A/N: This is my last chapter of this story. Thanks to all of my fans! But don't despair, Fairy Tones and the Metal Armada is still up! And I'm putting up a new Natsu/Lucy fic, and my new Freed/Laxus fic! Love you guys!

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New Years. A celebration to celebrate another year gone and passed. It was utterly stupid. Why the crap would people stay up late to drink themselves silly and kiss someone at exactly midnight? These stupid traditions had nothing to do with the passage of time.

Gajeel hated New Years, but he supposed it was a good excuse to drink himself silly. Ah, that was the other thing that Gajeel hated about New Years. It was freaking loud! Especially in the one and only Fairy Tail guild.

December 30, Tuesday.

"Good morning, Gajeel!" The cheerful voice of the demon barmaid reached his ears as he entered the guild. His response was a grunt. He made his way over to the bar.

"Beer." His eloquence left much to be desired. Mirajane was undeterred.

"Right away!" And sure enough, within the next ten seconds, a large tankard of his desired liquid was placed in front of him. He grunted again.

"Where's Lily today?" She asked, determined to get more than a one letter answer or a throat noise.

"He went to visit the Exceeds. To celebrate New Years." Mira smiled, and began wiping down the counters.

"That's nice of him! Did Happy or Charle go with him?"

"Dunno. Don't care." Mira sighed. Gajeel downed the last contents of his cup. He got up and looked at the mission board. It was practically empty, most of the jobs stopped coming in during the holidays.

Since Gajeel was a Dragon Slayer, he had heightened senses. That being said, he could smell the scent of musty books and vanilla before he heard Bunny-Girl call out her name, before he glanced out of the corner of eye to see her.

Levy McGarden. The petite blue-haired girl walked through the door, and though he couldn't see it, he could feel his cheeks heating up. He looked away, and stared intently at the request board.

"Good morning, Mira!" Her bubbly voice filled his ears.

"Good morning to you, Levy!" Miras, equally cheerful voice made him cringe. "How are you today?"

"I'm alright, Mira, and you?"

"I'm great, thanks! Can I get you anything to drink or maybe some breakfast?"

Levy hummed. "Sure Mira, some of your eggs and toast sounds delicious!" Mira giggled and, since he heard no more sound from the white-haired woman, he assumed she went into the kitchen.

"Good morning, Gajeel!" Levy's voice was now exponentially louder, probably because she was now standing next to him. He grunted. Not just because thats what he usually did, but because whenever he was around the shrimp, his throat closed up and he couldn't form one coherent sentence.

She stood almost shoulder to shoulder with him (Well, more like head to shoulder, but who's counting?), and she was looking at the board as if there was something to look at.

"Any good missions?"She asked. He grunted. She sighed, but didn't seem bothered. "Where's Lily?" Damn. That would have to get more than a one word answer.

"He went to visit the Exceeds. To celebrate New Years." Oh great, now he was just sounding like a broken record.

"That's sweet of him." Another grunt.

"Levy, your food is ready!" Levy's head turned at Mira's voice, so her hair hit his shoulder softly, and he got another whiff of her amazing scent.

"Ok, thanks, Mira! See you later, Gajeel!" Grunt. How many was that in one conversation? Sure, it was a one sided conversation, but she kept trying, he gave her points for that. Hell, he gave her points for just being in the room.

"If you like her, you should say so." The scent of ash and fire filled his nose, and he knew it was Salamander before he even spoke.

"Who said I liked her?"

Natsu laughed. "Ha, you're hilarious. Lets see, you can't say anything to her, can't carry a conversation, speak to her in grunts, you get really jealous when either Jet or Droy are around her, you go flaming red whenever she bends over to pick something up, which suggests you are watching her all the time-" Natsu had started to count what he was saying on his fingers, but Gajeel cut him off.

"Shuddup, Salamader, you don't know jack squat." He paused. "Besides those first three would technically count as one." Natsu chuckled.

"Oh yeah, and being around her has made you smarter somehow. And since you're really stupid, you have to be around her a lot to have it rub off on yo-" Gajeel punched Natsu in the face, making him fly back into a wall.

Gajeel stalked out of the guild.

December 31, Wednesday.

Gajeel was determined to stay out of the guild for the latter part of the day. Knowing Mira, she'd probably have Freed put up an enchantment that allowed no one to leave until they kissed someone. But he did go in the earlier part of the day to get food. However, Mira had other plans for him.

"You can put that box over there, Gajeel!" Gajeel hefted the heavy box full of decorations onto a nearby table.

"Dammit, woman, when will you be done treating me like your personal pack mule!?"

Mira giggled. Gajeel hated her giggle. Her giggle always meant she had something up her sleeve. It was a sinister giggle.

"That's it for now, Gajeel, go ahead and take a rest!" Gajeel plopped himself in the nearest chair, and Happy brought him a bottle of water. He downed it in three seconds flat.

"Thanks." He gasped. Then he fell asleep. He vowed he wouldn't fall asleep in the guild today, but he was just so tired… It was the giggle. He knew she had something planned. Maybe his water was drugged…

December 31, Wednesday, 11:22.

"SHIT!" Was the word everyone in the guild heard before a big black barrel tore itself through the Fairy Tail crowd and straight to the doors.

"SLAM!" He hit the enchanted barrier with a lot of force, but if it broke anything, it was Gajeels own nose. He sat on his butt, holding his nose.

"Dammit, dammit, dammit, dammit, dammit! DEMON! THIS IS YOUR FAULT!"

She giggled. Gajeel made a mental note to kill her slowly and painfully.

"Gajeel! Your nose is bleeding!" Levy's voice filled his ears. He nodded. She crouched down in front of him, but Gajeel didn't see that, his eyes were currently closed. "Let me see." She took his hand away from his nose and examined it. Gajeel chose the worst possible moment to open his eyes. Her big brown eyes were staring intently at his nose, and he jolted back, knocking her onto her butt.

"Ow…"

"Shit sorry…"

"I'm ok, I'm fine Gajeel. I think your nose is broken."

"Fantastic."

"Mira, Wendy, can you help?" Levy got to her feet.

"Sure!"

"Of course!"

December 31, Wednesday, 11:57.

"THREE MINUTE WARNING!" Shouted someone in the crowd. At this point, everyone in the guild was drunk on their asses, and when midnight came, everyone would do something they regretted.

Well, everyone was drunk on their asses except Levy, and he was pretty sure Lucy, Mira, and himself were only slightly tipsy.

Speaking of Levy, he wanted to talk to her, which was probably not a good idea, because he did have alcohol in his system and would probably do something rash, like confess or something equally stupid.

"LEVY!" Shit there he went.

"Yes, Gajeel?

"10! 9!"

"I need to tell you something."

"8! 7!"

"Go ahead.

"6! 5!"

"I like you."

"4! 3!"

"I don't like you, Gajeel." His heart sank.

"2! 1! HAPPY NEW YEAR!"

"I love you, Gajeel!" Levy jumped up and mashed her lips into his, just the giant confetti launched up into the ceiling, falling all over them.

"I love you too, Levy." They broke apart for air. Levy laughed.

"Look at Lucy!" Gajeel looked and saw her lipped locked with none other than Fairy Tail's resident Fire Dragon Slayer. He laughed, then captured her lips once again.

"Happy New Year, Gajeel."

"Happy New Years, Shrimp."

Extended Ending:

"Lucy why do you smell like fire and ash?"

"WHY DO I HAVE A BURN THERE!?"

"Hey Luce, why are we in your bed?"

"WHY ARE WE NAKED!?"


A/N: So this was the last chapter. Thank you everyone who reviewed, Favorited, or followed my this story, your support meant a lot to me! Please review this story for the last time, I love all you guys!

~Marshy!

Hey, check out my new Natsu/Lucy story, and my new Freed/Laxus story! And don't forget to read Fairy Tones and the Metal Armada! Bye Guys!