"You're right, she is hot."

Natsu lazily opened his eyes from his spot on the couch, laying down with one hand on the back of his neck and the other resting on his stomach. "Huh? Who is?" his mind didn't seem to want to function right now, he was too tired.

"Lucy." Gray was at the kitchen table working on his sculpture. "I saw her yesterday."

That seemed to wake Natsu up as he sat up quickly, so quickly he fell off of the couch and right on his face. Gray glanced over, snorted, then continued on with his work. " Listen ass-flame, I think you should apologize to her."

It was now Natsu's turn to snort, sitting up with his arms crossed, still on the floor. "I would if I planned on seeing her ever again, but I don't."

"Idiot," rolling his eyes, Gray stopped what he was doing for a moment to lecture his rival. "You can't avoid her forever you know. You go to the same school and she's friends with Juvia, who happens to be my girlfriend. You're bound to come across her." Gray narrowed his eyes. Even though he hasn't spent a lot of time with Lucy he already felt protective of her. He didn't know whether it was from guilt at not sticking up for her all those years ago or if he just genuinely cared for her. And he wouldn't let the idiot in front of him screw around with her. "Not only that, but I can tell you feel like shit about being an ass to her in middle school, so go clear up your own conscious if not for her."

Natsu hid his face in his scarf, pouting. He knew that Gray was right, and he really did want to apologize to her, but he was never very good with words. "Whatever."

"Hey Lu! How's it going?" a petite blue-hair girl greeted on the screen in front of her.

"Good! Me and Juvia were hanging out yesterday and it was really fun!" Levy didn't go to the same University as Lucy, but they had been best friends since 6th grade. They had a routine Skype call every week to fill each other in on their lives. "Actually, something, uh, interesting happened."

Levy quirked an eyebrow. She always did love to make Lucy's life into some sort of story, so she was probably going to try to make whatever happened ten times more exaggerated than what it actually was. "Oh?"

"Yeah, I actually ran into Natsu Dragneel in the library. And he, well, hugged me because I helped him log on to the computer." Why was I telling her this? Oh right, because she's my best friend.

Levy's eyes went wide as she stared at her through the screen. "What?" she screeched, causing Lucy to cover her ears with her hands (even though it wasn't actually that loud). "Levy, it's not a big deal! He didn't even know it was me, and then when he realized who I was he called me Luigi. But that isn't the main point of this story anyways!"

At this Levy couldn't help but laugh, just picturing the whole thing in her mind. It was probably quite the sight, and she wouldn't be surprised if they caught the attention of everyone in the library. Natsu and Lucy's encounters were never very quiet after all.

After a few minutes Levy finally calmed down enough to let the pouting blonde continue with the story. "So what is the main point?"

"Well, Juvia's boyfriend is Gray Fullbuster and well, the three of us were hanging out and we actually got along really well." Which was true. It made her a bit sad to think about in all honesty, because she had missed out on a great friend all of these years, just because Natsu was an arrogant prick.

"Lu, you don't like Gray, do you?" Levy's face seemed worried, and Lucy immediately started to flail her arms. She hadn't meant to sound like she had a crush on Gray. "No! Of course not! And even if I did, him and Juvia are perfectly happy together."

Levy nodded approvingly. "Good. Besides, you and Natsu would make a cuter couple anyways. I mean, he does have pink hair."

"EHH? Me and Natsu? Yeah right Levy, are you sure you're thinking clearly?" Even as she said that though, she couldn't help but let the thought creep into her mind. She had to admit, Natsu was very good looking now. And they probably would look good together...

No, bad Lucy.

Just because he was attractive didn't change the fact that she didn't like his personality, granted he might have changed since middle school. But she wasn't going to risk anything if he is still the same annoying little shit. After all he did call her Luigi, and if he had actually grown up he would've called her Lucy.

"Lucy? Earth to Lucy!"

"Ah, sorry Levy! I got a bit distracted!" A small blush formed on her cheeks, a fact that Levy didn't miss.

"I bet, thinking about Natsu?"

"Yeah." Wait. "I mean no! No I wasn't, I was thinking about, uh, my homework! Got a lot to do, bye Levy! Talk to you later!" hanging up the Skype call, Lucy glared at the screen for a few moments. "That sneaky little..."

Sighing, Lucy leaned back in her chair, utterly frustrated by all of her confusing thoughts about Natsu. Levy only made the whole situation worse by saying they would make a good couple. It brought all of these unwanted thoughts to the forefront of her mind, and she didn't think she'd be able to get them to go away. "Well I suppose I should actually study." Grabbing her books out of her bag, Lucy began to forget about her troubling thoughts, but unfortunately it was only for the moment.

Lucy had always preferred studying the the library over her room, there were less distractions and it was just an overall better environment for her mind. Not anymore. There was the unfortunate sight of pink as she entered the library, and she had half a mind to turn around and walk right back to her apartment. It's just a guy. Don't let him steal the library from you. Giving herself a pep talk, Lucy marched on forward to the stairs in order to get to her favourite spot, but Natsu was blocking the way.

"Excuse me." Be polite.

"Can we talk?" Straight to the point I see.

"This is a library Natsu, you're not supposed to talk." Except in the study rooms and the second floor, but he didn't need to know that.

"Then come with me somewhere else. Please?"

He was giving her puppy dog eyes. This wasn't right, he shouldn't look that adorable.

Against her better judgment, Lucy agreed and was led out of the library following Natsu's lead.

I've got a bad feeling about this.

I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter :) more to come soon!

~567random