I'm thinking about my next story being OC. What do you guys think? I would probably match the person with Natsu or Gray. You need to tell me if you like the idea, and what pairing. You can PM me if you want details on her personality, to see which one. I want to sort of be a surprise, so I'm not putting it out publicly for everyone to see, just the people that care enough to really consider.

You guys all seemed pretty excited to see what Gray does with a drunk Lucy, but nothing super exciting happens. I still hope you all like it! There is another flashback, just a heads up.

Please review!

"Fuck," Lucy groaned. She rolled onto her stomach. Her head was pounding. She remembered her weekend. "

Take these."

Not even looking up to see who spoke to her, she held out her hand. She felt two pills hit her palm. She swallowed them without water. Her head hurt so bad, she didn't even want to move to get water.

"You're an idiot."

"Fuck you," she spat out. She still wasn't quite sure who was talking to her. She figured out that she was on some sort of bed. She wasn't sure if it was hers, at that point. It was comfortable, so she wasn't complaining.

"Are you hungry?"

Just the thought of food made her want to throw up. The pills were starting to work, so she was at least grateful for that. Why did she have to get drunk anyways? She was angry at the world. The world was cruel to her. Her parents split up at a young age. She didn't realize she had a brother. Girls were always squealing. Her mother didn't except her.

Her best friend left her.

Her blood boiled just thinking about all that. She couldn't think of anything else to ease the pain. She changed her image, started smoking, and got drunk. What else could she do? Drugs? Cut herself? She wasn't that weak. She wouldn't do something that she would really get addicted to. She hated herself enough for everything she does. She wouldn't be able to put her hate into words if she got addicted to something.

"Is your head feeling better?"

Gray.

The voice was Gray's.

Why was Gray with her? Was he in her room? She opened her eyes and looked at the sheets of the bed. They were dark blue. She didn't have dark blue sheets.

Lucy lifted her head up. She sat up and looked around the room. Everything was blue, black, and gray. Gray was sitting on the bed beside her.

"You okay?" he asked. He put his hand on her forehead. "You don't seem to have a fever anymore."

"Am I in your room?" she asked. She couldn't imagine being anywhere else.

"Yeah," he said. "It's around noon now. You showed up at school drunk, so I brought you to my house."

"How did I get to school?" she asked herself. She remembered smoking a pack of cigarettes, then wandering around town. She payed a guy to buy her alcohol. Everything is a blur after that. How drunk was she?

"Since when do you smoke and drink?" Gray asked. He was able to get past her attitude, but he wouldn't let her shorten her life. Not on his watch, at least.

"How did you know I smoke?" Lucy asked nervously. If he knew, Layla could know. He could have told her, even.

"You're clothes smelled like smoke."

She looked down at her clothes. She wasn't wearing her clothes, though. She had on a black shirt that was way too big for her, and a pair of blue gym shorts.

"Ultear changed you into those shorts and one of my shirts. I don't know why she couldn't give you one of her's, though," Gray explained. Lucy blushed slightly and nodded. She was glad that Ultear changed her, instead of Gray having to.

"Is she doing better?" Ultear asked, opening the door to Gray's room. She smiled when she saw Lucy awake. "I brought a bottle of water up. That usually helps hangovers."

"You fucking told her," Lucy hissed. She didn't want the whole world knowing. She wasn't even sure how old Ultear was, so she wasn't sure if she would rat her out.

"I won't tell anyone," Ultear said, offering a smile. Lucy rolled her eyes and looked down at her lap.

"I need to talk to Lucy," Gray said. Ultear understood what he meant and left the room.

"If you are going to yell at me, don't bother. I don't need you're-" She stopped talking when Gray hugged her. She felt her face heat up.

"What's wrong?" he asked.

"I-I don't know what your talking about," she stuttered. He let her go and looked into her eyes.

"I know something's wrong. You went out and got drunk. Something must have happened. You may be reckless enough to smoke, but I know you aren't enough to drink yourself senseless. You don't even remember this weekend."

'There's an idea,' her inner voice spoke. 'Why don't you rely on someone else? You don't have to drown your sorrows in alcohol, or even act out. Just let someone help carry your burden. You know he would be more than happy to. He's practically begging you to let him.'

"Shut the hell up!" Lucy yelled. She wasn't sure if she was yelling at herself or Gray, but she didn't need two voice-of-reasons.

"Lucy-"

"I said shut up!" she screamed. "I don't need you!" She felt her head start to spin again. Why did she have to be such a light-weight?

"You're fever is coming back," Gray said. "Try to go to sleep." He pushed her shoulders back on the bed. He pulled the blankets back over her.

'Look at that. He isn't even mad at you for yelling at him. He still wants to help you.'

Lucy fell asleep before she could yell at her inner-voice again.

X

"So she was here all weekend?" Layla asked. She was not happy with Gray. He knew she was freaking out, but he didn't say anything.

"I'm sorry," Gray apologized. He wasn't apologizing for hiding her daughter. No, he was sorry for lying to her. He needed to figure Lucy out. If he didn't have her trust, he could never do it. He would lose the small amount of trust he already has if he told Layla about her smoking and drinking.

"It was also my fault," Ultear said. "I really wanted to be with Lucy more. I should have asked your permission." She was glad that Ur and Lyon were still at work, and Wendy at school. Their lie wouldn't have worked.

"Just make sure she's gets home," Layla sighed.

"Actually," Ultear proposed. "Could she stay another night?" Gray didn't know what his sister was thinking.

"I guess that's alright. Just make sure she's home tomorrow, then," Layla said. She was glad that Lucy was making friends. She quickly excused herself, for she had a martial arts class to teach. "

What was that for?" Gray asked. He followed his sister to the kitchen.

"You have to figure out what is wrong with her, right?" She got bread and lunch meat to make Lucy a sandwich. "You can try to get her to open up."

"That's near impossible," he said. He really did want to, but he just couldn't.

"Just try, okay?" She handed him the plate with the sandwich on it. "I don't want to see another person lose themselves to sadness."

"As long as you don't mention that again," he said. He didnt want to remember his his father slowly slipping away from his family. He didnt want to remember coming home six years before and seeing his father laying on the floor, lifeless, bottles of pills and alcohol around him. He started drinking to relieve stress, and it all went to hell from there. He didn't want to see Lucy end up that way.

Gray shook the thought from his head and opened his bedroom door. Lucy was asleep on his bed. Her arms were around his pillow in a death grip. He almost couldn't believe that Lucy Heartfilia was wearing his shirt, sleeping on his bed, and hugging his pillow. It was almost too good to be true.

He kicked his door shut and set the plate on his desk. He sat beside Lucy and checked her temperature. Her fever was gone, and he was hoping it wouldn't come back. He's never heard of someone getting a fever after drinking, but he didn't let it bother him too much. He put her bangs behind her ear, wondering what she was dreaming about.

X

"I'll race you home!" he said.

Lucy smirked. "You are so on!" she yelled.

The second the bell rang, the two raised out of the room, leaving their bags behind. Their friends would grab them, anyways.

"No running in the halls!" a teacher yelled. The two ignored her and kept running.

Everyone in town said 'hello' to them as they ran past. Their friends were trailing way behind them, but they didn't really care. All they thought about was winning the race. They did this everyday, and it was always a close call.

"I win!" Lucy yelled as her foot hit the front porch.

"I beat you by at least two seconds!" he yelled back.

"You wish!" she boasted.

"I think I win," he said. He grabbed her face and pressed his lips to hers. She smiled and kissed him back. He always made sure he won, whether it was the race itself, or getting to kiss her.

"Knock it off you two," his mother said, hitting them on the head with a newspaper. They laughed as they let each other go. "I won't let you two share a room if you keep it up."

"You said it was okay since we had bunk beds!" he whined.

"Like you actually sleep in separate beds," she laughed.

"You guys...are cruel," their one friend said, finally catching up to them, but completely out of breath. The other two boys ran up behind him, carrying the bags left behind.

"You know you still love us," Lucy said, sticking her tongue out.

"No way!" the boy in the back said. "Even if I still wanted to love you two, he would kill us!" He pointed to the boy behind Lucy.

"Don't forget it," he said, draping his arms around Lucy's shoulders.

"Why don't you guys go start your homework? Dinner will be ready in an hour," his mother said, ruffling her son's hair. "Your brother is already doing his."

"I'm going!" he yelled, fixing his hair.

X

Gray watched a tear roll down Lucy's face. He really wanted to know what she was dreaming about now. He was going to wake her up, but he wasn't even sure if she was having a bad dream. She may have been crying, but she was also smiling.

He flinched when she opened her eyes. He didn't want her thinking that he was staring at her. She looked up at him with sad eyes.

"Gray," she said worriedly. She sat up and hugged him. More tears ran down her face.

"Lucy," he sighed, hugging back.

Why wouldn't she open up to him?

I'm sorry if the format is messed up (paragraph wise). I copied and pasted it as usual, but it put the text into one big paragraph. I had to go through and manually divide it again. It took be about twenty minutes, and I was hurrying.

Anyways, I hope you liked the chapter!