Sorry for the late chapter minna! I know all of you have been waiting for the new chapter and here it is! I'm really sorry if it's late. I just got cut up with school work, projects and school that I have no time to update. Plus, I just became a teenager so it's really hard for me to log onto the computer these days so sorry and I hope you all will enjoy the new chapter! Arigatou for the reviews! Please review! I do not own Fairy Tail or the characters.

Friendship Rings

Chapter 4: The Play Date Part 1

~Lucy's room~

Lucy was the first to wake up in the morning. She rubbed her eyes and looked at the clock. "It's only 6:30 in the morning… Why did I wake up so early?" thought Lucy with a sigh. She came got up and folded her blankets and arranged her pillows properly and said, "Well, I might as well take a bath since there's 1 hour till my date with Nat-" Lucy stopped realizing what she said and turned into a tomato and thought, "Jigau! We're just friends. Plus, it's a not a date. It's a play date so stop acting weird Lucy! I really need a bath right now!" Then, she took her towel and went to take a bath.

When she came out, she saw her parents and greeted them with an "Ohayou!". She then rushed to the closet to get her clothes and change into them. After she's done, she went to have breakfast with her parents. Once it was 7:15 am, Layla said, "Oh. Look at the time Lucy. It's almost time for your play date with Natsu."

"I know mama."

"Do you need to bring any snacks there?"

"Yeah! Can you help me pack my clothes and some packets of Pocky for me?"

"No problem."

Layla then packed all her things and some packets of Pocky for Lucy. Then, Lucy said goodbye to her parents and left to meet Natsu.

She reached the beach and saw Natsu sitting on a rock wearing a red T-shirt and a pair of jeans. Lucy called out to him and he turned around and waved to her.

"Hey Luce!"

"Hey Natsu!"

"What took you so long?"

"I was eating breakfast alright?"

"Whatever! Let's go change into our swimsuits so we could swim!"

"Alright!"

Then, they went into the changing rooms and changed into their swimsuits. Not long later, Natsu came out wearing a red boxer and waited for Lucy. Lucy then came out wearing a pink bikini with hot pink heart shapes on the top and bottom of the bikini. Natsu stared at her for a long time, Lucy looked at him and asked, "What's wrong?" But Natsu didn't answer her and he just kept on staring. "Hey! Earth to Natsu? Are you there?" asked Lucy while waving a hand in front of his face. Suddenly, Natsu started to have a bloody nose and Lucy started to panic and quickly went to look for a tissue. Once she found a tissue, she wiped away the blood from his nose and said, "What's wrong? If you're sick, you should go back to your room and rest. We'll reschedule the play date." "I-It's o-ok. I'll be fine." Said Natsu while blushing madly. "Are you sure?" asked Lucy worriedly. Natsu nodded and said, "Yeah. D-Don't worry about me." "Alright then. Come on! Let's go already!" said Lucy." "Aye sir!" shouted Natsu happily and off they went to swim.

After 3 hours of swimming, they got up and went to build a sandcastle and won a blue ribbon. "Yatta! We won!" shouted Natsu happily. "Come on Luce! Let's win another one!" "Can we rest for a little while?" asked Lucy. "Sure Luce!" Natsu then sat beside her on the sand.

"Natsu?"

"Yeah?"

"Why do you keep calling me Luce instead of Lucy?"

"Cause that's my new nickname for you Luce!" smiled Natsu. "Why? You don't like it?" Lucy smiled and shook her head and said, "No. I love it. But I don't have a nickname for you." Natsu smiled slyly and said, "You may call me master." "Keep dreaming flame head!" said Lucy angrily. "I'm just messing with you." said Natsu trying to cool Lucy down. "It's not funny!" said Lucy. "I'm sorry. Now where are we going next?" asked Natsu. "How about... our rooms?" suggested Lucy. "Alright. Let's go to my room." said Natsu. Then off they went to his room.

After a few minutes, they reached his room and chatted for about 1 hour. Not long later, Natsu started to feel hungry so he went to the kitchen to look for something to eat but all he found was Igneel's bad cooking. "What are you looking for Natsu?" Natsu came out of the kitchen looking hungry and he said, "I'm hungry Luce." Lucy looked at him for a second and said, "But lunch is in an hour. Do you think you can hold it in for another hour?" "No! I;m starving to death right now!" whined Natsu. Lucy sweatdropped and thought, "He's 11 and he's acting like a 3 year old." Lucy then sighed and said, "Fine." She then took out two packets of Pocky out from her bag and gave it to Natsu. "Here. I asked my mom to pack some Pocky in case we get hungry." Natsu took the Pocky from her and said, "Thanks Luce! Your my bestest friend ever!" Lucy smiled and said, "Your welcome. Now you better eat it or else i'll help you eat it." Natsu quickly opened his Pocky and shoved all of it in his mouth. "Ha! Nwow ywou cawn't weat wit!" ( Ha! Now you can't eat it!) Lucy laughed at him as he tried his best to swallow all of the Pocky in his mouth. He finally swallowed all of it and said, "I'm still feeling a little bit hungry." He then saw Lucy reading a book with a stick of Pocky in her mouth. She looked up at him and said, "What are you staring at?" He suddenly bit the end of the Pocky in her mouth. Now, Lucy's mouth was biting the end of the Pocky while Natsu was biting the other end. They both suddenly blushed a trillion shades of red and Natsu let go of the Pocky. "S-Sorry. I was feeling a little bit hungry." Natsu laughed nervously. "I-It's alright." said a flustered Lucy. Suddenly, the clock struck 1 and Lucy said, "It's already lunch time Natsu. L-Let's go." Natsu just nodded and they left the room.

They soon got to the beach's restaurant and met up with their parents. They all sat down and ordered the food. After that, they chatted and said some jokes. "Okay. I've got one. There is an old man and an old woman. They've been married for 40 years now. One day, their old friend came by to visit them. The old man said, "Honey get me this. Darling get me that. And his friend said, "Wow. How long have you guys been married?" And the old man said 40 years. His friend then said, "Wah. So old already but still so romantic ah." "Do you want to know a secret?" the old man said and his friend said yes. What do you think the secret is?" said Lucy. "Etto... He loves his wife too much that he uses those words?" said Natsu. Lucy shook her head and said, "Wrong answer. Anyone else wants to try?" "Etto...His trying to show off his sweetness to his friend?" said Layla. "Sorry mama but it's wrong. Anyone else?" "I give up." said Jude and Igneel in unison. "Alright. What about you two?" Lucy asked Natsu and her mother. "We give up too." "Alright then. The answer is... He forgotten his wife's name so he called her honey, darling and other stuff." They all stared at her and started to laugh. "Ha ha ha! T-That's the best joke i've ever heard!" laughed Natsu. "You've got that right." laughed Igneel. "W-Why didn't you tell this joke to us before L-Lucy?" laughed Jude. "Yeah." laughed Layla. Then, they all chatted again.

After 3 hours, Layla looked at the clock and said, "Oh my. Look at the time. It's already 4:00 pm. We should get going now." "Alright. Take care you two." said Jude. "Now go have fun." said Igneel. "Arigatou!" said Lucy and Natsu in unison. "Your welcome. Remember your dinner starts at 6:00 pm so come back to your rooms by 5:40 got it?" said Layla. "Yes. We got it, mama." said Lucy. "Alright then. Goodbye and have fun." said Layla biding goodbye. "Arigatou! We will!" shouted Natsu. After biding goodbye to their parents, they sat at a bench and watched the sunset.

"Ne, Natsu?"

"Yeah?"

"Don't you think the sun and the moon is just like our friendship?"

"What do you mean?"

"Well, the sun and the moon are friends even though they are different so it kind of remind me of our friendship because even though we're different, we're still friends, right?"

"Of course we are!" Lucy smiled at Natsu and said, "I'm glad I met you here." Natsu smiled back and said, "Yeah. Me too." Then, the long stick on the clkock was pointing to 5 while the short one was pointing to 7. "Oh. Looks like it's time for us to go back to the room." said Lucy. "Yeah." said Natsu. Lucy got up and said, "Well. We don't want to be late for our dinner right?" Natsu shook his head and said, "Nope cause i'm starving right now." "But we just finished eating 3 hours ago." said Lucy astonish at a still hungry Natsu. "That was 3 hours ago so it's different. Come on! Let's go back before your parents and my dad gets angry." Natsu then grabbed Lucy's hand and they ran to their own rooms as quickly as possible.

Here it is! How was it? Is it good, great or wonderful? Please review! =)

To my reviewers:

FairyTailRocks801: Thanks a lot!

AngelXReaper: Ha ha ha! Real funny! You know i cant update if you hunt my dreams down right? Plus your voice is pretty creepy...

IG1701FT: I know right?! It's just toooooooo cute!

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CupcakeGirl633: OMG! I love you sooooo much! I love your review I love how you love NaLu and i know! It's really cute and adorable! The kiss and truth or dare was my favorite part too! And your welcome! I know... Lucy's really afraid... Thanks! I love the beach scene too! Plus, how can i not plus magic? It's Fairy Tail for christ's sake! It's all about magic so there must be magic! Am i right? Maybe they will search for each other but i'm not gonna spoil the story by telling you. You just have to read to find out and yes you r really looking into the future hope you liked this chapter and i'm glad you liked the last one! =))

Nukey: Thanks! Glad you liked it and wedgie is when someone grabs a boys underwear and pulls it so there bottom part will be painful. The harder the person pulls, the more painful it'll be.

Guest: Here's the new chapter! I'm sorry if it took so long anyway, yes. Natsu was trying to top Lucy's dare and also because of a little crush. Sorry if Lucy's prediction on strangers attacking them didn't come true and i'm not going to make people say they look cute together yet. It's gonna be in when they grow up chapter and thanks for the tip. I'm not really good with fanfictions but i'm glad you liked it.