AN: So I will try and update every weekend but we'll see how that goes. Right now I have like the next few chapters thought of and written down so those ones will be out sooner than later. I would like to thank all of my reviewers and followers again.

All you Gray fans will be in for a treat, I know I was when I wrote this. And don;t worry, his little stalker shall be in soon as well, making the story even more interesting.

So in this will be some NaLu which is what I know you all have been waiting for so I will not delay it anymore. Onward with the story!

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Gray Fullbuster: 24

Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail or Hapi Mari

The Perfect Plan

Chapter 6: Just Stop, Please

Lucy sat at her cubical, watching the hallway that leads to Natsu's office suspiciously. She was clicking her pen impatiently, thinking about the same thing she had been since the previous night. When she got home last night, Nastu was no where in sight. No message on the machine, no note. Nothing. She ever went to Cana and asked if he called her or stopped by. Again, nothing. Lucy tried not to worry but found herself staying up until 2 in the morning and eventually falling asleep on the couch.

"Lucy? Are you feeling okay? You look terrible?" Levy asked as she toke a sip of coffee. The young blonde turned to face her friend and nodded, "Yeah, everything's perfect!" she answered with a fake smile. She was planning on asking Natsu out for lunch, without anyone knowing of course. She just really, really needed to see him. For some reason, she was beginning to enjoy the president's company.

The blonde looked at Lisanna who currently had her nose stuffed in the Magnolia View, it was the most popular and most scandalous magazine about the influential people in Fiore. The Dragons were the usual victims of the press. "Lisanna? Any words of wisdom from that smart mouth of yours? Levy asked, raising a thin blue brow. The bluette eventually elbowed the girl after no response.

"Huh? What were you two saying?" Lucy chuckled for a second at the blue eyed girl's obliviousness but found her laugh dying down at something odd that her eyes noticed. It was Natsu, on the cover of the magazine. Her heart skipped a beat, "Give that!" Lucy shouted, ripping it out of Lisanna's petite hands.

Down in the pit of her stomach, Lucy felt she was going to puke. Her eyes were glued to the cover. It was Natsu, stepping out of an expensive looking restaurant, a sloppiness to the way he looked at the camera. His vest was gone and his white button up was missing two buttons. The camera man must have had an awesome camera, or else the kiss marks on his neck were black enough to show.

On his arm was a woman around his age with long dark pink hair and large breasts. She looked about as drunk as he did, but unlike him, she smiled at the camera.

A fire started in Lucy's belly as she threw the magazine back at Lisanna, her face red with anger. That asshole!, she thought as tears stung her eyes, he was acting so sweet with her just that morning. Lisanna watched Lucy with concern in her blue eyes as the bluette spoke. "Her name is Sherry Blendy. She's the heiress of Blendy Resort, be happy they have their clothes on in this picture." Levy said in a voice of relief as she toke the magazine in her own manicured hands.

"Our President really is a playboy." she added, flipping through the magazine, "Just listen to this: 'Natsu Dragneel, known for his exceptional intelligence inside his close cornered office at Fairy Tail Enterprises is shown to have a lack of knowledge on how to keep his hand off of young heiresses whom are recently engaged. This is not the first time the couple had been seen together and it can be assumed it will not be the last.'" The bluette shook her head before silent reading the article.

The silver haired woman hopped off of her desk and walked to Lucy, tapping her lightly on the shoulder. "Come with me." The blonde stood and followed her friend, visibly shaking with anger, or was it hurt? No wonder he didn't show up last night, he was busy fucking an heiress.

The two office women were just about to walk into the conference room, just before Lisanna opened the door, the elevator's door opened. Lucy was the first to turn and stop everything she was doing at the sight of the man who stepped out. Lisanna turned to look and was much more verbal than her friend.

The man was tall, his muscles could be seen though his dark blue button up shirt as he moved to fix his black tie. His hair was black but looked blue when the light hit it. His eyes were the darkest shade of black she has ever seen. He was pale, handsome and managed to get Lucy to forget about Natsu.

He looked around the office of desks with a smirk on his lips. "Well, well hello!" Lisanna gushed, putting a hand on her cheek and the other on her large chest, most likely trying to stop her rapid heart beat. The man turned to face the two girls, his eyes moving from Lisanna to Lucy. They stayed on Lucy.

His eyes moved up and down Lucy and she was secretly glad about the short black pencil skirt she borrowed from Cana. When his lips, oh those perfectly sculpted lips, parted, Lucy felt her legs start to wobble. "Hey, is this Fairy Tail Enterprise's main building?" his voice was like a smooth bass saxophone. Oh god, Lucy thought with a smile on her lips.

"Yes this is. And you are?" Lisanna had a certain way of talking to men that Lucy always envied. She was confident, sexy and beautiful. Lucy stood behind her friend and watched the magic unfold. "I'm Gray Fullbuster, I'm suppose to be meeting with a Miss Heartfilia to start my training. I'm one of the new interns for Mr. Dragneel." Both girls exchanged glances with wide eyes and shocked faces.

"Well it us your lucky day, Mr. Fullbuster. I present to you, Miss Lucy Heartfilia!" Lucy was then pushed forward, stopping herself just in time or else she would've fallen into the man's arms. Damn you Lisanna, Lucy thought as she straightened herself up.

"I, uh...Lucy at your service, Mr. Fullbuster." she extended her hand to the man, looking straight into his gorgeous eyes. He toke her hand in his and brought it to his lips, "Please treat me kindly."

Lisanna completely forgot why she even toke Lucy to the conference room, instead the silver haired woman stared deviously at the suave man who was totally undressing Lucy with his eyes. "So, uh, I guess we should get started, Mr. Fullbuster." The black haired man smiled and dropped her hand, "Call me Gray."

Lucy led Gray away from Lisanna and down towards the main offices. "Why does Lucy get the hot intern?" A green haired girl known as Bisca Connell complained, knowing perfectly well that her husband sat next to her with his well toned arm draped over her shoulder. "I know! I got this weird little kid who's like as freaky as Bickslow over here." Another woman named Evergreen said.

Lucy was currently giving Gray the usual trip around the office, telling him about the offices and the people who occupy them. The more and more she talked to him, the less attractive he was. He turned out to be a spazz that could rarely ever keep his hands off of his clothes as if he was going to strip right then and there. The less attractive he seemed, the more she thought of her husband. The damned fucker.

"Here is Mirajane's office, she's Makarov's secretary, but then again you met her when she interviewed you. Oh, this is Laxus Dreyar's, he is the director and Makarov's grandson...but you probably knew that too." Lucy said folding her hands behind her back and looking up at Gray. He look down at her, "Where will my office be?"

Lucy put a finger to her lips, "I think Mira wants you next to me for the time being. I hope you don't mind." The black haired man's lips turned up into a smirk, "Perfectly fine with me."

~o~o~o~

Natsu managed to get away from the media and get home to his wife and best friend. He walked through the main door, letting out a sigh of relief seeing his wife in the kitchen. Her hair was down, in the curls he loved and she was wearing blue booty shorts and a Fiore University t-shirt. She was currently standing on her tippy toes to put his red coffee mug away but failed to reach.

"I got it." he said from behind her, startling her and making her jump. "Na-Natsu! You're back!" She would normally hug someone who would be gone for some time but the image of him and Sherry stopped her completely. He toke the mug from her hands, "Did you miss me?"

The blonde felt her cheeks warm. Of course I did! "It was very quiet for once. I hung out with Cana a few nights, so I wasn't completely alone." The pink haired man nodded, crossing his arms over his chest. He saw a small smile on her lips, it reminded him of the day they spend together before his night with Sherry.

Natsu let out a sigh, taking a seat on the bar stools. "I'm sure you heard about the scandal, Lucy. I saw the magazine in your trash bin." Lucy set the plate she currently had in her hand on the counter, staying silent. Did she really want to hear about him sleeping with his ex? What would she do? Was it better just to ignore it?

"Natsu." she began, turning around and leaning against the counter. He looked up at her with a quizzical look. She opened her mouth to speak but closed it, shaking head and letting out a sigh. He stayed silent for a second, "Don't think anything of it Lucy, just let it die down." Her husband was back to his businessman mode, stoic face and strong voice. She followed suit, taking a seat beside him with a scowl on her face.

He draped his arm on her shoulder, smirking at her pouting face. "Jealous, Lucy?" he asked with a small laugh. Lucy sputtered, her face growing red in embarrassment, "No! Wh-why would I be? Get over yourself!" She stood and tried to storm off to her room but was caught by the arm.

"Lucy, they don't have anything useful in the media right now so that's why they're targeting me. Don't let it get to you. If something happened, I would have Erza deal with it. Okay?" he added, looking at her with a lazy face. "I'm going to bed, welcome home Mr. Dragneel."

Natsu watched her disappear into her room, rubbing his temple with his hands in frustration as the door slammed behind her.

~o~o~o~

The next few days Lucy almost completely forgotten about the scandal going on, of course the media was hot on Natsu's trail so he hadn't been home in almost four days now. The young wife found the house extremely quite. Even Happy noticed the difference, the poor cat rarely meowed, he only sat by the door and waited.

Lucy and Gray had bonded over many things and she quickly began to call him her friend. He was two years older than her and graduated from the same university. He lived in the same area of town that Lisanna did so the three would now carpool in his 1969 blue Mustang that he refurbished in high school.

The two made it a habit to go out drinking after work and Lucy found herself really enjoying his company. Of course he was handsome, but his odd personality steered Lucy away from him. The frequently went to lunch which is about the time that Gray was impatiently tapping his finger against his watch at the blonde who was still organizing her papers. "Let's go slow poke, the others are already waiting.

By the time the two finally walked to the elevator, Lisanna and Levy were waiting, all dressed up in their coats. "Think fast handsome!" The silvered haired girl said as his jacket came flying at his face.

"Ah!" he shouted, catching the article of clothing. "We're going to Lamia Scale Cafe, do you know it, Gray?" Levy asked, handing Lucy her jacket with a smile. The man nodded as he put on his jacket, "Yeah, my step brother works there full time right now."

In a friendly gesture, Gray toke Lucy's jacket and helped her into it, "There you are, princess. Ready?" he offered her hand and suddenly, it reminded her of her husband's hand, his fingers laced with hers. Lucy felt her heart ache at the memory of the way they walked down Magnolia streets, laughing and flirting harmlessly. She remembered the eyes of the people, watching her as she leaned on her husband's strong arm.

"What's wrong Lucy?" Gray asked as Lisanna and Levy continued their talk. "Well, I, uh, have a friend who thinks her boyfriend might be two timing her. He's not being honest with her and she has some evidence that he might be cheating on her, what do you think?" Gray pondered this for a moment, letting the sounds of the two girls talking and the elevator's music help him in the decision.

"Well, maybe this girl forced herself on him. I know I've been kissed by a girl without consent before. But then there are those girls who are so uptight with their boyfriends, like they get jealous just by him having a friend who is a girl." He went on to describing a time when he had a girlfriend named Ultear and she dumped him because of a childhood friend.

By the time they made it to the cafe, Lucy had almost forgotten she had started the conversation. "Well, I know that she and her boyfriend haven't, uh, had sex yet." Gray's eyes grew wide at this statement. "Then that makes a difference, defiantly. Why won't she have sex with him?" Lucy blushed slightly and shrugged.

"I-I don't know that much." Gray stroked his chin like he had a mustache and puckered his lips. "Then I think yes, I think he's cheating." The young wife let out a sigh of defeat, it was inevitable. "Th-thanks, you really helped out my friend. I'll call her tonight and inform her." The man smiled hailed a waitress. "No prob, hey Yuuka! Call Lyon over!"

~o~o~o~

Natsu sat on the couch, sipping a beer while stroking Happy on his lap. Lucy walked through the front door, letting out a sigh as she toke off her knee high leather boots. "How do you wear those things all the time?" he asked in a disturbed voice, eying down the heels like it was a form of torture. "Practice, my dear Natsu, practice. You should see my ass muscles." Lucy said, grabbed a bottled water from the fridge. Natsu laughed, trying to hide the tempting look in his eyes as she grabbed a news paper and looked it over. To Lucy's disgust, is was the Magnolia Times and Natsu had made the cover, picture and all.

Lucy walked to the couch and toke Happy from Natsu and began stroking him. "How do you feel being an instructor?" Her pink haired husband asked, looking over at her. Lucy smiled and kisses Happy's head. "To Gray Fullbuster? I like it, I like him. He's really funny and sweet. But he has this weird habit of taking off his jacket while talking of unbuttoning his shirts randomly. I think he was a Chippendale at some point in his life."

The two laughed a little before Lucy continued. "I like talking to him, he's closer to my age than you so it's easier to talk to him. I can really relax around him" She confessed. Thanks to him, she was now certain that Natsu was unsatisfied in their relationship and that he was cheating on her. She just need to get through this media scandal.

Lucy sighed and set Happy down, Natsu looked at her with concern in his eyes. Just who was this Gray Fullbuster and why did he leave such an impression on his Lucy? "Well, goodnight." She grabbed her water and walked away, leaving Natsu to ponder in silence.

~o~o~o~

The next morning, Lucy and Gray walked into the conference room and went to the coffee machine. The blonde dealt with the machine while Gray snacked on the doughnuts. It was pretty quiet until the man swallowed. "Lucy, why won't you have sex with your boyfriend?"

Lucy looked up from the machine, looking dumbly at the man in front of her. "Wh-what? That was my friend I was talking about, not me!" she stuttered out, looking away from him. Gray smiled, "Oh, well by the way you were talking it sounded like it was you whom was having the boyfriend problems. Isn't it?"

The blonde sighed in defeat, lowering her head to look at her feet. "I just don't understand him." she confessed, "One moment he's the sweetest, funniest guy and the next he is demanding and superficial. I try to learn things about him but he's so secretive. I don't know if it's to protect me or something else. He has a bad past and I want to help him get over it but he won't except it."

It felt good to finally get it off of her chest, even if it was after lying. "It looks like I still have a chance then." Gray stepped forward and pinned her against the counter with his arms. Her cupped her chin and forced her face towards his. "If this man loved you like you obviously love him, he would be thinking about you non stop like you are of him. If he hides things, he might not trust you, therefore he must not care for you."

"He might just be possessing you like property but if he's cheating on you, then I think he has one girl to many." Lucy felt tears fill her eyes as she shook her head and looked away. "St-stop it, Gray." He leaned his body closer to hers and brought his mouth closer to hers, "But if it were me, I wouldn't do that."

She could feel his hot breath on her lips. Lucy felt scarred, trapped and in danger. The sound of distinct heels gave Lucy a glimmer of hope. Erza came walking into the room seconds later, "Oh, my." she said. Gray freaked, jumping back from Lucy with his hands up, "Is co-worker relationships not allowed?" Lucy fought the urge to slap him then and there.

The beautiful red head shook her head, "No, but it is preferred to not happen at the workplace, please excuse me." Her dark eyes met Lucy's making the blonde shutter in fear. She was going to tell Natsu about this!

Once Erza left the room, Lucy pushed past Gray and ran after her. "E-Erza! Wait, that, what you saw was not-" The red head cut her of with a single glare. "Mrs. Dragneel, I do not care what you have to say, please just let me do my job which is to protect Natsu at all costs. As we speak that moron is excepting a dinner resevation with that psychopath Sherry after all of the press finally let up thanks to yours truly."

Lucy's mouth dropped, how could he be so stupid? The young blonde bolted to her husband's office and burst through the door. "Natsu!" He was currently sitting on his desk, looking over a file. He looked up and it reminded Lucy of the first time she met him, really met him. He was dripping with confidence, well dressed and completely driving her crazy. "So you finally came." he said with a smirk.

"Are you going to see Sherry Blendy anytime soon? Like tonight for dinner? After all Erza and Laxus have done to get the media off you, then you go do this stupid thing? Are you a child?" Just before he could answer, Erza appeared in the open door frame, "Natsu, you're so dead!" she shouted, making Natsu cringe behind the baize file.

Lucy turned to the stunning red head, "Erza can I please speak to my husband, alone for a second?" Although Erza did not want to, she respectively closed the door. The pink haired man stared at Lucy, that was the first time he had heard her say husband in front of him.

"Well?" she asked, glaring at him with her arms crossed on her very large chest. "No I do not plan on meeting with Sherry, not now, not ever." Lucy stared at him quizzically, "Then why did you lie to Erza and I?" He smiled dumbly, showing a sharp canine. "To see your honest reaction, you are jealous of Sherry, aren't you, even after I told you nothing happened between us that is any of your concern."

The blonde became furious, she stormed over to him and punched him in the chest, "Don't joke around with me, Natsu Dragneel! Do you know how jealous I've been for the past few days?" she shouted, not even knowing what she said until after she said it. Natsu stared at her in shock, noticing the tears that rimmed her eyes.

"You just wanted to see my reaction, you asshole!" she shouted, challenging the windows to shatter.

"What are you saying?" he asked, looking down at her with wide eyes.

"You don't treat me like a wife!" she added, another punch driven into his chest. As if it's hurt him.

"What the hell do you think last weekend was for?!" he snapped, pinching the bridge of his nose. Man this blonde was dumb, couldn't she see how he cared for her?

"I lost track of the husband-wife bonding after the screwing of your ex girlfriend!" she retorted, crossing her arms over her chest in satisfaction.

"So you were jealous! I knew it!" he poked a pried at the subject, it was his only defense against his crazy wife.

"Oh get over yourself! Just because you saved me from that debt doesn't mean I owe you shit!" she shouted back, stomping her foot on the ground like a child. God, he made her so mad!

"Is all of this happening because you found out you love me?" he teased with his signature smirk, receiving another punch in the pectoral muscle.

"Ha! If I love you sooooo much, why did I almost let Gray kiss me in the conference room!"

A silence hung over the couple for a second, "What did you just say?" Natsu said in a low voice making Lucy think twice about what she said. Uh oh. "I uh..."

Suddenly, Lucy was whipped around, pinned to the desk with her hands pinned by Natsu's strong hands above her head. "So that's what you meant when you said you could trust him?" Natsu hissed, his eyes narrowed and darker than usual. What had gotten into him? "Gr-Gray told me that if my b-boyfriend can't tr-trust me, I shouldn't be with him anymore." Lucy said in a nervous voice. "He thinks you're ch-cheating on me and that I would be better with h-him."

Natsu looked up at her, his chest rising and falling heavily and his face was unreadable, "And you believe him?" The blonde looked away from him, pulling a loose strand of hair behind her ear, "Well, you lie to me all the time, hiding stuff when we should be honest to each other. All our marriage is a piece of paper-"

She was cut off by his lips sealing hers. Pushing her farther on his desk, he laid her down on the paperwork scattered, working his mouth against hers. Thank god she was kissing him back. "It may just be a piece of paper to you Lucy," his voice was raw and breath hot on her lips, "But to me it is a promise to remain faithful, remember? You belong to me and I to you. Don't forget that."

He leaned down to kiss her again and found her leaning towards him, her hands were going crazy behind her head, pinned against her will to the chilling glass of his desk. He cupped her leg and pulled it up to his hip, stroking the soft skin of her leg. Uh oh, this was going to get bad really fast, Natsu thought with a pained expression on his face. Lucy on the other hand broke the kiss and sighed heavily as he trailed kisses down her neck.

What the hell was going on?, Lucy thought, feeling her breathing grow shallower. Natsu, her husband by piece of paper was kissing her and was not stopping. His lips were hot on her skin, how she imagined they would be. His scent smelt like a wood stove, woodsy and hot. Very veryhot. She let out a shallow whimper making her husband stop abruptly and look up at her.

What the hell am I doing?, Natsu thought as he stepped from between her legs and brought his hand to his mouth. Lucy slowly sat up, her brown eyes hypnotized and focused on his dark pair. Her blouse was unbuttoned, when did that happen?, her skirt was hiked up above her thigh and her hair was knotted. The two were silence, speechless at what just happened. Before Natsu could speak, his phone gave off a silence breaking ring.

The pink haired man walked to the phone, glancing at Lucy as she made herself presentable, he cleared his throat. "Natsu Dragneel speaking. Yes. Oh, alright. Fine, I'll be right there." Natsu turned back to face his wife, she was red in the cheeks, her breathing was still heavy and Natsu knew he was falling for her.

"You should probably leave now." he said in a stoic voice, trying to avert his eyes from her plump lips. She bit that lip, making Natsu's growl slightly. "O-Okay..." Lucy said, running a hand through her golden locks before running out of the room. The young husband let out a long, tired sigh. "Why did I let myself lose control like that?" he muttered into his hand.

Lucy on the other hand ran straight to her desk and went on her day with a different attitude. When Gray came to her and apologized, her didn't even yell, she simply thanked him for his help, telling him everything between her and her boyfriend were alright now.

She truly hoped she was right.

AN: Well here you guys go. Enjoy this little carrot as my plot bunny runs around this page, digging the plot deeper and deeper. Next chapter shall be up next weekend.

Indulge my pretties. Don;t forget to review and favorite. -Akaasha