Next Day
-Erin-
I haven't seen Liz since this morning. Gray came and asked if she wanted him to walk her to the guild. I 'awwwed' at them and Liz told me to shut up and gray just laughed. They returned last night with goofy smiles on their faces. Gray said night to both of us before he left. Liz told me that she had such a good time, but didn't ell me anything else. She collapsed and slept the whole night.
"Good morning Erin."
Mirajane said with as mile as I walked into the guild.
"Morning Mira. You seen Liz yet?"
I asked and she shook her head.
"Nope, I haven't seen Gray either."
She answered, still smiling.
I saw Juvia sitting at the bar by herself and went to talk to her.
"Morning Juvia, how are you?"
I asked. She didn't look happy, but she still smiled up at me.
"Good morning Erin-sama. Juvia is well, but Juvia is curious as the where Gray-sama is."
She kept looking at the door, almost as if expecting Gray to walk in and sweep her into his arms.
'If only she knew.'
I smiled to myself and the doors opened and in walked a happy, laughing couple. A loud-mouth, fire breathing slayer on their heels.
"Gray and Liz! I can't believe it. You guys are so cute and awww."
Natsu said and Juvia almost fell out of her seat and I couldn't help but smile.
"Juvia's heart is hurting."
Juvia mumbled to herself, but I heard her.
Liz came to stand next to me, Juvia walked off somewhere, a storm cloud floating above her head.
"Glad you could finally make it."
I said joking with her. She just laughed and smiled at me.
"Last night was so much fun. He took me to a movie and afterwards we took a walk in the park. We laughed and talked about each other and what we're into."
She said beaming next to me and I smiled.
'I swear, if she had wings she'd be up in the air.'
"….So happy for you Gray!"
We heard Natsu yell and turned to see Natsu standing beside Gray. Gray was telling Natsu to stop, but he was wasting his breath.
Before me, Erza, or anyone else could get to them, they were at it again.
"Someone should keep track of how many times they-"
Liz started, but stopped mid-sentence when Gray's pants went flying across the room. All he was standing in was his black, gray banded boxers. Liz's face turned a shade of red that put a tomato to shame and my mouth fell open.
"Gray, your clothes."
Cana told him while drinking her daily barrel of beer.
"Ahhh!"
He shouted, but when Natsu said something they started again.
"Does he do that a lot?"
Liz asked Erza who had walked over to us.
"More than you would think."
She answered as she watched our friends continue their fight. We've been here for a while and we've never seen Gray strip down when he and Natsu 'fight'.
-Lucy-
'Wow Gray.'
"Guys, stop!"
I yelled, but of course, they didn't listen. But they did when Erza pushed them apart and knocked both of them to the floor.
"Oh come on Erza, I can take that droopy-eyed ice cube."
Natsu whined. He was never one to give up on a fight, especially not one between him and Gray. Erza and Natsu argued and I turned back to the job board. Erin was standing in front of it looking at a particular job flyer.
"Hey Erin. So Liz and Gray huh?"
She turned to look at me. There was something about her that was weird to me. I've always wanted to ask her what keys she has. According to gray she has some Zodiac keys and a key he's never seen before, but he won't tell me what it looks like.
"Hi Lucy, yeah they're cute together I think."
Her hair was tied back but some strands were falling in her face. She continued to look at a job flyer.
"Yeah. What job are you looking at?"
I asked.
"This one."
She said as she grabbed it off the board.
"Defeat a gang of powerful mages for 600,000 Jewls."
"That's a S-Class job Erin, you have to be a S-Class wizard to go."
Gray said as he came up behind us-fully clothed-and Erin looked back at him.
"Oh."
She said, sounding disappointed.
"Erza, Gray, Natsu, and I are S-Class wizards. We could go together."
I said smiling.
"What about me Lucy? You forgot about me."
Wendy said looking up at me.
"And you too."
I told her.
"But we can't go if we're not S-Class, right?"
Erin asked.
"If you go with us you can."
Erza said, walking up behind Erin. Natsu was at her side.
"Then let's go!"
Liz said happily, her face still a little red from earlier. Gray took her hand and her face darkened in shade again.
-Liz-
Erza packed what we needed like she always did. Erin and I have been on jobs with Natsu and the others before, but this is a S-Class job, and if we're successful we could become S-Class wizards ourselves!
Erin handed me the flyer as we boarded the tram.
'This looks interesting.'
Natsu and Erin talked when Natsu wasn't puking his guts out. Wendy slept, Erza looked out the window, and Gray talked to me.
"So you've never sculpted with your water?"
He asked and I shook my head.
"No. Erin and I traveled too often for me to ever stop and 'play' with my magic."
I said with a smile and he smiled in response.
"Well then…..let me show you something."
Gray said as he folded his hands over one another and his hands glowed with the light from his ice make magic. When he lifted his top hand I stared at him in awe.
"Its beautiful."
I said as I stared at the cerulean blue ice heart that was sitting in the palm of his hand. I looked up at him and he was smiling at me.
I quickly looked around. Erin and Erza were gone and Natsu was holding his head out the window. Wendy was still asleep. I turned back to gray and the most amazing thing happened. He slowly leaned down until his lips touched mine. They were ice cold, yet they were so warm against mine.
'I'm kissing Gray!'
Before I could enjoy my first kiss I got the feeling that someone was watching us, and my feeling was right. Both Erin and Erza were sitting across from us, Erin smirking.
"Don't mind us."
She said. Happy was sitting on the table in the middle of the seats next to Charla.
"They're in llllooovvveee."
He said rolling his tongue and unnecessarily drawing out the word. We all laughed, except Natsu, who was cursing the fact that we had talked him onto a tram.