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Issues.

Chapter 43.

Lucy and Cana continued to drink while Elfman left the room to make a phone call. The rest of the gang watched TV, a little shaken up about what their bad ass Lucy had done a few minutes ago. Finally Lucy got bored and threw her book at Gajeel's head.

"What the fuck?!" he roared.

"Educate yourself" Lucy told him rolling around to lay on her stomach.

"How'd she make that shot drunk?" Jellal asked.

He was amazed at her coordination.

"Want to play a game then?" Cana asked.

"Depends" Lucy said.

"Game!" Wendy said sitting up.

"Not for little kids, sorry Wendy. Let's play Burning Dares" Cana said.

Lucy leaned up. "Now your talking, cigarettes kid" she said holding her hand out.

Wendy sulked giving her Nee-san what she asked for. How come she wasn't allowed to play? Lucy pulled out two cigarettes and sat on the arm rest of the loveseat so Cana would have room to sit next to her. She placed her drink aside before handing Cana a cigarette.

"Light anyone?" Lucy asked.

Juvia dug in her pocket and pulled out a lighter. No one thought to question why she had one as she threw it at Lucy, they were all wondering what the two drunken girls were going to do. Lucy lit Cana's then her owns and took a long drag.

"Ready?" she grinned holding out her wrist.

"You do know I was the one who suggested this right? Of course" Cana said doing the same.

They both reach for each other's wrists and held on real tight.

"3, 2, 1" they said smashing their cigarettes into each other's wrist.

Wendy flinched at the sight; she didn't want to play the game any longer.

"What the hell?! Lucy!" Natsu yelled concerned.

Lucy kept her poker face, same as Cana. Her friends looked at them with shock, what the hell were they doing? 7 seconds later Cana pulled her hand back and groaned.

"Shit!" she yelled kissing her wound.

Lucy licked hers to relieve the burning sensation also then smoked her cig again.

"I win" she said.

"You're immune to pain" Cana said.

Lucy racked her brain for a good one, she couldn't really think of one because of her drunken state. She looked at her cigarette and an idea popped in mine.

"Take a long drag from your cig" Lucy said.

Cana grinned, "that's easy" she said.

"From your nose" Lucy finished.

...

"You're fucking evil" Cana said.

Lucy only shrugged. Cana lifted the cigarette to her nose and sniffed. She ended up coughing and blew her nose on her shirt's sleeve.

"Why the fuck did she just to that?" Jellal asked amazed.

"That's the game they play. The rules are who ever pulls their arm away first loses and the winner get's to dare the loser to do whatever they want" Elfman said coming back into the room.

"And they do it?" Erza asked astonished.

"Yeah, if they don't that means they don't respect each other, it's a matter of pride" he explained.

"Alright, let's go again" Cana said.

They held out their wrists again and placed the cigarettes on them. This time Lucy was the one to pull back.

"Bullshit, you placed it on the same spot" Lucy hissed.

"I won, time to pay you back... with interest" Cana laughed darkly.

She looked around the room and grinned.

"Go high five Elfman's cactus" Cana said.

Lucy turned around and eyed the thing.

"Why the fuck do you even have that Manelf?!" Lucy yelled getting up.

"It wouldn't die" Elfman answered.

Lucy walked over to it and held her hand to it.

"No Lulu, a real high five" Cana said.

Lucy took a deep breath and threw her hand towards it but stopped and turned around groaning.

"Shit! This is going to hurt" Lucy whined.

She jumped up and down, shaking her hands and worries away.

"You aren't going to do that Luce!" Natsu yelled.

Lucy took a deep breath and turned around high five-ing the cactus.

"FUCK!" she yelled pulling her hand back.

Elfman, Cana, and Gajeel all laughed their asses off.

"She really did it, she really did it" Levy said.

Lucy gripped her wrist and stared at the spines that were in her hand; there had to be about twenty of them.

"I'll go get the first aid kit" Elfman said getting up.

While Elfman left the room, Lucy walked over to Cana.

"I have to admit that was a good one" Lucy said.

Cana nodded her head as she laughed.

"I should have thought of that" Lucy continued.

"It was funnier for you though" Cana said.

"I got to give you props for that idea" Lucy laughed lightly.

"That was good" Cana said.

"High five man" Lucy said holding up her spiky hand.

"Yeah" Cana said forgetting that she just high fived a cactus.

"SHIT" Cana yelled out gripping her hand.

It was Lucy's turn to laugh now, even though her hand was stinging.

"Fucking bitch" Cana said.

"I got your dumbass" Lucy laughed.

Turns out when Lucy was drunk, she was dumber than Natsu, and that was saying something Natsu thought. The truth was she wasn't dumber; Lucy just lost all of her common sense and became more maniacal.

"Ow, ow" Cana said pulling out the spines.

Lucy snickered sitting at the stool waiting for Elfman to get back with the first aid. When he walked in he pulled the extra stool from the kitchen next to Lucy's and started working on her hand.

"I'm next Elfman" Cana whined.

"Why am I not surprised?" he asked.

"Ah for a Safe House, this place sure sucks" Lucy said staring at the ceiling as Elfman pulled out the spines.

Elfman ignored her and continued to bandage her up.

"So, Natsu's gang... how long you here for?" Cana asked.

"Uhhhh" they said looking at each other.

"I guess until it's dark" Lisanna said checking the time.

It was almost seven but the sun was just starting to set.

"You got the plans all ready for our busting window plan?" Lucy asked rubbing her newly bandage hand.

"Yeah... I will sooner or later" Cana said sitting on the stool now.

"I think I'm going to take a nap then, all this drinking made me tired" Lucy yawned.

"Upstairs, second door on the left" Elfman said.

"I know" Lucy said walking out the room.

"Why your so obsessed with me, boy you want to know, lying that your sexting me when everybody knows, it's clear that your obsessed with me"

Lucy ran back into the TV room top speed. She tore the couch apart searching for her phone. When she finally found it and looked at the caller ID and nearly had a bitch fit.

"Fuck! Cana what do I do?! It's Dan" Lucy asked.

"Answer it" Cana shrugged.

"I don't want to talk to this ass" Lucy said.

"Then don't answer it" Cana said.

"But then he'll call again, and then he'll come find me! How the fuck did he get my number anyway?" Lucy asked.

"I don't know Lucy but you better make up your mind, that song's almost over" Cana noted.

"Fuck, fine" Lucy said.

Her ring tone went off though. She checked her phone, 1 missed call. She dialed back the number and walked into the kitchen. Already knowing the procedure she held the phone away from her ear.

"Lu-Pi!"

The voice echoed from her phone speaker and through the room.

"Hey Dan... no I was in the bathroom... uh huh... actually the thing is I'm not in Fiore at the moment... that's right... where am I? ... Minstrel... Yes I'm sure!... Why? Because my Father's not available at the moment so I wanted to get away from it all... uh huh... uh huh..." Lucy said.

"Who's she talking to?" Natsu asked.

And why did Lucy's voice suddenly get all high and cute? He had a bad feeling about this.

"Her stalker" Cana answered.

"STALKER!" Natsu yelled.

Lucy turned around and sent him a death glare. Elfman walked over to Natsu and slapped his hand over his mouth.

"Who was that? No one, just the TV... so yeah we'll definitely have to hook up when I come back... when will I be back? Hmm let's see... in about 6 to 8 months... perfect! I'll see you soon... no you hang up... alright on the count of 3, 1, 2, 3!... you didn't hang up either!... Alright for real this time, bye Dan" Lucy said hanging up her phone.

She started gagging and raced to the kitchen faucet to rinse her mouth out. Elfman took his hand of Natsu's mouth and walked into the kitchen.

"He bought it?" he asked.

Lucy nodded. "Fucking hate this shit though, every time I talked to him it's like walking on fucking eggshells" Lucy said.

She rinsed her mouth out one more time before getting a drink. Natsu cut her off though.

"Lucy, who were you talking too?" Natsu ordered.

"Another rule to add to the long list of things you're NEVER suppose to do Natsu, this has to be the most important one though. Never and I mean NEVER talk when I'm on the phone" Lucy said.

"You almost got yourself killed dumbass" Elfman said putting him in a headlock.

Lucy walked around them and reached for another water bottle in the fridge.

"What do you mean killed?" Jellal asked.

Lucy unscrewed the cap and took a long sip before answering.

"His name's Dan Straight" she paused.

"Dan Straight!" Gajeel yelled.

Lucy nodded. Gajeel broke out in a fit of laughter.

"Dan Straight, that's a good one" he laughed.

Lucy laid her head on the kitchen counter.

"Take it away Cana" she said.

"So basically Dan's like the most powerful underground person in our neck of the woods and he just so happened to be obsessed with Lucy. If Dan would have found out you were there, or especially if you were her boyfriend, he'd have you killed" Cana said swiping her finger across her neck.

"But then again, a lot of people in our club would kill Natsu if they knew he was Lucy's boyfriend" Elfman countered.

"That is true, but most of them aren't as obsessed as Dan, sure there maybe some but he takes it to a whole nothing level" Cana said.

Natsu and Lucy were forgotten in the kitchen as Cana and Elfman engaged into a conversation to see how many people would want Nastu killed at the moment. This made the perfect distraction for Natsu to finally meet his girlfriend. He picked her up and placed her on the kitchen counter.

"I'm learning a lot of new things about you Lucy, a lot" Natsu said gazing at her face.

"Was there a deal breaker in the things your learned?" Lucy asked with a smirk.

"Yeah, one Damn Straight" Natsu growled.

Lucy's smirk saddened. "His name is Dan Natsu and no, don't worry about that. I... he'd really kill you and I don't want that to happen" Lucy mumbled looking away from Natsu.

"And why's that?" Natsu asked grinning.

Lucy's blushed darkened as she leaned her head down and kissed Natsu ever so gently.

"Cause I like you" she said.

Like was more step closer to love. Natsu could accept it for now but sooner or later, he'd want to hear love.

"How'd you feel if I told you I liked you back?" he asked.

"Not as happy as I'd feel when you say you love me" Lucy said.

Natsu's eyes widened. "W-what? You're happy?" he asked.

Lucy nodded. "It gives me a sense of command on you, it's like I have this invisible leash on you. Every time you say you love me, the stronger the leash gets, you're totally under my command" Lucy giggled.

Natsu glared.

"One question though, I'm really your first?"

Lucy smiled and nodded.

"My first kiss, my first boyfriend, my first time" she said.

This had to be one of the most idiotic smile on Natsu's face. He leaned up and kissed his girlfriend.

"Hey Luce! Your kid knocked out" Gajeel called.

Lucy pulled away and looked to the TV room. Wendy was laying on the ground, all sprawled out.

"You going home anytime soon Er?" Lucy asked.

"Just about, when will you pick her up?" Erza asked getting up.

Her boyfriend got up as well and bent down to pick up the sleeping figure.

"Um... around 3 maybe 4 in the morning" Lucy said.

She pushed Natsu out of her way so she could jump down.

"Have Jellal give you my number" Lucy said picking up Wendy's purse.

She wouldn't be needing it.

"Will do Lucy" Jellal said.

Lucy got the sudden urge to sleep again. She stiffed a yawn and started making her way up stairs.

"Wake me up at midnight, we'll make the call then" Lucy said.

"Will do kid" Cana said.

Lucy was on the second story when Natsu was walking towards the exit.

"Night, Lucy" he said.

Lucy smiled warmly and waved.

"Bye Natsu" she said before entering her room.

It was currently 8 pm. The plan would start at Midnight, 12 am. Hopefully Lucy and Cana would be sober by then.