Looking over herself in the mirror one last time, she decided that what she was wearing was fine, no point in worrying over what to wear when all she was doing tonight was going to see a play with a colleague. Passing by Happy she petted him on the head before picking up her phone and sliding it into her jacket pocket. Locking her door before she headed downstairs to wait for Sting. He had offered to drive her, which Lucy was thankful he had. She didn't own a car and hadn't really wanted to brave public transport to get downtown.

When she stepped outside she was surprised to see that Sting was already there, she was too used to Natsu being ten minutes late to everything. When he saw her he smiled and waved at her. Returning the smile and the wave she headed towards him.

"Are you ready to go see one of Shakespeare's best plays?" He asked opening the car door for her.

"I wouldn't say that, many believe it was Hamlet" she responded.

"And do you agree with them?"

"Well, I don't think A Midsummer Night's Dream is the best of his plays" Lucy answered before closing the door. Watching as he made his way around to the other side, she couldn't help but laugh at the look on face, he looked like he was pouting.

When he got into the car Lucy asked "So you never got to Shakespeare before you changed majors?"

"No, I changed halfway through it" he huffed "All the comedies and stuff were great but then we got to Romeo and Juliet and…"

"It's okay, a few guys in my class changed when Romeo and Juliet started, I never figured out why" Lucy said tapping her chin.

"I just never got it, the whole killing yourself because they person you've known for like four days is dead. That's when I figured out I wasn't cut out for literature. I found teaching kids how to kick a soccer ball much more fun" he said as he began to drive.

"You know where to go right?"

"Yeah, one of my roommates is an English major. She drags me and the others along all the time to watch the plays" he said while rolling his eyes.

"How many people do you live with?"

"Three others" Sting answered "Sometimes it's a handful to deal with them."

"Are they all in college as well?"

"Yeah, we all met in our first year and kinda connected and stuff. So by our second year we thought we should share an apartment, I think that was the worst idea I've ever agreed to."

"They can't be that bad" Lucy said.

"That's what you would think, but Yukino, the one who's an English major, is literally obsessed with Shakespeare so we always have one of his plays on the TV and if anyone tries to change she like flips out and says she's studying. And she does this like every night" Sting said waving one of his hands in the air while talking.

"Everyone has their quirks" Lucy said as she grabbed his wrist before his hand hit her.

"Oh, sorry" he said as his neck began to turn red "Anyway Rogue forgets to pay the electric bill all the time, so we end up in the dark for like a week while we try to scrape together enough to pay for and he says to not pay it, that he prefers to live in the complete darkness. And don't even get me started on Minerva" Sting finished as they pulled into the theatre.

"Ah were here" Lucy said before digging into her jacket for the tickets. Pulling them out she waved them and said "Now let's go see this play."

"Ok, I'm ready" Sting said before the two got out of the car and headed inside. Handing the tickets to the lady at the ticket booth, the two looked around until they picked seats.

"You want me to go see if there's any food?" Sting asked as Lucy sat down.

"Hmmm, if you find a concession stand can you get me soda?" Lucy said pulling out a five dollar bill.

"Sure" Sting said "But I'll buy it for you, it's only a soda."

"Oh, well thank you" Lucy said surprised before putting the money back in her pocket and settling into her seat. Feeling her phone vibrate she took it out to see who was texting her. When she saw that the message was from Natsu she couldn't help but wonder why he was texting her, shouldn't he be more worried about how his team was going to do? Opening her phone she read the message.

"Games about to start, hope you have a good time watching your play."

Smiling, she was happy to see that he had thought to text her. Even though her plan was ruined, she could always just tell him tomorrow when they went out together…where ever they were going. Knowing Natsu he'd probably take her to that new bowling place. He had been trying to talk her into it for weeks but she had always told him that she was not stepping foot into a shoe that some unknown person had been wearing.

The lights were beginning to dim by the time Sting came back, handing her a drink he said "I see I got back just in time."

"Yeah" she said "Now sit down, it's about to start." It turned out to be well down, except for when Oberon forgot his first line. Lucy couldn't help but think of what Natsu would've said about the costumes. He probably would've burst out the minute someone stepped out and embarrassed her. Still she would've had a lot more fun if Natsu had been there. Sting had stayed silent the entire time and she wished he had made some comments.

As they walked out Sting asked "You wanna get something to eat?"

"Huh?" Lucy asked in surprise "Uh sure, I guess you really don't want to get back to your roommates huh?" she teased.

"Yeah, you could say that" Sting answered "So where do you want to go?"

"The first food place we drive by."

"I take it you pretty hungry" Sting said amused.

"Yeah, kinda" Lucy said shrugging her shoulders, she wasn't that hungry. She had just answered the way Natsu always did when she asked him that same question.

The next place that served food turned out to be a McDonalds, so it was decided that they would just go through the drive-through and not suffer sitting inside with ten families. So after ordering they parked the car and handed out food accordingly.

"So" Lucy said after taking a bit of her burger "You've never finished complaining about your roommates."

"Really?" Sting asked, already halfway through his burger.

"Yeah, you stopped at Mindy or something" Lucy answered.

"Oh Minerva, she's a special case actually."

"Oh?"

"Yeah, I actually knew her before college. We went to the same school from sixth through tenth grade" Sting said getting a far off look in his eyes.

"Really, so I guess meeting up with her again during collage was great" Lucy said.

"Actually she was a total bitch" Sting said, his face hardening.

"Really?" Lucy asked, continuing eating her burger as she listened to the story.

"Yeah, she was mean to everybody. She saw everyone as beneath her because her father was the mayor. I tried to be nice and befriend her until ninth grade. She dated my best friend for a week only to break up with him and loudly declare that it was only a dare. He ended up transferring schools because of that. But then" Sting continued his expression softening "Her father was caught in the middle of an affair with his secretary. Her father and mother got divorced. Her father resigned from office because of the low ratings and the terrible publicity and moved him and Minerva away. I'll always remember how she looked those last few days. Her friends and the entire student body seemed to turn against her. I told myself that she deserved it but really I couldn't help but feel bad for her."

Nodding her head Lucy couldn't help but feel kinda bad for this Minerva chick, she knew how it could be when a parent was influential like hers.

"The when I saw her again I almost couldn't believe it. But then she came up to me and began to make a conversation and we just started hanging out. She's actually the one who I would be the least likely to murder in a fit of rage."

"Well" Lucy began as she shoved the burger wrapper into the bag "Roommates are kinda crazy, especially if you have three."

"Yeah I guess you're right, she's kinda crazy like the rest" Sting said before finishing his burger.

"I'll throw the trash away" Lucy offered holding out the bag "The trash cans right next to me."

"Huh, ok then" Sting said "You ready to go home."

"Hmm, oh yeah. In fact, I wonder if Natsu texted about how the soccer team did" Lucy said as she got back into the car. Taking out her phone as Sting began to drive back towards her apartment, she saw that Natsu had texted her. Unlocking her phone she read the message.

"We won! Gonna treat them to pancakes tomorrow morning but I'll go out with you later in the afternoon."

"So how'd they do?" Sting asked.

"They won, Natsu's pretty excited for sure" Lucy answered smiling at the thought of Natsu trying to control twenty some kids tomorrow at a pancake house. She could almost hear the call of plea that he would probably do tomorrow in hopes of convincing her to come and help control them.

Not much else was said for the rest of the ride, and when they reached Lucy's apartment building Sting walked with Lucy up to the door.

"Well I had a good time" Lucy said as she reached the door and began to search through her pocket for her key so she could already have it out.

"So did I, I hope we can do something else like this again" Sting said feeling his face began to heat up.

"Maybe" Lucy hummed as she pulled out her key and looked up, but what she saw was something she did not want to see at all. Sting was leaning towards her and his eyes were closed and his lips were puckered. Lucy began to panic, this was something that she had not think would've happened. This was supposed to only be a friendly thing, not a date!

Fumbling behind her for the door knob, she turned her face to the side and almost cried out in delight when she found the doorknob. Quickly opening the door she backed inside so Sting's lips met air.

"Umm yeah, this was a great time between friends" she said quickly before turning around running up the stairs, leaving behind a very embarrassed Sting.

When she reached her apartment she fumbled with her key until she finally unlocked the door. Slamming the door behind her she slid down the door. She felt so stupid, she had almost got kissed by a guy that was not Natsu and Will lives right next to her and if they had kissed then the entire school would've known by Monday and oh god.

Hearing a purr she saw Happy walking over to her. Scooping up in her arms she said to him "Do some guys just not get that going out somewhere with a girl you know does not equal a date?" Kissing the top of his head he carried him into her bedroom while scratching his ear. Setting him down on her bed, he instantly began to curl up in a ball. Looking over at her phone she noticed that is said that she had a message. Sitting on her bed she pressed play and wondered who would call to this phone to get in touch with her.

"Stupid, stupid, stupid" Sting muttered each time he hit his head against the steering wheel. Resting his head on it he regretted everything he had every done. He really should've known that Lucy had not felt the same about him or have any affections towards him.

A blind person could see that she had a thing for Natsu. But he had secretly hoped that maybe for once he could've gotten the girl. Maybe he should just drop out of school and become a priest; they didn't ever have to worry about getting a girl.

Sighing he turned on the car and began to head home with his tail between his legs. Maybe today the others wouldn't be crazy, but that would be the day. He was contemplating the benefits of becoming a priest were when his phone went off.

Grumbling he answered "Yo, this is Sting."

"Hey Sting, yeah I need a favor" came a melodious voice from the other end.

"Minerva? What do you need?" he asked suspiciously.

"I need you to stop by the store and buy a thing of ice cream kay, thanks!" Minerva said.

"What do you need ice cream for?" Sting exclaimed, and why was it always him running these errands.

"Well Yukino passed that wicked hard test she took the other day so we celebrated with ice cream, so now we have no more" Minerva said simply.

"Ugh whatever" Sting said tightening his grip on the steering wheel.

"Or am I interrupting something, is Sting gonna get laid?" Minerva teased.

"Far from it, I think I just ruined what could've been a decent friendship if I didn't have a dick."

"Oh poor baby, well then I guess we'll use this tub of ice cream to listen to you tell us about this failure of a date."

"Minerva" Sting warned as he turned into the store parking lot.

"Ok, ok I got Mr. Grumpy Gills. I swear I try to help you and this is what I get."

"Uh huh whatever, I'll be back in like ten minutes" Sting said as he got out of the car.

"With ice cream for your problems" Minerva added.

"With ice cream for my problems" Sting replied before hanging up.

A/N: Ok I just want to say before someone says anything about Minerva being OC just read the latest chapters, it looks like she's not a total bitch anymore.