I'll be updating more often now since it's summer and I'll also work on my other stories which have to be revised a bit.

I'll update All Messed Up more and I hope you'll keep reading!

Enjoy!

LOVING SANTA

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Lucy woke up in her room. Which wasn't too weird since it was HERS... except for the fact that a boy was next to her. She didn't scream but she looked at him, wondering why his pink hair was so familiar to her.

His face was peaceful and very... boyish. His features were like a child's. He also had a wet scarf wrapped around his neck.

Her eyes scanned her surroundings carefully, wondering what else was wrong besides the fact that a stranger was sitting 5 feet away.

Just as she glanced at the clock, the alarm went off.

She jumped back into her pillow before reaching over to turn off the buzzing sound. As she turned around, her mouth took in a silent gasp of air and her body stilled.

The boy was awake and watching her.

They only stared at each other for a few moments before the blond opened her mouth to talk.

RING RING RING-

He stood up in a flash and clumsily reached into his pocket.

"What?" he snapped into the phone. The stupid electronic had ruined everything.

"IT'S ALREADY 12 IDIOT! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" a male yelled from the other end. Natsu's eyes widened as his friend/enemy started talking.

"Don't scream! I have a perfectly good explanation!" he said while fidgeting around.

"Yeah, well I'm sure Erza would love to hear why you were late to her play. Ahem, NOT THERE AT ALL."

Natsu winced and nearly smacked himself for forgetting that the performance was today.

"I had to do a favor for Mira ok? Don't blame-" he was cut off by a girl's voice.

"Natsu? Where are you?" a steely tone came flooding from the speaker. He was incredibly aware of how Lucy's eyes were on him, probably wondering what the situation was and why he seemed like a crazy person.

"I'll explain in 10 minutes just let me do something important. Bye." his finger hit the end button before anyone else could say anything else. He also sent a quick prayer to protect his wallet because he knew that a lot of cakes would be needed in order to calm a certain red head down. Especially after he hung up on her... oops.

The pink-haired make looked towards Lucy and smiled awkwardly. She just stared at him blankly, not giving any clue to what she was thinking.

"Um, did anything happen that I need to know about?" she asked in a quiet voice. She felt shy and not sure what to do in the situation. He hadn't even talked to her yet and honestly, her mind was jumping to all sorts of conclusions. None of which were crazy but still, terrifying.

"Mira told me to take you home since you fainted at the café...and I accidentally fell asleep here." he mumbled the last part, blushing a bit.

Her eyes widened a bit and she almost sighed in relief. At least it was nothing too bad...wait...

"I fainted?" she said.

"Yeah and-"

RING RING the phone rang again. His face changed into one of fear and he ran to the door, opening the door only to slam it and come back to her.

"Just ask Mira." those were the words he said before leaving the dumbfounded girl alone.

She slowly got out of bed, looking at where he last stood.

... So he is crazy.

Lucy was walking down the street while listening to music on her Ipod. She had gotten over the events from earlier and decided to ask Mira what happened when she went for her evening shift.

There was no need to go there twice in the day just for a single question. Even if it was bugging her to the point where she couldn't concentrate on anything else.

As soon as she stepped into the shop, her body froze up and she stared at the scene before her. She was still taking glances at them when the silver haired woman called her over from behind the counter.

There was a group of people at the biggest booth they had in the cafe. And in that group she saw pink hair followed by a face which she had just seen this morning.

But that wasn't all. There was a scarlet-haired girl who had a plate of strawberry cake in front of her, a silver-haired girl, a blue-haired girl, a guy with black hair with his shirt off and a guy with many piercings. It was a strange group no matter how you looked at it. Also, the pink boy was crying over his now empty wallet.

"Hi Mira." she said towards her co-worker when she had gotten close enough to be audible.

"Hello Lucy. Are you ok? I had Natsu bring you back after you fainted because he was your classmate." she explained in a soft voice.

"Oh, I'm fine now. I think I may have over-worked myself." the blond smiled weakly.

"Well, you won't be doing anything harsh today. Just serve the customers and leave everything else to us." the woman smiled warmly.

"But the baking-" the girl tried to interfere.

"It's fine. I can do that and besides, there aren't a lot of people today." the silver haired lady said while pushing Lucy off to change into her work clothes.

"A-alright." the girl said while stumbling into the back room.

She had gotten her answer even though for some reason, there was a bit of un-satisfaction within her.

But the girl pushed that to the side of her mind and started changing.

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As soon as she stepped out and finished tying her ponytail, Mira pushed a tray piled with food into her arms.

"Please take this to table 9. If it gets to be too much then just take it slowly alright?" she said while walking off.

The girl set the tray down and fixed her apron before picking it up again and heading towards the table.

"Here's your order. Enjoy." she plastered on a smile while setting the food down in front of them.

Natsu mumbled a thanks before looking up.

"OH." he said loudly before looking back to the ground. He should've known she would be working tonight.

...It was a bit awkward between them.

"Is there anything else?" the blond said, trying to get rid of the silence and everyone looking at her.

"No, we're fine." the blue haired girl said after seeing her friend panic.

"Alright." and she turned around, grateful that she hadn't caused a scene.

The golden haired girl was unaware of three stares on her back, watching her leave.

One belonged to a blushing boy, another to a confused girl and the last to a guy who just had an idea. One that would involve a lot of trouble. But probably would be worth it in the end... probably.

I don't think that was the best but I wanted to update! I hope you guys have a good summer and get a break from school cause it's what we all look forward to;)

You are awesome and amazing.

-SkyFairies