Well you all know the drill... I don't own Fairy Tail or any of the characters used in this fanfic. I know it's been a while since I updated and I apoligize but we finally got internet :D
After Gray left and Lucy shut the door she laid back down to attempt sleep that she knew would be difficult to return to. After what seemed like a drive by kiss Lucy couldn't help but toss and turn in her bed. Thanks to the ice mage her mind couldn't be put at ease. As she laid in bed her thoughts seemed to think of only their kiss. When her body would eventually fall into a peaceful slumber her dreams replayed the event in her mind as if not wanting to forget.
~The next morning~
Walking into the guild hall Lucy couldn't help but stifle yawns almost one right after the other. Being greeted left and right the only response she could give her guild members was a wave hello. After taking a seat at the bar Lucy laid her head on the bar. After closing her eyes she enjoyed the cooling touch that it had when she laid her face on it.
Without even realizing it Mira had walked up to greet the tired blonde. "Goodness Lucy" Mira said in her usual cheerful tone "You look exhausted."
"Yeah" Lucy replied still laying her head on the bar with her eyes shut. At that moment she was just to tired to look at the eldest strauss sibling. "I didn't get much sleep last night. I just have a lot going on in my mind right now."
"Oh" Mira responded as a small smile appeared on her face. "I bet I know why." Hearing that response Lucy couldn't help but look at the take over mage with questioning eyes. "Lucy you don't have to hide it. I know"
Hearing those words Lucys brown orbs widened and her heart started racing Does she know? "Wh-What do you mean? What do you know?" She tried to keep her voice as calm as she could to hide how nervous she was actually feeling waiting for Mira to answer. "It's ok Lucy you don't have to hide it. Lisanna told me but don't worry..." Mira leaned in so no one else could hear "I won't tell anybody."
So many things were going through Lucys mind at that moment. Did Lisanna see Gray and I kiss last night? If so who else did she tell? Does Natsu know? "What did she tell you?" Lucy whispered.
"About your crush on Natsu" Standing up straight again Mira let out a soft giggle as she picked up a dirty cup and started cleaning it. Feeling a sense of relief it suddenly dawned on Lucy that Lisanna knew about her crush "Mira, how did Lisanna find out?"
"She asked Levy" Mira answered cheerfully "But don't worry Lucy Lisanna told me not to tell anyone else." At that moment Lucy felt a bit of relief and tad upset that Levy told but she really had no right to be mad because she never specifically asked Levy not to tell anyone. "So" Mira said excitedly as she moved closer to Lucy "Are you going to tell him?"
Just as the blonde opened her mouth to answer Natsu came up behind her and wrapped his arm around her shoulders and a sudden blush crept onto her face. Before she could say anything Natsu held out a job request in front of her face. Apparently the job request was to run out a group of thugs that were harassing a town and the reward was 200,000 jewel. As tired as she was there was no way she could pass up on a job that would pay her rent for the month plus leave her with some extra cash.
"So are Erza and Gray going to join us on this job request?"She asked. It had been a while since she went on a job with Erza and after last night Lucy didn't know how she would act around Gray. "Nah" Natsu said tucking the request back in his pocket "Gramps sent Erza out on another S class mission."
"What about Gray?" she asked again. Natsu raised a brow at the question but didn't really think anything of it. "Come to think of it I haven't seen that ice brained idiot all day."
Usually Gray liked to arrive at the guild hall pretty early. If he wasn't on a job he was there either eating or chatting with other guild members and the fact that he wasn't there made the blonde feel like he was trying to avoid her. "Don't worry we can do this job without those two. It will be just like the old days." Natsu said flashing Lucy I wide grin. Seeing Natsu so happy and excited Lucy couldn't help but smile at him in return.
After Natsu grabbed a bite to eat the the two left and headed towards Magnolia station. "Have fun you two!" Mira shouted even though it was mostly directed towards Lucy. As Lucy looked back Mira just gave her a wide smile. The celestial wizard knew exactly what Mira was thinking as she waved them off.
As the guild doors shut behind the two they were greeted by Lisanna. "Hey Lisanna!" Natsu and Lucy both greeted the youngest take over sibling. "Hey guys" Lisanna greeted back "You two heading somewhere?"
"Yeah. We are going to Lucys so she can pack a few things and then we are heading out on a job." Natsu replied. Since he had grabbed the job request the day before he had his stuff strapped to his back already. Even though he figured the job wouldn't take to long he packed enough just in case.
"Do you mind if I join you?" Lisanna asked suddenly which shocked the blonde a bit. Of course she still hung out with Natsu all the time but it seemed like Lisanna had stopped asking to join them on jobs a little after they had apologized to Lucy for excluding her.
"Yeah no problem" Natsu said cheerfully. Watching a smile spread across Lisanna's face Lucy couldn't help but feel like something was different about her, like she was hiding something but she couldn't quiet put her finger on it so she didn't put much thought into it. "Great" Lisanna responded happily "I'll inform Mira and meet you guys at the train station" After getting a response from Natsu Lisanna ran inside the guild hall and Natsu and Lucy headed towards her house.
~Back at the guild hall~
Just a couple of minutes after Natsu, Lucy and Lisanna left for the train station Gray had arrived at the guild later then normal. After what had occurred last night he figured he'd lay in bed just a bit longer before finally getting up. Walking into the guild hall he noticed how quiet it was. Seeing him approach the bar Mira had a glass of ice water set out for him by the time he took a seat. "Hey Mira" Gray greeted "Where's that flame bastard?"
"He went out on a job with Lucy and Lisanna." Mira answered.
"Lisanna went with them?" Gray asked a bit surprised. After that whole incident with Lucy Lisanna had started going on missions with Juvia or Elfman. If Gray had known Lisanna was going to join them then he would have tagged along too. Even though the events last night had occurred Gray knew that with Lisanna tagging along Lucy was bound to be the third wheel in their conversation.
Damn it! Gray thought frustrated. How is it the day he stays in a bit late is the day he should have been at the guild hall early. After getting a few guild members some drinks Mira brought Gray a plate with a Calamade hotdog. It wasn't something he ate to often but he had a craving for one this morning. After placing it in front of him she excused herself to get Cana and a few other guild members more booze and food. Not to soon after taking a huge bite of the messy food the water mage sat next to him with a calamade hotdog of her own.
"Gray" the water mage said cheerfully causing the ice make mage to look over at her while he took another bite of his own food "Juvia made a Calamade hotdog just for you". Taking a seat next to him she moved the plate in front of him and placed the one containing the food she made in front of him.
As Gray inspected the food he noticed it had some sort of ooze coming from it, some how all the food Juvia made ended up that way, because he didn't want to seem rude he decided he would try it. As the water mage sat there and watched him take a bite her mind couldn't help but fantasize about him.
~In Juvias mind~
A sparkling Gray sits on bended knee holding out a box with a ring in it. "Juvia you're food is so amazing. Can you make my food for me for the rest of my life?" After she agrees they embrace into a warm hug. She then see's herself and Gray cuddled up on a couch sitting in front of a warm fire while their son and daughter run around playing with each other. The little boy has blue spiky hair and the little girl has long dark hair that curls at the bottom. As Juvia enjoys the scene in front of her she leans her head onto Grays shoulder and Gray softly kisses the top of her head.
~Back in reality with Gray~
Despite its appearance the food Juvia mad didn't taste to bad. After swallowing it he had turned to thank her but when he looked at her she looked as if she was deep in thought. He tried saying her name to get her to respond but when she continued to just sit there not saying a word he decided to get up and walk over to the job request board.
It didn't take him long to scan over all of the jobs and find one he could solo for some extra cash. After ripping one of the papers off of the board he walked over to Mira who was talking to Elfman. "Tell Gramps I'm going on this job." The dark haired mage said while holding out the paper. After Mira wished him luck he left for the train station.
Meanwhile Juvia had finally finished daydreaming about Gray only to realize that the seat that her crush had been sitting in was now gone, in fact he was no where in the guild. As she went to grab the plate with the partially eaten food she noticed a piece of paper with something written on it.
"Thanks" was all the paper said. Such simple words but even so it sent her heart into over drive as her face now held a blush as she thought about her prince.
~The next morning at the train station~
Lucy, Natsu and Lisanna had just got off the train. Both females trying to ease the motion sick fire mage. They had finished their job last night but because it was so late they decided to sleep in a hotel for the night. The job had gone well except for the fact that some buildings had been destroyed by the dragon slayer. As they all started walking back towards Fairy Tail Lucy noticed a certain dark haired mage getting off the same train only a few carts ahead from they had just exited from.
At first she was a bit skeptical since it was only the back of his head but what ended up giving it away was the fact that as soon as she blinked the shirt the person was wearing seemed to disappear. She only knew one person who was capable of stripping that fast. Gray the blonde mage thought to herself. Without even saying a word to the others Lucy had sped up and was now weaving through a crowd of people
As Gray started walking back to Fairy Tail the faint scent of Lucys perfume flew into his nose. He didn't have a nose like Natsu's and with so many people around him he could of clearly been mistaken but somehow the blondes scent was etched into his brain. Stopping in his path he looked around just to make sure he was mistaken when suddenly just as he turned around he could see her making her way to him. "G-Gray" Lucy said a bit out of breath "I need to t-talk to you". Apparently the crowd of people between them was much larger then she thought. "Hey Luce, what's up?" Of course Gray acted as if the kiss between them never happened. He promised the blonde he wouldn't bring it up till she did.
"What are you doing here?" She asked curiously. The last thing she expected was to run into Gray at the train station. "I just got back from a job" he explained. "By yourself?" She asked a bit surprised not because she thought he couldn't handle a solo job but because Gray hadn't taken a job alone since they formed a team. In response Gray simply nodded his head. She didn't know why she was surprised about him going on a solo mission. After being in the guild a while she had heard that before she had entered the guild Gray would go on all kinds of job requests either alone or with Loke. She really wanted to talk to him about the other night night but with all the people around and Natsu and Lisanna more then likely walking towards them there was no way she could bring it up right now.
"We just got back from a job ourselves" she said with a light chuckle. To her the air around the two seemed a bit tense. "I was about to head home if you'd like you can come over and I can make some coffee." As soon as the words came out of her mouth butterflies seem seemed to fill her stomach. She knew if he came over she would have to bring it up and if he didn't then this awkward feeling would always be around the two.
Before she could realize it Natsu had walked up behind her and wrapped his arm around her shoulders. "There you are Lucy" Natsu said with a childish grin before turning his gaze to his rival "What are you doing here you ice-freak".
"What'd you say you stupid flame-idiot" Gray argued back as he came closer to the dragon slayer. Releasing his grip from Lucy's shoulders he took a few steps closer to the ice make mage "You heard me you damn stripper."
The two males now had their foreheads pressed together in an aggressive way with both emitting an aura around them. As they continued with their verbal insults and punches all Lucy and Lisanna could do was watch from the sidelines as some of the passerbys in the train station stopped to watch the violent scene unfold.
Standing there an embarrassment Lucy and smiling Lisanna stood a couple steps away from the arguing boys. "Why do they have to do this everywhere we go?" Lucy said feeling the need to grab her friends and drag them out of the train station before they cause an even bigger scene or worse... use their magic against each other and destroy part if not all of Magnolia train station in the process. After letting out a soft chuckle Lisanna spoke "I don't know... I think it's kind of refreshing" All Lucy could do was look over at the young take over make as she listened to her talk. "Ever since we were kids Natsu and Gray have always been this way. In their own way this is their way of acknowledging each other and how strong they have become. Mira and Erza used to be the same way. Even though they won't really admit it out loud this is just how they express their friendship."
After a couple of minutes the two had finished fighting and all of them left the train station. With Lucy never receiving an answer from Gray she assumed that he didn't want to come over and talk. After walking Lucy to her apartment Natsu, Lisanna and Gray headed for Fairy Tail. Some part of her thought that with the distraction of his and Natsu's fight that he might have forgotten about her question, but she just decided to let it go. She figured after relaxing in a hot bath she would join her friends at the guild hall.
After she unpacked she went into the bath room and ran the bath water. After running her hand under it to make sure it was the right tempature she dropped her towel and let her body relax in the soothing water. As she let her body relax her let her thoughts wonder. In such a short amount of time so much had happened. After everyone apologized for that whole incident with Lisanna things seemed to change. They hadn't really gone on a mission as a group and for some reason the guys were trying to only spend time with her, not that she really minded. Lucy suddenly remembered the conversations he had with Levy in the hot springs.
As her eyes shot open her heart started racing. /How could I have forgotten/ she thought to herself as she placed her hands on her head in a sort of panic. She had been so focused on the things happening between her and Gray that she completely lost track of the time. Not remembering what day was she had to think back to all the events that had occurred in between the time of the hot springs to now.
Lets see... It was Wednesday when Levy gave me the ultimatum, then the next day was when I accidently kissed Gray, the day after Gray came over and kissed me out of no where, then yesterday Natsu and I went out on a job with Lisanna tagging along. "So that makes today..." after counting the order of the events on her hand it suddenly dawned on her "SUNDAY" She yelled out suddenly. She couldn't believe how time had gotten away from her so fast. She had to tell him her feelings tomorrow and she was still no where near prepared.
She wasn't mentally prepared for the rejection she might receive and the fact that if he rejects her that it might ruin their friendship as well. With less then a day left she decided not to go to the guild hall today but some place where no one in the guild knew of.
Well guys after a month or so we finally got internet. I will post all the chapters I have written in all that time I hope you enjoy