A/N This is a milestone for me! Longest chapter ever and the one I had to rewrite the most. I would have gotten this out to you earlier, but my computer decided to erase all my editing. I didn't have to write it ALL over again, I just had to add some stuff and clean up on my grammar. Sorry about the wait!

Disclaimer- Hiro Mashima owns Fairy Tail...not me

Edited- 3/14/14

*Fixed grammar, changed/added minor details and dialogue. Deleted Author Note Chapter...it wasn't really needed*

Dear Mavis,

I have never really dated anyone before, but I have always dreamed of having a high school relationship. Although, every time I am invited out on a date; I freak myself out! It is just the idea of being alone on a date with a guy scares me. Am I just being shy or am I a chicken?

-Lost With High School Love

Dear Lost,

You are not a chicken, it's called being human. Everyone has different things that they are afraid of, and that is totally fine! This leads me to think you've actually answered this question yourself: you're scared about being in a relationship. To tell you the truth, Relationships ARE scary and perhaps you're just not ready. It's okay to like guys, but just not be ready to date. So take a breather for a while and don't force yourself to do something you aren't ready for. Once you feel comfortable with the idea of dating, try again.

-Mavis

Lucy placed her pencil down next to her paper. Reaching up, she rubbed the sleep out of her eyes. She had forced herself to pull an all nighter, so she could finish answering Mavis's questions.

So much for having it done by last night, Lucy thought as she stood up from her chair.

She walked over to her closet and opened the door, revealing her hung up clothing inside. Lucy grabbed her hibiscus flower bikini off the rack, with a pair of shorts and a white T-shirt. Yawning into her hand, she walked over to bathroom to change.

Ten minutes later, Lucy emerged from her bathroom, now fully dressed, with a toothbrush hanging from her mouth. While brushing, she combed out her hair and pulled it back into pigtails at the nape of her neck. Once satisfied with her work, she retreated into her bathroom to spit out the paste.

Emerging once again, Lucy immediately made her way over to her bed and collapsed; burying her face in her pillow.

"Five minutes," she muttered into her pillow, "Then, I will get up."

No sooner had Lucy closed her eyes than the doorbell rang from downstairs. Lucy groaned and curled up in a small ball. It was probably Levy and Erza coming to pick her up to got to the Car Wash.

"Just a few more minutes." Lucy said just as the doorbell rung again.

Lucy heard the front door open and a pair of footsteps walking over the threshold.

"Lucy?" called Erza from downstairs, "Where are you?"

Lucy groaned and sat up.

"I'm in here!" she called out to them.

Their footsteps echoed as the made their way up the stairs and towards her room. Lucy stood up from her bed and stretched her arms above her head. Her bedroom door creaked open and Levy stuck her head in.

"Ready?" she asked.

"As ready as I will ever be," Lucy answered "Just let me grab my shoes."

Lucy bent down and stuck her arm under her bed, searching for her brown sandals.

"You guys can go. I'll meet you at your car." she said as one of her fingertips grazed the tops of the shoes.

"You didn't tell her?" whispered Erza.

"No! I thought you did!" answered Levy.

Lucy looked up at the pair in confusion. Levy's head had disappeared from her doorway; her hand remained to hold door open. To Lucy, it looked like Levy and Erza were in a heated discussion.

"Tell me what?" asked Lucy as she began to put on her sandals.

Levy's head reappeared in the doorway. Although this time, her face had a hint of regret.

"I'm sorry, Lu-chan!" she said, "My car broke down this morning, so we had to walk here. We left early to come pick you up, so we wouldn't be late to the fundraiser."

"We're walking there?"

She nodded.

Lucy smiled at her friend. "No big deal. How far is it?"

Levy winced, "It is about six miles."

Lucy looked at her clock; 7:18.

"Woah, we have plenty of time to get there." Lucy stood and walked over to Levy. When she passed Levy in the doorway, she heard her let out a small sigh in relief, making her grin. Her smile vanished, however, when she caught sight of Erza's expression.

Her face was stone as she listened to someone speak to her via cellphone. After a few minutes, Erza nodded, said goodbye, and snapped her phone shut.

"That was Mirajane," Erza stated, answering Lucy's and Levy's confused looks, "She was calling to tell us that the times have been changed."

"Changed?" questioned Levy.

Erza nodded once and placed her cellphone into her denim shorts.

"There was a misprint on the flyers. Instead of the times starting at nine, it was suppose to be an eight."

"So that means-" Levy said in horror.

"That only gives us forty eight minutes to get there!" yelled Lucy.

"Unless we run fast." countered Erza.

Erza pulled her scarlet hair into a ponytail and started walking down the stairs. About halfway down, she looked back to see Lucy and Levy staring at her with shocked expression. She narrowed her eyes and lifted her finger; signaling the girls to hurry up and follow.

"We are so screwed." Lucy whispered to Levy as they reluctantly followed Erza down the stairs.

Once they reached the front porch of Lucy's house, Erza clapped her hands together.

"Off we go then!" she said, turning and taking off in a sprint down the road.

"Don't leave us behind!" yelled Lucy to Erza's retreating figure. She moved to run after her, but was stopped when Levy caught her arm.

"Wait! I just remembered something!" Levy said, looking frantically at the other houses on the block.

"What?"

"Natsu got his car back from the shop, right?"

Lucy's eyes widened in confusion. He has a car?!

"What? No. He runs to school, doesn't he?"

Levy smiled, "Nope! He drives. Although, I heard he crashed it last week. It has been in the repair shop until yesterday."

"How did he crash it?"

"No idea." said Levy, frowning, "I don't know where his house is."

Lucy smiled and pointed at the house at the end of the block, "That's the one."

Levy followed Lucy's finger and spotted Natsu's house. "Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go!" Levy shouted, a new thrill in her voice, as she ran towards Natsu's house.

"What about Erza?" asked Lucy as she ran after Levy.

"Don't worry, she will be fine. Knowing her, she will beat us anyway."

After running a short distance, they reached Natsu's house and walked up to the porch. Levy reached over and rang the doorbell. There was a gruff 'Coming!' from inside, before the door was yanked open to reveal a tall man with a spiky dark red hair. Given the hair resemblance and the fact he answering the door, Lucy guessed the man was Natsu's father.

"Hello?" he asked.

Lucy gulped and smiled a bit too brightly. "Is Natsu home?"

Nodding, Natsu's father opened the door wide enough for the two girls to enter, "He is upstairs in his room. Go up those stairs there, take a right, and it is the second door on your left."

"Thanks!" said Lucy ducking under his arm and into the house with Levy following closely behind.

Followed his directions, they arrived at a door - which they assumed was Natsu's. Lucy placed her hand on the doorknob and turned to Levy.

"Should we knock?"

"No time." Levy replied, pushing past Lucy and opening the door.

Upon entering the two girls were assaulted with a horrid smell. Levy and Lucy simultaneously gagged as a mixture of rotten eggs and burnt wood assaulted their noses. Looking around the room, it wasn't hard to find the cause of the odor either. Natsu's room was a complete mess. His drawers were yanked out and its contents were scattered everywhere. Bits of paper and food could even be spotted pocking out between the layers of clothing on the floor. Lucy choked when she stepped on half eaten sandwich.

"How does he live?" Lucy asked in mixture of amazement and disgust as she began wiping her shoe on a nearby pair of pants, not caring if it was dirty or clean.

"Is that Natsu?" asked Levy, pointing at a lump on the bed which was also decorated in clothing.

"I think so?" said Lucy, not sure herself. She made her way over to the bed and saw a tuft of pink hair sticking out of the bed sheets.

"It's Natsu alright." she confirmed.

Lucy reached over and shook the boy gently. When there was no response she began to shake him him harder.

"Wake up Natsu. You need to drive us to the Car Wash." Lucy said.

Natsu reached up and pushed Lucy's hands away, as if it was an annoying fly or gnat. He then proceeded to turn over, and mutter something about 'too tired...sleep now.'.

Lucy huffed and checked her watch; 7:38. They didn't have time for this!

"I tried to be nice, Natsu. Just remember you brought this on yourself." Lucy warned the sleeping boy.

Lucy reached over and grabbed the blankets covering Natsu. From there, she proceeded to forcefully rip them off and throw them onto the ground near the end of the bed - clothing included.

"Hey!" yelled Natsu, waking up once the cold hit him. He shot to his feet, landing in a crouch position on top of his bed, and looked around for the culprit.

Lucy wasted no time in grabbing Natsu and yanking him towards Levy. "Good you're up. We need to go...now. You're driving."

"Huh? Luce?" He rubbed his eyes for a few seconds before refocusing on the blonde. "What are you doing here?"

"We came for a ride."

"Ride? Where?"asked Natsu

"Car Wash, where else?" Lucy answered

Once they reached the doorway, Lucy practically dragged Natsu down the stairs, with Levy following behind, and out the back door. They only gave him a small amount of time to grab his keys of the key hook.

"Wasn't it suppose to be at nine?" questioned Natsu while they ran to his garage where his car was parked.

"Time was changed." answered Levy from behind.

Once the reached the garage, Natsu bent down and pulled open the huge garage door. Sitting in the middle, looking good as new, was Natsu's red truck.

"We need to go to the parking lot next to 'Spettro's Coffee Shop'," Lucy walked over to the passenger side while Levy took the back, "You got that Natsu?" questioned Lucy, watching at Natsu fiddle with the lock.

He shot her a thumbs up and unlocked the car. Levy opened the door in the back and scrambled into the middle seat. Meanwhile, Lucy opened her own door and was sitting down as Natsu put the key in the ignition.

"Sixteen minutes!" shrieked Levy looked down at her own watch, "We're never going to make it!"

Lucy shook her head when she got the strangest feeling of déjà vu at Levy's words.

The car rumbled to life as Natsu started the engine, and almost immediately after he did so, he reached across Lucy and opened the glove box. A box of bandages fell out and landed by Lucy's feet.

"Can you grab those, Luce?"" asked Natsu, his voice horse as he clumsy clicked his seat belt into place.

Lucy reached down by her feet and grabbed the box. It was dark blue with 'Troia's Motion Sickness Bandages' labeled in white elegant script at the top.

"You have motion sickness, Natsu?" asked Lucy holding up the box.

Natsu made no comment, but reached for the box in Lucy hands. Lucy was surprised to see a tint of green in Natsu cheeks and his eyes were a bit hollow. She could almost imagine swirls circling in them. With a loud slap, Natsu stuck one of the white bandages on his forehead and another on his cheek. The effect was immediate. Natsu's face turned back to it's usual color and his eyes were filled with fire once again.

'If he has such bad motion sickness why does he still have a car?' thought Levy as she watched Natsu throw the box of bandages at Lucy to put back in the glove box.

"And we're off!" yelled Natsu as he slammed his foot on the gas petal.

"Wait! My seat belt!" yelled Lucy as her body pitched forward from the force of the sudden acceleration.

Levy reached forward and grabbed Lucy by the shirt before pulling her back in her seat.

"Natsu! A warning next time would be helpful!" yelled Lucy, angrily.

In response, Natsu just grinned and took a sharp left turn as he yelled "Hold on!"

Levy was almost choked by the seat belt when her small body was slammed against it. Lucy didn't fair any better, her body was thrown against the car door.

"We are going to die." muttered Lucy as she yanked the seat belt into the lock before she could suffer from anymore injuries.

The truck hit a pothole and lifted into the air. Lucy was yelling at Natsu to slow down - although Levy doubted he heard her over the sounds of her own screams. They landed back on the road and Natsu used their new momentum to take another turn to the left.

Levy and Lucy were once again thrown to their right. Although, while Levy was peeling her face off the car's window, she spotted a crowd of people surrounding a parking lot between two different buildings. The one on the left was obviously the Spettros's Coffee Shop. Levy recognized the small restaurant by the waitresses serving customers different types of caffeinated beverages inside. The building on the right appeared to be a gas station, complete with pumps for the gas and the multiple signs advertising the sales they were having.

"Look, there it is!" yelled Levy, pointing at the crowd.

"Stop the car! We are going to crash!" yelled Lucy, cluching onto her arm rests for dear life.

"We aren't going to crash, Luce, trust me." said Natsu, calmly, as he looked over a Lucy with a small smile.

Lucy was momentarily stunned by Natsu's gentle voice and expression. Her next scream died in her throat, as she watched the boy next to her with unblinking eyes.

"Natsu?" she asked, confused by his sudden change in character.

"I hate to break up your little love fest and all, but WERE GOING TO CRASH!" yelled Levy, breaking the moment.

Lucy and Natsu both turned and saw that they were heading straight for an old women , who was walking her poodle on the side of the road. Both Lucy and Levy's screams harmonized with the old women's as their car ran straight towards her.

"Coming through!" yelled Natsu. He jerked the steering wheel into a hard right, barely missing the old women.

Levy turned in her seat and looked out the rear window. She mouthed 'I'm sorry!' when she saw the old women hug her small poodle close to her chest and watch in fear as they drove away.

"HIT THE BRAKES!" yelled Lucy

Natsu obeyed and slammed his foot down on the brakes. The car skidded on the asphalt before coming to a complete stop a few feet from the parking lot Levy saw earlier. Lucy and Levy let out a breath of air simultaneously when they realized the car had stopped and their lives were no longer in danger. Meanwhile, Natsu jumped out of the car and pumped his fist in the air. As she watched, her classmates stopped washing their cars to laugh at Natsu antics before resuming to their task.

"Wonder how he managed to wreck his car." Lucy said, sarcastically, as she and Levy stepped out of the truck.

"Flame Idiot, what took you so long?" yelled a voice from the crowd.

Gray emerged and walked over to them. He was dressed in grey swim trunks and his torso, much to the female population's approval, was bare. He stopped short when he got a better look at Natsu. His face turned from shock to amusement as he coughed into his fist, trying unsuccessfully to hid his chuckle.

"Dude, what are you wearing?" he asked, a wide grin spreading on his face.

Curiously, Lucy looked over the top of the truck at Natsu. Once she saw what Gray was talking about, she let out a small shriek of surprise and slapped her hand over her mouth.

How had she missed that?!

Natsu was completely naked except for a pair of bright pink boxers. To top it all off, they were even decorated with small red dragons; some were spewing fire while others had their wings out and appeared to be in mid flight.

"I guess we forgot to let him change." said Levy in a small voice.

"Oops." was all Lucy could say. She watched as Natsu slowly looked down at himself and took in his own appearance.

"You got a problem with dragons, Stripper?!" yelled Natsu

Gray let out a loud laugh, "You are calling me a stripper?"

Natsu let out what sounded like a war cry and pounced on Gray. Lucy watched the two boys wrestle around for a bit before she felt a light tap on her shoulder. She turned to see Lisanna standing behind her, hands clasped behind her back and a big smile on her face.

"I see you made it on time." she said to both Levy and Lucy.

"Not without seeing my life flash before my eyes more than once." muttered Levy

"Shall we go? I bet you guys don't want to be here when the teachers get a load of that." said Lisanna, pointing at Gray and Natsu's fighting.

"Best idea I've heard all morning." answered Lucy.

"We are open over here!" yelled Lisanna, waving her hands in the air to signal to a passing car.

The expensive looking car pulled up between them and a man dressed in a suit stepped out.

Lisanna scrunched her nose when she noticed his black suit matched his black Ferrari perfectly.

"I am going to grab a cup of coffee and when I come back," He raised his hands to motion to the car."I expect it to look like new." the man said in a clipped tone.

Lisanna smiled politely and replied, "Of course, sir."

The man reached into his car and pulled out his briefcase. Ignoring the three girls, he walked towards Spettro's Coffee Shop.

"Geez, what is with that guy?" asked Levy, as she began to wash the hood of the car.

"In a bad mood?" opted Lisanna. She picked up a bucket of water and splashed its contents on the hood; rinsing Levy's suds off the car.

"Hey!" Levy jumped away from the car. "You got my shorts wet!" shrieked Levy.

"Oops! My bad." said Lisanna, covering her mouth with her hand in attempt to hid her smile.

"Oh, it is so on!" said Levy with a mad glint in her eyes.

Levy picked up an abandoned sponge and threw it at Lisanna's head. Lisanna ducked and, instead, the sponge nailed Lucy in the head. Lucy froze as the sponge fell off her head, leaving a trail of water and soap in her hair. She stood up slowly, hose in hand, and turned to face Levy and Lisanna.

"Wrong person." she stated simply before turning on the hose and aimed the cold water for her two friends.

Within seconds, the two girls were soaked to the bone.

"No fair! You have a hose!" said Levy, laughing, as she ducked behind the Ferrari with Lisanna.

"'All is fair in love and war!'" Lucy quoted, laughing along with her friends.

"In that case you won't get mad when I do this!" Natsu shouted from behind Lucy.

Before Lucy could react, she felt a stream cold water soak her shirt and shorts. With a shriek, she jumped away from the water and dropped her hose on the ground.

"That's cold!" she said turning around to face Natsu head on. He had traded his boxers for Loke's spare swim trunks he keep in his own car. Natsu laughed at her expression and twirled his own hose in his hand.

"'All is fair in love and war.'" Natsu repeated in a mocking tone.

Lucy reached over and pulled off her now drenched shirt, revealing her bikini top, and threw it to the side. She then reached down and picked up multiple soaking wet sponges off the ground, and began throwing them at him. Natsu easily dodged the first few sponges, until he hesitated too long, and one hit him square in the chest.

While Natsu was momentarily distracted, Lucy scrambled for her abandoned hose. But before she could reach it, arms wrapped around her waist and prevented her from moving. Lucy struggled in Natsu's grasp, but he simply tightened his hold on her.

Lucy could feel Natsu's breath on the back of her neck and she soon stopped struggling.

"Fine, you win," Lucy said in a defeated tone, "You can let go now."

Natsu rested his head on the top of Lucy's and went silent.

"No." Natsu said after a minute of silence.

No? Did he just say...no?

"What do you mean no? Let go, Natsu!" said Lucy as she began to struggle again.

"Don't wanna." Natsu said in a childish tone.

Just as she was about to respond, a fallen raindrop hit the pavement near her foot and evidently distracted her.

Rain? Wasn't the sky clear this morning?

Confused, she glanced up to see dark clouds moving in and start to cover up the shining sun. As the clouds grew closer, more rain began to fall and the other students began to take notice of the weather. In a matter of minutes, the light shower turned into a full on downpour.

"Attention to all students! Please take cover in either the coffee shop or gas station. Leave everything behind, we don't want students getting stuck out in the storm! Teachers will be in charge of retreiving your belongings. I repeat, report to the coffee shop or gas station and leave everything behind for the teachers." called an adult into a megaphone.

This proved troubling as he desperately tried to be heard over the students' yelling as they ran for cover.

Lucy felt her arms being freed and she immediately ran over to retrieve her white shirt.

"No you don't! You heard them we have to go take cover." said Natsu, grabbing Lucy by the wrist and pulling her towards the coffee shop.

"But my shirt!" protested Lucy as she was yanked farther away from her shirt.

"We can get it later!" yelled Natsu, raising his voice slightly in order to be heard over the sounds of the poring rain and yelling.

With a pout, Lucy gave into Natsu's demands. She speed up her own pace and began running along side Natsu in a path towards Spettro's Coffee Shop.

A/N Was it too OOC? I think I may have made Natsu a bit like his Edolas self more than his actual self. Maybe I am just over thinking it?

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