Here I am, sandwiched between two dense jerks who saw the wrath of Erza after they pulled a nasty knockdown round in the stripper's room.

Still don't get it? This is what happened:

After Mr. Pervy Popsicle aka Gray pulled a hilarious prank on Mr. Flame Spitter aka Natsu, both of them fought like wrestlers on WWE. Seriously, they weren't getting off of each other and kept hitting each other with anything they could get. Natsu even hit Gray with his phone, and let's just say Gray wasn't happy about having a broken phone to use. The fight got intense, until Erza stepped in. She, having a murderous aura surrounding her (that time, I understood what Levy meant) beat the crap outta them. In result of this, both boys were heavily wounded and knocked out.

Remembering Erza's wrath gives me major goosebumps. Grrrh.

Right now, Gajeel and Levy are in Gajeel's car, and I am squished between two dense heads who still can't get enough with their continuous glares at each other. No one dared to call shotgun because of Erza. I could've but she had a lot of stuff secured by the seatbelt.

"Oh, for Pete's sake, stop it! I'm tired of this. Can't you guys get along for once?!" I whisper-yelled at them. Does that even make sense? Oh well.

"Ouwhouoffowowfbofouf!"

What is he saying?

"The feeling is mutual, fireball!"

Did Gray just understood what he was trying to say?!

"Woufdofyofkommou!"

"Wanna pick a fight?" Gray cracked his fists.

"Is there a fight going on in the back?" Erza inquired.

"No Ma'am." We said in unison and of course, Natsu said that as well but his speech was muffled because Erza tied a bandage around his mouth for God knows what reason.

"Erza! When will we get there? Natsu looks like he can puke any minute and I'm not so comfortable here!"

Okay, I might be whining like a kid but I definitely don't want to sit between a half naked guy and a guy who is about to puke when there is a bandage tied on his mouth.

"Lucy, you and I both know about Levy and her little secret, so it's better if we leave her like that." Erza replied calmly.

Levy and her little secret?

Secret?

Pfft. It's so obvious.

"Hold on a minute- is that who I think it is?"

Wait- did I just see a glint in Erza's eyes?

"It's really him, Erza. Remember, you are driving this thing, so we don't want to be the victims of car accident." Gray spoke, hesitantly, may I add.

"Who is here, Gray?" I whispered.

"Oh, that's Jellal. Did Levy tell you about him?"

"Yeah. She did. It's quite a story."

"Uh-huh. We're here!"

It was a forest where we stopped. I think this forest is known as 'East Forest'. Levy was talking to Jellal animatedly and Gajeel and Gray were helping Natsu. I swear he never felt sick in his own car.

"Lu! Over here!"

I jogged to Levy and greeted her.

"Lucy, this is-

"Wait- is this Lucy? Wow, you've grown so much!"

All of a sudden, I was enveloped in two broad arms. I saw Levy eyeing Jellal.

Why am I getting a feeling that they're hiding something from me?

Why was I comfortable in his arms?

Why did I feel like he was my elder brother figure?

"Oh, uh, umm, sorry Lucy. It's just that you resemble to someone I know. Uh, ahem, sorry."

"It's okay. You're Jellal, right?"

"Yeah. Good to see you. Levy here was telling me quite a lot of things about you and Erza. Speaking of which, where's she?"

And- how do I say this? Jellal dashed to where Erza was (besides the car taking all the stuff out which she secured by the seatbelt on the passenger seat) and hugged her from her back, which caught her by surprise. She turned red as soon as Jellal whispered something in her ear. I laughed at that.

They're so in love.

"Bunny girl?"

"The name is Lucy, Gajeel."

"Yeah, and I called you bunny girl. Same thing."

It's useless to argue on this with him.

"So, what's up?"

"I need to ask you a favour."

"A favour? What sort of favour?"

"Uh, you know about Shrimp's birthday, right?"

"And?"

"I need you to help me throw a party and buy her a gift."

I scoffed and laughed at the same time.

"Who are you and what did you do to our Metalhead?"

"I'm serious."

I instantly shut up.

"I can help you throw a party, but the gift is on you."

"What should I buy her?"

"Hey, you guys! Help us set the tents!"

On the far side, Gray called us and we rushed to them. We set out all our tents and had the lunch. After that, we went out for some fishing and in result, we were in the lake, swimming and playing in the water. Levy was too scared to come but Gajeel grabbed her by the waist and cannonballed with her. Let's just say, she got furious and we returned back with big smiles on our faces- and a few fish, of course.

No sign of any spies yet.

The night had fallen by the time we came back. We changed back to our dry clothes and us girls started working on cooking the dinner.

"Hey Erza, do you see that?" Levy whispered.

"I've been observing that since we came back." Erza replied.

I glanced at the boys and sure they were talking in hushed voices, snickering.

"They might be planning on pranking us, just like the last time."

"But this time we won't let them. Come here."

We managed to sneak away from the guys and started working on the prank. Erza climbed up and tied all the buckets with the rope. I filled them with water and motioned Erza to pull them up. Levy took a few more and filled them with dandelions, baking soda and sugar, so it could be extra sticky. I tied the ropes by the support so when they walk to us, they could trip and make the buckets fall on them. It was quite cruel, if I may add. Just to increase the fun, I separated the girls' food and added extra Tabasco sauce in one plate. I put a few cubes on the other and added some vanilla essence in the last one.

"Come on, let's call them back!"

All of us tried hard to suppress our laughter and were successful.

"Hey, guys! Dinner's ready!"

All of them instantly perked up and raced to us, but lo! Our prank worked.

"The hell?!"

"Fuck!"

"What?!"

"Screw you!"

These were the voices of guys when the buckets came pouring down on them. First one to trip was Natsu. Following him was Gray, and Jellal and Gajeel bumped into them, all together in a dogpile. We girls howled in laughter and cheered at the success. We doubled over when the guys stood up and slipped again.

Wiping the tears that were flowing from our eyes, we looked to the guys who were glaring at us.

"What's this?" Jellal spoke, his teeth clenched with anger.

"The prank was all Erza's idea!" Levy and I said in unison.

I swear I saw Jellal's eyes softening at her name.

"Erza?!"

"What? You guys were planning to pull a prank on us, so we decided to get our revenge early." Erza said, humour lacing in her voice.

"What prank?" Gray inquired.

"Wait- weren't you guys trying to pull a prank on us?" Levy questioned.

"No, we weren't. We-

Immediately, Gajeel put a hand on Gray's mouth, shutting him up.

"Okay, let's forget that. How about we have dinner?" Levy said.

I gasped and thought about what I did to their food. I started sweating bad. The guys denied the offer and went off to clean themselves. I was panicking bad. I had to do something about the food.

This is bad. This is too bad.

I rushed back to the supplies and started searching for anything edible I could find.

They'll kill me if they found out that the person who planned on ruining the food was me. Food is something different. Messing with food can be hazardous. The person needing the food can kill you. Erza was a different case. She can be scary and so they couldn't do anything against her.

I ran back and saw the guys moving to the spot where I- I'm so dead.

"Lucy? Why are you looking like you could pee any second?"

"I'm in deep dog doodoo, Lev."

"Why? What happened?"

"I-

"WHAT THE FUCK?!" Came the voice of Gray.

"It's too late. I'm too young to die." I gulped.

"Erza! What did I do to deserve this?!"

"It wasn't me, I can assure you that much."

"Then who was it?"

I smiled sheepishly, guilt swallowing me completely.

"It was me. I thought, "Why not add something to fan the flame" because I thought you guys were pranking and it was my first time- I'm sorry, you guys. Please forgive me. I swear I'll treat you food when we go back." I ranted.

"Are you kidding me, Luce? This is the best dinner! I love it!" Natsu giddily replied. I could feel the hearts forming in his eyes when he looked at the tabasco-filled dinner.

"What?" Okay, I was totally confused now.

How can Natsu love fish that is filled with Tabasco sauce?

Levy scrunched up but laughed.

"Natsu loves spicy food. He can eat anything with bottle of Tabasco poured on it. We don't know how he survives. His stomach doesn't even get upset."

"I think the pyro lost his taste buds when he was a baby!" Gray snickered.

"What did you call me?!" Natsu stood up and slammed his fist on the table, causing Jellal's plate to fall on him.

"Wanna have a go at it?!" Gray bumped his forehead with Natsu. On the other hand, I saw Jellal visibly shaking with anger.

Yikes.

"How about you guys SHUT UP!" Jellal was visibly fuming and was now a part of their little brawl.

"Won't you do something, Erza?" I said to the red-haired beauty sitting in front of me and eating her dinner peacefully.

"No, I won't. I'm letting them go this time." I face-palmed.

Great. Just great.