AN: It seems like I've made a few people nervous about Gray and Juvia's relationship with the last chapter I wrote. Well… you should be nervous. It will get bad. Like, real bad. I won't say how, or even when, but I think I've made it pretty obvious that this story wouldn't be all hearts and roses (Chapter 10 made it that much clearer, I believe). But I think you all knew that; Gray and Natsu are both hiding their underworld associations, after all. And I will be getting our favorite iron dragon slayer involved, too.

But breathe easy friends; this chapter won't have any of that. So let's get to it.

The Kings of Magnolia

Chapter 11: High Pressure Days

"No." was the simple response.

"Oh come on! Why not?" said an exasperated Natsu.

"Because, to hell with that shit. That's why." Gajeel kept his arms folded and his back leaning on the second floor railing behind him.

"I'm setting you up with a chick, man. How the fuck can you turn that down?"

Gajeel Redfox shook his head at the pink-haired man sitting at the table in front of him. "I didn't ask you to hook me up with anybody."

"Just do it; I pretty much promised Lucy that I'd get you to agree to this." Natsu picked up his glass and took a sip of the clear, alcohol infused, liquid. "And no one ever sees you with chicks." he adds, placing his drink back on the table. "We're starting to think you have different… let's say tastes. Which is fine by me! Just don't think you're getting any piece of this." he said while pointing his thumb at himself. "I don't swing that way. Plus, Lucy would be mad."

"Will you shut the fuck up before I break your teeth with my fist?" Gajeel was getting very annoyed by Natsu. First, he arrives at Fairy Tail with Natsu waiting for him with that stupid grin on his face. Then, he tells him that he and his girl want to set him up with a friend of Lucy's. And now, after declining his offer, Natsu starts to question his sexual preference. Gajeel wanted his boot on that asshole's throat so bad at this very moment.

"You see, that's why you can't get laid; you're a very angry man Gajeel." Natsu nodded his head, agreeing with his own statement. "Ain't that right Gray?"

Sitting beside Natsu, Gray Fullbuster just shook his head. "I want no part of this. Just keep me out." Gray just proceeded to play with the ice cubes in his drink by shaking his glass around. He really didn't want to hear Gajeel and Natsu go at it, but he got comfortable in his cushioned seat at the table and didn't have any motivation to move from his current position.

"Is this all you have to talk to me about? Because if so, then I'm fucking gone!" said the man with piercings on his face.

"Yeah, pretty much." Natsu replied. "So… will you do it?"

"Nope!"

"What a loser you are, Gajeel." The pink-haired man sighed in disappointment. "Seriously, what's wrong with meeting a chick for a day?"

"I'm not interested in being in a relationship. That shit is for the birds." Gajeel answered. "You two can live that double life shit all you want, but I don't want to be bothered."

Gray just shrugged at the man with long black hair. But Natsu continued to try and convince the man to change his mind. He wanted to do it for Lucy; to help make her friend, Levy, feel less lonely now that she was the only single one. Although Natsu had to wonder if Gajeel even had it in him to make anyone feel happy. But hey, Lucy said he fit the description for the type of guys Levy fawned over. To each their own, he guessed.

"Dude, listen, no one is telling you to be in a relationship with this girl. Lucy just wants to be able to go somewhere with her friend and not make her feel like a third wheel and shit like that." The scarfed-man proposed. "All we want is for you to just give it a shot. If it doesn't go well, then whatever. You two go your separate ways. Who knows, you may even get lucky and get a little ass!" Natsu grinned at his statement. "That's always good right? Even if it's just one night?"

Although Gajeel kept his annoyed face on, he could tell that the man was giving it a thought. The offer of pussy was enough to get any man to consider his options, even stubborn dickheads like Gajeel.

"I'm trying to get you laid here; you should be jumping at the opportunity man…"

"Shut up!" Gajeel growled. "I don't need your help to get any. I'm perfectly capable of getting it anytime myself!" Gajeel refused to look at the man sitting in front of him and just scowled.

"Oh yeah?" That last statement caused one of Natsu's eyebrows to rise in skepticism. "So when's the last time you got yourself some?"

"The hell do I need to tell you that for?" Gajeel groaned at the question.

"You said you can get it any time you want, so then, when was the last time?" Natsu pressed on.

"N-None of your goddamn business!"

Gajeel's stutter caused even Gray, who wasn't particularly interested in the duo's conversation, to chuckle a bit.

"Ha Ha Ha!" Natsu cackled. "It's been a while hasn't it? I fucking knew it. You poor bastard. Now I know why you're so damn angry all the time."

"I didn't even give you answer dipshit!" Gajeel clenched his hands into fists in frustration. He was so close to losing it and was about to straight up murder Natsu.

"Your non-answer was more than enough for me!" Natsu shot back. "But seriously man, I'm only trying to help you out. Why not just accept my offer? It ain't gonna hurt you or nothing!"

"Just screw off!" Gajeel spat out. "Like I said, I don't need your help to get laid. And besides, you want to do this more for your girlfriend than for me."

"Yeah, I guess I do." Natsu slumped into his seat. "But whether you want to accept it or not, I'm still your boy, and really, it would make me feel happy if, well, I made both of you happy. Bonus points for Lucy's friend, too!"

Gajeel huffed at his words. "Hmph! Whatever… you're probably just trying to set me up with the ugly friend. That's why she's the single one, right?"

"Not true at all!" the pink-haired man shook his head. "Levy is a pretty girl! You could even ask Gray here; he's seen her, too, right Gray? Tell him." He said looking at his, mostly, silent partner.

After being called on by Natsu to vouch for Levy's attractiveness, Gray decided to have himself a little fun and a mischievous smirk adorned his face. "Well, um… she has a great personality!"

"I'm leaving." Gajeel removed himself from the railing and began to take off.

"Gray you asshole!" Natsu shouted at him. "He's lying Gajeel; bring your ass back here!"

"Screw off!" The pierce-faced man responded.

"Gray you better tell him you're kidding, or I'll fuck you up!"

Gray laughed and stood up. "Alright, alright… I was just messing with you, Gajeel. Levy is actually pretty cute."

"I bet you're in on this, too. Why the hell should I believe you?" Gajeel shouted back as he neared the stairs that led to Fairy Tail's first floor.

"I was just bored and wanted to have a little fun, that's all. Dead serious though, Levy is both cool and attractive."

Gajeel stopped and looked at the two pricks that were giving him a hard time today. His scowl deepened and now he wanted to kill both of them. How dare they treat him like this?

"C'mon dude, bring your ass back here." Natsu added. "No more jokes, right Gray? And since when the fuck did you kid around like that, anyway?"

"Just felt like it." Gray shrugged once more and sat back down. "Whatever, not like I care whether he meets Levy or not."

"I should rip your throats out for giving me all this shit today…" Gajeel slowly made his way back in front of their table.

"Do whatever you want to me; just meet this girl at least once, okay?" Natsu pleaded.

With his arms once again crossed on his chest, Gajeel responded to Natsu's request. "Fine, but I'm gonna set this up, you got that?"

"What do you mean?" asked a puzzled Natsu.

"That stage…" Gajeel pointed at Fairy Tail's newly built performance stage. "The night of the first show, this Saturday, bring the girl here."

"What do you have in mind? You aren't gonna play your horrible blues guitar music are you?" Natsu had no interest in hearing Gajeel scat while picking at his instrument of choice.

"Fuck you, and no I won't be playing blues, and I won't be the main performer either." He responded.

"So, what then?" Natsu asked, still curious as to what Gajeel was getting at.

"I got a local band I like lined up to play the first night, that's all I'll say."

"Alright then! I'll bring her here." Natsu was glad to hear that Gajeel finally accepted. "You coming with Juvia here Saturday for the show?" he looked to Gray.

"Yeah, we're also coming. So how about I drive us all here Saturday?" Gray offered.

"Fine with me!" Natsu grinned. "So we'll bring Levy here, okay dude?"

Gajeel nodded. "Are we done here? I got a few places to go today."

"You're always somewhere. What the hell are you doing all the time, anyway? We don't see you around as much these days." Natsu questioned.

Gajeel looked towards the stairs readying himself to make his leave. "I've been down in Crocus… doing recon work for gramps."

The two sitting at the table narrowed their eyes at the mention of the Fiore capital city. "Let me guess… Grimoire Heart?" Gray spoke.

Gajeel nodded in response. "Been trying to find some things out about them. I'll let you guys in on the details once I've gotten everything to Makarov."

"Right…" Natsu said, wondering what Gajeel knew about their unofficial enemies.

"I gotta bounce; I have a few more stops to make before I head back there." And with that, Gajeel began to make his exit.

"Hold up!" Natsu shouted. "I forgot to tell you something."

"Huh?" Gajeel let out a deep sigh and looked over his shoulder. When will he leave him alone already?

"Just so you know, I told Lucy that you help Elfman with security here. That's your cover." Natsu explained.

"S-Security? I don't do any damn security around here!" The long black-haired man threw back, not liking the occupation that he had to fake to some chick he was going to meet, probably only once.

"You do now!" Natsu smirked.

"Ugh… whatever, I'm gone." And with that, Gajeel Redfox descended the winding staircase that led to the first floor.

Natsu got up from his seat and stretched his limbs. "Hmm… glad to finally have that taken care of. I'll have to send Lucy a text saying everything is good to go." He looked down to his still sitting friend. "You got work today?"

Gray gave him a small nod. "Just a few errands Laxus wanted me to run for him, you?"

"Same here, got some 'clean' money to pick up from gramp's Laundromat on the south side." The pink-haired man's shoulders slumped. "I don't feel like doing it though. Honestly, I just wanna bang Lucy all day, that's it."

Gray shook his head at the statement made by his comrade and sipped his drink. He had no interest in hearing Natsu talk about nailing his blonde girlfriend.

"Well, I'm gonna take off now. The faster I get my work done, the faster I'm in between the sheets with my girl." Natsu had the widest, dumbest looking grin on his face at that moment. "See you around!" he gave Gray a quick wave of his hand, and left him alone still sitting at the table.

After watching Natsu take off, the raven-haired mobster began to lose himself in his own thoughts. Gajeel's words about Grimoire Heart stuck with him. He wondered what the situation with them was all about. Although they weren't officially a foe of the Family, it wasn't hard to tell that they had something against Magnolia's top underworld organization. Grimoire were rumored to be the ones who sent an anonymous tip to the police about the Family. That tip led to the ambush that got Jellal arrested. It was never exactly proven, but word on the street was that the call definitely came from someone in their camp. The streets were quiet for so long after that bust. Nobody made a move after Jellal's incarceration. At that point Hades, and his Grimoire crew, stopped showing up to the boss meetings and kept mostly to themselves down in Crocus, their base of operations.

Laxus had brought up the idea of some sort of retaliation up to Makarov, but because of gramp's staunch belief in peace between the syndicates, he turned it down, much to the chagrin of Laxus. Makarov wanted to reach out to Hades and his group, but was turned down every time and could never get through. And since nothing has ever happened since the sting that cost Jellal his freedom for a couple years, Makarov chose to just simply ignore them. If they wouldn't show their faces to him, then fine. As long as not a single shot was fired from either side, Makarov could live without having any communication with Grimoire Heart.

Gray pondered what information Gajeel had for their boss. He hoped it wasn't anything bad enough that could cause a war. That was one thing Gray could not have in his life, especially right now when he's been feeling better than he has in a long time. He wasn't ready for those high pressure days. Living everyday with the looming threat of war over your head was not an option.

If that did happen, then that would be a wrap for Juvia and him. The idea of his current life with her concluding was enough to sour Gray's mood.

Even though he never spoke with Natsu about it, he wondered how his pink-haired friend felt about constantly living a lie so that he could be with Lucy. Maybe he didn't think about it at all. That could possibly be why he never speaks about it and why he's so damn happy every time he talks about her, Gray thought.

Gray got up from his seat and dug into his pockets for his car keys. "Let's get this over with…" Gray began to make his exit. He shared Natsu's point of view. The faster he got his work done, the faster he could be with the person who made him feel like he could be a normal person. Even if that normality that he lived in was false. He hoped that everything involving Grimoire would work itself out. Because it was either that, or his life went back to the way it was. Assuming he lived the war that could possibly happen, that is. If fighting did take place on the streets again, then the only way to protect Juvia was to sever all ties with her. As much as that hurt Gray to think about, it was really the only option. That was it…

… change phone numbers… wither away…

"Yes!" Lucy fist-pumped happily.

"What happened?" Juvia asked curiously.

"Natsu got his friend to agree to be Levy's date for that show that they're having at Fairy Tail this Saturday." Lucy lifted her legs and tucked them underneath her on the living room couch.

"Oh, that's great!" Juvia said with her hands clasped together.

"Sure is!" Lucy agreed. "Hopefully it works out and this Gajeel guy gets along with Levy."

"Someone say my name?" The petite bluenette walked in to find her two friends occupying the couch. "Weird to see you two here."

"Why? We live here." Lucy responded.

"Could have fooled me!" Levy said standing behind the two sitting females. "You guys are always with your boyfriends. I've been pretty much living here by myself since you two started dating those guys."

"Natsu and Gray have to stay at work a little later than usual today." Lucy shot a grin at her friend. "Jealous?"

Levy folded her arms. "Hardly."

"It's okay Levy-chan; we're both sorry for leaving you alone all the time." Juvia gave her an apologetic look.

"Don't worry about it…" Levy sighed. "Can I use your car again, Lucy?" As much as she didn't want to admit it, she did miss having her friends around. She used to count on Juvia being there while Lucy was out with Loke, but now Juvia was just as absent as Lucy. And in the case of Lucy, Levy would always do her best to comfort her anytime she had a horrible night with Loke, but now the chocolate-eyed girl had no reason to be comforted. Natsu treated her right.

She saw their boyfriends every time they came over. Although they never stayed for too long, she could tell that they were both good guys. Gray was a little on the cold side, but he wasn't rude or anything like that, and otherwise seemed like a great person. He clearly cared for Juvia, deeply. She could tell when she caught them alone together and the looks and smiles they would exchange. It was cute to see Juvia so happy.

And Natsu was the total opposite; a real fire-breathing dragon. A complete loose cannon. But he was nice to Levy every time he saw her. He was a loud-mouth, but at least he wasn't full of himself like Loke. Whenever she saw the blonde and Natsu together, the scarfed man always had Lucy laughing and smiling, and sometimes he even saw him make her angry. They were both just as adorable.

She wouldn't tell them, but Levy envied what her friends had. Someone to love. Levy really liked the idea of having a person in her life that could have such an overwhelmingly positive effect on her. She wanted to feel what Lucy and Juvia felt with Natsu and Gray, respectively. That would be quite the dream come true. However, Levy didn't think much of herself. She was plain as they come. Lucy and Juvia were both gorgeous, model-like women. And Levy just wasn't. It made sense that she was the single one.

"The library, again?" Lucy asked whilst pulling out her keys.

"How did you know?" the short bluenette said, taking her friend's car keys.

The blonde gave Levy a 'really?' look. "C'mon Levy…"

"Whatever, I'm leaving." The McGarden girl huffed as she made her way to the door.

"Hold on, before you go, I want to tell you that we're taking you to Fairy Tail on Saturday."

This caused Levy to stop dead in her tracks. "What? Why?" she looked back at the now smiling blonde.

"Gray told me that they had a stage built there recently, and now, for the first time, Fairy Tail is going to be having live musical performances. The first show is this Saturday. Juvia is curious as to what the music will sound like…" Juvia wondered.

"Okay… have fun with your boy toys; that has nothing to do with me. I have no reason to go." Levy wasn't sure why they felt the need to tell her this. She wanted no part in being in that kind of environment, especially as a fifth wheel.

"Well, we wouldn't be telling you this if we didn't have something… special set up." Lucy smirked.

"What do you mean?" Levy didn't like that smirk. Not at all.

"You, my friend…" Lucy pointed. "… will no longer be the odd woman out."

At first Levy wasn't sure what Lucy meant by this. But then, realization struck her. "Lucy… don't tell me…"

Lucy nodded her head enthusiastically. "Yup! I got you a date!"

"You did what!?" Levy shouted. This was not welcome news for the short bookworm.

"His name is Gajeel, and he's going to be waiting for you at Fairy Tail this Saturday. He's good friends with Natsu and Gray, and does security for Fairy Tail." Lucy explained. "But he'll be free the night of the show."

"Ugh, I don't want to go Lucy…"

"You are going! Juvia and I are worried about you." the bluenette beside Lucy nodded in agreement.

"We don't want you to be alone anymore. You're our friend Levy-chan, and we want you to be as happy as we are!" Juvia interjected.

Levy shook her head. "I don't want to be with anybody right now." She lied. "I'm perfectly fine as I am."

"Hmm, I'm not too sure about that. I can tell you don't like being alone all the time. You don't say anything directly, but I can tell." Lucy proclaimed. "C'mon, it'll be fun. And new for you, too! If you aren't going to give those guys at school that are crazy about you a chance, then give Gajeel a try."

"Jet and Droy are just friends; I just don't see them that way." Levy defended.

"We know that Levy-chan, it's because neither of them are your type." Juvia offered.

"And you guys know what my type is?"

Lucy nodded. "Of course we do. I, for one, have noticed the kinds of guys you give looks to; you like the piercings, the black clothing, the tattoos, the motorcycles, all of that. That's basically Gajeel." Lucy noticed Levy blush a little. She knew she had her friend right where she wanted her. "Who would have thought that our little Levy would be into the bad boy type." She teased.

"Oh, b-be quiet Lucy!" Levy threw back.

"Ha! Anyway, remember to wear something nice for Saturday, okay?" Lucy smiled, giving her friend the signal that there was nothing she could say to change her mind.

"Lucy…" Levy sighed. "I didn't agree to this."

"Not listening." The blonde turned away. "Off to the library you go. Shoo!" Lucy waved her friend away.

"Ugh!" Levy groaned and went back to opening the door to take her leave.

Hearing the door close, Juvia turned to her satisfied friend. "Does Lucy think everything will work out with Levy-chan and Gajeel-san?"

Lucy shrugged. "Who knows… but I sure hope so! I hate leaving Levy here alone all the time. And if she can get something going with Natsu's friend, then she won't have to be by herself all the time. That would be great for Levy."

Juvia nodded. "Juvia agrees. Levy-chan is such a nice girl, and I hope Gajeel-san turns out to be a good guy."

Levy pulled out a thick book from the shelf. Yep, that was the one she was looking for. She smiled at the hardcover novel she held in her small hands. Levy was a big fan of post-modern literature, and specifically of the author of this particular book in her possession. She was glad nobody came and checked it out before she got there.

The young woman walked down the staircase that led to the first floor of the library to make her way to the check-out desk. From there, her thoughts went back to the rather shocking news that, not only was Lucy dragging her out to the most popular bar in town, but she was doing it while setting her up with someone she has never met before. Levy knew that Lucy's heart was in the right place, but Levy didn't find herself to be 'date material'. It had been so long since Levy had been on an actual date. And now Lucy pretty much forced her to hop back on the saddle. And apparently, her friends knew exactly the kind of guy she went crazy over. She wondered how her two friends managed to figure that out. It was quite embarrassing to hear them bring that up. Oh whatever, it didn't matter at this point. They found her out.

This is what she gets for being nosy and inquisitive about her friends relationships.

Levy at least hoped that this mystery man was a nice person like Natsu and Gray. As apprehensive as she was about Saturday, she really did want everything to go well. Best case scenario: She won't have to be alone anymore, and she can have someone to call her own. Worst case scenario: The guy is a total dick and she ends up back at square one, where she is right now. There wasn't that much to lose, really. She did cross her fingers for the former, though. It would be great to go out with Lucy and Juvia and not feel left out because she was the single friend.

Levy sighed and continued walking, eyes focused on the library carpet floor. Her thoughts still lingering on the identity of the person who would be her date for Saturday's show. She was curious about the man's appearance. Lucy said she knew what kind of guys appealed to her, so she had this image of this tall guy with long hair. Visible metal piercings penetrating his skin, predominately on his face. Levy already had an image in her head and smiled. She hoped he was close to what she had in mind. Levy didn't know why she liked the kind of guys she did, all she knew was th—

"Oof!" Levy stumbled backwards and landed directly on her ass after hitting a dead stop in the road, her book falling out of her clutches and landing a couple feet away from her. "What in the world did I walk into?" she asked as she searched for her book.

"You should watch where you're going, little girl."

Levy's furrowed her brows and turned her head to get a look at the owner of the gruff and condescending sounding voice. She planned on giving this man a piece of her mind. However, as soon as Levy's eyes caught sight at the man standing before her, she became astounded. The man she was looking at had pretty much jumped out of her imagination and materialized right in front of her.

The bluenette was speechless. The male before had everything, appearance wise, she wanted in her significant other. He had the striking stud piercings along both sides of his nose, above both of his eyebrows, under his lip and on his chin. His ears were pierced, but not by conventional earrings. They were actually screws going through both of his earlobes. The man also had obscenely long, sort of spiked looking, black hair that went along perfectly with his facial features. He had on a tight fitting leather jacket which hid what she assumed to be a fine muscular build. His bottoms half was adorned with light blue-colored ripped jeans and large, black leather boots that may have added an inch or two to his already tall stature.

He was also the owner of an absolutely mesmerizing pair of crimson shaded irises. He was all Levy was looking for in a man. He was unique. He was attractive. He was…

"Are you gonna get up and apologize to me or what? I don't have all day, you know."

… A complete asshole.

Levy snapped out of her daydream and finally got herself up; it didn't look like this guy had any intention of helping her stand. "Okay, okay, I'm sorry for bumping into you, gosh!" she stood her ground and looked right into his pools of red without hesitating. He had a pretty intimidating presence, but Levy wouldn't back down. "Is the attitude really necessary?" Levy shot back.

"Yes, it was 'necessary'." The man spat at her. "You need to keep your eyes focused ahead of you, little girl."

"For your information, I'm 21 years old, so stop calling me a little girl, you jerk." Levy now completely regretted thinking of this man as attractive, he was a total dick.

"21!?" He said incredulously. "A half-pint like you?" the man put his hand up horizontally to the middle of his stomach. "You barely reach my belly-button." he laughed.

Levy noticed that the man held a book in his left hand. It seemed to be a biography of an old, famous blues musician that Levy vaguely remembered hearing about. In any other situation, she would probably use that to kick start a conversation with someone, but right now was different.

"Will you be quiet?" she hissed. "This is a library, remember?" she added, her anger rising.

"Hmph, I know where we're at, shrimp." He huffed. "I don't need you to tell me that."

"Don't call me shrimp, idiot!"

"Don't call me idiot, shrimp!"

The two locked eyes and exchanged scowls. The two just looked at each other with utter distaste for the other person. This lasted for a little more than a few seconds, but it felt like they were killing each other with their gazes for an eternity.

"Whatever…" the man finally said, ending their mini staring competition. " I have more important things to do than argue with some mouthy chick." He turned around, readying himself to leave.

"Excuse me, but you're the one who started the name calling!" she reminded him, irritation dripping from her voice.

"I was just trying to be a gentleman and watch you pick yourself up." He ignored her. "Clearly, I made the wrong choice."

Levy was flabbergasted. "You… did you just refer to yourself as a gentleman?" How did that guy manage to say that about himself without a hint of irony?

"Yup! I sure did. Got a problem with that… shrimp?" he looked over his shoulder and got a kick out her facial reaction.

"You… you're such an ass…" Levy seethed.

The man shrugged. "Whatever you say, girly. You know, you would be a lot cuter if you just fixed your personality." And with that, he walked away leaving the girl with her mouth wide open.

"D-Did… he really just say that…?" Levy could not understand how someone could be so horrible and not even realize it. Again, she could not believe that she was almost fantasizing about him earlier. Levy gave her head a good whack. Maybe she should try and be interested in other types of men. But then that wouldn't be fair to the guy she would meet on Saturday. He was probably a much nicer person than the monster she just bumped into. Levy shook her head and restarted her walk to the check-out counter.

She saw him getting ready to check his book out. Levy got in line and thankfully there were three people separating her from that impolite jackass.

As soon as he finished checking his book out, he turned once more to give Levy a look of contempt. She sent it back at him with an equal level of malice. She couldn't stand that man! Even while leaving he still had to find one more way to irritate her. How loathsome can he be?

Gajeel left the library feeling very satisfied. He got his book checked out and told off some whiny broad. That seemed like a good day for him.

However, the closer he got to his car, he noticed that another vehicle had parked so close to his back bumper, that he had no way of leaving until it was moved. There was another car parked in front of him, but that one was there when he arrived. And he made sure to park close to that car's back bumper so that he would have no trouble reversing, and it wasn't a dick move considering that the car was parked at the very end of the street.

"What… the… fuck!" Gajeel yelled. "Who was the asshole who parked behind me?" he looked around at the people walking, but most of them ignored him. Gajeel didn't look like the kind of guy you wanted to get into a heated argument with.

"No one out here huh…" Gajeel looked at the car with fury burning inside of him. He gave the vehicle a good kick. "Stupid fucking thing…"

"What in the world are you doing!?"

Gajeel heard a feminine voice yell out. He turned around to see that annoying girl again. She seemed very pissed off, for whatever reason. "Huh? What do you want?"

"That's my car you're kicking you moron!" she shouted as she rushed over to look at her car, making sure he didn't put a dent in it. It wasn't really her vehicle, but it was until she got back home.

"So you're the dumbass that blocked me in?" He said with his hands on his hip. "Well you better get to leaving now; I have shit to do and you're making me late. Now move it!" he chastised the small woman.

"Good god, there isn't a single part of you that's decent, is there!?" she shouted back.

"No, there isn't, are you happy now?" he sneered. "Hurry up before I give your car a real kick and my boot goes right through that window!"

"You are easily the biggest jerk I have ever met in my entire life!" Levy promptly pulled out her keys and quickly made her way to the driver's side door. She gave him another dirty look. "Asshole!"

"I appreciate the kind words, but get your ass in gear, shrimp."

"UGH!" Levy entered the car and started it. She watched as the man kept a look out to see if she would hit the back of his car. It was something that Levy really really wanted to do. She wished she was in a car that didn't belong to her or Lucy. That way, she'd be able to ram it into this prick's vehicle and piss him the hell off.

When she finally got out of her parking spot she rolled down her window and gave the man a few more words before departing. "Go to hell!" and from there, Levy skated off.

"Tch… dumb broad…" Gajeel couldn't stand bitches like her. This was where his issues with women stemmed from. He couldn't take all of their emotions. What the hell is wrong with chicks these days, anyway?

Gajeel opened his car door and hopped in. He didn't know what caused women to turn into demons, all he knew was that the girl that Natsu was setting him up with on Saturday better not be anything like her.

That would kill his entire night.

AN: Well, I finally got this one out.

So it seems I've planted the seeds for GaLe here. You guys tell me what you think.

As usual, thank you for all the great reviews, the follows and the favs. But most importantly, thank you for just reading. That's more than enough for me.

Next chapter title will be "Release the Bats". I'll let you figure out what that means.

The Units – "High Pressure Days" (I made a small adjustment to the lyrics I borrowed from this song. Instead of "exchange phone numbers…" I changed it to "change phone numbers…". It worked better for the story that way. I just wanted to write this in case someone reading has listened to this song and wondered why the words were different. Oh yeah, and I don't own this song in any way.)