Lucy left her workplace quickly when her shift was over. She had to get ready for dinner with her boss. Not that she was trying to get his attention or anything but she wanted good things to come out of this. This could be her big break. Her chance to get a promotion. She couldn't turn this down.

Lucy walked home and as she did, she passed by a dress shop. In the window, she caught sight of a wedding dress. As she stared, she thought about whether she would ever get to wear a beautiful white dress with her special someone at the end of the aisle waiting for her. Her daydreaming distracted her from reality and she came to her senses and walked away from the shop.

She finally arrived at the apartment block and went upstairs. As she did, she passed Natsu's door.

'I wonder if it's alright if I knock to say hi?' Lucy contemplated. For a while, she gazed at his door. 'No' She frowned. 'I would be bothering him' She thought and walked upstairs. Behind her, she heard a door open and the voice she wanted to hear the most at this moment called out her name.

"LUCY! HEY!"

'Natsu...' She thought happily. "Hi" Lucy shot a wide grin in his direction.

"What's up?" He asked.

"I just got back from work. You?"

"I was actually going to knock for you to see if you wanted to hang out"

"Really? That's nice of you but I have plans tonight. Sorry."

"Oh" Natsu sulked. "Okay then"

"Although" Natsu's ears perked up. "I could use some help picking an outfit" She smiled at him and he took this as his beckoning to come upstairs to her place.

"Sorry, it's a bit messy." She apologised as she reached into her bag to grab her keys.

"Don't worry about it. Your place can't be as bad as mine" Lucy let out a small giggle and opened the door.

"You can sit on the couch." Lucy instructed "I'm going to show you a few outfits 'kay?"

"Okay" As Lucy went to her room to change, Natsu pondered what her plans were for the evening. Then, realisation hit him like a baseball. Could it be that she was going on a date? With who?

"Natsu I'm ready with the first outfit!" She called from her bedroom. She walked out and Natsu's eyes widened. She wore a flowy pink dress that fell just above her knees. Her pink sandal heels matched the dress. Her make-up was subtle but still made her look breathtaking- at least in Natsu's case. Pale pink shimmery eyeshadow completed her look. Natsu couldn't take his eyes off of her.

"Natsu?"

"YYeah?" He stuttered.

"How do I look?"

"Great, yeah, great..." Natsu murmured whilst staring at her chest...

"Should I try on another outfit?"

"No! I think this one's perfect!" He shouted.

"You think so?"

"I know so. By the way, what are your plans tonight?" He stood up from the couch and walked towards her. He stopped just inches from her face.

"I've got dinner with my boss. His name's Loke Leo. It's to discuss a possible promotion so I can't pass this up." Lucy explained as she backed away from Natsu. She grabbed her lipstick, keys and purse and shoved them into her small shoulder bag. She then slung it over her shoulder and sat on the couch. Natsu looked at Lucy with a raised eyebrow.

"Are you completely sure that he's not just trying to get in your pants?"

"Natsu! No way! She said so himself that it wasn't a date!" She yelled.

"Lucy, you don't know his true intentions. I'm just looking out for you."

"Maybe I don't need you to! I can take care of myself you know!"

"I'm sure you can but-!"

"BUT NOTHING! Just leave. You've helped me out enough for today" Natsu flinched but slowly headed towards the door. As he approached the door, Lucy caught him looking genuinely upset. He shut the door. Realising how rude and defensive she was acting towards Natsu, she remained on the couch and smacked her face into her palms.

'I shouldn't have snapped at him like that.' She thought, feeling guilty. She checked the time on her phone.

"Dammit! I'm going to be late!"

Natsu shut the door to his apartment and he was more than upset. She snapped at him for being protective. He hadn't even known her that long yet he felt the urge to warn her about the type of guys that would want to get into her pants. After all, she was incredibly beautiful (In his opinion) and that was an easy target for those flirts who only want sex.

Then, he heard rushing footsteps.

"It must be Lucy" He whispered to himself and quickly opened the door but she had already gone. He remembered that she mentioned that she was meeting him at 8Island so he grabbed his coat and scarf and bolted out of his door.

She arrived at 8Island and she was out of breath. Inside, many people enjoyed fine cuisine. The decor looked like a cosy cottage but there was a bar near the entrance so for Lucy, it was all good. She had never been to this restaurant before so this was going to be interesting.

As she approached the seater (the person who leads customers to their tables, I don't know what to call it, a waiter? Oh well!) she looked around and noticed that most of the people were in pairs or fours. They all seemed to be on dates or on double-dates.

Lucy groaned. If Natsu was right and she had been tricked into a date with her boss, then she was so screwed. She swallowed her pride and spoke up.

"Excuse me, I'm meeting a Mr Loke Leo here."

"Hang on for a moment miss while I check the reservations. Dam dadam... Ah! Here! Right this way." The seater said to her. She was lead to a table and Loke was already there waiting for her. He stood up and pulled her chair out from the table for her sit down. She said thank you and sat down. Loke then sat in his seat.

"For a minute there I thought you weren't going to show up because you thought that it might actually be a date" Loke stifled a laugh. Lucy giggled in response.

"No no I never would've bailed. For one, you're my boss and second, I needed a nice night out after all of the lashings I get from Aquarius"

"I completely understand. She's a bit hot-headed but deep down, she's nice." Loke took a sip of his drink.

For a while, the night was going well. The two talked about the promotion and joked about their colleagues. Until, Loke began to get figity and started flirting A LOT. Lucy was beginning to feel uncomfortable. So uncomfortable- in fact- that she was going to leave early. The thing that stopped her was Loke's hand wrapped around her wrist.

"Wait Lucy." He cleared his throat.

"Uh, listen Lucy, I didn't just ask you to dinner because of the promotion..." He mumbled as he gently placed a hand on top of hers. Lucy looked up in shock.

"Okay, this is the first time I've ever felt like this. I know what you're thinking: 'He's such a big flirt. What a loser!' Right? Anyway, what I'm trying to say is that I like you."

Lucy's doe eyes widened. He likes her? Since when? And how? She slid her hand out from underneath his and awkwardly stared down at the table.

"I'm sorry!" Lucy stammered as she rushed out of the restaurant. Loke stood watching her leave. He sighed and sat down again. Rejected. Again.

Sorry! I've been inactive! I haven't had the motivation until now so HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!

So, What did you think? If you liked it, you know what to do :) Also, sorry it's so bad!