Author's note: Alright! This is an all Gajevy + PantherLily chapter. Jet and Droy don't appear in this chapter. Let's see what happens next!
Chapter 6: Change of Plans.
The day passed and Gajeel finally returned home that night. Levy was on the couch still a little down from the day's exhaustion. Because of the amount of room in Gajeel's house, Levy had her library put into a storage unit until they got a larger house. Gajeel immediately noticed his Fiance's distress and did his best to calm her down.
"I don't know why Gajeel." Levy sobbed "I bought the dress and when I got it back, it was larger and stained. Erza went to the bridal shop and dry cleaners in her purgatory armor and got my money back and a new dress though."
"Then why are you upset squirt?" asked Gajeel while putting his arm around Levy.
"Things haven't been going well for us since we started planning the wedding." Levy replied "I want our wedding to be perfect. But every time we set up a plan, it just-just blows up in our faces!" She put her face into her hands and began to sob harder; Gajeel began to hold his woman closer to him in attempt to keep her calm.
"O-oi!" said Gajeel "Don't cry short stack! I'm sure things will work out! Our meeting with The Wedding Planner next week will go smoothly!"
"I wouldn't bet on it." said a deep voice which was discovered to be PantherLily, walking into the living room in his night pants and night cap, he was also carrying a kiwi.
"Lily!" said Levy.
"Oi cat, what do you mean not to bet on it?" asked Gajeel.
"I overheard Jet and Droy speaking about a plan failing." explained Lily.
"Speedy and Fat Ass?!" Gajeel screeched.
"What?!" Levy exclaimed "A-are you sure?"
"No doubt about it." Lily said after swallowing the skin of the kiwi "I think they pulled the switcheroo on the dress. Not only that I think they're behind the church and cake fiasco as well."
"I thought I smelled fried chicken that day at the church!" Gajeel said out loud.
"I-I can't even believe this." cried Levy.
"Gah! I'm going to beat the crap out of them!" Gajeel walked over to the door and prepared to grab his signature pair of boots "Hmm... gonna need my ass-kicking boots, these won't do."
"Gajeel wait!" Levy said out loud "You don't have proof that it's them. Did you pick up their scents when we were at those places?" Gajeel thought for a moment.
"No." he replied "Usually I can recognize their scents a mile away."
"So you could be going over there and harming them for no reason."
"But what about Lily overheard?" Gajeel pointed out "If I couldn't pick up their scents why did they speak like that?"
"They must of masked their odor with something that neutralizes their scents." Lily interrupted. Levy was lost in thought the moment she heard that, suddenly her eyes widened.
"I heard of a plant that has that ability!" said Levy "I found it in a book Droy gave me about plants for my birthday one year. It's said to be so strong, not even dragons can smell it! But I think if you use it too much it causes horrible skin rashes. I better do more research on that."
"And I'm going to kick their asses!" Gajeel screamed "Lil, where's my ass kicking boots?"
"Hall closet." Lily replied. Gajeel left for the hall closet and soon came back with a pair of laced up black biker boots that had very sharp spikes instead of studs and steel toed fronts.
"Gihihihi." he laughed "Time to kick some answers out of them."
"Gajeel wait!" Levy said "Fighting is just going to make things worse! IF they are doing this then it's better we talk to them instead. I'll speak to them about it in the morning-"
"You can't!" Gajeel interrupted "If you do talk to them they're going to start denying it and it will be a big pain in the neck to get them to fess up!"
"I have to agree with Gajeel on this one." said Lily "Jet and Droy strike me as the type to keep secrets no matter what level." Lily suddenly let out a cute cat-like yawn and stretched his arms and tail "I'm going to sleep. Been tired the whole day, night." Lily then left the room and closed the door to the bedroom. An hour after Lily went to sleep, Gajeel was pacing in the living room while Levy stared at the ground.
"Those bastards who do they think they are for trying to ruin my wedding." he kept grumbling.
"I can't even believe this Gajeel." Levy replied "I asked them if they were ok with us and they said they were. That they had no problem with it. Ugh! I should've known they were upset!" She sunk her hands into her crazed blue hair and groaned at the thought of this situation.
"We have to stop them." Gajeel said "We got to catch them in the act."
"It's not going to work." Levy replied "I've known Jet and Droy since we were kids, if there's something they don't like they're going to do everything in their power to prevent it no matter the cost."
"Then maybe we shouldn't have a wedding." Gajeel suddenly said. Levy's eyes widened; was Gajeel having second thoughts?
"G-Gajeel.." Levy began "a-are you saying you don't want to get married?"
"No. I'm not." Gajeel retorted.
"T-then why shouldn't we have a wedding?" Gajeel sighed.
"I love you shrimp, I know I don't say it often but it's the truth. I asked you to marry me cause I feel you're the one for me. I want to spend the rest of my life with you. But with those two trying to ruin our plans for our future I think a wedding is out of the question."
"So what are we going to do?" asked Levy. Gajeel's eyes darted to her and he gave her a toothy grin.
"We can elope." Levy's eyes widened.
"E-elope?"
"Yeah we go somewhere the guild will least suspect, get hitched and return to Magnolia. That way your little lapdogs have nothing to tamper with." Levy sat there and thought for a moment; Gajeel actually had a good idea.
"Huh." Levy shrugged "I guess it could work."
"Gihihi" Gajeel chuckled "Grab your bags and some clothes shrimp.; we're leaving first thing in the morning. Question is where do we go?" Levy suddenly had an idea come to mind.
"The Akane Resort!" she squealed "It's perfect! It's large, has a beautiful beach and no one would be able to find us there!"
"I heard somewhere they just opened up a quickie church." Gajeel replied.
"Perfect! We get married there and spend our honeymoon at the resort!"
"Honeymoon suite of course, gihihi." He grabbed Levy by the waist and pulled her close to him. Levy giggled at Gajeel's actions.
The next morning, Lily woke up to a completely empty home. Curious, Lily wandered into the kitchen expecting to find Gajeel and Levy there with breakfast only to find a note.
"Went on a mission, be back in a few weeks. House is yours don't burn it to the ground while were gone." - Levy and Gajeel.
Lily's eyebrow raised at the note. He would of known if they went on a mission or not. He flew to the bedroom and found both their sets of clothes missing. Something was off; they didn't mention going on a mission yesterday, clothes are gone, place is pretty much empty. What was going on? Lily checked out the living room to see if there was any clues. He soon found a few pamphlets of beach resorts in Fiore. Lily grabbed a quick breakfast, changed into his clothes, grabbed a cloth to grab the pamphlets with and flew to the guild.