Chapter 10

Levy pov

His lips brushed mine softly first then slowly they got rougher, more demanding. The passion increased with every second. He held me tight in a way that bordered both pain and pleasure. I knew he wouldn't let me go; Not that I wanted him to. Suddenly the assault on my lips ceased. Now his lips were sliding down my jaw, to my throat, ghosting down each arm, and each individual finger. He sucked on each digit right on the tip. I shuddered. I wanted him to undress me right then however the smirk on his face told me he wasn't done teasing me. I was burning inside for him. I needed him. I needed release.

?: "Levy!"

Gajeel: "Yah need to wake up short stuff."

His eyes still blazed with the heat of desire but now rather than an inferno it was a campsite flame. He still held me in his arms tightly but they now were gentler as though he was fading away.

?: "Levy!"

Erza: "LEVY! DO I HAVE TO BREAK YOUR DOOR DOWN!?"

I sat up with a jolt. How I had slept through Erza's tirade was puzzling but not a pressing matter. First I needed to make sure she didn't start a rampage in the dorm.

Levy: "I'M UP! DON'T BREAK ANYTHING!"

When I stood up books clattered from the bed. I realized I fell asleep reading again. I'd been telling myself I'd stop but I'm addicted to them. As soon as I opened the door it was obvious something happened. Erza's face was cold looking like she was about to rip somebody to shreds.

Erza: "Someone took Carla… they were trying to take Wendy… they broke her arm..."

Levy: "...oh no…"

I had no words. I knew Wendy loved Carla more than anybody. It was like if Natsu didn't have Happy. He'd be dead inside. I couldn't imagine the pain she was going through.

Erza: "We will get her back."

Erza's face showed so much anger I was afraid she'd destroy cities to get Carla back.

Levy: "Who did it?"

Erza: "Raven Tail."

Hearing that made no sense. Why would they take Carla?

Levy: "Why?"

Erza: "They got interrupted, Wendy thinks it was supposed to be her...get dressed we will need you at the guild."

Levy: " No offence Erza but why? If you guys already know why then why do you guys need me to go?"

Erza: "Rana's been having problems with what happened… she saved Wendy but wasn't able to save Carla and other than Wendy the next best person to comfort her is you."

I hadn't really thought about it but Erza was right. She wasn't the most sociable of people and other than with Wendy she didn't look comfortable unless I was close by or I told her to trust whoever was around at the guild. She was almost dependent on us for social cues.

I got dressed in a long purple turtleneck top with detached sleeves and black tights. I grabbed my light pen and the notebooks I had on Rana's runes as well as Gajeel's makeshift dictionary he gave me. Although he gave it to me well over a month ago and I'd read through it several times now, it wasn't much help. It was a working dictionary for conversations not rune spells so it was practically useless for my purposes. It was like trying to read a manual of occupational jargon with a thesaurus. Even with Freed's help I wasn't able to make heads or tails of the language.

When Erza dropped me off at the guild it was a quiet type of chaos. Mira was behind the bar nursing a lemonade while Cana sat in front of her talking quietly obviously just barely buzzed, not drunk whatsoever. Jet and Droy were back from their most recent job waving at me from across the room. Macao and Wakaba sat with bottles of water rather than beer. But the most obviously wrong thing in the room by far was how Natsu and Grey sat next to each other quietly without the usual fighting. It was eerie.

Jet appeared at my side after a moment.

Jet: "Did you hear about Carla?"

Levy: "yeah, um … Jet do you know where Rana is?"

Jet: "No, I heard she was here earlier and took off after finding out about what happened, do you need something from her?"

He was about willing to run to the ends of the earth for me I could tell but I hoped he would give me enough time to explain what I needed.

Levy: "I need to make sure she's ok…"

Droy had walked up to us while jet and I were taking.

Droy: "Do you want help finding her?"

Jet: "Hey man I was gonna ask that!"

I cringed when I realized they'd started fighting over me again. I never knew why they still bothered after I had rejected them. It never made any sense. After a minute of listening to them argue I figured I'd look around the guild for any signs of her. I figured anything I said would fall on deaf ears.

I ended up at the infirmary after a while. She wasn't anywhere else in the guild and I came to the conclusion she'd left already.

I opened the door as quietly as I could. Over the course of my search I heard that Wendy was still resting after Porlyusica set her arm and I didn't want to disturb her. That and I wasn't supposed to be visiting her yet, nobody really was actually. The old nurse had screamed at Erza earlier for trying during my search and I really didn't want to get caught. Unfortunately right after I walked in there she was.

Porlyusica: "hmf… why can't makarov's children leave me alone!?"

She just stared at me for a second then at something behind the curtain that I assumed Wendy was behind.

Porlyusica: "Take him and get lost."

She sounded irritated and annoyed like usual but I had no idea what she meant. After a second she pulled me behind the curtain. The sight was surprising there Gajeel was sleeping in the chair with his head on Wendy's bed holding her hand. I finally realized what she meant and I although I thought it was cute (I took a picture) I was fairly angry at him for not showing his face around here for three weeks.

Porlyusica: "He helped her when I had to reset her arm but I want him gone."

Levy: "Gajeel get up."

Gajeel: "hmmm."

I went up and pushed him off the chair after making him release Wendy's hand, though somehow the big lug stayed asleep. After a second a very evil thought crossed my mind I followed through with it. It probably wasn't how he imagined waking up but I admit I was angry and it was impulsive. I kicked him in the nuts.

hi peoples it's Vica again sorry it took so long to post again I caught Pneumonia during my finals week. Not fun. I was bedridden for a while after studying myself to near death. Thanks for reading.