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Lucy:

Lucy took special notice of the fact that Sophia had chosen to sit next to Erza, instead of Natsu like she usually did. She smiled to herself. She had been grilling the poor girl about whether or not she could see herself getting together with Natsu. Sophia had either pretended not to understand at first or truly didn't get that Lucy meant together as in together together. She had given the blonde a confused look and replied "We're always together, whaddya mean?"

Lucy had rolled her eyes and given Sophia a glare in hopes of trying to get it through her thick skull that she had meant something different. When it had finally dawned on Sophia, they had already left the house. Sophia was dressed in loose, white, high-waisted shorts held up by a thick, brown, leather belt and a black, Cheongsam style, silk shirt that had orange trim around the collar, sleeves, and bottom, and, as always, her dragon-tooth bracelet was wrapped around her upper arm, right below her bright red guildmark. It clinked and jingled as they walked down Canal street. A fisher boat passed by and waved to the two mages.

"So.. you...uh...don't mean, like... I thought you meant like spend more time together or hang out or something…not, um, date."

The cherry-head had whispered the last word like they were children and she was afraid an adult would hear her using an inappropriate word. Lucy began to laugh at Sophia, and as they walked it had gotten progressively louder. Sophia was already red from her initial statement, but now she was almost on par with a tomato.

"Okay… you can stop anytime now… it can't be that funny. C'mon Lucy! Give me a break!" she droned on as Lucy laughed louder and louder.

"Ah, haha, I'm sorry I just forget how cute you are, it's adorable. You're so innocent."

Sophia had blushed again and, scratching the back of her head, turned away from Lucy to look at the canal shimmering in the early morning sunlight.

"So anyway," Lucy had begun, giving Sophia a playful shove with her shoulder, "would you ever consider that?"

Sophia turned to look at her again, with her freckled cheeks still glowing pink.

"Y...Yeah…" she mumbled, almost inaudibly, with her eyes pointed towards the ground and her hands clasped behind her back. "…I might've thought about it before."

Lucy had almost jumped for joy. She loved to play matchmaker, especially with her two best friends. When she had first met them in Hargeon she was convinced that they had to be a couple, but when she had asked Happy he had just started laughing his ass off.

"You two would be so cute! What if I ask Natsu if he'd ever think about dating you? I promise I won't tell him you said anything. And I won't force you guys into anything, just let you know what he says...and I'm sure he's gonna say yes, so that means you could ask him out!"

Lucy had winked as they walked through the guild hall doors and Sophia's face immediately turned red again. She whipped around and whispered

"Ok, ok. Maybe. I don't know. Don't do it...or do it. I don't know!" She ended up yelling the last part and several mages turned around and laughed, causing Sophia to turn even more red, which Lucy hadn't thought was possible. As they had made their way over to where Erza, Gray, and Natsu was sitting, Sophia had whipped around and whispered, again, "Okay, fine. But you have to make me more pancakes."

Lucy had smiled and agreed, laughing as they sat down.

Gray:

Gray could tell something was up as the blonde and the redhead approached and he turned and gave Lucy a knowing look as she sat down next to him. She was looking at Sophia and trying to hide a smile. He raised an eyebrow, but she shook her head ever so slightly, meaning she'd tell him later.

Sophia:

In that short span of time, Erza had already begun interrogating Sophia about her last solo mission, her eating habits, exercise, whether or not she had remembered to brush her teeth before she left the house (Lucy piped up, saying "She did, I watched her"), and about her shoes (she didn't have any on).

"I lost my only pair and I spent all my money on food this month. Besides," she said, pumping one of her arms into the air, "This way I'll get really strong calluses on my feet and be able to walk on a floor of nails!"

Everyone at the table except Natsu sweatdropped, while Natsu gave her a crisp high five that resonated through the hall.

"We're buying you shoes this afternoon," Erza stated.

"But I don't want any!"

A shadow covered the Titania's face and Sophia leapt away from her and out of her seat, running towards the bar.

"Hey Mira, I'm here on time and everything!" the redhead called to the bartender. Mira walked over with a glimmering smile on her face.

"I'm so glad! It would have been awful if you'd slept through it like last year. You were so confused when we were all gone!"

"Yeah, I can't believe ya'll didn't even leave a note on the door. I had no idea what was going on!"

The two girls laughed and Mira poured her a beer on the house.

"Thanks Mira!" Sophia called over her shoulder as she made her way back over to the table. This time she slid in next to Natsu, taking a big gulp of from her mug.

"It's only 10:00 AM…" Lucy commented.

"Oh, uh, yeah I guess it is. Well, today's gonna be fun! S-class announcements are today!"

"Is that what this is?!" Lucy exclaimed suddenly, causing all the people at the table to jump.

"You didn't know?" Gray inquired. He smiled and pointed at himself with his thumb while leaning towards Lucy and announcing "I'm gonna be in the running this year for sure," he paused and turned to scoff at Sophia and Natsu before gesturing with his thumb towards them this time, "Who knows when those pyros will be in the running."

"Wanna say that again, Gray?"

"You heard me, flame brain."

Suddenly Natsu was on top of Gray, fists flaming. Sophia hiccupped and yelled, "I'll join in later..hcc...I chugged but I chugged it wrong."

She turned to look at Lucy and smiled before laying her head down on the table and beginning to snore almost immediately. Erza and Lucy exchanged shell-shocked glances over Sophia's head as she snored away.

"That might be a new record..." Erza mumbled.

"Yeah, I think it is," Lucy mumbled in reply. "They're all freaks...Gray's already lost all of his clothes, Natsu has set about, oh, one, two, three, four people on fire...oh, no, it's five now, and Sophia fell asleep in about .2 seconds after chugging at least 30 ounces of beer in about .2 seconds at 10 in the fucking morning."

"I'm very concerned about Sophia, there is no way that can be healthy..." the Titania paused and leaned towards the sleeping dragon slayer. "Would you...would you check her pulse? Just for peace of mind."

Lucy giggled a little but did as she was asked.

"Don't worry, we're all good."

"Thank goodness. Last time I had to do CPR I broke someone's rib cage. Granted it wasn't the chest I was performing the CPR on, but still."

Erza smirked at Lucy and added, "You know, I bet you'll be up for S-Class by the time it rolls around again next year."

Lucy's face lit up at the thought and she smiled wide, showing Erza all her pearly whites.

"You really think so?"

"I do. I know what you did at Nirvana. That alone is above the capabilities of many of the mages up for consideration today. You just need to believe in yourself, Lucy. And stand your ground. Never back down."

"Haaaaaaaaa...you rhymed..." Sophia groaned with her face still flat against the sturdy, wooden picnic table.

"Shut up!" Erza snapped at the other redheaded mage.

"I agree with you though," Sophia retorted, "Lucy's got what it takes…" she trailed off as her head dipped back towards the table, and stopped completely when it slammed against it and she began to snore again.