A/N Wow. Getting a lot of reviews at the beginning of your career is like pulling teeth… *sweatdrop* Oh well. Thank you to The Fairy King, Doraguniru, fireworks1820, and fairytailfan4eva for reviewing. The Fairy King brought up a concern. Fast food places generally give you your assignment before you go to work… *nervous laugh* In my defense, it was the only way to get Lucy to actually go to work. She would have played sick if she had known she was going to be working the cash register, and that would've made this story reeaallly boring, because then she wouldn't have… Well, I guess you'll see. Enjoy this chapter, all five of you! ;)

I hate this feeling, I thought. The feeling I get when I have to smile at strangers, and be polite, talking to them as if I've known them for years. I feel like I'm just a display in a museum! Like people come here just to stare at me! I HATE it!

"What would you like, sir?" I asked politely.

A tall, blonde guy with a scar on his eye turned to me and stared for a minute, his eyes lingering on my rather busty chest. My face burned, and I wanted to slap his guts out onto the floor.

Once he'd finished staring shamelessly, he said, "I'd like a number nine meal."

"Small, medium, or large?" I asked, struggling to keep from hitting the counter in front of me with my face. Or his face.

"Ummm… Large, please."

"All right. Will there be anything else?"

"I'd also like an Oreo sundae," he said. "And that's all."

"Okay. That'll be twelve dollars and eighty-four cents," I said, sighing inwardly.

He reached into his pocket and pulled out his wallet. Shuffling through his bills, he slid a twenty out, slapping it on the counter. As he replaced his wallet, I put the twenty in the cash register. Seven dollars and sixteen cents, I thought.

Pulling out a five, two ones, a dime, a nickel, and a penny, I handed them to the guy. "Here's your change. You're order thirty-two."

He took his change and receipt and went to a table to sit down. He pulled an iPhone out of his pocket and started doing something with it. I put my head on my hands and started daydreaming, mostly about what I was going to do next with the novel. The heroine was about to meet the hero, and I wasn't sure how I wanted to pull that off. I know how you feel, Lucy. :'(

After a few minutes, I glanced in the blonde's direction, and caught him sneaking a peek at me. I sighed and rolled my eyes.

"Order thirty-two, Lucy," said Dave, one of my coworkers, handing me a tray.

"Order thirty-two," I said loudly. The blonde guy stood up and walked over to grab his tray.

Before he picked it up, he handed me a slip of paper. "Call me," he said simply, winking. I shuddered involuntarily.

Then he picked up his tray and went back to playing with his phone at his table.

I shuddered again. He is so not my type. I'm not even sure what my type is, but he's just creepy. Not to mention a pervert. I glanced at the name on the paper. Sting Eucliffe. I shrugged. I don't really have a reason to throw this away, I guess. I suppose I'll keep it. You don't judge a book by its cover, right? I slid it into my pocket and placed my elbows on the counter, leaning on it and clasping my hands together. I started daydreaming again.

After about ten minutes, Sting walked out of the restaurant. I sighed and stared at the clock. I sighed again, louder this time, and shoved my face into my folded arms. I stayed like that for a few minutes, already almost dead.

I'm almost halfway through, I thought over and over, like a mantra in my mind. I'm almost halfway through, I'm almost halfway through, I'm almost halfway through… I still have four hours.

I groaned loudly… Right as the bell on the door rang.

A/N Wow… now that I look back on this, this chapter is really short compared to the last one… Sorry, but I just had to end it there! The next chapter will probably (not) be longer! Anyways, please review, and follow, and favorite, and stuff… I'll post the next chapter once I figure out where exactly I want this story to go… Because I honestly didn't mean to bring Sting into it. He just showed up.

Sting: I'm good at that.

*jumps* HOLY- Sting, WHAT THE HECK?!

Sting: Hahahahaha! You should have seen your face!

*stares stonily* Go away. You're not supposed to be here anyways. This is a NaLu fanfic.

Sting: Says you. I think it would be more interesting if I showed up more often, in all of your stories.

...

Sting: I have to go anyways. Lector wants me to go somewhere with him.

Lector: Sting-kun, you said that we would go-

Lector, YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE HERE EITHER! Sorry, guys. They do this more often than they should.

Lucy: So, Sting, are you trying to hit on me indirectly?

*facepalms* You too, Lucy?

Natsu: *bursts in with flaming fists* WHO'S TRYING TO HIT ON LUCY?!

Lucy: *blushes* Natsu, you're not supposed to show up yet!

Natsu: Sorry, Luce, but you know I can't stand it when people hit on you! Like that Dan Straight guy... He bugged the crap out of me.

Lucy: *blushes even more*

Mira: NAAAAALUUUUU!

Happy: They liiiiiiiiiike each other~

Gray: The flamebrain finally admits it! I was wondering how long it would take!

Natsu: What's that supposed to mean, Ice Princess?!

Gray: That you're a hot-headed idiot!

Natsu: You wanna go, droopy eyes?!

Gray: Bring it on, squinty eyes!

*Gray and Natsu start rolling around on the floor, throwing punches*

Juvia: I hope that my Gray-sama wins!

WHERE ARE YOU ALL COMING FROM?! Holy crap, this is getting out of hand. Guys, you should go. This was supposed to be over a long time ago. *mutter to self* Got to find some way to get them out of here... *lightbulb moment* HEY, ERZA!

Erza: What do you want, animeawesomenesslover?

Would you please escort everyone out? I need to end this now. I'll give you cake~

Erza: You heard the boss, MOVE IT!

Natsu and Gray: AYE! *both run away as fast as possible*

Lucy: Y-yes, ma'am. *walks out*

Juvia: Wait for me, Gray-sama! *runs out after Gray*

Sting: Seriously, ani, you should put me in more stories.

Lector: Cause Sting-kun is the best!

That's not my name. Just leave.

Sting: Your loss. Peace. *walks out with Lector on his heels*

Mira, Happy, you should go too.

Mira: Okay. I want to see where Lucy and Natsu are going, anyways. *walks out, trying to be sneaky*

Happy: Give me fish first.

*facepalms* Fine. *pulls two fish out of random bag of fish that just happens to be by the door* Here.

Happy: YEEESSSS! Hey, Carla, look what I found! *zooms out of the room*

*sighs explosively* Thanks, Erza.

Erza: Any time. When do I show up, by the way?

... I don't know yet. Sometime soon, probably. I think you're mentioned in, like, three chapters.

Erza: Okay. It'd better be good.

*cowers in a corner* Y-yes ma'am...

Erza: Now, where's my cake.

Oh, right. *pulls cake out from convenient secret panel in wall*Here. You should go, too.

Erza: Cake~ *walks out happily*

I think that's everyone. Sorry again. This author's note was going to be really short. They're not supposed to come out except during stories. I guess they got bored because I left them alone for so long...

So, see you guys next time. PLEASE REVIEW!

Later.

-animeawesomenesslover