AN: The idea came from Stebbi! The suggestion was: "Driving a car (the ultimate quarrel challenge for a couple xD) or maybe travelling." So, it's a bit twisted but here we go!
Special thanks to Ulcaasi, who pretty much beta-ed this chapter by pointing out my mistakes!
Misplaced
Gray wasn't mad. He was confused. Very, very, very confused. That place didn't look like a church. Heck, that place didn't even look like a city.
"Where the hell are we?" He asked, not fully processing why there was corn around his precious car.
"You scared me." His girlfriend put a hand over her chest. "Don't yell like that." She mumbled and he noticed that she was looking into a map.
"Well, then explain to me why I went to take a nap on the road and woke up in a…" He looked around. "A cornfield? Really?" She didn't respond, still looking to the map. "Why is the GPS off?"
"That woman was getting into my skin." Juvia sighed. "Telling Juvia she was getting off route? Since when does it thinks I don't know where I am going?"
"Juvia, it's its function to tell you where to go." Gray was exasperated with his girlfriend.
"Well, it should be nicer to Juvia." The woman shrugged.
Gray frowned. They were supposed to go to a baptism in the city neighbor to their own, and since the event would be in the morning, the couple decided to go one day before to not miss it. Juvia said that she was more rested than Gray, so she should drive. He was reluctant to agree with that, but she was convincing. When they were out of town, the path was simple enough, so, he decided to take a small nap.
"Juvia, I close my eyes for ten minutes and you got us lost."
"We are not lost!" She said, offended looking up from the map.
"Really? Where are we, then?" Gray turned to her with a raised eyebrow. "Because to me, it looks like we are in the beginning of some trash movie and a guy with a motorcycle will appear in any minute."
"We are… misplaced." Juvia said with all the dignity she had at the moment.
"Misplaced." He repeated narrowing his eyes.
"Yes. It's a temporary status. Don't worry. Juvia will fix it." She looked to the map again.
"Let's trade places." Gray growled and she looked up from the paper, confused. "I am driving now."
"But you need your sleep, Gray-sama. It's Juvia's turn to…"
"Look, I rested a bit while you were getting us lost…"
"…misplaced." She corrected him.
"…misplaced." He groaned. "So now, I am taking the freaking lead."
"Fine." She sighed and Gray went out of the car, and cursing of course, when the corn and the mud was making difficult his passage, while Juvia just popped to his place without leaving the car.
After exchanging seats, they stayed in silence for a moment, while the man was recovering his cool. Sometimes he didn't know how she did things like that.
"Sorry for getting us… misplaced." She mumbled.
"It's fine. At least you actually stopped the car one you realized we were lost, before running out of gas. You learned to stop; and stopped believing that you can find your way if you drive longer. The last time you got out of gas and you called me at three in the freaking morning to get you in some dark place of the next town." Gray sighed passing a hand through his face. "I just don't know how you got us in the middle of a cornfield. I mean, you just had to follow the road. There were no turns! It was a straight path! And we have a GPS on the car! A GPS that I bought after the other incident."
"Strange, right?" Juvia agreed, nodding, while Gray looked at her in disbelief. "But come on, Gray-sama. We have to go now, otherwise they will get worried about us if we don't arrive soon. And Juvia wants to see Asuka-chan!"
The man groaned and mumbled to himself: "Remember, Gray: you, somehow, love her. Must. Not. Kill. Her. And. Dump. Her. Body. In. A. Cornfield."
"Did you say something, Gray-sama?" Juvia asked, frowning.
"No." He shook his head. "Now, where to?" Gray looked to one side and then to another, deciding of how to get them out of there. He turned the GPS on, but it started to talk in Italian. "What the…?"
"Oh, yeah…" Juvia was embarrassed. "Juvia may have changed the setting while she was trying to find our way back. I mean… the woman did try to warn me. But then she started to speak in Italian…" Gray took a deep breath. "So, Juvia turned it off."
"Okay. Fine." Another deep breath. "I have been in a worse position than this one. I had to share a freaking bed with Natsu once, for god's sake! This is heaven compared to that." Gray nodded, still taking deep breaths. "I just have to find a way back to civilization. That's it." He was talking to himself.
"The map says left." Juvia informed after a few seconds.
"Right it is." The man nodded and started the car.
"No. Juvia said it was left." She frowned.
"I heard you; that's why I am going to the opposite direction." He turned the car to the right and looked to her confused face. "Look, last time you were the one making the shots, we ended up in a cornfield that neither of us knows where it is. I just don't want to end in Australia, or something."
"That's not possible. Gray-sama." Juvia said knowingly. "Australia is surrounded by water."
Gray smiled softly at her. "I'm sure you could find a way to misplace us there, darling." He laughed when he felt the map hit his head.
AN: Oh, man… I loved writing this chapter! So, here we go, Stebbi! Did you like it? And all of you? Is it OOC? :O
Look, I know that it's a cliché to make a woman get lost while driving, but we all know that men and women can drive awesomely. Take my mother as an example: she is a queen driving. But me…? Let's just say that Juvia and I have a lot in common. :D
So, most women can drive as good as any men, but there are some of us that suck at it. Juvia and I included.
Thank you to Rainbowcastle, mafi ariadne , Stebbi , CryCrimson (LOVED your idea. I am so gonna write about it!), Seirin , Uchiha Evangeline , and Yukistar(Loved your idea too! I am a sucker for Show Business, so hell yeah I'll write about it!) fir reviewing and give me ideas! :D
Anyway, leave a review and your suggestion for the new chapter!
