7 weeks passed since that day. Gajeel hasn't talked to Levy in class, but every day he waits by the school sign to walk her home in silence, since Lucy has been busy with Natsu every day in the library. Levy wasn't about to complain; she loved walking home with Gajeel, no offense to Lucy, but she liked it better then walking with her. I mean sure Levy and Lucy could talk the entire way to the part they split up, but Gajeel took the extra time to walk her all the way to her apartment, and Levy liked it when she'd once in a while catch a glimpse of the taller man and admire him without him noticing.

XOXOXO

Lucy slid a text book over to Natsu who lazily looked at it. The blonde scooted a little closer to point at the words in the text book. An unknowing 3 hours went by, and Lucy had finally managed to teach Natsu some of the work she's been doing for him, since she found it almost too easy. Lucy was very grateful to him needing help with his homework, because of this everyday occurrence, Lucy found herself getting closer to Natsu, she now considered him to be her best guy friend, she didn't know it, but he considered her his best friend too. While they were studying the pass couple of weeks they found themselves getting into trouble for talking to loud, disturbing the others, or something stupid like that. They also found themselves laughing with each other a lot. Natsu would get so frustrated at the work, he'd want to give up, so he would sigh and groan making faces and poke at the blonde until she couldn't handle it anymore and caved. When she would agree to end things for the day, Natsu always jumped up with joy, only to harshly get scolded by the Liberian. Though now, Lucy recently found herself not getting aggravated by his frustration and pestering, she thought it was some what cute.

"So then that would be the answer for number six right?" Natsu questioned.

"Correct!" Lucy proudly answered.

"Alright, I think I got it! Thanks Lucy! You're a great help!"

Lucy smiled then shut the books, pushing herself away from the table to stand up and let out a good stretch. Natsu realized that her stretch meant she was done for today, so he grabbed his books and threw them sloppily in his bag, which annoyed Lucy like it always did, however this time she was thinking about saying something, instead she accidentally let out a groan of disapproval. The pink-haired heard the groan and looked up at the somewhat annoyed blonde.

"What?"

"Errr Natsu! You know… If you keep just throwing your books in your bag like that, they're going to get ruined, if that happens you will have to pay for the damages."

Lucy reached out and snatched his bag from him and dumbed everything out, causing a loud thudding sound when the books hit the table. In which got the librarian to scold them, one more disturbance and they will be kicked out. Natsu put a hand behind his head and chuckled awkwardly as the blonde started going through his stuff. She squealed internally when she saw more garbage then school supplies. Directing him a disgust glare he just shrugged casually, as if he did nothing wrong. Another hour goes by and Lucy finally manages to organize Natsu's bag. Lucy and Natsu then leave the library, which was now closing, and strolled down an empty street in silence. The sun began to set behind them, changing the blue sky to an orange sky that looked like it was on fire. As the two walked down the street in a comfortable silence Natsu opened his mouth and began to speak.

"Thanks for helping me today Lucy"

"Now you're thanking me?" She questioned, smiling with her eyes fixated on the path in front of her.

"What do you mean?" Natsu shot his head to look at the blonde.

"Well you never thank me for helping"

"Geez you make me sound like I am taking advantage of you"

"Are you?" The blonde giggled as her head turned so that her soft brown eyes could meet the sulking black ones.

"Course not Luce!"

"Well that's good" Lucy smiled gently, turning her head back to face forward before speaking again. "You could stand to say 'thank you' more often, show your gratitude a little"

"H-Hey watch it! I didn't have to say it at all"

"I guess I expect too much"

Natsu sunk his head into his scarf, to hide a slight blush that was starting to appear. He parted his lips to speak softly.

"T-Thank you Lucy"

"You're very welcome Natsu" Lucy giggled.

"Ya know?" Natsu began drawing the blonde's attention back to him. Natsu's eyes remained on the orange path the setting sun colored in front of them before carefully speaking again.

"You might be an even better teacher then my other friend who moved. my friend would always do the work for me so when it came time for a test we'd sit near each other so I could just copy... I never really learned anything or understood it until you Luce..."

Lucy felt her cheeks warm up a little while her lips curved into a bigger smile she didn't think was possible, her eyes soften and she gazed at Natsu who now turned his head to flash her one of his signature toothy grins. The two stare at one another for a few seconds before Lucy opened her mouth to speak.

"You know what?"

"What"

"I feel like having the biggest cup of ice cream right now"

"What seriously?!"

"Come on let's go!" Lucy giggled as she grabbed Natsu's wrist and pulled him quickly to the ice cream shop.

"Hey there Lucy!" The man behind the cashier greeted his every day costumer.

"Hello Leroy"

"What will you have? Do you want the usual small vanilla cone?"

"No thanks! I want the biggest cup of chocolate ice cream you have!"

"The biggest? Wow feeling up to the job? The biggest is pretty big"

"That's alright! Can you make it to go?"

"Aww you're not dinning in today?"

"Nope!"

Natsu shot her a quick confused look before ordering a small ice cream for himself. When Leroy told Natsu the price, Natsu widen his eyes a bit and almost fell to the ground. He shot a sharp dirty look at Lucy who nonchalantly shrugged it off and smiled when he grumpily gave away his money, with a lot of silent groans and growls. When Lucy got her ice cream she widened her eyes a little at how big the cup actually was and regretted it but only by a tiny bit. She smiled and happily accepted her ice cream.

"Thanks Leroy! C'mon Natsu let's go!" Lucy quickly said as she walked out the door with her ice cream

"Wait Luce! Where are you going" Natsu hollered while quickly following the blonde.

"Come again" Leroy spoke then greeted the next customer.

"Lucy! Wait up, why are we running?"

"We don't want to miss it!"

"Miss what? Slowdown, will ya! You will drop your ice cream cup if you're not careful!"

"If we don't run we will miss the sunset, so just hurry up you slowpoke!"

"The sunset? Oi Lucy, hey, don't call me slow, I am so much faster than you and you know it!"

"Then prove it! Let's go to that tall hill before the sun sets"

"You asked for it!"

Natsu dashed right pass Lucy and they both raced to the hill, Natsu of course beat Lucy by at least a minute. When they got to the top of the hill Natsu let himself fall back while Lucy just sat down on the grass, their chests rising and falling as they took deep unsteady breaths. Lucy quickly observed the outstanding hill she had picked; it was a rather tall simple grassy hill that from the top, the distant town of magnolia seemed rather small. At the top of the hill was a large pond which was bit shocking seeing how there was just grass for miles. Lucy observed the large pond behind her for a while before opening her mouth to speak.

"Do you think the water from this pond is clean enough to put feet in?"

"Huh? Uhh" Natsu rolled over to his stomach to observe the sunset water. He quickly noticed that it was a clear color to where you can see all the fish swimming around. Flipping to his back again, he closed his eyes and put his hands behind his head using them as a pillow.

"Looks good to me"

Without another word Lucy slipped off her school shoes and thigh high socks, revealing her small soft feet. She shifted her body as she slowly placed her feet in the surprisingly warm water.

"Ahhh this feels great" Lucy almost sang triggering the pink-haired man to open one eye and roll it over to look at the blonde.

Natsu turned his head completely to observe the side of his friend.

The remarkable sunset made her silky blonde hair shine, the gently breeze allowed the hair to dance charmingly in her face; occasionally letting a few single locks escape and go their own way. Her creamy skin was glowing from the slightest touch of the setting sun.

She had an ever so tender and sweet smile resting on her face, and her beautiful brown eyes were soft. He let his eyes roll down to her body, he gazed down her fragile arms, eyes landing on her small hands for a second before sliding his eyes back up to her small shoulders, his eyes then landed on her very busty chest, staring at them a little longer than he should have,

he then took his gaze even lower, pass her tiny waist, and down to her long legs that were greatly exposed thanks to the mini school skirt she had on. When Lucy turned her head to look at the male, he quickly averted his eyes as a blush tinted his cheeks in realization he was gawking at her.

Now it was Lucy's turn to gaze at Natsu.

Not once as she thought she would get the chance to be with him like this, she never imagined he would call her his friend or flash his goofy smile at her. She gazed down at the boy who was still looking away, his ice cream up to the right of him.

Natsu laid perfectly still, his body was facing away from the pond to where his head came close to it, he almost looked like a statue, breathing serenely. His upper white school shirt was unbuttoned, showing a little bit of tanned skin, his tie was undone, and his scarf remained securely wrapped around his neck. The sun set played its role on him too; his tan skin was glowing flawlessly, he was too perfect and that made Lucy insecure.

He wasn't wearing a smile but that wasn't an issue, Natsu was too attractive no matter what facial expression he was wearing. Let's not forget his messy pink hair that oddly suited him really well.

Natsu turned his head back to Lucy and sat up, and his obsidian eyes were like daggers that just pulled you in whenever your eyes met his. Lucy pulled herself together and swiftly looked down in her lap to pull off the lid to her big chocolate ice cream cup.

She wasn't surprised that it started to melt a bit. She took her spoon and dug into the ice cream and scooped a piece off and popped it in her mouth.

That quickly made Natsu want his so he popped the lid off and took his spoon and dug into his too. Natsu finished his in a mere 3 bites, when he finished he found himself eyeing Lucy's and wanting more. Lucy happily ate hers as she watched the sky, oblivious to Natsu's puppy begging.

"Natsu!" The sweet voice caused Natsu to dismiss the urge to steal the girl's ice cream to focus clearly.

"Yeah?"

"Look the sun is setting!"

Natsu looked in the direction Lucy pointed and grinned a little when he saw all shades of red, orange and yellow.

It truly did look like the sky was on fire, it was quite the view. As they watched together they saw leaves break loose from a nearby tree and get carried through the air, like bird riding the wind. As the leaves danced their way to the ground, Lucy craned her head to look at Natsu, when Natsu saw Lucy from the corner of his eye peer at him, he shifted his head to look at her too.

The two shared a silent stare for a brief moment before Lucy turned away. She looked down at her half eaten ice cream container and stood to her feet triggering Natsu to do the same.

"Well that was quite the experience" Lucy hummed as she turned to face Natsu.

"I think I am going to head home for tonight. I guess I will see you Monday?"

"It's Friday!?" Natsu asked bewildered

"Honestly Natsu this is why you would be failing"

Natsu and Lucy let out a laugh together before walking back down to town and going separate ways. As Lucy was walking she heard her phone vibrate. She pulled it out of her purse and looked at it seeing she had 2 new messages. She opened her inbox, one was from Levy a few hours ago and the other was from… Natsu!? Two seconds ago. Opening Natsu's first she stared at his text for longer than she should have without sending a reply.

"Yo!" and that's all it took to make the girl smile, she quickly replied to Natsu and opened Levy's message.

"Hey Lu-chan, Do you want to have a sleep over at my apartment with Erza and Juvia tonight?"

Lucy beamed excitedly as she eagerly typed 'yes' before she could send it she got another vibration. After the message has sent she backed out of it and opened up the one from Natsu.

"I had a nice time Luce…"

The text made Lucy's heart stop for a brief moment. She realized she was standing in front of her apartment. She slowly walked in and placed her half eaten, melting ice cream, in the freezer before walking to her bathroom to take a hot shower. When she had finished her shower, she sauntered into her bedroom and packed a bag for the sleep over. She grabbed her phone on her desk and clicked a button on the side to light up her screen, which again said she had two unread messages. Opening her inbox she smiled at her two best friend's names, this time she opened Levy's first.

"Great~ Erza and Juvia just got here so you can come now too!"

"Alright Levy-chan I will be there within 10 minutes"

Lucy smiled then walked out her door locking it before checking the second message. She giggled softly while her cheeks warmed ever so slightly.

"We should hang out side of school more often. Ya know? Not doing dumb homework and DEFINITELY no ice cream!"

"What a shame I really liked the ice cream"

Lucy hit send and almost instantly got a message back. She peered down at her phone and shook her head a little as another giggle left her mouth.

"Well ya know! If you really want it I have got no problem goin' but you have to pay"

"I guess ice cream is officially out then, bummer"

"Ehh there are better things to do!"

"Oh yeah?"

"Yupp!"

"Enlighten me"

"Huh? Why would ya want me to electrocute ya Luce? Ya really are a weirdo?"

"Ugh you are hopeless! Explain to me what is better than getting free ice cream"

"Free for you… and there are lots! But you will just have to see for yourself! Whatcha doing tomorrow night?"

"I don't know exactly, right now I am walking to my friend's house."

"I didn't ask ya what ya were doin' now…"

"Jerk!"

"Wait a minute"

"What?"

"Are you walking alone?"

"Yeah, does that bother you?"

"Not at all"

Lucy's eyes narrowed at the thought of him not being worried, but that quickly subsided when she felt her phone buzz again.

"What are you going to your friend's house for?"

"A sleepover"

"OOOHH can I come :D?!"

"NO WAY"

"Why not :("

"You're a boy!"

"So?"

"Soooo it's a girl's sleepover"

"And?"

"Why do you want to go anyway?"

"You will be there right?"

"DUUHH"

"That's a good enough reason for me!"

Lucy's face burnt at his words and she couldn't think of a response but even before she had the chance to another message came.

"Whenever you go to a sleep over there is always free food! So it would look bad if I just should up without knowing someone"

Lucy gaped at her phone for a while; she could feel her vein in her forehead throb, as her heart dropped a little. Unsure why it made her more upset than it probably should have she almost didn't want to reply.

"Yeah… I guess so listen I have to go now."

"What? Why?"

"Hello! I'm going to a sleepover! I can't be talking to you while I am hanging with the girls."

"But I will get bored"

"That's not my problem!"

"Luuucccyyyyy"

"Bye Natsu"

":( Lucy is mean!"

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Hope you liked this chapter.