A/N: Thanks for reviews! There aren't to many, but I'm still happy! When I typed Chapter 2 up, I was watching the creepy-ass movie Legion. I like those movies, it's super creepy and full of action and suspense, not to mention really good computer graphics. I hate super scary movies like Last House On The Left, dude, the person who made that movie is really fucked up. D:

… haha, anyway, I'm really sick right now so sorry that this chapter came out a little late than I had expected and told you. I want you guys to have high expectations of me because it's late. (: In this chapter, I hoped to get Erza and Gray in the story (which, I did) and keep their personalities intact. I didn't want the dialogue to be complete bullshit.

(It seems I'm in the mood to cuss.) Please enjoy!

Love & Rockets,

E M I R O Z U .

The weather was super crappy in Lucy's mind. The sun wasn't out; clouds swarmed the, now gray, sky. The air was icy, and the wind didn't help that fact. Lucy shivered; she'd do anything to get warm. Was the guild open? She could find warmth there… It was only half a block away, why not? She'd ask Mirajane for some hot chocolate or something.

"Hey, Lucy!" Gray waved as Lucy limped into the toasty warm guild. Gray's shirt was already off, Lucy waved back. He and Erza were seated at a table; Mirajane had just served them their drinks. Mira and Erza also smiled as Lucy approached their table.

"It's so cold out there," Lucy commented, emphasizing her words with a shiver. Erza laughed.

"I've been in here all morning, we made Master turn up the heat once people started coming in and letting all the cold air in here."

"I don't know why your complaining," Gray put his feet up on the table, and his arms behind his head, "I doesn't seem that bad to me, plus it's supposed to warm up in an hour or so." He glanced over at Lucy who was glaring daggers at him.

"I'm not used to the cold," she muttered as she sat down, then she winced, "ow, ow, ow…" Lucy bit her lip.

"Are you okay?" Erza asked worriedly.

Lucy nodded with a grin, "Yeah! Totally fine. I slipped on some damn ice on my way here, my butt hurts really bad." Gray and Erza laughed. "w-what! It's not my fault! I had to step away from some drunk bastard who almost fell on me!"

"Wasted effort sense you fell anyway," Gray teased. Lucy stuck out her tongue and gave out a raspberry. "Oi, you got your spit on me!" Gray yelled, Lucy and Erza laughed harder.

Mira brought over a hot chocolate for Lucy, Lucy smiled excitedly from the sight of it. She took a large gulp and sighed, her hands were toasty warm from the mug.

"So, you like warm things?" Gray said suspiciously with a creepy grin.

"Uh, yeah." Lucy said as if to say 'duh'.

"Doesn't a fire sound good right now?" Gray said again, causing Erza to glare at Gray.

Lucy almost drooled, "Mmm! I wish my apartment had a fireplace! That would be awesome, so relaxing," She closed her eyes, imagining it.

"Do you wish summer was here?" Gray said dreamily to Lucy. Erza held up a fist toward Gray, she shook her head slowly. 'Don't say anymore,' Erza mouthed.

"I love summer, so yeah."

Gray shook away Erza's threat, seeming eager to continue, "We should call Natsu then, huh?"

Lucy smiled "Yea-" Gray interrupted by busting out laughing, "wait…" she began to blush angrily, "Is that what all these questions were about? You pervert! Jerk!" Lucy punched him in the leg; she crossed her arms and turned away. Gray was such a tease! Her heart was pounding loud, it almost makes it sound like she just subconsciously admitted that she liked Natsu… But, they had to have known that she didn't know. They wouldn't take it very seriously, just make fun of her for a while.

"How could you not notice that? Warm, fire, summer, Natsu's name means summer, for god's sake!" Gray continued to tease.

"I didn't know that those questions were supposed to be about him…" she muttered, almost too quietly for Gray to hear. Erza punched Gray, causing him to collide into Lucy. He looked at her with a creepy expression.

"Your blushing," Gray said.

"Am not!"

"Your cheeks are super red, actually, your whole face is."

"No, their not, idiot."

"Your face isn't naturally red,"

"Maybe my face is naturally red, what's it to you?"

"It's almost like you can't seem to help it when we say his name,"

"Shut up, Gray."

"Can I say it, then?"

"Shut UP, Gray."

"I think they've forgotten about me," Erza muttered to herself, "Can't be helped."

"Natsu," Gray said dreamily, teasing Lucy.

"I'M GONNA KILL YOU!" Lucy's left eye was teary.

"Oh, Natsu," Gray put a finger to his lips and another hand on his hip, Lucy slapped him.

"Your such a pervert!"

"Natsu, hold me tighter," He whispered with a girly voice.

Lucy let tears drop and clenched her fists in a tight ball. Gray looked at her with concern, "W-wait, Lucy, I was just kidding! D-don't cry!" Lucy kicked him in the crouch, and then ran out of the guild. Gray cowered to the ground in a pitiful ball and gasped for air as he reached for the edge of the table to help him back up.

"You were awfully brutal, Gray." Erza looked at him on the ground, "Almost too annoying for one person to handle. What's up with you today?"

He didn't answer at first. He sluggishly got up and sat himself back at the table. Erza waited for a response, "It's not my fault," he said quietly.

Erza sighed. "Don't let your emotions get the best of you, if you do, you'll keep making that girl cry when all you wanted was to see her laugh." Gray was quiet, "Your jealous right now, aren't you?"

Gray didn't answer. A small blush crept to his face then he turned. Erza sighed again.

Lucy staggered into her small bathroom; she headed straight for the mirror and took in her reflection. Her eyes seemed rounder, much more alert. Ah, brown eyes. Such a boring color. Her eye brows in a big curve, far above her eye, upset looking. Ah, the biggest problem: her hot, crimson cheeks that burned with the memories of two days ago. The more she cursed at herself for its color, the redder they got. The more his name ran through her mind, the more blood that rushed to her face.

"Damn that Gray, sometimes I just hate him so much." She murmured.

She slashed 3 hand fills of cold sink water in her face. She adjusted her vision from the blur of the water, and stared in the mirror again. Of course, she didn't even think that the cold water would make it worse. She scrubbed her face with a towel, and sluggishly walked into the living area.

'Natsu's usually here by this time,' Lucy thought to herself, maybe he didn't want to see her. It's possible, maybe he was just being kind and letting her lay on his shoulder. He was probably just trying not to be rude by telling her to keep her distance. Lucy dreaded for tomorrow to come. She practically saw it now:

*Daydream*

"Hey guys!" She'd say, as usual.

They'd just glance over at her… they'd exchange glances, too.

"Natsu needs to talk to you," one of them would say. She'd feel her stomach drop, a tear forming under her left eye. She wouldn't want to talk to him, her hands would shake. No matter how hard she tried to move, her legs wouldn't listen.

"I don't think we can be on the same team anymore," Lucy imagined Natsu saying to her with an awkward look, "it's just too weird now. You understand, right?"

*End of daydream*

Lucy bit her pillow, shaking off the worse-case-scenario daydream from her mind. Frightened tears threatened to roll down her cheeks. She was so scared, her heart pounded furiously in her chest.

What if he hates me?

How will I deal with that?

What if he rejects me?

What if- wait, what was that last one?

Reject? Lucy didn't confess. It's not like that at all, right? She didn't kiss him or anything. The moment was so innocent, nothing bad happened. Pfft, let's just forget that last one, m'kay?

'I-It's totally not like that! Not at all!' she argued with herself in her head, 'I never confessed, nor will I ever. W-wait, that doesn't mean that I'm going to or have a confession that I'm holding back. I just… No, NO! I DO NOT LIKE NATSU DRAGONEEL! Good, now that I've established that with myself,' she thought violently.

Lucy flopped herself on her bed. She felt lightheaded. Lucy never felt like this with anyone before and she never thought that she would with Natsu of all people.

Goosebumps appeared over Lucy's arms and legs as a gentle cold breeze surrounded her. She turned; her window drapes were dancing lightly in the wind.

"I never opened this," Lucy mused. She knelt on her bed and shut the window, making sure it was secure.

Creeaaakkk…

She heard the sound behind her… She knew right away who it might (for sure) was. Who else sneaks into her house? Her heart beated excitedly.

She saw him standing by the table in front of her bed. He was already facing her; he had a small blush crept on his face. That's not the only thing that was on his face: bagel crumbs and juice stain. He wiped it off, grinning. "I ate your food," he stated the obvious.

"Natsu?" she said, cocking her head.

Natsu laughed. "Who else sneaks into your room?" He gave a cheeky grin, and then he thought about what he just said, and gave a suspicious look. "…who else sneaks into your room?" he repeated with a more serious tone.

Lucy threw her hands up in defense, "Okay, seriously, only you." Why was he still acting totally normal after what happened? Does he not care at all?

"… then why did you look surprised when you saw me? Were you expecting someone else?" his questions sounded like he was accusing her. This was her house, damn it! She can do anything and anyone she wants! (To bad she's still a virgin, ku ku ku ku.)

'Why was I surprised? Because I was so scared you hated me, you idiot…' she thought.

"N-no reason," she said, "Only you are crazy and weird enough to sneak in to my house."

Cheeky grin, again. "That's the way it should be,"

"Yeah," The way it should be… what would that be exactly, now? How it should be?

'How should it be? Tell me, please.' She thought desperately.

A long, noticeable silence fell upon them. Lucy looked over at him with an unread able expression. His face, in the dark, was seen by the street lights outside coming in, just enough to outline his face. Natsu was looking at her; too, with such an expression her legs began to feel weak. He stepped closer. She never noticed how much taller he was until this moment. Natsu was standing so close. His chin came to the top of her head.

She, absolutely, did not want this precious person to hate her. Not one bit. Lucy was so scared of that to happen, just thinking about it made her stomach plunge down and her heart skip a long beat. She wanted to embrace this person and never let go… If only she knew that this person wanted her too.

Lucy quickly realized what her thoughts obviously meant. Her lower lip trembled and tears threatened to fall. Natsu looked at her with more concern, now. Just as he was about to touch her, to ask if she was okay, she wrapped her delicate arms around him and held tight. Letting the tears soak into his vest.

"Natsu," she blubbered, "please don't hate me for this, I'm so scared, I-"

Was this too sudden? Did he not want this? Her eyes widened and her heart dropped. She hesitantly pulled awa-

His arms pulled her back in. He buried his head into her neck.

"What are you scared of? Hugging me? Silly, I won't hate you for that." He said gently.

"Not just that," she said quietly, he didn't say anything after, so she continued, "You. You're the only person who can hurt me the most; I'm scared that you will."

"I… I am? I would never hurt you, Luce. Never."

"I-I don't mean physically! I k-know you wouldn't do that…" The tears poured. Lucy didn't want to say it, she hesitated.

"No matter what it is I wouldn't hurt you, Luce. I swear," He said again, genuinely promising from the deepest depths of his warm, welcoming heart.

'It's not just hurting… It's what you'll say that'll hurt…' she wanted to say.

"Lucy?" he said her name softly, making her go weak in the knees again.

She pulled away from him, holding onto his tear streaked vest. "P-please," she begged, looking at him with such desperation that he sighed and looked absolutely defeated. He would have done any selfish desire she wanted from him at that moment, "don't reject me, then."

"Reject?-" he began to question; she interrupted by standing on her tip-toes and molding her lips to his. His eyes were wide, staring at her eye lids and taking in what was happening. She wrapped both arms around his neck, pulling her torso to his, pressing her chest onto his body. He was defeated by this beautiful girl.

A low growl emerged from the back of his throat, he gave in. He shut his eyes tight, letting his instincts lead him. One arm wrapped around her small waist, and the other tangled in her hair, pressing her lips to his. It was impossible for Lucy to push away; his grip was so strong and unbreakable, not that she wanted to... He was the one who pulled away, a fierce blush wrapped around his face from ear to ear. He pressed a thumb to his lips gently. He was catching his breath, softly panting. She was, too.

"Natsu," She said sweetly. He shuttered by the lovely voice calling out his name, he smiled gently as he looked at her. Once their eyes connected, she flinched and turned the opposite direction.

'No, I want to see your face,' Natsu thought, 'look at me, look at me,'

"I love you, Natsu. A lot." She sniffed and wiped tears away. "Please, if you don't feel the sa-"

'say that as your looking at me,' Natsu begged in his mind as he tangled his fingers to hers, and held her close from behind. His body temperature was much higher than hers. It made her get Goosebumps, again. He heard her hard, nervous breaths. She felt his hot, sweet breaths on her neck, making her whole body heat up. "Say it again," he whispered softly into her ear, "I want to memorize how you look when you say the words what I've wanted to hear for so long," he laughed a shaky, nervous laugh. "My hearts beating so fast, it can't be eased when I'm with you," he didn't have to tell her. She heard his heartbeat resound from her back; she heard her heart beat and his beat at the same, fast tempo.

He spun her around; his face was two inches from hers. Natsu wiped away her tear with his thumb; he held her head still, gently cupping the sides of her face. His eyes were focused on hers. The blush over his cheeks defined his swamp green eyes.

Lucy's lip quivered again. Natsu caught the tears again with his thumb; she nuzzled her head into his left hand which was cradling her face.

"Say it again," he begged happily; it reminded Lucy of a puppy wanting a treat.

She smiled, holding his hands to her face. Natsu looked at her lips, waiting for them to form the words. One of her hands let go of his and grabbed his shirt playfully. "I really love you, Natsu Dragneel."

Natsu kissed Lucy then, starting out as an innocent, small kiss. He parted his lips to deepen the kiss, and her lips parted as well as they followed Natsu's. He entered her mouth with his tongue playfully, she felt Natsu wrap his tongue. Her body suddenly felt hot... Natsu was holding her close, she felt him smirk against her lips. She tried to pull away, Lucy was to hot. Comfortably hot, it wasn't uncomfortable by any means. It was… Too comfortable. She felt she was gonna lose control any second. Natsu was teasing Lucy.

He made her body heat up, not enough for it to even feel uncomfortable to anyone. He heated her lips up, more. Her torso, more. And her wobbly legs, more. A small gasp escaped Lucy's lips, she pulled away from Natsu's face, to look at him with wide, eager eyes. He held her chest to his comfortably, only letting her face escape his grasp.

Natsu's eyes had a fire in them that Lucy couldn't describe. Lucy bit her lip seductively in response, his eyes widened. Lucy saw his pupil get small in his eyes, like a beast looking at his prey.

Lucy smiled widely then pulled him in for her embrace. She felt him carry her over to the bed, he put her down.

'I-is it really gonna happen? Now?' she thought.

She laid sprawled on the bed, Natsu sighed and laid next to her, his head just over her breasts (God, I hate that word.) and his arms around her waist. "Shh and be a good pillow," he muttered.

Lucy ran her fingers though his short rosy hair. She tangled her other hand to Natsu's hand and took hold of it. She kissed his hair, "I love you," she said.

"I love you, too." He said.

To: Lucy

From: Gray

Subject: Sorry.

Hey, Lucy, sorry about today.

It was pretty uncalled for, huh?

I didn't mean to be rude and butt in, I just thought you'd laugh. Sorry.

I didn't mean for you to cry, and I'm sorry I made you.

I hate to see you cry.

Sorry. Sorry. Sorry. Sorry x 1,000,000.

-Gray

E M I R O Z U .