SORRY IT TOOK SO LONG TO UPDATE DDD:
I just kept procrastinating and yeah...heheh :3

But, the GraLu starts! :DD

Oh, and today, it's been 2 months since I posted the prologue, and this is the 10th chapter. I'm shocked that I didn't give up on it. Thanks so much, everyone who has reviewed, favorited, added LAVFR to their alerts, and anyone who is even just a silent reader. :DD

Standard disclaimers applied~

"Lucyyy."

"Give me….5 more- Ahh…choo!" The wolf slayer mumbled, then broke off with a sneeze. It jerked her awake, and she sat up, slowly opening her eyes, revealing Kera right in front of her, a worried look on her furry face..

"You were breathing heavily, and seemed uncomfortable…."

"Mhmmm…My head hurts…"

"Remind me again what people do to treat a cold?"

"Ahh… we can just go to the guild..."

"Okay." Since Kera was a wolf, she obviously had no idea how to treat a sick human. Being a dragon slayer, Lucy didn't get sick as often as a normal person, but falling in the pool and being completely submerged in the element that made her weak, had also made her sick.

The brunette groggily stood up, and got ready to head to the guild, occasionally sneezing.

"Mi-chan~!" As they entered the guild, Levy greeted them, using a nickname she had come up with when she was introduced to Ookami. Cause Oo-chan is kind of weird, y'know? And Ka-chan would make it sound like she was calling Ookami her mom… "How are you?" she asked, smiling.

For her answer, she received a sneeze.

"You're sick?"

"Yeah," Kera answered for Lucy, "We came to the guild to get some medicine."

"Aw, hope you get better soon!"

Mirajane appeared, having overheard. "I'll go get some. If you'd like to rest, you may use the infirmary."

"Thanks…" Lucy said, sitting down on the seat at the end of the bar and laying her head on the counter.

"Flame-brain!"

"Popsicle freak!"

"Campfire!"

Her brother and Gray were fighting, as they always used to. It was nice to see that some things hadn't changed, even if she did hate them both. But today, her headache was so bad that she barely noticed them.

Well, that is, until Natsu happened to attack with such force that Gray was thrown backwards.

And little did he know that his aim was perfect….to throw the ice mage into his sick sister.

"Oof!" Gray exclaimed, "What did you do that for?!"

"You deserve it, Ice Freak!" Natsu said, laughing.

"Can't….breathe…."

Gray jumped up, realizing he was not sitting on the smooth floor of the guild.

Seeing Ookami, he immediately apologized, and reached out his hand to help her up.

"Kyaa!" Mirajane squealed, her eyes sparkling as she returned from getting some cold medicine.

Everyone turned to stare at her, confused looks on their faces.

"They're so adorable together!" The barmaid exclaimed, still squealing. "How did I not notice before?!"

Gray blushed lightly. "Mira, don't-

The take-over mage interrupted him, not caring at all about what he was going to say. "Since Ookami is sick, that means she shouldn't be alone, right?! I mean, Kera can't know how to take care of her good. And having her stay in the infirmary would mean she'd still hear everything in the guild hall! So-" At least she was right about this…Kera didn't know much about colds, and the infirmary was far at the back of the guild, so that anyone there could rest peacefully, but with Lucy's strong hearing, she'd still hear all the brawls and stuff. Everyone else luckily just figured that Mira was exaggerating to make her plan sound better.

"I think I know what you're getting at…and the answer is no." Gray said, with a slightly annoyed look at his face.

"-she could stay at Gray's house!" Mira continued happily, ignoring poor Gray again.

A few people gasped at her idea. "But that would be-" someone protested, only to have Mira cut them off again.

"It would be a wonderful idea." She said, doing her usual demon take-over, and glared around at everyone

"Oh no, she's in complete matchmaker mode…" Gray thought. "She's so gonna kill me if I don't agree…"

Gray was right. Mira was in complete fan-girl matchmaker mode, and nothing would stop her. Or, more like nobody would dare to try to stop her. Other than maybe Erza, or Laxus, or Master. But, Erza happened to be somewhere else, and Master was…seeming to support the idea. And Laxus? Well, he was standing nearby, with a bored expression, as always. There was no way he'd help poor Gray either.

Being a matchmaker also sometimes made you seem like you were possessed, or something. Like, she seemed to completely forget about how Lucy felt about Gray, and that she'd probably end up killing him if she randomly woke up at his house. But what do you expect? She could be a professional matchmaker and fangirl. She should even get an award for it. She'd remember this later, and regret it(probably at Gray's funeral).

The ice mage looked back at Ookami, since he'd subconsciously taken his hand back when Mira started talking.

She was still lying on the floor, since everyone had turned their attention to Fairy Tail's resident matchmaker, and apparently the floor was so comfy that she didn't want to get up.

'Wait, the floor? Comfy?' Gray thought to himself, suddenly noticing that it was weird. He'd been on the floor more times than he could ever count, and it definitely wasn't what he would describe as comfy.

Kera seemed to notice is this too, as she immediately started shaking the girl with one paw.

"Mhmmgghh….." Lucy mumbled, rolling over.

Everyone was now watching them with full interest. It wasn't everyday someone fell asleep on the floor with a wolf shaking them, and a half-naked guy standing nearby awkwardly.

Gray sweatdropped as he noticed a few people taking pictures with their cellphones.

Levy hopped off her chair, and bent down to try her hand at waking up Lucy. But she stopped as she suddenly felt an evil aura behind her. Turning, she saw Mirajane, who still looked as innocent as possible. Unnerved, she turned back to Ookami, to attempt trying to wake her up again, only to feel that same aura. Standing up, she just stood there awkwardly-what is it with it people standing around awkwardly?-, trying to figure out if she should wake her up, or make sure her life was safe.

Kera decided to try a new tactic; she licked Lucy's face. A few people shuddered at the thought of having a wet, canine tongue on their face. Kera knew that Lucy wouldn't care, but was hoping that it would at least wake her up. And she seemed to be in luck, as Lucy mumbled something again.

"Natsu..."

Nope, she was still sleeping.

The wolf could think of a few other ways to wake her up(Such as touching her face with an icecube), but she agreed with Levy that it was better to keep your life.

Gray noticed a certain demon staring at him, smiling, and he could understand what she was trying to tell him…something like, "I bet Kera feels awkward being the only one helping her…hint hint."

Sighing, he knelt down, trying to ignore the large crowd watching him, and tried to pick her up. 'I'll be able to get out of this later...just wake her up now...then maybe she can convince Mira that she's fine alone…I mean, with that wolf...' he told himself. 'No, why isn't Kate or whatever her name was protesting!' He looked at Kera, who was just watching him. Damn wolf. No help at all.

"Gray! That's not how you pick up a girl!" Mira exclaimed, switching out of her take-over mode.

"Then how?" He asked, just wanting to get this over with.

"Princess style!" The white-haired woman exclaimed, her eyes becoming sparkly again.

He blushed. "But I'm not going to carry-"

"But I thought you were taking her to your house, Gray?" Cana joined in, smirking.

"I never agreed to that though!"

"Oh really? I'm sure Mira would love to do a take-over again..."

Mira nodded at this, still smiling.

Oh great, now he had 2 sadists torturing him. 'Come on, wake up!' Gray urged silently in his mind.

"Look, I'm not going to-"

"I just came up with a wonderful idea, Gray!" Mira said, a little lightbulb appearing over her head.

'This can't be good...' "What is it?" he asked, scared of the answer.

"Natsu would look great on the cover of Sorcerer magazine, right?! And like, we could have a huge appreciation party for spicy-"

"That sounds awesome! Right, Gray?" Cana added, enjoying torturing the ice mage.

"REALLY, MIRA!? AWESOME!" Natsu yelled, almost setting a table(and a few people) on fire.

"Hmph. Fine, I'll do it, but just for one day. If you promise me that flame freak over there won't be on the cover, and that guild isn't gonna become obsessed with spicy stuff."

"Really, Gray? Thank you! I'm sure she'll appreciate it!" Mira said, as if she hadn't just forced him. "We'll have to see about the days though...one is awful short..."

"I need to go on missions though! I can't stay home all day! And anyways-"

"I'll buy lots of icecream, and ban anything hot for as many days as she stays at your house"

"..."

"WHAT! MIRA, WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT!" You-know-who yelled, not understanding the situation at all.

"Including Natsu."

"WHAT DID I DO TO MAKE YOU HATE ME?"

"...You have a deal."

"WHY IS EVERYONE TURNING AGAINST ME?"

"Great! Now, you may go ahead and take her home~ Princess style, of course~"

"But-"

"Ice cream and no "flame brain"."

"...Yes, Mira." He reluctantly accepted.

As he awkwardly picked her up-princess style, of course-, even more people took pictures. Some even took videos. It looked kind of like a concert, where everyone in the audience is holding their cellphones up.

Mira handed him a bottle. "Here's her medicine~"

He grabbed the bottle, and quickly walked towards the doors(or, in his mind, "the gate out of this sadistic matchmaking hell"), everyone parted, making a perfect path. It kind of felt like he was a celebrity...but he couldn't enjoy it in this situation.

"Better you than me, buddy" Natsu said, grinning, as Gray passed him.

Typical Natsu - He forgot that this was bad for him.

Gray ignored him. He just needed to get out of here. Quick.

"Remember Gray, don't-" Mira called, stalling his escape from this sadistic place.

"Right. Right." He called back, already knowing what she was gonna say.

"I'll come check up on you later, okay?~"

"…" Gray ignored her as he reached the doors. A random person nearby opened one for him, and he quickly exited.

Ahhh, safety. He never knew he'd ever be this glad to leave the guild. Quickly, he looked around to make sure nobody was following them, and hurried towards his home.

Kera was worried. Lucy wouldn't be happy at all if she knew Kera hadn't protested about staying at Gray's house. But this was for her health….right? And it wasn't like she didn't respect Lucy's hatred for Gray – in fact, she supported it-, but she really wouldn't be able to treat a human sickness well and Mira was right about the guild being to loud. Surely it would be okay to make a truce(well, one-sided. Since obviously Gray wasn't going to try to kill Lucy or anything) for this reason?

She glanced at Gray. He was a few feet in front of her, carrying Lucy, and trying to walk as fast as possible. He seemed nice enough….right? At least just for one day, since Lucy rarely got sick longer than that?

The reason Lucy's dialogue has so many periods is an attempt to try to make her sound more tired and person-with-a-cold-ish…..not sure if it worked though, lol

And, I think Natsu is OOC when Gray is leaving? Sorry xDD

And, I just wanna say that I know there are a lot of mistakes. As a reader, you may not notice it as much, since you don't know what I was planning to write, but also there's a lot I've forgotten to add in. But it's my first story ever that has gotten anywhere near this long though. Before starting it, I had barely written any stories in the past 2 years. So yeah, if you happen to notice a mistake, just accept it, okay? I feel that my writing skills have gotten better with even just these 10 chapters, and of course I'm going to continue trying to make LAVFR even better. :)

Next chapter will be posted anywhere between the next 3 days to 2 weeks. ^-^ xD