Gray smiled when he woke up with Lucy beside him. Surprisingly, she was already awake. She was tracing his stomach with her finger, humming a Black Willow song.
"Oh, you're awake," she said. She stopped humming and brought her hand back.
"I figured you would leave," he said. He knew he fell asleep while they were talking, but he didnt know that she stayed.
"Don't you remember what happened last time I tried walking home?" she asked. She didn't help her situation by hanging out in an ally, but that wasn't the point.
"Are we dating?" he blurted out. He regretted asking. He always makes situations awkward by speaking without thinking. It was one of his bad habits.
"I don't know," she said. She unconsciously started tracing his abs again. She wasn't really sure what to think. She did like kissing him, but she still felt like her heart belonged to someone else. She knew she should move on, but she wasn't sure if she could.
Gray could see that she was thinking really hard about something. "Are you confused?" he asked. She nodded. "I'll make it easy for you."
"How?" she asked.
"Do you already have a boyfriend?" he asked. She hesitantly shook her head. "Now the next test." He pressed his lips against her's. She immediately kissed him back. He pulled away from a little soon for her liking, but she didnt complain. "I think I already know the answer," he laughed, "but did you like that?"
She nodded slowly.
X
"It's good to see you back to normal," Miss Molly said. She smiled at the blonde who was happily painting her willow tree. Maybe she couldn't let go. Even if she couldn't, she still had two hands.
"You seem especially happy today," Lisanna pointed out. Lucy shrugged and continued painting. She may have been a tiny bit happy about dating Gray. They hadn't said anything, but it had only been two days. Besides, their family and friends weren't the best people to tell personal things to.
"Are you ready for your competition, Ice Princess?" Natsu asked.
"Of course I'm ready," Gray said. He was almost offended that Natsu would think otherwise.
"I think you'll take second to Sting," Lucy said. She smiled at Gray before continuing her painting. She was really starting to wonder about art class. They never really learned anything. They just painted, sketched, or whatever unit they were on. It was odd.
X
"I'm going to go get lunch," Lucy said. She decided to try the deadly food everyone talks about. She held out her hand towards Laxus. He put five dollars in her hand. She grabbed Gray's arm and drug him off with her. She needed someone to tell her what wouldn't poison her as much.
"Okay," Mira said. "What's with those two? They've been like this all week." She started to notice that Gray and Lucy seemed closer. It wouldn't be a big deal, but it's Friday, so they've been like it for five days.
"Do you think?" Lisanna asked. "I know Gray likes Lucy, but does she even like him?"
"You know, I never thought she liked him," Laxus said, "but it does seen like she does now. Usually she complains when he comes over, but they've just been hanging out in her room. And it's when Mom and I are still home. We usually just have him watch her. I think something's up."
"So how long do you think they've been dating?" Levy asked. All the guys, minus Laxus, groaned and tried to start a conversation amongst themselves. They really didn't care. Laxus only cared because it involved Lucy.
"It may be hard to tell," Mira said. "It takes some couples a little while to get used to each other before they get all clingy. If they aren't like that, though, they could have gotten together over the weekend."
"I can confirm the weekend theory," Layla said, appearing in Gray's seat. She loved having lunch the same time as them. She was never behind in gossip.
"What happened?" all the girls asked at once.
"Actually, two weeks ago they were seriously kissing. They didn't really talk about it after that, so that wasn't the start. Over the last weekend, though, I am positive they talked about it. And Wendy even caught them kissing each other, so it's official." Layla was happy she could help.
"This looks like shit," Lucy mumbled, slamming her tray on the table. The 'pizza' jiggled. "Whoops. It looks like crap," she corrected herself. She wasn't doing too great at breaking the swearing habit she's developed.
"Spill!" Mira yelled, pouting a finger at Gray and Lucy. Layla gave up her seat, but stayed at a close enough range to hear everything.
"About what?" Lucy asked, poking her 'food'. Was pizza sauce suppose to be purple? What about green pepperoni? Doesn't that mean its moldy?
"About you and Gray," Lisanna said casually, taking a drink of water.
"He's an idiot. What more do you need to know?" Lucy asked.
"About you kissing!" Levy blurted out. Gajeel laughed at Lucy and Gray's red face.
"Fine," Lucy said, pushing her tray away. "I'll tell you anything."
X
Lucy would look up at Gray between math problems. He seemed mad, but she couldn't tell. She was at his desk, and he was on his bed, so she didn't have a good angle. Him possibly being mad added to the torture of Friday night homework.
"Gray," she finally said. He didnt even stop moving his pencil. "Are you mad?" He, once again, acted like he didn't hear her. She wasn't an expert, but she was almost positive that when babysitting, you shouldn't ignore the baby.
Lucy set her own pencil down and moved to the bed. She sat across from him. She grabbed his books and papers and threw them on the floor. He looked up when she grabbed the pencil from his hand.
"Why are you mad?" she asked.
"I'm not mad," he sighed. He was just a little irritated. All the guys gave him kissy faces all day and called him thing like 'lover boy'.
"You are! I can tell!" she said. She was getting pretty good at telling his emotions.
Gray grabbed her waist, spun her around, and leaned back with her between his legs. His back was resting against the headboard. He rested his face in the crook of her neck "I'm not mad, okay?"
"O-okay," she said. Gray could feel her face heat up.
"Why did you change?" he asked. "I'm starting to miss your back-talking."
"You do?" she asked. Lucy didn't realize that he liked her old self.
"Besides the smoking, I didn't mind you at all," he said. He didn't like her drinking, but she was funny drunk. Besides, she was starting to act more sad than usual. Yes, she was happy, but he could still see that something was bothering her; something that wasn't there before.
"I guess I was just trying something new," she confessed. Or rather something old. "I didn't get rid of my old clothes. I have been wanting to go back to wearing them."
"Why not wear them both? I'm sure you can take the girly out of skirts and still wear them," he laughed. If anyone could, it would be Lucy.
"You do realize I'm wearing a skirt now, right?" she asked. She wasn't in a very good position for wearing a skirt. She was sure anyone could see up it if they came into the room.
Gray just turned her around so her stomach was against his. He gently kissed her forehead. "I really like you," he said. He was pretty sure he loved her, but he didn't want to freak her out.
"I don't like you," she said. "I never agreed to this, either." She was afraid that if she let herself love him, she would have to let go. She promised herself that no matter what happened, she would never let him go.
"It's okay," he said. He knew she would change her mind soon enough.
X
"Is this okay?" Ultear asked, holding up a gray dress.
"Why are you asking me?" Lyon asked. He was dragged to Ultear's room to help her with her date. He didnt even care.
"I need a male opinion!" she said. She put the dress back in her closet and began looking for another one.
"I don't think I would give you a good opinion," he tried to reason. "First of all, as a brother, I don't want you to look too good on a date. Secondly, I don't think I want to even consider telling you you look hot in something. That would be awkward."
"Who else am I suppose to ask? Mom is working late tonight." She pulled out another outfit, but quickly put it back.
"What about Lucy?"
"She's doing homework with Gray." Ultear thought about it a minute. She sighed in defeat and walked to Gray's room. Lyon wouldn't be any help, and she couldn't be that happy about homework. Besides, Gray was technically babysitter her, so she could interrupt them.
She jiggled his doorknob, but it was locked. She knocked on the door. She didn't get a response, so she hit the door harder. She heard someone walk to the door.
"What?" Gray asked. He actually had lipgloss on his face, this time. Ultear resisted the urge to laugh.
"I need to borrow Lucy," she said. She wiped his face off with her sleeve. He blushed and quickly looked away. "Just have her come to my room."
"What did she want?" Lucy asked. Gray laid back on the bed beside her.
"You need to go to her room for something," he said. The blonde just reached the door before he stopped her. "Lucy?"
"Yeah?"
"Stop wearing lipstick when you come here."
She blushed and slammed his door shut. She was already wearing it at school. It wasn't like she put it on just for him. She shook the thought and opened Ultear's door.
"I need your help!" Ultear blurted out.