Disclaimer: I don't own fairy tail or any of it's characters.

"Did you already get the park scheduled?" Erza asked, looking over the checklist she had in her hand.

Jellal gave her an amused half-smile, "You do realize this is the third time you have asked me now, right? I'm starting to think you don't trust me."

"Well did you?" Erza asked again.

Jellal rolled his eyes and then returned them to his book, "Yes Erza, we are definitely all set to use the park for the wedding."

"Let's see, Richard is doing the catering," Erza made a check on the sheet. "Obviously we're using Droy for flowers, he already had me penciled in. You said Macbeth would be doing the photography correct?"

Jellal nodded, "Yes, it's not really what he typically does, but he has done a few weddings. I saw the pictures they were very well done, I'll bring you over there to see . . ."

Erza interrupted him with a cry of, "Oh my god! How could I forget!"

Jellal looked up in concern, "Forget what?"

"My cake, I haven't picked the cake!" Erza put her hand to her mouth in horror.

Jellal gave a full grin this time, "I'm pretty sure you still have plenty of time to find someone to make your cake. There's still 10 months left."

Erza looked at him like he was a moron, "No, this is unacceptable, we must go see Lucy, what if she ends up with something else scheduled for that day!"

"Does Lucy even make wedding cakes?" Jellal raised a brow.

"Does that matter? She is my friend, this is my wedding. I would think she would make an exception even if it isn't a typical thing for her. Her cakes are the best and I must have the best!" Erza said, stomping over to find her keys and shoes.

Jellal lazily pulled himself from the couch and gave a big stretch, "I guess this means we're heading to the bakery?"

Erza was already half out the front door, "Hurry Jellal! Time is of the essence!"

Jellal watched her run to her car with his head tilted and an amused smile on his face, she was just so adorably crazy.

Lexy fluttered around the house like a tiny humming bird, tidying corner after corner of the house. "You know, from what I remember, your mom could really care less about that. She's so oblivious I'd be surprised if she noticed dirty dishes on the sink. She's definitely not going to care if your books are in alphabetical order," Gajeel teased.

"It's not for her, it's for me! I'm so nervous, this is just bothering me! I can't just sit in the corner and wait for my mom to get here! I haven't told her anything and the whole world has turned upside down in the last six months!"

Gajeel came up behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist, kissing the top of her head, "Well if what you need is something to distract you, I could be that something." Running one of his hands up her torso and then her throat, finishing by tracing the line of her jaw.

Levy turned in his arms and looked up at him, giving him a sultry smile, "Well if you don't think it would be too much trouble."

He gave her a predatory grin, "It should be a crime for you to be that cute." He picked her up, chuckling lightly when she squealed in surprise. He gave her tender kisses all the way up the stairs, keeping her from being able to pay attention to anything else out of place on the path up to the bed. He hoped that after pushing a few of the right buttons, he might be able to convince his shrimp to take a nap.

Lucy gulped, Erza was going to murder her. "I'm sorry Erza, I don't usually do wedding cakes," she tried quietly. Oh god, there was no way to get her to understand this.

"Excuse me? I think I just heard you wrong, did you say you don't make wedding cakes?" Erza's eyes practically popped out of her head.

Lucy grimaced, "I'm so sorry Erza, but yea, I don't do wedding cakes. I just do the small strawberry and chocolate ones I do here. I've just never mastered a cake that large, they always come out too dense, or lopsided, or they don't hold up well when I construct them. If you really wanted me to make something for the wedding, I could do a lot of small cakes for you. We could put them out on different height cake plates, that's a little bit trendy right now."

Erza paled, "But. . .but I wanted a big cake."

Jellal smiled, obviously amused by his fiance's obsession. He took her hand, and spoke as if soothing a child, "It's going to be okay Erza, we can go try a some other bakeries. Doesn't that sound great? We could go eat lots of cake that way!"

Lucy couldn't believe it, there was actually a tear dripping its way down Erza's cheek. The redhead's lip trembled and she turned to look Jellal in the eye, "But Lucy's cake is my favorite cake. I wanted a big Lucy cake."

Jellal pushed some of Erza's hair behind her ear, "Well that would just be silly to have a cake shaped like Lucy, or maybe you meant you want her to jump out of one? Because I'm pretty sure that would be inappropriate for a wedding."

His sarcasm snapped her out of her depression. She jabbed a finger into his chest, "Damnit don't tease me! This is serious! It's going to ruin our wedding!" Lucy was in disbelief at how Jellal reacted with just an apologetic grin, Erza was terrifying!

"Well if it's the strawberry cake you want, I have a friend from culinary school who does wedding cakes for a living. She does a beautiful one that tastes very similar to mine," Lucy offered. "Just . . .she works at an extremely fancy place downtown, so . . . it might be expensive. . ."

"Does it taste likes yours?" Erza looked hopeful.

"Better in my opinion," Lucy admitted.

Erza made a determined fist, "Then money is no object!"

Jellal grinned, "Well, it might be a little bit of an object, we can't spend the entire catering budget on the cake. Do you know how much they charge over there? Some of those places get a little bit ridiculous."

Lucy frowned, "I'm not sure, it's been a while. Hold on." She stepped into her office and came back with her phone, "I'll send Yukino a text to see if she's available and how much it would be. I can let you know when I find out!" She said cheerfully.

"I guess that should do," Erza sighed.

"Can you pack up one of your strawberry cakes for us to take with us, I have a feeling Erza is going to need it," Jellal gave Erza's hand a squeeze.

"Of course! My pleasure!" Lucy said, throwing her phone in her pocket. She washed her hands and packed up the cake, then traded it for Jellal's credit card.

Erza took the box with a small smile "Thank you Lucy." She gave a big sigh, "It's a pity, I really hoped to be able to check this off my list."

Jellal rubbed her back, "You could put half a check, you did get the process started after all."

Erza looked at him appalled. "You can't . . .you can't just put . . .you can't just put half a check!" she sputtered. "That would completely throw off the system, I would see a mark and assume it was finished!"

"Oh is that so?"Jellal gave Lucy a wink and started steering Erza towards the door.

"Jeez, sometimes I don't know how you get anything accomplished, you must think all your tasks are done when they are merely half complete!" Erza stopped and looked at Jellal with her hands on her hips, "Are you absolutely sure you reserved the park? That wasn't a one of those half checked items, was it?"

"For the love of all the is holy woman, I scheduled the damn park!" Jellal opened the door with one hand and used the other to rub his temple. His mouth tilted up in an exasperated smile.

Erza have him a quick kiss as she walked past him to leave, "Alright, I believe you. A half check, seriously, I just still can't believe you would recommend it!"

Lucy chuckled to herself as she watched them leave. Just barely into their engagement, and Erza and Jellal bickered like an old married couple.

"Laxus fight me!" Natsu called, thrilled to see the large blond entering Elfman's gym.

Laxus looked up at him and rolled his eyes, "Damn, you idiots would be here too." He ignored Natsu's challenge and headed to the locker room.

Gray crossed his arms, "You can't yell fight me at every person who walks through the door."

"You're just mad because you lost frosty," Natsu laughed.

"I didn't lose, you cheated!" Gray yelled, shoving his finger in Natsu's face. "Biting is not allowed!"

Natsu put a finger in Gray's face, "You're just being a baby, this is fight club, there are no rules in fight club!"

"Actually there are rules Natsu, you can't bite, it's not manly," said Elfman, coming behind them to set out some clean towels.

"What the hell am I suppose to do when he jams a finger in my mouth then? Lick it?" Natsu fumed, damn Elfman taking Gray's side. "Elfman fight me!" He bobbed and weaved around the massive man, making teasing jabs at his ribcage.

Elfman shooed him off like a fly,"Natsu, I'm working, go take out your energy on one of the heavy bags."

"You guys are the worst! Damnit!" Natsu noticed Laxus was back from the locker room and heading towards the free weights in the corner. "Laxus fight me!"

"No way Natsu, I don't like sparring with you, it's like going up against a honey badger. You're too crazy and small. Bixlow should be here any minute, I'm going to work with him." He ignored Natsu's whines of protest and started stretching his arms.

"Did you talk to Gramps about the beach," Gray asked, leaning up against the wall. Natsu grumbled about being interrupted, then picked up a jump rope and began skipping rope in Gray's direction. "Crap, Natsu watch where you swing that thing, you're pissing me off!"

"Then fight me!" Natsu yelled.

"Yea, I talked to the old man about it," Laxus regarded Gray warily, "Why?"

Natsu stopped jumping and grinned wide, "Gray doesn't want you to go so that he doesn't have to share a room with Juvia." Then he added in a loud whisper, "He's scared she'll seduce him!"

Gray made a frustrated groan, "That's not it asshole! I just talked to Freed yesterday, and he said Bixlow and Ever were coming, but he wasn't sure about Laxus, I'm just curious!"

Laxus's mouth turned up in a half-grin, "You've been with Juvia what, since New Year's now? You still haven't slept in the same bed as her?"

Gray shrugged,"Look, I'm not some huge slut like you guys, I go at my own pace. So no, I haven't slept in the same bed as her, alright? I go home at the end of the night like a gentleman, something you two wouldn't know anything about."

Laxus made a befuddled expression, "I don't get it, is Juvia trying to save herself for marriage? Not that there's anything wrong with that, but why would you go home every time? You can't even cuddle every now and then?"

Natsu laughed wildly, jumping rope in circles around Gray, "No! That's the best part! It's not Juvia at all, it's Gray! He just wants to be able to wear white at his wedding."

Gray reached out to try and grab Natsu who jumped just out the way, "You're really pissing me off flame brain!"

"Yes! Fight me!" Natsu shouted in glee.

Laxus chuckled at their antics, "I didn't realize you were the type Gray, that last girl you were with we practically had to turn the hose on you."

Gray narrowed his eyes, "Yea, and look how that ended. Definitely not the same thing, don't even compare them. There's no way in hell I'm letting you two idiots rush me, this is between me and Juvia."

Laxus's smile grew malicious, "I wasn't going to go, but you know, I am starting to look a little pale, maybe I do need to go work on my tan."

"You weren't going to go to the beach!" came Bixlow's surprised voice. He set his bag on the bench nearby, "You have to go! Otherwise I'm stuck with Freed as a wingman and he blows at it. How am I supposed to pick up chicks when the guy next to me is prettier than all the girls on the beach!"

Gray raised a brow, "Why weren't you going to go? It's tradition. I thought you already kept that week open so that there wouldn't be any work we were missing."

Bixlow gave a mischievous grin, wiggling his eyebrows, "Does this have to do with the fact that all three of the Strauss's are able to come this year?"

"O damn, is Mira still with that Orga guy," Natsu stood still for the first time since he arrived at the gym, giving Laxus a concerned look.

Laxus sighed, "Don't look at me like that. Mira has nothing to do with it, I just felt like getting some quiet time away from you assholes for once. What kind of vacation involves all of the idiots I work with? Even Gajeel will be here this year because Gramps invited Levy. You turds are the least relaxing group on the planet."

"You know Gray, maybe you should just share a room with Laxus. You won't have to worry about him bringing anyone back to the room and you guys can cuddle, I think he needs it," Natsu offered with a grin. Bixlow barked in laughter slapping Laxus on the back.

"Now you're pissing me off Natsu," Laxus warned.

"Yes! Fight me!" Natsu began shadow boxing around Laxus, daring him to hit back.

Just as Laxus was about to take the bait, the front doors of the gym came flying open. Erza stepped in in all her glory, wearing nothing but a white sports and tight red capris. "Natsu! Fight me!" She commanded, storming towards one of the mats.

"Finally!" he threw his hands up in the air in delight, then ran over to meet his doom.

"'Bout time somebody got here to make that nutcase shut up," said Laxus. He nodded to Bixlow who motioned that he was going to run to the locker room to get ready.

"Seriously," Gray placed a supportive hand on Laxus shoulder. "Hey, don't worry about me or anything when you decide whether or not to go. It's not a big deal. I gotta get going, I'm meeting Juvia for lunch." Laxus gave him a grunt and a nod as a response. Then the two men slapped hands and went on their separate ways.

It was nearly closing time when Lucy heard the bell of the front door. She hoped it would be quick, she had a large order of shortbreads to decorate and she wanted to get started on them quickly. However, Lucy was happily surprised to find a familiar face when she came to the front, "Yukino?"

The silver haired girl gave a small smile and raised a hand, "Hey Lucy, long time no see!"

Lucy ran around the counter and gave her friend a huge hug. "It's so good to see you!"

Yukino's smile grew a little, "Yes, it is good to see you too!" she said, hugging Lucy back. "I needed to talk to you, is now a good time?"

"Yes! Of course! Let me lock the front door since it's closing time anyway, do you mind hanging out with me in the back while I get an order finished?" Lucy went to go turn the bolt on the front door.

"Of course not! I'd love to see your kitchen. You've done such a lovely job here, this little bakery is adorable!" Yukino exclaimed.

"Thank you," Lucy said as they headed to the back. She showed Yukino to the seat in the corner, and went right to work washing her hands and melting chocolate. She already had the ten trays stacked and waiting on her work table. "So what did you want to talk about?"

Yukino paused for a moment, watching Lucy prepare a bag of bright blue colored chocolate. "Well you see. . .it's a little serendipitous that you texted me today."

"Oh yea? And why is that?" Lucy asked, started to put blue patterns on the first tray.

"I was fired today," Yukino said with a frown.

"Fired! How could they fire you?" Lucy exclaimed, setting the chocolate down. "Your cakes are so beautiful!"

"Well, it was out of my hands really," Yukino rubbed her temples. "I'm just so unlucky! We were trying to get this order for a major event downtown, and they liked the other place's cake better. I know I gave my best, but it didn't matter, my boss wouldn't hear of it. He said that he didn't want any losers on his team."

"Oh Yuki! That's awful," Lucy cried.

"Yes, it was extremely embarrassing. He yelled at me in front of the entire bakery, and made me take off my apron and leave it there." Yukino started playing with sleeve of her cardigan.

"What are you going to do now?" Lucy asked, returning to squeezing blue chocolate on cookie after cookie.

"I'm not sure, I have some savings so I should be okay for a few months. I might move in with my sister, if it gets really bad." She stood and walked towards Lucy, "I was smart about one thing though, when I received my contract I made sure I would be able to take any of my recipes and tricks of the trade with me. I wrote them down, I was thinking you might like them." She set a notebook on the table in front of Lucy.

Lucy set the bag of chocolate down again and looked up at Yukino, her face aghast. "No Yukino, I can't accept those! There's no way I could ever do your cakes justice!"

Yukino frowned, "You have to Lucy! Who knows when I'll be able to get back in. I'll have to work out of my home kitchen! The last person who was fired ended up having to change careers, our boss blackballed him at every turn, making sure he couldn't find work anywhere." Her shoulders slumped. "I guess that's what I get for ignoring all the warning signs when I took the job, I knew he was horrible but I wanted to work for the best."

Lucy looked up at her friend. "What if you worked here? With me?"

Yukino eyes widened, "Oh Lucy, I couldn't ask you to do that!"

"Actually, that would work great, I still don't have a good cake variety since all I can handle is the little ones and cheesecakes. It would help fill a void here. I could pay you a wage for the hours you work for me and then you could give me a portion of the profit on the specialty cakes and keep the rest for you. The only problem is that at the moment I still can't afford to pay you very much," Lucy bit her lip. If Yukino could come work with her, she might actually be able to get a break every once and a while. Lucy prayed Yukino would say yes.

Yukino tapped the table with a fingernail. "Well, I wouldn't need too much, and maybe we could schedule a time to renegotiate after we make sure having me here is beneficial. Are your fridges large enough to hold a few cakes at a time?"

"I think so," Lucy said. "Why don't you take a look around? I'll finish up this order and then we can sit down and look at some real numbers!"

Yukino smiled and said with a sniffle, "That sounds great!"

"Oh no! Yuki are you crying?" Lucy said, her face twisted in concern.

"It's just, I can't believe I'll still have a chance to bake, this is so kind of you!" Yukino exclaimed wiping a tear from her eye.

Lucy came round the counter and gave Yukino a hug, "Of course! What are friends for?"

By the time the front doorbell finally rang, Levy was a mess. She had everything ready, the pot pie Lucy had helped her make was in the oven, everything was wiped down and dusted, the new floors shone and the walls were clean with the fresh paint Gajeel had done last weekend. She looked like she had her entire life together, even if she was a giant disaster. She shouldn't be nervous, it was just her mother. She knew her mom wouldn't be mad, but she just couldn't bare it if her mother was disappointed.

Gajeel gave her a supportive nod, and left to go sit on the back porch and have a beer. Levy swallowed deeply and went to open the front door. It was a relief to see a small smile on her mother's face. "This is a very good house you picked here, I can tell, very good bones," Belno said with a nod.

"You think so?" Levy said giving her mother a kiss on the cheek. "How was your trip? Did everything go okay?"

Her mother entered into the house, turning her head side to side to take it all in. "It was lovely, the natives on Galuna Island were fascinating. So in tune with nature and spiritual, I could have stayed a whole year!"

They entered the living room, and her mother took a seat. Levy hesitated to start up real conversations, she felt so nervous! "Can I get you something to drink? Dinner should be ready in about half an hour."

"Oh no, sit and chat with me for a bit," Belno patted the couch next to her. "It's been so long since I've been able to have a decent conversation with you! All of our phone calls have been so short!"

"I'm sorry mom, you know I don't really like talking on the phone," Levy grimaced.

"Of course, so how's work going? Everything good at the book store," her mother asked

"Great actually, Jet found me a senior on his track team who is very responsible. He's now able to close and open the shop when I can't be there. It's so nice to have someone to rely on," Levy smiled.

"Well that was nice of Jet! It's good for you too, you work too much. And how about this house? When did you move out of the apartment? How were you able to afford such a sweet little place?" Her mother asked with a small smile.

"I moved out just a few weeks ago," Levy hesitated to answer the next question. She took a deep breath, "I don't own the house by myself mom, I'm living with someone."

Her mother gave her a knowing smile, "Oh I'm so glad! Gajeel finally grew some balls."

Levy nearly choked, "Mother!"

"I could tell how he felt for you, that lonely idiot. I can't count how many times I told he should just tell you," Belno said with a fond look on her face.

Levy stared at her horrified. "And . . .what . . .what did he say?"

Her mother chuckled, "To quit my nagging."

"I still can't believe you told him that!" Levy covered her mouth in shock.

"Why not? You two are perfect for each other, your auras just meld, both such old souls. Also it has been such a relief to know I could count on him to look after you, now that your father has passed away, and I'm traveling all the time. You need somebody to make sure you take that nose out of a book and see the real world every once and a while," Belno pulled her daughter into a hug.

"I don't know what to say, I didn't realize you would be so okay about this," Levy said.

"You don't have to say anything, I'm just so happy for you dear," Belno patted Levy's knee.

Levy grimaced, "Well there is a little bit more actually."

Belno tilted her head, "Is something else going on?"

"Well, you see . . .umm . . .it's just," Levy struggled, this was good information, why was telling her mother so hard? "Well . . ." Levy made a deep sigh, "we're going to have a baby."

"What!" her mother's mouth was opened in shock, "A baby?"

Levy closed her eyes, "I'm so sorry mom, I know this probably seems out of nowhere. We didn't plan it, it just kinda happened."

Levy's mother hugged her again tightly, stroking Levy's hair, "Oh Levy, that's wonderful news! Sorry for my reaction, I'm just so surprised!" She pulled Levy back so she could show her smile, "Now where is that man hiding, geez he moves fast. I thought he would at least wait until I knew he was dating you before giving me a grandchild!"

Levy was appalled, "Mother!"

Belno rose to her feet and headed towards the back of the house, waving Levy off. "Oh sweetheart, let an old woman have her fun. It's obvious you two have." She gave Levy a wink and opened the back door. Levy shook her head a smiled, watching her mother tease a shocked Gajeel in the backyard.

Lucy strapped the ice pack tightly around Natsu's midsection, "Well I guess that's what you get for trying to take on Erza."

Natsu placed a hand on Lucy's shoulder and looked at her with his face screwed up in anguish, "Oi, Luce, have some compassion. It was either me or you, Erza was just so mad about the cake."

Lucy breathed in quickly and covered her mouth, his expression making her feel guilty,"Oh no! She was really that upset? I feel terrible!"

Natsu doubled over in a mixture of laughs and pained groans. "Of course not! She just told me about it after. Erza always manages to kick my ass. Although I was close this time. Geez, teasing you is almost too easy!"

Lucy smacked him on the back of the head, "Maybe I won't be so easy tonight," she threatened. Lucy walked away from him towards the kitchen. She had pasta boiling and it would need a good stirring.

Natsu followed behind her, wrapping his arms around her and leaning his chin on her shoulder. "Oh Lucy, as if you have any control over that."

"Natsu!" she shrieked, shoving him away, getting a small satisfaction from the pained sound he made. Shows him for mocking her.

"Jeez Lucy, you been lifting weights," Natsu complained, taking a seat at the table with a groan.

Lucy stirred the pasta in the pot. She tasted her meat sauce, the flavor was just right. It wasn't the most exciting meal, but it was all she could handle after a late night of decorating cookies and tending to Natsu. "I have big news," she said with a smile.

"Oh yea," Natsu said, "So you are going to be easy after all? Cause I don't really have the energy to put in a lot of work."

Lucy rolled her eyes. She tested one piece of pasta for doneness and threw another one at his face, "Will you get your mind out of the gutter for one second!" She poured the pasta into the colander in the sink and then returned it to the pot, mixing the sauce in and enjoying the smell of tomato and garlic that wafted up to her nose. "I'm going to have someone working with me at the bakery."

Natsu perked up, like a puppy who heard his name. "Does this mean?"

"Well, I'm not one hundred percent sure, but she is really good so, yea, I'm probably going to be able to go to the beach."

"Yes!" Natsu hopped up from the table and swung her around the kitchen, "We're going to have so much fun!" His dance was short lived however, when the pain in his ribcage from the sudden movement cut through his joy, doubling him over in pain, "Damnit, Erza really got me good."

Lucy laughed and rubbed his back, "You're ridiculous! Come on, let's get some food in you so we can get you to bed."

He looked up at her, grinning through the pain, "Now you're talking!"

Laxus had only been at Mira's for ten minutes and he was already ready to go. If one more person mentioned the beach he was going to lose his mind. It was just two weeks away, and he got that everyone was so excited, but memories of last year didn't sit well in his stomach. From just the simple time of hanging out with Mira and his friends, to all those times he and Mira snuck off when everyone else was distracted. He knew it just wouldn't be the same this year. He probably wouldn't even be able to hang with Mira, much less sneak off with her. She would be bringing Orga. And somehow Erza, Gray, and even Natsu had ended up with significant others this year, which meant constantly being reminded his current lonely state.

He looked across the table noticing the quick heated glance between Elfman and Evergreen. That had to have been at least the sixth time this night! If Bixlow and Freed started making eyes at each other he was leaving and never coming back, it seemed like everybody was hooking up now that he wasn't.

Cana pulled up a chair next to him, turning it around so she could straddle it and lean on the back. "So you're coming right? You aren't going to leave me alone for lovefest 2016 are you?"

Laxus chuckled and took a sip of his beer, "I'm still thinking about it."

Cana groaned and threw her head back, "You have to though, I've already told Gramps I would be there and I promised Lisanna. She doesn't want to be a lonely single either."

"Bixlow and Freed are going," Laxus offered.

"Oh please, Freed will just make disapproving looks every time I'm rowdy, and Bixlow is wasted after like three beers," Cana scoffed.

"Hey! I heard that!" complained Bixlow.

"It was . . . accurate," added Freed, taking a sip of his scotch.

"How are both you and Mira going to be able to go anyway?" Laxus asked.

"We're leaving Mest and Bacchus in charge," Cana looked over to the bar where Bacchus was doing shots with a particularly rowdy group of bar patrons. "Probably not our best decision. . ."

"I don't know Cana, I'm not going to exactly be much of a good time either," Laxus said.

"You big idiot just come," Cana said, stealing a sip of his beer.

"Are you not coming to the beach with us Laxus?" came Mira's voice from behind him.

He looked back to see her disappointed face and Orga's pensive one. "I haven't decided," he said taking back to his beer back from Cana with a look of warning. She merely shrugged and smiled.

He was then surprised to feel Mira's body suddenly draped over his back, her arms around his neck. She turned her head to look at him, her eyes sad and concerned, "But you have to go Laxus, we've made this trip all together every year for the past ten years! It's tradition!" Mira must have already had a few to be so affectionate, and he could sense Orga's glare burning a hole through his back. He cut his eyes to Cana and wished he could slap the smug grin off her face. She knew as well as he did that he couldn't say no to a request like that from Mira, at least not anymore.

He sighed, "Alright Mira, I'll go." She squealed in delight and gave him a kiss on the cheek, but then bounded back to Orga. He took another sip and looked up at Freed who was watching him studiously. That idiot needed to stop worrying about him so much. Laxus gave a fake smile and leaned back in his seat, "Looks like us single losers are going to have to pack an entire liquor store, it's going to be a crazy week." The whole table clinked glasses and cheered.