Every since we got back from Edolas, with Lissana in tow , the guild had been in a frenzy. Tearful reunions with all members who were here when the young take-over Mage disappear all those years ago. Parties every single day to celebrate the return one
of Fairy Tails beloved child. Barely anyone left the guild to go on any missions. It's been about 4 months now. I'm not that surprised that everyone is still able to drink and party like they haven't done so in years.

I on the other hand have been in and out of the guild, taking on solo missions since the team was preoccupied at the moment. It's not that I wasn't happy to be at the guild and celebrate, no, I didn't feel like I belong. I didn't know Lissana personally
before she disappeared, only stories told by the Strauss sibling, my teammates and other Fairy Tail mages. I am happy for my everyone; that's why I didn't bother to ask anyone to accompany me on my missions, it's not like I could put my life on pause,
I had rent to pay, and needed the money for other things. Does that make me sound bad?

I walked into the guild today, surprisingly there's no parties going on today. I guess everyone is back to doing jobs again. I took my usual seat at the bar.

"Hey Lucy!" The bar maid called out to me.

"Hi Mira! I said back to the beautiful Soul-takeover Mage.

"It's a beautiful day isn't it? Would you like your usual strawberry milkshake?" She asked with a bright smile on her face.

"Yes, please," I answered back.

She turns and walks towards the back to make my drink. I turned to look around the guild; there was Gajeel sitting in his usual corner with Levy bedside her, as she spots me she waved, and I waved back at her. The master was sitting at his usual spot
taking to Macao and surprisingly Gildarts; Laxus and the Raijinshū was at their usual table next to them whispering to one another and a couple of other guild mates just spread out. There was no other members of Team Natsu around though, which was
strange, they were usually here by now. I turned around as I heard footsteps approaching.

"One strawberry milkshake for our resident celestial Mage!" Mira said as she set the drink in front of me.

"Thank you so much Mira!" I replied with a smile on my face. "It's delicious as always!"

She smiled back at me.

"Have you seen Erza and the guys around today?" I asked her.

"I'm sorry you just missed them. They left on a mission along with Lissana not too long ago and they won't be back for a week." She said

"Oh." I said with a slight frown on my face.

She stare at me with a worried look on her face. "I thought they would have informed you that they were taking a job."

"No, they didn't. But it's no problem." I responded back to her with a reassuring smile on my face. "I just thought they would be here, I kinda want to go on a mission with them. It's been a while, but I guess I'll just look for something else." I added
as I slowly turned in the bar stool I was sitting on to stare at the job board.

"I'm sorry Lucy, I thought they told you. I'm sure you will find a mission to go on. You could always ask Levy or the other member to to with you" Mira told me.

I walked up to the mission board and grab the mission I had my eye on for a while now and walked back to Mira for her to approve. "No, I don't want to bother her, she just got back from her mission with Gajeel and hasn't had a day of rest yet." I told
her as I was looking around the guild and my eyes stopped at the perfect person to ask to join me on this mission, since the job had a specific requirement.

"I think that's a perfect job for you Lucy, are you sure you don't want to ask Levy to go with you?" She asked.

"Yes, the reward was what caught my eye. But No, like I said, I don't want to bother her. I already have another person in mind!" I called to her as I got up from my seat and walk towards the table where the person I wanted to join me was sitting.

"Okay good luck!" she yelled at me.

The members who were present at the guild turned to look at me, when she called out to me, just staring at me, some with wide eyes as they notice where I was or more specifically who I was walking towards.

The group at the table I was approaching stop conversing when they notice the guild was quite, to see what was going on. They turned to look at me. I was starting to get nervous with all the eyes fixed on my person. I slowly got to their table and stopped.

"Hi everyone," I said as I look around the table. "Can I borrow to Freed for a moment?"