Lucy shook the cobwebs of the memories from that first night out of her head. They'd had a good time that night and an awkward morning after, but she just left it in the "one nighter" category of her private misadventures. She had avoided him at the guild for a few weeks, taking a couple of longer jobs, to make sure it stayed that way. Lucy was all too sure that if they ever found themselves in that position again nothing good would come from it. She had convinced herself that the "Guild Playboy" would have no interest in her outside of that one time. Things had settled back down to what accounts as normal for the Fairy Tail Guild.

The pain in her shoulder flared again. She gingerly reached back to touched it. The spot was overly warm, damp, and felt tingly to the touch. The tingly sensation reminded her of Evergreen's and Elfman's engagement party, and the fallout of another night wrapped up in the folly of her drinking too much champagne. "What is it with me guzzling champagne and screwing Laxus?"