Hey guys, I am back. Sorry, but I've had a lot of school work and some... family issues. I will try to update more often, but... Well, I hope you don't know much about what I'm going through through personal experiences. I was also grounded for a week. It's crap, and I will try to escape it to come back to my lovely readers. Your reviews really make my day.

Disclaimer: I don't own FT... you just wanna rub it in don't you. :(

"Wow, Luce!" Natsu grinned. "You pack a good punch!"

Lucy smiled at Natsu. "Thank you. He's lucky my feet were tired from the walk here or he would've been on the receiving end of a 'Lucy kick'."

"Lucy kick, that's cute Luce." Natsu laughed. Lucy play-punched him and he acted mock-hurt. "Ouch Luce. That hurt," he said, pointing at his heart. "right here."

At this point, Gray had sat up, groaning and rubbing his jaw. "Man, Pinky, your girlfriend is EVIL!" Gray exclaimed, then realizing his mistake too late.

"SCREW TIRED FEET! LUCY KICK!" Lucy shouted, kicking Gray in the jaw, sending him flying another 10 feet. "ONLY I CALL NATSU PINKY AND YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO CALL ME EVIL!" She seethed while Natsu and Happy tried to hide their grins in the background.

"She's almost as scary as Erza!" Natsu whispered to Happy.

"They would make a perfect duo." Happy whispered back.

"They're gonna be best friends! Scariest. Duo. Ever." Natsu shivered.

"I can hear you." Lucy growled in their direction. "Who's Erza?" She suddenly asked.

"A giant witch who can kick down two mountains in a single kick." Natsu said.

"Someone to be feared. Someone everyone should be afraid of. Someone who could take down an army in two fatal swipes." Gray groaned, sitting up again.

"Well, it's nice to know what you two think of me. Are you and Gray fighting again Natsu?" A voice said from the open guild halls. Then a beautiful red head appeared and glared at Natsu.

Gray shot up and hugged Natsu. "Oh hey Erza, just hanging with my best friend Natsu! Nothing to worry about here! Definitely no fights! Hey, have you met Lucy?" Gray said quickly, obviously desperate for a distraction.

"Well, it's good to know you two have finally looked past your differences." She said, walking over to Lucy and sticking out her armored hand. "Hello Lucy, I'm Erza." She smiled.

Lucy took the hand. "It's nice to know I'm not the only one keeping Natsu in line." She grinned.

"Luuuuuuuuce! I'm not that bad! Get mad at Gray! He's a bad influence!" Natsu whined.

"What was that, Flame Brain?"

"The truth, Ice Princess!"

"Squinty eyes!"

"Droopy eyes!"

"Pervy popsicle!"

"Crazy flame speaker!"

"Stripper!"

"Pi- uh... um..." Gray stopped and looked warily at Lucy. Then he ran out of the guild screaming at the top of his lungs. "I'll never do it again! I swear! Spare me, almighty Lucy!"

Lucy was chuckling. "Almighty Lucy, huh? I could get used to that."

"So... do you like my friend Erza?" Natsu asked, gesturing towards Lucy.

"Yes I do. You need someone with common sense as a friend Natsu." She teased.

"... very nice... thought we were friends." Natsu mumbled under his breath.

"So, Ezra, you took care of Natsu while I was away, right?" Lucy winked.

"How do you know Natsu?" Erza asked suddenly.

"Childhood." Lucy said.

"Old lovers." Natsu teased at the same time.

"You wish." Lucy scoffed.

"Yes I do." Natsu said matter-of-factly, then he realized what he said and their eyes widened.

Erza glanced back and forth between the two and Mira walked up from behind them.

"Hello, may I help you?" Mira asked Lucy politely and Natsu jumped.

"Oh, yeah, I might want to join Fairy Tail." Lucy smiled at the pretty barmaid.

"Right this way, Lucy." She smiled, dragging her over to the bar where she pulled out a few papers and a stamper. "Sign here, here, and here." She smiled, pointing at particular parts on the papers, after which Lucy signed. Then she took the papers and held up the stamp. "What color, and where?"

"On my right hand, and pink please." Lucy smiled, staring at Natsu's hair. "It's such a pretty color." She murmured.

Mira stamped the hand Lucy put in front of her and said. "I'm sorry, what was that?"

"Oh, nothing! Nothing at all, I wasn't saying anything!" Lucy whipped around quickly. Mira just smiled and gave Natsu the 'I- know- everything- and- you- two- are- totally- getting- together' look. Natsu groaned loud enough to wake up all of Fiore, and only Lucy saw that look too.

Then Lucy stared at Natsu again. Maybe Mira's right... maybe we are going to get together... I hope so, because my feelings for Natsu will always last, no matter what... Note to self: ask Natsu out after I find a place to live. She thought to herself.

"You love him." Happy said from behind her.

"You stupid cat! I thought we were friends! I helped raise you!" Lucy glared at the smug blue cat.

"With Natsu. You two already had a kid together! So cute!" Happy sang, then flew away from an angry Lucy.

Once again, sorry this took so long, but I'm in the middle of a family crisis and don't have a lot of time to update. Ya know, with my home and school problems. (But school is always a problem.) Happy late Valentine's day! Goodbye!