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Chapter 26

Every Turn

Finding time to talk to Lucy alone proved to be a more difficult task then Natsu had anticipated. Whenever he tried to talk to her Lucy seemed to have a shadow.

First she was eating cake with Ezra. Then she was chatting with Wendy, Carla, and Happy. Next she was sitting and reading with Levy while Gajeel hovered nearby, smirking every time Natsu passed.

The last straw came when Natsu finally found her exchanging fashion tips with Evergreen. Evergreen never chatted with anyone except her team and, recently, Elfman.

Natsu laid his head on the table and accepted his defeat.