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Blah blah blah blah Fairy Tail blah blah. On with the story.

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Lucy just knew her face was about to catch on fire. She had just told the man his eyes were beautiful like spring sunshine. Right now she was wishing she could have Virgo drag her under ground and leave her there. The only thing stopping her from doing just that was the way Bickslow was looking at her. Like she had just offered him eternal life in the form of a strawberry milkshake or... Like he was going to kiss her... or cry. She was thinking about calling Virgo anyway.

"Cosplayer, if I thought you wouldn't slap me I would kiss you."

"If I thought you were serious I would let you." Oops. She didn't know she thought that. Guess you learn new things about yourself every day. She almost laughed at the shock on his face, untill he narrowed his eyes and the faint glow behind his eyes became not so faint. She wasn't sure what that ment but it was making her heart speed up.

"Lucy, you have no..."

"Shall I prepare your noon meal Princess?"

"Virgo!" Lucy pulled away from Bickslow only now realizing that they had come to a complete stop with their faces inches apart and their chests all but pressed together. "Umm... I... noon meal... is it lunch time already?" Bickslow was laughing at her. She turned away from him to flip him off behind her back where her spirit couldn't see. He laughed harder. "Wow. Time really flew by today." *flying time, weee. She smiled as the babies swooped in, Plue waving goodbye from atop their pyramid before going home. "Good idea, Virgo. Hey babies! Did you have fun?" *fun, hide, punishment, peekaboo. She giggled with them. "Ok guys. Let's break for lunch."

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Lunch was filled with laughs and giggles as the babies told various tales of their morning adventures. Judging by Bickslow's reactions most of them were highly inaccurate. Virgo had of course providid a splendid meal for them, as well as snacks to carry that afternoon, before returning to the spirit world. Lucy wouldn't be calling any more spirits until they were done traveling for the day, unless necessary, in order to keep her magic energy from getting to low.

Without the distraction of otherworldly friends the babies stayed close to Bickslow for the remainder of the day. They blasted three rabbits out of the bushes as they traveled and Bickslow would have dressed and carried them till evening accept the maid spirit, who was apparently spying on their journey, appeared to snatch them from his hands and vanish without an explaination. Lucy and Bickslow could only guess they would see them again once camp was made for the night.

There was no mention of trust or moments or his magic by Bickslow. Lucy never felt like it was quite the time to return to that conversation, especially as when they were last there it had devolved to the point where they were discussing kisses. She had to wonder if Virgo's interruption had been coincidental or very much intentional. She desperately wanted to know what sort of statement he was about to make that had been serious enough to warrant the use of her actual name. On the other hand she really didn't want to know.

"Cosplayer, how much walking are we going to have to do to get to the town the mission flier mentioned? What was it... Elm Hill?"

"Why? Your feet hurt, Disco Princess?" *haha, daddy princess, princess daddy.

"Oh lay off it babies. No, of course not. I just wasn't really paying attention at the time is all..." Lucy smiled.

"Good thing I was. I've made it a habit to memorize the fliers when my team takes missions. Mavis knows none of them are going to plan and remember details once we leave the guildhall."

"You sound just like Freed."

"Only sexier?"

"By miles. Oh no! Brain bleach! Ach! Cosplayer how could you?" Lucy watched with a raised eyebrow as the tall man collapsed to the ground dramatically.

"What on earth did your abused mind concoct that you are attempting to blame on me?"

"Why would you ask me to compare Freed of all people to your sexy ass? Now he is dancing on the guild bar in a miniskirt in my head! It's horrible!" Lucy tried not to laugh and failed.

"What the hell, Bix? Why would your brain make him do that?"

"Because you did." She blanched.

"No I didn't. I don't dance in public let alone on the bar in front of the guild!"

"You did last week."

"Mavis, no..."

"You were crazy drunk and it was sexy as fuck." Lucy was torn between allowing the tingle running up and down her limbs to consume her brain and Lucy Kicking Bickslow. He was already on the ground though and she never kicked a man while he was down, unless it was Natsu. So she chose option three and turned to walk silently away with her gut twisting in knots. She remembered that night. Rather she remembered having empty patches in her memory when she woke up to the hangover from hell. She heard him catch up to her. "Please don't be upset. It was Cana's fault. She dared you and picked the music and everything."

"Cana being involved doesn't change the fact that I'm mortified!"

"Want me to save you next time?"

"Yes. Please don't ever let me do anything like that again."

"I won't. Unless you tell me before you get drunk that you plan to let loose."

"I really don't plan on ever humiliating myself intentionally in the future."

"Well first off I wouldn't call it humiliating. Like I said... sexy... as... fuck. You should come clubbing with us some time. Learn to have fun and still remember it the next day."

"Us? What about Erza?" Lucy watched Bickslow's grin turn slightly evil in her peripheral vision.

"If the secret gets out let Laxus deal with her. Gray comes. Bet he'll cover for you."

"Gray? Then Juvia goes too. You and Laxus. Who else?"

"Loke used to. Still does when he's arround but it's not very often, Cana of course, Gajeel, and your Little Blue is quite the partier once she gets a couple drinks in."

"Levy?! Why didn't she tell me!"

"She doesn't come very often. Bout as often as Loke these days and somehow they never come at the same time."

"Wow. Levy you little minx."

"And Baby Strauss."

"Lisanna!"

"Yep. So Mira would have your back too. And if Natsu really is tapping that then I guarantee he'll keep the secret for you too, either to make her happy or there is always blackmail..."

"Bickslow that's terrible."

"And?"

"And it does sound like fun. I'll think about it. Levy is getting cornered when we get back to the guild."

"I won't let you get deeper in that you are comfortable with. Talk to your bookworm and come dip your toes in. Have fun. Be yourself. Leave Erza and her golden virgin chain at home."

"I repeat. I'll think about it."

"Good enough. So...Elm Hill..."

"Right. It's pretty far into the hills so we will walk till nightfall. Sleep. Walk all day. Sleep again. Hopefully we get there before lunch. Depends on if we make good time."

"Babies?" Lucy watched as he seemed to have some silent conversation with the totems. The three who seemed to like her most started doing what she guessed were happy loops through the air. "You trust them, Cosplayer?" She nodded. "We can cut that walk down so we get there before nightfall tomorrow if you are game to let them carry you for spells. I know you have flown with Happy before so you aren't scared of heights."

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The Thunder Legion had wings. At least two of them did and the babies helped Bickslow fly. That ment they could break up their walking with flying spells that cut hours if not days off their journey. When Papa had first asked why they weren't doing this his automatic answer was, of course, that Cosplayer couldn't fly. When Pupu made a sad comment about her not loving them he was confused at first before he realised the babies Wanted to help Lucy fly.

He was hesitant to ask her about it, worried about hurting his babies feelings. Then he remembered that this wasn't some random chick. This was Lucy. Lucy who said his eyes glowed with life magic. Lucy who taught his babies lessons. Lucy who saw past his visor and through his smile to see the pain he hid in his heart. Even if she didn't want to fly, she wouldn't hurt them.

"You would let them carry me?"

"It was their idea really. It didn't occur to me to ask because they never made that offer for anyone else."

"Oh thank you babies. Are you sure you can carry both if us though? Happy says I'm heavy." *sure, sure, totally sure.

"Happy also says you are fat." His point was that the blue exceed was a lying little jack ass, but when she suddenly looked sad and embarrassed he realized she actually believed the little fucker. "No! Don't you dare believe that filthy lie. Having just the right curves in all the right places does not make you fat. It makes you a sex goddess. So help me next time I hear otherwise I'm giving that stupid cat a soul deep fear of heights, or fish. A fish phobia would be even better, that way he will still be useful." 'Babies you know how Happy calls Cosplayer fat?' 'Flying fish kitty?' 'Yeah, Pipi. Next time he does that I want you to remember that word hurts her.' *stupid kitty, hurt the kitty, slippery kitty. 'That's right. He's the worst kind of slippery kitty.' "You are nothing short of perfect, Lucy. End of discussion." She was finally smiling again.

"So I'm a virginal sex goddess huh?" The growing smirk on her face said she noticed his blush.

"Well..."

"You can give people phobias? That means you can cure them too right, Soul Doctor?" Soul Doctor? He once saw a fat little puppy wag it's tail so hard it fell over. That's exactly how he felt right now. He may have actually whimpered. If he hadn't been dead serious about that kiss earlier he definitely was now.

"Umm... I... yeah. I can. I have before. Pupu was afraid of mice for a long time before I learned how to do that." Any minute now he would start giving off steam from the intensity of his blush. Knowing she could see it without his visor only made it worse. She slowly reached up and placed the tip of her finger on his nose. His eyes crossed before he could stop it. She giggled. He tried desperately to glare at her even though her smile was melting him from the inside out.

"Teach me to fly, Bix." Mavis, she was going to kill him. If Fairy Tails Golden Virgin managed to off their resident pervert by way of some lust induced heart attack Laxus would find a way to bring him back from beyond death just to mock him back into his grave.

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To be continued