Summary: A bunch of one shots for the couple Gray and Lucy since they don't have much love as a couple. There are a variety of genres but some might be sad or tragic so there's a fair warning that some of these one shots could be one sided.

Please Review and tell me your opinion on the one shots!:)

Pairing: Gray and Lucy

Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail all rights reserved to Hiro Mashima


Either way, You're Mine

She was humbly on her way with a bag of groceries in her hand. Her dark grey blue eyes were twitching with agitation. Her boyfriend gave her strict orders to go get the groceries while he runs an errand and come straight to his place as soon as she is done.

Not that she cared about that, but what her boyfriend demanded her not to do was getting a bit difficult to accomplish.

'Don't strip, Seriously Grace what am I going to do if hear from all the other members from the guild that they all saw you butt naked?'

"Damn him" she cursed him under her breath; she ran a hand through her layered jet-black hair to release the frustration. It's not really her fault that she had manifested this odd stripping habit.

"Damn Ur, Damn Lucas too" she mumbled as she headed towards Lucas' place. They've been going out for a few months already but they haven't gotten the chance to have a real date since they've been busy with missions or weren't around when the other was out.

"It's that ugly whore Natalie's fault, if she didn't drag him every mission she went on I would have spent more time with him!" Grace muttered to herself, she dug deep into her pockets and found a key that opened up Lucas' door.

'She should really stop hanging around with him. I know they're best friends but why does it seem its him that is going out with her and not me?'

She winced at her sudden thoughts, was she perhaps jealous? 'No NO! Hell no' she thought.

"Who would love a loud, hot-headed, disgusting girl? Get yourself together Grace Lucas' has good taste or he wouldn't be going out with you in the first place!" she said as she entered to the kitchen and notice said person wasn't here.

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But for some reason her thoughts aren't comforting her. She noticed a small note on the counter with his neat handwriting on it.

"I might be late, you can start cooking dinner without me. Plue is also there so you won't be alone. –Lucas"

"Tch, Whatever its not like I could rely on his cooking anyway" she blurted out as she crumpled the note and threw it into the trash. A small white figure was trembling its way up to Grace's leg.

The small creature acknowledged the girl and gave a small hug; wrapping its flappy arms around her leg. Grace smiled down at the creature, finding some comfort from it. At least his spirits were there for her even though he wasn't.

"I guess it's just me and you Plue," she whispered sadly. Plue nodded and tried to cheer her up "Puuuun~ Plue! Puuuuuun~"

Grace giggled and picked him up "How about I whip us up some dinner? How does pork sound for the main dish?"

"Plue!" the spirit replied excitedly causing her to laugh "Alright then!" a dusk of pink painted her cheeks.

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"I think I went a little bit over board," she laughed sheepishly as she slumped down on the sofa next to Plue. She got there around 6 and it's almost 10 and Lucas still hasn't shown up. For a distraction Grace cooked up more dishes upon waiting for his arrival.

She made Honey Pecan Pork Chops as the main meal as she intended to do in the beginning, then she started to make Baked Sweet Potatoes and Buttered Broccoli.

"Plue Plueeee" the spirit said reassuring her that it was okay. It took a big glomp of the food on his plate and gave her what looked like a smile and a big thumb up.

"Well I'm glad you like it Plue" she half smiled as she kicked off her pants. There was no point in not stripping now, she wasn't in public and the damn bastard wasn't home yet so its not like she is giving a peep show to anyone. Plus Plue has seen her naked so its nothing new to him.

"Man am I tired" she yawned, her plate was left untouched, she didn't want to eat until Lucas got back, it didn't feel right eating dinner without him. As much as she wanted to kick his guts right now she did leave a plate for him in the kitchen.

She effortlessly threw her blouse to the floor, now only in her bra and panties she again yawned and checked the clock.

"10:47." she murmured sadly. She then started to pat Plue, humming quietly to herself as her thoughts started to swarm around her.

Am I really not that good enough? I know I'm being selfish right now. But now I'm not sure of this relationship; does he truly love me or did he pity me when I confessed to him? She slouched a bit as she watched Plue gobble up the remaining bits of his food. She frowned as she watched the clock keep ticking faster.

Though I was glad he accepted my feelings and we're now in a relationship it feels like he is farther away. I know its not always rainbows or butterflies; it's about compromise that moves us both along but … she trailed off.

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Not once did he ever tell me "I love you". Is that too much to ask? Tears started to roll down her cheek.

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He is always around Natalie than he is with me; he should just go out with her if she makes him that Happy. That's all I really wanted, to be the reason why he smiled. She sniffled and tried to muffle out her sobs

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Why am I so upset? I-its not a big deal something might have happened and he can't be here right now. She bit her lip suppressing another cry

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I'm really pathetic.

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I know I didn't want to admit this earlier but I was really happy and looking forward to this date. I even tried my best to not strip and asked Mira to do my hair.

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I guess I was a real fool for thinking this could ever work out. Like the saying goes 'The person to fall in love first loses.'

Tears started to drop down from her face; Plue started to panic and wailed its arms up in the air out of terror of not knowing how to cheer her up. But she just shook her head signaling that it was no need to worry about it. She was fine.

"It's okay Plue. I'm fine really just feeling a bit sad and lonely that's all" she hugged her bare knees as she looked down, her bangs covering her eyes. "I was just really happy you know? I really wanted to be with him but I guess it wasn't that important for him to show up" her voice started to crack.

"Ahha haa" she laughed nervously as she viciously rubbed away more tears "How unbecoming of me! I used to be Grace the best Ice- mage in the world, all men would bow down to me in fear and yet…" her face blushing madly with hot tears streaming down her face.

"It takes one stupid Celestial Wizard to succumb me into pieces…" she coughed as her throat became instantly dry. Plue only looked at her sadly wishing he could tell her how his Master truly feels for her; but it wouldn't mean much coming from him.

Suddenly Plue perked up, he had an idea. Shifting his trembling body off the sofa making Grace confused at his actions, the little fellow ran down the hallway, seconds later he came back with a bunch of paper in hand.

It was a manuscript. Typical of Lucas to have it lying around even though he doesn't want anyone to read it.

Curious she took the papers out of Plue's grasp and decided to take a peek at them.

"Forever in my heart." she mumbled as she scanned the pages before deciding whether or not to read them.

Grace has read many of his manuscripts before, some that he doesn't know that she knows about, but it must have taken a great deal for Lucas to hide this from her because she never seen this story before.

" The date…it was written a few weeks ago?" She said as she was focusing on the words written down "Why haven't I seen this before? Does he have a new hiding spot?"

Plue relaxed and sat next to her; glad that Grace stopped crying, it was too out of character for her so if she cries he knows that whatever is the cause must really took its toll on her heart. He pointed towards the next page.

"Plu Puuuuuuuuuun!" she raised an eyebrow staring at him with much bewilderment.

"You want me to read this Plue? Are you sure that's alright?"

"Plue!"

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"This really sucks" she pinpointed out. "He has written so much better than this, its just some sappy stupid love triangle story Plue!"

"Punn?"

She breathed out a sigh "Well the story did get me interested in reading it about this far..." she trailed off as glum eyes glanced at the clock and then the manuscript. 11:25 the clock says but she feels it's way past that. She looked at the story in her hands; she hasn't finished it but she got the feel of it all right.

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The story focuses on Prince Luke whose family ruled over an island. Their kingdom was at peace until his Father Layte passed away. His mother June distraught and was in deep remorse of her late husband was put into a trance of a spell that made her act wicked and horrible.

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Over the years the prince endured the nights and many days with his new horrible mother but he still had hope that she would return to normal.

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The biggest reason why he endured well is that he fell in love with the princess from the neighboring Kingdom; Princess Natasha. She was very energetic and happy and gave the prince many smiles over the few years.

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Then trouble appeared when the Queen discovered the Prince's secret meetings with Princess Natasha; and with the spell having her act horrid over the years she didn't want to see her own son happy.

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Because of this she ordered on the Prince's 18th birthday that he has to marry in order to inherit the throne. But she has to pick the wife in order for that to happen; this angered the prince greatly when he knew that the only girl he would want to marry was Natasha.

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So to put the story more short she made one of the maids his fiancé and the only way for him to break the marriage is for him to retrieve a golden egg on the other side of the kingdom; the prince accepted the mission but few days before he saw Gracie the maid that he was bet roved to (also an old friend of his) was being mistreated by the Queen; feeling sorry he let her escape the castle and accompany him on his mission.

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Little did he know what would happen because of that decision.

He was friends with Gracie ever since they were little; his father found her all alone a long time ago; feeling sorry for the poor girl he let her stay and live in the castle. Later he found out her true identity was the princess of the northern islands, and due to the raging war he heard the princess escaped but her whereabouts were unknown, he promised her he wouldn't reveal her identity until it was safe for her to return to her kingdom. No one knew about this except her and the King, but after the tragedy of the King's passing it was hard for her to return home, and plus with the Queen acting more evil she forced Gracie to be one of the maids of the castle at the age of 12.

She and Luke where best of friends growing up but she ended up falling in love with him, but she knows his heart only belonged to Natasha and there was nothing she can do to change that.

She only wanted to see the prince happy even if her happiness was already taken away from her so she gladly accepted the mission to help find the golden egg even though secretly she was glad the queen made her engage to him.

The journey was long and hard, but being friends it didn't seem like a chore anymore. The two of them had many great adventures and had a lot of fun. Luke didn't even remember when he had such a good time until he was with Gracie. It reminded him why he was glad that his father found her, he missed his best friend but because of his secret meetings with Natasha he hasn't talked to her at all in those years, which caused him grief upon realizing.

Gracie tried her best to distance herself from Luke because the more time she spent with him the more her heart ached. She was too in love with him but she constantly reminded herself that her mission was to help him be with Natasha.

But as the days turned into weeks, Luke started to realize he always felt fuzzy around Gracie, and this wasn't lately but even before. When they were children he constantly had this aching feeling in his stomach when he was around her. It wasn't a bad feeling but one that he yearned more of. His desire for it somehow leveled down when he met Natasha but now that he's been with Gracie all this time the feelings have started to bubble up.

He's in love with Gracie.

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But isn't he supposed to be with Natasha? This caused the prince much confusion. Even if it were true, Gracie would never feel that way for him so he should let it go.

They finally reached their destination, with many obstacles they almost died to the process of retrieving the egg. During that time Gracie confessed to the Prince that she was actually the Princess of the kingdom in the north and asked him that when he marries Natasha that he won't forget her when she returns home.

The prince's heart ached as she said those words 'She won't stay with me anymore? She won't be by my side at all?' After completely finishing the mission and getting their hands on the egg the prince was dreading the trip back home.

'Shouldn't I be happy that I'm going home to Natasha? But…Gracie she won't stay with me, she will be out of my grasp as soon as I say I do.'

This brings up the question 'Who do I want to be with for the rest of my life?'

That's as far as Grace went up to reading. She couldn't help but relate to Gracie in the story, only thinking about other people's happiness instead of her own.

"I bet the prince picked Natasha, she was the only one to make him smile during his horrible years with the queen..." she yawned and placed the manuscript on the coffee table in front of her. Sleepiness was starting to over whelm her; she drifted her eyes to sleep.

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"Damn she's going to kill me," a smooth deep voice said as he entered his home. It was 2:00 am and he was late for his dinner with his girlfriend. At least hopefully she is still his girlfriend if she wasn't mad at him.

The man was tall, lean and muscular; he wore a sleeveless white and blue collard shirt. He bore an orange fairy tail symbol on his right hand, wore a blue headband that went across his forehead, and his blonde bangs hovering over his eyes. He wore dark blue pants with a white belt that held a brown case to carry his spirit keys. He had nice brown eyes.

He scanned his house to see if Grace was home, it seems she isn't. Why should he be surprised? He too would walk out if his date didn't show up.

Lucas then entered the kitchen; a nice aroma filled his nose. There he saw a plate of food on the counter top, there was a plastic cover on it so bugs wouldn't get into it. There lied a note next to it.

"I just felt like you shouldn't have to starve plus Plue made me.~Grace"

He chuckled, that was very like her, she was somewhat a tsundre, which he found adorable. He smiled to himself wishing he had gotten here on time. He pulled his arms upward stretching as he released a sigh. "I guess I should get some sleep. Ne where's Plue?"

After noticing his little spirit wasn't there to welcome him home he figures that the little guy was probably asleep somewhere in the living room.

"Man really Plue if you notice I'm coming late you should send yourself to the spirit world" he muttered as he headed towards the living room.

Shock overcame him when he saw Plue in the arms of Grace. They were both sound asleep on the couch except he did take note that she stripped off all her clothes.

Blushing he forced closed Plue's gate, a little jealous of the position his spirit was in and for a second wished he could take Plue's place.

He sighed as he took a quick glance at Grace; the moon's light was shining on her making her slender body look even more delicate. Due to the lack of clothing her scar on her abdomen was visible, with her black bangs brushed back her scar above her eye was also noticeable.

Lucas blushed upon realizing the small details he was noting of her. He sat down on the edge of the sofa just admiring his girlfriend sleep peacefully, it made him feel more content and more guilty he couldn't make it to their actual first date.

It wasn't his fault really; when he asked Grace to get the groceries he was planning on buying a present to commemorate their first date. Cheesy as it sounds he couldn't help but contain his excitement.

But on his way back he bumped into Natalie and she dragged him into a last minute mission ('DAMN HER' he thought) before he could object she stated that Master also wanted him to go on this mission as well so she won't blow anything up.

So unwillingly he went though he didn't understand why Eric couldn't go with her but he seemed to be busy with his 'cake hunting' was it?

Natalie reassured him they would be back in time for his date, probably just an hour late tops. So he went back home leaving a note before going to the train station quickly. The mission went well but they had to stay for an hour lecturing from the council about the damage they did (all thanks to Natalie; damage was done mostly on her behalf).

With much irritation Natalie also slowed him down when she refused to take the train back home since she was complaining about having cramps and motion sickness ('damn wench' he thought).

They were already three hours late but his will was still strong when they finally got on the train back to Magnolia, but it almost vanished quickly when he heard that they got on the wrong train and it would take him another 2 hours and half to return home.

"Gahh next time avoid Natalie at all cost," he mumbled with much amusement. He sat at the edge of the sofa thinking about the events today and imagining what he could have done with his girlfriend the hours that he was gone.

"I just wish life wasn't so difficult if not then at least let me be by your side" he sighed as he slumped down in the couch. He watched Grace sleep, not taking his eyes off of her for a moment.

Lucas isn't a pervert rather more he is vain about his looks and feels he can snag any girl that he pleases. The behavior resembles his Lion spirit Loke. Lately though Loke has been saying Lucas would be cuter as a girl.

Lucas shuddered "Perverted Loke glad that I'm not a girl or he would probably profess his love to me every time I summon him" he thought irritated as he rubbed his temples.

Though this may be true, at heart Lucas is a saint (cough cough virgin) and never has been with a girl before until Grace; she's special and his first and that he would never change if anyone says differently.

Except he is not too sure about her feelings for him, sure she did confess but does she still feel the same way now when nothing has really changed during their relationship?

He ran his hands in his hair angrily "GAH Damn it! I really wish I knew how she feels..." He looked down and noticed one of his manuscripts on the table. He only shook his head disapprovingly "That's like her…. to read one of my stories when I'm not home. Pfft which story is it this time anyway?"

His eyes bulged out and he started trembling when he caught a few lines from the page that she left off

"Do I really love Gracie…?"

"Crap, she found one of my most lamest stories ever, how the hell did she find this anyway…?" then realization hit him "Damn it Plue. Why did you show her this?! What's the point of having you guard it if you're going to show it to her willy nilly!?"

He died a bit inside; his girlfriend read one of his stories that he REALLY doesn't intend to publish at all.

"Its so obvious who the characters are based on...tch she probably figured it out. Now she knows all the sappy things that I think about her..." his face was now flushed red. He bit his lip as he looked down to the page. Grace hasn't got to the end so she probably hasn't read that embarrassing line that concludes the story.

But now curiosity had come to Lucas, what made Plue show Grace this? It's quite unusual for the spirit to disobey orders so it might have been important but what?

He looked at her again, his eyes slightly widened; he finally noticed the grim face she was making while she was dreaming. She didn't look well, tears streaked down her cheek and her usual smirk was replaced with a frown. Just the mere sight of her made Lucas' heart tore into pieces.

Though she waited for him she was distraught.

She looks lonely.

She cried and all because of him.

He furrowed his eyebrows; the pieces weren't added up though; what was the need to show her this? Doesn't it prove how much he needs her and loves her? Doesn't it show how much he hated when people paired him up with Natalie when he had no such feelings toward her? Doesn't it reveal his untold undying love for this girl in his couch?

Untold?

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It finally clicked. She doesn't know he loves her. 'If only she finished the story' he thought

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'No if only I told her sooner…'

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Mourning came, the sunlight came bursting through the window, the girl who laid in the couch started shifting, she was beginning to awake.

Grace sat up looking around her surroundings. 'This isn't my room, where am I? ' she took in the sight and remembered she was in Lucas' home 'Oh yeah I fell asleep while I was waiting for Lucas' she groaned. Just the thought of Lucas made her heart beat faster and she wanted it to just stop.

She stretched her arms upward and looks down as she noticed that instead of her attire that she wore last night (which was panties and a bra) it was a long dark black t-shirt that went down just a few inches above her knee.

She blushed when she realized there is only one possible person that could have done this. Her eyes anxiously looked around the room but she couldn't find the blonde anywhere.

She frowned; she looked down at the table to see a note.

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"I'd like to wake up with you."

She blushed furiously and almost tripped as she got up. She whipped her head quickly to scan the room. NO sign of Lucas.

She glanced at the clock. 11:40. It's late. She decided to head towards the kitchen.

As she arrived she noticed the plate she left for him last night had only crumbs. Next to it laid a new note.

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"I'd like to have lunch with you"

She smiled softly, her heart thumping and was yearning to see the celestial Mage. She will play along with his game.

She headed towards his bedroom to see if he was there. Still no sign of him but there was another note lying on his bed. She took a step toward anxiously reading the words.

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"I'd like to go to bed with you."

She again blushed and fidgeted as she read those words. 'What is he up to?' all the dread she had in her heart from last night has almost completely vanished. She eagerly went back to the living room to find him or another note.

She looked at the clock to check the time but to her surprise, a note that wasn't there when she awoke was placed messily on the clock.

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"I'd like to spend time with you"

She eeped. This proves that Lucas was indeed here. Putting on a determined face Grace decided to head out. Not wanting to take off his shirt during that process.

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So far no sign of Lucas, she looked everywhere but the guy seems to be out of her reach. But she was actually enjoying it, it's the first time Lucas has put interest or has done anything in the relationship. But now she is getting tired of the chase and just wants to cuddle with him and say many sweet things.

But where is he?

She entered the house after an hour of searching for him, Plue welcomed her home. She cocked an eyebrow 'So he's here?'

"Lucas?" she called "Where are you? I've been looking for you! Can you tell me what's going on?"

She heard footsteps in the back room. It was in Lucas' office; where he writes his thoughts or manuscripts down when he is not on missions. Grace scurried herself over there as she saw a shadow casted in the room. As she arrived she saw no one but saw a manuscript on his desk. There lied another note.

"Please read the end."

She narrowed her eyebrows, the end of what? She looked at the familiar pages.

'Oh it's the story that I was reading last night...' she thought. She exhaled a sigh 'But I already know the end so what's the point?' she sat down and slightly frowned.

"Punnn Pun!" Plue exclaimed as he entered the room and jumped on top of the desk where Grace was.

"I guess I have no choice but to read it huh?"

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They had finally arrived at the castle where the Queen and Princess Natasha has been waiting for them.

During the mission Gracie and Luke discovered that the egg has a mysterious magical power. They were afraid with this in the Queen's hands horrible things were sure to come. But a sorcerer they met on the way told them they have a chance of using the egg's power to change the Queen back to normal. Except he didn't explain how to do that.

They decided to take the risk and head back home which is where they are now; but there were other things on Prince Luke's mind. He was still thinking about his confused feelings for Gracie. Gracie on the other hand is starting to regret her decision of leaving once all of this is over, but what can she do? She all ready said she would leave and Luke seems to not mind, he loves Natasha and nothing will ever change that.

Blah blah and what happens next? Grace muttered as she scanned the pages looking a bit bored. But she continued anyway.

One they arrived it turned out it was a trap and the Queen ordered the guards to attack them and she took Princess Natasha hostage (though it took a while to capture her. The princess does have some spunk in her). After Luke and Gracie defeated the guards they headed towards the Queen's head quarters.

Again another trap. She imprisoned Gracie and took the Prince's magical egg.

Now the prince was left in turmoil. He sees both Princess Natasha and Gracie trapped and in trouble and knowing the Queen he doesn't have enough time to save both of them.

"Damn it Prince Luke just go save Natasha already Gracie is fine with it!" Grace muttered angrily. She took a deep breath and continued to read till the end.

Luke casted his eyes on Natasha, though she was tied up she still gave him a warm smile, the one that he fell in love with years ago. Yet he couldn't help but compare it to Gracie's, how Gracie's smile seem to have a familiar warmth to it. Even her eyes were able to smile and shine brighter than the stars in the sky.

He turned his gaze towards Gracie, now not ignoring the thumping of his heart or how it races when he sees her. He looked at her pleadingly, she only cocked him an eyebrow confused why he isn't trying to save Natasha. She mouthed the words 'Go help her I'm fine!'

But he couldn't, his legs dared not to go towards her rather now they were finding their way to Gracie. Surprised at even at his own actions he decided not to question it. He ran for his dear life while the Queen tried to attack him with her newfound powers. It didn't stop him though; he wanted to reach this girl with all his might even if it would kill him.

He finally reached Gracie, giving her a warm smile while he kicked the cage door open, he untied her ropes and ignoring the questionable stares she is giving him. She finally spoke as she got out.

'Why did you save me? What about Natasha?'

He only shook his head 'Gracie, no matter what I'm always going to be there for you. Whether you like it or not I'm here to stay. Plus you're important to me'

She blushed but only shook the words away reminding her self he only means them as a friend. 'But you missed your chance Luke! You could have saved the princess and escaped and have your Fairy Tale ending!' she cried.

He only smirked as he took her hand; they were both running as attacks were being flown towards them, with the ruckus going on she barely managed to hear Luke's reply.

'Gracie did you forget? You're also a princess.'

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After that they both managed to get the egg back and save the kingdom from destruction. Combining the will from everyone in the Kingdom; they managed to have the Queen return back to normal.

It all played well in the end; Luke apologized to Natasha stating that he was sorry about the decision he made back in the castle. She only grinned at him, which surprised him a little.

"Baka~I've always known you never loved me that way. I was hoping that some sense would knock into you when you were on your mission. And I'm glad that you found someone Luke.'

'Thank you it means a lot' he warmly smiled.

He then turned and faced his mother and for once she looked at him with warm eyes, she gently smiled "I'm sorry for acting like that. Can you ever forgive me?"

"Of course, it wasn't your fault my dear mother." He chuckled. She laughed along with him before she said "Well no matter, I always keep my promises so how bout it?"

Understanding he turned back to Gracie who was having a polite chitchat with Princess Natasha.

"It will be a splendid wedding," she suddenly said making Natasha surprised and confused.

"Eh? Who's wedding would that be?"

"Why you and Pri—" she was cut off as Luke dragged her off to where his mother was

"—Umf! What's going on?" Luke did not respond, he let go of her arm but ran his hand down to her palm, gently squeezing it with his own leaving them clasped. His mother somewhat shocked still remained composed waiting for her son's answer

"Mother, though you said if I retrieved the egg I will be able to marry the woman of my choosing and break off my engagement with Gracie.." she nodded and turned her gaze on Gracie, the girl embarrassed looked away.

'So I guess this is good bye huh?' she thought bitterly. She looked at Luke warmly before turning her stare to the floor, waiting for their breaking of engagement and for the start of preparations for him and Natasha's wedding.

"But!" he exclaimed, "The person I want to marry is…actually Gracie" he smiled.

Gracie looked shock and overwhelmed but hesitated to speak up.

His mother simply nodded "Very well then, I welcome you with open arms…Gracie"

Gracie was baffled as she looked at the Queen and then at Prince Luke she could only uttered the words in a sweet tone "Why?"

The blonde man chuckled as he clasped his hands with hers "Because all along you were actually the princess I was looking for…"

(CLICHÉ ENDING I KNOW )

Grace looked confused as she finished the ending "Well wow I didn't expect Luke to end up with Gracie" she slowly smiled not noticing the ending was much to her liking.

The ice-mage then looked at her companion Plue who was edging her to turn to the next page "Eh there's more Plue?" she asked bewildered, she steadily turned to the next page as her fingers fumbled with the flimsy paper. Her eyes widened in delight as she noticed there was an author's note. She greedily read what was written down hoping there was an explanation to this story.

Ah dear reader, please forgive me for reading such a horrible story and I bid you to not repeat this to any other. I have a feeling this won't be published any where but it does not matter because I wrote this out of my sheer enjoyment; though I apologize because I know I can write better. If you wonder what inspired me to write this cliché romance, well because I find myself deep inside a cliché one myself. This girl, I don't know, she makes me question my abilities and myself everyday, in a good way I would say. Just merely two words said from her I get goose bumps, when she looks my way she sends shivers down my spine. Just the thought of having her warm lips pressed against mine sends my heart down a blazing when ironically she will be the one to freeze it in place if it gets too out of control. If she ever reads this story I might just die in a hole, yes if you're wondering I based the characters from the people in my life. Yes I'm Prince Luke quiet embarrassing I might add, but I'm happy because she is my Gracie and what drive me to write this story is just we might all think we know what is right for ourselves and others, we might all believe we should be with our "Natasha" but if something upturns in your way and it gives you unlimited happiness you shouldn't let your Gracie get away. Sorry for my rambling if it does not make sense but that's just how I feel at the moment.

For Grace, you drive me crazy sometimes but there's no question about it that I want to be by your side at all times. Quite selfish of me right? If you have read this forgive me for it being cheesy but it does show how much I love you. I hope you feel the same

-Lucas

Before she could process what she just read, long arms over lapped her small waist and dragged her back in to a firm warm chest. She felt the vibrations that were coming off of it as she heard a slight heart beat causing hers to beat rapidly.

Her cheeks were blushing madly as she felt a hot breath tickle her ears; she felt soft hair nuzzle the nape of her neck.

"Caught you" a deep voice purred that caused the hairs on her neck to stand.

"L-lucas?" she replied in a high-pitched voice, He nuzzled his head close to her neck.

"Tadaiima" he cooed, she smiled slightly, turning around she wrapped her arms around his neck and gave him a grin.

"Okaarii"

He smiled at her, not wanting to let go he tighten his grip on her pulling her closer for a hug.

"Sorry I'm late" he whispered. She snuggled closer to his chest and breathed out a sigh "It's okay…"

"D-did you like my s-story?" he asked hesitantly, moving his focus from her eyes to the ceiling trying to avoid her gaze.

She giggled "It was a bit cheesy.." she trailed off "But I'm a sucker for sappy love stories so I don't mind".

Lucas sighed in relief now looking down at his girlfriend lovingly "Hey Grace?"

"Hmm?"

"I'd like to just be with you, anywhere " he said firmly. She blushed furiously and whipped her head in the other direction embarrassed.

"Me too" she said quietly. Lucas grinned.

"It doesn't matter whether we are different, if we're not always together, whether people couple me up with the weird Natalie or couple you up with the creepy Jun" he ended a bit irritated which made her chuckle. He returns to his speech.

"Even if we don't get along sometimes. And whether I was older than you or vice versa. And whether you were a boy and I'm a girl there's one thing that won't change."

"And what is that?"

"I will always love you" he said confidently unlike the Lucas Grace knows him as. The way he said it made her heart go a flutter.

"I will always love you" she replied happily. She didn't care that he was late to their first date. She now knows how he feels for her.

"It doesn't matter what happens. Because either way you're mine…"


I think this is the most I written for a chapter so YAY ! I hope you guys liked it. I was really uninspired so it was like a story within a story sorry if i bored you with that side tracked thing -_-; GENDER BENDER SPECIAL!*

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