Juvia's eyes opened as the morning sun's rays poked through the window and landed on her face. She felt the unusual sensation of someone's arm draped over her chest as she turned her head to look at Lisanna's sleeping form which was snuggled up against Juvia. The white haired girl had a content smile on her face, as if she were in the middle of a very pleasant dream. She saw her lips move and heard a small moan that sounded a lot like the name Natsu escape from them. Juvia blushed a little in embaressment as she felt Lisanna lightly squeeze her breast. She then laughed lightly as she thought to herself that one of the reasons it was so easy to be good friends with Lisanna was that she clearly had eyes only for Natsu and had no interest in Juvia's Gray-sama.

Thinking of Gray immediately flooded Juvia's brain with the painful memories of what happened last night. She was just returning home from her latest mission and as she approached Fairy Hills ready to go to bed she saw Gray even more naked than usual with his hands all over Cana. It devastated Juvia. She knew that she and Gray weren't a couple, but Juvia thought that over these past months since she joined Fairy Tail that she and Gray were getting closer, and that any day now he was going to make his move on her.

Juvia had been keeping her eye on Lucy and Erza, as she saw those two as her main love rivals. Lucy because she clearly was infatuated with Gray, and Erza because Juvia knew Gray was very close to the red haired knight, and Erza was the most perfect woman Juvia ever met. It would not surprise Juvia if any man fell for Erza. Cana was hardly even on her radar, so to say that she was shocked that he'd be doing that with her was an understatement. Juvia had calmed her doubts about Gray being attracted to her by telling herself that he just seemed to be focused on training and work. Juvia kept repeating in her own mind the idea that it wasn't that Gray was uninterested in her, he was not interested in any woman. She consoled herself with these thoughts, telling herself that when he did choose to get with a woman he would pick her.

Watching Gray locked in a passionate embrace with the brunette opened Juvia's eyes to the harsh likelihood that Gray wasn't attracted to her at all. Everyone knew about Juvia's obsession with Gray, so if he wanted her he could have made his move at any point and Juvia would have happily accepted his advances. Cana the girl whom he did finally make a move on could not be any more different than Juvia. They looked entirely different, they had completely opposite personalities, Juvia was shy and reserved, whilst Cana put herself out there and cared not what anyone else thought. Juvia was very disheartened, because if Cana was the sort of woman that Gray wanted, she really had no chance of ever getting with him.

Juvia felt Lisanna's arm move and then a little bit of noise from the white haired girl as it appeared her friend had finally woken up. Lisanna opened her eyes and saw Juvia's head turn towards her and Lisanna said, "Morning. How long have you been up? You could have woken me."

Juvia answered, "Oh no, it is not a problem, Juvia just woke up herself."

Lisanna swung her legs out of bed and said, "Well let's head out and get breakfast, Elfman always cooks chocolate chip pancakes on Saturdays."

Juvia said, "Juvia doesn't want to impose, you've done too much already, Juvia is very grateful."

Lisanna said, "C'mon Juvia, I told you already, we're best friends, it is not an imposition, I want you to be here."

Juvia got up out of bed with a grateful nod and followed Lisanna as she left the room and headed towards the dining room of the Strauss home. MiraJane was standing there behind the table with her usual smile on her face. Lisanna said, "Good morning Mira-nee, Juvia slept over last night so tell Elfman to make some extras."

MiraJane waved and said, "Oh hello and good morning Juvia, I didn't see you come over last night you must've gotten here late?"

Just as MiraJane was saying that she remembered Gray and Cana leaving the bar together. She couldn't help but suspect that Juvia's late night visit might have something to do with that. Elfman came out of the kitchen with an apron on and said, "Good morning Juvia. There is nothing more manly than cooking for unexpected guests."

Elfman grabbed some plates and Lisanna sat down at the table and motioned with her hand for Juvia to sit next to her. MiraJane poured a glass of orange juice and put it in front of Lisanna and then asked, "Would you like some juice Juvia?"

Juvia nodded and said, "Thank you MiraJane, Juvia would very much like some juice."

MiraJane poured the juice and then asked, "So what are you girls up to today?"

Lisanna answered, "Well I had a job planned up for later tonight, but I think that I was going to give it to Juvia instead."

Juvia asked, "What, why would you do that, Juvia doesn't want to take your job away from you, at the very least we can do it together."

Lisanna giggled and said, "Oh no don't worry about it Juvia, this job is much better suited for you."

Juvia looked curious and asked, "Why is Juvia more well-suited for the job?"

MiraJane laughed and said, "Well the only reason Lisanna took the job in the first place was to make Natsu jealous, and when that didn't work.."

Lisanna cut in, "Shut it Mira, that's not the reason I took it."

MiraJane kept laughing as she responded, "Sure it isn't."

Juvia tried to think of a mission that Natsu would be jealous of, and figured that it must be either incredibly dangerous, or a great opportunity to wreck stuff, and actually was most likely a combination of those two things. Juvia couldn't help but be curious as she asked, "What kind of a job is it that would make Natsu jealous of having?"

MiraJane continued to smile as Lisanna's face turned red, "Oh it's not a mission Natsu would want. It's a mission to escort the handsome young son of a duke to a dinner party. She took it and told Natsu about it, hoping that he would get possessive and jealous about her going out with another guy, but he just shrugged his shoulders and said have a good time."

The annoyed look on Lisanna's face continued to grow as she retorted, "I keep telling you sis I didn't take it for that reason, I could care less what Natsu thought about it."

MiraJane just nodded and said, "Sure," as she clearly still did not believe her sister.

Juvia said, "Oh Juvia most certainly could not take that kind of a mission. Juvia is much too shy to be out at a dinner party with strangers, and Juvia is sure that this Duke would be very disappointed if beautiful Lisanna agreed to accompany him and ugly old Juvia showed up instead."

Lisanna sighed and said, "I told you to stop saying stuff like that about yourself Juvia. You're every bit as pretty as me or any other girl in Fairy Tail. Didn't you finish ahead of Mira-nee in the last Miss Fairy Tail contest?"

MiraJane nodded happily and said, "That's right Juvia, any man would be lucky to be out on a date with you."

Lisanna added, "Yea just because Gray's a jerk doesn't mean you should look down on yourself."

Juvia winced a little at Lisanna's statement and answered back, "Gray-sama is not a jerk. He owes Juvia nothing, it's not his fault that Juvia is not pretty enough for him. Juvia will just have to work harder to make sure that Gray-sama will look past her flaws and.."

Lisanna cut in, "Gray making out with Cana is not your fault Juvia. You've made it too easy on that jerk, you've got to show him that you're not going to wait around for him forever. That is why you are going on this date with the Duke's son, and I won't take no for an answer."

Juvia answered, "It won't matter, Gray-sama doesn't think of Juvia like that. He won't care."

Mira answered, "I don't agree Juvia. I think Lisanna is right, Gray is slow to change like a glacier. Giving him some competition might be the only way to get him to move."

Juvia said, "But Juvia saw him with Cana."

MiraJane said, "I know Juvia, but don't worry the only reason he got with her was because she wouldn't let him say no. If you were a little more forceful I'm sure you could make Gray do whatever you want."

Juvia blushed bright red at those words as her mind flashed an image of a naked Gray waiting for her instructions. Juvia shook her head determined to prove the Strauss sisters wrong as she countered saying, "But if Gray is attracted to Cana, there is no way he could like Juvia."

MiraJane and Lisanna exchanged a look and then MiraJane said, "Don't worry about that Juvia, Gray is still a man. Men can like many different kind of woman."

Lisanna chimed in, "Yea plus I've seen him checking you out plenty of times in the guild, I just never tell you because I didn't want you to pass out."

MiraJane nodded her head enthusiastically and said, "Yup, me too. He's always sneaking glances at you. You really should take this mission, it's a fun night out, and I guarantee that if Gray finds out you are out with another man he's gonna freak out. I wouldn't be surprised if he burst into that party and carried you off on his shoulder."

Juvia blushed again imagining Gray being so upset that she was out with another man that he had to take her away. Lisanna said, "So it's decided you are taking this mission whether you want to or not."

MiraJane nodded and said, "That's right Juvia, you are in my house and what I say goes so you are escorting the Duke's son."

Juvia started to open her mouth to protest but MiraJane just gave her an evil smile that told her not to question her so Juvia bowed her head defeated and said, "Very well, Juvia cannot refuse such considerate hosts so Juvia will take this mission."

Lisanna cheered and said, "All right, that means we can go shopping for a new outfit, and then we can stop by the guild and spread the word about your date. Gray's gonna go sooo crazy with jealousy."

Elfman came to the table with a gigantic plate filled with pancakes and said, "All right girls our manly breakfast is done."

Juvia then asked the one question that was still bothering her about this mission, "So if it's just a date for a dinner party why does the Duke's son want a wizard to escort him?"

MiraJane answered sweetly, "Oh it's because he thinks someone's trying to kill him."

AN: There was the fourth chapter, I hope you enjoyed it. I know it was short, but it was sort of like the second half of last chapter, the next one should be longer. I hope you liked the mini-cliffhanger at the end there, I can just so perfectly picture in my mind MiraJane saying that with her usual bright smile. Thanks for all the reviews and support you guys and girls have been giving this story, I really appreciate it. I'm going to try and work on my other stories before I write the next chapter for this one, but I do plan on updating this story in the not too distant future. (Like maybe late teens of February) Like always I'd love to hear your thoughts and thanks again for reading!