Like wow, I'm such a lazy updater ~.~

But hey! Can you blame me? Have you seen the FT anime/manga lately?

Its been an emotional rollercoaster.ლ(ಠ_ಠლ)

Disclaimer: I don't own a flipping character from this story, It's all Hiro Mashima's. Aswell as anything else that I might refer to in the story, like songs, other shows, etc. T_T

Chapter 2

Lucy and Levy played it pretty and smiled, ignoring the annoying camera flashes from the the paparazzi. As soon as they reached the bottom step, they were bombarded by unfamiliar people. Many gave the girls their farewells, some complimenting Lucy's performance or Levy's writing. They both gave the usual 'thank you' and flashed a smile in response, making their way to black-clothed bar table. Laxus has disappeared somewhere in the crowd, so that left Lucy and Levy to escort themselves.

Of course they were nervous, who wouldn't? They were told that the representatives would be the producer and the main male lead, so they both really wanted to make good impressions. 'But what if they don't like me' Lucy thought, gripping Levy's hand tighter. 'They might think I'm not experienced enough and they'll change their minds last minute...'

As they walked closer, Lucy's breathing was borderlining hyperventilation and Levy was quaking like a leaf. Even though Levy was guaranteed the job, Lucy's current demeanor wasn't reassuring. Just a few feet away, they could spot a beautiful red-head in a little black dress and...

A young dark-bluenette in fuschia, sipping on what appears to be apple juice. The two girls stopped in their tracks, right in front of the chrome table. They barely had time to register what's in front of them before the red-head looked at them and smiled.

'Lucy Heartfilia and Levy McGarden' the red-head offered her hand. 'My name is Erza Scarlet, director and floor manager of 'Fairy Tale'. Nice to finally meet you."

Snapping out of their shocked stupor, Lucy shook Erza's hand, Levy doing the same afterwards. They turned to look at the young figure standing behind Erza, confusion evident on their faces. Erza turned to look behind her and, remembering her company, gently nudged the teenaged girl.

The dark-bluenette jumped and hastily bowed before them. "Ah! Um...N-nice to meet you!" She stood up straight, her fingers nervously fiddling with a lock of her curled hair. "M-my name is Wendy Marvell and I'm here in the behalf of my brother. I'm sure he sends his apologies."

Her voice seemed to have gone a octave higher when she said the last part, but Lucy didn't notice. "I didn't know the actor's last name was 'Marvell'." Lucy crouched down to look at Wendy in the eyes, a smile on her lips. "Also didn't know he had such a cute little sister!"

Wendy blushed at the comment and opened her mouth, but Erza's voice made her shut it. "Actually her last name is 'Dragneel', 'Marvell' is just an alias."

Levy's eyes widened. "When you mean 'Dragneel', do you mean The Natsu Dragneel, right?"

"That's right." Erza sipped her strawberry daiquiri before continuing. "Do you happen to be a fan of his, Levy?"

Wendy and Lucy looked at Levy, who was shaking her head. "N-no! We both went to 'Yousei High' together before he became, ya know, famous."

"Does that mean you also know Gray-san too?" Wendy asked.

Levy chuckled. "Yeah, I know Gray. We didn't hang out, but I knew him."

"How about you Lucy?" Erza questioned the blonde. "I didn't go to 'Yousei High', so I didn't meet Natsu and Gray until two years ago."

A waiter holding a tray of strawberry martinis walked passed and Lucy managed to swipe one before the silver tray disappeared in the crowd. "No, my Dad sent me to a private school overseas." She took a sip of her alcoholic concoction and reveled in the sweet flavour.

"Impressive." The corners of Erza's mouth quirked upwards when she saw Lucy redden a bit. "So, shall we get to business now? I have the papers with me."

Lucy set her drink down on the table as Erza shuffled the stapled contract, as well as reaching in her small clutch to pull out a black ball-point pen. Erza slid the pen and paper towards Lucy and clasped her fingers together. Lucy quickly flipped through the pages, sometimes stopping to read a few lines before continuing. Both Wendy and Levy made idle chatter as this exchange happened.

Lucy set the papers down on the table and picked up the pen. "Where do I sign?"

Erza's index finger pointed to the yellow tags on the side. "Yellow means signature and red means initials."

Lucy gulped, the pen in her hand hovering above the page. 'This is it...' Lucy thought to herself. 'My future is literally in my hands.'

Although she urged herself to start writing, her hands kept where they were.

'Come on Lucy, you can do this!'

She lowered her hand till the black ball-point tip made contact, brushing the smooth ink into her elegant cursive signature. Lucy took a deep breath before signing next to a red tag, her loopy writing taking form once again.

Although it felt like minutes, it actually turned into hours. When Lucy finally reached the very back of the stapled stack, many guests have already left and the clocked read 11:17. Levy and Wendy both had fallen asleep, both of them leaning against each other and sitting down on the curved staircase. Laxus was chatting with last remaining group of guests by the bar and Erza had her hands clasped together, her eyes closed.

One last flick of her wrist, Lucy finished writing down her name and set the pen down with a loud 'clack'. She slid the contract and ball-point pen towards Erza, whose eyes had just opened. Lucy watched the red-head flip through all the pages before placing the materials in a manila envelope. Although Lucy was twitchy and nervous from this brief moment of silence, Erza's warm smile melted it away.

With her brown eyes gleaming, Erza spoke to her. " Congratulations Lucy Heartfilia." She held out her hand towards the blonde. " You are now signed with Vermillion Studios. I'm very happy to be working with you soon!"

It took a few seconds to register what Lucy just heard before she gave a face-splitting smile. Instead of taking Erza's outstretched hand, Lucy threw her arms around the woman, whispering 'Thank you!' repeatedly.

Erza staggered a bit from the sudden hug attack but quickly adjusted, throwing her own arms around the blonde with a congratulatory squeeze. Lucy felt like squealing and jumping with joy.

One step closer to her dream.

~~~xXx~~~

After greeting the entry-guard 'Good Morning', two figures clad in baggy 'Vermillion Studio' hoodies passed through the large reinforced gates and made their way to Set #8. One of them had a baseball cap while the other wore a floppy sunhat, both their shoulders hunched over tiredly.

As soon as they reached the large metallic warehouse, they both made their way to the green room, exchanging pleasantries to people they passed by. A few unrecognizable workers were carrying the props and pieces from their previous shoot.

The two people soon reached the very back of Set #8 and they entered the green room in silence. A raven-haired male occupied the mini kitchen in the far left, preparing a blueberry smoothie.

"'Sup Ice Queen." The man with the baseball cap flopped onto the navy blue loveseat, throwing the back of his left hand over his eyes.

'Ice Queen' looked up briefly before pouring a measured cup of protein powder in the blender. "You look like shit Flame Head." he sneered.

"Bite me." The hooded male growled, throwing his baseball cap at the sniggering man. His salmon bedhead poked out in different directions, but he managed to look good despite of it.

His deep green eyes looked at the slouched figure on the left. The person was sitting on the matching lounge chair, the floppy sunhat covering their features.

He sighed. "Lis, can you stop moping around? We'll find him next time!"

Lisanna Strauss huffed with annoyance and tossed her sunhat on the coffee table. She crossed her arms and sunk lower into the navy plushiness.

"I'm guessing it was another unsuccessful night?" The dark-haired man now was holding two bottles of water, one which was thrown at the pink-haired one.

As he passed the second one to Lisanna, she took a brief look at him and sighed. "Gray, your shirt's gone again."

Gray Fullbuster looked down at his nude yet nicely chiseled chest and cursed under his breath. "God freaking dammit, again?..."

Once Gray got his shirt, which somehow ended up inside the sink, he heard a snicker from the couch. "What'd I tell ya? Once a stripper, always a stripper!" the male said mockingly.

Gray turned on the blender full of smoothie ingredients, making sure it was on the loudest setting. He smirked when he saw the man on the couch jolt from the sudden noise. Once Gray finished, he turned it off and poured it inside his portable protein shaker.

After taking a quick gulp, Gray joined the two in the lounge area. He flopped onto the navy chair parallel to Lisanna's and lifted his feet onto the coffee table. "So, what happened? This is like, the 3rd time you've visited that club in the past two weeks."

Lisanna casted her eyes to the side and Gray sighed. He looked over to his left and asked. "Oi Natsu, do you know happened?"

Natsu Dragneel sat up, scratching the back of his head. "Same thing like before. We went around the whole night and couldn't find him." He twisted the cap of his bottled water and took a sip before continuing. "Lisanna's really grumpy because she thought this one dude was the one and it ended up being a really buff chick."

Lisanna slammed her unopened bottled water on the coffee table, startling the two men. "Don't remind me, Dragneel!" She covered her face with her hands, shaking her head. "It was so embarrassing. I mean, I hugged her from behind and when I realised it wasn't him, the chick was feeling me up!"

Gray snorted, but shut his mouth when he noticed Lisanna's venomous gaze. He cleared his throat. "W-well there's always next time. Besides you don't even know his name, so how do you expe-"

"Bickslow." Lisanna cut in. "He told me his name was Bickslow."

"Then why didn't ya say so!" Natsu leaped up from the couch, suddenly filled with energy. "All we gotta do is search the dude's name up online then BAM! We've found your dream man!"

Lisanna opened her mouth to reply, but was interrupted by the door opening. Evergreen's light brown curls poked through the crack and she sighed when she saw the three.

"There you are! Erza's stuck in traffic and we're going over the storyboard for the first episode in..." She stops to take a quick look at her wristwatch. "20 minutes! Get off you butts and hurry!"

Just before she closed the door, she stops to say one last thing. "Oh and Erza said that if you're late, she'll hunt you down."

Evergreen smirked as she saw their faces pale and closed the door behind her, her black pumps click-clacking away.