Hey fam. I want to apologize for taking years to update. Please try to understand that life happens and things get crazy. Moving forward, I will write and update as best and as often as I can. This chapter is fast forward to the end of freshman year. It is short for reasons I will explain in the conclusion of this chapter. But I sincerely hope you enjoy this snippet of future writings. I know it isn't as long or as juicy as you expected, so I'm sorry. Anyway, I do not own Fairy Tail or any of the characters or anything mentioned in here that isn't mine. Please enjoy and please read my note at the end of this too:)

Natsu sighs heavily as he lays down his phone down on his torso for maybe the eighth time that day. He looks past his feet to the blonde sitting at her desk, vigorously typing away at some sort of paper. He grunts as he sat up, slouching his body against the montage of fluffy pink pillows.

"Luce…"

She sits there, eyes tracing the letters that appeared on the screen, utterly and completely in her own world.

"Hey, Luce."

Her fingers keep typing, clearly in some sort of trance.

"Lucy!"

"What?!" She yells, whipping her head to the pink haired man slumped up on her bed.

"Are you almost done?" He sounds almost pitiful the way he asks her, like some sort of beaten puppy. And with those eyes- oh god here we go again…

Lucy attempts to inhale calmy and grow an almost gentle smile on her face that comes off more as being so pissed off she's smiling now. "No. No I am not almost done, Natsu. In fact, I haven't been done the last twenty times you've asked me." She takes in another breath as she presses her eyes shut. "I have so, so much to do. I have another four pages of this paper. A math and chem final I need to study for. And some bullshit group project. Who the hell even still assigns group projects?! Hell, we're in college?! And I just don't even have time to think or breathe or sleep or-"

"Lucy…" Natsu sooths into her ear, his palms placed on the pale skin of her shoulders. "You need a break…"

"Natsu I don't have time for a break! I have to-"

"You need time for you. Your mental health is much more important than some grade you get, right now. I don't want you to overwork yourself…" His voice cracks as it drifts off when he places a kiss on the crown of her head.

Her eyes flutter shut.

This is probably the only, and last, time his kiss slows her heartbeat.

"Come here," he says, patting his hand on the comforter. "We need a nap."

He watched her get up from that chair she had been glued to for the past three hours. Her eyes were tired, he could tell. But her smile was as warm as ever. He didn't expect any less. The sun shined in as she stepped over to him, oh so slightly. And it was at that moment when Natsu realized, like he hadn't before, how breathtakingly beautiful his queen was. Her blonde hair shimmered over her shoulders as she sunk into the bed and curled up next to him.

"You haven't even done anything today, Natsu."

"Yeah I have. Watching you work all day makes me tired." He smiled down at her as he wrapped an arm around to her waist to pull her in close.

"You are so weird…" She yawned, exhaling into him.

"Yeah, I've been told that once or twice…"

Erza sighs as she neatly stacks the, finally, last stack of papers for move out. She takes a seat back in her chair, sighing once more with content and letting her head fall back, closing her eyes for just a few seconds.

"Finally done, Erza?" A deep voice calls out.

She looks up to the man standing in front of her and smiles brightly. "As if, Jellal. You know just as well as I do that it takes these freshman about 3 years to actually move out."

He chuckles lightly and pulls up a chair next to her. "Well how about, as a treat for getting 'Best RA in Fairy Tail', I will take you out to your favorite cafe...for some cake."

"Are you asking me on a date, Jellal?" She says, smiling at him with an eyebrow raised.

He leans in close to her. "What if I am?" He asks with a cunning smile on his face.

"Then…" She responds, turning towards him in her seat, "I would say yes."

"It's a date then."

Juvia watches the town pass by her as she looks out the window. She's silent. Not really knowing what to say.

"Juvia…" Gray says from the driver's seat. "Do you want to talk about it?"

She lazily turns to him and shakes her head, still not saying a word.

"Okay...it's an hour drive to the mountains. We'll go on a hike there. I know that clears your head."

She nods her head, holding back tears in her eyes, and turns towards the passenger's side window.

Levy grunts as she sets down the final box in the apartment. "Damn...finally." She collapses on the futon amongst several boxes. "How does one man have so much shit?"

"Levy, you know a majority of my shit is protein and workout materials." Gajeel retorts, defending his prized possessions of boxes and boxes of weights. "See look!" he continues holding up a duffel bag. "This is my only bag of clothes."

Levy laughs at him. "Babe, you need more clothes, then."

"Whatever, no I don't!" Gajeel rolls his eyes and sits next to her. Levy crawls towards him, placing her hand on his thigh.

"So...do you want to go break in the new bed?" Levy says, letting her hand trail up his thigh and leans in to kiss him.

"Aren't Natsu and Gray moving in soon?"

Levy sighs and sits back. "First, when have you, or really either of us, cared about someone hearing us."

Gajeel lets out a booming laugh. "Yeah, that's pretty true. You're a screamer."

Levy feels her face heat up. "Hey! You're the one that makes me scream!"

He chuckles and moves toward her. "You're damn right I am. And I'm not even sorry."

She rolls her eyes at him and continues, "Second, Natsu and Lucy are going back to his home for a couple of days; and Gray and Juvia went camping for the weekend."

"Wait...Lucy went back home with Natsu and they're not even dating?"

Levy sighs again, "It's the most complicated story ever. They're basically together. But they're both too chicken to say I like you. Even though Natsu, like, is super romantic and they hang out all the time…" She perks up and climbs on his lap. "Bottom line, though, we're home alone."

"I am so glad this year is finally over…" Lucy says as she lets out a yawn and waltzes into Natsu's kitchen.

"Yeah…" Natsu responds, pouring himself a cup of coffee. "Can't believe freshman year is over. Feel's like we just moved in."

"I know! People said college goes by fast, but I did not think it would go by this fast." She sits down at the bar, holding her head with her hand.

"Coffee?"

"No thanks, I'm good." She says with a smile, admiring Natsu's bed head. She watches him move about the kitchen, seeing his muscles flex and stretch as he grabs food from the fridge and a pan from the cupboard.

"So, Luce…" Natsu begins as he fires up the stove and turns back towards her. "What can I make you for breakfast?"

She smiles, "I guess chivalry isn't dead."

"Not for me. You see, I'm one of a kind." He jokes, running his hand through his pink locks.

Lucy scoffs, "Yeah, you're some kind aren't you."

"Hey! I am over her slaving away in the kitchen, missy. Don't sass me!" Natsu takes a sip of his coffee and smiles back at her over the rim.

"Okay, okay. I'll have the chef's special then."

"Coming right up."

So many cliff hangers...I know. So, I am letting you people decide what chapter you would like to read next. Please comment which ship you would like the next chapter to be about: either Gajeel x Levy, Natsu x Lucy, Erza x Jellal, or Gray x Juvia. The next chapter will be about and only about which ever one is voted the most! Thank you for reading this. You guys are awesome people. I hope everyone has had or is having a great day!