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Chapter 4: Thursday
Thursday came with more snow, only this time, it fell in a slower pace. The two mages completely over slept, being already afternoon. The cold was making Lucy unable to move from under her blanket, besides, Gray's presence by her side was tempting her to spend the day exactly like this.
"Gray... Will I have to wake you up everyday from now on?" Lucy didn't waste any time trying to wake the ice mage gently, instead, she just pushed him out from the couch.
"Oi Lucy. What was that for?" Gray sat rubbing his eyes. The blonde frowned before throwing the blanket on his face. "You're too lazy." She concluded, and then left to change in her casual clothes. Gray sat clueless with the blanket still covering his face. The ice maker stood up and went straight to his blonde friend.
"What's wrong with you today?" Gray chased the blonde to his room, only to find her sitting on his bed with a pout on her face. "I don't understand what I did for you to deserve that."
"Men can be really dense some times." She sighed. "Don't you think you're missing something? I can't spell it out for you, this is something you have to realize yourself." The blonde explained her pout never leaving her face.
"Happy birthday?" Gray let out still clueless about what to say. Lucy's face was bright with happiness. "I thought you'd never realize! Today is my birthday!" She clapped her hands in joy.
"Really?" Asked the ice mage still trying to understand his situation. "No!" Lucy answered going back to her pouting state, and crossing her arms over her chest.
"Then what?" The ice alchemist scratched the back of his head starting to look nervous. "Gray... I'll show you something on my novel to see if you get the slightest idea of what I'm talking about." Lucy took her manuscript and started searching for a certain part of her novel."Here! Read this." The blonde pointed her index finger at the selected line.
Gray took the manuscript from her hands breathing in and out very slowly. He knew he would regret not paying more attention to her novel. "The date went marvelously, nothing else mattered for them at this point, the next thing they saw was the sunset bathing their skin, and in a passionate kiss, they sealed their lo-" The manuscript was taken from his hands with such speed that Gray kept them in the reading position for a second or two. "You read more than enough already." Lucy blushed furiously while she held the manuscript closer to her chest.
Gray could be dense, but not to the point of missing what Lucy meant by showing this piece of her work. He kept his stare directed to the floor for a couple of seconds, which made Lucy go extremely anxious.
"Gray what are you doing?" Lucy held her hands together over her lap looking away from the ice mage. "I'm working on a way to invite you on a date since I haven't done that before." Gray confessed. Lucy's heart was racing, she couldn't believe in what she just heard. "You don't have to work yourself too hard. Just ask it like it is on your mind." The blonde laid her head on Gray's shoulder with a shy smile.
"Are you sure?" Gray asked making Lucy question what she'd just proposed. "Well, if it's not simply a 'will you go out on a date with me?' then I guess it'll be fine." She explained. Gray went deep in thoughts once again.
"What are you doing now?" Asked Lucy with her index finger touching her lower lip as she wondered what her thoughtful friend was up to. "Thinking about another way to ask you on a date." He answered running a hand through his hair. Lucy giggled.
"What's so difficult about it?" The blonde asked innocently. "You don't have to ask me like the guys from the novels. For me, knowing you want it as well is enough." Lucy took the ice maker's hand in hers.
"Well in that case... I'd love to invite you for a date if I knew how, but if you're done torturing me by making it so difficult... Will you go on a date with me?" Gray waited for his response with an uneasy atmosphere around him.
"You're impossible Gray." Lucy seemed to be annoyed, but then smiled sweetly kissing her friend on the cheek. "I'd love to." Lucy removed her hand from Gray's and stood up. "Just give me five minutes, I'll get changed." Gray left the room and went to his couch. He didn't know much about asking girls on dates, but about waiting for them to get ready was men's natural knowledge.
Lucy came out of Gray's room after a long while, she spotted the ice maker laying on his couch still shirtless, and on his cargo pants, not acknowledging her presence yet. Lucy cleared her throat trying to catch her friend's attention. Gray turned his head to see Lucy wearing a black A-line coat with black tights and black pumps. She wasn't using her usual side pony tail, instead, she let her hair fall freely to her sides. The ice maker sat on his couch, and paused to look at his friend who stood nervous looking at him.
"Is something wrong?" Lucy asked avoiding eye contact. Gray smiled making Lucy's cheeks go pink. "Nothing is wrong, it's just that I'm used to see you in brighter colors. Wearing only black makes you look older, but I like it." Gray finally explained, making Lucy doubt the choice of clothing she made.
"Hm... I dressed for you, so if you like it, I guess it's ok." Lucy said nervously. Gray felt his heart skip a beat when he heard the words dressed for you. The ice maker couldn't suppress the incoming blush taking control of his features. It was his first time going on a date, which meant more blushes were on the way.
"What about you? Just because you don't feel the cold like everyone else, it doesn't mean you can go shirtless on a date." Lucy pointed out looking at his bare chest. "Damn it, not again!" Gray stood up looking for his clothes. Gray didn't notice Lucy leaving his living room straight to the bedroom. He kept looking for his clothes when a certain blonde came back holding some clothes in her hands.
"Try these." Lucy handed the clothes to Gray and turned around. He spread the clothes on his couch and gave one last look at Lucy before starting to change in his new outfit. Lucy felt a small tug on her coat calling for her attention. She turned around to see Gray wearing a white pull over hooded coat jacket with a black t-shit under it, deep blue jeans and dark brown boots. "You look... good." Lucy went closer to Gray stopping in front of him. She reached for Gray's hood adjusting it around his neck. The two exchanged smiles and left for their sudden date. The blonde went back inside in a hurry, and came running towards the ice mage with a purse in her hands.
The air outside was cooler than the previous day. The wind blew softly against the their faces, and the sky was partially clouded, allowing only a few rays of sun to reach the snow down below.
"Where are we going?" Asked Lucy once outside Gray's house. "I have no idea." Gray answered honestly. He wasn't even going to invite Lucy for a date in the first place, how was he supposed to know where they were going?
"Do I have to do everything myself?" Lucy asked in a teasing tone. "Lucy... I'm sorry I'm just not experienced in dates, I told you this will be my first." Gray explained and Lucy sighed, but then went back smiling. "I hope you have something planned for the second." Lucy took Gray's hand in hers and started walking.
They walked together holding hands for a couple of minutes, before Lucy decided to go to a restaurant not so far from where they were, she'd read some articles about it on magazines, and since then started hoping to visit it.
It was all very new for Gray, being in a date wasn't in his plans when he agreed to live with Lucy for one whole week, but now, there was no turning back, he'd have to face it, and hopefully, enjoy his day with Lucy.
Arriving at the restaurant, they took their seats, and waited for waiter to make their orders. It was an Italian restaurant, venetian style, with some seats by the canal. It wasn't crowded since it was around five in the afternoon.
"May I take your order?" The waiter asked both mages. "Not yet, I want to sit somewhere else." Lucy stood up, and went to take a seat next to the canal, Gray followed close behind.
"Here... it's perfect." The blonde sat happily. The restaurant decoration had a romantic atmosphere, with low lights, a distant music echoing almost inaudible, but what attracted the blonde the most was the great view to the canal.
"Are you comfortable with your seats?" The waiter kindly asked. "We're fine." Gray answered.
"May I take your order now?" The waiter asked once again.
"I'll have the Bistecca alla fiorentina." Lucy asked cheerfuly. Gray looked at the names on the menu, but the letters seemed to shuffle themselves whenever he tried to read them, so many strange names, Gray was starting to feel dizzy. Lucy noticed the ice mage having trouble with his choice. "Can I help you with that Gray?" Lucy offered, but a men's pride is something hard to deal with. "No thanks. I'll be fine." Gray replied. The waiter waited not so patiently. Lucy decided it was time to interfere when she saw the ice maker turning the menu upside down, but before she could answer, Gray finally made up his mind. "I'll have the number two." Gray handed the menu to the waiter. "Nice choice." The waiter left with an annoyed expression.
"Why didn't you just ask my help?" The blonde asked from the other side of the table. "Because I didn't want him to think I can't do this myself." Gray confessed.
"Oh really? Did you notice number two was exactly what I ordered?" Lucy said in a teasing tone.
"Of course I did... I was just curious... about your tastes for food... that's it." Gray looked from side to side while trying to explain himself. "Alright! Let's just leave it like this I guess." Lucy suggested while giggling. After a couple of minutes, the waiter came with the dishes, and to Gray's horror, Lucy wasn't lying about his choice. The waiter carefully set the plates on the table. "Enjoy your meal." With that he left.
While eating their meal, Lucy suddenly startled. She looked very alarmed for some reason. Gray got worried about his companion's strange behavior and looked around trying to find the source of all her fidgeting.
"Gray don't look back. Don't look back!" The blonde kept looking to the place she told Gray to avoid. "Oh no... They saw us!" Lucy dropped her gaze back to her food. Gray lost control over his curiosity turning his head to look at the people Lucy avoided so much.
"Erza? And Jellal? Wow... that's cool." The ice mage seemed genuinely happy seeing both mages coming their way. "Over here!" Gray called the couple. "Join us." Lucy said still nervous. The blonde stood up to sit besides Gray. Erza sat beside Jellal at the other side of the table.
"Now that's some nice news. I didn't know you two were together." Jellal was the first to speak. "Why didn't you tell me anything?" He turned to look at Erza.
"Because I only knew as much as you." Erza explained. "So you two are really getting in a serious relationship I see." The Titania completed.
Gray confirmed, but Lucy denied at the same time, then Gray denied, but Lucy confirmed, once again at the same time.
"You two look good together." Jellal complimented both mages. "I always knew you had a thing for each other."
"How come you noticed and I didn't?" Erza looked curiously at her boyfriend. "I always thought Natsu would be the one." She admitted.
"For a strange reason almost the whole guild thinks the same." Lucy chuckled nervously. Jellal started a side conversation with Erza, noticing that, Gray took the opportunity to clear his doubts.
"I want to ask you something." The ice mage whispered on Lucy's ear while the couple in front of them was distracted. "Why didn't you want Erza and Jellal to see us here?" The blonde looked at her companion before mouthing the words 'what the hell' at him.
"I wanted to be alone with you." Lucy admitted. "It's our first date." She sighed. "But it's not over yet." Gray smiled before pasting a soft kiss on her lips earning the attention from the other mages in the process.
"Now I know you're not pretending." The words escaped Erza's mouth letting very clear her previous opinion about their relationship.
"Did you think we were faking?" Lucy sounded indignant. "We're not that superficial." She concluded. The blonde looked at the canal for a while before turning back at them. "Will you excuse us for a couple of minutes?" She stood up with a radiant smile.
"Lucy, where are you going?" Asked a puzzled Gray. "Don't worry, you're going too." Lucy held Gray by the arm leading their way to the canal. The celestial spirit mage took a camera from her purse. "Come here Gray, I want something to remind me of our date." The blonde adjusted the camera to take a picture in thirty seconds leaving it over one of the tables nearby. Erza and Jellal watched with a kind smiled on their faces while the two mages tried over and over to take a good picture. Lucy constantly complained about tiny details on her smile, or her hair, while the ice maker insisted it was perfect.
"I promise it will be the last one." Lucy took the camera once again putting it over the same table. The waiter saw the camera and volunteered to take the picture for them, favor that they gladly accepted. As the waiter was about to push the button and take what Lucy promised would be the last picture. Gray brought Lucy's body and lips to his. The blonde slowly crossed her arms around Gray's neck giving in to the kiss, and almost forgetting the people around while she did.
"Here you are." The waiter handed the camera before getting back to his work. "Thank you!" Lucy took the camera which was already displaying their picture. "It's perfect." Lucy scanned the picture this time enjoying everything in herself.
"Wait... What is this?" Gray pointed at the screen. Lucy took a closer look and saw the canal's water with an unusual shape. "Could it be?" The ice maker asked in disbelief. "I hope not." Lucy answered with concern.
"Juvia... We know you're there. Show yourself." Gray's voice was full of disappointment. Juvia's face emerged. The stalker was back. "Juvia won't give up!" The water mage said before vanishing underwater.
"I want to go somewhere else, somewhere dry!" Lucy took her friend by the hand and almost got past Erza and Jellal without saying bye. Gray apologized for leaving in such a rude manner, even tough the other mages didn't seem to mind. The ice mage payed their bill before they left the restaurant.
"I'm sorry Gray. I just wanted to be alone with you... I love Fairy Tail, but these interferences are starting to annoy me." Lucy confessed. "It's ok Lucy. Let's do something else." Gray started leading the way.
"Where are we going?" Lucy's frown was replaced by a curious look. "You'll see once we get there." The ice mage played with suspense.
"Not fair. You know I'm curious." Lucy stated. "It only makes things even better." Gray gave her a playful smile before continue on his way.
They kept walking for around ten minutes. Lucy couldn't get any more anxious, and Gray seemed to be getting lost.
"Where are we right now?" Lucy asked checking her surroundings. They were in the middle of an open forest with snow decorating the whole scenery. The only problem was the hill in front of them.
"I don't think it's a good idea." Lucy lifted her head realizing it was a long walk until the top.
"Come on. Giving up already, it'll be worth it." Gray took Lucy's hand and started their way up. Several minutes later, Lucy was exhausted, and didn't hesitate on climbing on Gray's back begging to be carried. Gray agreed taking Lucy in his back holding her by both thighs while she had her arms wrapped around his neck.
"We're almost there." Gray took the last two steps before arriving at the top. Lucy dropped from Gray's back going back to his side. The blonde stood speechless taking a closer look at the place she stood as the white gave place to a flower field full of different colors.
The sun shone over the place melting the snow and revealing a flower field. The flowers were still wet from the falling snow, which gave them a fresh look. Lucy started walking towards the flower field, and suddenly, she found herself lost in a sea of colors. The blonde ran through the flower field with a smile spread on her face.
"What are you waiting for Gray?" Lucy called her friend. "On my way!" Was Gray's reply. He ran past some flowers making his way to Lucy who stood there with open arms. As soon as the ice mage was within her reach, she threw herself at him and had her body loose, being held strongly by Gray's arms and swung around before both of them fell to the floor, Lucy falling on top of Gray, they laid like this for a while enjoying their company, and forgetting about anything else. They had everything they wanted right there, and even better they found everything they needed in each others arms.
"This place is beautiful!" Lucy finally spoke. "I want to stay like this forever..." She confessed.
"I knew you'd like it, but that's not all I wanted to show you." Gray gently stood up helping his friend to do the same. "What could be better than that?" Lucy stood up already excited. The ice maker made his way to the other side of the flower field. "Slow down..." Gray stopped when the floor could no longer be seen, before them was a gorge, and the view of the whole city from above.
Lucy stood there sight seeing for a moment, but that wasn't exactly what she wanted. The reason the celestial spirit mage insisted on a date weren't the fancy restaurants or, flower fields and certainly not on the view of Magnolia from above. The reason Lucy insisted so much on a date was behind her, holding her in an comforting embrace while kissing her cheek.
"Lucy..." Gray whispered his friends name. "Yeah?" The celestial spirit mage replied.
"I... I love you." Gray confessed relieved for the fact that Lucy couldn't see his face right now, while Lucy felt the same way about him not being able to see hers. Gray's head felt light, but he was still anxious about the answer.
"I love you too Gray... I've been loving you for a while now." Lucy blushed, but turned to look Gray straight in the eyes. Lucy tiptoed reaching for Gray's lips, her hands bringing his face closer and deepening the kiss, desiring more of him. Gray held the blonde by the waist, and didn't think twice before opening his mouth when her tongue tried to reach his. They broke the kiss, and a sudden silence fell upon them before Gray spoke again.
"Does that mean we're dating?" The ice mage asked. "I guess I'll let you get away without having to ask me, since you've been a good boy and brought me on a date." Lucy said teasingly before kissing Gray's lips once again.
They enjoyed their time up on the hill, but it was starting to get late, the sun already disappearing in the horizon giving place to the moon and the starry sky. Gray decided it was time to head home, and even with Lucy insisting they should stay to gaze at the stars, the ice maker didn't change his mind.
"Don't be stubborn. We'll have another chance. It's getting dark, and we need to get back from the same way we came." Remembering the long way they took to arrive there, Lucy stood up immediately.
The way back was tiring, but it was worth every step. It was around seven when they arrived back at the guild holding hands, but as soon as they saw the first member they let go of each other. Natsu was still at the guild along with Happy, Erza, Jellal.
"Look who just got back." Jellal was the first to notice them. The blue haired mage seemed to have the talent of perception.
Natsu turned around in time to catch the two in the very last second of contact between their hands. The dragon slayer became obviously irritated with how much their relationship improved in just a couple of days.
"Looks like we came back in time to catch some of you still here." Gray stated. Lucy left her purse over the bar counter, and stretched her arms.
"We have something to tell you guys." Lucy said happily. Erza and Jellal guessed what was about to come, both mages made faces.
"I think you'd better wait for tomorrow, when the whole guild is here." Suggested Erza, while dragging Lucy by the arm. When both of them were far from the others, Erza held Lucy by the shoulders.
"I know you and Gray are excited about it, and want to tell anyone about your love, but now is not the best time for that." Erza advised. "Why not?" Lucy's earlier smile faded, her face showed nothing but concern.
"I've noticed Natsu changing his expression every time someone mentions your name and Gray's in the same phrase." The Titania concluded.
"The team would suffer a lot if an inner war took place between Natsu and Gray, and this inner war would be over you, Lucy." Erza removed her hands from Lucy's shoulder, and waited for response.
"Natsu? In love with me?" Lucy asked still puzzled about Erza's last words. "Is Jellal telling the same thing to Gray?" Lucy asked as she gazed at Jellal and Gray also in a isolated area.
"Yes." Erza decided to answer shortly. "This is simply not fair. Why do we have to wait for everyone else to adapt with the idea? I don't think we're being selfish here. Why can't they just be happy for us?" Lucy spoke in an outburst of emotions.
"I know I don't have the right to ask you that Lucy, but please try to understand for the sake of our team." Erza's head dropped, while she breathed in and out very slowly. "Don't you care about Natsu's feelings as well?"
Meanwhile, Jellal's conversation with Gray seemed to go smoothly.
"I know you'll keep cool about it Gray, give it some time, and I promise Juvia will realize you how much you and Lucy care for each other." The ice mage paid close attention to the other mage's words.
"I'll try to, but I can't promise anything, we have just started going out... how am I supposed to suppress the urge to stay with her? Think about how you'd feel if you had to act like that around Erza." Gray replied, and Jellal couldn't help but agree with the ice maker.
"It'll be better once they get used to it, make sure you don't expose your relationship just yet." Jellal suggested.
Not so far from there was Natsu and Happy turning Lucy's purse upside down, making the camera drop from the blonde's purse.
"Hey Natsu! Let's look for embarrassing pics of Lucy!" Happy said excited. "Good idea happy!" Natsu cheered, but as soon as the fire mage started to go thorugh Lucy's pictures, his hands strengthened his grip around the camera. All Natsu could see were photos from Gray, the ice mage was everywhere on Lucy's camera. Natsu's teeth clenched with anger, but it was in the last photos that he snapped. Natsu dropped the camera, and went straight in Gray's direction.
Happy took a look on the camera to discover what caused such an outburst. As the exceed glanced over the screen, he saw Gray and Lucy kissing by the canal. Happy lost his speech for a while before flying to Erza who was still by Lucy's side.
"Erza look!" Happy shouted. The Titania glanced at the flying cat. "Isn't it Juvia right over here?" The exceed asked with a grin. Erza's eyes went wide open in surprise.
"Happy where is Natsu?" She asked in a hurry. "He's right there with Gray!" Happy informed. Erza yelled for Jellal and Gray's attention, but it was too late. The fire mage was by their side punching Gray with a fire fist, causing the him to collide with the guild wall.
"Stay away from him Natsu!" Lucy exclaimed, before running towards the two mages.
"What have you done with Lucy?" Natsu walked over to where the ice mage was lying. "You think I'm gonna sit and watch while you steal her from me?" Natsu packed another punch and aimed it straight to Gray's face, who had a hand on the wall with an ice aura surrounding it. Natsu threw a punch engulfed in flames, but Gray dodged it removing his hand from the wall, and revealing an ice geyser going straight in Natsu's direction. The dragon slayer was tossed to the other side of the guild, landing violently against the other wall.
"I don't remember stealing anything from you. She was never yours to begin with!" Gray shot back.
Natsu stood up getting ready to launch another attack, but before he could take another step, someone else's voice echoed inside the guild.
"Enough!" Jellal moved in amazing speed with his body surrounded by light, stopping only at Natsu. The blue haired mage punched Natsu with enough force to send him flying, causing the wall to shatter in pieces with the strength put in the strike. The dust from the pile of wreckage vanished revealing Jellal still in his punching pose. The mage went back into his normal stance, and moved towards Natsu making everyone else in the guild fear for the dragon slayer's life.
Jellal stood before a trashed Natsu, and sighed.
"I really thought you were better than that... when you defeated me back there. I thought you were a mature person despite the stupid looking and acting. Now I see I was wrong." Jellal stopped. The other mages just kept staring.
"For many times, you talked so proudly about loving your friends from Fairy Tail. Now you can't accept the feelings between two of them, and what is your excuse? Pure selfishness."Jellal's face went deadly serious. He lifted Natsu by the collar with a dangerous look on his face.
"Grow up kid." Jellal dropped the fire mage, and went back to the remaining mages.
"Are you alright Gray?" The blue haired mage asked. "I'm fine... thanks for that." Gray replied wiping dust from his clothes.
Natsu ran away feeling ashamed, Happy following close behind, while the other mages took their ways back home.
Natsu is the type to snap and lose control from time to time when he is fighting his enemies, but he isn't someone to attack his friends like this, then again, nobody is free from being enraged and losing control. Natsu is human after all. His feelings affects him like it affects anyone else.
On their way back, Lucy seemed to be nervous about something, but no matter how much Gray insisted, the blonde would drop the subject, or just make up an excuse. Not being able to stand the pain in her heart anymore, Lucy held Gray's jacket calling for his attention. The ice mage turned around to look at the blonde who had a single tear falling down her cheek.
"I'm sorry Gray... We just can't keep this up." Lucy finally let out. She's been hesitating since they left the guild, but after seeing how much her love life affected her friends, she chose to suffer alone, and be unhappy in their place. Her left hand broke free from Gray's. Gray felt his heart stopping for a moment. He just couldn't believe those words, it was a bad joke, it had to be.
"What do you mean?" Gray asked, and waited for a response that never came, but Lucy's silence told him everything he needed to know. The blonde was serious.
"I feared you'd say something like this." Gray's gaze met the floor. "I respect your choice, Lucy." The ice maker stopped for a while hoping to be having a bad dream.
They walked towards Gray's house in silence. Tonight Lucy didn't go straight to the bathroom, instead, she went to the ice mage's balcony and kept staring at the stars.
Gray went to his bathroom, and let the cold water run through his body. He's been quiet about the incident until now, and he cursed the day he let himself fall for Lucy, but such statements didn't last for long. In reality, he cursed his attitude towards Lucy once she told him they couldn't be more than friends, he didn't say anything, he just agreed to her, it looked like he didn't care. The ice maker kept his water cold, he didn't want to feel the hot water, the heat reminded him of Natsu, and that was the last thing he wanted, but somewhere in the middle of the several drops of water falling on his body, he felt something warm, one or two droplets sliding down his cheeks that didn't have his shower as source. The ice mage swallowed his pride, and let loose his tears allowing them to fall freely.
Gray left his bathroom, and for the first time in the week, he saw the bedroom door closed. Inside his heart he hoped they could work it out, and maybe it wouldn't take too long until Lucy changed her mind.
Walking closer to his bedroom door the ice mage heard the sound of the door locking and washing away any hope he would still nurture concerning his relationship with Lucy.
From the other side, Lucy heard steps fading with the distance. The blonde wanted to believe it was for the best. Her mind was full of memories from the wonderful day she had by the ice mage's side, the way he struggled to find the words to invite her, the photos on the restaurant, the flower field, she could still picture all those moments in her head.
"It's for the best." The blonde repeated as if trying to force the information inside her head. And maybe, just maybe it was for the best, the best for the team, and she dared to say for Fairy Tail, but not for her.
Gray laid on his couch, and he wondered why things seemed so cruel now that his heart was broken. Everywhere he looked the only thing he could think about was Lucy. His TV, the kitchen, the microwave and his blanket, it still held Lucy's scent on it.
Gray slept without his blanket that day.
Lucy slept hugging Gray's pillow.
Both of them slept crying that night.
Damn... this chapter made me feel sad, but don't worry, I'll be fine. You weren't worried? Oh you're so nice.
About Natsu being OOC. How many here haven't snapped at someone saying things you wish you didn't? How many of you didn't do anything stupid for love? Natsu is the typical flawless character whose character is something to praise, but in my fic, he is just human, and he has flaws... like everybody else.
Lucy broke it as soon as it started because her friend was suffering, she's such a good friend isn't she? Don't hate her for that ok? x)
I'll see you all at the next chapter.
Bye for now :)
