Gajeel grabbed a request and read it out "help find my cat mittens reward 5 000 jewels"

I grabbed a request and read it out "find a rare mushroom in the woods 10 000, pfft not going there again. this one is out" I placed the request back on the board and looked over the rest of them

"well we can either serve food at a nearby restaurant 1000 jewels per hour, chop wood for a some old man for 5 000"

Gajeel groaned "how about I do the wood cutting one, you go waitress or whatever and then we find a cat, which should be easy since I can probably just get his scent and find him."

I nodded "alright, meet at the hotel when your done chopping wood or whatever"

Gajeel and I went our separate ways and I headed to the restaurant. the restaurant wasn't far from the train station when I got there it was full of customers I walked up to a woman who was scurrying around

"hi I'm here to do the waitress job" the woman looked at me

"oh thank god were totally swamped I was hoping someone would see that request" "well here I am" I smiled

"follow me" I followed the woman to a back room that looked like an office but I couldn't really see a desk under all the clutter, she passed me a uniform

"I'm Gabby. I own this restaurant"

"hi I'm Lucy." I shook her out stretched hand

"Gabby! we got another order!"

"oh god, uh I don't really have time to show you the ropes but have you ever been a waitress before"

"actually I have so no need to sorry about me."

Gabby looked relieved "ok uh get changed and I'll meet you out there" Gabby left leaving me to change. I quickly changed and headed out to take orders

the place had finally slowed down enough that Gabby didn't need me anymore

"thank you so much for your help"

I nodded "I actually had fun" I laughed I had worked for 3 hours so I would get 3 000 jewels.

"you really saved my ass here so I'm going to double your pay"

I stared at her dumbfounded as she began handing me the jewels

"wait 6 000 jewels?"

Gabby nodded and smiled "yup" Gabby handed me the jewels "if you ever want to work here again just come on in I work almost everyday"

I smiled and accepted the jewels "thank you, I'll remember that"

Gabby hugged me quickly "oh I almost forgot" Gabby grabbed two boxes from behind her

"I got Haru to make you some food" I took the boxes

"thank you" I smiled and left saying good bye to Haru and left. I headed to the hotel shoving the jewels in my pocket I wondered if Gajeel was there yet.

I unlocked the door heading into the room. Gajeel still wasn't here. I placed the food in the mini fridge we had and plopped down on the bed, it was 7:30 and it was getting dark I guess we will just have to find the cat tomorrow, I was completely exhausted and my hair smelled like french fries, I decided to take a relaxing bath before I headed to bed.

I went to the bathroom and ran the water leaving so it could fill up. I grabbed my bag from the end of my bed and began, I grabbed my pajamas and headed back into the bathroom, I felt the water and nodded when it as the right temperature, I turned the after off and hopped in, it felt amazing especially after a long day like this, I always took a bath after a long mission with Natsu and the others. We all had our thing I would take a bath Natsu would pass out on the bed, Grey would go see Juvia, and Erza would eat an entire strawberry cake. I smiled to myself, god did I miss them, but most of all I missed Natsu I mean sure we would go on separate missions and not see each other for a couple days but this was different. I had left without a word to anyone, I basically abandoned everyone. I shook my head no I wasn't going to think of this right now

I drained the tub and changed into my pajamas and walked out in to the room. I grabbed the food from the fridge and began to eat it, I was going to wait for Gajeel so I could grill him about his dream but he still wasn't here.

I cleaned up my food and as about to go to bed when Gajeel walked in I turned around and gasped, he had scratches all over his face and body.

"what the hell happened!?"

Gajeel fell onto the bed "mi-mittens"

"mittens?" I grabbed some medical supplies from under the sink in the bathroom and began to disinfecting Gajeel's wounds "the cat?"

Gajeel nodded "I came back and you weren't here so I went to do that request. When I found the cat I thought oh how bad could it be I mean I fought Lily with swords what harm could an actual cat do"

Gajeel continues to ramble as I disinfected his wounds

"I went to pick him up and he ran up a tree, so I climbed up and it attacked me" I stared at him

"the cat did all this?" I asked pointing to his face and arms, Gajeel nodded

"I brought him back to his owner, the bag said that I had scared her little baby and refused to pay me" Gajeel said with a angered look

"what?!" she didn't pay you?!" Gajeel shook his head

"I convinced her to pay me 1, 000 jewels"

I sighed "well that good at least"

Gajeel nodded "yeah I made 6 00 jewels at least. how about you?"

"same. the owner paid me double"

Gajeel nodded " so we got 12 000 jewels today? pretty good in my opinion"

"yeah so we can buy those tickets tomorrow, and the other things and head to Galuna island"

I finished disinfecting Gajeel wounds and put everything I didn't use back in the medical kit. "I got you food, its in the fridge" Gajeel got up and began to eat as I cleaned up everything. After I cleaned I went and snuggled down in my bed as Gajeel did the same, I stared at the ceiling, I kept thinking of Gajeel's dream and how he said my name. it was eating at my brain I really needed to ask him.

"Gajeel?" Gajeel groaned but answered me

"what?"

" what were you dreaming about earlier today?" Gajeel groaned once again

"I told you I don't remember" I turned on my side and stared at his figure

"your lying"

Gajeel's face turned toward me "no I'm not"

I stared Gajeel right in the face "want to try that again?" I asked he was a very good liar but not right now and I wondered why.

Gajeel looked away from me "why do you want to know so badly?"

I pushed my blonde hair back behind my ear "you said my name while you were sleeping" Gajeel's head turned sharply toward me

"we'll talk about it in the morning"

"promise?" Gajeel turned his head back toward the ceiling moving his hand behind his head

I only saw his head nod slightly which I figured was him saying yes. I turned around in the bed staring at the picture of me and Natsu that I had put on the bed side table, I smiled I really did love this picture I guess I forgot about it when me and Natsu moved in together. I picked up the picture staring at Natsu's figure I stared at it for a second longer and placed it back on the table.

god did I miss him, hell I missed everybody even happy with his annoying statements, I sighed I wondered how everybody was doing. I remember the exceeds had all gone on a mission together so I didn't get to see Happy, Lily, or Carla before I left but I felt bad for Gajeel. Lily was his best friend and he never got to say goodbye or see him one last time. I really had to stop thinking like this we had found one key already which meant we were one step closer to going home,

I fell asleep with that in mind hoping it would stop the nightmare I knew would come, I really hope you keep that promise Gajeel I need to know whats going on

well here's another chapter and to answer your question Pips there will be more of Natsu and Levy's reactions hopefully in the net chapter which I still have no idea when I'll be able to update which really makes me upset because I really love posting these chapters for you guys :( sucks, anyway I hope you like it!