Turf Wars Chapter 7- Gym

So there was a typo in the last chapter that I just caught. It was Thursday in last chapter and this chapter takes place Friday. Sorry bout that.

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"So are you going to tell me why you left early or not?" Lisanna whispered as she ran beside Levy on the outdoor track. Laxus had everyone running a couple laps as a warm up for gym class today in preparation for the soccer scrimmage they were going to have.

"I will, but later, it's embarrassing," Levy said, a blush creeping into her cheeks.

"If that's the case, then I have something to tell you too," Lisanna said, glancing over at Natsu who ran next to Gray, arguing about something.

"On the way home them, we can get some ice cream," Levy suggested.

"Perfect."

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"Goal!" Sting yelled as he ran around, the net swishing in the background and Jet on the ground.

"He was off sides!" Gray yelled toward Laxus who played the referee for the scrimmage.

"No he wasn't, stop being a sore loser," the blonde said calmly, his whistle half hanging off is lips.

Gray looked like he was about to pull his hair out at the teacher's response and Natsu loved it, choosing to poke fun at the black haired teen. "I need to get you some glasses?" he called as he took his place back at the left midfield position.

"Shut it you pink haired bastard!" Gray called back, taking his place as defender.

Laxus placed the soccer ball down in the middle of the field and blew the whistle, sending Gajeel and Sting into a frenzy to try and get the ball from each other and to one of their teammates.

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"So why did you leave early?" Lisanna asked as she took a lick of her chocolate ice cream. She and Levy came right after gym class, not even changing out of their sweaty clothes.

"You know how Natsu and Gajeel had that drinking contest with Cana right?" Levy asked, licking her raspberry ice cream.

"Cana was involved? I thought it was just the two of them? That explains why they were drinking straight alcohol and not the spiked punch," Lisanna commented.

"Yeah. I don't know how she snuck in that much alcohol, but she did," Levy sighed. "Anyway, Gajeel confronted me, drunk."

"And?"

"He kissed me."

"WHAT?!" Lisanna practically screamed, causing a couple heads to turn their way. "Elaborate," she said, lowering her voice.

"Well, it was his turn to bowl and he wasn't there so I went to go get him real quick. He was over with Cana drinking and eating more cake. When I tugged on his sleeve to get his attention and tell him that it was his turn, he pulled me real close to him. Close enough for me to smell the alcohol," Levy said, taking a bite of the ice cream cone. "He put his cake down and took a swig of the booze before he wrapped but his arms around my waist and lifted me up to his face. He kissed me really roughly and spilt a little alcohol on my dress. Then he set me down and took my hand and twirled me. He said I had a nice ass," Levy said, her face going red at the memory.

"Oh my god," Lisanna said, looking at her best friend. "So now what? Do you think he remembers?"

"If he did, he showed no sign of it today at school," Levy said with a frown. "I have no idea what comes next."

"Well, you gotta talk to him about it, maybe he wasn't that drunk. You live in the same apartment building, why don't you go talk to him this weekend," Lisanna urged.

"How about no," Levy responded. "He was drunk, that's that."

"I know you like this boy Levy, and he might like you too, but you gotta do something to find out. You said Lucy could get info on him, ask her to ask around and maybe she can find out if he likes you," Lisanna urged.

"I'll think about it," Levy said. "So what was your story?"

"Something rather similar," the silver haired girl grinned, but quickly replaced it with a frown.

"What was that? You don't go from a huge smile to a frown quickly unless something is really confusing," Levy said.

"Drunk Natsu kissed me," she let out, shutting her eyes as she did.

"Seriously? Oh. My. God."

"It was nothing compared to your kiss, it was just a brush of his lips, but I felt that stupid spark, Levy, the spark. That stupid thing you like to read about in those books of yours," Lisanna said, waving her hands around in annoyance and frustration. "I have no idea what to do. I can't ignore it, it'll eat away at me, and I know Natsu remembers it because he couldn't look me in the eye for more than a second and his face went red every time we were near each other."

"The spark!" Levy said, incredulous. "I thought that was only in the books. Are you sure it wasn't just the alcohol, I mean you had a couple cups of the punch?"

"I was up all night thinking about, I am sure it wasn't the alcohol," Lisanna said, her hands pulling her hair away from her face. "I don't know what to do. It's eating away at me. I am starting to think about him more and more, and then I see Sting or Lucy and I feel so damn guilty."

"You need to talk to him about this, you need to talk to Natsu and find out if he likes you too or if he was just drunk. You need to know, because if you really are starting to like him then, you can't keep dating Sting.

"I don't want to stop loving Sting though," Lisanna said, gripping the heart shaped necklace with her birthstone in it that Sting got her for her birthday.

"Is that Gajeel?" Levy said, the sudden subject change startling Lisanna. They had arrived at the front of Levy's apartment building and Gajeel was inside, grabbing mail from his postal box. He turned, a couple letters in his hand and saw the two girls enter the building. He did a half smile at them before heading up the stairs.

"Go," Lisanna said, giving Levy a small push. "You can text me the details later," the silver haired girl said before leaving and heading to her own home.

"Lis!" Levy called after her, but it was useless. "Okay, Levy, you can do this," the small bookworm said, taking a deep breath. "Gajeel, wait for me!" she called, before rushing up the stairs.

"Whatcha want Shrimp," the taller teen said, shuffling through his letters.

"I wanted to ask you something," Levy squeaked, starting to lose confidence.

"What?" he said, taking two stairs at a time, making Levy have to speed up in order to not be left behind.

"You," Levy started, taking another deep breath. "You had a lot to drink at Lis's party and I was just wondering," Levy said, mashing her index fingers together, "if you remember any of it?"

"I wasn't drunk enough to forget anything, else I wouldn't have come to school today," the dark haired student said casually, pulling keys out of his pocket.

"Really?" Levy said, her face heating up even more.

"Is this going anywhere, I got shit to do?" Gajeel said, his tone harsh.

Levy cringed, but she knew Lisanna would give her hell if she quit now. "Why did you kiss me?" she blurted out. Her hands flew to her mouth, covering it and her face turning even redder.

"Cuz I felt like it. Should've seen the faces of those two puppies that follow you everywhere," the boy grinned.

Levy felt her heart sink at his words. "Just 'cuz you felt like it'," she said in a sad tone, before heading up the stairs to the next floor, leaving Gajeel at his door.

The senior opened his door and ducked suddenly, avoiding a punch from his roommate. "What the hell, Lily?" the teen growled, slamming the door shut.

"Why did you lie?" the black skinned man yelled at his younger roommate. "You like her, that's why you kissed her, so why did you lie?"

"I have my reasons," Gajeel said, stepping past the taller man and heading to his room.

"What reasons?" Lily yelled after.

"You wanna know why?" Gajeel growled, throwing his book bag down and sizing the taller and just as muscular man up. "Cuz shit's 'bout to hit the fan, hard, and she ain't gonna get dragged in, not if I have a say in it!" Gajeel yelled before turning and stomping to his room.