Sometimes Gajeel really hated being the oldest, a lot of his friends were a few years younger than him with the exception of Laxus of course and sometimes it felt like he was babysitting. He could always deal with Laxus and all of his snide remarks and teasing when it came down to it he was a real bro and he always knew when to tone it down and act like a grown up in public... Unlike these two idiots, it was common knowledge that you pretty much should never take Natsu fucking anywhere you want to show your face at again. But here he was, with said pink haired idiot trying to sneak snacks into his shopping cart. He was just like a little kid, touching everything, reading all the signs stealing all the coupons and to make matters worse he was holding onto Gajeel's shopping cart and making it unnecessarily hard to steer, Gajeel was annoyed but he preferred this than him wandering off and knocking over a whole display or something.

As if that wasn't bad enough on the other side of his cart was Juvia's pervert who had already somehow lost half of his clothing on the ride here. They were having a movie night, it had been a while since they all got together and that ended with him in the emergency room getting his face sown back together. Trailing behind them was Erza's boy toy. He didn't say much, but Gajeel preferred that over him saying something stupid. He knew him coming to the store was a sure thing, levy already asked him the day before and he planned on going right after work. He ended up coming straight to Levy's house for a shower because he hated going places gross and sweaty and now he was wishing he would have just dealt with it. Jellal was the only other person old enough to buy alcohol. But he left his car and Erza's so Gajeel was stuck with the errand. There were originally only five things on his list but levy sent him a text telling him she needed lady things and there was no way in hell he was taking Natsu down that aisle. "Can you baby-sit these idiots and grab some pizza without burning down the damn store?" Jellal gave him a pained look that was pretty much a "please don't leave me alone with them" but Gajeel was already on his way to the woman aisle.

Gajeel pretty much figured out it was Levy's lady time long before she said anything. Her having a back ache and wanted to be babied constantly was pretty much a giant be nice to her flag. She sent him a picture of the box she wanted but it still took him a long time to find the right thing and stare at it to make sure he wasn't fucking up. Knowing her he decided to stop by the bakery for ice cream cupcakes because he was sure she was craving something sweet right now. Gajeel wasn't a fancy drinker he was pretty content with just beer and it was only on occasion that he drank the hard stuff. The girls were already half way through a bottle of wine when he left for the store and Erza wanted some overly fancy girly drink that sparkled and shit. Bunny girl wanted to make hard root beer floats or something and it just sounded like a stomach ache to him. He didn't understand why the girls had to do all these fancy things to their drinks when simple beer could get them just as drunk without the mess. But if fancy booze made them happy there was no point in upsetting a bunch of women.

It wasn't hard to find the idiots he left in charge of pizza, all he had to do is walk towards the yelling and hope that their fight hadn't gotten physical yet. He felt bad for leaving poor Jellal in charge of the two of them, he was trying his best to break them up but all Natsu and Gray had to do is breathe each others air and they ended up fighting. "I'm sure Erza's gonna love wringing your necks when you break her boyfriend." Both boys paled at the thought of a pissed of Erza and Jellal let out a sigh of relief when the two suddenly turned into best friends. Gajeel did his best to ignore the fact his shopping cart was a lot fuller than it was when he left. He was only gone for five minute and there was a bunch of weird spicy food and various ice creams in there. He was too tired to fight about it so he just rolled his eyes and headed to the checkout. "I'm making you idiots pay me back for anything that I didn't pick up, so you have five seconds to put it back. And if you break anything I'm leaving you."

Gajeel really did hate babysitting.

Levy was in such a good mood, she just couldn't stop giggling. It must have been the wine she was drinking, Erza brought a bottle over with her earlier and thy had already went through the whole thing. Even though she wasn't the best cook she was trying to be a good hostess and ended up cutting up snacks for her guests, her older cousin had come to visit for the next few weeks and he just so happened to be dating Erza so Levy thought it was a good idea to invite a few people over. She knew it was short notice so not everyone could come but she was pretty happy with the small turn out and the fact Gajeel was being so helpful. She loved watching him cook even though it was just frozen pizza, Gajeel had to do his own take on everything so she was sure it was going to turn out a lot better than it usually was. She thought it was cute that they were wearing his and hers aprons even though they belonged to her parents, she wasn't good at cooking so it was rare that she was in the kitchen but Gajeel always loved to pull her in and have her help him make the meals even if it was something as simple as stirring things and cutting them up.

Lucy was in her dining room with Natsu making drinks and she could vaguely hear her telling him that he wasn't allowed to put hot sauce in anything. Juvia just seemed happy to be cuddled up to Gray, and he was trying to pick a movie that they could all agree on, but Natsu kept turning down all of his suggestions from the other room. Erza usually jumped in the minute she heard Natsu and Gray arguing, but she seemed way too occupied just being near Jellal. They had been dating for a few years but they rarely saw each other, so when they got together it was special. If Levy had to she would be putting the boys in their place the whole night, she didn't want to ruin things for Erza, but those two usually got so heated around each other that they didn't pay attention to anything else. "Hey Gajeel." He just hummed when he heard his name, it was hard to get his attention while he was cooking but she was sure he would be excited about this. "If Natsu and Gray get too crazy or break anything, will you take them outside and beat them up? I'll be really mad if they ruin tonight."

She could tell Gajeel was trying to hide his excitement at her request, but his laugh gave him away. "Anything you want Lev, just say the word and I'll murder them."

Gajeel couldn't help but be extremely amused right now, his shrimp was drunk, and not the cute I'm kind of tipsy drunk either. The I'm drunk off my ass and can't stop giggling drunk. Something about Bunny girl and her bar tending girly drinks had all of the girls drunk in no time and things turned into a mess almost instantly. At least Levy was a happy drunk, she thought everything was funny and she just wanted to hug someone and laugh at the littlest thing. He had been around a drunk Juvia more times than he could count and it was just tears and whining about every little thing to the point he started calling her a water woman. He knew he shouldn't have let Levy drink as much as she did. Last time was a disaster that ended with his room being destroyed and him fighting off Levy's sexual advances. But Cana was the culprit behind all of that, and he wasn't sure levy even remembered that night. Like usual Juvia was the first one to get drunk to the point that she started acting crazy, and Gajeel was glad that Gray was the one stuck taking care of her instead of him this time. After her third breakdown Gray ended up taking her home halfway through the movie so she could sleep it off.

Natsu was the next one to leave, Lucy kept trying all of the different drinks to make sure they were perfect and she ended up passing out before the movie started. She ended up taking a nap on Natsu's lap for a while but as soon as she woke up she started climbing all over him and purring. Gajeel really didn't know what the fuck that was about, he was doing his best to ignore it. Even though it was funny seeing Natsu embarrassed like that, he wasn't about to let anything happened that involved him seeing any part of Natsu he didn't want to see, so he offered to take them home. Apparently the whole time he was gone Erza had been shoving drinks down Levy's throat because when he came back she was a giggling mess, Erza was the exact opposite though, the more drunk she got the more hostile she seemed to be and Jellal didn't seem to be phased by it. He remembered a story from Jet and Droy that Erza was a crazy drunk, and had beat them up one time. He thought it was a bullshit excuse to just not show up tonight but Gajeel had a feeling he was going to find out the hard way and was glad Jellal was there to take Erza away the minute she decided to get crazy. Levy was drunk to the point that she decided to throw all modesty out the window, she was straddling his lap and cuddled up to him the way she did when they were usually alone. She either forgot that they still have company or she just didn't care, either way he would have thought she was asleep if it wasn't for all the giggling she was doing.

At this point Gajeel was the only one still trying to watch the movie, but if you asked him he couldn't tell you what it was about. Erza was pouting with her head on Jellal's lap complaining about them not being cute enough. Gajeel wasn't one for gossip, but he knew Erza and her boyfriend had a long distance relationship and no matter how much talking they did it was hard to just suddenly be intimate with someone. Sex was one thing, it happened behind closed doors and most of the time people parted ways afterward. It took him a long time to understand what true intimacy was, and it was a lot better than just meaninglessly rolling around with a random person. It was really hard to pay attention to the movie between Erza's whining and the fact Levy kept poking him in the ribs and stealing kisses. He didn't think anyone could get this hammered off of root beer and ice cream, but Levy had about three that he knew of and it hit her like a train. "Gajeel!? Why are you so muscly? You're all strong and stuff but you eat like a pig!"

"Oi, shrimp I know you ain't talking, you ate just as much as I did." He didn't know how someone as tiny as levy managed to put away the better part of a pizza. He was glad she wasn't the type of girl to nibble on a salad and pretend like she didn't like food. But she matched him slice for slice and he overdid it just to prove a point. That pizza was supposed to last them the whole weekend but it looked like they would either be eating out or ordering in tomorrow since all that was left was a grease stain and a memory of delicious cheese. It was nice to be spending the weekend at her house for a change. It was quiet, no annoying cat running around all hours of the night. No annoying brother not knocking, no annoying mom to try to pry into his relationship. He was ignoring the fact that they still had guests, to him it was just him and Levy, just how he liked it. Her parents were even gone for the weekend thanks to him, he passed along the reservations to some swanky hotel to kin. The envelope magically appeared on his bed one night when he got off of work and knew he wouldn't hear the end of it if he rejected them. So he passed them along to someone who actually needed it. Kin would be heading back to base soon, and Lana was at the point in her pregnancy where she didn't feel the greatest, so the gift would be better used by them.

Kin was a little suspicious at first wondering why Gajeel wanted to get rid of them for a few days, but when Gajeel asked him if he preferred him take his daughter away on a romantic weekend, kin stopped complaining. He made sure it was okay with levy first before giving them away, just cause he hated the thought of some overpriced hotel full of fake romance didn't mean she did. But she seemed just as bored of the idea as he did. Shit like couple massages and sitting in a hot tub a million people have probably fucked in just didn't sound like something either one of them would be into. Especially when they could do the same shit at home and massaging each other was a lot more intimate than having a stranger feel you up. He had been doing his best to give Levy all the back and shoulder rubs she wanted all week, he knew how uncomfortable she was and it was the least he could do to make her feel better.

Gajeel really needed to take Levy to bed and soon, if this was anything like last time he had all of five minutes before she turned into a pervert. And he was sure that would be traumatizing to at least one of their guests. "Hey, you think you can handle her like that? I need to take this one to bed and she's not going to stay there without a fight." Even though Jellal said he was fine, Gajeel wasn't going to make any promises about coming to help him if he heard any screams. He didn't want to walk in on anything as a misunderstanding. So he just took Levy to bed and decided he would clean up in the morning, it would be hard to do anything with her clinging to him like a monkey. Now it was just a matter of getting her off.

I had to split this chapter in two. I mentioned the last time Levy was drunk and the next chapter is all about that. So hopefully I can get it done soon.