I COULDN'T HELP BUT POST ANOTHER CHAPTER!

First of all, I updated a new story, Type C. I encourage you to check it out. In case you haven't noticed, I like having three stories in progress at once.

Second of all, I noticed a pattern. You guys wouldn't, but I did. Every other chapter, I get a bunch of reviews right away. When I don't get a bunch of reviews, I get them over the course of three days, then I don't get any more. I just found that interesting, and I thought you might, too. It's not bad, so don't feel bad. It's just an observation.

I know, I updated just to say that. I have Chapter 27 finished, so I may start updating faster yet.

Gray wasn't sure what to think of Lucy. She sat beside him in art, mindlessly painting red onto a canvas. She was randomly stroking her brush. Her eyes held no emotion. Her face was blank. He couldn't tell if she was even thinking about anything.

The one thing that really bothered him was her clothing. Ultear did have the perfect outfit for her. Instead, she asked if she could pick her own. She looked through her clothes and picked out an outfit that Gray never thought she would wear optionally. She wore a white skirt that reached her mid thigh. Her long sleeved shirt was blue and had a few frills over the chest. She tied her hair into two low pigtails. Her shoes were black flats.

She hadn't spoken to him once that day. She didn't even freak out when she woke up. She silently left the room to go change. She quietly ate her breakfast without complaint. She didn't even seem excited about riding in his car. She didn't say any sarcastic comments when Natsu said or did something stupid.

She was like a doll.

"Lucy, what are you painting?" Miss Molly asked kindly. She, too, could tell something was wrong with the girl. She usually would have yelled at any student that wasted paint, but she decided to make an exception.

Lucy opened her eyes wide and dropped her brush. Her face lit up as if she just woke up from a long sleep. She looked at the canvas before her in confusion. She looked up to Miss Molly, over to Natsu, Lisanna, then to Gray. She blushed slightly and picked her brush back up. "I don't know," she whispered.

Miss Molly smiled sadly. "Why don't you take a break for the day?" Lucy nodded and took her brush over to the sink to wash it out.

"What's wrong with her?" Natsu asked. He didn't like seeing her so upset. He considered her a friend, which meant he didn't like her being sad or hurt. And right now, she was very hurt and upset.

"Rough night," Gray sighed. No one gave his words a second thought.

X

"So the princess finally came home," Laxus teased. He expected Lucy to say something sarcastic back, but she just brushed past him. Gray followed her.

Lucy roughly opened her bedroom door. Gray wanted to follow her to make sure she was okay. She grabbed the garbage can from under her desk and set it on her bed. She opened her closet and started digging through it. She pulled out pocket knives, half-empty cigarette packs, lighters, and anything else she owned that was dangerous or illegal. She threw them in the can. She grabbed all her clothes and threw them on the floor. She moved all around her room and repeated the process. She put her piercings into a box, then threw them under her bed.

"What are you doing?" Gray asked nervously. It was as if she was throwing herself away. She went back to her closet and pulled a box off the top shelf. His eyes widened when he saw her pull a giant stack of fifty dollar bills out.

She grabbed his collar and pulled his face to her own. "Drive me to the store," she hissed. He nodded quickly, and she let him go. She grabbed his wrist and roughly led him back to his car, despite her family's protests.

When they got to the mall, Lucy made him wander around. She didn't want him with her. He ended up sitting at the food court the whole time. After a few hours, he decided to order a pizza for them.

She came back an hour later. She was holding two bags, which were packed with clothes. Gray didn't know that, though. He thought she just got a few things.

They ate the pizza before going home.

X

Gray didn't know what to do anymore. It has been a week, and Lucy wore girly clothes everyday. She stopped swearing, and she was nice to people. She openly talked to everyone, and didn't give Layla any trouble.

The martial arts contest was only a few weeks away, and he couldn't clear his head. He was so confident about it. He knew he could win. But when he met Lucy, he couldn't think straight. He couldn't concentrate in anything without his mind wandering to her. And lately, she's been making it harder for him. With her crazy transformation, he was left wondering what happened that night. They never talked about it, and he wasn't sure if they would.

Lucy, on the other hand, felt a little better. That night, she realized that she wasn't helping anything or anyone. She was just being immature and acting out. No one deserved to deal with that, and she was surprised people did. She had a change of heart, you could say. She decided to go back to her old self, the one she thought died in Rome two years ago. She was a happy girl for two years while in Rome, and left a complete bitch. And two years later, she realized it. She was glad.

And the kiss still meant nothing, or so she told herself.

X

"Do you understand it now?" Lucy asked. Gray shook his head. "Okay," she sighed. "You want to divide..."

Gray tuned her out once again. He couldn't concentrate on what she was saying. But it didn't matter. He just told her he didn't understand his math homework so she would come over. He needed an excuse for them to be alone, so he could talk to her. So far, his plan was failing. He couldn't even think straight, let alone talk about something serious. He would just watch her move, no words reaching him.

"Gray?" she asked. She noticed that he wasn't looking at the problem. He was just staring at her

"I want to try something," he said. He sat up on his bed. He was sitting directly in front of her. He gently pressed his lips against her's. He needed to see if this one meant anything. She clearly wasn't thinking straight the night before, but she was then.

Lucy froze. She didn't know what to do. She wasn't sure if she could convince herself that she didn't want to kiss him back. She blamed the first time on her emotions, but she didn't have that reason now. She hesitantly gripped his shirt. She gave in and kissed him back. She could figure things out later.

Gray smirked against her lips. He was glad that she wasn't crying or punching him. He put his hands on her waist and brought her closer.

Lucy changed her mind. She wanted to kiss him. She was glad that she decided to tutor him, even though she knew he was lying about it. She knew they needed to talk. She couldn't avoid it forever. But if this was his version of talking, they needed to talk more.

Gray pulled away and looked at her. He was looking for some sadness or regret behind her brown eyes. His search was cut short. Lucy wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him back to her.

"Gray!" Wendy cried, opening the door. "Lyon's picking on me!" His back was to her. She puffed her cheeks out and ran to the side of the bed. She blushed and screamed.

Gray and Lucy pulled away from each other, jumping. They didn't even hear Wendy enter the room. She looked very embarrassed, and might even cry.

"What's wrong?!" Ultear asked, entering the room with a broom. She smiled when she saw the blush on all of their faces. She could guess what happened. She decided to play innocent. "What's wrong, Wendy?" She knew the girl would be completely honest.

"They were kissing!" she said. She blushed harder. "I thought Gray was going to eat her!"

Ultear howled with laughter. Gray and Lucy blushed harder than Wendy. The girl was too honest sometimes.

"I'm home!" Ur called as she entered the house.

"Mom~!" Ultear sang. She smirked and ran out of the room. Gray and Lucy ran after her. They couldn't let her tell Ur.

"Guess what!" Ultear said, carefully avoiding Gray's grasp. She ran to a the opposite side of the table.

"She's lying!" Gray blurted out. Lucy just let the two siblings fight. She wasn't exactly sure why she followed them downstairs.

"What's going on?" Ur sighed. These situations were never good. They usually ended with broken plates and vases.

"Gray and Lucy," Ultear said. She laughed and ran around the table, not letting Gray get close to her. "They were kissing. Tell her, Wendy."

Lucy started chasing the little girl around. She didn't want her saying her side of the story. "It was gross," Wendy said. "It looked like Gray was eating Lucy's face!"

"Get back here you little shit," Lucy hissed. Swearing is a hard to suddenly stop, since its a part of your daily life. For Lucy it is, anyways.

"So you do have some balls!" Lyon laughed. He was in the room the whole time.

"I'll kill you next," Gray hissed. He continue chasing after his sister.

A knock on the door stopped all the chasing and laughing. Ur went over to answer the door. She came back with Layla behind her.

The chasing started again, but more intense this time. Gray tackled Ultear to the ground. They started wrestling around. She broke free.

"Tell her, Wendy!" Ultear laughed. Lucy lunged at the little girl, missing by a foot.

"Gray and Lucy kissed!" the little girl laughed. She enjoyed this game of tag.

"Tell you what you saw!" Lyon laughed. He was enjoying this too much.

"He was eating her face off!" she giggled. She shrieked when Lucy grabbed her.

"She's lying!" Gray yelled. He just barely missed Ultear's grasp.

"So if we go upstairs," Ultear teased. "We won't find crinkled papers on your bed?" They obviously would, since the papers were laying between them when they were actually doing some sort of work.

"Was that the first time you've kissed?" Layla asked. She couldn't imagine them making out during their first kiss. She couldn't imagine how fast their relationship would go if it was the case.

"It's not!" Ultear blurted out. "They kissed at the amusement park. Lucy punched him in the face!"

"That wouldn't count, though," Lyon pointed out. "It would have to be mutual."

"Oh, I know," Ultear laughed. She tripped Gray and sat on his back, keeping him from moving. "About a week ago they were making out. It got pretty intense."

"Intense?" Layla asked. She was very interested. Wendy was already sent out of the room, so she didn't feel bad about asking.

"Gray was shirtless," Lyon pointed out.

"My shirt was off before that!" Gray defended himself.

"Anyways," Ultear said, pushing his face into the floor. "She was on top of him-"

"Ultear has a crush on a patient from the hospital!" Lucy blurted out. When Ur and Layla started questioning Ultear, she grabbed Gray and ran upstairs as fast as she could.

That was the most awkward situations she'd been in in a while.

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