"You didn't!" Lucy gasped at the red-faced Levy. They had gone out to dinner where the two Dragon Slayers had been locked in a fierce eating contest. After a few harsh words were exchanged, the two had gone outside and were wrestling with each other by the river than ran past Lucy's apartment. The two girls had been watching from the bridge when Levy had told her what had happened at Gajeel's apartment. The gushing blonde proceeded to freak out and then finally subside after many embarrassed shushes from the Script Mage.
"Keep it down!" Levy hushed the blonde, looking over to the two still roughhousing boys.
"Levy! Don't you think you're moving a little fast?"
"I guess…" Levy sighed, watching the two from the bridge, "I just… when I'm around him I just can't… I don't know,"
Lucy studied her for a minute before following her gaze to the boys, "I know how you feel," she finally conceded, "I was the same way with Natsu,"
"So then you've…!"
"Yesyesyesbutletsnotmakeabigdealaboutit!" she stuttered, covering her reddening face. After a moment of laughter and swapping red faces, the girls both sighed and watched their still fighting Dragon Slayers.
"So does that mean you'll be with Natsu a couple days from now?" Levy looked at the blonde out of the corner of her eye.
"Maybe," she gushed, hiding her face, "What about you?"
"I don't know," Levy put her head on her arms, "You don't think it's too soon?"
"Well, I guess it depends on whether you really think you love him or not… or he loves you," Lucy studied the two below them. Gajeel was yelling about something not being fair and then threw the Fire Mage into the river. Natsu responded by splashing Gajeel and yelling something about turning him into a Rust Dragon, "I know Natsu will never leave me. He's pretty up front when it comes to his feelings. Gajeel though… he just seems like he has so much to hide,"
Levy shook her head, "He's told me a little bit about his past… its pretty scary. But I know he's changed, I've seen the difference."
Lucy just watched her, taking in the dreamy look in her friend's eye. Then she looked down at the Gajeel. Even though he was sparring with Natsu, every so often he would look up at Levy out of the corner of his eye. She could tell by the look in his eye that he was making sure she was still there, as if he was scared he'd look and she'd vanish forever.
"I guess he has changed," Lucy mused. She put a comforting arm around her friend, "Whatever you decide, I'm here for you,"
"Thanks," Levy smiled meekly at her friend.
They shared a comfortable silence for a while before Lucy started snickering, "Just make sure you don't miss your birth control,"
"LUCY!"