Hey Guys! Sorry it's been taking me so long…I've had some things to do not to mention I've had some serious writer's block….. Anyway I hope you guys enjoy this next fun chapter!
Gray and Juvia walked up to the restaurant, now greeting a pissed off and hungry Natsu. Lucy was just trying to calm him down at this point. He did calm down after a few minutes and he was calm enough to ask, "Where the hell have you guys been?! We've been waiting out here for thirty minutes, looking like idiots just standing out here!" Gray sighed. "Look, I'll tell you after we go inside and sit down." Natsu got over it for a few seconds and they all walked inside.
They were greeted by a somewhat familiar figure, but they weren't sure because she was facing the opposite direction. "Hello, and welcome to Mezzo Grande. My name is Avery and I will be your waitress for the evening." Avery turned around and gave a wide smile to her customers. Natsu and Lucy were really shocked to see her there instead of her hotel. "Avery what-" Lucy picked up where Natsu left off. "-are you doing here?" Avery just smiled and laughed. "I guess you two have become more of a couple since I last saw you…..finishing each others sentences like that." Natsu and Lucy blushed. Gray and Juvia on the other hand were confused as to how they knew this woman.
"Lucy, how do you know her?" Lucy looked up and blushed. She was currently thinking about all the things that happened at least a week ago. "Oh….it's a long story, but I'll be sure to tell you later. Now, let's go eat so Natsu doesn't pass out from hunger." They all laughed and Avery showed them to a table. She took out a notepad and flipped to a page. "So to get this exciting date started, what should I get you all to drink?" They all looked at the menu for a second and knew what they wanted. "I'll have a coke and Lucy will have a srpite." Natsu said. Gray asked Juvia what she wanted. "I'll have a Dr. Pepper and Juvia will have a sweet tea." Gray held out his hand to Avery. "My name's Gray and this is Juvia. It's nice to meet a normal friend of Flame Brain's." Avery chuckled and shook Gray's hand. "Natsu, you and Lucy have such nice friends. Please take care and treasure them." Natsu and Lucy smiled. "Well' I'll be back with all of your drinks. In the meantime please look over the menu and make your decision."
Avery turned and left. After a few minutes of random talk and looking through the menu, Avery came back with their drinks. "Okay, what would you guys like tonight?" Gray and Juvia still had to think about what they wanted, so Natsu and Lucy went first. "We'll take a spicy chicken curry and a salad with a side of potato soup, with extra cheese." Lucy looked surprised. She didn't expect Natsu to eat so little. This place wasn't all that expensive and they had some of his favorite foods too. Then Natsu leaned over to Lucy and whispered, "Im only saving my stomach for dessert tonight. I fell like if my stomach is too full, then I won't have enough room for you." Lucy blushed and Natsu gave her the goofy smile that she loved. "Okay, I think we'll have the same thing, except I would like my curry chilled. We can't decide on anything else anyway." Avery jotted it all down in her notebook. "Alright, I'll be back in a little while."
"Okay, now that everything has settled down, tell us what the hell you guys were up to earlier." Gray and Juvia looked at each other. "You should probably tell them everything, Gray-sama, you know, since I was almost asleep the whole time." Gray blushed and scratched the back of his head. He knew he was kind of the reason why they were late in the first place. He decided he was going to tell them the whole thing. Afterwards, it left Juvia and Lucy blushing. "What a great embrace it was from Gray-sama! I hope to do it again!" Lucy was looking at Gray in disbelief. "Wow, I didn't think he was going to pull it off this early. It sounds like he almost did better than Natsu in just a few minutes…..maybe he can do this by himself…
Lucy nudged Natsu and whispered in his ear, "Hey Natsu, I think we should probably stop helping Gray after this. It seems like he's got this whole thing under control." Natsu looked at her confused. "Well, he kind of kissed her and held her hand in just minutes… I think he's pretty capable of doing this on his own." Natsu laughed, which caused Juvia and Gray to stop their conversation and look at him weird. "What's so funny? Is there something you guys are talking about that's weird?" Natsu was about to tell him, but Lucy kicked his leg. "Oh uh, nothin'." Juvia laughed a little bit and Gray just shook his head. Lucy leaned back over to Natsu. "Calm down….and what's the point in laughing?" Natsu was surprised that Lucy didn't put two and two together. "Because, he still has one problem to deal with and that's Lyon. If he keeps cockblocking like he has, then Gray will only end up in jail….he'll go crazy if he has to worry about Lyon. And then he'll end up killing the guy when his sanity runs out." Lucy nodded. She was surprised he figured this out before she did…and she really liked it. She and Natsu understood that this probably wasn't going to get any easier. "We're just gonna have to come up with another plan then." Lucy whispered. "This is gonna take us some time…..I would just say 'let's have them fight to the death with me in the fight', but I don't want to end up in jail with those idiots because of some rivalry." Natsu painfully thought about jail life with Gray. There was a possibility that they could become gay or certain things would happen…and it wasn't the best thing to think about since he was about to eat.
Avery came back with their food and when she handed out the plates of food, she bowed her head and left. Everybody dug in and enjoyed themselves. By the time they were done, Avery had come back and taken their plates. "I'll be right back with your checks." Natsu stopeed her before she left. "Hey, Avery….why are you here? I thought you had the hotel to look after." Avery tilted her head and smiled. "Oh, I went bankrupt and lost it!" Natsu and Lucy were even more shocked. "AND YOUR SMILING ABOUT IT?!" Avery's smile faded. She wanted to sit down and talk about it, but she didn't want to weigh their minds down with a tragic story. "Sorry, please enjoy these free dessert samples!" She bowed again and left. Lucy leaned over to Natsu's ear and said, "We better not bother her about it. When we see her again we can ask her about it, okay?" Natsu nodded his head and they ate the desserts.
Lucy and Juvia looked at each other and nodded their heads, as if they had agreed on something. "So, do you guys wanna do something else tonight?" Lucy and Juvia asked. Gray and Natsu looked at each other confused. They thought it was just going to be dinner, but it seemed like the girls had something else planned. "What did you guys have in mind?"
