So... definitely the worst week of my life. Raging sunburn across my back, it hurts worse when it's an area that rarely ever gets tan, like you're back, so it's super white to begin with and ugh. I had to sleep on my stomach without a shirt on. I got my permit, though, almost killed my family a couple times but they're alive!

Lyon glanced nervously at his watch and then back at the door. Juvia was late. The long haired waitress refilled his iced coffee for the twelfth time and offered him another pastry, to which he refused politely. Another glance at his watched showed not five minutes had passed since he last looked, and yet, still no Juvia.

The white haired man sighed and flagged the waitress down, finally taking the tall blonde up on her offer of another croissant. Once the woman stepped into the kitchen to retrieve the order Lyon returned his attention to the door, noting with extreme pleasure that a familiar face stood in the doorway.

"Juvia-chan!" He called, waving her down. "Over here."

The blue-haired girl turned in his direction and smiled, rushing over to sit beside him. She seemed a bit out of breath and he smiled as she settled herself. When the waitress returned with his croissant she took Juvia's order, a vanilla bean scone and iced vanilla latte.

"It's nice to see you, Juvia." He started in a cheery tone. "I hate that we meet under these circumstances."

"Juvia is happy to see you as well, Lyon-sama," Juvia said after a while, her tone not as cheery as Lyon would have hoped. "You wanted to talk to Juvia."

"I suppose it is like you to get right to business, we'll skip the pleasantries then." Lyon nodded his head and pushed the croissant to the side in favor of crossing his arms over the surface. "It's like this, Juvia." He said evenly, "My parents are becoming impatient. They want an answer, Juvia, and they one one soon."

The waitress returned to the table with Juvia's order and she thanked the woman before returning her attention to the white haired male before her. "Juvia understands." She said as she sipped her latte. "Juvia knows it's impossible to expect someone to wait forever. And six months have been long enough, Juvia assures you. Juvia would've contacted you sooner but things came up that prevented her from doing so. Juvia apologizes."

Her voice was diplomatic and could be misinterperted as haughty, even. But Lyon understood she was merely taking the emotionally detatched stance, or at least that's what he hoped she was doing. She took a small bite of the white frosted pastry and returned her gaze to him, meeting it evenly.

"Juvia is sorry."

Lucy sighed as Gray jostled her arm to gain her attention. "He's about to say something," He signed, she assumed he did so to avoid his voice being detected. She sighed again and turned to face him.

"I can only see Juvia's mouth, you know. I have no clue what the man is saying."

Gray waved her concerns away and signed for her to get on with it. With another sigh, she conceded, verbalizing what Juvia was saying. "Juvia is sorry." Lucy said. "But Juvia has had time to think and with time her answers have varied. However, Juvia now feels in her heart that she must reject your offer, Lyon-sama, and not go through with the engagement. Juvia is, again, so very sorry."

The man spoke then, Lucy repeating his words the best she could. "I see," he said ofter a pause. "I don't believe Mummy and Daddy will like this very much," His words trailed and his eyes begame very sad. "But if this is what your heart has decided... well, I very well can't argue with that, now can I?" His smile was forced, Lucy could tell.

The white haired man, Lyon, Juvia had called him, stood abrubtly and flagged down the waitress, gathering a togo cup and bag for his croissant and coffee respectively. Once they were prepared he smiled once again to Juvia and waved his farewells before leaving.

That bit over, Lucy turned to Gray... only to find a distinct absence of teenage strippers. His cshirt and pants, however, were ever present. "Oh, shit, Gray," She swore as her eyes swept the restraunt for the half naked man.

And she found him.

He stood just behind Juvia, his face was wierd, almost as if he were pysching himself out and he stepped forward, taking a deep breath. "Juvia," he called. The blue haired woman perked and turned to him, her face lighting up. They spoke some more and he joined her, Lucy averted her eyes in favor of the magazine she had been using to cover her face, giving the pair some privacy.

"Jude Heartphilia Given Day to Live! What Does This Mean For Heartphilia Railways?"

Lucy's eyes widened as she flipped through to the main cover article. She read the article as fast as she could and slammed it down. Leaving her half eaten lemon poppy-seed muffin and still steaming coffee. She muttered a quick "I'm leaving now." to Gray and Juvia but whether they heard her or not she had no clue.

She flipped her phone out as she stomped down the sidewalk, dialing up Loke.

I've always kind of wanted to get amnesia so that I can see if my returning memories show up clip-show movie-clip style like on TV.

Oh, save me. Sister's friend is over and I want to strangle the child. Anyways, I'm on RuneScape now! I had a boyfriend who tried to get me to play, set me up an account and stuff, but I never got with it. I can't remember the details of that account so I made a new one. I'm still stuck on the Tutorial, though. Gotta get that overwith. Thanks to those who recommended MMORPG's.

SOrry this chapter is late. It took me a bit to pull it together, and then of course, you've got parents hounding on you. Sigh, And anime! That's a major holder-backer, too. Arcana Famiglia is awesome.