Gray POV

Lucy is one of my best friends. And sure she knows I have an interest in her, but I definitely don't want to battle Laxus for her. At least not up front. It took a while for the effects of Lisanna's little mind control potion. I waited by the bar next to Lucy's seat. I already ordered her a smoothie and a glass of ice water. I took a sip, debating on whether I should tell her what I saw.

I glanced at the guild doors to see if she was here, yet. To my luck, she was just walking in with the two kids from yesterday holding her hands. The black-haired one, Rogue I think, said a curt goodbye and walked over to Gajeel, who greeted him with a demonic grin. The blonde kid with the scar, Sting, walked towards me with Lucy.

"Morning Gray." She smiled at me.

"Morning, Luce. Morning, Kid." I responded as I watched the kid stand protectively between us.

The damn kid just grunted at me!

"Be polite, Sting." Lucy scolded.

"Okāsan, where's Natsu-san?" He asked.

"He'll be here in a few hours. Do you want anything from Mira, Stingy-bee?" She said kindly. God, she's so gentle. She'll make a good mother for these brats.

He shook his head and hugged Lucy before running upstairs. Before I could tell him not to go up there, he turned around and looked at us. "I'm going to go see Gramps."

Lucy nodded and smiled at him. "Don't make him angry, okay? Tell your father to come down when he's done."

"Okay, Okāsan." He nodded and walked into Master's office.

"Hey, uh, Lucy?" I asked. I should tell her. It's only right. Right?

"Yeah, Gray?"

I pushed the smoothie into her hold. "I was at a bar yesterday."

"Did you meet a girl, Gray?" She smiled coyly.

"N-no. Someone else did."

"Huh? Who, Gray? Was it Natsu? Elfman? Freed?" She asked. She had that gossip glimmer in her eyes, the one Mira always had when she hears about new couples.

"It was…" I took a deep breath. "Laxus. This girl was all over him and he just kept talking to her. Not stopping her. Lucy, he's cheating on you."

She dropped the smoothie in her hands as tears built up. The glass shattered on the floor. Tears were streaming down her face at this point. I hugged her shoulders as I muffled her near-silent wails of pain. Dammit, Laxus. Making her cry.

"Okāsan, what's wrong?" I looked to my left to see Rogue. He was holding Lucy's hand.

"I'm fine, Sweetheart. I promise."

"Okay…" He stayed there for a minute and then went upstairs. Not seconds later Laxus burst through the doors.

"Gray! You made a big mistake! You made MY Lucy cry! Now, you face me!"

We had the entire guilds attention. All eyes were darting between Laxus, Lucy, the kids, and me.

"Laxus! Listen! You're the one who made her cry! I was doing her a favor! I saw you last night!"

"I have no idea in hell what you're talking about!" He launched himself at me, in lightning form. I nearly shit myself. In one swing I was on my ass. Barely conscious, at that.

"What's he talking about, Lucy?!" His voice was quivering slightly and far from calm.

Her soft wails had stopped, but were replaced with low growls. "You tell me. You leave last night, go to a fucking bar, pick up some chick, and then come home to give me flowers and say sorry for leaving me. I thought you meant for leaving me alone with the boys! Not fucking cheating on me!"

Through blurry vision, I watched Laxus bury his fist into the wall. "Lucy. Her name is Ashley Chaise. She's an independent mage I had a few nights with three years ago." He stated through gritted teeth. "She's an overly attached bitch. Doesn't know how to take no for an answer. She crawled her way into my lap. So I shocked her to unconsciousness. You clearly weren't watching the entire thing, Stripper."

"Laxus-sama isn't lying, Lucy. His ears turn pink when he lies." Freed spoke up.

My vision cleared to see his ears weren't the slightest shade of pink.

"They do not, Freed!" Laxus snapped. His ears turned pink.

"Heh, don't lie, Laxus." I panted. "Sorry, Lucy. I was wrong about him. It didn't look that way, though." My vision blurred once more before I blacked out. Faintly, I heard "No hate, Gray! You were just watching out for me. That's why I love my best friends!" I could picture her winking and smiling at me the way she always did when she was teasing me about my stripping habit. Boy, did I fall hard…

Well, well, well, Gray. At least you lasted longer than Natsu, eh?

Anyway! I hope you liked this chapter. It was kinda rushed but meh. I felt this was as good as I could make it.

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