A/N: Shorter chapter! I'm sorry! Please enjoy and tell me what you think!
Morning, Normal POV
Juvia woke up the next morning very confused. She had the most vivid dream that she and Gray had sex the night before. Lyon did warn her that vivid dreams were a side effect of going to bed high. She tried to sit up, only to feel something blocking her. Juvia slowly looked down, shocked by the sight before her. Gray was fully nude, laying on her stomach. Not only that, but Juvia was also fully nude.
"It wasn't a dream… JUVIA HAD SEX WITH GRAY-SAMA!" Juvia quickly covered her mouth, noticing her loud outburst caused Gray to stir in his sleep. "That means… Juvia did't dream Gray-sama told her he loved her…" She smiled slightly to herself.
Gray groaned sitting up, yawning at the same time. "Good morning Juvia…" Gray blushed.
"G-good morning Gray-sama" She blushed back.
There was a moment of awkward silence. Neither one of them knew what to say to each other. Gray took a deep breath, deciding to be the one to break the silence.
"Um... About last night... I want you to know I meant everything I said. And I know we were both... Under the influence. I hope you don't regret anything..." He scratched the back of his neck, not meeting her gaze.
"Juvia regrets nothing." She said causing Gray to look at her. "Juvia may have been high, but she was still well aware of what she was doing." She paused, "You didn't take advantage of me Gray-sama."
Gray let out a sigh of relief. That was what he feared most. He loved Juvia, and if she thought he tried to take advantage of her, that small chance he had to be with her would have been gone for good.
"So what does this mean for us?" He asked hopefully.
"Juvia is not going to be your girlfriend." She said bluntly causing Gray's face to fall."
"I understand..." Gray said sadly. Gray wasn't stupid; he knew it would take more than one night of passion to make Juvia truly his again.
Juvia sighed. "Juvia is willing to give you another chance, but not until Juvia talks to her friends." Juvia pulled up the bed sheet, covering her once exposed chest."Juvia has loved you from afar for a very long time..."
Gray couldn't help but smile at that comment.
"However, Juvia loves her friends too. Juvia will not be with you unless they approve."
Gray nodded, accepting her answer. All he could do now was hope for the best.
"By the way Juvia... You don't have to talk in 3rd person anymore. You have plenty of friends and people that love you. Including me, whether we're together or not."
Juvia smiled. "Juvia, I mean, I will keep that in mind." She said as she slipped her dress back on.
Juvia reached in her purse and pulled out her phone only to see 150 text messages and 57 missed calles from her friends.
"Speaking of friends, I need to go. Juvia's friends must think she's dead!" She said, remembering she had left without telling anyone where she was going and who she was with. When the girls found out she was no longer with Bisca, they were probably worried sick.
"Juvia will call you later with her answer." She said, quickly rushing out of the room.
Lucy's house
After the party, all the girls. minus Juvia, slept over Lucy's house as planned.
"Still nothing from Juvia." Lucy worriedly looked at her phone. "I hope nothing happened to her..."
"Yeah." Levy agreed. "According to Bisca, she was way too drunk to remember who was even with her..."
"This is my fault." Erza dramatically bowed her head in shame. "I should have been paying attention to who was in the group she went off with."
Suddenly, Juvia came sprinting into the room. "Virgo let me in! Juvia is sorry for being a bad friend and not calling!"
All the girls jumped up and pulled Juvia into a big group hug.
"We were worried sick!" Said Lucy.
"Yeah, we're just glad you're okay! What happened to you anyways?" Levy said, noticing Juvia was still in her party clearly had not gone home.
Juvia blushed deeply at Levy's question.
"What...?" Lucy asked, now extremely confused.
Juvia took a deep breath. "I have something I need to talk to you about. Please, have a seat." She said gesturing to the couch in front of Lucy's bed.
"She's talking in first person again." Lucy commented to the other girls.
"It's weird right?" Levy commented back.
"Stop talking about Juvia like she can't hear you!" Juvia glared at her friends.
"The 3rd person came back as quickly as it left." Erza teased causing Juvia to frown.
"Anyways... Juvia thinks she should spare beating around the bush and just say it." She took a deep breath. "Juvia had sex with Gray-sama at the party yesterday. That is why you couldn't find me at the party.
There was a long silence. Everyone was shocked from Juvia's confession.
"Well... I can't say I trust him." Lucy sighed. "But as long as you know what you're doing... I support you."
"Yeah." Said Levy "I just want you to be happy."
Juvia smiled, happy that her friends supported her decision. She opened her mouth to respond but was suddenly cut off by Erza.
"I HAVE A CONFESSION" Erza exclaimed, gaining the attention of everyone in the room. "I made up with Jellal. Well, kinda. Not really. But I kissed him. But I told him I would not accept him back until he earned your forgiveness."
Lucy, Juvia, and Levy all laughed.
"What?" Erza asked, genuinely confused at the response she recieved. She thought the girls would be furious with her. But then again... They weren't angry with Juvia either.
"You're so intense Erza." Lucy said wiping the laugh tears from her eyes. "You and Jellal have been together like forever. How could we be mad at you?"
"W-well... He was IN on the bet. And you guys are my friends. I didn't want him to be around if you don't want him to be."
Levy finished laughing and sighed. "Well... I am not at all happy with any of them. But after hearing them out... I'm willing to be neutral toward them for the time being. I want you to be happy too Erza. Besides... I have a confession too."
The girls all stared at Levy, patiently awaiting what she would say next.
Levy took another deep breath. "Well... Gajeel kissed me... And I momentarily kissed him back. I want to believe him. I want to give him a chance... But I can't get over what happened. I shouldn't even WANT to give him a chance. I've never felt more weak..."
"Well..." Erza started while sitting on Lucy's bed. "No lie... You got the worst of all this... Lucy the second worst, But Levy definetly the worst"
"How is my situation the second worst? Wait, nevermind." Lucy said, answering her own question in her head.
"I think I love him." Levy said sadly. "And I don't want to love him. I shouldn't love him. And for some reason... I kind of feel bad for him." Levy bowed her head in shame.
"Well I can understand that. Gajeel was guilty, but in a way he's also a victim to Lisanna... He didn't know about that video and was probably embarrassed. No where near as embarrassed as you.. But embarrassed. He's a pretty private guy"
She paused.
"I'm glad he has enough sense throw how this effects him at you though. This would not have even happened had he not agreed to the bet in the first place."
Levy sighed. "You're right about both of those things. What do you guys think I should do?"
"Juvia thinks that if you believe him and want to give him a chance, maybe be friends?"
"I agree." Lucy chimed in. "You be his friend and if it goes somewhere it goes somewhere."
Levy smiled and nodded.
"What are you going to do about Natsu?" Juvia asked.
Lucy rolled her eyes, plopping down on the couch in front of her tv. "Lets not talk about Natsu. I will be cordial with him if he's ever around since you guys decided to be social with them still... But I don't even know if I want to be his friend yet, let alone see where things go with him. With you guys, I can see that they actually care about you. But Natsu? I'm not so sure." She let out a deep sigh. "He literally fucked another girl, and when he had a chance to tell me the truth about her ant the true nature of their relationship... he lied straight to my face."
The girls stared at Lucy, encouraging her to continue. They were really interested in what she had to say.
"Had he at least told me the truth about him and Lisanna... I don't know... I would have more of a reason to trust him."
The girls all nodded, understanding where the girls were coming from.
Meanwhile: At Natsu's House
"I JUST GOT A TEXT FROM ERZA!" Jellal announced while busting through Natsu's bedroom door causing the guys to drop their video game controllers in shock.
"JESUS JELLAL!" Natsu exclaimed while trying to regain his composure. "You scared the shit out of me!"
"Sorry man, I was just surprised. I wasn't expecting to hear from her this soon from the party." He plopped down on a bean bag chair.
"Well what it say?" Gray said, pressing resume on the video game he, Natsu, and Gajeel were playing.
"She's officially giving me another chance!"
"I just got a message too." Said Gajeel, re-pausing the video game. "Shrimp just texted me saying she wants to talk..." He couldn't help but smile at that.
"I just got one too." Said Gray. "Juvia said she's giving me a second chance too... Looks like going to that party paid off! Nice going flame brain."
"They must all be next door. They're probably talking and came to this decision together." Jellal said thoughtfully.
The guys all nodded in agreement.
"What did yous say Natsu?"
Natsu looked at his phone. 115 unread messages, but none of them were from Lucy "I... Didn't get one."
"She'll come around... Maybe" Jellal said trying to comfort his visibly distraught friend.
"I don't know..." Said Gray "We may have agreed to a stupid bet, but at least we didn't fuck Lisanna."
Jellal suddenly got a little uneasy, but no one noticed.
"Shut up Gray." Natsu sulked, not even in the mood to fight with him.
"Girl troubles little bro?" Zeref asked, leaning against the bedroom door frame.
"Natsu... Who is this?" Jellal asked eyeing the stranger.
"That's just my brother." Natsu waved his hand dismissively.
everyone stared in silence and then turned there attention back to Natsu.
"I've know you my entire life. You have no brother." Gray said bluntly
"Whaaaat?" Zeref said offended. "I've been here since day one!"
Natsu rolled his eyes "I have a brother. You all know him."
"Um... okay?"
"Anyways little brother, what's going on? Need some advice?" Zeref said making himself comfortable on the couch next to Natsu.
"Ever since you married Mavis you think you're just an expert on relationships. Why aren't you at YOUR house with her?"
"I can't drop in and check on my baby bro?" He teasingly pinched Natsu's cheek just to immediately be pushed away.
"Go away Zeref."
"I'll tell you what baby bro. Since I'm feeling generous, why don't you invite this girl and all your friends to me and Mavis's beach house for spring break. That'll give you an advantage with little 'ol Lucy." He said ruffling Natsu's hair.
"H-how did you know-"
"I know everything. Think about it. Let me know." He winked and left the room, not giving Natsu a chance to respond.
Gray pressed resume on the video game. "Your brother is creepy bro."
"He means well." Natsu shrugged "He has a pretty good idea too... Since you guys are on better terms with her friends, I can invite you guys, them, and rope her in too! Then she'll have no choice but to spend time with me! THEN I'LL WIN HER BACK!"
"Slow down salamander. What makes you think they'll agree to all that? Shrimp wants to TALK to me. I technically ain't get a chance yet..."
"Yeah I don't know..." Grey chimmed in
"Don't act like spring break with them wouldn't help you guys too! Come on. If Erza, Levy, and Juvia go, Lucy will go too."
Jellal sighed. He had an odd bad feeling he couldn't exactly put his finger on. "Okay. I'll propose the idea to Erza and have her see what the rest of the girls think." Jellal pulled out his phone and dialed Erza's number.
Lucy's House
"Hello?" Said Erza, answering her phone. "Oh really?... You don't think that's a bit sudden? Hm... I see. Okay hold on, I'll ask." She put the phone on mute and slid it in her pocket.
"Who's that?" Asked Lucy
"It's Jellal. The boys have an... Interesting... Proposition"
Levy frowned. "Okay...? What is it."
"They're inviting us all to go with them to Natsu's beach house in Malibu for spring break. All expenses paid."
The girls stood there, mouth agape. They definetly weren't expecting that.
"Juvia will go. This is a chance for me to see if Gray-sama is serious."
"Hmmm, that's a good point Juvia. I'll go." Levy took a pause. "But only if Lucy goes!" She quickly added.
"Levy... no" Lucy put her hands up in slightdefense. "You know whee I stand with Natsu.."
"Yes... but this is a chance for you to figure that out! Plus a free Malibu beach house vacation with your best friends! Please Lucy?" Levy pleaded with her best friend.
"Well... Alright. But just because I want to spend spring break fith my friends. This is NOT for Natsu ok?"
Levy jumped up and pulled Levy into a bone crushing hug. "Yayyy! This will be so fun!"
Lucy struggled to breathe in Levy's strong embrace.
Erza laughed and pulled her cellphone back out of her pocket. "Wer're in." She said simply and hung up the phone.
"I gotta tweet this!" Levy said pulling out her phone causing the girls to roll her eyes. Levy always felt the need to document everything on twitter.
Back At Natsu's House
"They actually agreed!" Said Jellal while sliding his phone back in his pocket.
"Woah seriously?! I'll go tell Zeref!" Natsu said running out of the room.
Meanwhile: At Lisanna's House
Lisanna was lazily laying on the couch, scrolling through her twitter feed when she came across a very interesting tweet from 'ScriptMadge' also know as Levy McGarden. it read:
"Spending Spring break at a beach in MALIBU with the besties! Thanks boys ^.^ (I still hate you guys though #SubTweet)"
Lisanna knew, out of all the boys, only Natsu's family had a Malibu beach house. It belonged to his brother Zeref and his wife Mavis.
Interesting... Maybe I'll be going to my Malibu family's beach house this spring break too, conveniently in the same neighborhood as Zeref's.
A/N: Hope you guys like this chapter! Please review and tell me what you think!
I promise Lisanna is not going to continue being the antagonist of this story she doesn't have an evil plot to fuck with natsu and Lucy. She just wants her friends back and is actually sorry about what she did. But that doesn't mean other things can't go wrong...
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