So, I've waited and refreshed my writing brain! Thanks to your reviews my writers block has been temporarily disabled. All of you have guessed, most of you thought Laxus. BUT! Did any of you consider… That it might not have been a human? O.O

"LILY!" I cry hugging the Exceed. During the time of the Grand Magic Games and now, we had become pretty close. He was with Gajeel a lot of the time and lately Gajeel had been with Levy and because Levy was my best friend in Fairy Tail, exempting a salmon-haired idiot, I had been with her. Lily was in battle mode, which was surprising. Actually, as I think it over, maybe it wasn't. Sting and I had been nose-to-nose and yelling at each other. He might've thought I was in danger.

"Hello Lucy." He says, giving me a one-armed hug. He doesn't take his eyes off Sting. "Isn't this that Saber bastard?"

I laugh. That wasn't the first time I heard Lily swear, but it was still pretty funny whenever he did. I guess hanging out with Gajeel started to rub off on him.

"Yep." I say brightly. "This is Sting."

Lily sniffs. "Is something burning?"

I point at Sting. "Take it out! Take it out now!" Sting covers his ears.

"Okay, okay!" He says walking to the oven. "Jeez, she's so noisy."

"I heard that!" I tell him. He sticks his arm in the oven, my eyes widen and I run over and grab his upper arm.

"DON'T STICK YOUR HAND IN THERE YOU BIG DUMMY! IT'LL-" He pulls out his hand, holding the charred meat, his magic was covering his hand. Protecting his flesh.

"I'm not stupid." He tells me. I stick my out my tongue.

"Could have fooled me." I say. "Clean up this mess." I tell him, gesturing to the mess he had made.

"Make me." He retorts.

Lily steps forward, wielding his Musica Sword.

"Clean." He says threateningly. Sting just laughs.

"Make me." He repeats.

I raise an eyebrow. I knew exactly how to make him clean the mess. "I won't feed you, until-"

"OKAY!" He huffs (A/N: The ultimate threat for a guy 'You can't eat' ha, ha. No offense to all the boys who are reading this!)

I smirk, satisfied, and pick up the knife he had put on the table. I can hear him complaining, something about 'women's work' and 'taking orders from a fairy' I bite my lip to keep from laughing as I pull a carrot out of the bag. Aw, he's actually acting kind of cute… My eyes widen. No! Bad Lucy! I think. I chop up the carrot, quickly, thinking of anything but Sting. I reach for the lettuce but, it's not there. I frown.

"Hey Sting?"

He doesn't look up. "What?"

"Did you see a lettuce?"

He straightens up and frowns at me. "A what?"

"Lettuce." I say, drumming my fingers on my thigh.

"What's that?" He says, blinking stupidly.

I roll my eyes and sigh. I hold out my hands. (You know when people want to shoe you how big something is?) "About this big, green, leafy, seen it?"

Suddenly he looks guilty.

"Sting, what did you do to it?"

He walks over to the other side of the room, picks up something limp and brings it over to me.

"You killed it!" I say. Lily laughs.

"It was an accident."

"How?"

He shrugs. "I threw it across the room."

I stare, blinking. Then, "HOW DO YOU 'ACCIDENTALLY' THROW SOMETHING ACROSS THE ROOM?"

"It smelled weird."

I groan. I turn to Lily, who is now in his chibi form. "Can you go get another one please? And some more meat too."

"Sure." I give him the money. I turn to Sting, who is watching me with intense eyes. "DID I TELL YOU TO STOP CLEANING?" I screech in his ear, thrusting the knife in his face.

"No."

I fold my arms over my chest. "Then get to it." I watch as her tidies the rest of the room. He's done before Lily gets back. When Lily has handed me the groceries he goes into the bedroom announcing he's going to take a nap. Sting pulls up a chair and watches me prepare the meal.

"Can't you do it faster?" He asks.

"If you had let me do it in the first place, you would have eaten by now." I tell him patiently.

"When I put this in I need to keep stirring, can you cut up the rest for me please?" I ask.

A pink tinge appears on his cheeks. "I don't know how."

"I'll show you." I say, handing him the knife

-Sting-

"When I put this in I need to keep stirring, can you cut up the rest for me please?" She asks.

I'm sure I blushed. How would I know how to do something like that. I don't want to admit that I can't do something, but I really wanted to eat soon. "I don't know how." I tell her.

"I'll show you." She says, smiling. She offers me the knife and I take it hesitantly. I hold it and she laughs. "You can't cut them up from all the way over there. Come here."

I walk over to her. She puts something white in front of me and puts her hand over mine, showing me how to hold the knife properly.

"Hold it with one hand and cut with the other." She instructs. I make a clumsy incision in the white thing. She shakes her head.

"You have to cut all the way through." She takes my hand again, my heart races and I feel my face heat up, showing me how to do it. After a while she lets go. Please don't look at my face. I beg her silently, don't see my blush.

-Lucy-

Sting burps. "That actually tasted pretty good Princess!" He tells me. I grin evilly.

"Good for you! Now, you can clean the dishes!"

"Wait, WHAT!" He splutters. But it's too late, I'm already out the front door, shoes on, cloak fastened, keys strapped to my waist and gloves on my hands.

I skip down the street. Thanks to the fiascos in the street and kitchen, we had missed lunch and hadn't been able to eat until dinner time. He was pretty good company actually. The yelling and teasing reminded me about my relationship with Natsu. I don't think I'll ever be as close to Sting as I am to Natsu-we are from rival guilds after all-but I'd like to think I could count on him when I needed to. I look up, the sun was setting. I hurry along the road. I wanted to make it to the lake.

After a few minutes I reach the lake. The sun was just touching the water, sending sparkles out in every direction. The sky was streaked with red, pink and orange, it looked like painting, the colors too bright, too real. There were a few clouds, made silver by the setting sun. I sit on the edge and take off my shoes, dangling my feet in the water. It was a little cool, but it was refreshing. I put my head back and my hood falls off. There was a slight breeze, and it ruffled my hair. For a minute I could forget everything and just be. A formation of birds fly overhead. I watch as the bird in front retreats to the back and the next one takes its place. Teamwork. I think to myself. I must've stayed there for a long time, because before I knew it the sun had set completely. The breeze picks up and I shiver. I pull on my shoes, not minding that my feet were still damp. I pull my hood over my ears and head back home. When I was half-way there I bumped into someone. That someone was drunk. Very drunk.

"Sorry." They mumble. Then they look at me. "Lucy-Lu?" Says the person confusedly. Then, "LUCY-LU-CHAN!" They hug me tightly. I stand there for a while. Then the door of the bar opens and I see who it is.

"Cana?"

She giggles drunkenly. "Did you forget about me Lu-Lu?" She asks.

I pat her back awkwardly. "Ah, no." She grips my shoulders and stares into my eyes.

"YOU DID!" She accuses me. "You didn't even say goodbye!" Tears form in her eyes.

"Sorry?" I ask, more than say.

"Yeah, you are sorry!" She says, shaking me. My hood falls again but I don't attempt to pull it back up.

"Cana, are you here with anyone?" She stops shaking me. Then laughs like a four-year old.

"Of course." She informs me.

"Who?"

"DADDY!" She shrieks happily.

"Guildarts?"

"There you are Cana." Guildarts rounds the corner and walks over to us. "Were you here this whole time?"

"DADDY!" She yells, running over to him. She throws herself into his arms and I find myself envying their relationship. I shake my head. Bad Lucy, I scold myself, she never eve spoke to him before, at least you had him when mum was alive.

"Thanks Lucy." Says Guildarts. He had picked Cana-who was now passed out-and put her over his shoulder. "I'd better get her back though."

I nod. "Can you do me a favor though?" I ask.

"Sure."

"Don't tell anyone that you saw me."

He looks confused but nods. "I swear." He turns on his heel and leaves. I watch him dissolve into the darkness.

"Shit! I have to get back!" I run the rest of the way home. When I open the door…

"DAMN IT PRINCESS WHERE THE HELL WERE YOU?"

I shrug and take off my cloak. "Around."

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN AROUND? ME AND THE CAT WERE LOOKING FOR YOU! I THOUGHT THAT GUY GOT YOU AGAIN!"

I hold up my key unconcernedly and shake them slightly. "I had these with me this time."

"DON'T GIVE ME THAT BULLSHIT! BE BACK BEFORE SUNSET NEXT TIME!"

I smirk. "Were you worried about me?" He gapes and turns away, scratching the back of his neck.

"No." He walks away. I hang up my cloak and take off my shoes and gloves. I hear the water turn on in the bathroom. Lily was on the couch watching some nonsense on Lacrima Vision. I go into the bedroom, deciding to go to bed early, when I hear Lily speak.

"But he really was worried you know."

No-one guessed Lily… Oh, well, I might make another competition later on! Don't forget voting closes on the 7th! Love you all! Please review!