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Here's a new chapter! And a shout of thanks to Jelly Drop and ZeldaPotter29 for reviewing!
Previously:
They started walking to class. Natsu then opened his mouth and said a few words which embarrassed Gray.
"Say bro, should we tackle Rule no. 86 now?"
"SHUT UP, ASSWIPE!"
It was Sunday morning. Ah…blessed Sunday. A holiday, a weekly holiday which every kid craved. Gray wasn't any different.
To his surprise, he woke up early that morning. With no idea what would happen that day.
Gray woke up pretty early. It was 6:30 am. He brushed, took a shower, changed clothes, stripped them without realizing it, and threw them to some place unknown. He sat down on his desk in his room and started drawing a new character. This time, it was of a blond girl with a pretty pair of eyes and a pretty big chest. She had a set of keys in a little pouch attached to the belt of her skirt. She had her hair tied in a side ponytail.
He was thinking about what he should call this character, when he heard the doorbell ring. Ultear and Meredy still hadn't awaked, so he decided to open the door himself. With some help of course.
He poked the sides of the blond girl and whispered "Will you manage this for me, err…Celestial Beauty?"
She nodded her head and took a key out of her pouch.
The two of them marched downstairs and then, Celestial Beauty whispered "Open, gate of the Lion, Leo!"
A handsome man with mane-like orange hair appeared out of nowhere. He was dressed in a suit and tie. He winked at Celestial Beauty. "Looking gorgeous as usual, darling. When will be able to go on a date with you? When will you give me your much awaited consent? I promise, this date will take you the stars."
Gray felt like puking at those cheesy pick-up lines. Celestial Beauty gave Leo a glare and said "Loke, I would reeeeeeally appreciate it, if you would just do the job I have for you." Leo, or Loke as he was called gave a sigh. "Very well, my lady, your wish is my command."
"Open the darned door already, you flirty lion!" Gray said in an exasperated voice.
Loke took a huge breath and was about to burst into a great speech about how loyal he was to Celestial Beauty, and Celestial Beauty only, when Celestial Beauty cut him short. "Thank you very much, Loke. Now, please do as this boy says."
Loke gave a scowl to Gray and pointed his hand on the door. "Regulus Impact!"
The door opened automatically and so did Gray from his daydream. He saw a girl with a red cap and a red uniform.
"Girl Scout, most probably." He thought.
She turned to face him and a gasp escaped from both Gray as well as the Girl Scout. "Gray?" The girl whispered.
"Lucy?" Gray whispered.
After a few minutes of staring and gaping with their mouths open like dead fish, Lucy broke the silence.
"Gray Fullbuster…I must say, it is nice to meet you." She said with an attempt at smiling.
"Lucy Heartfilia…Long time no see!" He said with a brave attempt in grinning.
When both of them saw how hard they were trying to smile or make a happy expression, they suppressed giggles till they couldn't hold it back any longer. They burst out laughing.
Lucy wiped a tear from her face and continued "So, how are you? No…that's not the right question…which school do you study in now?"
Gray grinned and said "Magnolia Middle School. What about you?"
"Mavis Academy…if you haven't forgotten which great person's middle school it used to be…"
"Yeah, yeah…stop with the puns. You don't need to show the fact again and again that you are smarter than me even though you are younger than me by a year."
"That statement made no sense at all." Lucy said with an eyebrow raised.
Gray scratched his head. "Did it?" The two of them burst out laughing again.
"It's really good seeing you again. After Erza graduated to high school, and Levy and Gajeel transferred to Magnolia, things have been pretty boring at Mavis. Unless if you count Loke flirting with me and Laxus bullying me. Did you catch up with Levy and Gajeel at Magnolia?" Lucy asked.
Gray hesitated for a while before answering. "Um…No, actually. I haven't been very social lately. Neither at school, nor in my locality."
Lucy gave him a dry smile. "Of course…I thought so…You still haven't gotten over it, have you?" She asked.
Gray nodded and opened his mouth to speak but no words came out.
"It's been hard for me as well. I haven't been making any new friends lately…though Levy and me keep in touch. But you were brothers…no…best friends…it must have been worse for you…" Lucy said, her voice slowly breaking.
Before Gray could let the tears flow from his eyes, Ultear showed up. She had finally woken up.
"Who's it…oh, it's Lucy. Hello there." Ultear said with a bright smile.
"Hi Ultear!" Lucy said, with a brave attempt at smiling, but ended up looking like she was having a toothache. Ultear looked at the boxes in her hands.
"Oh…cookies! Girl Scout?" Ultear asked.
Lucy nodded. "Yep! Which ones would you like to buy? We have chocolate chip, choco-mint, strawberry, mulberry, raspberry delight, plum and blueberry! Take your pick!"
"Hmm…I think I'll take raspberry delight; Meredy's favorite. And Blueberry as well. What would you like Gray? Gray?"
Gray was nowhere near the doorway, and Lucy had a knowing smile on her face. She was woken up from her thoughts by Ultear who wanted to buy the choco-mint cookies for Gray.
"Take care, Gray." These were Lucy's thoughts as she left the doorstep of his house.
Two days after Lucy's visit, it was Ultear's birthday. Meredy, Gray and Ultear had been invited for dinner by Carl to a fancy restaurant. ("He must've sold his kidney to treat us for dinner at that five-star restaurant." Meredy whispered to Gray, and the two of them sniggered.)
Gray was dressed in a formal black suit and Meredy was in a pretty red dress which reached till her knees.
But Ultear looked the best. She looked gorgeous in a black evening dress which hugged her curves. But what made her beautiful was the bright smile on her face.
After the main course was just about over, Carl had the sudden urge to grab Ultear's hand and kiss it ferociously as though he were eating it. And this made the 'bright' smile on Gray's and Meredy's faces drop and so did their appetites.
"Gray, Bear is mauling our sister. We've got to do something." Meredy whispered to Gray.
"Distract them by giving her your present." Gray whispered back.
Meredy nodded and announced "How about you open my present sis? You'll love it!"
Ultear smiled and said "Oh Carl, I got to go. My sweetie's calling me~"
Carl smiled at Ultear but gave a scowl at Meredy as he reluctantly let go of Ultear's hand. Gray smiled victoriously at Meredy.
Meredy handed her present to Ultear, and Ultear unwrapped it. She saw what it was and held it up.
"'Honey, I am waiting for dinner!' That's hilarious, Meredy! I love it!"
There was comical bearded man on the plain white apron and the caption 'Honey, I am waiting for dinner!'
Gray burst out laughing. So did Meredy and Ultear. Carl tried laughing too, wondering what the heck was the joke. They created so much noise that the manager of the restaurant came up to their table.
"Hello, are you enjoying your meal?" He asked.
"Yes, we are!" Everyone replied in separate voices.
"Then, could you keep it down, a lot? We would appreciate it. The other customers are getting distracted from eating our food." He said with rudeness dripping from his voice.
Carl decided to act smart. "Got it kids, no making me feel embarrassed."
"You, big guy." The manager said. Carl turned and said "Yes?"
"SHHH!"
Gray and Meredy sniggered.
After the manager left, Ultear spoke up. "Whoa…that was one rude manager, don't you guys agree?"
The two of them nodded.
"Well, time for my present." Gray said and handed a thin, rectangular parcel to Ultear. She unwrapped it.
"Oh, Gray…I can't tell you how talented you are…I love this card!"
Gray had made a card with an amazing cover. It had Ultear, Meredy and Gray standing next to each other and smiling. Ultear was in the middle with Gray and Meredy at either of her sides. It was painted with bright colors and when opened had pop-up letters which said:
'HAPPY BIRTHDAY ULTEAR! U ROCK AT ANY AGE!'
Ultear smiled and got up from her seat and gave a hug to Meredy and Gray. Carl made a disgruntled grunt to show his displeasure. He picked up the birthday card. "Where am I?" He commented, and was ignored.
He shrugged and called out to Ultear "Hey honey, I haven't given you my present."
Ultear went back to her seat and brushed her dark hair behind her ear and asked "Well, what is it?"
Carl took out a small black box from his coat pocket and held it out in front of Ultear. Gray could predict the next moment before it took place.
Carl slowly opened the box with a smug expression. Inside it glittered a diamond ring.
Ultear kept her hands on her chest. "Oh my gosh! I don't think I can…"
"I know, this may have cost me a fortune, but…" Carl said while winking his eye at her "It's all worth for you, baby."
Gray and Meredy looked at each other in horror as Carl slipped the ring into Ultear's finger and let out a roar of victory which caused Ultear to giggle. But only Gray and Meredy knew the real meaning behind that roar of victory. It was a win for Bear. And the kids had lost.
Little did they know that they had lost a battle. Not the war.
Okay, Gray & Meredy, don't murder me for doing this, but I'm going to let all those wonderful people reading this have a spoiler. No! This isn't a spoiler, it's an Extra for this chapter! Here goes nothing…
The next two days had been torture for both Gray and Meredy. Carl was moving in their house. It was bad enough they had to see his hairy face almost everyday, but waking up and going downstairs for breakfast and meeting a smelly bear wasn't what Gray called a 'good morning'.
"Hey! I'm moving in!" Bear exclaimed and farted.
Gray tried desperately to eat his cereal. But Carl's stench and annoying voice made it impossible to do so.
"Hey! Add a little honey to that, scowly!" Carl yelled.
He added a little honey to the cereal and to Gray's hair.
And then styled it. "Ooh nice!"
And styled it again. "Classy!"
Meredy and Gray were confronted by Carl once again. He was holding up a suit of his pointing to a really obvious stain on it.
"Listen, mermaid! Tell your stupid cat never to pee on my stuff again!"
Meredy put on a mock expression of being sorry and said "I have a confession to make…I peed on it too!" Gray snorted with laughter and gave Meredy a high-five.
"Not funny! Laugh all you want, bozos, but don't forget that smile you're so happy to see on your sister…I PUT IT THERE! So suck it up, because…now, you're guests, at Bear's den." Carl snarled.
"Well, at least he's accepting the entire 'Bear' thing." Gray shrugged and said.
Meredy gave a peal of infectious laughter and Gray joined in.
Carl just huffed and went back to moving stuff in. One of the men helping him came up to him and asked "Say, where do these zebra-print cushions go?"
"They're zebra-print cushions! They go everywhere!" Carl spat on the man.
Gray and Meredy looked at each other with faces which said clearly 'we-are-truly-guests-at-Bear's-den'.
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