Before he could think more on this, there was a loud knock on the door.

Levy looked up at the Dragon Slayer and sighed. She had forgotten for Lucy's mission she would need her glasses, which she left here last night. Honestly, she didn't think that she would be in this situation where she would need to worry about this, but here she was. Quickly getting out of bed, Levy threw on her robe and went to the front door. As soon as she opened the door she smiled at her best friend and blushed at the questioning look on her face.

"Uhm… Did I interrupt something? If I did I can come back Levy." She says with a mischievous grin on her face.

Levy shook her head, feeling the blush intensify on her cheeks. "No you don't need to come back, here's your glasses. That's why I assume you came all this way anyway." She says with a small smile. She knew that she would have a lot of explaining to do later, but at the moment she didn't care. She would tell Lucy all about it when she got back from her mission.

Lucy looked at Levy questioningly. "Why would you assume I need my glasses? I haven't even told you I needed them." She says as she looks at the script mage. Something here didn't add up in Lucy's mind now that she thought of it. Why wouldn't Levy have seen that job request and taken it? Now she knew why I was coming over before I could tell her…

Levy's eyes widened as she realized she had forgotten Lucy hadn't told her about the mission that she was going on. She looks at her best friend nervously and smiles. "Well no one goes around without their glasses. Normally you don't leave them here either. So when I heard a knock on the door I assumed it was you coming to get them back. Do you need them for something?" She asked curiously.

Lucy nodded and smiled to the script mage, giving her a wink before putting on her glasses. "I'm going on a mission… With Laxus." She says grinning from ear to ear. "I picked the request off of the board this morning. It looked like something that was right up your alley but I just couldn't resist." She rambles on before embracing her happily. "So while I have a fun time on my mission, you can have a fun time with that Dragon Slayer that I bet is in your bedroom." After all of these years, the two of them have finally realized their feelings for each other and gotten together. It was one of the most beautiful things that Lucy had heard. She hoped that it worked out for them. "I'm happy for the two of you… I think I've been waiting for the two of you to get together as long as you have." She says with a smile.

Levy smiled and gave Lucy a big hug before nodding. "Thanks Lu, it really means a lot." She says before letting go of her best friend, watching as she walked away. Levy heard footsteps behind her as she closed the door, followed by a pair of strong muscular arms wrapping around her petite waist. Levy smiles up at the Dragon Slayer and gives him a quick peck on the cheek before she locks the front door. "No more distractions." She says before turning in Gajeel's arms, snaking her arms around his neck.

"That's what I like to hear Shrimp." The Dragon Slayer says with a small smile before picking her up and taking her back to the bedroom.

Once Natsu's stomach had had enough, he pushed away from the bar with a smile on his face. After eating his body and mind felt ready to deal with the task at hand; figuring out why Lucy has been acting so strange lately.

"I didn't think you were ever going to be done eating flame brain… come on we gotta get to Lucy's before she leaves on her mission." Gray starts walking out of the guild hall, leaving the Fire Dragon Slayer behind him. He wasn't going to wait any longer on the idiot that was behind him. Even though he didn't care as much as Natsu about what Lucy was up to, he couldn't help but be a little curious as to why he hasn't seen her around the guild hall.

"Oh shut up Snowflake, we will get there in plenty of time." He says with a small grin. "The mission isn't even that difficult. All she has to do is read some books for some guy. She won't leave until tonight."

Gray rolled his eyes at the confident look on Natsu's face. Although the look annoyed him to no end, Natsu was usually right when it came to Lucy. It made Gray wonder if the two of them were supposed to be mates, but he doubted Natsu even knew what that meant yet.

Reaching her apartment, the two wizards got in the only way they seemed to know how; through the window. Landing on Lucy's bed, the two of them see that she has most of her stuff packed on her bed, but there was no sign of the Celestial Wizard anywhere.

"Where do you think she is? All of her stuff is here, but it smells like she hasn't been here for a while." Natsu observed as he looked around her room before stepping out into the living area, spotting something on the couch.

Gray shrugs, not noticing that Natsu had walked out of her room. "I don't know, maybe she went to go and get some stuff for her mission-Hey! What the hell do you think you're doing?" Gray had turned around and caught Natsu sniffing a shirt that was laying on the couch. He could tell from this distance that it didn't belong to Lucy, but that didn't give the idiot permission to get all handsy with the stuff in her apartment.

"It smells… Just like Lucy did this morning… But it's not her scent." He says as he keeps sniffing the shirt, for the life of him he couldn't think of who this smelled like; but it was so familiar at the same time.

Gray's eyes widened as he took a good look at the shirt, he had seen it enough on a certain Lightning Dragon Slayer to recognize it. Besides his purple button up shirts, this was one of the favorites he liked to wear. How in the hell had Natsu not noticed? It could've also been the fact that Gray sometimes paid a little too much attention to the Lightning Dragon Slayer, since he was just getting over a small crush that he may or may not have had on him. "How in the hell do you not know whose that is? It's Laxus' shirt you idiot!"

"LAXUS?!" Natsu yelled as he looked at the shirt, realizing that the ice mage next to him was right. How had he not been able to pick up on his scent before? Was it because it was mixed so well with Lucy's? "What in the hell is his shirt doing here? Is that why Lucy's house smells funny?" Natsu asked as he looked at Gray.

"What in the hell are you talking about ash for brains, her house smells like it always does. I don't know why it's here but it's really not any of our business now is it? This is Lucy's house after all. " He says as he looks around. Everything was the same in the house, Natsu was just probably losing his mind. Gray looked down at the shirt once again, wondering what was going on between Lucy and the Lightning Dragon Slayer.

"Besides, what or who she does with her personal time isn't our business unless it's endangering her in any way. I don't think Laxus being here without a shirt is anything out of the ordinary when he's with a girl." Gray rolls his eyes as he watches the Fire Dragon Slayer. He could tell he was getting angrier by the second.

"If he put one hand on here I swear I'll beat him into a bloody pulp!" He glares down at the shirt, angered by its presence in Lucy's house.

"Hey let's not go making threats we can't deliver. We both know that you may be strong, but you're not as strong as Laxus dude… it'd be best just to stay out of-"

"What in the hell are you two doing here!?" Lucy hollers at the two wizards, immediately making them stop bickering and look at her.

As Lucy walked away from Levy's apartment, she couldn't help but smile at the way that things turned out for the both of them. Levy's relationship with Gajeel was definitely taking a few steps in the right direction. Hopefully hers would be going the same way soon. She was hoping that this mission would bring them even closer together, maybe even make someone realize his feelings for a certain Celestial Wizard.

A girl can dream can't she? Having the Laxus Dreyar all to myself, it sounds like a dream come true… What's that noise coming from my apartment? Lucy's thoughts of love and romance immediately vanished from her mind as she heard the sound of people in her house while she's not home. It's not like it wasn't normal for her team to come barging in, but they at least had the courtesy to wait until she was home to do so… Most of the time…

As she unlocked the door to her apartment, the noises became clearer. Natsu and Gray were standing in her apartment bickering about something that they were holding in their hands. Lucy's eyes widened as she noticed it was one of Laxus' shirts that he must have left here one night. It was a good thing that it wasn't a shirt with the Fairy Tail logo, she wasn't sure if she was ready to confront the boys on who she was secretly sleeping with.

"What in the hell are you two doing here?" Lucy hollers at the two wizards, immediately making them stop bickering and look at her.

"Uhm well… You see here…" Gray starts to speak, but was interrupted by Natsu the second he took a breath.

"We were coming to see what's been up with you lately. You never hang out with us anymore and you smell all funny… Your house does too now that I think about it. Do you have a boyfriend or something that you're not telling us about?" Natsu asked as he walked up to her. "Whose shirt is this anyway?" Natsu thought he had the answer to every one of her questions already, he had caught her red handed.

Lucy wasn't sure how to react to Natsu's questions, since he asked them so quickly. He looked agitated, it didn't suit him very well. "First of all it's none of your business whose shirt it is. This is my house and you two were the ones that decided to make yourselves at home. Second of all, why does it matter if I have a boyfriend? Not that I do." She says as she looks between the two boys. It was a good thing that Laxus hadn't shown up right now, she wasn't sure how he would react to this.

Gray sighs and looks at Lucy. "Lucy… We're just worried about you. Natsu said that you've been acting different, even smelling different and we were worried. We know whose shirt this is… What's going on between you and Laxus?"

Lucy's heart stopped… She wasn't sure that she was ready to handle this. She knew that the boys would try to stop them from being together. It wasn't like they were together in the first place, Lucy had to keep that in mind. "Well… Do you remember when you guys went on that bullshit mission a week ago?"

Both boys nod, waiting for her to continue. "We hooked up the night of the Fairy Tail party you guys missed. We have been seeing each other ever since." She says as she looks at the two of them, anxiously awaiting their reactions.

"Has he been seeing you exclusively? Or have there been more? This is Laxus we're talking about." Natsu asked bluntly. Lucy was shocked at what the Fire Dragon Slayer said. It infuriated her at how little he thought of Laxus. Although he could see where his concern came from.

"From what I know it was only me… It seems like I didn't leave his side pretty much this whole week…" Lucy said as she looked at the two of them, hoping to shut them up. Gray looked at her apologetically while Natsu's face hadn't changed. Lucy looked at him for a long time, hoping to get him to get that glare off of his face.

Lucy rolled her eyes before she shook her head, finally deciding to continue. "I know that you're worried about me… but I can take care of myself. If I want to have fun with Laxus then so be it. It's not like I'm dating him or anything. He doesn't see me that way." She says, her voice faltering.

Gray looked at her questioningly. "Does that mean that you do see him in that way? Do you have feelings for him Lucy?"

Lucy couldn't look at Gray when she spoke. "It doesn't matter whether I do or not… There's no way that he could feel the same way back. I mean… This is Laxus Dreyar we're talking about. He couldn't like me that way." She shrugs and sighs, finally looking up to the boys. "Now if you'll excuse me… I have a mission I have to get ready for." She says before going to her bedroom, shutting her door.

The two boys look at each other and sigh, knowing that they should apologize for being so intrusive. Natsu was the first to start walking toward her door, but was stopped by her voice. "I know you guys mean well.. you don't need to say sorry… There's some food in the fridge if you want it before you leave."

"We'll see you when you get back Lucy!" Natsu says before walking towards the door. Gray sighs androlled his eyes, hoping that Lucy wasn't too mad at them before following the flame brain out the door.

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I can't believe I can't stop thinking about her… Maybe that damned metal head was right… Laxus was laying in his bed trying not to think about the blonde haired beauty he was about to go on a mission with. Was Lucy really his mate? He couldn't believe it, he almost didn't want to believe it; but the way that she made him feel was completely out of this world. He could get intoxicated on her scent alone, she was the perfect .

Another thing that he couldn't stop thinking about was the text that she had sent him after they left the guild. Hey Mr. Dragon Slayer(; I think you should wear that outfit A LOT more often… I love it(; He couldn't believe that she liked the way he looked today. He had literally gotten out of bed, put his glasses and shoes on, and walked to the guild. He looked like a train wreck but Lucy thought it was sexy.

She's just full of surprises… She'll always keep me on my toes I guess. Little did Lucy know, the Lightning Dragon Slayer had a little surprise for her over this mission. He had booked the nicest hotel in the city for an extra few days after they were done with the mission to have some alone time together. He had a lot planned for the two of them. He smiled at the thought of him spoiling her on this mission, hoping that she would see that he's changed. Laxus smiled at the thought of all the things he had planned, he couldn't wait to get things started.

He was so excited to see her, he decided to grab his stuff and head down to his car. He didn't want to wait around his house alone when he could be with her. He smiled just thinking about being around her again; her small arms wrapping around his big body, her smile that seemed to light up his dark day, and her scent that intoxicated him for hours.

It felt like forever to the Lightning Dragon Slayer to get to Lucy's house. Once he was there, he parked and started to get out of the car. It was then that Laxus realized that there were more people than Lucy in her house. From the smell of it, it was her idiot friends Natsu and Gray. Laxus sighed and rolled his eyes before going up to the door, about to break up their little party before he started to listen in.

"I know that you're worried about me… but I can take care of myself. If I want to have fun with Laxus then so be it. It's not like I'm dating him or anything. He doesn't see me that way." He heard her say, she sounded so disappointed. It broke Laxus heart into a million pieces.

"Does that mean that you do see him in that way? Do you have feelings for him Lucy?" It sounded like Gray was the one to say that, wanting to know the answer as much as him.

What he heard next left him completely speechless. He wasn't sure what to think. "It doesn't matter whether I do or not… There's no way that he could feel the same way back. I mean… This is Laxus Dreyar we're talking about. He couldn't like me that way. There's no way that he could, Laxus doesn't date remember? Not only that, why would he choose me? Out of all the women in the guild, there's no way he could have feelings for one of the average girls in Fairy Tail."

Laxus gasped and ran a hand through his hair… Was that what Lucy really thought of him? "Now if you'll excuse me… I have a mission I have to get ready for." She says before going somewhere, he assumed her room and shut the door. Laxus sighed and looked down, wondering what he was supposed to say to her after hearing that.

But he knew one thing for sure, he was going to do everything in his power to make her his once and for all.