Arthurs Note: I am very sorry for the late update. I started watching a couple of different animes and once I get hooked on an anime I can't stop watching it but the chapters finally here..well part one anyways. I hope you enjoy

I do not own Fairt Tail

Come on Natsu think! the fire mage thought a bit frustrated What can I do tomorrow with Lucy that she would enjoy?

While Lucy and Gray were gone on that job Natsu had decided to come up with something fun for him and Lucy to do since he still felt bad about ignoring her plus Tuesday was his day after all. He had tried to come up with ideas at the guild hall but for one it just as noisy as always and two Lisanna was there and even though he enjoyed her company she was making him lose his train of thought. So he went to the place that he knew he could always go to where there would be no noise. Even though he knew she wasn't home Lucys house was always the place he could go to whether it be to work out, sleep or hang out. Her house always gave him a sort of comfort that he relied on.

He had come up with a few ideas but he always figured he could do something better. You know Natsu everything he does always has to be done with 100%. This was no exception Lucy was his best friend after all. He didn't really know his feelings for her clearly. He had never put much thought into it because he thought she only saw him as a friend. But after finding out she could possibly have feeling for him made him think more seriously about the matter and he was going to his this time to try and figure it out. He figured three possible scenarios to how it could play out. 1. If she chose him and he didn't feel the same he would hurt her feelings and after the whole deal with Lisanna he never wanted to see her like that again. 2. If she chose Gray and Natsu ended up liking her in the process it could more then likely make things weird. Finally 3. If they ended up having the same feelings things could possibly end up going great. Who knew how it would turn out. But Lucy held all the cards and she doesn't even know it.

"Maybe we could spend the day trying to dig up those embarrassing pictures of everyone" he thought out loud. "But I doubt she will after what happened last time."

~Flashback~~Natsus POV~

I had been pestering Lucy all day about meeting me in the south gate park. I didn't tell her why because I wanted it to be a surprise. I figured once she got there and realized what we were gonna do she would be just as excited as I was. For some reason she had been acting weird all day. I figured she might be getting sick because every time I talked to her a red tent would suddenly appear on her cheeks but she never mentioned anything about feeling sick so I just let it slide.

That night at South gate park I arrived to see no sign of Lucy. It seemed like she was running late so I tried to start with out her but with the ground being as hard as it was I really needed Virgo to dig it for me other wise it would take to long. A few minutes later Lucy finally showed up. For some reason she looked a bit nervous.

"Hey, Lucy" I greeted my blonde friend with my usual grin.

"Yes?" she replied nervously

I had a feeling she had something else on her mind but I didn't ask because I was to focused on the task at hand.

"You're Late!" I said as I pulled out my shovel and started digging "Get that maid out already! What's her name again? Lets see...right, Virgo."

For some reason she gave me this dumbfounded look while I talked to her. While I was trying to dig through the hard ground she started talking about something but I didn't really pay any attention to her.

Still staring at me with confusion she asked, "And what was the important thing you wanted to ask me?"

Looking around to make sure no one was listening I gave her a mischievous smile as I explained, "I hear there's buried treasure here! It's supposed to be an album of embarrassing pictures of everyone in Fairy Tail! I heard, Gramps hid it here a long time ago! Doesn't that sound like fun?" As I finished explaining everything to here I was hoping to get an excited reaction from her as well but as I started picking at the hard ground again she mumbled something to me but I didn't hear her.

"You were saying I want to see her, I want to see her everywhere" the blonde stated.

I had been excited about getting my hands on these photos I couldn't keep it in as I walked through out the guild. "It's not like I care one way or another, but it was Virgo" I simply answered back. After I told her that I was wanting Virgo to dig the hole for me she got this really dazed look on her face and shortly after that she seemed mad about something. Maybe she thought there was a picture of her in there. I don't know but all of a sudden...

*SLAP*

She slapped me out of no where. As I was left in a daze as to why she suddenly felt the need to leave the red hand print across my face she quickly ran off.

~End Flashback~~Still Natsu's POV~

"I don't think I wanna try that again" I said out loud still remembering how painful it was the first time.

"Natsu!" the blue cat shouted as he flew in the window. "Lisanna's been looking everywhere for you."

"What for?" I asked plainly. I cared for Lisanna a lot but right now I just needed some time to think.

"She didn't say" he responded, "Why are you here anyways? Didn't Lucy take that job with Gray?"

"Yeah she should be back later but I just needed some alone time to think about what Lucy and I could do tomorrow."

"You llllllllike her" Happy teased.

"Its not that. I want to make it up to her for the whole Lisanna issue." I explained "Plus since it's my day tomorrow Erza and that idiot ice head can't bother us. But I can't think of anything."

"Why don't we all go fishing?" Happy suggested with a mouthful of fish. And I can eat another one of those tasty fish. It was so big just thinking about it makes my mouth water

"That's not a bad idea Happy but there's only one problem..." I paused for a minute before i continued. "Lucy doesn't like to eat fish as much as we do."

After thinking for a minute a light bulb went off in Happys head "Why don't we ask Mira to pack Lucy a lunchbox."

"That's a great idea" As i got up off of Lucys bed I started heading towards the window. "Come on Happy lets go to the guild and talk to Mira. We'll surprise Lucy tomorrow"

"Aye" Happy cheerfully replied as he flew after him.

~End Natsus POV~~Later that Night~~Lucys POV~

The train had arrived home at about one in the morning. After walking me home we said our good byes and Gray left for his house. The walk to my house had been a silent one. Gray seemed distracted by something the whole time seeing as he only said a couple of words here and there. When I asked him if he was alright he gave me a half smile saying he was fine just a bit tired. I figured he was because we had a long day and he didn't nap on the train ride back. But I knew something else had to have been bothering him.

After I closed my front door I was surprised to see that my house was empty for once. Normally I had a certain pink haired guest sleeping in my bed but today he wasn't there. He must have spent the day with Lisanna I thought as I headed towards the bathroom to take a much needed relaxing bath.

After my bath I sat down at my desk, pulled out a piece of paper and started writing.

Dear Mom,

Gray and I went out on a job today. It requested for a male and female wizard so Natsu, Happy and Erza didn't come. I don't know why he chose that kind of mission but it turned out to be fun. We had to pretend to be a couple and save this guys daughter. It turned out to be some old members from the guild dad had hired a long time ago who were wanting to try and get the guild back up. After we stopped them I thought the man wasn't going to pay us because Gray had caused some damage to his house, but the man was so grateful that his daughter was safe that he paid us the reward without giving it a second thought.

Things at the guild are the pretty much as hectic as always. I'm not upset with Natsu, Gray and Erza anymore. After they found out Gray came to talk to me and of course Natsu barged in not to long after. They are annoying but at the same time they are great friends. Lately though it seems like they are up to something.

I still can't bring myself to talk to him and tell him how I feel. I try to talk myself into just walking up to him and telling him but then the image of her hurt face and the possibility of him not feeling the same way brings all those fears right back to the surface and I decide that its just better to keep it to myself. I know if you were here mom you would tell me to follow my heart because you always wanted me to be happy. But you know mom...

I stopped writing for a minute letting out an exhausted yawn before I continued.

I truly think that I could be happy with him.

After I finished sealing up the letter I put it in the brown box with all the other letters and I went to sleep.

~End Lucys POV~~The Next Day~~Normal POV~

It was early in the morning and a certain blonde was still passed out and Natsu and his blue haired feline friend were in her house waiting for her to wake up.

"Natsu" the cat quietly wined "Lucy still isn't up. We were supposed to go fishing today remember."

"Well what do think I should do?" The fire mage asked

"Wake her up with your fire" Happy suggested "Make her butt sting like Aquarius does when Lucy drops her key."

"Good thinking Happy" Natsu said with a maniacal smirk.

Just as the fire mage had covered his hands in flames Lucys eyes slowly opened. Though she was still laying away from the fire wizard for that moment she had no clue what was about to happen. Feeling hot for some unknown reason the blonde slowly rolled over only to discover Natsu leaned over with his hand covered in flames.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING!" Lucy shouted as she stared at Natsus hand seeing it only inches from where she was laying.

"Oh good you're awake" Natsu said cheerfully

"OF COURSE IM AWAKE" the celestial wizard continued shouting in anger "WHY IS YOUR HAND COVERED IN FLAMES?"

"Because I'm a fire wizard" Natsu said plainly.

"THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEANT!" Lucy now shouting in aggravation.

"We were gonna wake you up." Happy chimed

"What to you mean you were gonna wake me up?" She asked a bit calmer now.

"Well Happy and I came to visit." Natsu explained.

"But when we got here you were still asleep" Happy spoke interrupting Natsu "So we decided that Natsu could use his fire magic to make your butt sting a little so you would get up."

"What!" Lucy said shocked.

"Well now that you're awake let's go" Natsus voice now sounding excited.

"Where are we going?" Lucy asked a bit confused.

"Fishing in the East forest" Happy answered happily.

"Can't you guys go without me?" She complained "I was gonna work on my novel today plus I don't even like fish so."

"Why would you want to write your novel indoors? A change of pace will help get those creative juices flowing." Natsu explained.

"I don't need a change of pace." Lucy argued "Why don't you take Lisanna I'm sure she'd love to go."

That last sentence sent a wave of pain in Natsus heart. I need to make her see she's just as important to us as Lisanna is Natsu thought to himself.

"I don't want Lisanna I want you." Natsu spoke calmly with sincerity in his voice. "It wouldn't be the same if you weren't with me."

"Natsu..." The blonde spoke as a small blush crawled onto her face. Before she could say anymore she was interrupted by a certain blue cat.

"Oh things are about to get steamy" Happy teased the two.

"Shut it cat!" Lucy said with an angry/annoyed tone.

"So what do you say Lucy" Natsu smiled with his usual goofy grin "You coming with us?"

"Fine!" She knew arguing with the two was pointless so she decided to give in. She did want to spend time with the two she would have just preferred it be something other than fishing.

"Yay!" Happy Cheered "So lets get going!"

After Lucy changed the trio headed for East Forest.

"So Lucy" the pink haired mage spoke as they walked "How was your mission with that idiot Gray?"

"It was actually a lot of fun" the blonde responded "It turned out the one who were trying to kidnap the girl were some old members from Phantom."

"Whoa! Really?" Happy said shocked.

"Phantom!" Natsu said his tone filling with anger "I wish I had been there to pay them back again for what they did to y..the guild"

"Don't worry" Lucy said trying to cheer him up "Gray and I stopped them."

For a short while while tension filled the air as Lucy walked along side of the fire wizard who now seemed to have something on his mind and it was really bothering him.

"You ok?" Lucy asked placing a hand on Natsus shoulder worried. If I had known his mood was going to change so drastically I wouldn't have brought it up she thought to herself.

"Yeah" he said plainly. He had completely lost that cheerful tone he had before.

"You sure?" She was starting to doubt he would be in a mood to hang out. "If you want we can do this another time."

"No!" Happy blurted out. "Lucy you said you'd come with us."

"I know Happy but..." She was interrupted suddenly.

"I'm sorry" Natsu spoke apologetically "I didn't mean to get upset it's just when you mentioned Phantom I still remember what they did to our guild and what they did to you."

Stopping in front of her friend she suddenly felt the need to hug him "That was a long time ago Natsu." With her head tucked in between his neck she whispered. As they continued embracing each other and Happy couldn't help but snicker silently behind them.

Pulling away she gave him a comforting smile "Let's forget about that and have fun ok?". Breaking the hug she kept one hand intertwined with his and was now walking slightly in front of him guiding the way to their destination not noticing a small blush that had made its way on Natsus face because she was trying to hide the one on hers.

"You lllllike her" Happy whispered into Natsus ear only to receive an 'I'll kill you' look in return.

Again I am very sorry for the delay on the update. Until the next update I hope you enjoy this chapter. Natsu and Lucys day offically starts in the next chapter.