I really feel like it took me forever to update...I'm sorry! Things have been crazy busy in college lately. But next week is Spring Break so I hope that I can get another chapter in that time! I already planned it out:) This chapter is brought to you by the song "More Than Words" by Extreme. A 90s classic that I love so very much. This song is more directly aimed at the Jerza moment in this chapter *evil grin* So I hope you enjoy! And thank you for all of the comments. I read all of them and every time they make me smile *cheeses* :)

I do not own Fairy Tail, Hummer, Porsche, Brittney Spears (ha), or other things that aren't mine.

"Who's driving?" The blonde asks, walking up to the large vehicle with her pillow in hand.

Levy packs her stuff into the black hummer and turns to her friend, wiping the sweat that grew on her brow. "Gajeel is driving his car and Juvia is driving hers. We would've just taken one, but there was no way we were all going to pile into a car for three hours..."

"I guess you have a point there..." Lucy snorts.

Levy shuts the trunk hard and steps over to the shotgun seat. "You and Natsu can ride with us, Lu." Lucy turns back to the pink haired man standing close behind her, his pillow squished in between his muscular forearms. That signature, toothy grin slowly appearing on his face.

He pounds a fist in the air like he just won the lottery. "Oh hell yes! I've always wanted to ride in a hummer!"

The blonde giggles at him, his enthusiasm infecting her. The pair leap into the lifted vehicle to follow the light blue Porsche in front of them.

The blue haired woman whips around in her seat as they head off on the highway. "Okay, what music do we want to listen to?" She asks enthusiastically, scrolling through the songs on her phone.

Lucy puts a finger to her cheek in thought. "Umm...how about your workout playlist or something? Pump up music is always the best on a road trip!"

"Ooo yeah! Good idea!" She swivels back around and hits the shuffle button of her cardio song list.

"It's Britney, Bitch…," the speakers mumble as the bass flows into the car.

"Oh God..." Gajeel moans as he rolls his eyes and lets out an exaggerated sigh. "This is going to be a long ass car ride isn't it..."

Levy pouts up to the tall man, his muscular arms sculpted by his tight shirt. "Hey! Be nice!"

He breathes and slides a rough hand over to her thigh. She smiles wide at him and giggles

"That's better."

Juvia tucks a piece of hair behind her ear, sliding her hand over the black leather of the steering wheel with the latter placed on the stick shift. A low murmur of indie music plays through the speakers. She tilts her head back and shifts into fifth, the car giving and pushing them forward with increased force.

"God, I've missed driving this car…" She breathes, feeling her skin raise in thrill of speed.

"I've got to say, this is one sexy car…" Gray comments, a sly grin growing on the side of his face.

Juvia lets out a high pitched sigh that could've been mistaken for a sexual one. "I like to have cars just as attractive as me," She jokes in a rather serious tone.

Gray twists his head to her, a heat filing up to his cheeks. "I-I um, well yeah but you...you're-"

Juvia giggles, her eyes seem to sparkle as she glances over to him. Her plush, pink lips in a wide smile. "I was just joking. No need to get all flustered, Gray."

He coughs and absently scratches the back of his neck. "I-I was just going to say- I think you're really beautiful so yeah…"

As if it is even possible, her grin grows bigger, cheeks feeling a newfound heat. "R-really?"

"Well, yeah," He mumbles, sliding a hand through his navy hair. Damn is it hot in here?!

Juvia stays silent while continuing to relish in this moment. He actually thinks I'm beautiful? But not just beautiful, really beautiful...

"Well, you're pretty handsome yourself, Fullbuster," She finally adds, giving him a wink.

He laughs and adjusts himself in his seat with his new ego boost. "Was that sarcastic?"

"No! It was completely sincere. Honest!"

Gray cocks up an eyebrow at her.

"If I didn't think you were attractive and I didn't like you, do you think I would be taking you with me to my parents' mountain house?"

He pauses as her words register with him. "Did...did you just say you like me?"

Juvia rolls her eyes lovingly and glances over at him, her face grave. "No, Gray. I hate you so much."

"Well ya' don't have to be mean about it. It was just a question."

She grumbles at his thick headedness. "Of course I like you! What would make you think any different?"

Gray shrugs. "I dunno...I didn't know if it was real or not."

"If what was real?"

"You…" He starts, beginning to fidget with his hands, "You liking me. All of this. Me and you."

She sighs. "Gray…Yes, I am real. Yes, me liking you is real. Yes, this is real. And yes, you and I are real."

The corners of his mouth peak as he turns to the blue haired woman. His wondering eyes graze over her body. Long, wavy, blue hair flowing over her pale shoulders and arms. Slightly arched back. A flannel shirt that looks pretty familiar. Flawless, creamy white skin that he yearns to touch so badly.

Utterly beautiful.

She felt his dark eyes' gaze pouring onto her skin and glanced to give him a little smile, but then quickly snapped out of it- actually startling Gray a bit.

"OH! OH MY GOD! I LOVE THIS SONG!~" She screams, jumping excitedly in her seat, her excitement fusing onto him. "Boy, you better turn that song up!" Juvia demands, keeping her eyes focused on the road.

Gray chuckles to himself and reaches for the nob. "Yes, ma'am."

And they drive down the highway.

Levy sighs as she sinks down into the passenger's seat. "It is such a beautiful day…" Her eyes flutter out the window to view the rolling green hills that are gradually becoming larger as their trip progresses. "Isn't it great, Gajeel?" She asks, turning her head in the latter direction.

"It's great." He responds blandly.

"Okay, well calm down, Mister Enthusiasm…"

Levy rolls her eyes at him and places a hand on her chin.

"Hey, Lu?"

"Hm?"

"Could you grab my water bottle back there, I think I put it behind my seat."

Lucy turns to Natsu to ask him to grab it. But all she turns to is a snoring, pink haired man. Mouth wide open, arms folded across his chest, head titled back. She smiles at the image- so goofy looking.

She looks past his legs to see Levy's water bottle on the other side, far away from her. Unbuckling her seat belt, she attempts to reach it from behind Natsu, cautiously trying not to touch his sleeping body.

Fails.

She crawls a bit closer and extends her arm further, stretching her muscles to a pure maximum.

Fails.

With a sigh, she squeezes her way down into the nook between the front and back seats, in attempt of reaching it from there. She leans her body over, squeezing herself between the front seat and Natsu, not noticing how close her face is to his-

"WHAT THE FUCK?!" Gajeel screams, slamming on the breaks and laying on the horn at the asshole who just merged onto the highway, right in front of him, at thirty miles an hour.

Lucy, not anticipating the event, collapses forward. Her body flailing into whatever stable objects happened to be around her and right into Natsu.

"What the hell?" Natsu sleepily mumbles, feeling an odd pressure in his lower area. He glances down to see Lucy, kneeling in front of him. He can feel her hot, rapid breaths through his thin shorts, breathing on something sensitive, and igniting a fire low in his stomach.

His eyes widen at the scene. Pupils fully dilated as he stares down at her.

He balls his hands into tight fists as he desperately tries to control the flames inside of him, licking at temptation. His heart beat rings in his ears, making him want to faint from all of the blood rushing south.

"Uh...Lucy?" He mumbles, not sure how he even feels about this situation.

Lucy turns up to him, her head in a daze from falling onto the most foreign object her face has ever come into contact with. Recollecting herself, she blinks at him and then glances down to her eye level. Her heart pounds so hard in her chest at what she comes face to face with, she thinks it could explode.

Dick.

Straight dick in her face.

To say she feels heat on her cheeks is an understatement.

It's an inferno that takes over her whole body. Head to toe in red blush. She couldn't even speak. She struggled to find the right words to say, or really any words to say. It was like she had become illiterate in the amount of time between reaching for a water bottle and face planting on Natsu's dick. She knelt there, glancing between his dark, wide, onyx eyes and his pants that looked a little tighter now.

"I-I..I-uh...I can explain I swear!" She stutters, feeling that immense heat in her cheeks now, creeping up to her hairline and catching her whole face in a burnt red blush.

"I-I am so so sorry...I-I was just trying to get Levy's water bottle over there and then I couldn't reach it and then I tried to get it and I couldn't reach, right so I was trying to you know not wake you cause you were sleeping and then I tried and nothing worked so I was just going to crawl in front and get it and then Gajeel slammed on his brake and I face planted into you and now this is really awkward…" She rambles, laughing uncomfortably and mumbling off into infinity.

"I-It's okay…I-I mean not like that!" Natsu stumbles, waving his hands in disagreement. He feels his body heat up, red flaring up to his cheeks. "It's just- I didn't-"

"Oi, Lucy! This is no time to give pink hair a blowjob! Not in my car!" Gajeel grumbles, already pissed off from the asshole that cut him off.

"Wh-what?!" Levy screams, coming out more high-pitched than she intended. She whips her head around to see the erotic scene of her best friend, red and breathing rather heavy, and the Natsu, who looks more turned-on than dumbfounded at this point.

"Oh-Oh my god…"

"Levy! It's not what you think! I was getting your water bottle and then Gajeel slammed on the breaks and then I fell into-"

"Here." Natsu says, shakily handing the blue haired woman her water bottle.

Levy stares down at the bottle, then turns up to him. "Uh-Thanks…" A silence rests between them, the only sound coming from the low purr of the engine. She silently turns back around in her seat.

Lucy breathes as she steadies herself to get up.

"Let me help you," Natsu says, holding out his arms for her to grab onto.

Lucy falls onto the seat with a content sigh, and crawls back to her place to buckle herself in.

His eyes bore into her skin, branding it with his heat. She feels it. He's been staring at her this whole time.

Looking up, his dark eyes consume hers at first glance. It's intimidating. It shakes her soul. She looks down, away from his gaze.

Natsu runs a hand through his rosy hair and leans over to rest his head on the windowsill. He closes his eyes and breathes deep.

Lucy sighs silently as she grabs her pillow and curls up against the door. This is going to be a long car ride...

She strokes a hand through her scarlet hair as she examines her appearance in the mirror.

Fall break is finally here.

Her hair has gotten noticeably longer, just past her waist now. It's a silky red that shines even when there isn't any light.

She really did love her hair.

A knock at the door interrupts her gaze. Stepping over to it, she takes a look out of the peep hole.

Jellal.

Her faces stiffens, annoyance passing over her. She isn't exactly mad, just more of frustrated in the way he acted and what he said. It had been earlier this week, and since, she'd been avoiding him. Not wanting to see a trace of his royal blue hair and handsome face. Goddammit.

"Erza…" He starts, a sigh of relief flowing from his mouth as she opens the door.

She stares at him for a second, sizing him up. "What?"

He scratches the back of his neck absently. "I-I uh…" He stumbles over his words and coughs, hoping maybe they would just fall out of his mouth. "You...never let me finish when we talked last time."

His gaze falls down, almost in shame.

She folds her arms and leans on one hip sassily. "You didn't stop me when I started to leave."

"I-I know, I just-"

Erza stares at him, softening her eyes slightly, but not enough to let her guard down.

"Can I come in?"

She glances back to the clock on the wall as if she actually has something to do today, and steps aside, allowing him to enter.

"We play games, Erza…" He starts immediately preceding the sound of a shut door.

She watches him cross the room.

He leans up against the windowsill and turns up to her.

"And I'm tired of them."

"Yeah, you mentioned that last time."

Jellal sighs and crosses his arms. "Listen I-"

"No. I listened last time, Jellal. Now it's your turn." She points a demanding finger, eyes ablaze as she glares at him. "Yes, we play games. But just so you know, I am just as tired of them as you are. Do you know what I've been waiting for for the past year and a half? A move. A goddamn move, Jellal. Just one. But you know, you are too much of a fucking weenie to do anything about it! So what do you do, you tell me off. Tell me you're tired too. Tired of me. So I'm done Jellal. The game is over."

Her chests heaves as she sucks in gasping breaths from her rant. She's fuming and much beyond the point of pissed off.

He stares right back. One of her lines struck him, ticked something. His eyebrows knit together as he leans into her space.

"When, did I ever say I was tired of you?"

"You said it last time…"

"No. No I didn't. I said I was tired of the games. What would make you think I would be tired of you?"

His voice trails off to the silence between them. He steps closer, space decreasing between them.

His throat closes on him, suddenly becoming dry.

Air thick and tangible as they take it in, the same space, centimeters of breathing room between their lips. Breaths glazing their lips.

Gravitation pulls her closer, eyes glancing between his mouth and hungry eyes.

"I could never get tired of you, Erza…"

She sucks in a breath as his hand slides up her arm. His touch is electrifying, sending a wave of chills to cascade across her body, making her back arch into him ever so slightly.

"I'm tired of playing games," He adds, glancing down at her plush, full, pink lips that he's wanted to brand with his own for over two years.

"That makes two of us…"

His hand glides up to her cheek, cupping it in his large palm. He closes his eyes before slanting his mouth against hers. Passion exploding between them from the anticipation of this moment.

This moment they have both wanted for so, so long.

And it finally happened, as they stand in a dorm room and kiss each other.

They both agreed that this kiss would not be a simple peck, but a series -making up all of the time of playing games.

He grazes his lips over hers, then crashing back onto them like a tidal wave against the shore.

An inferno grows deep in her stomach as she lets him consume her- lust coursing through her body, unable to control herself anymore.

This is primal now.

Primal instincts between them.

What the universe has been telling them to do since they rekindled their childhood flame that someone and a half years ago.

Gravity pushes them together.

And it's their love for each other that keeps them this way, in this state of euphoria that they found in each other long before the addicting ecstasy of this kiss was ever even thought of.

Levy takes a foot out of the car and steps onto the mountainous terrain. She inhales deep through her nose and stretches her arms up to the sky. "Ahhh!" She relaxes, exhaling through her mouth. "Such clean, beautiful mountain air…"

"Holy shit…" Natsu mumbles, pointing in the direction behind the blue haired woman, his mouth gaping open.

She spins around to see exactly what this rosy haired boy could be in such awe at. "Wha-"

"I-Is this really the mountain house?" Lucy asks almost hesitantly.

Juvia nods her head as she shuts the driver's side door. "Mmhm. It's not too fancy, so don't get overly excited," she snorts, walking up to the front door with a crowd of people following her.

The door swings open with a unison gasp from Levy and Lucy at the beautiful sight.

" .god."

The warm yellow glow of the lights infuse the house.

Lucy twists her head to look at every angle. Wood floors for the open dining and living area with travertine stone in the kitchen. The appliances look new and top of the line. A full island in the kitchen with a double oven and tons of counter space. On the latter side, a small bar for casual conversation. It flows into the breakfast nook: a table set in a cozy corner, with bench seats around one side that hugged a wall of windows and classy wooden chairs on the latter. A large plasma screen is balanced in the middle of the mantle, with a natural wood fireplace underneath. The chocolate brown leather couch wrapped around the family area, with one part spreading farther out into a chaise. A cozy coffee table is placed in the center, coasters already set up. It smells like lumber a bit, maybe oak, with a slight scent of a cozy fire. It smells warm.

But the view.

The latter wall is glass. A pure, crystal view of the Appalachian Mountains. They turn to a bluish hue in the distance. Fading into the sky, they seem to go for infinity.

This is only the first floor.

"Juvia...This place is utterly amazing!" Lucy exclaims, collapsing back on the couch.

Juvia feels a blush grace her cheeks and she shrugs. "It isn't that incredible…"

"It's amazing…" Gray mumbles to her, placing his hand on her shoulder, giving it a light squeeze and grinning down.

"Yeah so, where do I put my shit?" Gajeel grumbles, setting his bookbag and duffel down with a slam onto the floor.

"Gajeel! Be kind! We're guests here!" Levy steps over to push a pointed finger into his chest to scold him.

"No, no. It's alright," Juvia says with a smile, waving her hands in a light gesture. "We need to figure out sleeping arrangements anyway. All three bedrooms are upstairs," She explains, pointing upward towards the ceiling. "One has its own bathroom and the other two share one. So, it doesn't really matter where anyone sleeps. You two can have your own room if you want." She says to the only official couple in the room.

Levy shrugs and turns up to her boyfriend. "I'm okay with that."

"Gihihi, hell yeah. We call the master bedroom!" He announces, picking up Levy instead of the luggage. He slings her over his shoulder and starts towards the stairs.

"AGH! Gajeel! Put me down!" She slams her tiny fists into his back in protest. Her efforts are futile in his strength.

"Nice try shorty, but you're all mine now!"

Their voices travel off as the door of a room creeks shut.

Lucy's eyes widen, her lips pressed together, attempting to suppress a laughing grin.

"Well, okay…" Juvia adds, clasping her hands together. "So that leaves two rooms left and four of us so…" She trails off, giving Lucy a look and wiggling her eyebrows in a suggestive way.

Natsu lazily steps up beside Lucy, his hands shoved into his pockets. A heated stare falls down onto her skin, heating her body up. The blonde glances next to her, into his onyx eyes. "N-no, we're not-" Lucy starts, a heat rushing to her cheeks.

"You and I can take one bedroom, Lu," Juvia finishes, giving her blonde friend a sly grin.

She exhales- since when was she holding her breath?

"You boys can have the other room."

Juvia turns to smile at Gray, placing a hand on his chest.

"How kind…" He grumbles, glancing up to his pink haired roommate.

A loud rumble erupts from Natsu's stomach.

He grabs his abdomen and scratches the back of his head with a sheepish grin on his face. "So when's dinner?"

Sorry this was is a little shorter. After I finished it, I was like "um...do I...write something else?..." So I decided to just go ahead and post! Let me know what you think! I love to hear from you guys! Send me a message on tumblr, I dunno hehehe

Side notes:

1. I have great, GREAT plans for the next couple of chapters with some lovely fluff and feels. So woman up and get ready to be dazzled (I hope)

2. If you have not read my Tarzan AU, I STRONGLY suggest you do. While I was writing it, I actually cried in the end because it reminded me of my mom and I cried for a solid 10 minutes. So, you should probably read it mostly because I am incredibly proud of that. (And for those who have, I hope/will be updating soon- hopefully)

3. I'm a terrible person and suck at updating/even doing Gajevy week...*hangs head in shame* But yes, the continuation of that Physical Therapy one is going to happen

4. Don't forget that you are beautiful and you're loved. You are enough and you are worth it. Have an amazing day, readers!