Hey everyone! Jeez! I'm really on a roll here. 3 chapters...Whew! I do have to say though... I am loving this plot, and I hope you do too! I really appreciate all the support I am getting, but I NEED SOME REVIEWS, PEOPLE! Quit slacking ;P (just kidding about that...) anyway... ENJOY!

Lucy Pov.

I walked over to the bulletin board where all the jobs get posted. As always, Nab is hovering over there like a hawk, eyeing all the different jobs.

"Find anything yet, Nab?" I ask him

"Nope, not yet at least. Still waiting for my perfect job." He replies

Right then, I found a good job. "Ok, Nab. Good luck with that then!" I say to him as I run off to tell Mira.

"Hey Mira!" I say when I find her, serving Maccow and Wakaba their early morning drinks. "Can I go on this job by myself, Mira?"

"Well," she says after looking at the flyer for a while. "I don't see why not." She says sweetly. "Just one thing. This job is in Croucus. It takes quite a bit of time to get there." she examines the flyer more and this job would probably take you about three days to complete. That's a long time to be gone if you're only getting paid 8,500 jewels. Are you sure you want to be gone for that long?" Mira asks.

"Yeah, I'll be fine, Mira. Thanks so much for your help." I say to her.

"Aww, you are so welcome, Lucy." Mira replied.

"Well, I guess I'll be going now. The sooner I leave, the sooner I come back." See you later, Mira!

"Bye Lucy!"

"What were you saying, Luce?" I turn away from Mira to see Natsu standing next to me. "You're going on a mission? All by yourself?" He asks in disbelief.

"Yep!" I reply

"But why, Luce? Was It something I did? It is isn't it! What did I do? Please don't hate me, Luuccee!" His voice goes all high and whiney. I's kinda cute, actually.

"Aww, Natsu. You didn't do anything. I am just running low on money, and my rent is due next week. And besides, this job calls specifically for a celestial wizard. You also know that I can take care of myself." I say.

"I'll only be gone for about a week. Now behave yourself while I'm gone" 'Jeez. I sound like his mom...' I think. I start making my way towards the guild's front doors.

"Wait... You're leaving now!?" He exclaims.

"Yep! See ya later, Natsu!" I manage to say before the guild doors close.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Later at Lucy's house~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"Well, Plue, I think that's just about everything!" I said. I had just finished packing my bags, and was about to catch the next train to Croucus.

Plue had just shivered and made cute noises in response.

"Oh! And before I forget..." I say to myself. I go around my house to each lacryma, making sure that they were all turned on. When I knew that all of them were up and running, I grabbed my suitcase, closed Plue's gate, and headed to the train station.

Natsu Pov.

After Luce left, I just stood like and idiot where she had left me.

"Oi, flame brain!" Gray yelled to me from across the guild as he and Erza made their way over to me. "What's wrong with you? Did you say something stupid to her? What did you do, Natsu?!" He yelled at me even though he is standing right next to me.

"I didn't do anything, ice princess. She's just going on a job by herself. It's just a really long one. She said she'll be gone for about a week." I explained, my temper rising.

"Oh. That's all?" Erza dismissed my news with ease.

"What do you mean, 'that's all?' A snap at her.

"Well," Erza smirks at me, "We know that Lucy can take care of herself, right Natsu?"

"Well, yeah! I know that! I just..." I break off in mid sentence with a blush.

"I never thought I'd see the day when the great Salamander would be flustered!" Says Gajeel, strolling up to stand beside me. He puts his arm around my shoulders and smirks.

"And for bunny girl too!"

I go into a deep blush. "I've known her for a long time, and she's just been a really good friend." I say defiantly. "You're one to talk, Gajeel how are you doing with Levy?" I tease him.

Gajeel blushes a dark pink. "Hey! Shrimp doesn't have any thing to do with this!" He snaps at me.

"Enough!" Erza says once, and we all settle down.

Seeing this window of opportunity, I sped out the guild's doors towards the train station. 'Maybe if i'm not too late, I can say goodbye to her' I think excitedly.

"C'mon Happy!" I yell to the blue exceed that is currently trying to win over Carla outside.

"Aye Sir!" Happy yells as he flies over to join me.

Well, there's another chapter. I still have homework to do and it's already 5:00! Yikes! Anyway.. THANKS FOR READING! XD