Lisanna's POV

I was chatting with Mira at the bar when I saw Natsu walk in. He was smiling confidently, but for some reason, I could sense some ambivalence in his eyes. He must've been pretty confused about what happened yesterday. I mean, watching your best friend get kissed by your rival/friend/admirer must be pretty shocking. His ego must be ripped, too, since he's been replaced as Sting's idol.

"Hey Nat-" Lucy tried to greet him but Natsu completely ignored her and just kept making his way over to me. What is that jerk doing? He's Lucy's best friend, why's he ignoring her? Did they get into a fight? Nah, if they did, it would've been over by now.

"Hey Lisanna, do you want to go on a date today? I mean, we took a job yesterday, so we should treat ourselves, right?"

Hearing this, my thoughts vanished and I perked up, "Sure, Natsu, what do you want to do today?"

"Your choice, Lis" I blushed at the new nickname that he gave me, and then hurriedly stood up and took his hand. Natus's such a charmer, anybody would fall in love with him.

"S-sure then, let's go" I replied stuttering, happy that Natsu was finally taking me out on our first date. I looked back at everyone to say bye, and saw Mira wink my way, but then I caught sight of Lucy. She just sighed, but I could see the hurt in her eyes. I'm sorry, Lucy, I just love him too much. I wish I could help you…Natsu probably has a good reason for all of this. Thinking this, I sighed, and walked out of the guild hall, hand in hand with Natsu. My heart fluttered as he squeezed my hand harder, and all I could do to not fall for him again was to look away, a small smile adorning my features.

Lucy's POV
"Hey Nat-" Natsu completely brushed me off and proceeded to ask Lisanna on a date, not failing to also give her a cute new nickname. I sighed and saw Lisanna look back at me sympathetically. She's such a nice girl, though, she deserves to be happy, yet here she's, still worrying about me. I smiled at the thought. She is, after all, a Fairy Tail mage. My thoughts were interrupted yet again, though, when I heard the dejected cry of a certain self- proclaimed dragon.

"Waaaaaaaaah Natsu! Wait for me!" Happy wailed as he desperately tried to fly after the two lovebirds, only to be weighed down by the ton of fish that he was carrying. As Happy's wings disappeared, I bent down to catch him, and he landed in my hands with a big thud. Happy never gives up, does he? He and his fish...I laughed inwardly at Happy's silly behavior.

Looking at the lonely exceed's expression, I knew that I just couldn't leave him alone.

"Hey, Happy, do you want to just spend the day together and relax?" I proposed with a happy smile on my face.

"Wha-?" was all the Happy could reply as I started to drag him into the town, excitement bubbling up in my chest.

We stopped at an ice cream parlor, where Happy looked excitedly at all of the flavors. Knowing what he wanted, I secretly whispered to the ice cream man, "Hey, do you think I could use your ice cream machine for a little bit for a special flavor? I'll give you extra pay. That cat over there is feeling a little down, so I would like to cheer him up, you know?"

The man, who was actually a good friend, replied, "Anything for you, Lucy" Smiling, I passed by him, into the shop, and quietly whispered a thank you to the man. "Thanks, Jay"

Getting together all of the ingredients, including one that I brought from the guild, I started to make Happy's super special deluxe!

~5 minutes later~

I walked out of the shop, holding Happy's ice cream behind my back. I saw him still staring intently at the different flavors, and when he saw me, he gave up.

"Lucy! I can't decide!" Happy cried while spurting out water fountains. In response, I held out my amazing creation.

"Ta-da! Here it is, you super special fish ice cream deluxe!' I exclaimed, proud of my work. Happy squealed in delight as I got a strawberry ice cream and paid for both of us while waving goodbye and thanking Jay.

We walked along the sidewalk together, while talking about random things, such as how miserably Happy's relationship with Carla was going, and how Gray hilariously froze himself once. We talked for a while, and then neared a park, where we found a place to sit under a tree. The summer heat was kicking in, and ice cream was just what we needed to cool off. Little did we know, there was another couple on a nearby bench, watching us intently as we chatted away…

"Ne, Lucy, show me some of your magic. You know, can you show me the primordial one again?! Please, please!" Laughing, I agreed. Heck, I have nothing to hide now, might as well get both of our minds off it for a bit.

I got into a meditating position, and I focused all of my magic into the center of my body. The winds started to swirl around me, causing a mini tornado. Seeing that people were watching, I decided to make it a show. Grinning to myself, I set off fireworks from the gold sparkles of my celestial magic, and the elemental magic that my winds were creating. The elements all came together, making fireworks, as water and flame danced around each other, and storm and myth swirled in the air, people looked in awe at the collision of magic. I finished off with one last firework, and everyone in the park started to clap. Standing up and doing a little bow, I smiled to myself. That was fun. That was really fun. And, for the first time in 3 months, I smiled, but not just any smile. I smiled the smile that I thought I could only show to Natsu- except, this time, it was way brighter.

Natsu's POV

My eyes widened as I saw Happy and Lucy come to the park and sit under a tree. Following my eyes, Lisanna saw them as well and smiled a bit.

"Looks like they're having fun, right? Good for them" she said, looking at Lucy fondly. Shit, we forgot Happy, the poor guy. Wait, what?! HE got that fish ice cream that I never got him?! What the heck? Maybe Lucy got it for him… oh well. Then I saw something that I never would've dreamed of.

Lucy put on a show of the elements and fireworks, the primordial magic swirling around her so strong that even I had to brace myself. It was beautiful, though. Lucy looked like she was having so much fun. Oh, man. She's going to faint after exerting all of this magical energy, isn't she? Getting prepared to help her, I was surprised to see her stand up, give a bow, and then continue to eat the ice cream that Happy held for her like nothing happened. Is this really the same Lucy that I knew 3 months ago? Wow, she's grown so much over the time that I haven't seen her. Maybe Sting's story was actually true...?

TIME SKIP

Lucy's POV

The day was over, and Happy and I walked into the guild, feeling refreshed. After we got ice cream, we headed to the shopping center, where we saw some musicians and got to dance in a circle. We went to a sauna, which was super relaxing, and then went to the pool to cool off a bit. We had so much fun! Happy fell asleep in my arms, and I smiled fondly at him. What a jerk Natsu is, how could he leave Happy all alone like that?

I walked into the guild, and quietly greeted everyone, not wanting to wake Happy up. Sitting down at the bar, I got my usual strawberry smoothie and sighed. All of a sudden, Sting walked into the hall, and just as I was thinking, oh great, I remembered the promise he made yesterday.

FLASHBACK

I was relieved as he got off of me, and helped me up.

"Okay, fine. I'll drop by tomorrow"

I was surprised that he didn't put up more of a fight, but I just shrugged it off- as long as all of the misunderstandings were going to be cleared. I especially don't want the matchmaking demon to get over excited.

END OF FLASHBACK

"Lucy, your boyfriend's here!" Mira shouted, hearts in her eyes as she wiggled her eyebrows suggestively, which was starting to become a habit of hers.

"Nope," I simply replied, pointing at the white dragon slayer. "He's here to clear up any misunderstandings about our relationship" I explained, the whole guild now staring at us. I walked to the middle to stand by Sting's side, and I nudged him.

"Go on" I whispered, making Sting flinch from my breath on his neck. I chuckled, and he spoke up. All of a sudden Natsu and Lisanna walked in, and I thought, perfect timing for the idiot to come. Seeing Natsu, Sting then smirked, and I saw a devious gleam in his eyes.

"So, as you all know, there seems to be some misunderstanding about our relationship. You all think we're lovers, don't you? Well, you're all mistaken!" I sighed, relieved, but tensed up as Sting put his arm around me.

"The thing is, we don't have some normal I have a crush on her relationship, nope! We're boyfriend and girlfriend, we're gonna get married, and then we're gonna have about a million kids!" Sting exclaimed, looking my way while sticking his tongue out. Everyone's faces turning scarlet, Fairy Tail exclaimed in unison:

"WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT?!"

I face palmed as the dragon slayer ran away laughing, and I was left in a mob full of unanswered questions

"When did you meet?" "How come you never told us?" Have you done it?" "When's the marriage?" "Can I be the maid of honor?!"

Over in a corner, saw Mira chanting, "Blonde haired, brown eyed babies, Blonde haired blue eyed babies, Brown haired blue eyed babies, brown haired brown eyed babies!" She then got a nosebleed, fainted, and was taken to the infirmary as Elfman and Lisanna tried to help her up.

Running away from the crime scene, I thought, damn you, Sting, and I continued to run to my apartment.

Once I finally got there, I locked the door and breathed a sigh of relief as I walked into the bathroom to just soak all of my worries away.

TIME SKIP

After I dried my hair, my eyes were cursed with the sight of a tuft of pink, no excuse me, salmon, hair.

"Is it true?" he simply asked, and I immediately shook my head, my face downcast as I turned red. Natsu just stared at me for a while, and then knocked his head against the wall- and let me say this- he did it hard.

"Hey, Lucy about this morning-"I cut him off as I flinched at the sound of my name. Tears dotted my eyes, and I hid them behind my hair.

"Why won't you call me Luce, just like you used to?" I asked my voice wavering. As he crouched on the ground, silent, I just nodded my head and wiped away my tears. Looking up, I flashed him my usual smile.
"Nevermind"- that was the last word he would ever hear me say for the next month. It hurt. It really did. But I didn't care- as long as he was happy with Lisanna, it would be all right. They were my friends and they deserved it. As I shook away my sad thoughts, I cracked my knuckles viciously.

"Now, all that's left to do is to beat the hell out Sabertooth's guild master," I said, a much more evil smile gracing my lips.