A/N I've come to the conclusion that some authors can do small stories, I struggle to. This may last for a few more chapters as I can't resist writing a bit of Rogue vs Gajeel.

"Why are you so flushed princess? Rough night with Gaj?" Lucy was huffing and puffing as she leapt into the open door of Bickslow's car and smacked his thigh. "Drive you fool! Get me out of here."

A deep groan sounded from the backseat. "Be quiet Luce, some of us are seriously hungover and trying to sleep."

She glared at her cousin, how he managed to fit in the backseat of the car was beyond her. He was hunched in the fetal position and he still took up both seats.

"You best not have your shoes on Lax, this interior is all original and I don't want you scuffing it up." Bickslow was extremely protective of his car and didn't let just anyone ride in it.

If he didn't think you were going to treat it with the love and respect it deserved, you weren't getting a ride from him. Lucy glanced sideways at his face and smiled.

'Bickslow to the rescue. Thank god he was only just leaving the house otherwise I'd be screwed.'

Her face heated up as she squeaked in embarrassment and hid her face in her hands. Laxus moaned again, telling her to shut up but Bickslow took it as a sign that something interesting had happened after he passed out last night.

"So." he said slowly, eyebrows raised. "What happened to you last night huh? Want to share it with uncle bixy?" She slapped his hand that was on the gear stick and groaned.

"No, it's too embarrassing." She couldn't admit that she had woken up with the sex god that is Gajeel Redfox and then ran away.

"I'll just ask Gajeel, I'm sure he's involved in this somehow." She squealed and pulled her braided hair. "No don't, please Bix, don't ever mention my name to him, the way I acted last night, he'll think I'm easy and that I act like that with anyone." Her face got even hotter at the memories of the passionate kisses they had shared.

He did say he wanted to take her out on a date but were those just words said by a man whose head was swimming in lust?

Men just say what you want to hear, lord only knows that's what Gray did. If it got him what he wanted, he'd say whatever he thought she wanted to hear, even if they were lies. And she fell for it every time.

'I wonder if he and Juvia will become a thing?'

The Gray she knew was obsessed with status and being the best. He always looked down on people that weren't from a wealthy or well known family.

The main reason he wanted to be with Lucy was because she was from a notorious family, you didn't get more well known than the Heartfilia's.

"He will not think you're easy, Gajeel is a good guy Luce." As they pulled up to their frat house, Bickslow parked the car and turned in his seat to look at her.

"All that guy cares about is his dog and his friends. I don't think I've ever seen him with a girl, it's never interested him." Smacking Laxus's chest, he woke up with a loud snort, shot up and smacked his head against the roof of the car.

Ignoring his howls of pain, Bickslow continued. "We all thought he was gay. Guess he's just been waiting for someone special." Lucy smiled shyly causing Bickslow to smile back.

"There she is. That's the smile I wanted to see." Walking around the car, he opened her door and waited for her to hop out of the seat. "After all Luce, who's more special than you?"

"Oh wow these are incredible, Luce you should move in with us and cook us meals every day." Cobra hummed as he scoffed down the full breakfast that Lucy had cooked for all of the frat brothers. Well the ones that were awake that is.

The smell started to permeate throughout the house, slipping under all of their doors and rousing them. One by one, all of the males in the house came downstairs and the company they had had the night before did the walk of shame out of the front door.

"Busy night huh?" Lucy mumbled as she watched three girls giggling as they left Sting's room. The blonde came out of the room behind them, with his partner in crime and complete opposite, Rogue, hot on his heels.

Where Sting was outgoing and crazy, Rogue was very reserved and shy. Lucy had had the biggest crush on Rogue when she'd first met him and when she found out he had a boyfriend, she cried for a week straight.

"It was quite mundane actually." Sting scratched the back of his head and plopped into a seat at the table, Rogue took the seat next to Lucy and graced her with a rare smile. It made her heart beat erratically.

"Lucy, it's lovely to see you."

'Mm great to see you too Rogue's torso.'

Her eyes were fixed on his exposed abdomen as she spoke. "Hey you." He laughed and tapped her chin. "My eyes are up here silly."

Her attraction to him was well known, raw attraction like what she had felt for him didn't just go away. Her taste in men was so up and down.

Now that she was out of her first real relationship, it would be wise to test the waters before taking a plunge into another love interest, namely Gajeel.

Staying single for a while and concentrating on her tattoo apprenticeship was the most important thing at the moment.

"You can join us one night if you'd like Luce, I'd always make room for you in my busy schedule." Sting winked at her shocked face. There were too many attractive males in this room, it was suffocating.

"Shut up idiot, she isn't one of your sluts that will be the filling in yours and Rogue's gay sandwich." Laxus was collapsed against the table but still managed to come to his cousins defense.

His face was a sickly colour of grey as the contents of his stomach threatened to escape through his mouth. Grabbing a square of toast, she shoved it into his mouth and moved his jaw up and down.

"You need to eat otherwise you'll just get worse." Laxus rolled his eyes but munched the toast and accepted the glass of orange juice Lucy had poured for him.

'When did Rogue get so close?' His leg was warm and pressed against hers. She glanced sideways at him, a curious look on her face as she saw the heated look in his.

She had always wanted him to look at her like that.

Black locks of his hair covered the majority of his face but she could see enough. His hand gently took hers under the table and pressed it onto his hard leg.

'Wait what that's not his leg, oh my gosh, who is this guy? I thought he was gay.'

Lucy jumped backwards off her chair and almost fell onto the floor but Cobra's reflex's were insanely fast and he caught her effortlessly. With an egg sandwich in his hand. She felt the warmth of the runny yolk spread across her lower back.

"Thanks Cobra." She said sarcastically. He shrugged his shoulders and removed his hand, the sandwich was slightly mushed, he examined it for a second and then took a large bite, causing exclaims of disgust to come from everyone at the table.

"What?" Cobra mumbled, completely uncaring.

Sting raised his eyebrows suggestively. "Want me to lick it off?"

After making Bickslow guard the door to the communal bathroom, she came out refreshed and feeling like she could face anything. Except Gajeel, he could wait.

"-bastard cheated on her? Seriously? What idiot would do that?" Lucy could hear Sting talking with Laxus and the others downstairs. She didn't really want it announced to the world that she had been cheated on. It was humiliating.

She stared at the floor as she opened the door to the bathroom and padded over to Laxus's bedroom.

After rummaging through his wardrobe, the only piece of her clothing that she could find was a pair of black skinny jeans. They'd do.

"Are you done in there princess? We've got to go soon, classes start in an hour for us." She shouted back to Bickslow and rushed down the stairs past everyone.

"Okay I'm going guys, bye!"

"Can I get your number? Just in case you want to keep in touch?" Rogue's soft voice spoke behind her as she was just about to leave. Her response was on the tip of her tongue when the front door burst open and a rough laugh cut off her response. Good thing too as she would've probably of said yes to Rogue's offer of keeping in touch.

"Finally found you, bunny. You sure hopped off in a hurry." She continued to stare at Rogue's handsome face but her body was responding to Gajeel's voice.

Old attractions die hard, especially when her feelings were all in a jumble. She had only broke up with Gray last night and suddenly all these people were interested in her.

Bickslow appeared behind Rogue and pulled him backwards by his small ponytail of hair. "C'mon mister, time to leave." He tried to protest but was soon dragged out of sight.

She could feel Gajeel's glare over her shoulder. Clearly he had already decided that Lucy was going to be his. Was she happy about it? Definitely.

Who didn't like feeling wanted?

"So." Lucy said softly, her brown eyes connecting with his. "How about that date?"

"I'm so glad you're not one of these fancy coffee drinkers." Gajeel had taken her to their local coffee house and she could see the cogs turning in his head as he examined all of the different drinks, all the different combinations of the same thing. She was an avid coffee house drinker and even she still got confused sometimes.

"Yeah, black coffee is my favorite. Nice and simple, just like me." He grunted and took a sip of his drink. How could someone still look so manly whilst drinking out of a tiny coffee cup?

"You're anything but simple. By the way, digging the t-shirt." He pointed to the smallest t-shirt she could find, it was one of Bickslows ones and it had a mustang on the front. An exact replica of the model he actually drove. It was the only one that didn't completely drown her and make her look stupid.

"It's Bickslows actually. I'm a t-shirt thief. It's best you know now rather than later." Gajeel's eyes darkened slightly as he examined her body. "I'd much rather see you in my clothes."

She giggled nervously and sipped her drink.

'This guy is trouble with a capital T. Exactly what I don't need.'

"I'm sorry about your douche bag of a boyfriend, but I just want to let you know that Juvia isn't a bad person. She just trusts people too easily. Don't hate her for that asshole's mistake."

Lucy's heart sunk down to her feet. Did he have a thing for Juvia? He sounds like he cares for her. 'You can care for someone without like liking them, stop being an idiot Lucy, he's here with you, buying you coffee.'

"I don't blame Juvia, don't worry. Are the two of you...friends?" Lucy tried to act casual about the matter but a hint of jealousy crept into her words and Gajeel picked up on it.

His eyes glinted as he grinned at her. "Yeah we're friends, but a different type to the kind of friend I want you to be."

She felt herself angling her body towards him. "Oh yeah and what type of friend is that?"

'What am I saying, down girl. This is embarrassing. I'm flirting and it's awful.'

His lips were getting closer and closer.

"The type that I can wake up to every morning."

Lucy shushed Levy as they made their way onto the school's grounds. Everyone in the surrounding area was staring at the pair as they made their way past. Mostly because Levy was screaming and ranting.

"I can't believe he showed up with that skank. I'm sorry I didn't tell you, can you forgive me? I just didn't want to see you get hurt, I'm an awful best friend and-"

"Levy! Would you shut up please. You're going off on one of your tangents. Just take a deep breath and calm down." Her crazy friend took a calming breath and slowly came back down to earth.

"Okay. So you've met someone else already?"

"Lucy?" Levy placed her hand on her hip and practically growled at the person standing in front of them. "Piss off Ice boy. She doesn't have anything to say to you." Lucy placed a hand on Levy's arm and smiled down at her. "It's okay, I need to speak to him and finish this for good."

Gray's eyes showed a spark of hope, now that she had agreed to speak to him, he would think that he had won.

'I won't be fooled by his words, never again.'

After finding an empty classroom to talk in, Gray pulled his classic 'please forgive face' and expected everything to be okay. "Give me a break Gray, we're over. Finished. I just wanted to make that clear to you." His eyes got wide and glassy as he blocked the doorway, preventing her from leaving.

"No, we're not finished. I made a mistake. A relationship is about forgiving isn't it? Give me another chance. I don't want to lose you Luce. I love you." She scoffed at his words. Blatant lies.

"You don't love me and I don't love you so cut the act. This relationship was just convenient for both parties, we got what we wanted from it and now it's time for it to come to an end. Be with Juvia, there's no hard feelings here Gray."

He slammed his fist into the wall causing Lucy to flinch as his voice took on a tone of desperation. "I don't want her, she's a nobody. I want you!"

Lucy pressed the palms of her hands hard against his chest to try and get him to move but he refused to budge. "Enough Gray. Let me leave."

He grinned. "And what if I don't want to? What will you do then?" He was giving off a seriously creepy vibe and she didn't like it. He grasped her face in his hands and pressed a kiss against her tight lips. She tried to twist her face away but he had her in a tight grip.

'Guess there's only one thing for it.'

Her knee connected with his balls and he fell to the floor in a heap. "Bye bye Gray."

Ding ding

After finally managing to escape school and get safely back home without any problems, she was cuddled up in bed ready for a good night's sleep. Until her phone vibrated and decided she didn't need sleep after all.

Her heavy eyes examined the text and she frowned.

No Number:

Hello little Lucy, you sure have grown up. I hope to see you at the house again, just maybe in a different room next time ;)?

'Wink face? Who on earth...'