All you have to do is ask right?

Chapter 25

It's been a couple of days since that new team came back. I was kind of getting used to them and their antics. And I say antics but they really weren't doing anything. They just kind of fit in with the rest of the guild and come to think of it they might even be good friends in the end. I went to the bar to talk to Mira because what else would I do. I sat down and asked for something nonalcoholic. She smiled at me with her innocent smile. I really didn't understand why everyone thought she was a 'demon'. She was nothing but a cute model and a barmaid of Fairy Tail. I didn't matter anyways I had something else on my mind.

"What's bothering you Jack. I can see it in your eyes and don't even think about lying," She placed a wood mug with milk in front of me. I chuckled a little.

"A mug? Really?"

"Yeah. It's bad enough that we pay so much for tables and chairs. So I don't want to add glasses to that list as well because you keep eating them all," I shrugged.

"Fair enough."

"Don't even think for a second that you can evade my question that easily. Please tell me Jack. I just want to help you," She looked at me with her trademark puppy dog eyes. I hesitated a little and I saw her eyes light up with joy.

"This is about Sapphire isn't it!" she almost yelled out into the guild. Luckily the guild just started their daily brawl so no one paid it any mind.

"Shh… not so loud please," she looked behind me and then grabbed my west pulling me behind the bar with her. She did it just in time too because I heard something or someone hit the chair I was sitting on.

"Alright since we're down here where no one can see or hear us what is your heartache," I was about to speak her eyes lit up in wonder.

"That look is really creepy Mira."

"You're not escaping Jack. Tell me right now."

"Alright, alright geez," I reached in my pocket and pulled out the two tickets for the rays palace restaurant and handed them to her. She took one look at them and let an 'Aaaaww' sound.

"You're thinking of asking her on a date aren't you?" Mira's eyes were absolutely sparkling with joy and other positive emotions. I smiled a little awkwardly at her.

"Yeah I guess so. But I don't know if I should. I mean what if she says no. Then it'll just be awkward for the rest of time."

"But if she says yes the two of you are one step closer to becoming more than friends."

"But is it worth the risk though," Mira jumped up and held her clenched fist into the air.

"Any risk is worth taking in the name of love!" She sat back down again to avoid all the weird looks she got.

"Oooo…kaaayy. But I still don't have the confidence to ask her I mean what if she doesn't like me. I don't think I can take that kind of rejection," Mira patted my shoulder.

"There's no way she'd say no to you of all people. All you have to do is walk up to her and ask if she wants to grab dinner sometime. It's really simple. I believe in you," she clenched her fist.

"Alright let's say she says yes. Then what? I've certainly never been on a date before."

"You're attitude Jack your attitude. You're way too negative about this. The most beautiful thing about love is that you figure it out as you go along."

"But what if…" She put a finger on my lips.

"No more what ifs. Just ask her and the rest will sort itself out. And if it doesn't work Silver is always a good second choice," she winked at me.

"Thanks that really helps," up above the brawl had stopped and most of the tables and chair were either getting thrown out of because they were broken or getting put back to their original positions if they were somehow still intact. I looked around for a certain wizard amongst them but I couldn't see her. Someone put down one of the long tables and Sapphire's face came into view. I decided to help with the cleaning. We were done after 2 hours or so which was a lot longer than it usually took to clean up the guilds mess. That's when I noticed that there weren't many people in the guild today. I let out a relieved sigh. Good no one is around. That means less people to know about this if it goes wrong. I looked at the girl in question. Her smile, her hair, her eyes. Oh those eyes. They were absolutely mesmerizing. The blue shining like two oceans worth of beauty making me feel lost at sea. I shook my head. And apparently they make you think like a philosopher. She must have noticed me staring because she was walking over towards me. Oh Mavis help me. She was coming this way. I was starting to seriously consider putting a bucket or something over my head and pretend I wasn't there.

"What's up Jack?" She was standing right in front of me. I jumped a little. I suddenly felt like I was having a fever or something because my face started turning red. She just had a way of making feel uneasy when I was around her. But I felt uneasy in a good way. Most of the time I could hide it easily since we were just friends but now that I was about to ask her on a date it was completely different. Sapphire gave me a concerned look.

"Are you okay? Is something wrong?"

"No… I mean yes… No…um everything's fine," come on Jack pull yourself together. You've talked to her hundreds of times. JUST FREAKING ASK!

"Are you sure you're okay? You don't look too good."

"No really I'm fine really. I just wanted to know if you um…" A voice coming from outside the guildhall interrupted me.

"MMMMAAAAAKKKAARRRROOOOOVV!" Sapphire looked up quickly and ran towards the guild door to check out who was yelling. Dammit, there goes that chance. I followed her as well as everyone else. Outside of the guild, there was a person. He looked like a normal citizen. Makarov stepped forward.

"What appears to be the matter child?" The man glared at the master.

"You mean you haven't noticed."

"Noticed what?"

"Noticed that no one is at the guild today! Oh right I forgot all the 'important' ones are here so the rest don't matter isn't that right?" Everyone started looking around to see that he was right.

"But I'll tell you what Makarov. If you can name one member of your guild who isn't here I'll release everyone right now," he started thinking. Let's see there's Natsu, Lucy, Erza, Gray, Juvia… I went through every member of the guild I knew and they were all there. Except for one. Nick, the leader of Gear Chronicle was missing. Odd thee rest of his team were there. I'm sure the master knows everyone. Makarov bowed his head.

"See I knew you couldn't."

"What are your demands?"

"You CAN send two I repeat TWO members to each of these locations to recover all the rest of your members. That is if you even want them back," The man threw four lachrima at Makarov. He suddenly went out in a rage as he looked at the lachrima.

"How dare you harm my children? I will make you pay for your insolence," Makarov grew to twice the size of the man. But as he was about to hit him he fell apart into small piece of metal and wires. Makarov shrunk again and everyone stared at the pile of junk in confusion.

"What happened?" Sting asked breaking the silence that had fallen on our group.

"I do not know my child. But we must save the rest of the guild," he turned to look at us. He then placed the four lachrimas on the ground.

"It is on my children! Let's show these clowns that no one gets away with messing with Fairy Tail!"