So I am enjoying writing this story, thought I would post another chapter. I hope you all enjoy, decided to make it a funny one. The reviews are amazing!
"Hey, Laxus!" Natsu shouted, not taking his eyes off of the football game. "Don't forget the chips!"
"Yeah yeah...just hold on a sec!" Laxus shouted back, carrying a beer in each hand; setting them down on his coffee table.
"Nice!" Natsu gleamed, picking up the glass; taking a few gulps from the amber colored liquid.
Laxus plopped down on the couch, grabbing his beer and following suit by taking a few gulps. "Man I sure needed this!" Laxus sighed, his conversation with Gajeel had worn him out more than anything; that man sure was stubborn.
"That bad?" Natsu tilted his head to look at his friend, then turning to look at the score. "Come on! That was a fumble!" Natsu took another sip from his beer, hoping it would calm his annoyance from the game. "I'm all fired up now!"
"Hey, last time you got fired up was at our engagement party and you decided to set my couch on fire!" Mira said, walking in carrying a bowl of chips; Lucy followed behind her holding two glasses of wine. "I just bought the one you're sitting on now and I am quite fond of it…" Mira giggled at the end, never being able to stay stern for long.
"Yes Ma'am!" Natsu stood up; standing to attention. "Sorry about that by the way…" Natsu rubbed the back of his head before sitting back down to watch the rest of the football game.
Laxus rolled his eyes at his pink haired friend, he could sure be a hot head sometimes; yet would be there if you needed him.
"Well, with that being said; enjoy the game!" Mira kissed Laxus on the cheek, then sashayed outside to the back porch.
"Be good!" Lucy kissed the top of Natsu's head and walked outside to accompany her friend.
"Man, I am one lucky son of a bitch!" Laxus said, admiring the nice picture of his fiancés behind.
"We both are!" Natsu inquired, smiling.
Laxus leaned back in his new, un-burnt; tan couch.
"So…you talk with Gajeel?" Natsu asked.
Laxus took a deep breath before going into detail of his friend's lonely life.
"Yep!" Laxus sighed. "Just like last time, got nowhere with the conversation."
"Well I don't know what to tell ya…" Natsu shrugged his shoulders, sure Gajeel was his friend; but he gave up on his relationship status a long time ago. "He just prefers to be alone I guess, don't push him into finding someone; it'll just piss him off." Natsu sighed. "Remember when you set him up on that blind date with that chick you worked with?"
"Don't remind me…" Laxus took a sip of his beer. "I didn't know she would steal his car…"
Natsu started to laugh hysterically.
"Yeah I know, it was kind of funny though." Natsu threw his head back, laughing. "It's just…I mean, imagine him running after his own car…in his boxers!"
Laxus rolled his eyes, trying not to let a light chuckle escape his lips.
"I told him he better show up to the wedding with a woman on his arm though…" Laxus said, noticing Natsu abruptly stop laughing.
"Well, I'm sure he'll find someone to keep him company in Hawaii for a week." Natsu said, turning his attention back to the TV as the game appeared.
"Yeah, I hope so…" Laxus said, turning his full attention to the game.
"I thought Levy was going to stop by tonight." Mira said, sipping her glass of wine.
"Yeah, she called earlier and said she was going to go out for a beer instead." Lucy sighed.
"Oh, a date?!" Mira chimed, feeling excitement for her friend.
"Nope, just Gajeel…" Lucy said, taking a sip of wine.
"Oh…I wish they would just hook up already." Mira said, looking out into her backyard. "I mean, every time they are together there is so much sexual tension…it's ridiculous." Mira sighed.
"Yeah, but they are both oblivious to it." Lucy said. "Levy tells me that they are 'just friends'." Lucy used her fingers as quotation marks.
"Well maybe all they need is a little push?" Mira smiled mischievously.
"Don't be getting any crazy ideas over there…" Lucy said.
"Fine…" Mira said with a pouty expression on her face.
"Hey, last time I checked you don't have the most fabulous track record with woman Mr. Redfox!" Levy said pointing her finger at Gajeel, trying not to chuckle.
"Ouch, that hurts." Gajeel placed his hand over his heart, acting like it ached.
"Oh you'll recover!" Levy rolled her eyes, grabbing another chicken wing and dipping it into a cup of blue cheese. "But seriously….what was that red heads name from when we all went out to watch that football game last month?"
"Oh Brandy, she wasn't bad…nice ass!" Gajeel smiled.
"Gajeel…her 'ass' was probably the only nice part about her…" Levy sighed.
"What? You guys seemed to get along." Gajeel shrugged his shoulders. "That was until she ran out of the bar saying that you poured beer down her shirt…"
"She deserved it!" Levy crossed her arms over her chest.
Gajeel started to laugh.
"Wait, you actually did?!" He couldn't stop laughing.
"Well, yeah…I mean she called my hair fake!" Levy huffed. "Then she said that the reason I don't get dates is because I'm too flat chested…so in my opinion she deserved to have a little bit of beer down her shirt." Levy continued to cross her arms, her face turning a shade of pink.
Gajeel cradled his sides from laughing too much, then looked at her and her pouty expression.
"Well she did seem a little snarky…so thank you?" Gajeel finally stopped laughing, taking a sip of his beer.
"You're welcome!" Levy said sharply, turning to look around the sports bar.
Levy and Gajeel had been friends since college, always hanging out when possible. He always seemed to be the person she turned to for relationship advice, which she was always met with a laugh and "I told you so". Yet, even when he was being a total pain she knew she could always count on him. Levy smiled at him and took a piece of celery from the basket of wings, she always enjoyed their times together.
"So, your mom called?" Gajeel said, releasing Levy from her thoughts.
"Yeah…" Levy sighed.
"Oh…" Gajeel said, knowing what that meant.
"Yep!" Levy looked down at the table. "I mean, she just doesn't understand."
Gajeel shook his head in agreement.
Yeah, I know what you mean." Gajeel said in agreement. "Laxus showed up at my office today."
"Oh, what did he have to say?" Levy inquired.
"That I better show up to his wedding with a woman on my arm…" Gajeel huffed.
"Yeah, my mom tried to set me up on another blind date…ugh." Levy shivered in thought of all the disaster dates she had experienced.
"Yeah, I remember the last one. Gihi." Gajeel snickered.
"Don't remind me…" Levy winced.
"Oh come on!" Gajeel said, leaning forward on his bar stool. "I mean, after all you were the woman of his dreams!" Gajeel began to laugh hysterically.
"Shutup!" Levy pouted.
"I'm sorry…it's just…what did you tell me he said?" Gajeel snickered, trying to coax her into saying the most absurd pick up line she had ever heard.
"I-I don't remember…" Levy lied.
"Oh, well good thing I do!" Gajeel said. "Now I believe he said…Do you like books because…"
"You're giving me a hard cover…yeah, yeah I know very funny…" Levy sighed, her face turning bright red.
Gajeel couldn't control his laughter as is poured out, tears streaming down his face.
"You're getting a kick out of this aren't you?" Levy huffed.
"Yes!" Gajeel said, his laughing subsiding. "I'm sorry…I needed that."
"Glad my embarrassment made you sooo happy!" Levy crossed her arms.
"Oh don't give me that look." Gajeel said, looking at Levy pouting. "I mean, the part that made it so funny is because of the fact that you love books so much!"
"Well, the date ended terribly and thus ends my dating life!" Levy said, wanting the conversation of her prior dating horror stories to stop.
"Oh fine, your no fun…" Gajeel looked defeated, pouring another glass full of beer from their pitcher.
Levy rolled her eyes and pushed out her glass next to his, wanting him to fill it as well.
"Well, with that being said…what are we going to do about the wedding?" Levy said.
"Well, we could always go together." Gajeel inquired. "I mean, we're both going anyway. Might as well be each other's plus ones."
"That's not a bad idea." Levy thought about it. "That way we don't have to go through the trouble of getting dates!"
"Exactly!" Gajeel exclaimed, pointing his finger in the air.
Levy felt a little better knowing the pressure of finding a plus one had been relieved, she would be going with Gajeel. He was her best friend, no harm in going to Hawaii together for their friend's wedding; so she thought as she took another sip of her beer.