Chapter Four: Inside Lucy's mind

Hey, I decided to update ASAP. That didn't work out as I hoped, but I do hope you all noticed the apologies being replaced by chapter three. I still don't have that new computer, but my father ordered one with a terabyte memory XD so I'm set for the next ten years.

Not much happened in this chapter, it just says what's going on in Lucy's mind and it ends with a cliffhanger to write it decently out next chapter.

I do not own Fairy Tail. No jokes here.

Enjoy!

"Who were the men chasing you, actually?" Natsu asked. It was a day after they had returned to the guild, successfully completing their mission and collecting the reward, but their date had been cancelled.

For obvious and less obvious reasons, Lucy could only think in confusion. The kiss… merely a thought made her blush! How could that be?

Well, it was her first kiss. Maybe it was that simple fact, that made her blush and squirm and long for the next one. She never thought kissing would be so enjoyable, so mind-wrecking and blissful.

But maybe it was Erza's fault. Well, not fault, because there wasn't anything wrong. Lucy had never thought Erza was such a good kisser. She didn't have any reason to think otherwise, of course, but still.

"Luce?" Natsu asked, waving a hand in front of her.

She snapped out of it. "Erza said they were members of Phantom Lord. After it was disbanded, those guys terrorized the town. They heard Fairy Tail was coming and planned revenge on our guild, beginning with destroying Erza."

"Phantom Lord? That mages have become so strong after seven years?"

"I don't know. Erza and I… were distracted when it happened." Lucy said. she had to think of the kiss again and blushed once more.

"Distracted? How so?" Natsu was confused.

"Never mind. Where's Happy? I don't see him anywhere."

Natsu rubbed his head, laughing widely. "He smelled something right after you guys left and came back a day later with some weird fish. It tasted delicious."

He didn't answer my question at all. "Oh, is that right? Have you seen Mira-san somewhere?"

"She's in the back, I believe." Lucy nodded and stood up to look for Mira. If Happy caught that fish, there's no way he could've followed us. All that trouble in vain?

"Mira-san?"

"Yes, Lucy?"

"Happy didn't follow us, did he?" Lucy asked, knowing the answer.

"No. I'm sorry, but it didn't help anything. But tell me about your mission. How was it?"

"It was really great." Lucy said. She explained in short what they'd done.

"So you didn't have that date?"

"No, we came here right after we collected the reward."

Mira clasped hands. "So did you kiss?"

Lucy blushed heavily. "We did." She said softly and hoped it would be enough.

Mira seemed to understand and leaned further over the bar. "That good, huh?"

The blonde didn't bother to answer and asked in return: "did you come up with a final plan yet?"

Mira shook her head sadly. "You can still kiss, you know. In front of everyone?"

"I don't think that's a good idea."

Before they could unravel why not, Natsu called her. Lucy said bye to Mira and hurried over to Natsu.

"Luce, can we go on a job?"

She hesitated. "I don't know if that's a good idea, Natsu. I'm having some problems here, so I'll have to deal with them first."

Natsu frowned a little sad. Through Lucy's head twirled to much thoughts, one more dominant than the others. I liked that kiss. In the background, hundreds of reasons why she liked it and why not, Erza and Mira's words and confusion ruled her mind. She was so getting a headache from this.

"Is it about you and Erza?"

"Why would you think that?"

"Just a guess. You seem upset. It can't be your rent, because you just finished a job. It's not us or the guild, is it? All that's left is Erza." He said.

"Maybe, but it's not something I can talk to you about."

"You can tell me anything, you know that, Luce."

"Some things you don't tell anyone." Lucy stated. She felt sad for some reason. She should take a break, maybe. The thought occurred to her she and Erza should stop faking a relationship. Why am I suddenly thinking this?

"I think I'll head home, Natsu. We'll go on that job tomorrow or something."

"Bye, Lucy." He looked genuinely worried. But at the same time, Erza came in, the wind gusting through the room. It was a cold day, and it looked like a storm would be approaching soon.

Anyhow, Erza didn't do as much as flinch when had eye-contact with Lucy for a brief, short moment. She went straight upstairs, picked an S-class mission and had it signed off with Mira (Master was yet again on another meeting).

She walked out, and for the second Lucy looked into Erza's eyes, she saw regret and pain.

Did Erza regret their kiss?

As soon as the door swung close, all the guild members gathered around Lucy.

"What's wrong with Erza, Lucy?"

"Are you two fighting already?"

"Did something bad happen on your mission?"

"She didn't even order cake!"

"Maybe you should give her a fish." The whole crowd went silent as Happy suggested it. Lucy took advantage of the moment.

"I don't know what's wrong with her. She was fine yesterday. I'll head after her and ask her."

She left without looking back. Knowing Fairy Tail, it would end up in a fight anyway.

Why didn't Erza say anything? She'd barely looked at her. Was Erza avoiding her?

That would be so unlike her. Titania, the strongest of Fairy Tail, always faced her problems head-on. I don't think she's ever run away.

But there were lots of things she didn't know about her. But there would also be lots of chances to get to know her, right? Lots of chances to learn about her past, her quirks, everything. Time spent with Erza, telling stories, making memories, it seemed all so blissful. Spending time with Erza, the girl that was avoiding her.

It was normal to feel like that. Erza was her nakama, wasn't she? She was a beautiful, smart girl that had no shame and was a little dense. Lucy did not want to have feelings for her. It would ruin their friendship. Even so, it didn't have any point mindlessly ranting on the redhead.

Maybe Erza was the one that had feelings for her. That could be an explanation for the avoiding-her-after-the-kiss thing. It was a bit of a cliché. Why would Erza have feelings for her? She was Lucy. Just Lucy that needed to be saved and had her keys.

She should let it rest, she thought. After the storm had worn out and Erza came back, she would tell her to stop faking it. She needed to settle, find out things on her own.

She turned the key in the lock. The door opened and she could look right into her kitchen. Someone was sitting at the table, a cup of tea in the hand. The person was looking downright sad and undecisive.

Of course, it was Erza. Lucy tried to scrape her courage together to step in and talk it out. She hadn't prepared, she hadn't thought of what to say, but she was determined. The confusion had to stop.

So she walked in, until she was standing right behind the person. Erza must've noticed her a long time ago, waiting for Lucy to make the first move.

Unexpectedly, Erza faced her. "Lucy" she began, biting her lips – another signal so unlike erza. "We have to talk."

Lucy nodded, fear building inside and she too sat at the kitchen table.

"Let's talk, then."

Please review? What do you think they're going to say? Don't forget Mira's plan and the Celestial Spirit!