Hello guys! Well I am a bit pissed. This chapter was supposed to be up yesterday but when I uploaded it, I realized I wasn't satisfied with my writing. So I decided to change it up. Of course the new version was so perfect in my opinion. But as I hit save and was redirected to a "You must log in to blah blah blah" thing, I realized I was screwed. All the writing I had done, gone. In less then a second. So here it is, the third writing of the same freaking chapter! It's the same as the second version but of course it isn't word for word since I can't remember exactly how it went. Anyways, on to the story!

(Levy POV)

I paced back and forth in front of my house. My shaky hands gripping my phone to my chest. I wiped at my eyes as tears fell down my face to no avail as fresh ones replaced the old. He hadn't responded to my message but I hope he would come. I had no right to ask him to come to me. I looked down to my clothing as I shivered. A plain white t-shirt and comfortable orange shorts, my headband long forgotten in my rush to get out of the dark, lonely house. As the cool night air blew towards me I shivered again, I was very underdressed for the weather. But I didn't care. I looked back to my house. The big brick house completely dark, I looked away quickly as if it had caught me staring at it. I looked over to the Heartfilia mansion and sighed. Lucy was too busy to deal with me, just like my parents. I wiped at my face again as I sat down at the end of the driveway in front of the gate. Goosebumps rising on my thighs where my skin met the cold ground. I sighed remembering the last time I sat on the driveway. It was the last time I had spoken to Gajeel. Although it had been a few days ago, it felt like an eternity. I truly missed him. I shook my head in annoyance, remembering how mad I was. It was a complete over exaggeration and I hoped he would accept my apology.

/Flashback: Seven days ago. 10:10pm/

"Gajeel give it back!" I jumped up and down as he lifted his hand higher, a smirk on his face. In his right hand was a big black hardcover book. I puffed out my cheeks in annoyance. I had just gotten to the best part and now here he was interrupting!

"Gihi, what's wrong shorty? You can't reach your book?" He began to chuckle in amusement. I stomped my foot on the ground like a little kid. He rolled his eyes as he sat down at the end of the driveway, his back leaning against the gate. He patted the ground next to him, silently asking me to sit with him. Hoping he would give it back if I listened, I sat down next to him.

As if reading my mind he wagged his index finger in front of my face. He moved the book to the left side of himself, away from me " No way I'm giving it back." He laughed as I scoffed at his claim. Growing impatient I reached over him in an attempt to retrieve the book. He grabbed my hand and laced his fingers with my own. My heart skipped a beat at his action. He then leaned closer to me, his forehead resting against mine as he closed his eyes. At this point my face was completely red and I was grateful he had his eyes closed.

"You're not getting it back." He quietly whispered, his cool breath ghosting over my face, sending shivers down my spine. He opened his eyes and smirked as he leaned away again and stood up. I sat watching him as I tried to slow down my rapidly beating heart. He turned towards the gate and pushed it open before turning back to me. I watched as he gathered up all his hair and placed it in a high pony tail, he took a black bandana out of his black sweatpants and quickly wrapped it around his forehead.

"If you want this back, you'll have to catch me." He wagged the book in my face before taking off down the sidewalk. As his words registered, I shot up off the ground and ran after him. My red shoes hitting the pavement hard as I ran after him, I was glad I had changed into black yoga pants and an orange tank top, making it easier to run than it would have been in my short orange dress. I looked up, shocked as I watched Gajeel climb the Heartfilia gate and jump down into the other side. He looked at me through the steel bars before grinning and running into the garden.

"Gajeel Redfox! You get back here!" I whisper yelled as I watched his retreating back. I stomped my foot in annoyance. There was no way I was going to be able to hop this fence like he did. I sighed and slapped my forehead with my right palm as I remembered, I could easily slip through the steel bars. Once on the other side I ran after him.

Luck was on my side as I caught up to him right as he was about to jump the fence, over to my backyard. I grabbed a hold of his white shirt as he jumped over, taking me with him in the process. I squealed as we tumbled into the pool that was on my yard. I gasped as we submerged under the cold water. Since I couldn't swim, I was grateful as he instinctively wrapped an arm around my waist and lifted me out of the pool with him. my clothes clung on to my body in an uncomfortable way as my hair dripped everywhere. I looked over to see he was in the same position I was, his hair no longer up. The wet black locks dripping everywhere as they stuck to his face and back. Before I could say anything, he turned to run off again. Hoping to stop him, I quickly got up and jumped onto his back. Shocked, he fell to the ground. my face colliding with the back of his wet shirt.

I smirked as I sat up on his lower back before leaning forward and taking the book out of his hands. I whispered in his ear, "I win." as I sat up again. My victory was short lived as I realized that along with us, the book got soaked as well. I opened it as anger surged through me. The once white pages now having dark black ink smudged on it, no longer legible. As I tried to turn the pages the soaked pages easily ripped. Closing the book, I lifted it up before bringing it back down and hitting him on the head with it.

"Stupid Gajeel! It's ruined!" I yelled as I continued my assault. He grunted as he covered his head with his arms. He tried reaching for me but I just smacked his hands away with the book.

"Ouch, shrimp cut it out!" He groaned as he tried to reach for me again. I lifted the book once again to hit him, but before I could swing it back down it was taken out out my hands. I turned my head back to see two guys standing behind us. Both tall, about 23 years old wearing police uniforms. One had orange spiky hair and was slim, the other had black hair and was very big. I looked down and noticed Droy had my book in his hands. I reached for it but the black haired man moved out of my reach.

"You know you aren't supposed to be out here this late at night. You're soaking wet!" Jet exclaimed as ran his hand through his orange hair before he lifted me off of Gajeel's back. He placed me back on my feet before directing Droy to lead me inside the house and get dried off. Both my parents were out of town a lot and when they would leave for long periods of time they had Jet and Droy drop by occasionally to check up on me. I watched in confusion as I looked at the two still on the lawn, Gajeel stood in front of Jet, his fists clenched so hard, his knuckles were white. Jet stood in front of him with a...a smirk? Before I could understand what was happening Gajeel's fist collided with Jet's face. After one punch Jet was laying on the ground groaning as he threw insults at Gajeel.

My eyes widened in shock as I ran over to the two. Although Jet and Droy were a bit annoying, I considered the two to be my older brothers and I didn't like to see them hurt. I kneeled down next to Jet hoping he was okay, a large black bruise was already forming over his eye but he was fine. "Gajeel, what the hell! You went too far!" Jet quickly sat up and groaned before slowly making it up to his feet. I stood up to scowled Gajeel. When I turned towards him, I was surprised to see Droy running towards him, fist clenched ready to strike Gajeel. Just as I was about to speak I watched as Jet began to run over to Gajeel, fists also clenched ready to strike. The three soon began exchanging blows.

I walked towards the backyard door. I gripped the door handle before turning back to them. "All of you leave! I don't want to see you guys!" They all stopped and looked at me shocked. They were quiet before they all erupted into protests. I shook my head and walked into the house, slamming the door behind me.

/Present time: 9:30PM/

Gajeel had sent me multiple messages and called me a few times but I didn't respond. Thinking back now I didn't know why I was so mad. It didn't seem like a big deal now. I mean Natsu and Gray fought like that on sight as well. Maybe It was a guy thing. Something I would never understand. Maybe it was just an overreaction on my part.

My eyes widened and more tears fell as I watched him come into view. He wore a black hoodie and blue jeans, a bandana covering his forehead. Since he wasn't in his school uniform, I assumed he was at work before coming here. I watched silently as he ran full speed towards me. I quickly stood up and wiped the tears from my face again. Before I knew what was happening, I felt his arms wrap around me as he hugged me tightly. "What happened? What's wrong? Are you okay shrimp?" I smiled at his frantic state as I wrapped my arms around him, my mood had drastically improved just with his presence.

Finally I'm done! Well with this chapter anyways. I had originally planned to post this chapter and the next one together on the same day. But because of the complications I had with this one, I need more time so I can edit the next chapter and such. Well, please review! Cause this chapter was hell for me. XD