"Now where the hell is it..?" Natsu sighed, agitated that he couldn't find the address Lucy had given him. The pink-haired teen felt like his heart was going to pound right out of his chest. His palms were sweaty, biting his lip became more frequent, and he began to have second thoughts about driving all the way out here. What if Lucy didn't like him once she saw him? Actually, even if it is Lucy. What if it was just some sixty-year-old dude looking to violate his body? What if she has a boyfriend she didn't tell him about? What if he's there. What if her friends don't like him?

What if what if what if.

Natsu closed his eyes for a brief second and shook his head, wanting to rid himself of his pessimistic thoughts. "Stay positive, Natsu," he whispered to himself, scanning the area. He then came to an intersection and slowed to a stop before the red sign. Grabbing the paper full of directions that laid on the passenger's seat, he read what his next move was.

"Left."

Twenty-five minutes later

Pulling into a driveway, Natsu silently prayed everything went smoothly. He parked next to a truck and proceeded to shut off the engine, then stepped out with his bag on his shoulder.

Walking up to the front door, he inhaled a shaky breath and rang the doorbell.

Soft footsteps. Pause. Click. Ohshitohshit.

"Are you Natsu?" a girl with wavy blue hair asked him, smile bright and excited. "Yep! Natsu Dragneel. I'm here to meet Lucy..?"

"Lucy-chan is in the shower right now, but come in!" She stepped to the side, allowing him to step past her and into the house. While he walked past, it gave Levy a chance to check him out.

Nice biceps. Cute face. Tall. Pink hair? Interesting.

Natsu looked around briefly, and turned back to the small female. "Nice place you got here."

"Thanks, but it's actually my parents'. I'm Levy McGarden." The girl known as Levy held out her hand, indicating she wanted to shake his. Complying, he shook her hand. "Nice to meet you."

"Gajeel, Natsu's here!"

"Don't care!"

Natsu's eye twitched. "I'm.. sorry about him... He's actually a really nice guy if you get to know him!" Levy laughed nervously.

"Uh, Lucy's room is the last room on the left if you'd like to go wait there.." The female pointed to the hallway, and Natsu followed her gaze. Nodding his head and turning away, he gave her a quick 'thanks' before walking down the hall.

"Last room on the left," he repeated, glancing at door-to-door.

The room he was searching for already had the door open, so he peered inside. Sunlight poured through the open window, which a slight breeze was flowing though. Natsu stepped into the spacious bedroom, guessing Lucy hadn't gotten out of the shower yet. Whew. At least an old man didn't answer the door.

Sitting down on the purple sheets, Natsu sighed a sigh of relief. But then, he heard light taps of feet walking towards the room, and he tensed up, his heart beating rapidly against his chest.

Taking a deep breath, feeling fresh, The blonde stepped into her doorway and froze. Her wet hair dripped onto her tank top, and the aroma of her perfume filled Natsu's nose.

"Na...tsu?"

He looks so...familiar.

"Lucy," the pink-haired teen breathlessly said, lips slowly curling into a smile.

Just then, her eye twitched, and Natsu raised his eyebrows. "You..you... YOU CAN'T JUST COME IN A GIRL'S ROOM UNINVITED!" Lucy angrily yelled at the boy, which seemed to stun him for a few seconds. After that time had past, he burst out laughing. "Levy told me I could come in," Natsu said flatly. The blonde grit her teeth together, muttering, "Dammit that girl.."

The pinkette then stood up, and took three large steps to be in front of Lucy. She gulped and took and tiny step back, proceeding to crane her neck to be able to see his face.

Th-the height difference..

A slight blush raided Lucy's cheeks, as she stared up at Natsu, who was smiling. He then quickly wrapped his arms around her shoulders, and brought her to his chest. A startled squeak left her lips, but she eventually calmed down, and returned the hug.

Lucy's heart was beating rapidly out of nervousness, and Natsu could feel it. But then again, so was his.

The pinkette rested his chin on the top of her head, and closed his eyes. "I'm glad to finally meet you, Lucy," he whispered into her hair, and she nodded against his chest. Squeezing Natsu's waist a little tighter, her lips quirked up a bit. "I'm happy to meet you too."

Lucy was the first one to pull away from the embrace, and a feeling of awkwardness took over. Natsu on the other hand deemed to be completely comfortable.

The pink-haired teen took this as his chance to examine the blonde more thoroughly. The wetness of her hair had finally made a large damp spot directly on Lucy's cleavage, the outline of her bra was easily visible, and the fabric of the bottom of her tank had ridden up a bit, thus showing off the lower skin of her stomach.

His eyes then traveled to her legs. She was wearing black cotton shorts that clung tightly against her thighs. Then, looking towards her feet, Natsu noted her toes were painted a bright red.

She seems so...familiar.

Lucy became extremely uncomfortable under Natsu's stare, and she began to fidget while standing in front of him. "S-so, Natsu, how was the drive here? Did you...find it all right?"

Natsu's head snapped back up to meet Lucy's eyes, and his mouth hung down. "Uhhh," he stammered, "I um, it was fine! The drive was g-"

"Lu-chan! Erza and Gray are here!" Levy called from down the hallway. Lucy's heart seemed to beat ten times faster than it previously was; she's never felt this nervous before in her life. But why?! These are her best friends!

"C-coming!" Lucy called back, licking her dry lips. Natsu pat the female on her head, and gave her a reassuring smile. "It'll be fine, Lucy," he said, noticing how distressed she was. "You don't have anything to worry about!"

The blonde opened her mouth to speak, but wasn't able to say anything as Natsu ran directly past her with a wicked grin on his face.

Lucy deadpanned as she heard what was going on just down the hall.

"Where are you, Gray?!"

"Natsu?!"

"I told you I'd beat the shit out of you the first time I saw you!"

Thump.

"You-!"

"What the hell you two?! Knock it off! You're guests in this household!"

Thump, thump, groan.

"Errrrrza~! What'd you do that for~!"

"You will act politely while being here!"

"I didn't know you could be this scary, Erza," Lucy winked, leaning up against the side of the wall. Erza's and Gray's head snapped to where the voice came from, and a smile both lit their features.

"Lucy."

"Lucy!"

The blonde then walked over to the trio, and gave Erza the first hug. The crimson-haired female squeezed Lucy a bit too tight, and she fought to breathe. I-is this how I die?! Being suffocated..by Erza's..breasts!?

"C-can't br..eath..!" Lucy released Erza's waist from her hug, indicating she also wanted to be let go. "Oh, sorry," she apologized, smiling sheepishly. "What? I don't get a hug?" Gray whined, crossing his arms childishly. The girl rolled her chocolate eyes, and smirked while walking over to the boy. "Of course you get a hug."

The embrace wasn't a long one, so the two soon split. Gray received heavy glares from Natsu short after, however, he returned them with the same intensity.

"I'm so..." Lucy began, emotions beginning to overwhelm her. "I'm s-so happy I could meet you all..!" The blonde began sniffling to hold back tears of joy. The trio then nodded, and Natsu stepped next to Lucy and wrapped his arm around her shoulders. "Let's make this the best three days ever, yeah!?"

The four friends were then called to dinner by Levy. They each sat down at the dinner table, and waited to be served. Erza sat next to Gray, Gray sat next to Natsu, and Natsu sat next to Lucy.

Gajeel came in, and served them their plates. After he was done, Levy came in with the requested beverages, and set them down. "Uuh, this is Gajeel...my boyfriend," she awkwardly stated. Gajeel was just too antisocial to introduce himself, and even with the help of his girlfriend, all he did was grunt in recognition. The three strangers then introduced themselves, and then everyone began eating the chicken Gajeel cooked.

Of course, the man with piercings received many compliments for the delicious meal. Feeling proud of himself, (and being grateful for taking that cooking class junior year), he smiled for the first time since Lucy's friends' arrival. Also, what Levy was dying to question but decided against it was, why did three boys keep glaring at each other for no apparent reason? Was it just a guy thing? They'd just met, and they already seemed to have problems with each other..

After dinner, Lucy and Natsu were on dish-duty, while Levy and Gajeel mutually agreed on hitting the hay early. Levy said she was going to sleep, but Lucy and Levy both knew she wasn't going to 'sleep'.

"Why don't you guys go get on your bathing suits while Natsu and I finish up here?" Lucy glanced over to Erza and Gray, who were sitting at the kitchen table chatting quietly. They both nodded, and traveled back to their designated rooms to change. Lucy and Natsu were sharing Lucy's room and...she wasn't exactly sure how to feel about it. Yes, he was attractive. Yes, he was her best friend. But yes, it would be awkward. What if he was a pervert or something?

Dishes washed and dried, the blonde changed into her bathing suit first, then Natsu. Standing outside of her room with a towel in hand, Lucy quickly glanced down at her bikini line to make sure no hair was poking out. The pinkette came out of her room just as she was sighing contently.

The female's eyebrow raised, and she pursed her lips. After staring at Natsu's abs for a good five seconds, a light blush littered her cheeks. Then, Lucy's eyes traveled to his swim trunks. "Dragons? How old are you? Six?" If I could just look at his muscles all day, that'd be great.

Natsu rolled his eyes and placed his red towel over his shoulder. It took him a little longer than expected to answer, because he was doing his own staring. Lucy's white bikini top offered a generous amount of cleavage to be displayed, and Natsu was extremely thankful for that. "It doesn't matter how old you are. Anyone can like dragons." The duo began walking towards the back door, where Gray and Erza stood.

"Ready?" Erza asked, glancing from Natsu and Lucy, and then ventured outside. The sound of the waves heaving was soothing, along with the constant chirp of the crickets which enhanced the night atmosphere. The air was a sticky humid, so any chance of getting in the hot tub was discouraged. Lucy titled her head back and searched for the moon, to find that it was full tonight. Thousands of stars decorated the darkness above her, and strangely, she wondered when they'd finally become supernovas.

The splashing of water brought Lucy away from her thoughts, drawing her to the attention of water droplets being splattered across her thighs and stomach and two heads above the water of the pool. It was Natsu and Gray and... they're already trying to dunk each other.

Erza walked over to Lucy, and stood beside her. Her bikini was a deep red, and the top covered Erza's breasts more fully, but it was still incredibly sexy. "Boys will be boys."

The blonde nodded, and then walked over to where a few chairs rested. Plopping her butt down, and Erza soon after too in the seat next to hers, Lucy sighed. "So how are things with Jellal now? Have you guys talked at all?"

"Get back here Fire Breath!"

"Yeah.. it's good. We're going to meet up again after I go home."

"Get 'offa me, Cold-obsessed Freak!"

"Oh, I see."

The two girls continued chatting for the next few minutes, before Lucy felt a wet hand grip her wrist tightly, and was then being pulled. She flung out of her seat, and was being dragged towards the pool by Natsu.

"N-Nats-!" He jumped into the water, and Lucy had no choice but to follow him. Not being prepared for the impact, water shot straight up her nose, and Lucy immediately swam to the surface to choke and cough it up. "Natsu, you idiot!" the crimson-haired teen scolded, shaking her head and walking to the edge of the pool. She leaned down, and put a hand on Lucy's shoulder. "Are you okay, Lucy?"

"Gotcha." Erza teen was taken by complete surprise when the blonde grabbed her by her wrist and pulled her forward. A loud screech escaped Erza's lips as the surface of the water became closer and closer, until she was completely submerged and choking on water herself. Lucy had moved out of the way in time, but her quick actions set off another coughing attack, filled with a bright smile and laughs.

Of course, once Erza emerged from the water, it was like a death sentence for Lucy. The intimidating woman spent the next twenty minutes chasing Lucy around the pool, seeking revenge. Although she never got it, Erza did get a few surprise dunks in on Natsu and Gray.

Over the next few hours of spending their time in the pool, the group of four had played Chicken, Marco Polo, Shark, and Volleyball.

They hadn't even noticed when a dark cloud positioned itself above them, and sat in the sky patiently. That is, until it released drop upon drop of rain, which turned into an all-out downpour. The four then had to scurry inside, leaving the popped inflatable laying across the water's surface.

After each teen dried off and changed into pajamas, they resided in the living room in front of the television. Popcorn was popping in the microwave, and Netflix was loading on the flatscreen.

Lucy decided to spark a conversation. "So have you guys ever been in any other chat room than Fairychat?"

Natsu looked up from inspecting his cuticles and said, "Yeah, I have. I've been in Saberchat. The guys there are a bunch of assholes."

Erza chimed in, "I've been in Pegachat."

Gray rolled his eyes. "And I've been in Lamiachat."

Lucy nodded her head, and decided to not say any more, noticing the options of movies came into view.

"How about... The Seasoning House? It looks..watchable."

"Sure."

"Whatever."

"I don't care."

Turns out, the movie was so boring Erza and Gray fell asleep. Lucy was dozing off, but Natsu was almost wide awake. The amount of energy they spent in the pool obviously had no effect on the pinkette. Erza was sprawled out on the floor, while Gray's elbow rested on the arm of the couch, his palm resided against his cheek.

The movie was close to being over by the time Lucy's head had finally made contact with Natsu's shoulder. Startled features soon melted into soft, caring ones. The blonde jerked almost violently, and her face scrunched up. Nightmare, huh? Natsu wrapped an arm around her shoulders, and then rested his cheek against her head.

Closing his eyes, Natsu soon drifted to sleep listening to the soft breathing of Lucy, and the rain constantly making contact with the walls around them.

A/N: If you guys couldn't guess the guilds for the chat rooms, they were: Sabertooth, Blue Pegasus, and Lamia Scale.