Disclaimer: I do not own Fairytail or its characters. Fairy tail belongs to Hiro Mashima.

AN:Hey hey hey! I know its been a long 3 weeks, but we are finally back with another chapter of SOP! This chapter a some Jerzaness. some Lily scenes and other stuff too. I hope its worth the wait XD!

Enjoy~

Chapter 10

~Friday, June 3~

She was wrapped up with him. Her little feet curling the edge of the blanket around them, keeping the draft out. Wine was open and the glasses long used, left to sit on the coffee table. She had her legs stretched out just a little towards him. They faced each other within the proximity of the small loveseat and large comforter around them. There was no stopping the smile he had plastered on her face.

Through romantic candles and long talks late into the night she had learned just exactly what she'd missed about him. Jellal had always given her his full attention when they were together, as if she were the greatest royal beauty he ever saw. His smile crinkled the corners of his mouth and the wider he smiled the more his eyes crinkled until he looked lost in happiness. Now her dimly lit living room had been turned into a nest of wine, old photos, pillows and blankets.

"So tell me?" She started after their reminiscent laughter died down. "How long did you have that ring?"

Jellal had grabbed his glass for one last drain of his wine but as the words spilled from her lips he tilted the glass back too far and the red liquid ran down his chin into his shirt. He coughed a little as he wiped the drops off him. Erza grinned but kept her questioning gaze on him. Under the blanket she fiddled with the ring, then when he didn't answer caught his hand in hers.

His smile came back, "How do you know I didn't just buy it at the store before I came here?"

She raised an eyebrow but her smile slid upwards coyly. "It was ten at night when you got here. The stores were closed and you were soaked to the bone so I can't imagine the run over here was planned much at all."

He chuckled, "You got me there. Fine," he continued, "It's actually pretty old but I kept it just in case." The way his words trailed off and his eyes found the frayed edges of her rug left a chill in the air. Her fingers curled tighter against his hand, he offered a faint ghost of a squeeze. His reaction told her exactly what he implied.

"All this time…?" Her question forced his eyes back into hers. "Two years? And you never said anything?"

"You seemed so far away, lost in your own world of accomplishments. I thought for sure you could achieve your dreams of being a famous promotor and I didn't want to get in the way of that. I was also in England when I found it. I thought you would like it but I wanted to wait until our lives settled down to spring something so huge on you…" Jellal stopped speaking when he noticed her downcast eyes. She hadn't stopped her tight hold on his fingers but her brow wrinkled and a slight frown appeared on her face. "I guess after Milliana told me how well you were doing I thought you didn't need me anymore."

Erza's eyes sprung up to meet his. Her gaze changed from worried to concerned in a split second. She shifted her position until she was on top of him, holding his shoulders to the couch arms. A gentle hand stroked his chin. His eyes were locked on her, completely entranced.

"I always needed you. What's the point of accomplishing a life dream with no one there to celebrate it with?" There was a pause then she sighed, removed her hand from his chin and sat back on his knees allowing him to prop himself up on his elbows. "But it didn't matter anyway. Everywhere I looked I hit a dead end. No one wanted a mediocre inexperienced youth like me to produce their music. I couldn't even land one gig with a no named garageband. I realized it was pointless without you…"

Without a word Jellal embraced her, hugging her tight. "I learned in England," he said as they let go, brushing a strand of her hair behind her ear, "and in Russia, from the greatest classical choreographers mankind has ever created. I learned that choreography is more than just having a creative mind and that the competition out there is greater than we've ever seen. But I also learned, that it's not what I wanted out of life." He placed a hand on her cheek and wiped a fallen tear with his thumb. "I studied abroad because I thought I had to in order to beat out the competition. We broke up because I thought long distance relationships were a myth. I never would have guessed I'd be trapped in long distance relationship of my never ending love for you...I only want to dance, and I want it to be with you."

Erza grabbed his cheeks and pulled him into her, kissing him with a little more force than she intended so their teeth bumped against each other. Their lips moved together and they only broke apart when she noticed the darkness out her window was grayer than before. She hastily grabbed her phone off the table; 4:00 AM, her phone was at 8% and she still hadn't changed out of last night's clothes.

"It's already morning. And we have class today," she warned. Jellal just smirked and grabbed her waist. He fell backwards until she was laying on top of him.

"That isn't until one, we have time."

"What about your personal dance classes? Your college studies?"

"It's all going to have to wait. Leaving you again would be a crime."

"Are you sure?" She raised an eyebrow at him.

In response he reached his neck up until he could place a kiss on her lips. "I've never been more sure of anything else in my life."

~Beep!~Beep!~Beep!~

"Ugh..." The loud sound of an alarm clock blared in Lily's ears by his bedside. The man rolled over to the side of the bed where the alarm clock stood. He tiredly slammed his fist on the clock effectively silencing it. He buried his head into his pillow letting out a muffled groan. He had to get up, there was no time for him to be slacking today.

After showering and getting dressed he had thirty minutes, just enough time for him to make some coffee to wake up his senses that still were half asleep. He set the coffee to brew then opened the lounge window to let the cold morning breeze fill the apartment. He took a deep breath of fresh air. He laid on the lounge looking out the window to the area below. This was one good thing about living on the second floor of an apartment building.

Honestly this was one of the nicer apartments, still humbling to say the least but it was home. The coffee maker beeped and he gulped the down the hot black liquid as quickly as possible. He grabbed his backpack and keys, and walked out the apartment door. He turned around to lock the door taking in a deep breath, but instead of getting fresh cool air, he coughed at the smell of repulsive cigarette smoke. He already knew who it was before he turned around.

"Well, look who's gotten outta their litter box, haha," The sound of a deep rasping voice blotted out the cheering birds. Lily turned around and saw his next door neighbor, a man who severely tested his self-control and the urge to punch him in the face. The man's skin tone was about two or three shades darker than Lily's, even though the still dark morning area made him look darker. His hair was low shaved with some design shaved on the side that, to Lily, looked like nonsensical doodlings from a child. He wore a white 'wife-beater' revealing his two black sleeve tattoos with more doodles and black prints somehow darker than his own skin tone. He sat on a chair by his door, cigarette in one hand and in his lap sat a young, provocatively dressed woman.

He was a troublemaker in more ways than one, Lily was pretty sure he'd spent his whole high school life in juvie. He was a well known player among the community, almost every time Lily saw him he had a woman on his arm and it was never the same one. In a fight Lily knew could pummel him, maybe then his bark wouldn't be so large. 'Fighting doesn't solve anything, Lil.' Or so he told himself but this man was asking for it.

"So where you off to, the flower field with all the rest of the liles." Lily had gotten used to his harassment a long time ago. It was better to just ignore him. The man sucked on his cigarette and blew the smoke in Lily's direction, who stifled a cough as he walked by. The woman in his lap giggled and ran her fingers along Raphael's cheekbone. Lily cringed. He actually felt sorry for her. This lady, by the looks of her even with all her dark make-up, couldn't have been any older than early twenties. Lily wouldn't be surprised if she was still nineteen, probably seduced and played by the man she's attached herself to. Those were the type of women this evil man aimed for. Lily rarely ever saw him with a woman that was actually his age, late twenties. It scared him a bit to think of what kind of horror this man could be doing to these young girls.

Lily had come to the conclusion long ago that all he had to worry about was walking away and not saying a word. If he made a comment it would be used against him in some way. He had tried before in the past to tell the man off for what he was doing, but he was set in his ways and had no desire in changing. Lily even tried talking to the girls, telling them that they deserved better then what that man was giving them but to no avail, they didn't listen either. His words were wasted so he just decided to let it be, hoping they found a way to get away from him, before they got themselves into something they couldn't get out of.

Lily walked silently down the stairs, as the man shouted more unacknowledged insults. He walked down the road to the sidewalk, and kept going all the way to the long strides became shorter until they slowed down to a complete stop. He stared into the sky as he saw the sun peaking out a little by little above the hills.

'Ah, sunrise.' Lily thought with a smile spreading over his lips. This is the reason he woke up so early, so he could catch a glimpse of the sunrise. His golden eyes glowed and swirled with the different shades of orange and yellows of the sky as the sun rose higher. He took in a deep breath finally letting the fresh air clear his mind. He closed his eyes for a second, savoring the moment, then continued walking to the gym, his bag over his shoulder and a little more pep in his step.

The sound of low volumed upbeat music consumed the gym along with the sound of banging weights and metal clanging on the tiles floors. Lily walked in looking around, seeing a few familiar faces.

"Lily! Long time, no see!" He turned towards the main front desk by the door. The man that called to him was skinny with his orange hair in a tight dog tail on his head. He bore a big smile and waved in Lily's direction.

"Hey, Jet. It has been quite a while, hasn't it?" Lily walked up to the desk adjusting his bag as he did.

"Sure has! Where have you been? We kinda missed having one of the regulars around to talk to, you know?" he said with a toothy smile. Jet was the main owner of the Anytime Fitness gym, with his military wife, Risley and a kid who occasionally pretended to be a personal trainer for every member in the gym. He would come in on short five year old legs and shout at the top of his lungs for the bodybuilders to lift their equipment higher. No one minded, most people thought it was cute having a five year old shout; "Move it, ladies! I wanna see your muscles so big they crush everyone in this room!" as he flails his arms around so wildly he falls backwards.

"Been busy," Lily said, "you know we are getting ready for the state finals in a couple months." Jet looked at him with an understanding nod.

"Ah, yes. That's right. That must keep you quite busy, huh? Risley is getting ready for it too. 'Cause she's on an opposing team she made me swear not to say too much about their routine, but I wish you the best though. I bet Lev's having the time of her life practicing with your rowdy bunch, am I right?"

Lily let out a hearty laugh. "Got that right. How is your wife and kid?"

"They're great! Caine is just excited that it's finally summer, he claims he's been waiting for it forever. We plan on going camping one of these days. Gotta fit it in the busy schedule, you know how that is."

Lily smiled. "Yes, I do."

"Hey, look what the cat dragged in!" Lily looked behind him to find a rather heavy set man with blue hair. He was holding a chicken wing in one hand a donut in the other, which was most likely his breakfast.

"Droy! What did I tell you about bringing junk food in the gym? We have a rep to keep! How are we supposed to encourage people to exercise when you're bring junk like that in here?" Jet shouted. Droy was the co owner to the gym so he could supposedly get in shape as well, but by the looks of things he was still the same size he was when Lily had first saw him, maybe even bigger.

Droy looked towards Jet with his mouth still full of food. "Whaf? I ges hugway! Do you efpet me to esarize on an empta stomaah!"

"Dude! Don't speak with your mouth full, it's gross." Jet complained.

"Soweh," came his muffled reply. Lily just chuckled, not exactly sure what to make of these two. They were just as carefree as his dance students. The kind of people he liked to be around.

"Anyway. How about you, Lil?" Jet sighed and asked.

"What about me?"

Jet rose a hairy eyebrow at him. "You know what I mean. What's going on in your love life these days?" he said with a sly look on his face urging him to spill any kind of information he might have. Lily gave him a small smile and slightly shook his head.

"I don't have one." He shrugged his shoulders.

"Seriously? You're still single?" Droy said swallowing the last of his food.

"Yeah? Maybe I'm happy being single," Jet and Droy exchanged glances from each other then looked back up to Lily.

"You already know that isn't true," Jet said with a little sympathy in his voice.

"I'm just not ready to be in a relationship with anyone," Lily admitted hoping his drop in pitch indicated to them he didn't want to talk about it anymore.

Jet shrugged. "Whatever you say, big guy. You best be going to start building some more muscle," Jet gave him an encouraging smile and a thumbs up. Lily returned it with a grin.

Lily walked away from the front the desk and further into the gym, flashing smiles at the familiar faces as he did. He walked until he got to a deep red punching bag with a shiny chain. He got his equipment out, did some stretches then removed his shirt and got into his routine.

As he punched he let his mind wander, soon getting lost in the memories that resurfaced. He thought back to the beautiful cheerleader he'd had a crush on since sophomore year. Back in those days he remembered boxing a lot, mostly thinking about her and how determined he was to ask her to the homecoming dance. After mustering up enough courage he finally asked her then at the dance she became his girlfriend. For a short while he thought they were perfect together. She was everything he had wanted, beautiful, smart and kind.

But everything crashed down hill when he caught her behind the schools workout building making out with one of the football players. More than just one of his fellow football players it was his best friend. They had dated for eight months, the school year was near its end. They had talked about what they'd do over the summer and the plans they wanted to make for the future. How could she have done this to him? How could his 'friend' betray him like this? Did he do something wrong? He was loyal and kind why would she cheat on him with one of his best friends? His heart shattered as he watched another man's arms wrap around her and grope her rear as they kissed so deeply they had no clue he was standing there. Witnessing it all. He had no idea their relationship had been drifting so far apart. How could he be so blind?

"Shelby? Dylan?" His cracked voice broke them apart instantly.

"Lily," she began, "I thought you were still in practice?" Her words were apologetic. But her eyes sparkled like a thief getting away with a million dollar heist. She didn't feel any remorse for this. He looked over to his 'friend', who held a scowl, probably mad Lily had broken up their smooch fest. Looking at their faces then made it hard for him to imagine that either of them had ever cared about him. It was all just a ruse, a cruel pretend world they put up around him then snuck off in the night leaving him in the rain.

Not too long after he found out she was about two months pregnant with the quarterback's baby. This made him even more furious because he didn't know the cheating had been so serious. He had told her way back that he didn't want things to be too serious before marriage. He remembered her telling him that she agreed. After hearing that he was tempted to teach the father a lesson, but he never started fights, and he wasn't going to start one now.

The gym became his most frequent visiting place that summer. He boxed for hours letting out the frustration, sadness and anger he harbored in his chest, even to the point of breaking the upholstery on the bag and watching the sand spill out onto the floor. Lily grew a fire in his eyes that kept him distant from some of his closest friends, only leaving room for the little relationship with the Redfox family whom he had been living with since the summer after eighth grade.

His memories only made his punches stronger and his eyes more narrowed, intently focused on destroying the thing in front of him. The recall reminded him why he had stopped dating ever since. He would go on dates with different woman on rare occasions but they were never official. Fear of a heartbreak like that always stopped his relationships before they got farther than a second date.

As he kept punching his thoughts lead him to imagine the beautiful face of the ballet mistress. He shook his head as if to shake the idea out but her face kept popping up. Her long white locks, her pink lips forming a breathtaking smile, her freckled cheeks and her gray almost silver eyes. Any man would be lucky to have a woman like her on his arm. She could have any man she wished, it was highly unlikely that man would be him. He shook his head once more and did a little warm up jump, shaking his hands and trying to focus. It was too early in their friendship to be thinking about dating. Now that the sweat was dripping off him like tears he checked the clock.

~8:30am~

He best be wrapping these last round of punches before heading out. Just then the bells of the gym door rang, but the familiar footsteps of high heels against the hard floor was not something he was very fond of responding to. He stood up straight and turned his head around, praying it wasn't who he thought it was. Luck did not seem to be on his side today. Walking through the door was none other than Cornelia Garcia, one of the richest and possibly the most disrespectful woman who has ever walked the streets of Magnolia and with her was her little entourage. As far as Lily knew, she was just as bad as his neighbor, except no one had ever confronted her about her wrong doings. Cornelia's so-called friends were all gathered around her like lost puppies, following closely as she slid her way into the gym and stared at the studs working out with their shirts off. The men stared back at her with whistles and winks. She passed by them all with a short wave and sly smile.

Lily turned back around and started punching the bag hoping they didn't notice him. Then he heard the voices come nearer and the footsteps grew louder.

"Hi, Lily." There it was. The last voice he wanted to hear. He stopped punching, held the punching bag still with his hands and took a deep breath to let it out with a sigh. He turned around and faced her, a woman with a face of an angel but the heart of a devil. Bright gold met fiery red. If hell could be seen through the depths of human eyes he would be staring right into the pits of it.

"Cornelia," he spoke deadpanned, doing his best to hide any emotion without being flat out disrespectful. This woman was a demon, but he knew how to play her games. She had tried her tricks on him many times and still he was one of the only men in the gym that didn't fall to her will.

She bit her blood coated lips, and looked him up and down seductively as if he was something to eat, just eye candy for her. It made him cringe and his muscles flexed on instinct. She snapped her fingers and the girls behind her dispersed, spreading like shadows all over the gym.
"So Lily." She inched closer to him. It seemed like the closer she got to him the more mischievous her smile became. "I haven't seen you in a while." Lily checked her outfit. There was no way she was here to exercise. Her 'gym clothes' consisted of high heel stilettos, a sports bra and sporty shorts that looked much too revealing to be considered a "sport" anything from Lily's perspective.

"I've been busy," he said, his voice deep and unwavering.
She laughed. "Oh yes, yes. With that little dance class of yours, correct?" Her voice was silky smooth. It should be a crime to let a someone like her have such traits.

"That's right," he said still standing his ground with arms crossed, not moving an inch out of step.
"I see."

He didn't come to the reality of how close she was until her lascivious body was right on his. She ran her long polished nails over his muscles and chest.
"That must tire you out once in awhile I bet, hmm?" Lily didn't answer. But she kept batting her eyelashes at him as if that would get him to swoon over her. She must have seen some kind of hint in his eyes, because her red lips curved up into a larger smile.

"Well then." He felt her body move away from him. He took the chance to let out a breath he didn't know he was keeping in. Her heels clicked as she made her way to her work out bag that one of her followers had laid by the wall, hair dark hair swaying with her movements. When she walked back she held out a pink piece of paper towards him the same sly smile on her face. He glanced at her, then at the paper, then back at her again.
"What is this?" He asked giving her a puzzled look.
She giggled. "It's a party invitation, silly. We will be having one tonight and you are formally invited. How does that sound, hm?" She seductively winked at him waving the card in front of his face waiting for him to take it. He looked at her in silence, his facial expressions not changing.
"I'm not interested. And plus I have work tonight." He said. She rose an eyebrow at him.
"Oh? But doesn't that only lasts until 4, 5 to the latest? Well don't you worry, the party doesn't start until 8 anyway, you'll have more then enough time to get that handsome body dressed nice and join." She walked closed him and ran her fingers along his bare chest, "And I'm sure you'll have lots of fun." She leaned into him and gave a breathy whisper, "I can guarantee it." Then she winked at him again, which for some reason seemed to work on other guys.

He gave her an angry unimpressed scowl, causing her to gasp and recoil away from him.
"I'm not interested." The anger in his voice rising and his scowl deepening. He turned from the woman, facing the punching bag once again he tried to continue his routine but began punching with a little more force than he intended.
"Excuse me?" Her voice rose up an octave. "Who do you think you are?! Any man would kill to have a chance to be with me! You're just too uptight to see a good thing if it slaps you in the face, huh?"

As if it was automatic Lily unwrapped his sports tape from around his knuckles and cracked them. He turned around and leaned close to her face. He had her entire entourage's attention now and some of the other regulars. A few gasped but most held their breath as the tension climbed. His scowl didn't falter.
"Don't you ever compare me to other guys. I am not like them. You are disgraceful and I can't believe any man would want to give themselves to a stuck-up, disrespectful, lascivious girl like you."

She tried to step back but tripped over her heels and fell to the floor. He looked down at her, his eyes shining ferociously.
"So like I said, I'm not interested. And don't ask me again." He turned away from her picking up the tape and his belongings. He walked out the gym doors huffing and puffing, anger making his nostrils flare and his ears turn beat red. The cold morning air calmed him down a bit as it hit his bare body reminding him he was still shirtless. He stopped, went into his bag and put his shirt back on. His breathing slowed into a relaxed state.

He continued down the road, the ordeal still fresh in his brain but the longer he thought about it the sooner it went from anger at Cornelia to anger at himself. Then came guilt and regret. He stopped walking, he ran his hand over his face. He knew he was better than this, he didn't have to get that close and say those rude things, he didn't have to push it that far. He let out a deep sigh. He wished he could take back what he said, why did he even get so mad? Yes someone needed to put her in her place, but maybe the way he handled it wasn't the best. Lily sighed and walked the rest of the way home.

~12:50 PM~

Gajeel looked around the room. 'This is a first,' He thought. 'Everyone seems to be here on time today. Actually they're all freaking early, what in the world?'

Good thing he had decided to come fifteen minutes early or the doors would have been crowded with his peers who most likely would have gotten hectic then something would have broke out. He sighed under his breath.

'Yeah, good thing. The last thing we need is a complaint.' Just looking at the idiots got him cringing. They already looked like they were about to do something pathetic especially Gray and Natsu. Most of the different groups were chatting with each other and doing their stretches. For some strange reason, since Jellal has come back he's been grinning like a fool and sneaking quick glances at Titana. She was doing the same, it was weird. Those two have barely glanced at each other since he came back from England. What could have happened to those two that made them look so happy all of a sudden? He thought back to last night when Jellal went running out of the van in the rain. He smirked to himself. Maybe the fool finally got himself laid.

"Hey!" Gajeel was kicked out of his thoughts by Gray's voice. Both him and Natsu had decided to go mess with the girls who had been talking amongst themselves. He couldn't seem to stop himself from sneaking glances at the tiny bluenette. Her black sweatpants and yellow tank top made her hair stand out and her swollen hips even more beautiful than normal.

Natsu put his arm on Gray's shoulder like an arm rest. Gray surprisingly just smirked with his arms crossed as they stared down the girls. The girls looked at the two boys in confusion and mild annoyance as if bracing themselves for whatever they were planning on starting.

Levy put her hands on her wide hips and leaned slightly to the side giving Gajeel a perfect view of her amazing curves.

'How in the world can a girl so tiny have such a phenomenal backside?' Gajeel would never understand why she didn't have a boyfriend yet.

"What do you guys want?" Levy brought him back the real world once again. Gray and Natsu looked at each other and snickered as they gave the girls smirks.

"How much you wanna bet our routine for the state finals is gonna kick your guys' routines butt?"

Lucy walked up to stand by Levy giving them the same annoyed look. "What are you idiots even talking about?"

"The dance, Luce. Ours is going to put yours in the dirt," Natsu said giving Gray the brofist.

All the girls exchanged exasperated glances with each other. Erza stood up from the ground where she'd been doing leg stretches and walked over to them. She gave them a look that made the boys lose their boastful attitude.

"Now here I thought we were all on the same team," she said and Gray shrugged trying to act like he wasn't scared of the frightening look Erza was giving them.

"Well, yeah, we may be on the same team but our dance is going to be way better! Right Natsu?"

Natsu gave a huge smirk. "Yup! No doubt about it." Juvia tilted her head, totally confused and oblivious at the point the two bone heads were trying to get across.

"Juvia doesn't understand what Gray-sama and Natsu-kun are trying to say." The boys facepalmed. Natsu just pointed to them triumphantly as if had just won a carnival game.

"There's nothing to understand, only just that us guys are going to beat you girls at dancing, and you'll see just how well we've been practicing today when we show it off." After that statement he gave a hearty laugh. Erza walked up to them and slammed their heads together.

"Why don't you two just grow up and go back to your corner."

They cringed and crawled on the ground back to their group grumbling, "Yes ma'am."

Gajeel chuckled. Those morons got what came to them. Even he knew better than to make Titania mad. He scanned the room looking at the clock as it read that they only had five more minutes before class started.

He looked over to Lily who was sitting on a chair by the door. His head was in his hands, anyone else would probably assume he was tired, but Gajeel knew him better than that. They were practically brothers. He couldn't mistake that look for a second. He walked up to him.

"Yo Lil," Lily looked up at him his usually cheerful eyes were dulled dark proving Gajeel's theory.

"Hey, Gajeel," Lily greeted trying for a grin.

"You don't have to fake a smile around me, bud. What's wrong?"

Lily sighed and lowered his gaze. "It's really nothing I should be upset about."

Gajeel grabbed another chair from the stack by the storage area right outside the door, swung it around and sat on it backwards as he faced Lily. "Spill it."

Lily rubbed his head and leaned back in his chair as he said, "That girl at the gym got on my nerves again."

"Cornelia, right? C'mon, she's never bothered you this much before?"

"Yeah, and she hasn't. But it's not entirely her I'm bothered with." Gajeel raised an eyebrow so he explained further. "I snapped at her. I'd just had enough of her constant flirting and never taking no for an answer. It wasn't pretty either."

He let out a grunt as he extended a hand to Lily's shoulder. "Whatever you did man she probably deserved it." Lily gave him a look so he digressed. "But if you're that upset about it just apologize. She can't be as worked up about it as you are." Lily gave him a slight, and real smile this time. He said thank you without even speaking. Gajeel leaned back and shrugged as he said, "Besides everyones got bad days. She of all people should understand that much." He looked towards Lily with a smirk. "So don't beat yourself up over it. You might start growing wrinkles if you start stressing about stuff like that, Gihihi."

Lily chuckled at the comment. "Yeah, I suppose you are right about that." The carefree glint was back in his eyes again. "Thanks, Gajeel."

Gajeel stood up, his job completed. "Don't mention it, ya old cat. Now let's get this class started we're already runnin' behind schedule." Lily stood up from his chair looking in a much better mood.

"Right."

"Yo, Gajeel!" Just then Natsu came running up to the two, his eyes wide and excited. He was practically running in place with a smile wider than the Nile. "When do we get to show off our dance, huh?"

"Keep your pants on salamander, we're getting there," he joked and walked past Natsu to face the rest of the class. "You guys better be ready to show off what you got 'cause today marks the beginning of rehearsals. From here on out we're gonna work in teams and continually improve the dance sequences we discussed two weeks ago."

Lily stepped up right beside him and said, "Starting with-" Natsu was giving a fist pump and running up behind them before they finished talking. Gray, Jellal and Cobra shrugged at each other and followed suit. Laxus came trudging forward stepping in behind the others. Lily stopped only to chuckle. "Starting with Gajeel's team, who'll be dancing for round two but Natsu can't contain his excitement so he requested they go first."

Natsu just beamed and Gajeel waved his hand in the air with a gruff command of "Git in yer places!" There was a few minutes where the guys ran around collecting all their props from the room and setting them up. They all stood in front of them and lowered their heads ready to begin. Lily walked off center room to turn on the stereo in the back of the dance room.

All the guys lowered their head and the music started with a quick guitar strum as Natsu stood center air guitaring and bringing his hand high above his head slowly as the lyrics rang out. "I got that rock and roll/ Yeah, yeah!I'll make you lose control!" The rest of the guys mimicked Natsu as he swung his hand down again for a guitar strum. "Yeah, yeah/C'mon and dance to my flow!" In sync Natsu, Gray, Jellal, Cobra, Gajeel and Laxus looked up, bent each knee quickly and alternatively as high up as it could go while keeping their hands by their sides. When they raised each knee twice they shimmied their upper bodies in resonance to the music.

Natsu pointed to the audience in front of him dramatically. "Cuz I got what I got don't you know/I got that rock and roll."

Gajeel who was in the very back turned around just then and picked up the guitar that he left on the floor behind him. He strung a few quick cords in succession still with his back turned. Natsu then reached down and kicked back into a no handed backflip as the song belted out an "OW!" That was the cue for the rest of the guys to crowd Natsu, switching up their positions and walking past each other while Natsu danced between them.

He passed Gray giving him a high five and doing a swagger walk as he lip synced "When I'm walking down the street, it's like a show." The guys all stopped moving and started dancing in sync. Their arms rested on top of the other and they popped from side to side then danced with more quick pops of the shoulders. Natsu hiked his collar up with a flare and took a big step forward with one suave leap. "I got that rock and roll." By the second lyric Natsu moved into step with the others. They swept their right legs out and their left legs back again holding their arms ninety degrees in front of their chests and pumping. "I got that rock and roll."

"I see 'em staring at me everywhere I go." The group dispersed again and Natsu stood there his feet close together while he mimed looking into the distance, one hand above his eyes. When he did a full sweep of the room Gray and Jellal appeared by his sides and together they stomped their right feet against the floor with the beat of the music, while Cobra, Gajeel and Laxus did the same behind them. "I got that rock and roll/I got that rock and roll."

The bass kicked deep in Lily's chest as he watched the men in front of him perform flawlessly. "It's a whole new level of attention." Natsu stood again center stage and waved his hand towards him as if pumping up a rave. It seemed to do the trick 'cause the crowd of students cheered and some clapped a little. Laxus stood in the back banging his fists on a set of prop metal garbage cans like drums. He had somehow put on sunglasses and now held the worst scowl Lily had ever seen. It was out shadowed when the rest of the guys dance/walked forward to the beat of the music. "Hey, girl did I mention?" They all pumped their fists up as the song picked up again. Natsu even swung his fist in a circle.

"I got that rock and roll." Laxus kept up his banging on the drumset and Gajeel mimicked that song on his own guitar that wasn't plugged into anything. Gray, Jellal, and Cobra were left to breakdance in sync. They swung their legs under and around as one arm held them off the ground, then stood up slowly straightening as they pumped their fists. Natsu continued fist pumping and running across the edge of the crowd to get them excited. "I'll make you lose control/Yeah, yeah." The guys stood again in their v formation and repeated bending their knee alternatively. "C'mon and dance to my flow." Natsu lead the step forward as he bent and pumped his fist in front of him. The rest mimicked his movements as if pulled by string. "Yeah, yeah/Cuz I got what I got/Don't you know/I got that rock and roll." The group threw their hands forward until they crossed each other and made their shoulders hunched and they froze.

Gajeel mimed another few quick cords then the guys thrust themselves forward with a grunt. "Every person that I meet they gonna know." They danced in perfect sync once more, keeping their arms straight out but bent at the elbow and kicking their forearm upwards after each word then side stepping as the song sung, "I got that rock and roll/I got that rock and roll." The boys faced each other, Natsu facing Gray, Jellal facing Cobra and Laxus facing Gajeel. Each boy put their forearms on each other's elbows, yanking them forward then crossing their feet, facing the audience and popping their crossed arms left and right to the beat. "They all be freaking every time I say hello/I got that rock and roll/I got that rock and roll." The chorus came around again but this time the boys did breakdance to the beat. Natsu banged his fist on the floor then slowly brought it up. "It's a whole new level of attention." Laxus kept up on the drums while Gajeel rocked out with him on his guitar, looking for all the world like they were actually performing for a rock and roll band. Natsu reached his hand out to Lucy who was watching from the front of the crowd. He stepped closer to her while stomping his feet. "Hey girl, did I mention?" Gajeel jumped in the center stage, landed on his knees and pretended to do a sick guitar strum as the music picked up. Natsu danced with bouncing feet back and the guys got in place each of them jumping and pumping their fists to the music.

"I got that rock and roll/Yeah, yeah/I'll make you lose control." Natsu lead the dance as he ruffled up his hair still jogging in place with enough energy to power a city. "Yeah, yeah/C'mon and dance to my flow." They bounced their knees up again and this time kept their hands perched on their beltlines as they moved their shoulders left and right in a wave.

"Cuz I got what I got/Don't you know?" They reached their hands up to the ceiling and pumped them against their chests then kicked forward. "I got that rock and roll." The others broke apart, Gray and Cobra did backflips in opposite directions while Jellal did a breakdance under them. Laxus again on drums while Gajeel whipped out his guitar and took center stage with his guitar solo. This was the part of the song that Lily had specially cut out so Gajeel could rock on stage with the guitar skills he had. When the crowd realized it really was Gajeel playing the guitar they flipped. Mira and Cana began jumping up and down pumping their fists. Bixlow was holding a camera above everyone's head while Ever and Freed clung to his arms and screaming about how great Laxus was. Levy, Lucy and Juvia cheered from the front. Gajeel's guitar solo intensified and the boys were dancing together like puppets connected by string. With their legs far apart and their knees bent they snapped their hands together and expanded them to form a circle. Then slapped their hands on their knees, holding them there as they bobbed their bodies up and down.

Natsu broke off the dance when the lyrics picked up, stepping forward and stomping his feet then holding his arms straight out pumping up his wrists to invoke more cheers. "I got that rock and roll/Yeah, yeah." He lead the dance again doing a quick wiggle down and sideways then back up so fast Lily was afraid he gave himself whiplash. "I'll make you lose control." Then the boys pumped their fists up as the song chanted, "Yeah, yeah." They held their hands out standing at arm's length and doing a wave. "C'mon and dance to my flow."

"Don't you know?" There was a wave that went up Lily's spine and forced his body to move to the beat quickened and they guys stomped their feet coming ever closer to the crowd but staying crouched until Natsu broke off. "I got that rock and roll." He slammed his hands on the ground and used it to lift himself into a handstand then spin with his feet in the air. The others kept up their synchronized dance moves, forming a circle around a breakdancing Natsu and pumping their fists between dance moves. "Yeah, yeah/I'll make you lose control/Yeah, yeah/C'mon and dance to my flow." Natus finished his breakdancing, flipped his feet forward and stood up from being on his back. Then pumped his fist with the others. "Yeah, yeah."

Natsu ran toward the crowd, holding his hand out for high fives as he did then he joined the others in their synchronized dance. "I got that rock and roll." They popped their arms out and pumped their open palms. "Yeah, yeah/I'll make you lose control/Yeah, yeah." Natsu lead the dance with his fingertips touching and his elbows out like a plane's wing which dipped and swayed on both sides severely until their elbows touched the ground. Then they kicked their feet in the air while spinning on their back in a breakdance. "C'mon and dance to my flow/Yeah, yeah." They got up lip syncing and swinging their arms forward. "Cuz I got what I got/Don't you know?" Natsu stood straight with his feet close together and threw his hands in the air faking a basketball throw. "I got that rock and roll." Gajeel was right behind him striking the last few cords in quick succession and the song ended in a roar of cheers as the crowd rushed in around the boys.

Gajeel looked turned towards Lily who clapped along with the crowd. The small group of girls looked over at the boys with wide eyes and mouths opened in amazement.

Erza put her hands on her hips. "Well then, they did pretty good, I suppose." Juvia looked at Gray in amazement as he put on a cocky smile while Natsu threw his arm around him. Gajeel could practically see the cartoon hearts in her eyes.

"Juvia must agree! Gray-sama looked so dreamy!" Lucy and Levy crossed their arms and exchanged glances with smirks.

"Yeah, yeah, they were ok, I guess," the busty blond stated.

"But I think we can show them up real good," the bluenette commented. Kinana and Mira walked up to them.

"You really think we can?" Kinana asked.

"Sure we can!" Mira replied cheerfully.

"Ok! Ok everyone calm down!" Lily voiced over the crowd of students. The room immediately went into a low hushed volume.

Lily looked over the boys. "Good job you guys. That dance was great." Gray and Natsu went back to back and gave each other the bro fist.

"Yeah, we know," they said in unison. Lily just let out a chuckle and shook his head.

"Now don't get too cocky. You guys still have some stuff to work on. Some of your footing was off. One wrong move and all of you would have tripped over each other or twisted an ankle." Natsu gave Lily a dumbfounded expression.

Lily gave another chuckle. "We'll discuss details after class." He turned back towards the class. "Which group is up next?"

Erza stepped up with confidence written all over her face. "We are," she said as Lucy, Levy, Juvia, Mira, and Kinana stepped up behind her.

"This will be fun!" Mira said proudly.

Lily nodded with a smile. "Well then let's see what you got ladies,"

The girls looked at eachother with determination on their faces.

"Right!"

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Because this is also ended up being a long chapter the next chapter won't be posted until another 3 weeks. Don't stop reading tho. We got some Gajeel and Lily brotp and a hint of Gajevy happening in the next chapter! So don't miss out XD!

Have an amazing Friday!

~ShalilyQueen