"It's been a month since my party, I lost forty bucks, and Jellal and Erza still aren't together! That's why we're all here," Laxus began the meeting.
"Why are we all here?" Natsu asked, looking around at the crowd which consisted of everyone from both their groups of friends.
"To get Jellal and Erza together in something I like to call 'Operation: Jerza'," Laxus continued.
"I came up with the name," Mira reminded Laxus.
"I came up with the 'Operation' part," Laxus added.
"Jerza?" Freed asked.
"It's a combination of both their names," Mira explained.
"But why Jerza and not . . . Erlal?" Natsu asked.
"Erlal sounds gross," Lucy countered.
"Why? What do you mean?" Natsu asked.
"It sounds like a prescription medication to get rid of earwax," Levy answered.
"What she said," Lucy agreed.
"So what's the plan?" Gray asked.
"We actually don't have a plan yet," Laxus answered. "We're all here to brainstorm ideas."
"Lock the two of them in a closet," Gajeel suggested.
"That idea has already been rejected," Laxus replied. "Though I do think that it's a good one. Anything else?"
"Meow."
"Meow is not a suggestion."
"Natsu!" Gray began. "Did you bring your cat again!?"
"What?" Natsu protested. Lucy unzipped Natsu's backpack and pulled out Happy.
"Natsu," Lucy sighed as he took his cat out of her hands.
"He doesn't like being home alone," Natsu pouted as he placed Happy on his head.
"What's with you and that cat?" Gajeel asked Natsu.
"What do you mean 'what's with me and my cat'?" Natsu objected.
"You have a weird relationship with it, that's all," Gajeel replied.
"Juvia could say that Gajeel and his cat have a weird relationship as well," Juvia added.
"Leave Pantherlily outta this!" Gajeel replied.
"Guys! Back on topic!" Laxus got everyone's attention again. "Now, what should we do?"
"Oo! How about a romantic candle-lit dinner for two!" Lucy suggested. "It can be at a fancy restaurant and we both tell them that we'll meet them up there but they'll be surprised when they're sat across from each other at the same table!"
"That's the best idea I've heard yet," Mirajane answer.
"It's too expensive," Laxus grumbled. "Shoving them in a closet doesn't take any money."
"Then we'll set it up in someone's house," Lisanna suggested. "Someone that they're both friends with."
"And the person's parents can't be home," Levy added. "Or else that would be weird to find that two strangers are having a romantic date in their house."
"You guys do realize that we'll have to find out how to keep them in one place, because once they figure out that they've been set up, they'll (or at least Erza will) go and find the person that set it up?" Gray asked.
"That's why locking them in a closet works so well," Gajeel threw out.
"We are not locking anyone in a closet, so let it drop," Mirajane set down the law. "Now, Laxus's basement has a lock."
"That's my room," Laxus grumbled.
"And isn't your grandfather going to be at a convention this weekend?" Mira continued.
"Yes," Laxus answered.
"We'll have it at your house then," Mira decided.
"Well, it has some elements of locking people in closets," Gajeel grumbled.
"Let it drop."