A/N: Yay, I'm not dead! School is just draining, everyone, that's my excuse here. I haven't had the freetime I normally do, but thankfully school is done with for now so... Oh, and although I fear the answer in a conclusion I have already made, does anyone have any idea what it means if literally every single time you look at a guy you actually hear Crush (a song which I have not listened to in five-ish years) play? Because I am getting really concerned about my well-being…

Disclaimer: I own nothing!

"Okay guys, we've only got two months until our first concert. Surprisingly you all managed to put in effort, and we made a lot of progress. As a result I would like to suggest we take the day off. Practice can wait for another week." Lyon Vastia had shocked everyone in that moment. No one had ever even thought that a day would come when their little self proclaimed band leader would allow for a break. He was the most serious about the band from the very beginning, and still was. So why had he just decided to take a break like it was absolutely nothing?

"And what do you suggest we do?" Meredy knew she probably should have put up a fight against the day off idea. But Lyon was right, they had worked rather hard the past few weeks and were deserving of some fun. Not that band practice wasn't fun that is. Don't get me wrong, it definitely was.

"Well I was thinking we could go to Lamia Scale today." That right there explained everything. The only thing Lyon loved more than the banjo and weird pants (although maybe not the banjo) was amusement parks. Of course this would be his plan for the day off.

"You know what, that actually sounds fun. And I can invite the girls!" Meredy was rather pumped up about the idea. Until recently, she hadn't had very many female friends. The trip to the park would give her an opportunity to bond with them. Besides, she hadn't been to Lamia Scale since it opened up for the season.

"And by that you mean Ultear and Juvia? Do you even talk to any other girls?" As rude as it sounded, this was a necessary question. Other than her roommate (Because yes, Juvia moved into Meredy's apartment to save money), Meredy's circle of friendship extended to the restaurant staff. And if we're being honest here, Sorano was utterly horrible, leaving Ultear as the only other female worker. Of course she had made a few new friends but the boys weren't yet aware of that fact.

"Well I can always just invite Cana. Laxus, you guys can invite Evergreen as well. Between the two of them I'm pretty sure everyone will find out about this trip within the hour." Loke's proposition was a rather good one. His dear best friend had a deep love for both amusement parks, and booze. Both she enjoyed more when her friends were present. So yeah, everyone was going to know about this little excursion as soon as he texted Cana.

"Sounds good. Jellal, you can invite whatever staff is off work, and Loke can bring all of his rich friends." Lyon jumped at the chance to agree with Loke's suggestion. I mean, the more the merrier was his motto. Oh, and maybe he could get Sherry to take a break from her bridezilla phase and come along for some fun- without Ren. Afterall, he was kind of making the pinkette ignore her very best friends. And no, Lyon didn't necessarily hate Ren per say. He just really, really, super didn't like him.

"I am not bringing everyone from the Zodiac League! And don't call them my rich friends!" Loke had been at peace with the idea of bringing along the gang. But then he had realized that Aquarius had a bad attitude, Scorpio was sort of an ass, the Gemini twins were eight, Taurus was a pervert, and that Aries was scared of new people. So yeah, bringing everyone along was the furthest thing from a good idea.

"Just text Cana. Oh, and call Evergreen." Meredy set the group back on track and ordered them around appropriately. You see, she had spent very little time around Evergreen and Cana but had already begun to understand them to some extent. Cana was someone who wanted to be able to look at her phone, and know exactly what you wanted. That way she would never be forced to respond to anything she didn't want to. Evergreen on the other hand, insisted on being spoken to directly.

"I did. She said she invited half the staff of Sabertooth. Honestly, I didn't even think she knew that place existed. But apparently she knows everyone there well enough to have their contact information!" Loke lifted up his phone to reveal Cana's response to all who were present. He needed someone else to see her text and confirm that she did in fact know the inn staff. The girl rarely told him about her daily dalliances though, so he shouldn't have been too surprised about anything.

"That's just Cana." The others who knew her just sighed. Cana did things differently than most people, and it would do them well not to forget it.

"I should know better than anyone else, huh?" Loke laughed at his own stupidity. Of course he should have known Cana knew about Sabertooth! His best friend had to go somewhere for drinks on the nights when the bar was closed. It just so happened that they served them at the inn as well.

"Yes. Now Jelly, do you want to invite any of your cousins?" Lyon wasn't sure about Loke's laughter. In fact, he thought it was rather creepy. Changing the subject to someone else seemed like the best way to get the other man to shut up.

"Uh, I'm not sure if that's the best idea. Mystogan is freaking out because his girlfriend is pregnant and refuses to marry him at the moment. Zeke is going through a weird ghetto phase, and Siegrain is an asshole." Jellal was utterly ashamed of all of his cousins at the moment. He just couldn't get over the fact that he was the only one of the four with a semi-easy life. I mean yeah, running your own business in your early twenties wasn't exactly easy, but he sometimes forgot that little fact. Either way, the only family Jelly would be bringing anywhere was Wendy. And that wasn't a sure thing either.

"Ghetto phase?" The others all stared at him, waiting for a response. The idea of such a thing existing seemed ludicrous, but judging by Jellal's face it was a legitimate issue.

"Yeah. I don't really want to talk about it." The man sighed deeply once more. Everytime he thought about what Zeke was doing a wave of embarrassment overcame him. Sure, Jellal loved his cousins, but they truly could be ridiculous at times.

"Cool. So we have everything figured out then? We'll meet at Lamia Scale in an hour with whoever wants to come." Lyon was getting the day he had always wanted. The amusement park was calling his name.

-LAMIA SCALE-

"So, is this everyone then?" Lyon was the one leading this frightening expedition. I mean, there was probably a reason everyone had kept their friend groups away from other band members. Today would be the ultimate test to see if they could all sustain a positive outlook and relationship upon being thrown together. So yeah, Lyon was the only one with enough guts (or lack of common sense) to lead the party of young adults. (Okay, Romeo and Wendy were like seventeen but still…)

"I think so." Seeing as how no one really wanted to talk to Lyon right now, what with their other friends present, the responsibility of a response fell upon Gray. After all, it was his brother that was in charge. There was clearly no one better suited for the job.

"Good. Now everyone come over here and sign in! We need to make sure we don't lose anyone so you'll have to find me before you leave the park." Lyon began writing out his list.

Laxus, Freed, and Bixlow had dragged Evergreen along for the day. That wasn't shocking, as much as it was entertaining. Ultear was with Meredy and Jellal. The rest of the restaurant staff (minus one Richard and Yajima) were close by as well. Crime Sorciere was conveniently closed for maintenance today because for some reason the whole dining area had been covered in a layer of ice. Wonder who had something to do with that one. Wendy was in front of Jellal, seeing as how he how he had forced her into the position after noticing Romeo's straying eyes. Lucy was laughing at Natsu's stupidity, and Erza was nearby gazing longingly at some dessert shack in the park. Gajeel and Levy were at her sides. Jet and Droy were trying and failing at hiding behind a garbage can. They were obviously trying to spy on their friend. Lyon put them down on the list just because. Elfman had his sisters, and Cana stood with Romeo a few feet away. She was supposed to be babysitting him as a result of Romeo joining a band without asking his father for permission. Yes, Macao was that weird. Alzack and Bisca were beside each other in the back of the group, blushing. Loke had his whole crew, meaning Aquarius, her boyfriend, Libra, Pisces (son), Virgo and Aries. Lyon's own friends were next to him in front of the group. Sherry was speaking with her cousin who was looking at Lyon in a way that made him feel uncomfortable, and Toby and Yuka were being their normal weird selves. Yup, everyone was there exactly as planned.

After surveying the group, Lyon just had to offer one last order. "Except for you, Chelia. You go check-in with your cousin and sign out." Yes, he was being rude. But Chelia's crush had been cute back in the day. Now it was just creepy.

"That's my fault, sorry! I just don't want you to spend any unnecessary time around boys until you're older." Sherry, ever the faithful friend, backed Lyon up in his commands. Even she, a woman obsessed with love, was starting to find her cousin's actions concerning. Yes, it was truly a grim day for the elder Blendy.

"Sherry, I'm pretty sure you were already engaged when you were my age!" Chelia scoffed at her cousin. Why couldn't Sherry just let her spend time Lyon like she wanted? I mean really, all Sherry had done at Chelia's age was cling to Ren!

"Well that's funny considering I'm engaged at the moment." Sherry did not like the way this conversation was going. Everything that had just been said made her feel rather insecure about the circumstances surrounding her current relationship.

"Yeah, you guys had a really long engagement. What, is he scared of commitment or something?" Chelia was right about the long engagement. It truly had been almost seven years now, and they still hadn't tied the knot. Of course a date was now set, and progress was being made but it had taken seven years to get to this point.

"OKAY, THAT'S ENOUGH FOR TODAY!" Lyom was there to rescue his dear friend from embarrassment at having to respond. See, it was actions like this that brought Sherry back to the days before Ren- and even slightly after. The days when she had been completely and hopelessly in love with Lyon Vastia. Thank the Lord she had outgrown that when she was seventeen, or she could have turned out like her dear old cousin. Okay, she didn't exactly outgrow it until she was nineteen but seventeen was when she met Ren so it still counted! And I mean she had been engaged since she was eighteen so…

"Okay, we can go in now." Sting Eucliffe, approached the humongous group with a handful of tickets. He, along with Rogue and Minerva, deemed it best that only a few of them order the tickets to get in. The group all approaching and ordering one each would have just been too frightening for the folks working at the ticket booth.

But now onto what happened in that park….

"Natsu Dragneel! I can not believe you almost threw up on me!" Lucy Heartfilia was forced to yell at one of her best friends. After going on two roller coasters the pinkette had almost lost it. He had been talking to Lucy before promptly sprinting to the nearest trashcan. And although nothing catastrophic has happened, it had been too close of a call for the blonde.

"I"m sorry Luce. I didn't though! Please keep that in mind!" Natsu was like a small child in the way that he truly did not want Lucy to be mad at him any more than she wanted him to puke on her.

"I'm not mad. I'm just a little frustrated. You get motion sickness yet you drag me to an amusement park with you." The girl really wasn't mad. She just didn't understand her friend's stupidity sometimes.

"Are you two done with your lover's quarrel yet? We need to go let Romeo out of that locker now." And a wild Alzack appeared, dragging a cheerful Bisca along with him. And yes, he had just sassed the other two,

"We aren't lovers!" Lucy had almost cracked glass with the tone she had used. She was in a state of shock so of course her voice had gotten a little too high pitched.

"Oh how swiftly you deny our love." Yup, Natsu had been spending way too much time with Loke this week. Romeo hadn't wanted to deal with it so he had just sent Natsu to whoever was available. Sadly, this was usually Loke.

"NATSU!" And there went the customary Lucy-Kick. The one that actually happened every single time the two went anywhere together.

"Guys, Romeo has been in there for almost an hour. We need to let him out before the locker times out!" Al was really trying to rush this now. He was not paying an extra dollar just because they hadn't made it to Romeo in time.

"Why did you guys put him in there anyway?" Bisca wasn't exactly sure what had happened. She wasn't used to the shenanigans the boys were usually involved in.

"Oh, he started acting all weird when he saw Wendy again. The obvious solution is to lock him away until he gets over his Loke fit." This answer had come from Natsu. The way he had responded so casually wasn't normal. Why was he so calm? Maybe it was the fact that he had just puked up all of his lunch and had then been knocked upside the head. Nah. That couldn't be it.

"Then let's hurry! We need to get to Romeo quickly!" And then the four were running off to catch up to the rest of the group.

"There you guys are! We were worried when Natsu and Lucy disappeared. We thought you guys were up to some shenanigans!" Erza was honestly one of the biggest fangirls out there. Her poor friends were always questioning why she said these things out loud instead of internally like Mira for example. Oh who are we kidding, Mirajane was incapable of containing her joy as well. Both of them needed work then.

"WHY WOULD YOU THINK THAT!?" Natsu sounded appalled. It was almost as if the notion of doing such a thing with Lucy was the most disgusting thing he had ever seen or heard of in his life, and poor Lucy was right there to hear his tone.

"HEY, I'M NOT THAT BAD!" Lucy was defending herself. The way Natsu was speaking made it sound like the whole shenanigans thing was the worst thing that could possibly happen. Ever.

"GUYS, STOP IT WITH THE LOVER'S QUARREL! WE NEED TO GET ROMEO!" Way to ruin the moment Loke! Okay no. He was probably helping. We don't need this story to exceed its (due to slight language) PG-13 rating, something which most certainly would have happened if not for the interruption. I think we've all watched enough TV to know that when people argue like that, things happen, man.

"LOKE! WHAT IF THEY WERE ABOUT TO MAKE OUT?" Mirajane had become her demon self. Well, a fairly relaxed version but to all the same.

"Mira, that only happens in movies." Laxus was there to burst her bubble. Let's just say that Mira got a little too stuck in her shipping paradise quite often.

"I brought popcorn. As far as I'm concerned this whole thing is a movie." Cue the amazing Ultear. Yeah, she had brought popcorn to watch her brothers and their friends make fools out of themselves. Was it mean? Oh most definitely. But was it necessary? Of course.

"SEE, I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE!" Mira was stuck on this issue. She knew for a fact that this so called 'NaLu' was quite a few people's OTP.

"Romeo! Are you going to behave yourself now?" Jellal was totally ignoring the fight going on behind him. He was more focused on getting the kid out of the locker before the hour was up. He completely understood Alzack's issue with paying an extra dollar for only a few seconds of using the locker.

"Jellal, I still don't see why you put him in there. He never gets into serious trouble at school." Ah yes, little innocent Wendy was entirely confused. Why did her brother lock tone of the only other people there that was her age in a locker?

"Wendy, there was a very good reason. Now, what did you say Romeo?" Laxus was the one to answer her question. Jellal was too busy glaring at the locker to respond for himself.

"I'll behave. Now please let me out. It is unbelievably hot in here." Okay, he had agreed to be good. They could totally let the teen out now. But the hesitation was clear.

"Let him out now or he is staying in there for two hours! I am getting my money's worth out of this!" Al had been the one to get the locker. For every hour over one it was another dollar added onto the cost. Romeo had a minute left.

"Fine." And then Natsu was opening the locker. Romeo practically fell out. The guys sort of felt bad seeing as their friend was covered in sweat. But hey, this way he would be less attractive to Wendy! It was a win win situation- well that was actually wrong. Romeo wasn't getting anything out of this...

"Jesus, can you guys stop locking me up? This is the second time that's happened!" The poor boy was going to get PTSD or something. No, he was going to become claustrophobic. God forbid that happen. He would never be able to hide from his horrid mother again! She'd gotten smarter in her searching recently, you see. Now the only safe place for him to hide was in some super mysterious (and cramped) tunnels dug into the walls of his house.

"We're not sorry. I hope you're not thinking we're going to apologize." Wow. Nice way to sugarcoat it, Lyon! Seriously though, all of the guys had developed the inescapable urge to protect Wendy at all costs. (And I mean it's not like half the people that watch/read Fairy Tail develop that urge as well…)

"Well anyway, did I hear Mira's shipper squeal? Because if NaLu decided to set sail while I was in that locker I am going to murder each and every one of you in a slow, painful fashion." Romeo didn't joke when it came to his OTP. "Now, let's get on with our day."

And so they did, remaining in the park until closing time.

A/N: Hopefully this all was at least a little amusing to you guys! Again, anybody got an answer to my question in that first author's note? I mean I'm like actually freaking myself out about it now… Now on to:

Question Time!

Where is Makarov? (*Cough* Dreyar Mansion *Cough*)

The therapy? (Work your magic, Mike!)

How is the band coming along?

And was I watching High School Musical 2 while writing this? (You can BET ON IT!) Haha... Why am I like this? Not gonna lie though, writing the chapter took longer than that (because I got super distracted by the amazing movie), so I just switched to Galavant towards the end. And let me tell you all, Medieval musical comedies are definitely my thing.