's taken aback. And he stands there, completely dumbfounded at her rant.

"Do you have any idea what I went through last night? I was raped, Natsu. That's not a joke. And I feel disgusting and humiliated that the little blonde freshman with the tight dress and big boobs got raped."

Natsu just stares at her, searching for some string of words to comfort her.

"Quit staring at me." Lucy adds, cowering a bit to the wall, tears starting to pile up in her eyes.

Natsu turns away from her looks down at his task. "I-I'm sorry for whatever I did to make you mad."

"It's not you. It's what he did to me…"

There's another silence between them.

Natsu tries not to look at her. He doesn't want to hurt her again.

"Did you say anything to him?"

Natsu glances at her brown orbs and then turns back to his task. "I threatened him," he says plainly.

Lucy finds a smile.

He did save me after all...If it weren't for him, I don't know where I would be right now. But I still can't shake this feeling.

He's messing with a tea maker. His jaw line so defined and rugged. His hair a wild mess his arms. And his arms. Oh god his arms.

"Dammit. This thing is so dumb! Why does Icy Hot even use this piece of shit?"

"Who's Icy Hot?"

Natsu turns to her. "Oh that's what I call Gray sometimes." He returns back to the foreign contraption and then back to Lucy, who was trying not to laugh.

"What are you laughing at?"

Lucy covers her smile. "I-I'm not laughing," she giggles.

"Yeah you are! You're all giggly!" She smiles openly at him and shoos a hand over his way.

"Move over, I'll make some tea for us." Lucy uncovers herself and places her two feet on the ground. She takes a look at her attire and then flips up to Natsu.

"But first, I'm sorry to ask this, and you can totally say no, but...could I possibly borrow a shirt? This dress isn't the most comfortable right now…"

"Yeah sure." He turns to look at her and immediately notices the lip shaped bruise on her chest.

He squints angrily at her and points to her chest. "Did that son of a bitch do that to you?"

She looks down to where he's pointing. "I don't remember, but I guess so."

She sees a fire ignite in his eyes.

It's rather handsome.

He walks over to his drawer and pulls out a red shirt. "Here," he says presenting it to her.

"Do you need some pants?" He asks.

"No, I actually wore shorts underneath this dress." She looks down at the shirt and then back up at Natsu staring at her.

"Could you um-" Lucy makes a spinning motion with her finger.

"Oh yeah sorry." Natsu turns around and shuts his eyes, trying not to picture her naked body. But with the girl of his dreams in the room, taking her clothes off and putting his on, how could he not?

Putting on his shirt isn't the most comfortable decision...but all I want to do is get out of that dress.

"Okay you're good!" Lucy steps up beside Natsu.

"I'm what?" He asks as he opens his eyes to see her pass him and bend over to fix some tea. Her light blue shorts peek out from the long shirt.

How can she look so beautiful even in my shirt?

"Okay. Now, we just have to wait and let it seep a little bit!" She turns around joyfully, her blonde hair swinging to one side of her shoulder.

Natsu gulps, hoping it wasn't too audible.

"A-are you feeling any better? You seem pretty chipper now." His voice was a little raspy and sexy as hell.

"Yeah a little, now that that dress is off...but trust me, I still feel like shit." She laughs ironically.

"I am really sorry about that." Natsu pleads.

She gives him a puzzled look. "Why are you sorry?"

"Because I should've done something sooner. I should've stopped him when he said let's play beer pong." His face hangs low.

She smiles at him. "Natsu, I'm just glad you were there. I'm glad you were there to save me." She leaps forward and hugs him tight. "Thank you. Thank you so much, Natsu."

Natsu stands frozen for a second, and then wraps his arms around her waist and pulls her into his body. "Of course."

Lucy pulls away slowly and gazes into his onyx eyes, their faces inches away.

He's so warm. She doesn't want to let go.

A similar feeling grew in her stomach, making it twist and almost push her forward to his lips.

But she suddenly becomes aware of his large hands, warmly placed on the small of her back, slightly sliding to her hips. She didn't like the feeling. It's all too familiar.

Her arms are still entangled around his neck as her large brown orbs stare back at him. There is no doubting that just a look from her can turn him on. He glances down at her lips and then back to her eyes. They look so pink and soft. If only he could just move a little closer till-

"Well, I guess the tea should be done now!" Lucy exclaims, placing her petite hands on his chest and pushing herself off of him.

Natsu coughs uncomfortably and scratches the back of his head emptily. "Uh- yeah. The tea."

He watches the blonde carefully pour two mugs of tea, making sure each mug has equal amounts.

What in the hell was that? Did we almost...n-no way.


"Hey Gray!" Juvia calls out as she approaches the dark haired man.

He stands up from leaning against the wall and smiles as he sees her approach him. Her wavy blue hair is tossed over her shoulders while she sports a tight t-shirt and jeans.

"Hey Juvia. How are you feeling?"

She shrugs in response. "I've been better. What about you?"

They start towards the door and Gray pulls it open for her. "I think I'm in the same boat as you." He says with some enthusiasm.

"Was that excitement I hear in your voice, Gray?" He pauses and gazes at her with a slight smirk. "It might have been."

After getting their meals, the pair take a seat over by the window.

"It really is a lovely day." Juvia mentions as she scans the outside. "Clear blue skies and a light wind." She takes a bite of her bagel and turns back to Gray, who's openly staring at her. "What?" She mumbles over the bagel stuffed in her mouth.

He shakes his head and turns down to his trey, his cheeks slightly flushed. "N-nothing...Did you sleep well?" He swings his head back up to her.

Juvia swallows hard. His entrancing eyes catch her off guard. "That was probably a best sleep I've had in a while, actually."

"Well that's good to hear…" Gray grins at her.

A silence falls between them as they eat bites of their breakfast and exchange glances periodically.

"So, Gray, tell me…" He turns up to her.

"Hm?"

"Was I too much last night?"

Gray gives her a puzzled look. "What do you mean?"

"Like, was I annoying or too pushy?"

He lifts his drink. "I thought you were just fine." And takes a sip. "I had a good time."

Juvia beams up at him. "Really?"

"Yeah. Why wouldn't I have? I was with you, right?"

She giggles lightly, his comments making her pink and giddy. "I had fun too. I just wanted to make sure I wasn't the only one."

"Trust me, you weren't."

Her navy eyes smile at him as she tucks a piece of hair behind her ear.

"Well, tell me something Juvia."

She turns to him, mid-bite with wide eyes.

"I-if you don't mind my asking…."

"What is it?"

"Who's Lyon?"

Juvia pauses and stares at him for a second.

Lyon…

"You don't have to answer if you don't want to." Gray says, trying to dig himself back out of the hole.

"No. It's okay…" She sets her drink down. "Lyon is a friend from back home."

"Just a friend?" Gray blurts out.

Dammit. Those were inside words…

She sighs. "Lyon and I dated for a long time. But when I decided to travel last year, I told him I couldn't be with him..."

"Why?"

"It was so selfish of me but I didn't want to have to worry about him or he worry about me. I didn't want to end it, but it just kind of happened that way."

"So, you still like him…"

Juvia breathes. "It's complicated. He tried to contact me while I was away, but I was too afraid to even talk to him because I knew if I did, I would...I would want him again and I would go back home, just to be with him."

"But, he still likes you."

"Yeah. He does...and after seeing him last night I just-I just don't know…"

There's a silence as Juvia hangs her head in shame for feeling like she lead Gray on.

Gray sits there. Taking everything she just said in.

It hurts. It hurts a lot.

"I-I'm sorry I brought it up…" Gray says, finally breaking the silence.

"No, it's okay. I would've asked the same thing if some random chick came up to you that you knew and I didn't."

"R-really?"

"Well, sure. Especially if she was pretty. I don't exactly like competition..." Juvia blushes after the words fell out of her mouth. "N-not that I would be competing for something with her or anything or uh-yeah." She laughs awkwardly while Gray just smirks at her.

The pair head back to the dorm after breakfast together.

"You know, if you want to stop by later and play some video games, you're more than welcome." Juvia mentions, giving him a nudge in his side.

"I just might take you up on that offer." He smiles back at her.

"Thanks for breakfast, Gray!" Juvia calls out before walking towards the stairwell.

He waves a hand to her. "Anytime, Juvia!"


"Hello?" Erza says into her phone.

"Hey, Erza!"

"Hey, Mira. What's up?" She holds the phone between her shoulder and ear as she continues to eat her piece of cake.

"So, Laxus and I were thinking and I thought that we would have you and Jellal over tonight for dinner!"

"Laxus agreed to this?"

"Mm, well. I may have given him a little incentive if he behaves."

"That was a comment I did not need to hear, Mira…" Erza adds dreadfully, shoving another fork full of cake into her mouth.

"So what do ya say? I'll pick you two up at eight-ish?"

Erza pauses. "I don't know…"

"Erza, come on. Even as kids you told me about Jellal. And then you run into him last year. Now you two are RA's together in the same dorm. It's like the universe is handing you this opportunity on a silver platter."

"But this is Jellal we're talking about."

"Yeah and you're Erza Scarlet. You don't cower at anything."

"I cower at love I can tell you that…"

Mira sighs. "There is really nothing you should fear. It's not that bad. Right, Laxus?"

Erza hears his booming voice in the distant background. "Don't do it Erza!"

She laughs.

"Thank you for helping, Laxus…" Mira comments sarcastically. "Anyway, you should ask him to come over. It's not like he'll say no. He never says no to you."

Erza contemplates her words and then sighs in defeat. "Fine. I'll ask him."

"Oh yay! So I'll pick you two up at eight. You two can spend the night here so we can all drink and have a good time."

"You only have one other queen size bed?"

"Exactly…" She says suspiciously.

"What are you planning, Mira?!"

"Okay see you at eight! Bye!"

"Wait, Mira!" But Mira already hung up.

"Dammit…" Erza curses and then thinks about the scenarios that could play out tonight. Her and Jellal...sleeping together?

A pink shade flushes her cheeks. "No-no way…."

Unlocking her phone, she pulls up her messages and writes a text: 'Hey Jellal. Mira invited us over for dinner tonight at eight. She'll pick us up. Warning: there will be alcohol.'

A minute later a response from him: 'Pick you up at 7:45.'


"You're back later than I expected." Lucy says to Levy as she walks into the room with a huge grin on her face. "What's that look for?"

Levy looks up at her friend. "I just had the most amazing night and day with Gajeel…" Levy bites her lip in excitement as she squeals.

"Woah wait. What do you mean night?!"

"I mean at the party last night...what did you- OH GOD!" Levy pauses. "I-I mean, I wouldn't mind doing that with him. He's pretty attractive…" The bluenette takes a seat on her bed and leans her head up against the wall. "How are you by the way. Gajeel told me what happened."

Lucy sighs. "I'm...I really don't know how I feel. I feel gross and embarrassed and at fault for what he did. I shouldn't have worn that dress, Levy…"

"None of that is your fault. You should be able to wear whatever your want. It's the boys that need to keep their eyes and dick in a bag!"

The blonde looks down. "Yeah, but I still kinda feel like crap. I'm just going to be thankful Natsu was there. Note to self, do not go to a frat party." She tries to laugh jokingly. "So what happened? Tell me everything." Lucy closes her laptop and scoots up close to the edge of her bed. Levy smirks.

"Okay so-" She pauses and stares at Lucy's shirt. "Whose shirt is that?"

Lucy looks down at her clothes and blushes. "Oh, it's uh- Natsu's…"

Levy giggles. "OooOOoOooOOOooo!"

"I didn't want to wear my dress to hang out with him, so I asked if I could borrow one of his shirts...I'll tell you all about it after you."

"Okay. So," Levy claps her hands together.

"So, he woke me up this morning. He said that he didn't feel like taking me back to campus last night so he let me sleep in the bed upstairs."

"Where did he sleep?"

"On the floor."

"Well that was nice of him to give you the bed to yourself."

Levy grins wide, "Yeah and that's only the beginning. So then he took me to breakfast at IHOP. Not the classiest breakfast, but he did pay for it."

"Whaaat?! Frat star paid for your meal?"

Levy nods her head, "Yeah, I know right. And then we were there for like two hours because we just kept talking."

"About what?"

"Just about each other essentially. He says that he sings and plays the guitar."

"Oh god, Levy." Lucy clutches her chest. "You better get that man."

"Wait, there's more. He plays soccer and he use to do ballet when he was little!"

"Oh my god, that's hilarious!" Lucy laughs.

"He showed me a picture of him when he was like eight. He was so damn cute. And then after that we went to his dorm room and picked up his guitar and went to some park and he played some songs for me."

"Is he good?"

"He's a pretty good guitar player. His singing is...just classical Gajeel." She laughs to herself and shakes her head. "There's really no other way to explain it…but then after that, he took me back to his room and we talked until Loke showed up…" Levy grumbles at the end of her sentence and watches Lucy's face become stone. "And then I came back down here."

"Did you two kiss or anything?"

"I thought he was going to a couple times to be honest, but no, we didn't...unfortunately."

Lucy crosses her arms in front of her busty chest. "I would just like to point out that twenty four hours ago, you claimed to hate Gajeel."

Levy blushed a deep red. "That's because I didn't get to really spend time with him! He's not what I expected."

Lucy laughs at her friend's lack of composure. "I guess you of all people should know not to judge a book by its cover."

"Well, geez, Luce. I thought you were on my side."

"I don't pick sides. I'm just a spectator."

Levy sighs. "Well, tell me about you and Natsu! What happened last night?"

"Well to be honest, I have no idea what happened last night. All I remember is Natsu carrying me."

"He carried you in his arms back to campus?!"

"We took a beeper back."

"But still. Luce, do you understand how much this kid likes you?"

"I mean, I guess?"

"That's a no, but go on."

"Well this morning I woke up in his bed. And I saw him on the ground in his boxers."

"That was it?"

Lucy nods her head. "He has quite a lovely body….But then I fell back asleep and woke up to him attempting to make tea."

"Awh, he made tea for you?!"

Lucy chuckles. "Not quite, he couldn't get it. So I ended up making it. Anyway, I made tea for us and we watched a movie together."

"What movie?"

"007."

"Ooo, an action movie."

"Yeah, he really likes action movies. If the movie has a fight sequence, he like it. He's really cute about that kind of stuff. But then after that, Gray came back and yelled at us for using up his tea and then him and Natsu got into a fight over it. Then Gray left to go to some girl's room. And then I told Natsu that I should get back to my room."

"What did he say?! Did he kiss you?"

"No, I just left and he said that he'll stop by later to check on me."

"Tonight?"

"Yeah, if that's okay."

"Yeah! I thought we would just have some ramen or soup and have a movie marathon."

"Okay! Sounds-

*Knock knock knock* "It's Natsu!"

Levy looks over at Lucy and gives her a smirk. "Speak of the devil." Levy adds.

"Come in!"


Well there's that...I thought I would make up for the lack of Jerza in the last chapter with a little bit of romance to come. All aboard the Jerza ship y'all! So Lucy and Natsu still can't tell their feelings for each other (omg wow sounds like the actual show/manga. much parallel). Gajeel can be a real ass sometimes man...but go Levy! But for real, can we discuss what's going to happen at Mira's. Like damn you guys. I'm stoked. You're (hopefully) stoked. You're dog is stoked. You're mama is stoked. This is going to get real legit here. Hold on to your seats kids! As always: favorite, review, and follow. Tell me what do and how do:) Love to hear from you guys!3