Disclaimer: Fairy Tail does not and sadly will never belong to me but this plot does! I'll sue you if you attempt to steal it haha ^w^ *LOL*

THIS CHAPTER IS DEDICATED TO 'SimplyIsabelleS' and 'justanotherdreamgirl' FOR BEING SUCH WONDERFUL READERS.

A/N: Welcome back to D2L! I'm right on time today huh? Just as promised, on 14th of March, here's chapter 12 of D2L… We're already on the 12th chapter…I guess this fanfic's gonna a be a longggg one :D! Read on and don't forget to leave a review!

Previously on D2L: Mirajane announced, "AND the best couple is now declared as, Lucy and Gray!" and EVERYONE cheered and clapped.

Gray ruffled Lucy's locks affectionately, "So I guess, the world doesn't have to turn around anymore for me to get you that prize huh?" and Lucy blushed.

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Mirajane handed the prize over to her and whispered to Lucy "you'll make a great couple you know…" And Lucy's blush reddened making Gray a bit curious. The party went on and Gray and Lucy got engaged in different conversations. But never once did their minds stop wandering over to each other.

"You know you're awfully pretty and it hurts me that you don't even seem to have any interest to get to know me" A deep voice spoke from behind Lucy and she turned around from her conversation with Levy to face him.

"I know my brother's popularity overpowers me but even I'm not that bad y'know" He joked and Lucy smiled.

"You're just as popular as he is" She laughed. At the back of her mind she thought, 'if it hadn't been for Gray, I'd have never been able to laugh with others like this again…'

"So how about a dance with a 'just-as-popular-as-gray guy?" He asked in a joking tone, holding a hand out to her. Lucy giggled again.

From behind the scenes Gray stared with a feeling of jealousy at the way the two were getting on so comfortably. Lisanna was telling him something but it really didn't seem to be going into his head. Finally she waved a hand in front of him.

"Gray…? You know that's TOO much staring for a girl you're supposedly not 'dating'…" she joked and that was enough for him to snap back and look at her….finally.

"It's nothing like that Lisanna. I was just watching how Lyon was making his move" He said. What an excuse…But Gray was best at giving them.

"Hmm… Lu-chan and Lyon-san can make a good couple actually…ooh! He's asking her to dance!" Lisanna squealed and Gray watched but for some reason he was uneasy. He watched as Lyon held out a hand to Lucy and Lucy giggled wholeheartedly.

"Um…I think I'll pass…" She told him and he shrugged.

"Aw, that's just too bad I guess"

Gray felt a bit relieved at that. Was it because her going along with Lyon reduced his chances of completing the challenge or was there something else to it? Lisanna got busy with something else and Lucy was now talking to Mirajane. Gray just continued to stare at her… He just couldn't stop!

"You know Lucy, the way he looks at you…you must be really special" Mirajane smiled. Lucy's eyes widened slightly and her heart skipped a beat. She quickly turned her head and followed Mirajane's gaze – she didn't miss the way Gray quickly turned his head away. Mirajane smiled and shook her head before leaving Lucy on her own.

Lucy began to fidget with her fingers with extreme nervousness, a blush adorned her cheeks. She turned her head slowly again when she felt as though his gaze was on her but again she found he had turned away. She wanted to see… to see the way he was looking at her… she wanted to know what Mira meant…

She opened her fancy sling bag and removed her compact from it. She opened it to reveal the mirror in it and saw in the mirror that he really was staring… Her heart rate increased and her blush kept getting redder and redder by the second. That look… it wasn't a new one… it was the same one she had been trying to judge for a long time – that same flicker of emotion she had found in his eyes a lot of times, only this time stronger.

'…you must be really special' Mira's voice echoed in her head. Could it be that that emotion was… no how could it be? But why not… what if she really was special to him just as he was to her? Could it be that he felt what she did? Could it be that all this time, that emotion she had seen in his eyes were ones of growing feelings for her? She didn't want to jump to conclusions but…

Eventually the guests began to disperse, it was already midnight. The only ones left were the Fairy Tail members.

"Now time for the REAL party" Cana said as she raised her mug of beer in the air. Gray smiled and shook his head as he clanked his beer mug with. Everyone gathered together and began taking seats on the ground in a circle.

Gray and Cana began gulping down their mugs one after the other with everyone cheering them on.

"What's going on?" Lucy asked nervously.

"The traditional Fairy Tail after party game – 'Truth & Dare'. C'mon take a seat" Natsu responded enthusiastically while patting an empty spot beside and Lucy obliged. Then Cana and Gray joined in with the empty, glass, beer bottle, courtesy of Gray and Cana who managed to finish it in a matter of a few minutes…

"Okay so, Lucy, I'm sure you must've played this before but just so you know, the mouth of the bottle means answer and the bottom of the bottle means question. Lucy's the newbie so I say she spins first" Mirajane suggested and everyone agreed with her.

Lucy glared at the bottle nervously before finally spinning it. The bottle ended up between Gray and Jellal with the bottom part facing Gray meaning he had to ask the question.

"Crap…" Jellal sighed, "anyone but Gray!" he complained and Gray grinned.

"So Jellal… truth or dare?" Gray asked with a devious smile.

"Um…" Jellal could feel cold sweat dripping from his forehead, "I am definitely not choosing a dare with you… so truth"

"Okay then. That time during the newspaper game, you didn't step out of the paper by accident – It was something Erza told you after which, out of shock, you stepped out. So my question to you is, what did she tell you?" He asked, in a more serious manner. It was noticeable how nervous Jellal and Erza were getting.

"Er…" he began nervously, "Um, I think I'll take a dare instead…" Jellal finally said.

"Aw man, that's NOT cool Jellal" Natsu whined but Gray continued to smile deviously.

"Ok Jellal, I dare you to tell me what Erza told you" Everyone began to laugh and Jellal was really in a situation now. A Fairy Tail Truth & Dare game was always honest… no exceptions.

"She…confessed" He finally stated and everyone began to cheer and the girls where even squealing in delight.

"FINALLY" Gray put in.

"Ooh so you guys are FINALLY an official couple!" Levy cheered.

"Gray, why do I get the feeling you already knew the answer?" Jellal asked with narrow eyes.

"Did you really think she'd confess to you before asking me?" Gray laughed.

"Yeah that's kind of true. Erza never hides anything from Gray huh…" Loke pointed out.

"OK my turn!" Natsu said as he spun the bottle. The bottle ended up between Erza and Cana with Cana on the question side.

"Truth or Dare" Cana asked.

"Dare"

"I dare you to… confess to Jellal in front of all of us" Cana said.

"Hey, isn't the Fairy Tail Truth or Dare game turning into a 'hey-let's-mock-Erza-and-Jellal' game?" Jellal complained.

"Too bad but you guys are currently the center of attention." Cana shrugged.

"C'mon Erza" Gray cheered her on and soon everyone was cheering her.

"Ok! I'll do it! Now HUSH!" Erza finally exclaimed and everyone quieted down.

"I…I love…Iloveyoujellal" she quickly said.

"Hey Erza that was not proper!" Lisanna whined.

"But I completed the dare either way so NEXT" Erza retorted.

This time Lisanna spun the bottle which landed between Loke and surprisingly Lisanna and Lisanna on the question side.

"Loke, truth or dare?" Lisanna asked.

"um, for now… I'm in the mood for some truth"

"Ok so… about Aries. We all know that before you met her you were this total playboy… so what was it that you saw in her that you never saw in girls you'd met before?" Lisanna asked.

"Um…that's a hard question… I mean, you don't see anything, you just get this feeling that she's the one right? If we go down to seeing then she's just like any other girl but when I was with her, I just got that feeling that they all say that said she was the one and that's about it" He answered truthfully.

Erza spun the bottle next and it landed between Levy and Gajeel with Gajeel on the question side.

"Truth or Dare?" He asked.

"Dare"

"I dare you to pull the ears of all the guys here you've ever had a crush on"

"Gajeel! That's too embarrassing!" Lucy said.

"Yeah but a dare is a dare alright?" Gajeel retorted.

Lucy turned to the others for support but they all had the same to say.

Levy nervously stood up and walked past Natsu, past Loke, past Lyon, past Jellal and then pulled Gray's ears.

"Ow!" Gray exclaimed, "wait… you can't be serious…" Everyone laughed at Gray's reaction.

"And…I keep getting the reality check that my younger step-brother always gets the girls…" Lyon said in an animatedly depressed manner making everyone laugh again.

Next came, "Ouch!" from Gajeel and all the girls began to squeal.

"Well I guess those two were the obvious candidates" Ultear pointed out and everyone agreed.

"HEY! What do you mean OBVIOUS candidates! Now don't tell me you guys linked me up with Levy too?!" Gray exclaimed.

"Gray…you're on EVERY girl's bucket list" Natsu stated the obvious meanwhile Gajeel and Levy were just averting eyes a bit uneasily. Next, Ultear spun the bottle which ended up between Lucy and Lyon with Lyon on the question side.

"Lucy, Truth or Dare?"

Lucy was much too afraid after seeing Levy's dare so she settled for truth.

"Um… okay. Since you're new, let's have you give your take on the guys. Rate every single guy here out of 10 based on looks and personality. Remember, in Fairy Tail's Truth & Dare game, honesty is a MUST"

Lucy fidgeted nervously…

"C'mon Luce, it's the safest question yet!" Gray cheered her on and she felt a bit more comfortable and it really was true, seeing the other questions and dares, hers was probably the easiest.

"I'll mention the names quickly and you state the mark"

"Okay…"

"Lyon" Lyon said jokingly.

"um…8?"

"Aww… okay Loke"

"7"

"Gajeel"

"6"

"Jellal"

"9"

"Ultear"

"SHUT UP LYON!" Ultear shouted angrily.

"okay, okay. Natsu"

"8"

"Laxus"

"5"

"Ouch…" Lyon sounded, "um…oh how can we forget…Gray"

At this, Gray's ears perked up, after all it was him they were talking about. Their eyes met and probably because of that...unlike the others, Lucy answer came at the speed of lightening!

"10" she blurted out and next she knew she was biting her lip realizing what she had just let out but it didn't seem to be a big deal to the others because seemingly as Erza pointed out later, "Gray ALWAYS gets a perfect 10"

"Not to mention Loke got lower points than Natsu" Lyon laughed and Loke fumed.

"Lucy and I just started off the wrong way" Loke explained.

"Yeah with you asking her out on her first day at school and she dissing you immediately" Gajeel laughed.

"Wow, so Lucy was immune to Loke's charm but seemingly not Gray's… interesting huh?" Lisanna teased.

"Hey how come the bottle's never landed towards ME?!" Natsu exclaimed.

"Me neither!" Ultear joined in.

Next Cana spun the bottle and it landed between Ultear and Natsu with Natsu on the question side.

"Fate?" Cana said.

"Truth or Dare?" Natsu asked.

"Truth"

"Wow…Ultear actually chose truth" Lyon thought a aloud.

"Ok um… One thing you know about Gray that most of us here don't"

"HEY! Why does the question have to be about ME?!" Gray exclaimed.

"sorry Gray!" Ultear apologized, "that he plays the guitar and violin?"

"He does WHAT?!" Loke asked with a shocked looking face.

"THAT is SO romantic!" Lisanna squealed.

"Another thing to add to what makes Gray so desirable huh?" Levy laughed.

Gray just face-palmed, "I hate you Ultear"

"Ok so how many of you here even knew about this little secret of his? Because I NEVER even had a clue!" Natsu said annoyed.

Erza, Cana and Ultear raised their hands and Lucy later, nervously raised hers.

"EVEN LUCY! That's so cruel Gray! I thought I knew everything about you!" Natsu said looking animatedly depressed.

"Back off man! You sound like a depressed ex-girlfriend!" Gajeel said angrily.

"Um, why is he so concerned?" Lucy asked nervously.

"Natsu and Gray are supposedly close friends on days when their little rivalry doesn't come up" Erza explained.

"Loke and Gray are really close friends too…" Lisanna pointed out.

"Forget those two! I'm his older brother and even I had no idea!" Lyon added.

"THAT'S ENOUGH." Mirajane finally interrupted the chaos, "Let's get on with the game now." And sure enough, everyone went silent.

Mirajane was the one to spin the bottle this time and it landed between, coincidentally, herself and Erza, with Mirajane on the question side.

"Truth or Dare?"

"Dare"

"I was hoping you'd choose truth though… I have something I'd rather like to know about you… well I guess tough luck then. I dare you to… confess something to each and every person I mention. Something you've done or known but never ever told them and never planned on doing so either." Mirajane finally said, leaving Erza a bit uneasy. What a dare to think up huh Mirajane?

"We've grown up together Erza, there's supposedly no secrets between us…" Cana said.

"I thought the scarlet demon NEVER refused a dare" Gajeel scoffed and that just broke Erza's hesitation.

"ALRIGHT! I'll do it" She said with an annoyed look that made the others around her a bit…alert.

"This should be good" Ultear laughed, something only she, other than Mirajane, could do in front of an annoyed Erza. Jellal just looked at her with concern.

"Okay… then, first off, Me" Mirajane began.

"I was the one who accidentally put your favorite teddy bear into the trash that time when we were in kindergarten" Erza admitted.

"No way! And the entire blame was put on ME?" Natsu exclaimed. Everyone laughed, so Natsu became the victim again.

"You were just the easiest to put in trouble" Gray teased.

"And…why are you smiling?" Erza asked curiously seeing that Mirajane wasn't mad, "that was your favorite bear and you never went anywhere without it. Shouldn't you be mad at me or something?"

"No…because I knew all along that it had been you but I just wanted you to admit it yourself. And surely a teddy bear isn't more important than our friendship is it?" Mirajane said and everyone smiled. Mirajane was after all one to make others smile.

"That's so sweet…" Lucy echoed.

"That's just our Mirajane" Gray then said.

"Okay! The dare's not over! Next…Natsu"

"That time when we went for the camping field trip in grade school, it was me who threw you into the ocean and left you there while you were sleeping. And I am NOT sorry for that at all."

Gray couldn't hold it in this time and he was laughing without a break, "That day was the most perfect day ever!"

"Shut up Gray." Natsu said angrily, "Why is it that I'm becoming the victim ALL the time in this dare?!"

"You know we had all thought it was Natsu's sleepwalking that led him there… Come to think of it, he had done something that had made Erza really mad that day, I can't remember what…" Lisanna said.

"and that night she had even warned him that the next day he'd wake up crying" Cana laughed, tears forming at the corner of her lids.

"Um, isn't that going a bit too far…?" Lucy asked shivering with fear as she imagined waking up alone in the middle of an ocean…

"Nope…not in Fairy Tail it isn't" Ultear laughed.

"Ok then, next… Loke" Mirajane said.

"I was the reason you weren't getting any dates for the winter prom three years ago. And I am not sorry for that either." Erza stated. Loke looked as if he had just seen a ghost. Once again, everyone cracked up. And Lucy just stared confused.

"Oh Lucy doesn't know the story does she?" Ultear said.

"I know this one. It was three years ago when Loke was this total Casanova… But on that winter prom ALL the girls refused to be his date. It was quite the show!" Lyon laughed.

"But why would Erza do that?" Jellal asked curious.

"Loke tried to hit on her and he ended up in the school infirmary for three days plus this little plan." Gray explained, still holding back his laughter.

"Gray. You knew" Loke said grudgingly. Lucy giggled slightly.

She really felt like she belonged here… She felt like she was part of these people. And once again, it was Gray she had to thank for it… She thought as she watched him laughing and giving Loke an assuring pat on the back.

"Um, ok the last one… let's see…ooh! I know!" Mirajane said with an excited smile, "I'm not sure you're gonna like this one Erza" She laughed, "Next up, Gray!"

"I'm not sure I'm gonna like this either…" Gray sighed.

"But I don't have anything to 'confess', I tell him everything either way." Erza said looking confused.

"Oh c'mon Erza… Think hard… something… something in grade school…" Mira tried to remind her and Erza's face became pale white.

"H-how did you know that?" She asked Mirajane.

"So it really was you!" Mirajane laughed and Erza went tomato red.

"Hey Mira that's unfair! Only you and Erza get the joke here!" Natsu whined again.

"Um…I'm getting goose bumps imagining what it is that you guys are saying and how in heaven it's related to me" Gray said nervously. Lucy was smiling brightly through it all. There really was no place more fun that Fairy Tail.

"C'mon Erza… confess it to Gray and finish the dare" Mirajane finally stated.

"That's going to far Mira" Erza said with a tone that could frighten anyone.

"Yeah… you're right… too embarrassing… specially for a girl huh? Okay I'll make it simpler. Just confess it to Gray. You don't have to say it in front everyone" Mirajane decided.

Erza sighed and walked over to where Gray was seated and whispered into his ears. Natsu and Lyon continued to whine about how even they wanted to hear it and Gray's reaction didn't make them any less curious.

"No kidding! That was YOU!" Gray almost jumped. Erza's face was still tomato red and all she did was nod.

"Ugh now I feel so stupid!" Erza began to cry a fake cry. Gray patted her head affectionately like he usually did.

"You don't have to. I think it was actually kind of cute" He winked at her and she blushed again.

"Exactly WHAT was kind of cute...?" Jellal wanted to know.

"Someone's jealous" Ultear laughed and everyone else joined in except Jellal and one other person who was more seriously jealous – a certain blonde.

The bottle was spun again and it landed between Natsu and Gray and much to Gray's disappointment, with Natsu on the question side.

"Truth or Dare… well no matter what you choose I'm gonna ask you to reveal what Erza just confessed to you so why bother choosing huh?" Natsu said with confidence but suddenly the confidence faded away…

"Oh really now…Natsu?" Came Erza's nightmarish warning and her aura was one not to joke with.

"Ugh give it up pinky. You've got no guts" Gajeel scoffed.

"What was that?!" Natsu demanded, "Okay Gray, truth or dare?"

"Dare"

"I dare you to tell me what Erza confessed to you" Natsu, with much courage asked.

"In grade school she was the one who put that letter in my locker" Gray said, Natsu just gave him the poker face.

"Wait I don't get it! What letter?!" Natsu demanded.

"You get to ask only one question loser" Gray retorted.

"Actually, I was the one who put the letter in your locker" Mirajane winked.

"Wait what?" Gray asked confused.

"Erza only wrote it." Mirajane explained, "I found it in her backpack"

"Oh you don't mean THAT letter! The one Gray kept so carefully!" Came Cana's outburst of realization.

"Wait he did what?" Erza uttered without realizing.

"I said I thought it was cute right?" Gray replied.

"Hey! I don't get it!" Lucy finally shouted and everyone went silent and stared at her.

"Wow… you look really interested Luce" Gray teased and Lucy blushed before crossing her arms.

"No. I. am. NOT." She uttered each word with a pause.

"Gray once got a letter in which an unknown person confessed to him and it was a really cute letter so he kept it. And today we got to know that it was in fact Erza who wrote it and Mirajane who put it in his locker." Cana whispered to Lucy and Natsu who was struggling so much to hear, didn't catch even a single word.

The game went on and at a point, the bottle landed between Loke and Mirajane.

"Truth or Dare" Loke asked.

"Truth" Mirajane replied.

"I was hoping you'd choose that. So, I'll just ask you what most of the people here want to know. Was there EVER anything between you and Gray? Or IS there?" Loke asked.

Gray face-palmed, "Yeah… just keep attacking me alright"

"Well, there sort of was… when I had returned to Fairy High for Christmas last year. I had stayed for like three weeks or so and during that period, Gray and I were dating but after I left… you know, the long distance stuff? So there's nothing NOW and come to think of it, our short relationship didn't really work out anyway. But I'll admit Gray's a great guy." Mirajane explained.

"Ha! I KNEW it!" Lisanna said.

"We all knew something was up with you and Mira" Ultear said to Gray and Gray just shrugged.

Lucy didn't know why but she felt a bit…neglected. There was nothing between them now but still, she felt this heaviness in her chest. Then a funny question popped in her mind.

"Um…I get that most guys like older girls but still…isn't it awkward dating a guy younger to you even if it's just one year difference?" Lucy asked Mirajane and Mirajane laughed.

"Exactly what type of guy do you think I am Luce?" Gray sighed again.

"Cut her some slack… she's still new." Cana said.

"Gray isn't younger to Mira or Erza or me, in fact he's older than you and everyone in sophomore class. Gray is supposed to be a third year but he missed a year when we were in primary school because when our mother died, he was a bit in shock so he had to repeat a grade." Ultear explained.

"He's like senpai for you" Cana laughed.

"That also goes to explain how even girls from third year are after him" Lisanna added.

"Oh…" came Lucy's response.

"And I'm NOT fond of 'older' girls." Gray added in.

Lucy giggled at that and Gray later smiled too. The game went on and soon it was already 2 am.

"It's pretty late huh?" Levy said with a yawn.

Cana sat at a table with Lucy, taking a sip of her wine every now and then.

"Why don't you have some Luce cause the way you're staring at me seems like you wanna have a taste" Cana offered.

"N-no thanks. Why do you drink this stuff?" Lucy asked

"Why… that's a strange question. I don't have to or anything. I just have a bit whenever I feel like it. But you know, they say people drink either when they're really happy or really sad because they say it takes the pain away… right now, I'm just happy I guess?"

"Lu-chan! Come over here will you?" Levy called out to Lucy and Lucy walked over to her leaving Cana, which is when Erza walked over to her.

"Hey enough of that" Erza said, pulling the glass away from her.

"Killjoy… anyway, you noticed didn't you?"

"Noticed what?"

"She was jealous" Cana said.

"Who…? And of what?" Erza asked.

"Lucy…of you and Gray and of Mira and Gray… peculiar don't you think?" Cana said.

"But I don't think she was jealous" Erza said, trying hard to remember.

"Oh come on… you probably didn't notice how she was getting all worked up." Cana said.

"Cana…I think you're just mistaken or something and why would she be jealous anyway?"

"Want me to prove it?" Cana asked with a snarl.

"How?" Erza asked, confused.

"Just watch…" Came Cana's reply as she walked over to where Gray was standing with Loke and Jellal. From the corner of her eye she viewed Lucy who she noticed was taking glances at Gray every now and then. She grinned slightly and then patted Gray on the shoulder; he turned around.

"What's up Cana?" He asked.

"I'm bored. Won't you ask me to dance?" She asked with a pout.

"Um, it's 2am"

"So what? C'mon" She said pulling him. He sighed and smiled softly. They took a waltz position and began to follow the music. Cana's eyes kept wavering to Lucy who was now seated alone at the table where Cana and she had been previously. Erza shook her head in disapproval but nonetheless she too was curious and so she kept watching. Cana then rested her head on Gray's shoulder and they continued to move along with the melody.

On the other end, Lucy sat with gloom… why, she thought. Why was it that despite all she tried, she still ended up falling for Gray? Why was it that no matter how much her mind told her it was too much of a risk, her heart was willing to take it? She knew so well that there was only so much her heart could take… anymore and she would probably never be the same again… she had changed, she knew…after that day when 'he' had broken her heart but even then her feelings weren't as strong as they are now. What Gray had begun to mean to her was a million times greater than what 'he' had. This was also why she knew that if it were to be Gray, a heartbreak would be unbearable. Yet, her heart still wanted the risk. She wanted him… she wanted him to look at her and only her…

Each time she told herself to be cautious; each time she warned herself to never trust, she realized that she couldn't avoid it – she couldn't avoid trusting Gray. She believed in him – something in her told her that he would never betray her but yet, her past wasn't letting her go on.

Lucy watched as they got closer… why did it have to hurt so much when she saw him close to someone else? Why was she so…pathetic, she thought. What did it matter if she even did love him so much? Would that make him return her feelings? No… it wouldn't. Why would he choose her? Why HER when there were so many others he could choose? Despite all this, that look in his eyes… she felt so much like they were those of feelings for her – at least that was what she would like to believe.

The pain was too much… why did she want so much for them to drift apart? Why did she want so much for herself to be in the place of the one he was dancing with? Why did it hurt her so much to know that he had, even if in the past, loved another? She had too… only not as much as she does him now.

Her gaze drifted to the discarded glass and the quarter-full bottle beside it…

"…you know, they say people drink either when they're really happy or really sad because they say it takes the pain away…" Cana's voice began to echo in her mind.

"…takes the pain away…"

"…pain away"

"…away"

Her vision began to blur from the forming tears on her lids, she took one more gaze at the sight that was the cause of her jealousy… and then at the bottle. Then without a second thought, she grabbed the bottle and the next thing she knew, with her eyes squinted, she was gulping down the bitter contents. She could feel herself get lighter…all her worries slowly… drifting…but so was her state of mind.

"Lucy! What do you think you're doing?!" Erza exclaimed as she ran over and snatched the bottle which was already empty, away from Lucy's grasp. Lucy smiled a big, but clearly drunk, smile.

"I-I'm just h-having fun!" came her overly exhilarated reply. She was drunk alright, no doubt about that.

Gray hurried over to where Lucy was with Cana in tow.

"What happened?" He asked.

"Lucy drank more than half a bottle…" Erza replied slowly and Gray's eyes widened in disbelief. Cana seemed to be enjoying this.

"Gray! Wait…there are 2 Grays…" Lucy began to mumble and laugh. Gray then grabbed her hand and began to drag her to the exit.

"H-hey! I don't wanna go home" Lucy began to whine like a little child.

"Well, too bad." Gray replied, a bit too harsh and quickly lifted her on his back and began giving her a piggy back ride out of the Strauss mansion and into the car. Throughout the journey there Lucy was a bit too silent for someone who just gulped down more than half a bottle. Gray made her sit on the passenger's seat and took a seat in the driver's before igniting the engine and zooming off.

Suddenly Lucy began crying animatedly and Gray, startled, quickly stopped the car on a corner.

"L-luce? What's wrong?" He began to ask her while putting a hand on her shoulder.

"G-gray was m-mean to Lucy" She wailed hysterically. My, my… a drunk Lucy was really going to be a difficult one.

(A/N: And CUT! Gray please take Lucy inside… she over drank to make this scene look as real as possible.

Gray: Well it was your idea… *takes stumbling Lucy away*

Anyway, I'd like for you to note that despite my dislike for filler chapters and filler episodes in anime/manga, I still ended up having a filler in this story which was the 'truth or dare' game because to tell you the truth, it wasn't necessary. So just to let you know, it was a filler.

SO! That was the end! Please DON'T FORGET TO REVIEW! The more reviews I get, the quicker I update ;)! Arigato gozayimasu Minna~! Look out for the next chapter!

NEXT CHAPTER: Tune in to chapter 13 of D2L – when no secret remains a secret and when the past becomes fruit for the future. When realizations stream down and confessions soar… it's really a chapter worth reviewing for :P!

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