Ok so I know it's a bit late but here it is Chapter 13...
Now just a reminder I in no way own or co-own Fairy Tail.
"Oh there you are!" Gray said turning his head to the side to notice the blonde who had just tapped his shoulder. "Yeah! Sorry, I'm late I ended up over sleeping this morning." Lucy said apologetically. "It's cool I just got here not to long ago myself." Gray said with a smile "So did you get your ticket?"
"Yeah!" Lucy said as she took a seat next to the ice mage "I noticed it last night. I'm guessing you let yourself in and put it there?" Gray only nodded his head as he took a sip of his drink and in return received a somewhat annoyed sigh from his friend. "I wish you guys could just use the door like normal people" Lucy said under her breath. "Eh" Gray said as he looked at the blonde with a smirk, "Where's the fun in that?"
Rolling her eyes in response Lucy decided to talk about the reason why she was there in the first place. "So about those tickets..." she let her sentence trail off letting the raven haired mage get the picture on what she was trying to say. "Ah, right about the trip. We will be leaving Friday morning. The tickets are for a 3 day 2 night trip. Unfortunately though when I was booking the rooms they didn't have any single rooms available so we will have to share a room"
Hearing that the blondes brown orbs widened in shock, but before she could protest Gray continued "However, the room itself has two separate beds so even though we will have to share a room we will have our own beds." Gray could only chuckle as he watched Lucys wide eyes relax as she let out a sigh of relief.
"So make sure you are packed and ready by the morning. We can meet up at the train station." Gray informed back down at his cup Gray was debating about telling Lucy an important piece of information. Should I tell her Lisanna will be joining us? She seems so excited and if I tell her she might not want to go. Gray was knocked out of his thoughts as Lucy placed her hand gently on his arm and looked at him and smiled "Thank you again for doing this Gray"
"Uh Luce" Gray said trying to find a way to tell her. As he looked at her he couldn't help but notice the smile she had. Immediately he regretted inviting Lisanna but that day she had pushed it so much he felt like he had been pushed into a corner. He had promised the day would be just the two of them. But as he stared at her eyes as they stared back at him he couldn't do it. "Uh I just wanted to tell you that the train will arrive at 9 am so don't be late." After she gave another nod she looked over and saw Levy talking to Jet and Droy. "LEVY!" Lucy called out and waved to her blue haired friend. "Thanks again Gray" Lucy said again looking back to Gray who only nodded in response.
After taking a few steps Lucy turned back around to Gray. With out saying a word Lucy walked up behind him surprising the ice make mage as she wrapped her arms around him. The only thing Gray could do at that point was look down at the set of hands wrapped around him shocked by Lucys sudden hug. After she released him from the hug Gray looked back at her in silence still trying to process what had just happened. "I'll see you tomorrow Gray." Lucy said as she walked away missing the nod Gray gave her as his response.
As he continued to look in the direction Lucy was he failed to notice the Scarlet haired woman take a seat next to him. "So" Erza said startling the ice wizard out of his trance sending his heart racing as he turned to face her. "Geez Erza! A little warning would be nice" Gray said in frustration as he tried to calm down it still racing heart. "What was all that about?" Erza asked as she stuck her fork into the piece of cake she had sitting in front of her. "What was what about?" Gray said still a bit annoyed. "Don't play stupid Gray!" Erza demanded some what loudly causing a few heads to turn. Lowering her voice a tad she continued "I saw Lucy hug you. I want to know why?"
"Oh...well...you see I'm treating Lucy to a trip to Acane Resort. Just the two of us." Gray answered. "Is it a date?" Erza asked curiously. "What? No! Of course not! We're going as friends. She's seemed stressed over something but since she won't tell me what it is I figured some time away could help." Gray answered. "But you want it to be?" Erza said not really asking but more like pointing out the obvious. Looking over to Lucy then back to Erza Gray replied "Even if I did I don't think she does."
"You sound like you're giving up!" Erza pointed out. "Of course I'm not!" Gray said with a smirk "I do plan on taking her there to relax, but there are some things that we've failed to discuss that I plan on talking to her about while we are there. There's just one problem..." He let his voice trail off. "What is it?" Erza asked. "I did something that Lucy might not be to happy about." Gray answered with regret in his tone. Raising up a brow in curiosity Erza waited for Gray to continue but he just sat silently. "You're not going to tell me what you did?" Erza asked in a somewhat sterner tone then she had before.
"I-I can't!" Gray said hesitantly afraid of the force Erza might use to get an answer from him but surprisingly she didn't. "I understand!" Erza said in a rather disturbingly calm tone "I just need to say one thing" Erza said as she placed her fork on her plate before sending Gray a death glare as she leaned in towards him "If I find out that whatever you did hurt Lucy in anyway or made her cry I won't think twice about kicking your ass! Got that?"
"Y-Yeah" Gray said fearfully. "Good." Erza said as she got up from her seat, "You two have fun." was the last thing she said before exiting the guild. A little after Erza's 'talk' Gray decided to head home but just as he was about to get up he was suddenly joined by an excited Lisanna. "Oh Gray! I'm glad I caught you." She said with a smile. "What are you so excited about Lisanna?" Gray asked. "Well you see just as I was about to go buy my ticket for Acane resort Mira remembered about the tickets big brother won for her at the flower appreacion day and since they are good for all year around and she wasn't going to use them she gave them to me."
"That's great but...wasn't there two tickets?" Gray asked. "Yeah so that's why I took the liberty of inviting Natsu along with us. I figured you guys wouldn't mind." Lisanna replied happily. Immediately hearing that Gray knew that once Lucy knew that the two of them were coming she would probably end up either angry or upset at him for inviting more people and not telling her about it. "You know what Lisanna" Gray said as he got up from his seat "I'm gonna head out. I've still got some packing to do before tomorrow so just make sure you're at the train station at 9am tomorrow."
Walking away from Lisanna Gray couldn't help but look over to Lucy and she sat at the table with Levy smiling. As much as he wanted to let her know before hand a large part of him didn't want to because he knew that if he did the smile that she had at that moment would probably disappear and he didn't want to be the reason for that. He would just have to explain it to her tomorrow and hopefully she wouldn't be to mad.
The next morning at the train station
"Are you sure you don't want to walk Lisanna?" Natsu said feeling a bit anxious about getting on the train. "Come on Natsu" Lisanna said as she stepped onto the train "It's only a short trip by train."
"Yeah but..." Suddenly Natsu paused mid-sentence when his nose caught hold of a familiar scent. "Natsu? Are you ok?" Lisanna asked as she stared at the pink haired male. "I thought I smelt Lucy's scent." Natsu answered as he started looking around. "Natsu!" Lisanna said making Natsu look at her "I told you her and Gray were going to be coming along with us."
"So then why can't we sit with them?" Natsu asked. "Because it look's so crowded. What if we go looking for them and we can't find them? We're all going to the same place so lets just look for them when we arrive, ok?"
"Alright, I guess" Natsu said giving one last glance around for a familiar head of blonde hair. With Lucy no where in sight Natsu and Lisanna got on the train.
At the head of the train with Gray and Lucy
"Right on time." Gray said with a smirk as he greeted Lucy. "Have you been here long?" Lucy asked. "Nah, I arrived about 10 minutes ago." Gray answered. "I'm so excited" Lucy said with a smile "I barely slept at all last night. I checked and rechecked my luggage so many times to make sure I had everything for this weekend."
Looking down Gray saw Lucy with her pink luggage. "You got it all to fit into that little thing?"
"We're only gonna be gone for 3 days Gray. How much we're you expecting me to pack?" Lucy asked. "I don't know I just thought you'd have more, that's all. Well anyways let get on the train and find some seats."
"Alright" Lucy said with a nod and a smile "This weekend will be so much fun." Letting her get on first Gray stopped mid step with only one foot in the train. With no sign of that pink haired idiot any where he could only sigh in relief and hope that Lisanna might have changed her mind about coming along. "Gray?" Lucy called back making the raven haired mage put his eyes on her "Are you ok?"
"Uh yeah I'm fine. Come on lets find some seats." Gray said grabbing Lucys hand and guiding her inside the train.
After the train ride
"We're finally here!" Lucy said standing at the resorts entrance "It looks even better then the first time we were here." Looking back at Gray he stood behind her looking down at the ground lost in his own thoughts. "Gray?" Lucy said a bit concerned "Are you sure you're ok? Are you sick?"
"Huh! Oh no I'm fine" Gray answered. "Are you sure? You seemed a bit distracted on the train. Did you change you're mind about coming here?" Lucy asked a bit saddened.
"What!" Gray said a bit shocked that she would even think that "Luce, I invited you here so why would I change my mind?" he explained with a chuckle. "Alright" she said not to convinced "So what's bothering you?"
Legging out a sigh Gray looked at Lucy "Well you see... there's been something I've been meaning to tell you. Earlier this week while I was at the guild I was telling Mira about our trip and well L-"
"Gray! Lucy!" a voice called out interrupting Gray. Just as Lucy turned around her eyes opened wide in shock. "Lisanna! What are you doing here?" she asked in disbelief. "Huh?" Lisanna said staring at her in confusion "Didn't Gray tell you we were coming?"
"We? Who's we?" Just as the words came out of her mouth the sight of the picked haired male dragging himself to where they stood "Ugh! Lisanna are we there yet?"
"N-Natsu!" Lucy said in a whisper. That was Lucys voice Natsu thought his mind still in a bit of a nauseous haze. "Lucy!" Natsu said looking up flashing her a smile.
A quick glance into Grays mind as all of this is taking place
The train ride went by pretty quick. I sat in the seat across from Lucy. As soon as we took our seats she pulled out a book and I pretty much spent the whole ride looking out the window.
After the train arrived I was still trying to decide to tell Lucy. Since there was no sign of Lisanna and Natsu at the train station there was a slim possibility that they weren't coming, but that was just a slim chance.
I was suddenly knocked out of my thoughts when Lucy called out my name. When I looked at her the look on her face said that she was worried. I didn't really think to much about it till she spoke the words "Did you change you're mind about coming here?" There was no way I would let her believe that even for a second that I didn't want to be there so after a minute I decided that even if they decided not to come I would tell her. She had a right to know either way. Well just as I was getting ready to tell her I was suddenly interrupted by Lisanna. Since Lucy had her back turned she didn't notice right away.
"Gray! Lucy!" Lisanna called out. As she called out to us the only thing I could do was curse in my head as I saw her coming closer.
As I turned my attention to Lucy I watched her expression turn from a smile to shock and disbelief. I was at that moment that I was mentally kicking myself for not informing her sooner. I knew i needed to I just couldn't bring myself to and now I have to deal with the choice I made.
It wasn't to long after Lisanna approached us that Natsu was seen trudging behind her. "Lisanna are we there yet?" he asked. I swear that flame brained idiot is hopeless.
"N-Natsu!" I heard Lucy whisper as her eyes focused on Natsu who was smiling at her. I can only hope she doesn't want to cut the trip short and head back.
Back to what was currently happening
"Sup Luce!" Natsu said to the blonde. "What are the two of you doing here?" Lucy asked causing Natsu's grin to vanish into a sort of confused look. "Geez Gray" Lisanna blurted out causing all eyes to go on her "You forgot to tell her didn't you?" That question made Lucy look over to the raven haired mage "Forgot to tell me what?"
"Well you see...I meant to tell you but..." Gray started to explain but was cut off "You see Lucy" Lisanna interrupted causing the blondes brown orbs to once again go to her "The other day when Gray was at the guild Mira brought up that she had heard the two of you were taking a trip to Akane Resort. Since I've never been I asked if I could join and Gray agreed. Then Later Mira remembered she till had the tickets Elfman won and offered them to me and since the tickets we're for two I took the liberty of inviting Natsu. I informed Gray of this the other day. I thought he would have let you know, but I guess it slipped his mind."
"Well" Gray said while scratching the back of his head avoiding everyones gaze "what had happened was..."
"It's to late now Gray" Lisanna said interrupting him again "We're already here. And now that we're are here what do you guys say to a quick walk around before we go to the hotel?"
"I'm starving!" Natsu announced "Lets go somewhere and eat."
"Okay!" Lisanna agreed nodding her head "What about you guys? I'm excited to see what all this resort has. Do you want to come with us?"
"I'll tag along" Gray answered before turning to look at Lucy "What about you Luce?"
"Actually you guys I think I'm gonna head towards the hotel" She answered. Hearing that shocked everyone.
"What! Why?" Natsu asked. "I'm just a bit tired, that's all. I didn't get much sleep last night so I'm just gonna head to the hotel and take a nap." She answered.
"In that case I think I'll go with her." Gray announced. "No it's ok." Lucy said declining his company "You guys go have fun and I'll just meet up with everyone later."
"But Lucy..." Gray tried to argue. "It's ok Gray. Go and have fun." She said cutting him off and flashing him a half smile.
Without hearing anymore protests Lucy turned and started walking away. Before she could walk away Gray gently grabbed her slim arm and whispered into her ear, "I'm sorry I didn't tell you sooner. Please don't be mad!"
Looking up at him she flashed him a soft smile and whispered back "It's ok Gray. I'm not mad I'm just a but tired. So I'm gonna take a nap" gently placing her hand on the hand that lightly gripped her arm "I'll meet up with you later, I promise."
Feeling a bit relieved Gray let go of Lucy and after she said said her good byes she headed off to the hotel.
Ok I know this chapter is a bit late but I have a realllly good excuse. You see I had a serious case of writers block and by writers block I mean *cough* World of Warcraft *cough* Yes readers thats right I play WoW. You see after we got internet I was behind. Since the new expansion they raised the level cap from 85 to 90 and by the time we got internet back it was mid october. Now i know you guys are probably thinking well that's no excuse what's your point? My point is there is this halloween event that goes from the 18th to the 31st and there is a dungeon that you can do once you hit level 89 and if you're lucky you get a rare drop Headless Horseman mount. Well I really want that mount but with me being behind level I was trying to rush level atleast one of my toons. Long story short by the time I got my shaman to 89 I only had about a week before the event was over. Well even though you can run the dungeon as much as you want you only get a chance at the drop once a day. So after I ran it on my shaman I was trying to level my mage but no luck. Yes i know that it is now a few days into November and I am just now posting this chapter well you see I ended up putting leveling my mage on hold and started leveling my monk and my hunter. So I had been playing almost none stop up until now. I apoligize for the wait. I do want you to know that I did have the idea in my head and was slowly writing it down. Well needless to say I finally finised it...
Let me know what you think of the chapter and I promise as soon as I think of an idea for the next chapter I will write it and post it A.S.A.P