Chapter 2:Weirdness Of A Dream

Lucy walked into her apartment, making sure no existence of the fire-blowing dragon slayer or the rare (thank God too) blue flying cat. After she made sure, she stripped and took a bath.

In the bathtub, Lucy thought about what had happened before she went on her date with Drew.

"Until then…what on earth did he mean?" she muttered to herself, lost in her own thoughts.

She was so lost she didn't even notice that she had left her window free and open. She also forgot to make sure the front door was locked. And that left a certain way to let a certain fire-breathing bozo into the house.

She got out of the shower covered with a big cotton towel wrapped around her body. (I wish I could tell her about the bad luck that's gonna befall her right after she steps out of the bathroom.)

"Natsu?"

"Oh…err, hi, Lucy…"the fire-breathing mage stepped back nervously from her.

Lucy put her hands on her hips, and said slowly, gritting her teeth as she said so: "Natsu Dragneel, I'm giving you three seconds to leave this room. After that, I'm summoning Loki to deal with you. And don't think about negotiating. I'm freaking tired and I wanna go to bed."

Whoosh….Lucy's eyes popped wide in surprise and amusement. Natsu was gone, out through the window.

"That was fast…"Lucy snorted. She threw off her towel and quickly put on a nightdress. Then she threw herself into bed straight away.

That night Lucy had a weird dream, where Gray and Drew were falling into a dark pit, helpless, and screaming for her help. She tried to lift her arms to save them, but only one arm would work. Scared, she grabbed Drew first. When she turned back, Gray was too far out of her reach and yelling: "Lucy…."

Lucy woke up with a jerk. Then she realized she'd been leaking tears as she slept. She thought of the dream and shuddered.

"But why didn't I save Gray?" she wondered to herself.

*next day*

"Hey Lucy!" Natsu called as he and Happy came into the guild. Lucy was sitting by the counter where Mirajane was preparing a special smoothie for Lucy to ease her eye bags.

"What's up with your eyes? Did Gray punch them?" Happy smirked. (Do cats smirk?) Lucy gave him an instant Look of Death. Happy and Natsu both shrank away as fast as they'd gotten there.

"Lucy/ didn't you sleep well? What was bothering you? Was it Drew?" Mira asked, her gorgeous blue eyes boring into Lucy's.

"Hmmm? Oh, no it wasn't Drew…Drew was perfectly fine. In fact, he took me to this huge fancy restaurant by the beach…then after that we went for a walk on the beach together…"Lucy sighed. "It was soooo romantic…"

"Juvia thinks Lucy-san is very lucky to have a boyfriend like Drew. Juvia only wishes Gray-sama would feel the same way…" Juvia's eyes wandered to where Gray was unconsciously unbuttoning his shirt and staring at Lucy. Juvia's expression darkened. Lucy didn't notice, for once and just continued eating her eggs and bacon. She took a slurp of Mirajane's special smoothie and nearly gagged.

"Mira!" she spluttered. "What in the world did you put in this mixture?"

The mixture was pale green, with hints of black spots in it. Go figure, I know.

Mira just gave her a gentle grin and said: "It was for the blackness under your eyes, Lucy. I mixed cucumber and kiwi, and added some peaches too! How did you like it?" she grinned even wider.

Lucy forced a smile and said: "Uhhh… It was great!" as she spoke, the black spots under her eyes seemed to fade.

Suddenly Lucy heard Gray behind her, putting his arms around her shoulders. Lucy jumped.

"Hey Lucy, I'm bored. Can we go on a mission?" he asked her hopefully.

Lucy thought of the dream last night and shuddered again. "Sorry Gray, I'm just not in the mood." She went back to brooding like a chicken left in the rain on the counter.

Gray looked disappointed. Juvia looked up hopefully and said: "Juvia will go on a mission with Gray-sama!" Gray looked at her and said, "Oh. Never mind, Juvia, maybe some other time. I think I wanna go home now- Uh, headache." He waved her off and ran out of the guild.

"Hick-don't worry-HICK-Juvia, Gray just-HICK-needs to be-HICK-alone for awhile." Cana assured her, between huge vats of beer and a bad dose of hiccups.