It's been over a week since she talked to Natsu, since the letter was sent out, since Gray told her about it, since everything changed.

One morning, Lucy told Natsu that she was driving Mirajane's car to school. He tried to convince her that she didn't need to, but after arguing that she had to go pick up medicine for Mirajane he lost. Now that she knows the letter was sent to the both of them, it's only a matter of days or hours until Natsu receives the letter. How could she handle that situation once it happens? She took Gray's a little lightly because she had no feelings for him but Natsu was another story.

After she parked, she walked to her locker and sighed. Is she supposed to ignore Natsu? To keep making up excuses to avoid talking about the letter?

That's not gonna last long. She was having trouble opening her locker and when she was finally able to open it, Natsu was standing right there beside her.

"Lucy..." he had this confused expression on his face. "I've been trying to talk to you this whole time, but whenever I come over Mira says you're done eating and you refuse to catch a ride with me." He holds up a red envelope in front of Lucy. "I don't understand, what is this?"

"I don't know," Lucy automatically answered, it's like her head was on the clouds.

"What?" Natsu was getting more confused. "I mean, this is from you right?"

She takes a breath and accepts the letter, fighting the entire urge to rip it into pieces. "When did you get this?"

"Yesterday, it got sent in the mail." Natsu starts playing with his pockets. "So... when did you write the letter?"

The questions seemed more difficult than when she encountered this situation with Gray. "A long time ago," Lucy says with a fake laugh. "I don't remember when, it might have been during middle school." And that wasn't entirely a lie. The two letters she wrote was during her middle school years. It was easier to tell Gray about it than with Natsu.

"Right, but you mentioned about Lisanna and I dating," Natsu says slowly. "That was only two years ago."

"That's still pretty long," Lucy her bottom lip. She could feel tears coming and she fears that if she says anything further, she would cry and that will ruin everything. She makes a fist and told herself to keep her cool. Tears always ruin everything.

Natsu was staring at her so hard, she was starting to sweat. "Do you... uh, so... did you have feelings for me or...?"

"Okay, yes, for sure. I had a crush on you at one point but that was way before you and Lisanna started dating."

"Why didn't you say anything?" His eyes looked so confused and she felt bad. It looked like he wanted so say something more. "God, Lucy... This is too much. I feel stupid."

Whatever he's thinking, what ever he wants to say, Lucy doesn't want to hear it. So before he could, Lucy spats. "I'm going out with someone."

Natsu's jaw drops. "Huh?"

What? Lucy blinks mentally. What did I just say?

"I'm dating someone, and I really, really like him. Don't worry about this letter, Natsu." Lucy waves the letter like it's just any other paper she uses. "I was probably confused when I wrote this and I really don't know how it got sent to you because it was never meant to be sent at all. This was supposed to be just for me. This isn't even worth talking about, so Natsu, let's forget all about this. Don't tell Lisanna either!"

He nods but he looked unconvinced.

Lucy wasn't satisfied with that. "Do you swear? Swear on your dad's life?"

Lucy knew that was low, but she had to. For Natsu, anything is important when it comes to his dad.

He swallowed hard and nodded. "I swear, I haven't talked to her since she last called me."

"Okay, great! You should head to art class now."

Natsu was walking away until he stops and turns back to face her, "who's the guy?"

"Hm? What guy?"

"The guy you're dating," he asked with a low voice. "You said you're dating someone."

That's when Lucy saw him. Gray was walking down the hallway, like an angel coming to the rescue. He deserved one of those catchy music during that walk because he looked so good at that moment.

"G-Gray. Gray Fullbuster. Sorry, I have to go. See you later Natsu!" The bell ring and Lucy hugs Natsu before she runs towards the other boy. "Gray!"

"Gray? But I thought you said- Wait, Luce!"

Lucy runs to Gray and jumps up into his arms like a little girl. Her arms were around his neck and her legs were wrapped around his waist and all of a sudden, she felt self-conscious about her weight. Like a movie, everything was coming slow around her, including Gray's expression that was plastered with pure shock and disbelief, and maybe a little bit of amusement because he seemed really amused that he wraps his arms around her back to support her.

Gray raises his eyebrows and says, "Uh, Lucy? What're you—"

Without thinking, she kisses him, in hopes that Natsu is watching because if he wasn't then what she did was all for nothing.

Her heart was pounding so fast, she was afraid that Gray would hear it. But then she forgets all about her heart when three seconds later, he was kissing her back. Gray, the boy that any girl would want to be with, is kissing her back. And he was a damn good kisser.

The good thing was, he was the only person Lucy had ever kissed before. It was surprising that she was kissing Gray again.

Lucy opens her eyes and Gray's dark blue eyes were piercing with confusion.

Sincerely, Lucy whispers, "thank you."

"You're... welcome?" Gray whispers back before he releases her and she hops out of his arms, sprinting off to the opposite direction.

AN: Hey guys! There's no turning back with the letters now. Also, my bad about the notifications about my updates. I typed them all out in one file so I had to break them down and upload them at one time. But from here on out, expect an update every week. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!