"Hey Mira!"
Lucy smiled and waved at the pretty bartender as she walked in.
"Hey, Lucy-chan!"
"Mira... I need to tell you something. You're the only same person here and the only one who can keep a secret..."
Mira looked at her.
"Whatever it is, you can trust me."
Lucy looked down.
Am I sure this is a good idea? She thought to herself.
"Well..." Lucy blushed.
"I've realized that I've kinda, erm, fallen for Natsu."
Mira's eyes widened.
"I always knew you were a cute couple!"
Lucy looked up.
"But he obviously doesn't return my feelings."
"Please. You think you're the only one who's come to me with their sensitive secrets?"
This time it was Lucy's turn to have wide eyes.
"Y- You don't mean..."
"Well, he didn't actually come to ME- I'm more for girls- he went to Gildarts and he told me. And besides, everyone can tell he has deeper feelings for you. That's why Lisanna said you could have him. It's why everyone teases you about boyfriends."
"And also," Mira giggled, "I think she likes Bixlow!"
BIXLOW?! An image of his narrow eyes, large tongue and maniacal laugh filled her mind.
"Bixlow... Will you marry me?"
[maniacal laugh]
"My babies... Want more... I want to make babies with you..."
Lucy shuddered at the thought.
"I knew you guys were the perfect couple!"
"Agghhhhhhh! Levy-chan! Were you listening the whole time?"
She shook her head.
"Only long enough to hear that Natsu and you both like each other!"
"What? Natsu and Lucy like each other?" Wendy said with excitement.
"Where is everyone coming from?!" Lucy shrieked.
"Maybe Lucy'll finally get together with Natsu and she'll have her first boyfriend."
"CANA!"
"Is it really that obvious that I like Natsu?" Lucy said with depression in her voice.
Everyone nodded.
I'm mortified...
"Don't be too sad, Lucy-chan. It's equally as obvious that Natsu likes you!" Mira said, trying to comfort her.
"It's not working..." Lucy groaned.
Gray walked slowly. He was trying to procrastinate the humiliating ordeal for as long as he could.
"Hey! Stripper! Put on some clothes!"
He stripped whenever he got anxious... Thanks to the training of Ur, he feared he would never break the habit...
"Good morning, Gray-sama!"
Juvia had walked over to him.
Dammit, she had unknowingly ruined his plan!
"Juvia... Gray blushed.
How am I going to phrase this...?
"Um..."
"Gray?" She was looking at him weird, goddamn.
For some reason, Gray started thinking of the time when she had practically risen from the dead to fight for his life.
"Um, well, erm... I was wondering if you would..." Gray cleared his throat. "I, um, wanted to go to Hargeon... To, um, see the ocean... And I was wondering if you would, um, come with me?"
Juvia's smile was wide and her eyes sparkled.
"Juvia would love to come!"
"Oh, ok, um, when would work best?"
I can't believe I'm doing this...
"Whatever time would work for Juvia's beloved Gray-sama!"
Oh, god, he was in the spotlight.
"Erm, how about 9:00? And then we can have lunch there?" What am I doing?!
"That would be wonderful!"
Gray smiled.
Even when she was being annoying, seeing Juvia smile made his heart light.
"Juvia is so excited for her date with Gray..." she sang as she skipped away.
Date... What would it be like of he was actually Juvia's boyfriend? Gray thought. Juvia was very pretty, had a good, if slightly obessed head on her shoulders, and was so loyal, she was willing to die for him...
"It couldn't be that bad..."
Juvia skipped off to find Lucy.
"Lucy will see now... Gray-sama has chosen Juvia over her..."
"... Obvious that I like Natsu?"
"Don't be too sad, Lucy-chan. It's equally as obvious that Natsu likes you!"
Juvia's eyes widened.
"Lucy... Was never Juvia's love rival?!"
Lucy turned around.
"Juvia!"
She started blushing.
The next thing Lucy knew, Juvia had started suffocating her in a huge hug.
"Thank you Lucy, you are so kind to let me have Gray-sama!"
She's suffocating me! Lucy thought.
Juvia finally let go and Lucy blushed.
"I suppose you heard about me liking Natsu as well?" she said warily.
"Yes, yes! You two are a perfect couple!"
Lucy's head turned about the shade of Natsu's favorite color: Red.
"But not as perfect as Juvia and Gray-sama!"
Everyone sweatdropped as Juvia's visions filled their minds.
"Gray-sama asked me out on a date!"
"What?!" Mira, Levy, Wendy, Carla, and Lucy all said.
"We're going to Hargeon at 9 today!"
Mira was the first to recover. "Wow, Juvia that's great!"
"You guys really look good together, a water Mage and an ice Mage!" Levy added.
"I wonder how Lyon's going to react..." Lucy sweatdropped.
"Speaking of a date, maybe you should ask Natsu on one!" Wendy said with a giggle.
Lucy blushed.
I certainly do a lot of that, don't I, nowadays...
Natsu sat down at the table. He looked to see where his friends were.
Erza was talking with Master, probably about some job or something.
Gray had stripped and Wakaba was yelling at him, presumably about putting on some clothes.
Oh look, he idly thought, they're fighting...
Lucy was over by the bar, talking Juvia. Levy, Mira, Wendy, and Carla seemed to also be participating. He wondered vaguely what they were talking about.
Yawn.
He was tired and full of Lucy's pancakes too, which were, as predicted, delicious.
Lucy... She was so happy this morning. She had asked him what kind of pancakes he wanted... She took care of him. It was no wonder he liked her.
The thought made him blush. He thought of the real reason why he was always at her place. Everything smelled like her. She had an interesting smell. She smelled like books and strawberry shampoo and flowers. She also kind of smelled like warm rain and burnt toast. And brownies. All of these smells made Lucy smell like Lucy. When Gemini impersonated her, it was scary. Because they didn't smell like anything. At all.
Lucy was hot, very hot, smart, caring, and he loved her. All her little flaws, all her sweatdrops, all her vanity, all her frowns when she was concerned, all her everything. He was in love with Heartfilia, he was sure of it.
"Lucy... Do you love me too?"
Everyone got a little action, ooh, ooh.
For some reason, I think mildly burnt toast smells good. Also, this story pretty much takes place in whatever arc I am currently watching, so sorry for any inconsistency or incorrect knowledge. Thank you for reading and reviewing and I will see you soon with a new chapter! -iHelen
P.S. I am not a Steve Jobs/Apple fangirl. I love my iPhone as much as anyone, but my friends and I came up with iHelen LONG before iAnythings even existed.