Chapter 2

A couple hours after sunset, Wendy was still awake. She and Carla had agreed that the dragon slayer would avoid as many men as possible. If necessary, they had enough money and food saved up to stay in their apartment and not leave for a few days until the strange feelings and pheromones went away.

Carla had gone to sleep about an hour ago, but Wendy wasn't able to. She kept on thinking about what Gajeel and Natsu had told her. She was worried about how long this weird sensation would last. However, more importantly, she was worried about how she had felt while kissing that guy in the movie theater. She couldn't really understand what she had felt, but she knew it hadn't felt bad, it might have even felt a little good.

Wendy's face heated up. She was grateful Carla was asleep so she couldn't see her. She got up and walked into the kitchen to splash some water on her face. She shook her head. Maybe she just needed to talk to someone about this. If she talked to one of the older girls who knew more about… sexual stuff, she might be able to learn more.

She quickly got dressed into clothes that weren't pajamas and tip-toed out her front door. The hallway outside was dimly lit since it was so late. Wendy walked down the hall until she was outside Levy's room. She thought that Levy and Lucy would be the ones to ask first since they were both dating dragon slayers. If any girls understood a little of what she was experiencing, it would probably be them.

She knocked on Levy's door but no one answered. She waited a few minutes before deciding to give up and head over to Lucy's house. It took a while to walk there since she didn't have Carla and had to avoid the main pathways.

When she finally got there she knocked and was rather upset when Lucy didn't answer. However, she remembered that Natsu often broke in from one of Lucy's back windows so she walked to the back to see if Lucy was just in another section of her house. She could hear faint sounds from inside and jogged to a window that was lit up. The noises got louder the closer Wendy got to the window and she recognized Lucy's voice.

As soon as Wendy lifted herself to see over the windowsill she regretted it. Lucy was indeed home, but she wasn't alone. Natsu was with her and the two were having sex. The little dragon slayer was so surprised she didn't even think about moving. Her eyes grew wide and she couldn't help but watch Natsu and Lucy continue. She watched the two and felt her face grow uncomfortably warm. After what felt like a long time, Wendy realized what she was doing and jumped down and ran away as fast as she could.

Oh my goodness! Wendy screamed in her head. She knew about sex, but she had never really thought about it and had certainly never seen it in real life. She hurried back to the dorms as fast as possible, ignoring the few people who were still out.

The image popped back into her brain and Wendy felt her face grow hot again. There hadn't been a blanket covering them as she'd always expected there would be. She could still see their intertwined bodies rubbing against each other as they moaned.

Despite her general confusion, Wendy couldn't help but notice that she felt some emotion other than embarrassment, though she didn't know what it was. "Damn this stupid mating season," she said to herself. She shook her head, as if to shake the weird feelings away.

She reached Fairy Hills in a shorter time than it had taken her to reach Lucy's. She ran inside, trying not to make too much noise as she hurried down the halls to her room. When she reached her room she opened the door slowly, remembering that Carla was still asleep and not wanting to wake the exceed. She shut the door carefully behind her and tiptoed to her bed, burying her face in her pillow. All she wanted was for this unknown feeling to go away!

The next morning Wendy woke up later than usual. She looked over at her clock and saw Carla sitting and staring at her.

"Morning Carla."

"Morning Wendy. How are you feeling?" Carla got up and walked over to sit beside Wendy on the bed.

Wendy groaned in response. "I'm not sure. I guess I'm feeling fine, but I'm not sure really. How do I know if I'm back to myself or not?"

"We'd probably have to go ask Natsu or Gajeel to be sure. But I don't know if this will go away so soon."

Wendy sighed. "Yeah, I guess you're right. So, what should we do for the time being?"

"That's up to you. We can go on missions if you feel up to it, though I'd suggest going with only girls. Or we could stay home and relax all day."

Wendy scratched her head. "I'm not sure which. Let's go to the guild for now, though, just to see if there is anything going on."

She got up and dressed in her favorite dress. As she was brushing her hair and looking into the mirror she thought to herself, "It'll be fine. If I just hang out at the guild nothing bad will happen. And besides, if I start doing anything too weird Carla will be there to snap me out of it."

She turned around and smiled at Carla as they headed toward the guild.

The guild wasn't too busy that morning. She could see Gray and Juvia talking to each other and from what it sounded like she was asking him to join her on a mission, Elfman was lecturing Jet and Droy over not training enough, Mirajane was at the bar as usual, and Laxus was sitting at the bar talking to her.

Wendy went up to the bar and sat a couple seats away from Laxus.

Mirajane walked up and smiled brightly like usual. "Good morning Wendy, can I get you anything?"

Wendy smiled, "Milk please. And something small to eat."

Mira smiled and went to go get the food. Wendy looked around to observe her guildmates and saw Laxus staring at her with a raised eyebrow.

"Hello Laxus," she greeted him normally.

He nodded in response but didn't say anything.

Wendy looked away awkwardly. Laxus was usually pretty friendly when he was around. It must be the weird pheromones affecting him. He was so much older than her she doubted he'd do anything or felt attraction. Still, if the pheromones even affected those who weren't near her age, she might be in trouble.

Mira set down a plate of pancakes in front of Wendy and smiled. She walked over and chastised Laxus for being being so cold.

Wendy ate her breakfast in silence. Carla sat next to her on the counter, looking out for anyone who might come over and cause trouble, or so she told Wendy when she asked. Wendy was just finishing up when she heard Romeo walk over.

"What do you want?" Carla asked him when he was near.

He smiled awkwardly and scratched his head. "My dad is finally letting me go on a mission without him. I was wondering if you'd like to come with me, Wendy."

She smiled. "Sure! That sounds fun! Did you have a mission already picked out?"

He grinned and said, "Well I have this one about escorting a guy through town while he runs errands. He lives in Hargeon, so not too far away, but we'll have to take the train there and back."

Carla flew over to Wendy and pulled her to the side for a bit. "Are you sure you want to do this, girl? Romeo's your age, so he'll be affected by the pheromones."

Wendy frowned, saying, "I know, but now that I know I think I'll be able to handle it better and you'll be there to keep us both in line. I want to be with Romeo on his first mission without his dad."

Carla sighed. "Fine, have it your way."

Wendy turned to Romeo, smiling. "When do you want to leave?"

"Whenever you're done and ready."

"Okay, I'll finish up here and go grab some supplies from my room. I'll meet you at the station in half an hour, ok?"

Romeo nodded and left, headed to tell his dad and Natsu. Wendy turned to Mira and let her know she was done with breakfast and going on a mission. She got up and left the guild smiling.

note: Sorry this chapter is coming so late and that it's kind of short. I was busy with finals and then got stuck. Hopefully now that summer's here I'll be able to write a bit more. I'm sorry if I write Romeo wrong. He'll definitely be out of character since I don't know much about him except he's Natsu's fanboy. Let me know if you have ideas or comments!

deathofthestars/romeo-and-wendy-rowen/ - link for where I got the cover picture