I'll save the note for the end.

"You all got a perfect on your projects," Mr. Young announced. "I want you all to hang them up in the room. You can look at each other's while I play the current news in Italy. When you finish looking at the posters, you can watch it the rest of class."

All the students got up and started taping their posters to the empty wall beside them. They all went around and looked at each one. Lucy stayed at her desk to watch the news, since she already new about Rome.

"In other news," the reporter on the news said. "The popular band, Black Willow will be disbanding for a period of time." Lucy's ears perked up and she looked at the screen. "We are now going live with John."

"Lucy, don't you listen to them?" Lisanna asked. She remembered that Lucy listened to different Italian bands, since she lived there for so long.

"Why are you guys taking a break?" John, the reporter, asked. "You guys are always on the top of the charts, so we all know if isn't from no listeners."

"Well," Ciel, the lead singer, started. "Our manager, Mr. Right, thinks that we aren't getting enough education. We do miss a lot of school, so I completely agree."

"So where will you be attending school?"

"It's undecided at this point. We will probably go somewhere where we aren't very popular."

"Thank you. Now back to the studio."

"Lucy?" Levy asked. She gently shook the blonde's shoulders.

"Huh?" she asked.

"You zoned out there for a second," Natsu said.

She shrugged and looked back at the news.

X

"Why do I have to be here?" Lucy groaned as she got out of the car. She didn't exactly want to spend her Friday night at Gray's.

"Mutual decision," Gray said. "Wendy wanted to see you again, for one thing." He opened the front door and let her inside. She followed him into the living room where Wendy was sitting.

"Lucy!" she said happily. She would have ran up and hugged her, but Ultear was braiding her hair.

"Hi, uh, Wendy," Lucy said, forgetting the girls name for a minute.

"Wow, Gray," Ultear said. "You weren't joking when you said that she was pretty." Lucy and Gray both blushed.

"I never said that!" he yelled in defense. Wendy and Ultear laughed.

"You're right," Ultear said. "He blushed just like you said he would. You're pretty evil."

"Wendy," Gray hissed. He ran over and grabbed his sister, pinning her to the ground. He started tickling her. She squealed and laughed.

"Gray, she's going to die of lack of oxygen," Ultear said. "Now that would make an interesting news article."

Gray let Wendy go so she could catch her breath. "You better not do that again. Ultear might not be there to save you next time." Wendy giggled and went to sit on her sister's lap.

"Gray, Mom wanted you to cook dinner before she got home," Ultear informed him. "I'll keep Lucy busy. Wendy, why don't you go help him?"

Wendy jumped on Gray's back and the two went to the kitchen. Lucy didn't realize that he was good with kids.

"Let's talk," Ultear said, patting the spot beside her on the couch.

X

"I'm home!" Ur called. She slipped her shoes off and set her keys and purse on the small table by the door. She went into the living room. Wendy was sitting on Gray's lap, who was on the floor, talking away. Ultear and a blonde girl were on the couch, talking. Lyon was still in his Shell uniform, sitting on the chair, listening to Wendy. (A/N: Shell is a gas station, in case you didn't know.)

"Hey, Mom," Ultear said. "This is Lucy, Gray's friend."

"I'm not his friend," Lucy quickly said. Ultear rolled her eyes looked back to Ur.

"She's going to spend the night, okay?" She put her hand over the protesting Lucy's mouth. Ur nodded on her way out of the room, going to go change out of her nurse uniform.

"What was that for," Lucy said, gasping for air once Ultear let go.

"You don't have a say. You're pretty fun, so you're going to stay the night with me."

"Ultear, when are you going to stop becoming best friends with our girlfriends?" Lyon asked.

"I'm not his girlfriend!"

"She's not my girlfriend."

Gray and Lucy looked at each other, realizing they both just talked at the same time.

"Says the two who speak in sync with each other," Ultear laughed.

"I don't have to take this shit," Lucy said. She stood up and walked out of the room.

Everyone looked at each other as they heard the front door shut.

Gray sighed and followed after her. When he went outside, she was sitting on his front porch. "I thought you were leaving?" he asked, sitting beside her.

"I never said I was. Besides, I have no idea how to get home," she admitted.

"Why did you get so mad, anyways?" he asked. "They were just joking around."

"Just because they were joking doesn't mean that I have to sit there and listen to it," she snapped.

"What's up with you? You are always doing that tough-guy act. I have seen you act, well, normal. I don't-"

"Shut the fuck up!" she yelled. "Don't act like you know me well enough to say that! You don't know a thing about me!" She jumped to her feet and ran off. She really didn't know where she was, but she would probably figure it out.

"What's going on?" Ur asked, stepping onto the porch. "I heard yelling."

"Shit," Gray mumbled. He sprung up and ran after her. He never swore, so he was definitely serious. Layla would kill him if he lost Lucy.

X

Lucy found a nice, dark alley to run into. She had been running for a good twenty minutes. Her chest was burning, and her legs were numb. She always considered herself to be a pretty good runner, but she knew Gray could easily catch her, especially if he took his car, so she had to run fast.

"Damn," she hissed, clutching her chest. She was trying to calm her breathing, but her heart wouldn't stop racing.

"What do we have here?"

Lucy's head snapped up. A thin man with long brown hair towered over her. She suddenly wished she wasn't sitting. She would probably be able to escape if she was standing, since she run away quickly. Scratch that. She couldn't run being so tired.

"Come here and let me see your pretty face," he said. He grabbed the collar if her shirt and pulled her up. "Damn you're gorgeous." He licked his lips and looked her over.

"Let me go," Lucy gasped. He was pulling her collar up so far, so she could breathe less than before.

"Now why would I do that?" he whispered in her ear. Lucy cringed as his breath hit her neck. "So what's your name, beautiful?"

"Fuck off," Lucy spat out.

"Don't be that that, baby." He set her back in her feet, but kept one of his hands around her waist, keeping her from moving. He held her face with the other, rubbing his thumb along her cheek.

Not able to do anything else to defend herself, she spat in his face.

"You little," he hissed, throwing her to the ground. He pulled his fist back to punch her. Someone grabbed his hand and twisted his wrist.

"Now why don't you run along, hmm?"

Lucy never thought she would be that happy to hear Gray's voice.

"I said go," he repeated in a low voice. When the man didn't move, he let his hand go. The man turned around and swung at him, but Gray was faster. He grabbed his wrist and pulled him closer as his knee slammed into his stomach. The man coughed up blood.

Gray flipped him around and slammed him to the ground, stomach first. He was straddling him, holding his arms behind his back.

Two flashlights shown into the narrow alleyway. Lucy looked up and saw two policeman approaching.

"What's going on here?" one of them asked.

"This man was attacking my friend here," Gray said. "I don't think he's hurt too bad, officer." He got off the man, allowing the second officer to handcuff him.

"Do you kids need a ride home?" the first asked. When Gray rejected his offer, he followed his coworker back to the car.

"Are you okay?" Gray asked. He crouched down beside Lucy. He could tell that she wanted to cry, but she wouldn't let one tear escape. He couldn't believe that she was still putting up an act.

"Will you take me home?" Lucy asked. She knew she was almost home, but she didn't want to walk by herself.

"I was already going to," Gray laughed. Lucy put her arms around his neck and hugged him. He stood up, with her arms still around his neck, and had her wrap her legs around his waist. He held into her thighs as he walked. Surprisingly, no one gave him a weird look as he walked.

When he got to her house, Layla was reading a book in the living room. Gray already knew that Laxus was at Natsu's house.

"What happened?" Layla gasped. She ran over to the two. Lucy was asleep in Gray's arms. The collar of her shirt was ripped from the man gripping her too tight, and her pants had small holes in them.

"She almost got raped in a alley," Gray said matter-of-factly. "I beat the guy up, and the police took him away. Lucy's seems a little shaken up, but she'll be fine."

"Thank god," Layla sighed in relief. "Will you take her to her room?"

Gray was already walking down the hall. He opened her door with his foot and walked over to her bed. He turned the lamp on. A dim light filled her room. He gently laid her in her bed. He took her arms from his neck, but she just grabbed his shirt. She mumbled something in her sleep and pulled him down onto the bed.

"Lucy?" Gray asked. He stared with wide-eyes at the blonde who buried her face in his chest. He sighed and turned her lamp off. He knew that if he woke her up, it wouldn't end well. He was too tired to deal with that.

All he knew, was that she would not be happy in the morning.

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