I hope I did well with this chapter. Also, would you guys want me to sometimes do a Natsu POV? Please leave a review if you do. Also the writing style from here on out might be a little different compared to the rest of the story, more similar to my other story- Ancient Outlook. Also Juvia won't be speaking in 3rd person in this fic, just a heads up. Also finally to anyone wondering, while this takes place in the fictional town of Magnolia, magnolia is located somewhere (preferably the US) in the western part of the modern day world, so things and places from the real world might have a mention or two in this.

"Lucy!" a feminine voice urged quietly, with an air of desperation that would have usually piqued my interest. However, I was too comfortable, lying on a silky substance that felt oh so good wrapped around me. The past few hours were a muddled mess at best, and my mind was mush at the moment. Oh, what multiple shots will do to you.

"Lucy!" that same damned voice whispered, "Lucy get up, we've gotta go now!"

But I didn't want to go, it was so placating to just lie here on god knows what, the fan lightly sifting through my hair and causing little tremors to course deliciously throughout my body. Then I felt a little nudge on my body, which I paid no attention to. Another nudge, accompanied confluently with little buzzes of the same voice. Who's voice, I did not know, too tired. But whoever it was kept it up; kept nudging me, rolling me, even pulling my hair a little bit, all the while breathing down my ear different reasons on why I should get up. Was this my fucking conscious or something?!

Screw it, I couldn't take it anymore, fuck my sleep. I opened my eyes in irritation, surveying my surroundings for whomever had dared wake me from my beauty sleep. I saw ephemeral blue, and there was the face of my friend Juvia Lockser, frantically waving her hands in front of me, trying to get me to look at her. Her face was drawn into a frenetic frown.

"What?" I said peevishly, rubbing my eyes heavily while sitting up, the soft blanket pooling at my feet. It was then I noticed I was sleeping on the ground, what the hell?

"Lucy, we have to go now, right now!" Juvia said, "I know the plan was to sleep here tonight, but we have to go now!"

Something in her voice made me alert, "What the hell are talking about? Oh god," I put a slow hand to me temple, "just how much did I drink? I feel like absolute shit right now."

"We'll maybe get something for you on the way, remember I stayed sober, so I'll drive." Juvia said quickly, ushering me from up the floor and out of whoever's room I was in.

Slowly, the events of the previous hours came back to my head, spinning crazily as it was. Juvia had come up to me at school, asking if I had wanted to go to a party that night, everyone else already busy with other things. I had asked to check if anyone else at all could go with her, as I had wanted to catch up on some homework, even though it was a Friday. Unfortunately, Levy had homework, or hooking up with Gajeel, same thing really, Erza had a competition the next day, and there was a host of other excuses for all the other girls. When she turned up short in that department, she used her secret weapon on me, puppy eyes.

Now, you may be thinking, that's pretty weak of you Lucy, and also you're so pathetic. And yeah, you're right. Puppy eyes are my mortal weakness, but especially ones from Juvia. She could make anyone bend to her will with those pearls, what with her naturally curvy latina frame paired with lean muscles gained from years of swimming, combined with those dark, beautiful eyes made her look like a five year old with the body of supermodel. It was times like those when I wondered if I was Bi or not. Then again, the only one she gave that face to was me and a few others. She was a really shy person with people she didn't know that well, but once you became her close friend, like I had, it was a whole different ball game.

Shaking my head at the memory, I turned back to Juvia, who was now reduced to supporting my arm over her shoulder, stumbling slightly while she navigated us to where my car was parked. She carefully tucked me into the shotgun seat; aaah she was such a good friend. Through lidded eyes I perceived a mass moving away from me, then around the car, illuminated slightly by the one streetlight near us, and into the driver's seat.

Juvia slowly pushed the start button on the car, and to her obvious dismay, it made the same revving noise it always did, which is loud as balls.

"Shit! I hope no one heard us." she muttered. I laughed lightly in my half-inebriated state. This car had a powerful engine, it would always amp up when starting.

The car slowly was backed out, and Juvia guided us away from the mass of cars.

"So, what the hell was that about? I was pretty comfortable you know." I pouted teasingly, still swaying slightly.

Juvia glanced at me, both hands on the wheel, "Yeah I know, and I'm sorry, but you'll thank me later when you see all the Snapchat stories."

"What Snapchat stories?" I asked, noting the light grin she had on her face.

"Oh, just the ones that show the cops arresting a few dozen people for underage drinki-"

"What the shit!" I almost yelled, perking up immediately. I sat bolt upright, staring at Juvia with wide eyes so long she eventually burst into melodic laughter.

"It's not really that surprising." she said between giggles, "You know Aria Lancashire?"

I nodded, she was a junior, sort of tall, pretty brunette. I didn't know much else about her, but I had heard some rumors that she was rather... bitchy at times.

"Well, she was at that party with her boyfriend, Reef, he's also a junior. Anyway," and now it was getting even harder to speak for Juvia because of how much she was giggling, "she got piss drunk and passed out, and I guess her boyfriend got pretty smashed too. So he goes and hooks up with this other girl, and they, stupidly if you ask me, stayed in bed after they were done. Aria wakes up, sees them, and starts shouting fucking bloody murder, which is what woke me up. I saw her run through a hall crying actually." Juvia took a breath and turned the steering wheel before continuing, "I felt bad for her, I mean I know what she's usually like but she is younger than us and all. So I went after her, she was locked in one of the bathrooms. And guess what? I heard her calling the cops, saying there was some emergency at the party!"

Wow, talk about revenge. I didn't think she'd ever go that far. But, I did share Juvia's giggles. It was a rather comical story now that we weren't in any potential danger. I still did feel a little bad for Aria though, I mean, obviously her douchebag boyfriend cheated on her without a second thought. I had gone out with a few guys during high school, but the last one I had was maybe at the end of junior year. His name was Ward, and thankfully the asshole was in college now. He had asked me out a bit before prom, and I had felt a little pressured since it seemed like everyone else already had a date. I stupidly said yes to him, which was the worst fucking mistake ever. I really hate my luck with guys sometimes.

Let's just say he got a little too frisky at the after-party, as if I was ever going to sleep with him! The most I had ever done with a guy was kissing, and that was with my previous boyfriends. No, there was no one I had met yet who I could really be myself with, who adored me unconditionally, whom I could love wholly and them me. I know it seems like I have impossible standards, but I'll figure it out eventually. True love or bust bitches! Or something like that. Fuck it I'm drunk.

It also doesn't mean I can't get stupid wasted, which is probably what had happened last night. All I can remember is getting into a shot contest with this guy, I think his name was Bacchus. Now, you may again be thinking I'm stupid, but in my defense I usually went up against Cana, and no one can down shots like that girl. So, I thought had it in the bag. Maybe seven shots later, I was dead out, and that fucker was still grinning like a coyote. Thank god Juvia was there to take care of me after blacked out. She doesn't drink much, but when she does, it's a waterworks of tears.

Juvia pulled into her driveway, the house beyond a quaint little thing; it almost reminded me of a hut sometimes. There was a small garage that only fit one car to the left, an outward rotunda that gave way to the front door and to top it off they even had a working chimney that jutted out from the roof, complete with steady puffs of smoke coming out of it.

"Mmmm, what time is it Juvia?" I moaned through closed eyes, stretching and cricking my bones like a cat in my seat, "And why are we at your house?"

Juvia killed the engine and leaned back, huffing she opened her phone, "It's exactly 2:38 AM, and we're at my house," her face turned coy, "because I told your mom that you were sleeping over here tonight. We couldn't very well go back to your house without looking suspicious now could we?"

"I suppose you're right, do you still have my stuff from last time?" last time I crashed at her house.

She walked around the car to my side and opened the door to let me out. Then she supported me as we made our way inside, "Yeah," she grunted through exertion, "I've got your tank and some shorts, even those hot pink panties." she finished slyly with a wink that made me red. Oh no she didn't.

"Yeah yeah, make fun of me now," I grumbled as Juvia started to climb us both up the rickety stairs, "maybe if you were that open with Gray and told him how much you wanted to hook up with him, you'd be having your way with him right now instead of me."

I got the desired effect when Juvia reddened deeply, embarrassment practically wafting off of her like an aroma. She sputtered for words like she was almost choking on air and when she couldn't find any she took a deep breath to try and calm down what I could only guess to be her fluttering heart. She was putty in my hands really; one mention of Gray and I could string her along like a puppet master.

Ah Gray, Juvia's perpetual love, she told me as much when she first met me. Talked about how amazing lovely her beloved Gray-sama was, back when she was still in her anime phase. She still called him that sometimes, out of past habit maybe. I used to think it was just an aggressive crush, that it wouldn't last, but last it did, and I actually really admired her for it. She truly was in love with Gray. At first she was very shy around him, even used to hide behind things when he was near. But that had changed, and now Gray and her talked like friends should. Honestly my heart ached for her most of the time, she tried so hard to hint to Gray that she liked him, no, that she loved him, even made it a point to periodically ask him to dinner, a movie, coffee, anything really. Harmless stuff.

He rebuffed her every time, though I've been noticing lately that he's been looking guiltier every consecutive round. Juvia hasn't noticed of course. It's really routine nowadays, she asks Gray, expects a rejection, and goes on being wonderful to him. They both have mutual friends, and really are friends themselves. I just, never can figure Gray out. I'm certain he has a thing for her, he's just so closed off, like he's wrapped in a shadow that you have to rip apart to get through. I even asked him once out of irritation after yet another rebuffed date invite from Juvia, asked him why, if he was always going to say no, did he not end it once and for all? If he really closed off all contact with her, she might give up, but he always ended up back with her in different places, either at school or somewhere else. It was like they were two magnets who hovered just beyond connecting forever.

His answer had been very Fullbuster-like, he had simply scowled and looked off in thought and told me that he never wanted to hurt Juvia, but he wasn't sure whether he could make her happy. In short he was afraid, but he was too selfish with his feelings to fully let her go; asshole.

I sighed deeply, this was too much abstruse thinking on the wrong side of midnight.

We were in Juvia's room now, and she was shuffling around, tidying things up so we could sleep. My thoughts on her weighed heavily in my mind, mixing in with the liquor still running through my veins, making me want to cheer her up somehow. Then I smirked, tip-toeing up to her feigning heavy inebriation, and hugged her around her midriff while she was setting the bed, sagging my body on her back. I felt her still a little.

"Lucy," she said with a bit of an edge to her voice, "What are you doing?"

"Cuddling my cat." I sighed, hugging her all the more tighter; she was so soft, it may just be the alcohol talking, but if I was Gray I would have been all over her a long time ago.

"Oh no Lucy. I know you're half-sober now. You're not pulling this drunk cat fetish shit on me again." and she tried twist me around and grab my arms to hold me, but she failed ha ha.

"I will stop only on one condition," I slurred heavily on purpose for effect, "if you let me snuggle with you."

"Come on Lucy, cut it out." Julia huffed, slacking in my hold a bit, "This isn't freshmen year."

She was alluding to when we used to sleep in the same bed on a school trip when were freshmen.

I nudged Juvia down on the bed, falling on top of her and lying there, "Just this once, Juvia, pleeeeeeaaaseeee?"

I gave her my best pout, and, finally, she gave me that golden smile of hers, breaking under my assault. Success.

"Fine, we will snuggle, just this once."

"Ok, I know there's someone else you'd just love to do this with anyway." I answered; she blushed cutely again.

Juvia disentangled herself from my arms, and finished making the bed. Then she turned around and stripped to her undergarments; she was really shy with anyone but her closest friends. I was still tipsy so she carefully dragged me in with her. I guess more alcohol was in my system than I thought, because as soon as she tucked me in under the covers and proceeded to do so herself, I wrapped my arms and legs around her, tucking my head between her neck and shoulder, nuzzling her hair. I could almost feel her roll her eyes.

Juvia relaxed into my hold, aware that when I was like this there was no stopping me. She yawned heavily and then said one last thing with progressively slower breaths before closing her eyes for the night.

"You know," she snorted, "I saw the strangest thing today. Was at a umm... store... and saw... a boy... with pink hair... of all things... so strange."

Something snapped inside, and then darkness took me.

This will be interesting, won't it?

Right, how did I do? This is the introduction to Lucy, beginning her senior year. I really appreciate the reviews with advice on the writing from you guys,

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