Well, well, well! Would you look at that! I actually did something productive!

Disclaimer: When pigs fly, maybe.

"So you guys went on a date? Just like that?" Levy asked curiously. They were all in the library as they all had a free period and the boys would rather be at the field than with books.

"You shouldn't skip class just for a date Lucy. When I find that boy I'm going to pulverize him" Erza said with a scary look in her eyes while the other two was leaning into Lucy's space for more information.

"Juvia is really happy for Lucy-san! So what happened?"

"Nothing happened. We just went bowling." Lucy said. She was getting more comfortable with the girls, especially Levy who had almost the same interests as her.

"That's it? Party pooper."

"Did Natsu drive you home?" Erza asked suddenly.

"N-no, I told him to leave me at the school"

"And he agreed? That boy has to learn some manners!"

"I-it's alright E-erza, I asked him to! B-beside I had to go to my job anyway. " Lucy reassured nervously. She was suddenly scared for Natsu's life.

"Where do you work Lu-chan?"

Lucy suddenly brightened. She loved were she worked. It was a safe haven for her where she didn't have to worry about everything else in her life.

"I work at the aquarium of a family friend."

"Can we come see you there?" Juvia asked. She loved going to the aquarium. For some reason water always seem to calm her down.

But Lucy wasn't so trilled about that. Just one thought of how pissed off her aunt would be was enough for her to hesitate. "S-she wouldn't like it. She's very easily angered."

The trio slumped to the table, Levy easpecially frustrated with not spemding time with her new friend. "Urg! But its so not fair that Natsu gets to hang out with you and we can't!"

"Well she is his girlfriend." Juvia pointed out.

"Unfair!"

"I know! We can go to the Snow Guardian today after school!" Erza exclaimed.

"B-but I have work today..."

"Oh come on Lucy. Come with us for just one day. Please." Till that day she did not know that a fully grown person could actually pull off puppy eyes (except maybe Michelle but she doesn't count). But she was proven wrong when the three of them looked at her with eyes that could put even puppies to shame.

"A-alright, just let me call my boss." While the girls were cheering she slowly moved away to call her boss.

"What is it brat!"

"H-hey A-Aquarius..."

"You're shuttering. What did you do this time." She demanded. Even though her tone was annoyed Lucy knew she was the first person to always help her out of a crisis. But unfortunately this wouldn't actually be considered as a crisis in Aquarius's book.

"N-nothing! J-just... c-can I ask a f-favor?"

She could here Aquarius sigh at the other end and it did make her a little guilty for just throwing it on her. "What do you want now?"

"C-can I have a d-day o-off? J-just for a day, I s-swear!"

The silence on the other end made her more nervous. It was true that she didnt ask for many days off unless it was an emergency but she was trying to change now. She wanted to change.

"Does this have to do with the list."

She put her hand on the little book in her skirt pocket before answering yes.

Another sigh, and then-

"Can't be helped then, just know that you'll have to work twice as hard this week. Get that brat!"

"Y-yes ma'am!"

When she let the girls hear about the happy news they screamed so loud that they were kicked out of the library.

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The cafe Snow Guardian was a small hole in the alley cafe that wouldn't be noticed in first glance but still had a very healthy amount of customers. It had a homely feeling that just make you want to stay there indefinitely.

Lucy looked around at her surroundings and breathed in deeply. The smell of coffee and sweet pastries almost made her mouth salivate.

"You should try the strawberry cheesecake here, Lucy. Its truly a delight." Erza said, her eyes sparkling.

Lucy smiled, examining the menu but she suddenly noticed just how silent her friends were. She looked up to see them her friends eyeing her like wolfs.

Oh god, what do they want to know now.

"So Lucy-san, since Natsu-san doesn't want to talk, mind telling us why exactly did you ask him out."

Lucy gulped before looking down. She had given it a little thought after Natsu had asked her last time and what her thought came down to seem almost selfish.

"I w-wasn't going to a-ask him out at first. I only wanted to be his f-friend. B-but, well, um..."

The girls leaned closer in curiosity, seeing how Lucy was not giving eye contact to anyone in embarrassment.

"...I just didn't w-want anyone else to t-take him away"

Lucy closed her eyes at that jealous thought, not wanting to see the judgment in her new friends eyes, only to open again at Levy's and Juvia's soft giggles.

"Oh Lu-chan, and here I thought you were just an innocent flower."

"It's very admirable how you seized the oppurunity Lucy. You are very brave." Erza said nodding proudly.

"W-wait! Y-you don't think that its s-selfish or something?"

The girls looked at each other, confused. "Why would it be selfish Lu-chan? If anything, you might be the only girl who asked him for something right."

"Very true. You would be shocked at the kind of things that other girls asks of him. And the idiot never refuses!"

"Natsu-san is just the type who can't say no. Juvia wished that Gray-sama was like that. She has asked him out so many times now."

Lucy has heard about Natsu's relentence to say no to others. While some said he just an easily agreeable guy others had more... racy ideas why.

She blushed at what all rumors she has heard from girls about all that Natsu has done for them. She really didn't want to think about him with other girls. Which leads to-

"S-so the rumors are true... T-that he... did things f-for girls."

Levy and Juvia looked at each other worriedly before answer. "Well, you see Lu-chan, Natsu was kind of, well-"

"He was a man-whore."

"Erza-san!"

"What? He is. He admitted it himself once. Just because he's agreeable doesn't mean he has to do everything they say!"

Lucy suddenly had depressing thoughts. Will he still be like that? It's not like he's with her because he's interested in her.

She must have been projecting her feelings somehow because her friends were suddenly trying to reassure her.

"Don't worry though Lu-chan! I'm sure Natsu won't be doing any of that anymore."

"Yes, yes! Natsu-san is very loyal!"

"And if he doesn't I'll beat him up. You have nothing to worry about being Natsu's girlfriend."

"Natsu has a girlfriend?"

Lucy looked up to see someone with very beautiful ivory hair.

'Who is she?'

Oh god! I can't believe I just left that on such a cliffhanger. Though I think a lot of people can guess who she is :D

Now I'm not saying I'll start uploading again but this year is gonna be really stressful for me so I just might start stress writing like I did for this. Or I might just curl up into a ball and cry. It could go either way!

Bye-bye!