Lucy had awakened to snoring. She rubbed her head and turned to get out of bed when she tripped over someone. "KYA!"

Natsu didn't even flinch. He just continued snoring. So Lucy took the liberty of kicking him in the side. Nope, he still didn't budge. Feeling relieved she went into her bathroom and changed, fixing her hair into that signature ponytail on the side of her head. She decided to go to the guild, putting her whip and keys on her belt. Quietly, she exited the apartment and started to walk along the edge of the river.

"Oi! Miss Lucy be careful!" The men told her as they rowed the boat along the water.

She smiled at them, "Don't worry!" Then she jumped off and began to walk to the guild straight up the road. When she entered a chair flew across the room. Her brown eyes widened as the chair whizzed past her head, causing her to duck.

You may be wondering why she isn't worried about the kiss. Lucy vowed after she kissed Natsu that she would pretend it didn't happen. It's working pretty well actually. She isn't worried one bit. Walking to the bar, Mira smiled. "Hey Lucy!"

"Hey Mira!" Lucy smiled and sat on a chair.

"Anything new going on in your life Lucy?"

"Nothing really…Oh! Are there any good jobs yet?"

Mira shook her head and fiddled with the glasses as she cleaned them. "Sorry. No new jobs have popped up yet."

Lucy placed her hand on her cheek, propping her elbow on the counter as she did so. "I see…Well I'm still pretty tired. I never come to the guild this early."

Mira agreed, "Normally you wait until around 12 or even 1 in the afternoon to come."

Lucy shrugged, "Guess I just had nothing else I needed to do. I got the books I wanted. Paid my rent about a week ago… Even went shopping just two days ago."

Then the white-haired beauty questioned the blonde, "What's really going on?"

Lucy put her head on the table, her gold tresses shadowing her face. "Instinct. That's what made me come here. Nothing else."

Mira frowned slightly, but then smiled again, "If nothing's wrong…Do you want anything to drink?" Her eyes sparkled genuinely after she offered.

"Just a glass of water is fine Mira." She said almost inaudibly.

Mira picked up a glass and poured water into it, then she handed it the Lucy. "Here you go Lucy"

"Thanks Mira." Lucy smiled warmly and took a sip from the glass. Then she placed it on the counter and began to doze into a deep slumber. She dreamed of her mother…Layla Heartfilia and her father, Jude Heartfilia, whom both had died and been separated from her life. She dreamed of seeing them once again and her eyes widened at the sight of them. They smiled at her from a short distance away, but as she ran towards them, wanting to feel their warm embrace once more, they began to fade. Getting farther and farther away from her. Just as she screamed for them to come back she heard her name, faintly, but she surely heard it.

"Luce? Luce? WAKE UP LUCE!" Natsu roared into her ear, almost deafening her.

"What Natsu?" Her eyes were half-lidded and her voice was low. Natsu was stunned. Then she asked again. "What? Natsu?!" This time a bit louder than before. He snapped out of his trance and looked into her chocolate orbs.

"Do you know where Happy is?" He tilted his head and asked bewildered.

Lucy shook her head when he leaned near her. "Nope. I haven't seen the little blue fish lover." She stated in a rather cold, but sarcastic way. Stretching she straightened her posture and yawned. Watching her yawn made Natsu yawn, then Mira. They all chuckled a bit before focusing back to what was going on. (A/N that was the most awkward sentence I have ever come up with XD)

Mira finally broke the awkward silence, "Where did you last see Happy?"

Natsu scratched the back of his head, "Well yesterday- …"

Mira then interrupted him and told him encouragingly, "That means he must be with Wendy and Carla. Its only 9AM. Give them a couple of hours and they'll come. Don't be so frightened." She smiled and went back to cleaning the glasses with a cloth, like she always seemed to be doing.

"Oi…I suppose. Well any new- …" He was then stopped by Lucy who stated, "There aren't any new jobs Natsu."

He slumped down in the chair next to Lucy and started poking her in the arm. "What Natsu?"

"Nothing…You just seem tired and sad. TRYING TO KEEP YOU AWAKE!"

At this…loud…statement, Lucy smacked Natsu upside the head. She then stood up to move aside. Natsu thought she was leaving, but he didn't see the chair flying his way. As soon as she had moved, a chair found its way directly into Natsu's face. Gray ran up to Natsu, "Hey sorry, Flame Brain. Thought you out of all the people here would've seen that coming." Gray snickered. Natsu then stood up and started to fight with Gray. Leaving Lucy and Mira dazed at what had happened.

"Lu-Chan!" Lucy turned and saw the blue-haired girl running towards her.

"Levy! What's up?" Levy frowned a bit and complained. "You never showed me your story Lu-Chan!"

The blonde's eyes widened, "I totally forgot! I was going to bring it today, but I forgot. Silly me…" Lucy rubbed the back of her neck, embarrassed. Levy dismissed that and smiled again.

"We can just go to your apartment and look at it Lu-Chan!"

Lucy gave her a thumbs-up, "That sounds like a great plan Levy!" Some tables were getting thrown near them, so they thought it was the best plan ever. They also caught a glimpse of Juvia staring at Gray with hearts in her eyes, "Go Gray-sama!" Levy and Lucy sweat-dropped at the sight. Gray and Natsu threw more insults at each other, so that's when they decided to silently leave the guild. They talked all the way to Lucy's apartment about books they had read or were reading. When they reached the apartment Lucy unlocked the door and opened it. Levy's jaw dropped. "Lu-Chan! How is your house always so clean?"

Lucy laughed a bit, "I just don't take stuff out of its place that much…except my bed. That is a mess."

Levy nodded in agreement, "Is that because Team Natsu is always sleeping here?"

Lucy sighed, "Yup. Glad they aren't here now though." She smiled warmly at Levy and showed her to her desk. Presented with notebooks and pencils scattered across the surface of it. She picked up one of the notebooks and handed it to Levy. "This is one I've been working in lately."

Levy put on her red glasses and scanned all the pages Lucy had written in so far. "It's amazing Lu-Chan!" The petite girl then set the book down and her gaze shifted towards envelopes. "What are these?"

Lucy sighed and averted her eyes, "Their thoughts about every day. Letters that I wish I could send to my parents…but can't" Levy formed a small smile, showing sympathy for her. "Don't worry Lu-Chan, I won't read them."

The blonde became relieved, after all there was one thought in there that no one should know about…

Happy I updated? Hope so ^.^ Cause' its been a really long time since I updated! I'll try to update more often though ^-^ Any reviews are kindly appreciated! Make sure you don't stop reading though. Next chapter will be more interesting... Thanks! ^.~

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