Hey, guys. And thank you, mromero18. That date didn't go so well, which means I don't have to bother with romance for the time being and can update more often. Guy turned out to be a *I don't say mean things because I'm a good person*. But their personality was revolting.
It is currently 4:07 a.m. I am eating Lifesaver gummies and am about to fall asleep.

I checked the time, and I was supposed to have just left, so in a speed I didn't know I possessed, I clothed myself and packed my bag with pajamas and extra clothes in case it ended like last year. As I sprinted towards the guild, I noticed the crowd of Fairy Tail mages standing outside, waiting for the doors to open. I sighed in relief that I wasn't late and slowed my pace down with a jog until I was in the clearing.

The moment I made it to Erza, Natsu, and Gray, the doors opened; ushering us in. We flooded into the warm guildhall, the smell of apple-cinnamon, evergreen, and gingerbread was enticing in a way that only Christmas can be. Floating lanterns illuminated the hall in a warm glow. The walls and ceiling adorned with tinsel of various colors, wreaths, mistletoe, and the banisters and tables all embellished with lights. The tree stood tall and breathtaking, the presents beneath obscured by the foliage.

"Let the festivities begin!" the master shouted, marking the start of the best Fairy Tail celebration of the year.

As soon as the last word was out, the whole of the small crowd cheered. With Mira not having to work today, the guild members made their way to the magic casks dispensing their choice of eggnog, hot chocolate, coffee, or alcohol. Everyone getting their beer, spirits, and cocktails before midnight. Makarov made drinking prohibited during Christmas, so the non-alcoholic beverages were basically ignored for the night.

After everyone was settled with drinks and snacks, the gift swap began. Everyone passing the presents they got for one another. It was mostly couples and close friends. I handed out my own to Gray, Erza, Natsu, and Happy and received gifts of my own.

"EEEEEEE" an ear-piercing scream ran through the building. We all looked to where it came from and saw Juvia with her hands to her mouth in both shock and happiness. "I-I'm sorry.." she managed to squeak out. Everyone went back to their previous activities as if nothing had happened. Curious as to what happened, I approached Juvia and Gray.

"What was that scream about?"

"Look what Gray-sa-" as Gray clasped his hand over her mouth.

"No honorific," he demanded, making her blush.

"Look what Gray got Juvia," she said, presenting a pendent like his own, only made of ice.

"A necklace?"

"It's ice lacrima imbued with my own magic. If she's in trouble, it will automatically create an ice shield as strong as my own around her and alert me of any danger," Gray answered.

"That's so sweet," I commented, making Gray blush.

I saw Mirajane and Freed exchange their presents and as Mira saw her own, she beckoned my over. Upon my arrival, she held out her wrist showing a bracelet completely covered in miniscule runes. The glowing scripture looked beautiful, though the language was unidentifiable.

"What does it do?" I asked in irrefutable wonder at it.

"It has a wide variety of functions. It may be used for communication, protection, magic limiting, magic amplifying, teleportation and many of my other powers. It took nearly a month of constant runecrafting to make," Freed stated, clearly proud of himself.

Going around the guild, I noticed several people had similar gifts. Erza recieved an armor set fused with Heavenly Body magic by an "anonymous" sender. Bisca receiving explosive magic bullets with an incendiary after effect. Cana getting a few cases of what seemed to be very expensive, very illegal alcohol with a card that simply said, "Wild!" Romeo getting Wendy a plushie of Charle. Elfman's gift being a statue of a fairy being held be a monster which had a striking resemblance to his Beast Soul. Levy having a large pile of what must have been invaluable books set in front of her with Gajeel saying he just happened to notice them his mission, though knowing how rare and old they were, she knew that wasn't the case.

Everyone around was enjoying their significant other's gifts and company, and I was sitting at a table by myself. I never realized how lonely I was until recently and it was thrown in my face every chance it was given. I decided to merely sulk until the gift exchange was over, seeing as it would only last a few more minutes.

Caught in my own thoughts, I didn't notice the presence behind me until I felt a large hand clasp my shoulder. Turning around, I saw a man with a blonde crop, lightning shaped scar over his right eye, and a look of exhaustion covering his face. "Hope I didn't miss anything," he said more nonchalantly than I could bare after the week I'd had.

"Y-You... You asshole!" I exclaimed as I started hitting his chest with the padded sides of my fists. "Where have you been?" I asked before losing my strength and leaning into him with tears streaming down my face. He wrapped his arms around my trembling figure, pulling me in even tighter. "I was worried sick about you," I could barely murmur in between silent sobs.

"I'm sorry. For making you worry," noticing I didn't respond, he continued.

"I was in Pergrande." At that my head went up.

"Why the hell were you all the way across the continent?" At that, he reached into his pocket and pulled out a small rectangular box, adorned with a ribbon and bow. I took it from his outreached hand and stared at it. "Open it," he commanded. I pulled on the ribbon end, untying the knot, and letting it fall to the floor. Opening the box, there sat a platinum bracelet with small diamonds specking it, making it sparkle in the dimly lit room. At the center sat a yellow gem that glowed with magic power. I laid my finger upon it, and as I did, felt electricity course through me.

"I went to find the merchant who sold my father the dragon slaying lacrima and implanted it into my face," pointing at his scar. "I asked if he had any available and he declined. He saw my scar and knew who I was, so he let my buy another."

"And this is it?"

"No," he answered. "The new one is behind my eye." He pointed at the one on the bracelet, "That's the old one."

"Why would you do that? Didn't you say it hurt?" with genuine concern in my voice.

"Let me show you something." He took my hand and led me outside. "Put it on."

When we were a good distance from the guild, he simply instructed me, "Focus your energy to the bracelet; think about the magic coming from you body; put your hands up and aim them at that tree."

I did as was told and to my surprise, a bolt of lightning came bursting from my palms and struck the tree. I looked at him with the amazement written on my face. He simply nodded proudly.

"Do you like it?" he asked, obviously knowing the answer.

"I love it!"

"Come on," Laxus called to me. "Lets go enjoy the party while we can."

"Oh yeah, Blondie," Laxus said, getting my attention. "What did you get me?"

"I didn't know you'd be back tonight, so I left it at my house."

"I wasn't really expecting much anyways."

"Well, now you're making me feel bad. How about I make it up to you?"

"How do you plan on doing that?" more curiosity in his expression than he wanted to let off.

I leaned up, kissing him and working my way down his jaw line and neck, "I'm sure I can think of something." I saw a slight bit of pink rise to his cheeks before he turned away and headed for the door.

That night was the greatest since the one a week prior. There was drinking, games, and stupid bets. It was the usual Fairy Tail, but with a holly jolly vibe. Even Laxus came out of his comfort zone to interact with the others. It couldn't have been better. I had Laxus here. He was getting along with my friends.

"Come on everybody. You know what time it is," Cana shouted to the guild. "Put Romeo and Wendy to bed."

"Why do we have to go to bed?" Romeo asked defensively. Why he was he instead of with his father, we didn't know, but we think it had something to do with a certain bluenette dragon slayer.

"You wanna see us naked?" Cana asked. Romeo's face going as red as Erza's hair.

"We-We're off to bed."

When they were out of sight, the rest of us started to decide our captains.

The matches as were followed:

Captains: Laxus vs Cana
Gajeel vs Juvia
Natsu vs Lucy
Gray vs Evergreen
Freed vs Lisanna
Elfman vs Levy
Bixlow vs Mirajane
Loke vs Erza

"Lets get ready for some strippin'." shouted Cana.

"This year's game will be," reaching into a bag and pulling out a piece of paper. "Pool!"

Elfman and Laxus went to the storage room to bring out the pool table. Returning moments later and setting it in the center of the hall.

By the last two matchs, Freed was the only one fully clothed. Juvia, Levy, Mira, and Loke were sitting with barely any clothes on. On the other hand, Gajeel, Evergreen, Lisanna, Elfman, Bixlow, and Gray were all sitting completely nude. Gray didn't even lose.

My turn was next and I'd be facing none other than Natsu, to say I was nervous was an understatement.

Now that I had won my match, Natsu was terrible at billiards. All that was left was the battle of captains.

Laxus Dreyar vs Cana Alberona

"Solids or stripes?" he asked, racking the balls.

"Stripes." Laxus lifted the rack and Cana lined up the cue. "Break," thrusting the cue stick, the balls scattering, and pocketing the 14. Laxus sighed before slipping off his shirt. "The one time I don't wear my coat."

She lined up again, this time pocketing both the 9 and 12. He subsequently removed his boots and socks. She lined up for the third time, aiming for the 15 but it ricocheted off of the wall and back into the cue. As the white ball fell into the pocket, Laxus said, "Scratch, off with it." But she simply removed her set of bangles. "Pussy," Laxus muttered.

He preceded to call his shots, calling two in one go. Both the 1 and 5 ball ending in their desired pockets. Cana removed her shoes and her belt. Again, Laxus scored two balls at once, the 3 and 4, with the card mage removing her blouse and pants. As Laxus was ready to take his next shot, drawing the stick back, his eyes wandered to the woman across the table squeezing her cleavage together with her upper arms. His shot faltered and he ended up missing the ball.

Cana moved into to capture her pray, making two consecutive shots of the 15, 10, and 11. Laxus stripping himself of his belt, pants, and tank top. This time she called the 8 ball but missed, having to relieve herself of her bra. Laxus leaned against the table, crouching down. As he did this, Cana made her way to his side, leaning just as he was doing. His face was merely inches from her breasts, and he couldn't keep his focus if his life depended on it. His shot missed, and as it did, Cana lined up, called her shot and made it.

The men in shock that their peerless leader was defeated, and the women eager to see him rid himself of his boxers. Letting out a sigh, he tucked his thumbs into the waistband and slowly pulled them around his ankles before kicking them off.

I looked away for fear of losing the rest of the composure I had around this man, deciding to look at the girls instead. But seeing all of their expressions, licking or biting their lips, their faces flushing, their jaws dropping, or just plain staring at the naked form before them. Not a single one was spared, and not being able to hold back anymore, I turned to look. Finally seeing it after all the times I'd imagined it, and this was far better than in my fantasies, sent me over the edge. I lost all control of my body, and my hand secretly dove between my legs, though noticing this, Cana called out, "Okay, I think that's enough panty-wetting for one night. We should hit the hay."

The women slept on the second floor and the men on the main floor. As everyone was preparing for bed, the women would excuse themselves to use the restroom for a few minutes, returning with flushed faces. The fact that all of them except Juvia were getting off to the memory of seeing my boyfriend naked really pissed me off. Once everyone was laying down and drifting off to sleep, I felt the warmth return to my center reaching my nether regions. It kept getting hotter and hotter until I couldn't take it. I had to have him. I needed it. And I wasn't going to wait another second.

A/N: I'm really sorry this took so long to get out. I had an extremely busy day. I didn't feel very comfortable writing this chapter because most of it was written at about 4 and 5 this morning, so I slept a big part of the day away. I'll be changing the rating to M, since the next chapter will contain a lemon.

- Unnamed Namesake