"This is awesome," Ciel said in awe. He was watching Layla's class of older teenagers with Lucy. He loved how everyone kicked at the same time and were completely in sinc.

"I'm glad you like it," she said sleepily. She let out a yawn. She was tired and bored; a deadly combination.

"You stay up too late," he sighed. He moved her so her head was on his lap. Her legs were stretched across a few chairs.

"Get into your sparring groups!" Layla yelled. She always picked their groups on size and rank. Otherwise, friends would try to go together, and not all of them were the same skill level. "I want you all to take turns punching and blocking. If you're punching, don't hit too hard. We're just working on technique here. Gray, walk around and make sure they're doing it right."

"Yes ma'am!" all the students said. They all starting throwing punches at each other. Gray went from group to group to watch them.

"Whoa," Ciel said. Lucy giggled. She loved how easy it was to amaze him.

Ding!

Layla, Gray, Ciel, and Lucy looked up to see who entered the dojo. Gray rolled his eyes, Layla put on a fake smile, Ciel had no clue who it was, and Lucy smiled for real.

"Sting!" she said happily. She ran over to him and jumped into his arms.

"Hey, Lucy," he said, catching her.

"Master John," Layla said with a scowl. She walked over to the man.

"Master Layla," he said back.

"Do you need something?" Gray asked. He glared at Sting, who was still holding Lucy.

"We just stopped to visit Fiore's favorite dojo," John smirked. He actually didn't want anything. They were just passing through town and decided to stop by.

"Well I have some matters to discuss in my office, if you will follow me," Layla said. John nodded and followed her.

"Did she fall asleep?" Sting asked. He noticed that Lucy's head was on his shoulder, and her body seemed too relaxed.

"Huh?" she asked sleepily, lifting her head up. Sting rolled his eyes and set her down. She yawned and hugged Gray around the waist, since he was the closest.

"Why don't you go to bed?" Gray asked, putting his arms around her. She shook her head and buried her face in his chest.

"I see she still gets randomly tired," Ciel sighed. He could remember, on many occasions, carrying her home because she fell asleep somewhere, like the park or movies.

Sting looked over to Ciel, not realizing he was even there. His eyes widened. "Are you seriously sitting there?" he asked.

"Obviously," Gray snapped.

"Is that seriously Ciel, though," Sting corrected himself.

"The one and only," Ciel smirked. "You're the first person to recognize me, actually."

"What do you mean?" Gray asked. He didn't understand who Ciel was suppose to be. He thought he was just a kid that moved from Italy. He did know that everyone fawned over him for his looks, though.

"Ciel Willow," Lucy mumbled. "He's the lead singer of Black Willow." Her voice was muffled by his shirt, but he heard her perfectly.

"Really?" he asked. He only saw them a few times before on the Internet, so he wouldn't be able to know him if he saw him on the streets.

"Yeah, he's one of those druggies," she laughed.

"Lucy is a friend from home," Ciel explained to Sting. The day he left ran through his mind, along with Lucy's.

"Don't be so nervous," Lucy said, tugging on Ciel's shirt sleeve.

"I've never sung in front of this many people before," Ciel said, looking to the crowd of people in front of the stage. They were backstage, so he had a pretty good view.

"This is just a little festival for Halloween. It's not something you should get worked up about," Lucy reasoned. After singing the lead for the school play, he was practically begged to sing at the festival.

"The whole town is here!" No one showed up for the play except for the parents, so it wasn't as big of deal!"

"You've practiced this thousands of times. What is there to worry about?"

"My voice could crack, forget the lyrics, play the wrong keys on the piano-"

"Ciel!" Lucy laughed. "Rin, Yuki, and Kyo aren't nervous, so why should you be?"

"Kyo is doing a drum solo. He he isn't even playing music. He said he's going to randomly hit the drums. People will be impressed and think its an actual song. Rin is playing the bass, and Yuki is playing the guitar. They do have to worry about playing together, but anything will sound cool, so they can't mess up."

"You are singing and that's final," she said.

"Why don't we go back to the house instead?" he asked, loosely grabbing her waist. "Everyone is at the festival, so we'll be by ourselves," he said into her ear.

"Nice try," she said, pushing him away.

"What about after I sing?" Ciel asked.

Lucy pursed her lips. "Fine," she sighed. He smiled and grabbed her, kissing her quickly. "Okay, go get ready," she laughed, pushing his face. He set her down and ran off.

"Was that your boyfriend?" a woman asked, walking up to Lucy.

"Huh?" the blonde asked, turning around. "Yeah, it was."

"Is he going to preform?" the woman asked.

"He's singing and playing the piano, why?"

"I should introduce myself. I'm May Collins. I'm a producer at Beat Studios," May said. Lucy's eyes widened. "I've been traveling around, seeking talent. Anyone I should be interested in?"

"Yes!" Lucy gasped. "Ciel will be singing, Kyo will be playing drums, Rin will be on bass, and Yuki will be playing he guitar. They're all friends and very talented. Ciel can play every string instrument, percussion, and the piano."

"Maybe I can sign them a contract," May thought allowed. "If they are as good as you say, they could be a very popular band. Are they all as attractive a Ciel?"

"Did you just put attractive and Ciel in the same sentence?" Kyo laughed, resting his elbow on Lucy's shoulders.

"And you might be?" May asked.

"I'm Kyo. This is Rin and Yuki." He pointed to his two friends behind him.

"May Collins, Beat Studios," May said, shaking his hand. "I just might sign you all a contact. Lucy has talked you up quite a lot."

"Okay everyone!" someone yelled from the stage. "Ciel Willow!"

...

"So, what did she say?" Lucy asked eagerly. Ciel just came home from the festival.

"Lucy," he sighed. He ran up to her and gave her a bone crushing hug. "I'm sorry," he said.

"Wh-what are you talking about?" Lucy asked nervously.

"We have to move," he said.

"Then lets move," she said quickly.

"We can't take you with us. Just promise me one thing," he said.

"Anything," she breathe out.

"Be here when I come home."

X

"So what are you getting Lucy?" Mira asked Gray. They were all sitting at lunch, aside from Laxus and Lucy. They were both helping Layla with something.

"For what?" he asked.

"Christmas!" all the girls yelled at once.

"That's weeks away," he said.

"Gray, it is in two days. Today is the last day of school before break," Jellal said slowly.

"Oh," Gray said.

"What did you always get her?" Lisanna asked Ciel. She asked so Gray would get an idea. He would obviously want to get her something better.

"He didn't technically give her anything," Kyo said. Ciel glared at him.

"What did you do then?" Natsu asked.

"They-" Kyo was interrupted by Ciel's hand. Yuki tried talking, but he got the same treatment.

"They just fucked each other," Rin said bluntly. Ciel kicked him under the table.

"Are you serious?" Levy asked, blinking a few times. They were fourteen and fifteen during the two years, which seemed pretty young to her.

"Of course we are," Yuki said. He got kicked as well.

Gray was beyond pissed. He wasn't sure why, though. They were in a relationship, and that happened, but they were young. He also assumed that during Christmas wasn't their first time. Since she moved there around July, they would have only known each other a couple months.

"Gray, the bell rang," Loke said, shaking his friend's shoulder.

"R-right."

I just used a random name for Sting's master. I didn't feel like typing out a dragon name. I'm sorry that I went all Twilight on you guys at the end of the flashback. I SWEAR I DIDN'T MEAN TO!

I'm not quite sure how beta reading works. I understand what it is, though. I've never seen a function to share the story with someone to have it beta read. I actually made a beta reading profile, but I don't know what to do from there. If someone could help me out, that'd be awesome. I always thought it would be cool to beta read stories, so I want to try it out!

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