So in twelve hours time I'll be out of the UK for the week - But hopefully this shall keep you going ;)
The weather had turned harsh that afternoon; Lucy sat by her window writing her last essay on her topic, whilst rain tapped against the window lightly; it was only a matter of time until the rain would become heavy as it had been threatening to all morning.
Lucy had failed to notice Levy walk in to her room, until Levy smiled and greeted her,
"Hey, seems like forever since I've seen you." Levy beamed her usual smile, Lucy rested her head on her hand as she put her pen down.
"Yeah, I've been stuck trying to write this essay; I thought I had finished it ages ago but every time I re-read it I end up scribbling all over it and rewriting it several times.."
"Hey, no need to make excuses up to me," Levy held her hands up "We've both been there. Hell I end up reading for days forgetting the outside world,"
"That's because you can read for days Levy," Lucy laughed.
"True. But that's not the reason I came to see you, it's actually about something else," Lucy watched as Levy's body language changed and a small blush bloomed on her face,
"Okay, the Levy I know doesn't blush unless she's ready a very dirty book," Lucy teased, this only increased the tone of red on Levy's face.
"Okay, okay, enough of the teasing Luce! I've kind of met a guy…" this perked Lucy's interest; much better than rewriting her conclusion for the fifth time.
"A guy you say? Now you have to fill in everything for me, because I'm pretty sure you've hung out with me for the last few months…"
"Yeah, about that…" Levy took a deep breath as she sat down on Lucy's bed,
"He's really cool, sweet and he may look like a bully but he's the nicest guy ever. And that one time where we were at the bar on our first week he came up to me and said I was the prettiest girl in the room.." the blush returned on to Levy's face
"We started hanging out a little whilst I had a free few hours, and when he wasn't in class and then every now and again we meet up and hang out. I really like him Lucy, like stupidly like him."
"He sounds lovely Levy, but you've failed at giving me a name," Lucy smiled, she would have to get the boys to inform her who this guy was if he was to ever sweep her Levy off her feet - not that Lucy was a possessive best friend; but it was more the fact that Levy had never had a boyfriend before and thus everything was new to her - and the fact boys weren't always like the boys you would read in books.
"He's name is Gajeel."
The heavy rain had carried on for the rest of the week, which set Lucy in to a gloomy mood; as much as she loved the rain she loved it more when she was in bed and reading a book and not having to venture outside in it to classes.
She had managed to reach the bar as the rain hit its heaviest point in the day; her hair dripped from the rain and her clothes soaked. She was going to need more than one drink today.
"Mira, make me your strongest drink."
"That bad today huh?" The platinum blonde questioned looking at Lucy who was dripping wet,
"You could say that."
Gajeel and I are going to be in the bar in a few hours if you're up for meeting him?
"Oh, it's about to get worse."
Mira cocked her head, confused as to what her friend was talking about,
"Is everything okay Lucy? You seem a little down."
"Levy's introducing me to a guy she's been seeing, in fairness I'm more nervous for meeting him than I think Levy is - and just today has been stupidly dull and I have no idea if the essay I've just handed in is good enough. No body warned me that this was going to be hard."
Mira smiled, she had seen this far too well; Natsu was among the popular feeling occasionally when it came to his work, although Mira still had no idea how the boy would still pass - it probably had something to do with Loke and Gray helping him out occasionally.
"Cheer up Lucy, I'm sure you've done well." she winked "It could be worse,"
"In what way?" Lucy asked,
"You could be still outside," Mira smiled as she nodded towards a soaked Natsu bursting through the doors with Gray in tow, both girls laughed as to how wet the boys had got.
"Seems I'm not the only one who got caught in the rain,"
"We would have been here quicker, but Natsu thought stopping off for lunch was a great plan," Gray replied, annoyed that he had the face the rain.
"Lunch is always a good idea, idiot. I was starving anyway,"
"How? I saw you eat your weight in food earlier today!" Lucy said confused; then again Natsu was a bottomless pit when it came to food, just like Cana was when it came to alcohol.
"And besides, Levy texted us saying she was going to be in here with Gajeel."
"You too?"
"Loke also got a text about it, but he'll be here later on, apparently he's still in class." Gray chimed in.
"Well take a seat boys and grab a drink, I think we're going to need all the alcohol Mira will give us for this…."
Gajeel was not how Lucy had pictured him, nor from the description Levy had painted for her. Gajeel was tall, in fact he made Levy look like an ant compared to his height - it made Lucy smile because he would call her 'small fry' which instantly earned points with her as it would make her blush more than throw out an angry fit of words.
There was also one other thing about Gajeel; he was the complete opposite of Levy, in every way. He had many piercings, wore little colour and wasn't so keen on reading. In fact, what did Levy see in him?
"I know opposites attract but this is ridiculous," Lucy mumbled as she went to the bar to grab another drink,
"I think they look quite sweet,"
"Mira, you love a good matchmaking session, you're just happy that you can now gossip to Levy about her relationship," Lucy winked, causing Mira to laugh,
"True, but it also means she'll be willing to spill more now that she's getting a tad tipsy," Mira had a point, Levy wasn't great with alcohol, she had such a small tolerance to it that she never needed more than three drinks before she felt her night was over.
"Hey, did I miss all the fun?" a long, toned arm was put around Lucy who squealed, shocked.
"LOKE!"
"That's me," he rubbed the back of his head with amusement at his own joke, causing Lucy to roll her eyes,
"In fact, you actually didn't. But if you hold on for a few hours I'm sure you'll get to see it." she smirked as she ordered shots for the table, mostly a few for herself and Levy. Loke looked at her, he questioned to himself wether Lucy was okay, after all she had an evil glint in her eyes; which could only end up being bad in the long running.
Loke had been correct in the fact Lucy's plan would fail; both girls had ended up slurring words out to each other that only they knew whilst the guys and no idea what they were on about and that only led them to end up drinking and laughing at Lucy and Levy falling against each other trying to stand up for the loo.
"Right, come on small fry, you've defiantly had your fair share and we're all proud of you, but you need your bed,"
"Cooooooome to bed toooooooo?" Gajeel rolled his eyes as he could hear the others snigger behind him,
"Not tonight," he knew as soon as he said it Levy's eyes watered up, tears threatening to fall; and this was why Gajeel was only a softy for her, only her.
"Fine, but you can't pull this trick on me every time. It doesn't fit my whole toughness look." Levy smiled,
"Butttt everyonnnnnnnnne knows you'rrrre a big teddy bear."
"You said butt Levy!" Lucy could be heard giggling, which caused Levy to burst out laughing too - Gajeel sighed, picking Levy up and carrying her out outside and back to her room.
"Speaking of bed, that's where we all need to go," Gray yawned as he began to feel sleepy. Natsu was also yawning,
"You guys are boring!"
"Lucy, you keep resting your head on the table, you're more tired than all three of us put together!" Loke stated as she pouted at him,
"Come on," he stood up and held out his arm for Lucy to hold on to, "Let's get you back to your room."
The rain was still going on outside, Lucy was already hating the fact she was drunk and what was worse was Loke was escorting her back to her room because she was incapable.
She was thankful that her building was in her view as she rummaged around in her jean pocket for her keys, which she placed in to the keyhole, thanks to Loke helping her open the door.
"Thanks, I would still be outside trying to swim back if it wasn't for you…" a small blush crept on to her face and Lucy knew she was blushing; the alcohol was making her blush worse she blamed it defiantly on the alcohol.
"No problem, can't let a pretty girl drown out in this weather, although if you were wearing white I would have walked just a little slower," Loke smirked , causing Lucy to roll her eyes and smile at his terrible line.
"Well, seeing as you're now safe I'll head back to my place."
"Don't." She paused, "Stay with me tonight?" Lucy had no idea why she blurted that out, but it was a moment where she cursed her drunken state, what was worse was the interaction that followed those words.
She tiptoed up to Loke and looked him in the eyes, his blue shades hiding his eyes, which she didn't mind too much, but what she was really after was his mouth; she closed her eyes and fell softly in to his lips, he returned her gesture by moving his in the same motion whilst putting his arms around her back to hold her steady.
"If that's what you want," he replied after they broke apart. She nodded as she opened her door and led Loke in.
I also want to say a huge thank you to the reviews I've had so far - you're all so lovely :)