Hello minna! I'm so glad that every one likes my story, I'll try to update once a week if possible, depending on how life is treating me. Have four weeks left of summer vacation and only three weeks left to do my summer work... One work packet, one study guide, two books, two essays, and one worksheet. Anyways, here is chapter three! Enjoy!

Chapter 3

Sleep Over

~Gray~

Gray looked at the sky and saw that it was getting dark. He brushed the dirt off of his pants (his boxers, really) and gathered his tools. He would make sure that no one knew of his secret hobby: gardening.

Well, truthfully, someone did know; Levy McGarden. Previously in the year, Magnolia's first harsh snow storm in years, and in result, Gray's plants were dying. Being a solid script mage, Levy was the perfect person to write a spell to protect them. Levy of course took the job, laughing at Gray's secret all the while. At least he had his garden.

He hid his tool bag under a pile of rocks and began to head towards the dorms to shower. He glanced at his watch and realized that it was almost 7:30. There wouldn't be enough time. Maybe Lucy would let him bathe at her place. That's what people do at sleepovers, right? He considered the fact that Juvia would be there. He wasn't very happy about that.

Juvia as a person wasn't so bad. She was beautiful, hardworking, kind hearted, and one of the strongest people in Fairy Tail. He admired her for that, but she was also a little bit crazy; always calling talking about herself in third person, and always hovering over him (stalking, really) all the time.

He arrived at Lucy's door and knocked. No one answered. He opened it expecting to see Lucy running about, doing something like cleaning, writing or playing with Plue, but, strangely enough, no one looked home. Maybe she went out for a bit and forgot to lock the door, Gray thought.

He entered the living room and saw the food on the table. She had to be home. "Lucy, I'm going to borrow your bathroom!"

~Lucy~

Lucy fluttered her eyes open. Did she hear someone? She yawned and about to get out when she heard footsteps. She had forgotten about her guests!

All of a sudden, Gray opened the bathroom door.

Lucy screamed at the top of her lungs, "kyaa! Pervert!"

~Gray~

Gray didn't have time to close the door before bottles of shampoo and bars of soap were hurled at him. Gray, wide eyed, closed the door, yelled, "I'm sorry!" and ran to the living room where he came face to face with a grinning Natsu and Erza.

Natsu patted Gray on the back and said, "Good job, Gray, my man!"

Gray pushed Natsu's hand off his shoulder, "Not funny dude, not funny,"

Erza saw took note of the still hot food on the table. "Cake!" She screamed and began chowing down.

~Lucy~

Lucy, thankfully now dressed, exited the bathroom to greet her friends. " It's good to see everyone here!" she exclaimed as she made her way over to the door to lock it. As she passed by Gray, she gave him a glare so cold, he began to shiver.

"Look Lucy, I'm sorry about that and-"

"You are sleeping on the floor." She commanded.

"Yes, ma'm!" He saluted.

Lucy saw his face and began to laugh, "Alright, everyone, let's eat!"

They began to chow down on their food, soon, everything was gone. They all began to herd into Lucy's room while she cleaned the mess. She couldn't help but feel pleased that everyone was satisfied.

"Wow!" Erza's voice echoed across the apartment.

"It's so…" Natsu commented

". . . frilly," Gray finished.

"And big!" Erza continued.

"Look!" Natsu called, "this one is all black and sleek!"

"And this one is leopard printed!" Erza replied.

"Wow, who knew someone could own something so…" Natsu said.

"Yeah," Gray muttered.

What are they talking about? Lucy wondered. She quickly finished her cleaning and walked to her room to find her underwear and bras strewn across the floor. "YOU GUYS WERE GOING THROUGH MY UNDERWEAR!?" she screamed.

"AH! She spotted us!" Natsu yelled and dived under her bed.

At least he is feeling better, Lucy thought. But that doesn't make it okay that they did what they did. "Everyone is going out! You guys can come back tomorrow!"

"But, Lucy!" they pleaded.

"No, buts!" she scolded. "Now let me guide you to the exit."

The three unhappy mages solemnly followed Lucy to her door. Upon opening the door, Lucy set eyes upon a disturbing sight.

~Gray~

"Juvia!" Gray screamed as he dragged the frozen block of ice into the house. "We need to thaw her out!" He took off her coat and his shirt (which he was actually wearing for a change) and pressed his warm body against her, cold, hard, lifeless one.

"I didn't think it would be that cold outside!" Erza said.

"Natsu, can you possibly warm her up?" Lucy suggested.

"I think so," Natsu said, getting in his stance. "Fire Dragons Roar!"

"I was talking about Juvia, not me and my foyer, Natsu." Lucy sighed.

"Look!" Gray grabbed the attention of Team Natsu. "It worked; she is waking up!"

Juvia began to open her eyes. "Juvia is cold. So, so cold." Her eyes immediately locked with Gray's, causing him to blush, and realized that he was holding her. "Gray-sama, please keep Juvia warm." Juvia's eyes closed once again.

"O-Oi!" Gray looked at his friends for help. Lucy was giggling, Natsu looked like he didn't care, and Erza had already abandoned the situation and was snooping around Lucy's belongings, probably looking for cake.

Without knowing what else to do, Gray looked at the sleeping girl cradled in his arms. Maybe she wasn't so bad after all. "Alright," he whispered. "I will keep you warm tonight." He looked at the clock and saw that it was a little after one in the morning. "I think its best we all went to bed." He told everyone.

"Yes," Lucy agreed. She must have forgotten about kicking them out. He watched as his host prepared sleeping places for everyone, two futons on the ground and two on her couches. "Erza and Natsu can sleep on the couches, Gray and I will sleep on the ground, and Juvia can sleep in my bed," she told them.

"That sounds great and all," Gray commented, I can't believe I'm actually doing this, "but I promised Juvia that I would keep her warm." He walked toward the bedroom, "so she and I will share your bed."

Gray felt all eyes on him. "I thought you thought Juvia was a pest!" Natsu Said.

Since when did Flame Breath care about people's relationships?

"Well, I changed my mind!" Gray huffed, "So, leave me alone!" he walked into Lucy's room and shut the door.

Upon doing so, Gray rushed to Lucy's bed as quick as he could. Holding Juvia in such a situation was making him feel. . .uncomfortable. Yes, uncomfortable was the right word. He slowly lowered the sleeping girl on the mattress and placed her under the covers.

~Lucy~

"Well, that was unexpected" Erza's eyes staring at the door to Lucy's room.

"Yeah," Lucy and Natsu agreed.

The three of them prepared themselves for bed. Lucy wondered why things had gone so smoothly. Well, smoothly compared to what Fairy Tail members normally acted like. Lucy, went to her desk to write to her mother when a phone rang. She had a phone? Oh, yeah, she bought one last month. It was hard to remember that she had one, since she never really called people.

"Hello?" Lucy answered.

"Hey, Lucy, it's Mirajane!"

"Oh, hey, Mira! Is everything okay?"

"oh yes, everything is fine!" Mira replied. "I wanted to check up on you and the gang, especially Natsu."

Lucy turned to see Natsu making armpit- farts while dancing around like a chicken. "Oh, yes, he is doing fine. He has seemed to cheer up!"

"That's wonderful!" Mira exclaimed.

"Yes, life is not normal without an energetic Natsu." Lucy joked, "By the way, what happened to Happy? Why is he not here? I haven't seen him all day."

"Happy seems to have caught a cold and is resting at the dorms with Wendy and Carla."

"Oh, goodness! I hope he gets better!"

"I'm sure he will," Mira snickers

"well, thank you for calling, Mira!"

"You're welcome! Oh, and Lucy?"

"Yes?" Lucy replied.

"Do you like Natsu?" Mira asked.

"Of course not!" Lucy replied, "He and I are best friends!"

"If you say so! He might be good boyfriend material." She suggested.

"I'm not sure I want a boyfriend," Lucy said, trying to keep her friend's imagination from running wild, "and besides, if Loki heard about it, he would cry!"

"Okay, I just wanted to be sure!"

"Okay, Mira, I got to go."

"Bye Lucy! Have fun on your quest tomorrow!"

Lucy heard the phone click . She put it down and walked back over to Erza and Natsu. "Alright guys, I'm going to bed!"

"okay," Erza said.

"Are you sure you're letting me have the couch?" Natsu asked.

"Yes, Natsu, it's all yours!" Lucy replied.

"Wow, Lucy, you are being awfully nice today!" he said.

"Thank you!" She smiled. He needs it. He probably doesn't know that people are worried about him. She snuggled into bed and went to sleep.

…

The next morning, Lucy woke up before everyone else. She wanted to be able to grab he clothes from her bedroom without waking Gray and Juvia up.

As she entered the room, she saw that she had forgotten to clean up her floor. Oops. She quietly picked up the under garments went over to her dresser to pick out her change of clothes (no one goes on a quest in their pajamas). On her way out she saw Gray and Juvia, who were cuddled closely together in her bed. So close, they looked like two people morphed together. Then, as quickly and quietly as she entered, she left the room and headed to the bathroom to change.

When she got out, she noticed that Erza and Natsu had woken up. Natsu went up to Lucy and handed her a ball of stuffing. "Sorry, Lucy, I kinda chewed on your couch last night."

"Natsu!" Lucy screamed. "I'm going to-"

"SHHHH!" Gray, who had just come from Lucy's room, cut her off. "Juvia is still sleeping."

"Fine." Lucy muttered.

Someone's stomach growled. "I'm hungry." Erza said. "You got food?"

"No," Lucy said, but I do have a key that can make us some food. She pulled out her silver key. "Open! Gate of the Chef! Louis!" Louis appeared with a perturbed attitude.

"Wow!" Natsu gasped. "I thought Louis was a guy's name!"

"Shut up!" Louis snarled. She turned to Lucy, "What do you want? I was on a date with my boyfriend!"

"Hey," Natsu laughed, "This sounds a lot like Aquarius!"

"Aquarius is my sister!"

"Oh."

"Louis?" Lucy interrupted, "Can you make everyone breakfast?"

"I guess so, but I want to make our contract say that you can only summon me twice a week!"

"Sounds good to me" Lucy agreed. "Contract approved."

After they ate, they realized that Juvia had not woken up yet. Lucy went into her room to bring her some warm soup. "Juvia?" she whispered. "Time to wake up!" she gently shook Juvia's shoulder. Juvia opened her eyes.

"Good morning, Lucy" She said quietly.

Lucy handed her the soup. "Here is some breakfast!"

"Thank you," Juvia said. She began to eat. When she was finished, she handed the bowl to Lucy. "Here, Juvia is finished. The soup was wonderful." Lucy walked to the door, but stopped when she heard Juvia sneeze.

"Are you okay, Juvia?" She asked.

Juvia shook her head. "Juvia thinks Juvia has a cold."

"Oh, no!" Lucy cried, "Now you can't go on the quest!"

"Oh dear, Juvia won't be able to be with Gray-sama!"

"its okay, Juvia," Lucy tried to sooth her. "There will always be another quest."

"Okay," Juvia said as she sneezed again.

Lucy returned to the living room, and told everyone about Juvia's cold.

"Dumb girl," Gray said, "I guess, I will stay home with her."

The group stared at him in awe. "What did she do to you man?" Natsu asked.

"Nothing!" Gray yelled, "she is actually not that bad when she isn't being a leech!"

Lucy began to gather her stuff. "Okay, you can stay here Gray. Natsu, Erza, and I will go on the quest. It's getting late and we need to go!"

The group prepared their things and got ready to head out the door. "Bye, Gray!" Erza called as they left, "take good care of Juvia while we are gone!"

They headed out onto the street and began their journey. "Okay," Lucy smiled "Let the adventure begin!"

So Gray and Juvia are alone in Lucy's apartment, what now?

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