"LU-LU KINS IS THAT YOU?" Yup it was him Dan Straight and he was headed her way.
Lucy froze for a split second and gulped, she was not about to spend the next three days running from that creep, she looked around for Cana, but she had long since faded into the dance floor. Lucy was alone and for the first time all night she almost missed her team. 'Where is team cock block when you need them damn', she thought knowing her team would surely shield her from the, would be, suitor. She had to think of something and fast, she figured with the density of the crowd it would take about five minutes for him to get to her. Lucy took in here surroundings and began to think it through.
'Alright Lucy you need a distraction, no not just a distraction you need someone to act as you date, that is the only way he is gonna back off. Ok so call out Loke, crap you can't they have magic restrictions here to cut on damage. I could go up to Hibiki he would surely help me, but would definitely be way too handsy and probably take it as a confession. Ugggg what am I gonna do?'
Just then Lucy's eyes caught the door opening and time seemed to stop when she saw just who walked in. It was Laxus and the Thunder God Tribe, and she just knew that they were the answer she was looking for. They were he guild mates, her nakama and they would help her, given the proper persuasion of coarse so now she just had to figure out which of the three males she would ask for help. Even though the thought of Evergreen turning Dan to stone would be the preferable option 'Damn Magic restrictions'. She took in her options for a moment, Laxus would laugh at her and if he did agree to help her she was sure his price would be too high for her to agree with, she remembered his terms during Phantom Lord, and she was definitely not going to be his woman or show him her tits. Freed was a gentleman and would definitely defend her honor, but then again she was here to have fun and didn't want to be stuck with a tamer version of Erza for the night. That left Bickslow, sure he was a perv, but was not overly handsy, plus he was fun she could deal with his annoying nickname for her for the night, and like Happy she figured he could be bribed easily enough. Her mind made up she threw back the rest of her drink and made her way to the door not before quickly side swiping Dan.
Bickslow and Laxus had been talking about a plan of action for the night. They often teamed up to help their chances to get Lucky for the night. It was probably the only situation in which Bickslow was the go to over Freed, the rune mage was so uptight that he practically repelled women as if he had set up a rune barrier around them. The seith mage scanned the area looking for potential targets and he didn't even see the blonde bombshell barreling towards him until she all but tackled him.
Lucy knew she had a small window before the man would lock onto a skirt to chase so she did something a little reckless to get his attention, maybe her team was influencing her too much. She ran and jumped on the man wrapping her arms around his neck and legs around his waist and exclaimed, "Bix I missed you so much I'm glad you are here." She said it loud enough for the man hot on her heals to hear and freeze. However Dan was not the only one frozen, the Thunder God Tribe as a whole was frozen in their tracks as if ever had used her eyes on them all.
Bickslow was the first to recover. "Wow Cosplayer, if you wanted to climb me like a tree all you had to do was ask." He stated with his tongue lolling out. Lucy rolled her eyes and guessed that she deserved that one she leaned into his ear to whisper to him her intent. "Look Bickslow, I'm in a real jam here, see that guy over my shoulder, well he thinks that he is my soulmate or something, I need you to pretend to be my date tonight to keep him away. I know that you are here to have fun and I'm sorry if I'm getting in the way of that. But if you agree to keep me company tonight and play along you can put all your drinks on my tab."
Bickslow thought about it for a second and scanned the area real quick, it didn't take him long to realize that no girl in the place was going to compare to the busty blonde that had decided to wrap herself around him, and even if the night wasn't going to end with her in his bed he could at least see how far he could push it. She was a challenge and he was up for it, he wasn't going to pass up a chance to get close to her without her entourage around, 'Where is ice prick and fire dick anyway?' he thought to himself. Clearly they were not here or she wouldn't be so desperate for help ditching her stalker.
"Are you gonna hang on me all night too Cosplayer, because if so then I guess I'll agree." He whispered back to her, he was sure she was going to retract the offer even though he was just messing with her. He was not expecting what she said next. Leaning closer to his ear she whispered almost sensuously, "Well yeah Bix I am here to have fun you know, if you're gonna be my date got to make it believable right?"
At that time Lauxus had finally come out of his shock, he didn't hear the exchange because the second Lucy Jumped at Bickslow his mind quite literally shut off. He looked at his friend and then to his guildmate "Oi Blondie, you drunk or something." That was the only thought that made sense to him. Only Lucy didn't respond, she jumped off Bickslow and took his hand. Bickslow turned to his friend and leader and spoke up, "Hey man sorry you are on your own tonight. Cosplayer and I are gonna make a date of it, guess Freed is gonna have to be your wing man tonight." Laxus groaned at the thought, Freed was dependable in almost every situation except when it came to cutting loose and having fun. Freed however was thrilled to fill yet another role for his Idol, "Laxus-sama I will not let you down!" Evergreen was highly amused at this turn of events and figured she was in for an entertaining evening to say the least.
"Come on man what about bros before…." But before Laxus could finish that statement he was swatted by Evergreens fan and pinned down by a glare accompanied by a murderous aura from the celestial mage who chose now to speak, "Can it Sparkplug, I know you think you are all big and bad but if you call me a hoe I will Lucy Kick you into next week, and you can't use your magic here so don't think you can intimidate me." At that Laxus Smirked she sure was a feisty one, he quickly glanced the room and realized what his friend had already picked up on, neither one of them was going to pull a girl more alluring then the busty blonde mage before them so he couldn't really fault the guy for ditching him. Yet something didn't quite add up in his mind, like why was she over here in the first place and where were her minions of doom. Shrugging he turned to his friend and said, "Fine but I expect an explanation later, have fun, but not too much fun or the whole guild is gonna be after you, you know that right." It wasn't a question.
Bickslow shrugged and waved dismissively at his team and let himself be led away by the blonde beauty in front of him. He took this time to finally look her over since she was no longer clinging to him like a monkey, not that he minded that one bit. She was definitely hot but he had already known that, but tonight instead of the cutesy skirts and tops she usually wore, which had a certain appeal of their own, she was dressed down right sexy. She had high waisted black shorts that rode up higher on her thighs than her usual skirts did and oh how they hugged the curve of her ass. Speaking of her ass it looked great thanks to the lift her strappy little heels provided her. Her top was a midnight blue crop haltertop with a sweetheart neckline that gave an ample view of her generous assets, making his mouth water at the possibilities for the night to come. Maybe just maybe he could convince the girl into body shots, she did say she wanted to have fun after all. Then what Laxus said had crept back into his mind, the guild, no her team would have his head. But another look at her swaying hips told him that it would be worth it. He wasn't going to push anything on the girl, but he be an idiot to turn her down if she decided to instigate anything, and he was no idiot.
He came back to himself from his ogling when her stalker cleared his throat, and Lucy leaned into his side. Taking this as his cue to play the part he pulled her in closer with his arm around her waist and waited for the creep to speak. It did not take long.
"Lu-Lu Kins who is this ruffian is he bothering you." The man spoke indignantly eying up Bickslow. Lucy quickly cut in. "Oh um hi there Dan, Long time no she huh, well to answer your question no Bickslow is not bothering me he is my date tonight."
"Date? But Lu clearly fate has brought us back together for a reason, it's clear to me that you are my one true love." Dan whined and Lucy scoffed. "Dan fate has not brought us back together as you say because we were never together in the first place, now if you excuse me my date and I have a meeting with a round of shots that we have to get to." And with that she pulled Bickslow to the bar to hopefully numb her nerves with a little alcohol. Bickslow was clearly amused by the little show because she left that creep cold with his mouth agape. Lucy was usually sweet but she had put that guy in his place like an expert heartbreaker, he wondered why she needed his help at all it seemed she had it handled. But like she could read his mind she spoke up when they got to the bar.
"That guy is like Juvia crazy, he won't leave me alone unless someone is with me all night, I'm sorry I got you into this mess, thanks for helping me out though. What do you want a shot of."
Bickslow's earlier thought of body shots came to mind but he figured it was too early for that "Its fine really, it's not like it is an inconvenience to hang out with a hot girl for the night." He winked and she rolled her eyes, but not before he saw a little bit of a blush creep across her cheeks, "How about a snake bite to start off with." She nodded and ordered the shots along with a long island ice tea for herself and a glass of Jack and coke for the seith mage. He took the shot glass and raised it, "So what do we drink to?" She thought about it for a moment and chuckled, "How about to my first date." She said with a small smile. He looked at her with a little bit of shock, "She has got to be fucking with me right, she is too hot to be that innocent'.
"How is that possible Cosplayer?" he asked clearly dumbfounded. She just sighed and spoke, "Who can get close enough to ask me out with team cock block surrounding me at all times, no one wants to get turned to ash, or frozen in a block of ice, not to mention gutted by Erza. They mean well but it is suffocating. I mean technically I am 24 chronologically speaking, even if I only feel and look 17, oh wait 18 I guess I missed a birthday….oh well whatever you get it. It's embarrassing, I know, but ya never been on a date." She looked at her glass a little sadly before he spoke up again. "Ok Cospayer, to your first date then, but only if you agree that you're second is with me also." Bickslow didn't know why he had said that, he didn't go on second dates, but something about the situation had made him think that maybe he wanted to actually go on a real date with the girl.
Lucy looked at him for a second a little taken back, she was sure he was just in it for the free booze and a chance to maybe feel her up on the dance floor, but here he was asking her on a real date with no strings or bargaining chips attached. She found she actually liked the idea, she would be less nervous than with a stranger and she would get to know her guild mate better, at the very least become better friends. She took her glass and raised it, "Ok to my first date and to our future second date." And with that they downed their shots. It was at this moment that Lucy took the opportunity to study the man before her, she noticed that instead of his usual get up he was in much more casual attire. He wore a pair of dark denim ripped jeans that rode low on his hips with a pinstriped black button up shirt that hugged his frame almost sinfully, but what caught her eye the most was that he wasn't wearing his visor. She had almost a full view of his face which she had not seen since fantasia. He was actually quite handsome, and his eyes, which were behind a pair of glasses, where memorizing. She guessed that he didn't wear the visor since his magic would be null here anyway, but she couldn't understand why he'd ever wear the damn thing in the first place when his eyes where that captivating.
Bickslow didn't expect her to accept but he was happy when she did, Lucy was actually pretty fun so far, he had not really expected that. The way she had called her friends team 'cock block' had definitely surprised him, he didn't expect the girl to have a foul mouth, she always seemed so prim and prissy, and how she had called Laxus 'spark plug' nearly had his eyes bugging out. There was clearly a wild side to this girl that was just waiting to break free, and he was sure he wanted to be there to see it.
"So Cosplayer, how did you ditch "team cock block" as you put it, and why are you here alone anyway." Bickslow started off the conversation sipping on his drink. "Well you see, they were really pissing me off and I guess Cana realized if she didn't get me away from them for a bit I was going to lose it, I've been told that when I get angry I can be as scary as Erza and I guess she didn't want it to get that far. So she arranged for this trip and I arranged for my team to be otherwise engaged until at least sometime next week." She replied.
"So you are here with Cana, and you lied to your friends, aren't you just the little rebel." The seith mage stated clearly amused. Lucy looked at him and shook her head. "I didn't lie to them, I used mental war fare against them and made them want to leave town like it was their idea. All I did was promise not to go on a mission, which I am not, this trip is for pleasure not business." The male took this as an opportunity to mess with the blonde a little and leaned close to her ear and said, "Oh and what kind of pleasure are you looking for sweetheart because I'm sure that can be arranged."
When his breath ghosted over her skin a shiver ran down her back and a blush across her cheeks, luckily she didn't have to answer the sinful question as the arm of her drunken friend was thrown over her shoulder, unluckily Lucy saw the way Cana was smirking and knew nothing good was going to come from this. The card mage finally spoke up, "Oh-ho-ho what's this Lucy, letting Bickslow whisper sweet nothings in your ear, I didn't think we were gone that long." Then she turned to Bickslow and continued, "What are you doing here anyway and where is the rest of Lightning rods fan club?"
Bickslow eyed his drunken friend for a moment and also took note of her company, he figured that this was going to bode well for him, since he saw the glint in Cana's eyes, that girl could be a better wing man than any guy he knew. If he played his cards right so to speak she would be his greatest ally in the game to get Lucy to loosen up. "Lightning rod as you put it is around with the other two, we finished a job not far and decided to stop on the way home. Cosplayer here attracted herself some unwanted company and I'm her to keep him at bay."
Canna started laughing, hard, at that, "Mavis Lucy when don't you attract unwanted attention it's like you are a magnet for trouble, who was it this time?" Lucy huffed and crossed her arms in annoyance, the action pushing her tits together in a wonderful display that did not go unnoticed by either male in the group, and their glances did not go unnoticed by the brunette with them as she smirked, with a plot in mind. Lucy was oblivious as usual and just replied, "Dan Straight, ugh seriously I don't invite trouble it just wants to find me." She laid her head on the table and groaned. Bickslow took the opportunity to ask, "Where do you know that guy from anyway?" Lucy looked at him and away from Cana, so she did not see the older girl flagging down the bartender, "During the infinity clock ordeal, he is a knight for the church, honestly I don't get why I'm always the one targeted in these elaborate kidnapping plots. I mean yeah the first one I got that was my dad, and he just did it for profit but all the rest I just don't get it." She groaned as she took another sip of her drink. Bickslow took this moment to speak up, "It's because of your magic, its rare and you are the strongest Celestial Mage around, maybe even the strongest ever."
That had been the earnest truth, that is exactly what he thought, Lucy on the other hand didn't agree, "If I was strong I wouldn't need saved all the time" she mumbled. To which he replied "Well you kicked my ass twice." And that made her giggle and smile at him, he was really starting to like her smile. During this exchange he also managed to miss what Cana was doing until she cleared her throat and said, "Alright enough with the depressing trip down kidnap lane, we are here to have fun and fun we will have. I have gotten the preparations in order and it is time for you my dear Lucy to cross through a right of passage for any drinking buddy of mine."
At this Lucy quirked an eyebrow at the card mage and looked at the counter to see six shots of tequila a bowl of limes and a salt shaker. Hesitantly she looked at her friend and said, "Uh what's all this for Cana and what are you talking about a right of passage?" Bickslow quickly figured what Cana was doing and he was so on board with the direction this was going, either he was going to get to participate in body shots or at least watch the girls do them on each other and really he was more than fine with either outcome. He glanced at Bacchus and the male nodded and smirked, oh yes this was going to be fun indeed.
Canna just smirked and replied, "Body shots my dear, Lucy, body shots!"
Lucy blanched and thought, 'Dear Mavis What have I gotten myself into.'