I know I said 2 weeks or so, but I felt inspired (thank GeminiMab, she said I had too :) )to write just one more chapter before I disappear. So now it'll be around 2 weeks. Thank you, thank you, thank you for all your wonderful, funny and kind words, and messages. I cannot express how much it means to me, that people like what I'm writing. I just get filled with so many warm fuzzies.
I stayed up late (5am) to write this for you, my lovely reviewers and follower-ers.

I guess right now the story is more ecchi than adult, but it will go down that path. Probably not for a while though, the story isn't all about sex, but hopefully I'm portraying sexual tension and sexual desires well. I know it's a slow going story. But I'm not gonna rush it just to get to the steamy parts. :)

Also, someone had said it was hard to tell direct thoughts. So I'm attempting to use italics when he has a direct thought. It's basically all his Point of view, but when he's talking to himself, I'm gonna use italics. Since I feel it's redundant to constantly say "He said, he thought, he asked himself, etc" Let me know if it makes a difference, or doesn't really matter. I'd appreciate some feedback on it.

Do I really need to say it every chapter that I don't own "Fairy Tail" in any way, shape, or form? Anyone know? Rather safe than sorry. Hiro Mashima, you are a rock star. Sole owner of the wonderful world of "Fairy Tail."

Chapter 4

Natsu's POV

Natsu… Natsu. HEY NATSU!

"Whu?" Damn everything is blurry.

"Come on, wake up! We're here."

"Where?" He said while trying to lubricate his tongue with his non-existent spit.

"Natsu, come on we're getting off the train."

I slowly opened my eyes, and tried to get my bearings. Where the hell was I? Lucy is here, so it's okay. I sat up and almost laid back down. Damn why was I so fucking dizzy? I felt someone tugging my arm.

"We need to hurry, or we won't be able to get a hotel room."

My memory was starting to come back to me. That's right, a cold mission. Drugs, right, right Lucy gave me sleeping drugs. "Hotel?" I managed to say as I slowly stood up with Lucy helping me balance. My mouth was so dry, I felt like I had been sucking on a sock.

"The train got delayed for over 2 hours, so we missed our 2nd train. Another one won't come till tomorrow afternoon at the earliest. The weather is something really nasty right now, so we need to find a hotel room before they're all booked. "

I was finally able to stand on my own, and stretched. "Got it Lucy" as I reached down and picked up our bags.

"Hey, Let me carry them, you're not stable!"

I waved her away, as I walked towards the exit. I was waking up, more and more. I don't think I like sleeping drugs at all, especially if this is how you feel when you wake up. My memory was coming back quickly now. We are on our way to Iceberg, and I got to sleep in Lucy's lap. And now we need a hotel. Got it. Shit I feel funny.

"Lucy, what the hell is in those pills? I feel like shit."

"I'm sorry Natsu. But the train ride wasn't that bad right?"

I just looked at her. Never again. I'd rather have Erza knock me out then take those pills again.

He saw a sign that said "Welcome to Iceberg." He smirked. Because it was storming outside. Horrible icy rain. Like slush falling down in buckets. Wet, slippery, ice was building up everywhere. That would explain why the train was delayed. He was sure ice was building up on the tracks. Chances are they weren't getting a train tomorrow either. It was incredibly windy, and lightening lit the sky. He really, really didn't want to leave the train station. He knew Lucy would just whine about wanting a bath and bed, so didn't even bother to suggest it. With a sigh he said, "How far is the hotel?"

40 horrible, miserable, terrible minutes later. They entered the 3rd hotel. The previous 2 had been completely booked, with a few people even sleeping on futons in the lobbies. Lucy was shivering uncontrollably at this point even though he held her close and had increased his own body heat just shy of actually being on fire, but it didn't seem to be helping much. They were both completely soaked, with ice freezing in their hair. Her stellar clock thing was off today, of course.

"Please tell me you have even one room available." I said rather briskly. Because at this point, I was going to take our sleeping bags and set Lucy up in the foyer. At least there was a fireplace. She could have a bath tomorrow.

"Let me check for you." Sighing loudly, the receptionist turned around and walked into the back room.

I was getting really frustrated. If this kept up, Lucy would get sick. I took out my blanket and mostly dried it quickly for her, then wrapped Lucy in it. "Go stand by the fireplace over there and I'll get our room stuff." She nodded gratefully. If she had just listened to him about her clothes, maybe she wouldn't be shaking so much. He was going to insist that she dress warmly tomorrow; even if it meant burning all the sexy clothes to ash. She'd forgive him eventually.

The lady returned, "I'm very sorry sir, we only have the 'Elite Presidential Suite' left." She didn't look that sorry to him. She said it kind of snooty borderline rude like. I get it, she doesn't think I can afford it.

"Give it to me." I almost growled. I was seriously low on patience at this point. Don't look down on me bitch, today is not a good day.

She looked rather surprised when I pulled out the money, "En-enjoy your stay sir." She said it with significantly more sincerity than previously portrayed. Guess having money makes people like you. What a fake broad.

"Come on Lucy." I put my arm around her again. And headed towards the elevators.

Seriously, 8500 jewels for 1 damn night? We took the elevator to the top floor. I quickly opened the door, and saw a huge room full of luxury. Reds and golds decorated the entire room. A chandelier hung over an overly decorated table full of fresh flowers in the entrance. Past that I could see the main room. There was a sitting area with two couches with gold embroidery. A table with more fresh flowers between them. And behind that was the bed. And it was massive. It could easily fit 4 of him on there with room to spare though it was an odd shape. Circle? Beds can be circles? Why is it a circle? Maybe it was for fat people since they tended to be more round. Off to the side was a baby grand piano. Why would anyone need a freakin piano in their hotel room?

"Natsu?"

"Yeah, Lucy?" She brought him out of his musings.

"Can we really afford this room?" She asked looking around.

"I've already paid for it. It was this or the floor in front of the desk downstairs. "

"But it's too much. I know a room like this can easily cost over $10,000 a night… At least let me pay for half."

"It's already paid for. Let's not worry about it anymore right now. Okay?" Well at least it wasn't over 10 grand. For a girl from a rich family, she really worried about money a lot. It's not like she's had to go weeks without eating or has had to sleep on the streets.

He dropped their bags by the bed. They fell with a splat. Sigh. Everything was completely soaked. He could hear her shivering still, though he was surprised she wasn't whining about it. "Hey Lucy, you go take a hot bath, as hot as you can stand, and I'll start drying all your clothes. I can hear you shivering... And don't worry about me, take your time."

She put her hand on his shoulder, and said with a grateful smile. "Thank you Natsu. For everything. " And she went into the bathroom. Her hand had felt really icy. As uncomfortable as the walk had been, he was fine. Just worried about her.

As he walked around the room, he saw a marble fireplace, already lit. Maybe I'll have a snack later. There was a matching marble bar to the side, with yup even more fresh flowers on it. Across the room was a huge writing desk with, you guessed it, more fuck'n flowers. The room just reeked of fresh flowers. His sensitive nose was starting to hurt. Would he get in trouble if he threw them all out the window? Probably, but he wasn't paying $8500 to smell these horrible flowers all night either. He decided to just set all the vases out in the hallway.

6 large vases later, he opened the window to let in a little fresh air. "Damn, that feels better" as he stood near the window. It had smelt like Lucy had dumped a bottle of one of her stronger perfumes all over the place. He tried telling her she smelled just fine as she was, but she never seemed to believe him. He wanted to just leave the window open, but it was still storming outside, and remembered how cold Lucy had felt. Better to keep the place warm for her. He threw some sheets of paper in the fireplace to help cover the smell of flowers.

Overall he wasn't impressed. Why all this extra stuff? All you really need is a bed. What do rich people do in their hotel rooms that required all this extra stuff? The fireplace is kind of cool. Sigh, Lucy is probably gonna yell at me to keep everything clean. He hated all this fancy stuff.

"Hey Natsu?"

Shit, I haven't dirtied anything yet. He turned to look at her. Her hair was down, and she was wet, and in nothing but a towel. He blinked and swallowed. "Yeah, Lucy?" Trying not to let his voice squeak. He could see water droplets rolling down her skin.

"Don't eat or drink anything in the bar. They charge you for everything. I have some snacks in my bag if you're hungry."

He gave her a big , forced, grin, "Thanks Lucy, you're the best." He stared at the now closed bathroom door, the smile quickly leaving his face. Shit, did she have to do that? He ran his hands through his hair. Get a grip Natsu, it's not like you haven't seen her in a towel before. Smacking his cheeks, he walked over to their bags.

Alight first things first, he lit himself on fire, being extra careful of the room. Once he was completely dry, he started to open her bags. Things were sopping wet. He picked up a sweater and it just dribbled water down. He looked around and saw that the bar had a marble sink. Taking the bags over there. He started with just wringing everything out. As he suspected, she packed too much crap. He set aside the wrung out clothes to be dry heated later and pulled out something small. Curiously, he held in his hands a small, lacey bit of cloth. "What's this?" He unfolded it to discover in his hands, was a g-string. His hands trembled a little bit as he looked at it. Suddenly he focused in on the bathroom door again. He could still hear her bathing. He looked back at this scrap of cloth.

"What's the point?" He wondered. It couldn't possibly cover enough to be worth wearing. "How does she even wear this thing? I assume the string goes in the back." He then imagined her wearing it. And his breath hitched a little. The lines would outline her perfect ass rather nicely actually. He put it down and looked with more interest at the rest of her lingerie. Everything was satin or lace and barely there. Sexy. As. Hell. If this was a anime, his nose would be shooting out blood at this point.

He tugged at his scarf, suddenly feeling like it was too tight around his neck. And chewed on his thumb nail for a minute looking at what was before him. He imagined each pair on her. Yes, I am truly a pervert. He decided. "FUCK!" He suddenly squatted down pulling his hair in frustration. I seriously need to get a damn grip. It's just underwear damn it. I need to get my act together before she comes out and sees me like this.

He casted the underwear aside, and pulled out the rest of her clothes. Once the bag was empty he dried it thoroughly first since he knew for a fact that she would freak out, and probably kick him, seeing her underwear everywhere. He was getting really hungry as well. He hadn't eaten since lunch, and had been using his magic constantly for the past hour or so. He looked at the clock it was already past 10 pm. I should head out to see if there is anywhere to get an actual dinner. He just had this feeling that Lucy didn't pack enough snacks to fill him up. He also needed a break from where his thoughts had gone. He put all her wet clothes into the sink, underwear on the bottom, and walked over to the bathroom door and knocked. He had to fight the urge to just walk in.

"What is it Natsu?" He could hear the water moving in the tub as she sat up in surprise at the interruption.

"I'm going to see about a place for dinner. I'll bring you back something."

"Thank you Natsu. I don't know what I'd do without you." He put his hand on the door at those words, And put his head against it. Her words touched his heart. He wanted something; he just wasn't really sure what. After a moment of silence, "Hey Natsu, Go in my purse and grab some money. I should at least pay for dinner."

"Yeah, sure thing Lucy."

He put his hand down by his side, and walked out of the room. Leaving her purse untouched.

Junior Prom was fun. We talked, ate bad food, and danced. He said I looked beautiful. I had worn a floor length, periwinkle (a light purple) dress. He looked so handsome in his suit. His tie had a cool gold embroidered dragon on it. I had worn platform silver wedges, and was almost eye level with him. It was the first time I had gotten to spend so many exclusive hours with him. Sure we'd hung out before, but it was always in a group setting, or casual video game playing. You couldn't call this night anything else, but a date. An official date. The night ended too quickly for my liking.

Afterwards we hung out a mutual friends house, watched a bad kung-fu flick and fell asleep on the couch.

Sadly for me, nothing happened to our relationship that night. No confession of hidden feelings. No kisses. Hardly any hand holding on top of that. :( We were still just friends. I will be honest, I was extremely disappointed,. But I had given it my best shot. I knew I could never bring myself to come out a say it directly that I liked him. I would just have to learn to be content with his friendship.

But don't worry that's not the end of my love story, you'll just have to keep reading to find out what happened next :)

Common side effects to taking sleeping pills

Burning or tingling in the hands, arms, feet, or legs

Changes in appetite

Constipation Diarrhea

Difficulty keeping balance Dizziness Drowsiness

Dry mouth or throat

Gas Headache Heartburn Stomach pain or tenderness

Uncontrollable shaking of a part of the body Unusual dreams Weakness

Always consults your doctor before taking any medications.