Chapter 7

Levy walked into the guildhall her duffle bag slung over her shoulder. "Hey Cana." Cana looked up and grabbed her bag off the table. "You ready to go?" Levy asked smiling.

"Hell yeah I am let's go tear it up." Cana said throwing her arm around Levy's shoulders. Levy waved goodbye to Jet and Droy who both looked a bit sulky that she was taking Cana over one of them. The girls made their way to the Magnolia Train Station and boarded onto the train and into their private compartment. They threw their bags into the luggage racks, Cana flopped out on one side of the compartment.

"Man these Akane people sure do know how to treat a girl." She said looking at the free bottle of champagne.

"Yeah apparently this is an all expense paid trip. We don't even have to pay for food or drinks when we get there." Levy added happily, she was excited to get away from the guild for a couple days.

"Oh I will make them live to regret that choice." Cana said pulling out the champagne and popping the top with expert speed. She poured a glass for Levy and kept the bottle for herself. "Hey Lev." Cana said after she took a long pull from the bottle. "Why'd ya pick me to come along with you?" Levy felt taken aback, the truth was she had wanted to talk to Cana about Gajeel, she fidget nervously with her glass. Levy tipped the glass to her lips and pounded back the entire thing looking for liquid courage.

"Damn Lev this must be serious." Cana said pouring Levy another glass. "Come on you know you can talk to me." Levy knew that no one in the guild could keep a secret like Cana, she took a deep breath to steady herself along with another sip of champagne.

"I wanted to talk to you about Gajeel." Cana looked at Levy with complete seriousness.

"Levy look at me." She said fiercely "If that prick has done anything to you…" Levy frantically waved her hands.

"No no it's not like that. Gajeel hasn't done anything to me." Levy fiddle with the glass some more. "It's just the opposite really." Cana raised her eyebrow as Levy told her about everything that had happened since Gajeel and joined the guild including the multiple times he had saved her and her gut reaction to wanting to ask him to come with her. Once she stopped Cana sat quietly for a few minutes drinking deep from the bottle which was now nearly empty.

"So tell me, Cana what do you think of him." Levy pleaded. Cana wouldn't lie to her and Levy knew it.

"As a wizard I think he's one crazy powerful son of bitch, as a drinking buddy I think he's fantastic, as a guild mate I think we can trust him and as a just straight up person I think he's a bit of a grumpy ass." Levy giggled only Cana would break someone down into so many different categories.

"Look Lev I'm not going to tell you how to live your life. If you're able to forgive him for what he did to you that's fine, that shits between you and him." Cana reached out and grabbed Levy's hand squeezing in gently. "I just don't want to see you get hurt is all. There's nothing wrong with having a crush on the guy just don't let your guard down yet." Levy had to agree with Cana, she knew that she had developed a crush on Gajeel but that it wouldn't be wise to go full Juvia and throw herself at him.

"Yeah you're right." Levy said with a smile. Cana smiled broadly,

"Not to mention he has one hell of bod." Levy's face turned bright red at Cana's words, "And you have to wonder about the piercings if they are everywhere." Cana winked and Levy felt like she was about to pass out. Cana laughed loudly, "Oh relax girl I'm just teasing ya." It was a short ride down to Akane beach, Cana downed two more bottles of champagne before the train finally stopped. Cana and Levy headed up to the main resort to check in.

"Hi we're the mages from Fairy Tail." Levy said with her brightest smile. The man behind the counter smiled at them.

"Yes we have you booked for three days and two nights. Is that correct Miss." Levy smiled at him.

"Yep that's correct."

"Alright here are your keys, you are also booked for a massages in the hotel spa tomorrow at noon."

"WOW!" Levy said, "Thanks so much." She and Cana headed up to the elevator and clicked the button for the eighth floor. They're room was at the end of the hall, Levy opened the door to a massive suit. There was a separate sitting area with a Lacrima screen, two queen sized beds, and the bathroom had a massive tube that looked like two people could sit in comfortably. Cana threw her bag down onto one of the beds and walked out onto the balcony that looked out over the ocean.

"I'm going to go and take a bath." Levy said pulling a book out of her bag and opened the wardrobe pulling out the extremely fluffy hotel robe. She closed the door and turned on the bath letting the tube fill with hot water, Levy found a bottle of bubble bath sitting on the ledge and add it to the water it was lavender scented, her favorite. Levy stripped down and slipped in enjoying the hot water soaking away her stresses. She picked her up her book unafraid of the water dripping off her fingers. Levy had taken to enchanting all her books to be waterproof as a basic precaution. Levy looked out the beautiful ocean view before turning her attention fully to her book. She couldn't have said how long she had been in the tub only that she had refreshed the hot water four times and the sun had set below the horizon when Cana knocked on the door before opening it.

"Are you dead." She asked looking to see Levy looking a little more wrinkly than when she left her.

"OH sorry Cana I guess I lost track of the time." Levy said closing her book and standing up grabbing a towel to dry off.

"Woo hurry up I've got something for you." Cana said as she closed the door. When Levy got back into the main room she saw that Cana was in the middle of changing.

"Hey try that on. We are going to go out and party!" Cana said as she pulled on her new dress. If was dark purple which brought out her eyes, it was strapless, knee length with a slit that came up to her mid thigh. Levy looked on her bed to see a similar dress but instead it it was black with a halter top scoop neck and no back whatsoever and came down to just above her knees.

"Ah Cana where's the rest of it." Levy said shakily.

"Come on we are going out there to turn heads and these little numbers will pay for themselves in free drinks." Cana said with a wink.

"We don't have to pay for drinks anyway." Levy reminded her.

"Yeah we know that but the guys at the bar don't." Levy pulled the dress on and had to admit it was flattering on her. It made her bust look larger than was it was and it hugged her hips perfectly, the one asset she was shapely in. Cana then tossed her a pair of strappy black high heels. 'What am I doing?' Levy thought as she strapped on the heels which added a good three inches to her height. Levy followed Cana down to the club that was off of the Casino. Music blared and people swayed to the beat, bodies pressed tight together, the air hot and sticky. Levy felt completely out of her comfort zone, but she knew that this was going to happen when she had invited Cana to come with her. The taller mage grabbed her hand and drug her over to the bar. Cana found two open seat and hopped up onto the stool Levy followed suit. Cana yelled at the bartender for something. Levy turned her eyes back to the crowd watching the jirastion of the bodies around her.

"Here!" Cana yelled over the music, she pushed a shot glass into Levy's hand. Levy looked at the blue liquid curiously. "Come on and drink it don't just stare at it." Cana chided with a smile. Levy could see she was already on her third shot. Levy put the glass to her lips threw her head back and swallowed. The liquor was cool and had the flavor of peppermint the alcohol burned down her throat but she didn't cough or supputer. Cana whooped her approval. Levy knew that she would never keep up with Cana so she flagged the bartender down for some water. It was then that someone tapped her shoulder she looked over to see a man about her age looking at her.

"Are you a Fairy Tail wizard?" He yelled. Levy nodded in reply, her dress showed off her guild mark quiet clearly so she wasn't really surprised by the question. "That's so cool! Can I buy you a drink?" Levy once again nodded the man was the same height as her even though she was sitting in a high barstool and he was standing. He had short cut black hair and vibrant green eyes. He yelled at the bartender and then looked back at her. "So what's your name, I'm Roy."

"Levy." She shouted back. Two more shot glasses appeared in front of them.

"Cheers." Roy said with a smile and slammed back the drink.

"Cheers." Levy said and knocked back the shot. This one had not been the gentle shot Cana had ordered her and made her cough slightly. Roy smiled at her as she tried to cover her cough she smiled sheepishly back.

"Ya wanna dance?" He yelled. Levy looked at Cana who gave her the thumbs up.

"Sure." Levy could feel the giggles starting to well up inside her as the alcohol began to pump through her blood. Roy took her hand and led her out into the dance floor before Levy had a chance to find her footing someone slammed into her sending her right into Roy's chest. He laughed his hands resting on her hips and she giggled uncontrollably. She followed his lead not moving her hands from his chest as they began to move to the music.

Levy lost all sense of time, Roy would spin her around the floor for a time then take her off to get some more drinks and talk or as close to talk as you could in a club. Levy was a giggling mess when Roy asked her if she wanted to go for a walk. She nodded as she grabbed onto his arm. From somewhere in the club she thought she heard Cana yell,

"YEAH LEVY! GET SOME!" But she couldn't be sure. Her legs wobbled as she and Roy walked out if the club out of the casino and down onto the beach. Levy paused and pulled off her heels giggling as her toes squished in the sand. She clung to Roy's arm as he led her down time the waters edge.

"So why did you are your friend come to Akane." He asked with a slight slur in his words. Levy giggled,

"Because I'm the best bingo player in the world." She giggled harder and Roy laughed. Levy didn't know why it was funny only that it was then she felt herself being pulled down by Roy and the both flopped back into the sand. Levy looked up into the sea if stars above her. She began pointing out the different constitutions to Roy.

"And there's Loke, opps I mean Leo." She said giggling at her mistake, "He's such a perv always chasing after girls." Roy looked at her strangely, Levy laughed realizing how crazy she sounded. "My friend Lu is a celestial wizard, she has contracts with a bunch of the zodiac so that's how I know them."

"Oh for a second there I thought you were crazy." Levy laughed at his statement. "Can you tell me more about Fairy Tail. I always wanted to be in a guild but I'm not that good as magic." He said vulnerably, Levy gave him a reassuring smile.

"Well it's a total madhouse. People fight almost every day, Natsu and Gray are the worst about it and Erza's the only one that can stop them half the time," she giggled, "but it's so much fun it's like having one big crazy family we always have each other's backs." Her mind suddenly turned to Gajeel, she like patted her cheeks trying to get the dragon slayer out if her mind, here she was having a great night with a sweet guy and she had started to think about him.

"It sounds like a lot of fun to be in a guild." Roy said probing himself up on his side to look down at Levy.

"Yeah I wouldn't change it for the world." She said closing her eyes and smiling. Fairy Tail was her home and she loved it more than anything. When Levy opened her eyes again she saw that Roy was much closer to her than he had been before. His eyes locked on her lips. "What are you doing?" Levy asked with a nervous giggle.

"I was wondering what it would be like to kiss you." He said his face coming closer to hers. Levy felt her heart start pounding in her chest, what should she do, did she want him to kiss her. He was getting closer she was running out of time, the alcohol was slowing her mind making her feel less in control. Roy's nose grazed against hers she could feel his breath against her lips. He was so close then just as his lips brushed against hers she turned her head to the side. Denying him the kiss. He pulled back quickly grabbing the back of his head blushing madly.

"Ah sorry I guess that was a little forward of me." He said with a nervous smile. Levy sat up it suddenly felt like all the alcohol had vanished from her body.

"No it's okay, Roy. I just," she hugged her knees to her chest. "There's someone back home who I kind of like and I don't want to lead you on." She mumbled into her knees, it was like Jet and Droy all over again. Roy laughed causing her to look over at him surprised.

"It's fine. We barely know each other any way." He leaned back on his hands looking up at the sky. "So what's this guy of yours like?" Levy couldn't believe he was handling her rejection this well.

"Umm well he's ah, he's really tall, long black hair, ruby red eyes, and well he's a bit of an ass to be honest." She said, Roy broke out laughing at that.

"So the good girl falls for the bad boy what are the odds." He said through his laughter. Levy blushed at his statement.

"Well I don't think he's really that bad he's saved my life a couple of times now." She whispered.

"So why not make a move on him?" Levy couldn't believe she was having this conversation with a stranger who had tried to kiss her not five minutes ago.

"Well it's complicated." She said but decided not to talk about her past, "Plus I don't think he'd want someone like me."

"What do you mean?" Roy said raising his eyebrows.

"Well he seems like the kind of guy who would want a woman that can really stand up to him hold her own in a fight not some shrimp bookworm like me." Levy said thinking that Gajeel would probably be far happier with someone like Erza or Cana than with her.

"Well I can't speak for the guy," Roy said plainly, "but if we were in a guild together I would ask you out." Levy smiled at him, then leaned over and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek.

"Thanks Roy. You're a really sweet guy."He started rubbing the back of his neck again blushing.

"That's what they keep telling me." He stood up offering her his hand. "Come in let's get you back before your friend comes looking for you." Levy took his hand and stood up.

Once they were back in the hotel Roy left her in the lobby making his way back towards the club.

"Bye Levy I'll keep an eye out for you in sorcerer weekly." He said with a smile. Levy said goodbye and head back up to the hotel room. When she opened the door she saw Cana sprawled out on the bed looking rather drunk.

"Well well look at who just got back." She slurred rolling into her stomach to look at Levy. Levy rolled her eyes feeling the headache building behind her eyes as the hangover began to kick in.

"I'm going to take a bath." Levy said and Cana oohed from the bed.

"Did somebody get their freak on at the beach?"

"No nothing like that." Levy said not wanting to rehash her conversation with Roy to Cana. She would probably keep the events of tonight to herself. By the time Levy got out of the bath Cana was passed out on her bed. Levy giggled and slipped under the covers. Tonight may not have gone how she had expected it to but in the end she had still had a good time.