A/N It is done! All in one day too! I know I didn't update for a while, but I'm back. This is mostly due to the fact I finished my art entry (which was one of the twenty who won first in my media!) and my schedule is now back to normal. I planned on updating/writing this last week, but I sorta forgot finals existed. So had to take care of that.

Also thank you to everyone who is Following and Favorited this story! We broke the hundred mark!

Disclaimer- Fairy tail is from the mind of Hiro Mashima

Edited 4/18/14

*Tweaked grammar and dialogue.*

Lightning streaked across the blackened sky, lighting it up momentarily, before disappearing as quickly as it came. Seconds later, a loud boom of thunder sounded and caused and echo to shake through the small coffee shop.

Lucy leaned against the back of her chair. She watched the endless rain beat against the thin plane of glass separating her from the seemingly never ending storm.

"And the to think the weatherman was actually right." commented a waitress as she wiped down the table behind Lucy.

"Huh?" questioned Lucy, turning around in her seat.

The waitress had long, straight violet hair with a bust the rivaled Lucy's own. She adorned a lime green-colored blouse with a green neckline and trim, complemented by a long, white skirt and green boots. The girl also wore a Spettro's Coffee Shop name tag reading Kinana in small print.

Kinana smiled at Lucy, her green eyes shining, as she continued to wipe the table down. "I was watching the television last night and the weatherman said that there was a 73% chance of heavy thunderstorms in the Magnolia area. Personally, I didn't believe him when I saw the clear sky this morning, but I guess the news has to be right sometimes or else no one would watch it."

Lucy simply nodded in agreement.

Kinana picked up an leftover coffee cup someone had abandoned. Using her rag, she whipped up the circle of dried coffee that was left. She then placed the empty cup on a metal platter she had brought with her. After she finished her task, she turned her attention back on the blonde.

"So, what happen to the boy that you came in with?"

"Natsu?"

"Is that his name?"

"Pink-haired?"

Kinana smiled, "That's the one."

Lucy sighed and crossed her arms over the top of her chair. She rested her left cheek on top and looked back out the window.

"I wouldn't know. He dragged me in here a while ago, then got up, and disappeared. I have been in this seat waiting for him ever since."

Lucy continued to watch the rain while Kinana pulled the chair in front of her out from under the table and took a seat.

"He couldn't have gone far. I mean, this place is packed because of the thunderstorm. I was almost got trampled coming over here to clean the tables."

Lucy let out a small laugh, "You don't know Natsu."

"He seems to be a nice person."

"Yeah, he-" Lucy let out a small sneeze. Kinana pulled out a napkin from her pocket and handed it to Lucy, which she gracefully accepted.

"You must be freezing." Kinana said while she watched Lucy whip her nose with the napkin.

"Just a little."

Kinana handed her another napkin, "I am going to guess that the rain and us blasting our air conditioning is only making it worse?"

Lucy smiled and crumpled up her used napkin in her hand, "Better here than out there." Lucy replied, using her thumb to point out the window at the raging storm.

Kinana nodded in agreement.

A small silence fell over them. After a few moments, Kinana perked up in her chair. Her hair whipped to one side as she turned her head to look into the crowd of Lucy's classmates; who had taken over the middle of the shop. As she listened, Lucy make out a male's voice yelling from the other side of the shop. Although she couldn't describer a clear message, Lucy was able to make out Kinana's name.

"That would be Cobra telling me to get back to work." said Kinana, answering the question Lucy was about to ask.

Kinana got up from her seat and pushed the chair under the table with her foot. She picked up the metal platter with one hand, expertly balancing the empty cup in the center, before turning back to Lucy. She held out her free hand; palm facing upwards. Lucy nodded, getting the message, and placed the used napkin in her outstretched hand.

"I guess my impromptu break is over. It was nice talking to you...?" Kinana trailed off.

"Lucy."

Kinana nodded, "It was nice talking to you, Lucy."

Kinana turned away, placing the napkin on the platter, and disappeared into the crowd in the direction of where Cobra's voice had originated. Lucy glanced at the place where Kinana had vanished. She felt a pang of sadness at the thought of being left alone again.

"Where did that idiot go?" she muttered to herself.

She shut her eyes and rested her cheek back on her crossed arms. She was cold, but it wasn't too unbearable. The noises of her classmates chattering in the background echoed in her ears. It was a wonder to Lucy how Kinana and herself had been able to carry a conversation over all the noise they were causing.

There was the sound of fingers snapping in front of Lucy's face.

"Oi! Luce! Wake up!"

Lucy's eyes flew open at the sound of his voice. She raised her head to come face to face with none other than Natsu Dragneel. He was crouching in between the space that Lucy's chair and the chair Kinana had previously been occupying created. When Natsu saw that Lucy was now awake, he gave her his signature toothy smile and lowered his fingers.

Lucy didn't return the smile, but instead a deep frown adorned her face.

"Where have you been?" demanded Lucy, "You know how long you left me waiting?"

His smile never leaving his face, Natsu grabbed something near his feet and held up for Lucy to see. It was a white, lumpy, paper bag with Spettro's Coffee Shop printed in the center.

"Are those pasties from the store?" Lucy questioned.

Natsu nodded happily and placed the bag behind Lucy on the table. Then, Natsu gingerly held up two cups of steaming hot chocolate in a drink take-out container. "I also got these. I assumed you were cold from the rain as you are still dressed in that," He gestured to her wet swimsuit, "so I bought you hot chocolate and the pastries."

Lucy was touched at Natsu's thoughtfulness. She opened her mouth to thank him, but decided against it.

Natsu snapped his fingers in front of Lucy's face again, thinking she had gone to sleep. "Luce! Wake up!"

"Stop that!" she yelled, grabbing his fingers in her hand, "I am not asleep!"

"Good! 'Cause it's time to eat!" Natsu said, cheering. He stood up, causing Lucy to let go of his fingers, and went over to the seat behind Lucy. Lucy swiveled around in her seat. That way, Natsu was now seated in front of her with the table separating them.

Lucy's cup of hot chocolate was already set out in front of her, courtesy of Natsu, she took a small sip. The hot chocolate was delicious and it warmed her right up. Gingerly, she took another sip. This time, Lucy could taste a hint of peppermint mixed in with the chocolate.

She sipped periodically at her hot chocolate as she watched Natsu unload the rest of the pastries from the bag. When he finally finished, their table was covered in every type of pastry Lucy could ever think of; scones, tarts, cookies, danishes, brownies, doughnuts, croissants, muffins, cinnamon rolls, and even apples fritters.

Now that the food had been spread out, Natsu wasted no time in stuffing himself with every pastry within his proximity.

"Natsu! Slow down!" scolded Lucy. She whacked his hand away from a cheese danish, and instead, snatched it for herself.

She bit into the pastry as Natsu devoured the rest of their food. Although, Lucy had to sometimes snatch away a pastry from his grasp; saving them for herself.

"You could have told me." remarked Lucy as she took another bite of her danish.

"Told you what?" asked Natsu, leaning back in his chair; satisfied with his meal.

"About this," Lucy said and gestured to the danish in her hand, "Instead of running off without telling me anything."

"Oh, yeah. I forgot." Natsu remarked, sheepishly, scratching his head with his hand.

Lucy rolled her eyes at his logic and reached into her stockpile for another pastry having finished off her first.

"Hey!" asked Natsu suddenly "Can I ask for a favor?"

Lucy chose a scone from the top of her pile, and began to examine the dark spots decorating the outside; trying to determine whether they were chocolate chips or blueberries. "Hmm?" she said distractedly.

"Can I-"

"No, you can't sleep in my bed, Natsu." Lucy said cutting him off mid-sentence.

Natsu frowned at Lucy as she continued to examine the scone.

He shook his head and tried again, "No, can I-"

"Or my bath." Lucy said cutting him off again. After examining the scone for a while, she came to the conclusion that the scone was indeed blueberry and an experiment bite proved her theory.

Natsu let out an irritated growl and reached for his hot chocolate. He drained half the cup before setting it back down on the table.

"You don't need to use my house?" questioned Lucy, "Cause that's usually what you ask me about."

"No. I need something else."

Lucy took another bite of her blueberry scone and raised an eyebrow, "What?"

"Canyoututorme?" Natsu said his words slurring together because of his rush.

Lucy blinked once and then again.

"What?" she asked again.

Natsu took a breath, "I kinda need you to tutor me for my upcoming tests. If I don't pass, then I am off the team and there is this big game next Friday."

"The one against Lamia Scales?"

Natsu nodded and took another sip from his hot chocolate, while Lucy finished off her scone.

"Sure, why not? Is it History again?"

"Kinda?" answered Natsu, his answer sounding like a question.

"So, you need me to tutor you in something else?" asked Lucy, suspiciously.

"Well...no...I kind of need-." Natsu trailed off avoiding Lucy gaze. This was the part he was worried about.

"What is it, Natsu?"

"It is not just History I need your help in."

"Well, then, how many classes do you need my help in?"

Natsu paused. He looked up at Lucy and answered in a small voice "All of them?"

A/N Done! Finished! Complete! Now all I have to do is write the winner to my poll and then sleeping for the next hundred years.

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