It's finally here! The final chapter! I don't want it to end! Thank you all so much for your never ending encouragement. I hope you all love the ending. Please leave a comment, this was my first story so I would love to hear your feedback. I do not own Fairy Tail but Hiro Mashima you are amazing!

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My entire body starts with a jolt. "What the hell?" I grunt wanting more sleep.

"Stop drooling on me and wake up!" I hear Levy shout, pushing me awake. Before my brain registers my surroundings I roll off Levy's lap and find the welcoming train floor hit my back.

"Damn it." I look up to see Levy giggling, seeing me sprawled across the hard floor.

"Come on Gajeel. We need to get this stone back to our client before the sun sets." She voiced, leaning over my body with one of those heart breaking smiles. Sitting up I begin to slowly remember having to hike back down the mountain to catch the evening train.

The brisk air hit me. I exited the train watching the sun lower in the sky, marking our soon to be deadline. My frown deepened at the thought of Levy missing the moonstone cave illuminate in just a couple of hours. Fucking awful timing, I could have stayed another night with Levy and seen that amazing smile while the cave glowed by night. I mean really, what was so bad about the client having to wait another freakin' moon cycle?

Levy's hand then grabs onto mine, dragging me away from the train station and my distracted thoughts. "Come on, we don't have much time!" I try not to laugh at the sight of her trying to drag me with no success.

We walked the streets of Magnolia in enjoyable silence. I continued to steal glances at Levy while she hummed. Her smooth tone relaxed me in ways I didn't know existed. Picking up the tune I started to hum along and couldn't prevent myself from smiling in response when she looked up at me in surprise. "Cat got your tongue Shrimp?"

"Shrimp's do not have tongues!" she snapped back quickly. "Therefore you can't call me a Shrimp." she smiled in triumph.

"Alright Chibi." I replied, avoiding her angry glare.

Finally reaching our destination I knock on the door of the small blue bungalow. A woman with glasses and mousy features looked through a crack in her doorway before pushing it wide open. "Levy!" She welcomed her with a hug.

"Hi Professor. I haven't seen you at the library in a long while!"

"Well, I've currently been working on a new project and haven't been able to get out of the house much." They both laughed as if it was a recurring situation between the two.

The professor then looked my way for the first time, realizing someone else was on her porch. Her entire face went pale when she noticed me. "Professor, this is my partner!" Levy said excitedly.

"Gajeel Redfox, Iron Dragon Slayer of Fairy Tail." I reached out my hand for her to take. She was still dazed at my appearance, not even registering the words that had come out of my mouth. Not wanting to be seen as a threat to Levy's friend or make the situation even more awkward by her insistent look, I decided it would be best if I didn't hinder their reacquaintance.

"You know what Bookworm, I think it's best if you talk to Mrs. Professor here and I go tell Mira that we got back fine."

I look over to see Levy pout, "You sure?"

"Yah, I'll see you tomorrow at the guild Shorty." I playfully messed with her hair and started to walk towards the guild hall.

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Professor Alexandria had always felt like a mother to me in a way. I smiled at the thought while sitting down on her old mocha colored couch.

"So, this the guy you've been talking about?" she asked me. My face reddened, remembering my confession with the professor one afternoon after we talked about our favorite romance novels. Her noisiness somehow always got the best of me.

I nodded my head shyly in reply. "Ah, I see. I was stunned to see that he looks exactly as you described him." I hit the ridiculous comment out of the air with my hand trying to not blush, but fail in doing so.

"Oh! Do tell me all about the mission!" She enthusiastically sat down ready to hear all the juicy details that I was about to spill. I started with a smile, beginning to tell her my situation with the Iron Dragon Slayer.

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"Hello Gajeel!" Mirajane shouted from across the bar. I saw Lily sitting on the counter next to her and started making my way towards them.

"Bookworm and I are back from our mission." I stated blankly while sitting on one of the stools.

"Where is Levy?" Lily inquired with an unmistakable grin to his face.

"Yes. How did it go with Levy-san?" Mira asked with a sigh, resting her head in both of her hands.

"Bookworm is at the Professor's house." Mira and Lily both looked at me with a glint in their eye. "Nothing happened!"

"Nothing, eh?" they both spoke trying to push me for details.

"You better stop rubbing off on my damn cat demon!" I sighed in defeat as they both just smiled in reply. I stood from my stool ignoring Mira's obvious look of disappointment.

"I need to go do something." I called back to them, reaching the guild doors.

"What!? I don't get any details at all!?" Mira cried hysterically.

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I walk back to Fairy Hills beat tired from all Professor Alexandria's questions. Taking one step at a time I relish in the sight of the stars slowly coming out into the night, the full moon hanging high in the sky.

Reaching my room, I open my door and am mesmerized by the sight. My entire room shined with bright light and beautiful colors dancing all over the walls. I walked over to the source. I felt my stomach flip over as I saw the moonstone in the shape of a heart lay on my desk. My own heart tightened in my chest in response.

Without even thinking, I grabbed the stone and ran out of my apartment. My feet pounded the hard pavement, my entire body feeling the cold night air rush past me, filling me with a new adrenaline rush. I run into Gajeel's apartment complex across town and start banging on his door trying to catch my breath in the process. Gajeel then opens his door without a shirt on, wearing only his gray and black plaid pj pants.

I blushed hard not anticipating him to open his door in pjs, or lack thereof. In fact I wasn't anticipating running all the way to his place either. Crap. Now that I thought about it I hadn't even thought about what I was going to say! Talk about a great plan Levy, I start to berate myself in mortification of my poor planning skills at that very moment.

I started to think of anything I could say. 'Thanks Gajeel for giving me your heart?' that just screamed LAME, or better yet, 'Hey idiot why didn't you give this to me in person so you could tell me the damn significance of it! You know, to avoid the situation of me acting like I was brain dead in front of your door!' If only I could just get myself out of here, or think of the rights words to say. My magic was based on languages, when did finding the right words become so hard?

"Um, uh," I look at my shoes contemplating the possibility of dancing away and making Gajeel think he was just having some weird dream. I look back up to see if Gajeel looked sleepy enough for my dancing act to work and was surprised to see he was wide awake looking down at me.

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I saw how gently Levy held the stone within both of her hands, making my doorway glow in a brilliant white light with colorful patches. The colors danced along my door frame in a hexagon pattern branched out between the luminous white.

When she finally looked up at me I smiled as I saw the light hit her face with the softest glow I've ever seen. I place my hand on her cheek and move down to encompass her soft lips with mine. I brush my fingers through her silk like hair, trying to show her how I truly feel about her through our heated kiss. She then wraps her arms around my neck, going on her tip-toes, deepening the kiss. My other hand finds her lower back and I encircle her waist, pulling her forward towards me, not wanting to let her go.

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We pulled back searching for oxygen desperately. I gasp as Gajeel holds my jaw in his hand, pulling me in for another passionate kiss. The feeling was exhilarating. I had no idea his feelings were so intense, but I returned them in the same way, happy to finally know our true feelings matched.

Fairy Tail Fin!