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"I'm not so sure about this," Lucy said nervously as she, Natsu and Levy stood on the edge of the beach, water lapping at their toes. Behind them Cana was sunbathing, and Juvia was quickly sketching in her notebook, her eyes constantly flicking to the woman.

"Oh come on Luce, it'll be fun! Just look at Wendy, it's easier than it looks!" Natsu motioned to his younger cousin, who was hugging the curl of a large wave as she stood on a sun yellow surfboard. Gajeel floated near by on his own dark purple board, keeping his eye on Wendy, and also on stand by if Levy or Lucy needed help. After an epic volleyball battle that still left Lucys knees stinging, Natsu had declared he would teach them how to surf. "Look, I'll be right there with you. So will Gajeel and Wendy, we've been surfing since we were kids, we wont let anything happen to you guys." Lucy was still a bit nervous. She was used to having the firm ground beneath her feet, the plan ride over had her shaking in her boots. With Natsu as her seatmate, it wasn't as bad.

"Let's do this!" Levy yelled, like a battle cry, before charging into the water with her bright red board under her arm. Gajeel nearly fell off of his board with laughter as a small wave nearly knocked the tiny woman over. Levy laid out on her board, paddling out to deeper water where Gajeel met her and began teaching her.

Lucy looked up at Natsu, who was grinning brightly at her and held his hand out to her. "Come on haumana, trust me."

Lucy couldn't help but smile, she loved the sound of his native tongue. She took a deep breath as she finally took her deep green long board, then grasped Natsus hand. He tugged her into the waist high water before they both got on their boards, his a deep silver. They didn't paddle out far, and Lucy felt a bit better with Levy close by, it looked like she had already fell off her board. "Alright haumana, it's pretty simple. We're gonna start with just standing."

Lucy nodded, though with the waves rocking her she didn't think she'd do much better than Levy, who was barely caught by Gajeel before plunging into the water. "What does haumana mean anyway?"

Natsu grinned, "It means student. And I, am your kumu, your teacher. Now, watch closely. It's one motion, you're going to place one foot where your hands are going to push you up. Your other foot is going to go a shoulders length back." In a single motion, Natsu was standing, Lucy didn't even see him do it. Seeing her confused look, Natsu knelt back down and laid back out, moving slower so she could see just how he did it. "Think you've got it?"

"I think so, but I've been wrong before!" Natsu chuckled and stayed on his feet as he waited for her to try. It didn't take long for Lucy to decide that surfing wasn't her sport. In the thirty minutes they practiced she had managed to stand twice, falling both times. Once Natsu had caught her, and they had both gone tumbling in a fit of laughter.

"Alright Luce, maybe surfing isn't for you. Stick to breaking horses yeah?" Natsu said with a laugh as they paddled back to shallow water.

"I'm gonna have to agree with you there. Thanks for trying though, it was actually really fun!" Lucy hadn't stopped grinning, even when she had fallen. She peeled the wet suit off her arms and let it fold down at her waist as she pulled her sopping wet hair off her back.

"You gonna be alright here then? I'm dying to catch a ride!"

"Of course! Go, go! I want to see a master in action," Natsu grinned at her, he seemed to always grin at her, before quickly paddling out to where Wendy had just sat on her board. Levy paddled over to her then, her own long mop soaking and pilled onto the back of her head. She mimicked Lucy, peeling off the top of her wet suit then reclining back on her board. "You're picking up on this real quick Lev, I'm kinda jealous." Levy had managed to finally balance on her board, and even attempted a few smaller waves.

Levy shrugged, wiping some salt water from her forehead, "I just pick things up quickly, always have. You were doing great though Lucy! You should keep it up!"

Lucy smiled and shook her head, "Nah, surfing is fun and all, it's just not for me. Give me anything on dry land and I can dominate."

Levy snorted, "Except for beach volleyball." Her following squeel erupted as Lucy shoved her off her board.

While Levy sputtered and climbed back onto her board, Lucy turned towards the waves just in time to see the boys paddling for a wave. Natsu was a pro, somehow graceful as he got to his feet, and she was speechless as he rode. Gajeel was close behind him, and the pair weaved back and forth, coming within inches of each other but never falling. Lucy watched in amazement as the wave curled over them, shielding them from view. She watched for long moments until Natsu shot out the end of the long tunnel, standing tall and punching the air. The tunnel seemed to collapse directly onto Gajeel, his loud curse drowned out by the wall of water. Natsu laughed as Gajeel climbed back onto his board, shaking out his long hair before shouting at him in Russian.

"That was so awesome!" Levy called as the boys paddled back with Wendy.

"It would be better if hoahanau here could stay on his board!" Natsu laughed. Gajeel answered in angry Russian, causing Natsu to lean over and cover Wendys ears. "There are baby ears present!" The girls laughed, causing Gajeel to grumble and upend his cousins board.

"Hey guys! Paddle in, we got ice cream!" They all turned to Cana while Natsu spluttered, she and Juvia had handfuls of ice cream cones. After the group paddled in and they enjoyed their ice cream, Wendy and Cana declared the need for a sand castle building contest. In the middle of their contest, Lucys phone beeped with a message. She pulled it out of her bag and saw it was a message from RainyScot on The Melting Pot.

"Hey guys! I got a message from Erza!" As everyone gathered she opened the message along with the attached photo. A beautiful red head was smiling up at the camera, her long hair was braided over her shoulder, beside her, her blue haired husband was grinning as he held her to his side. A red tattoo framed his right eye, his skin was a dusted tan while hers was fairer.

[Sorry we couldn't come out with you guys! Hope you're having fun!]

"Lets send them a picture with the best sand castle!" Wendy suggested, to which everyone easily agreed. Deciding Juvias was the winner, her art skills obvious without even trying, everyone pilled around it. With the picture snapped and the message [Wish you were here!], they decided to head back to the hotel to shower and change. After dinner at a nearby boardwalk they returned to the beach for their own bon fire.

"So Gajeel, what are you going to school for?" Cana asked as she leaned back on her hands, bare feet to the fire.

"I'm majoring linguistics actually. Living in a tourist town makes it easy to practice, and it's fun to listen to people who don't think I can understand." Gajeel glanced across the fire to Levy, and Lucy could have sworn he winked at her, causing her to to flush. Wendy giggled at her reaction, earning a small elbow from Gajeel. "How about you Levy? You're in collage too right?"

Levy quickly recomposed herself, shooting Gajeel a look as he smirked at her from across the fire. "Yes I am. I'm in law school, studying to become a lawyer. I'm minoring in linguistics, just for fun." She suddenly smirked at Gajeel, "Anarotiémai póso talantoúchos glóssa sas." Gajeel immediately sputtered into his drink, his face turning several shades of red.

Natsu laughed as his cousin wiped the drink from his chin and shot him a glare, before clearing his throat, "So uh, Cana how about you? Going to school?"

The Italian snorted, sipping her own drink, "Nah. I did some basic collage, but I traveled for awhile. My family owns a vineyard and I plan on taking over after my parents retire. Usually the oldest would take over, but my brother is going to school to become a doctor, and I've always loved the place. So I happily took the position. I may not be as talented in languages as you two, but I know a little for business purpouses."

"How many brothers do you have?" Wendy asked.

"I've got five brothers and a younger sister, I'm the second oldest out of all of us. The middle boys are twins and my sister just turned six. We've got a big family." Her grin seemed to be brighter than the fire, and Lucy saw Juvia flush at the woman. "What about you Lulu-bell? School? Family?"

Lucy laughed lightly at Cana's nickname, "Nah no school, I'm too busy keeping up my ranch. I break horses for a living, as well as grow and sell crops. I've got one sister, Micheal, and she's keeping an eye on my place while she's home for the summer. She's going to fashion school in Cali and graduating next year." She gazes around the fire, "Anyone else go to school? Juvia goes to school in Paris, Gajeel here in Gold Coast."

"I'm going for Marine Biology." Natsu offered up with a grin. "I've still got a few years left but it's great! I hated going to High School but my classes in collage are great, we get to go out to the beach all the time for hands on classes." He pats Wendys head, "And Wendys got big plans for collage too! Tell 'em Wen!"

Wendy blushed and fidgeted with the cord of her headphones, "Well, I want to go to cosmetology school. I've always loved styling hair, when we were kids I could never keep my hands off Gajeels hair!"

The man chuckled, "You still can't!" He flipped his hair over his shoulder, several black strands braided intricately through the mass. The group chuckled as Wendy squeeked in embarrassment, hiding her bright red face.

"Hey kid, think you can do something with this?" Cana asked as she pulled her brown locks out of her messy bun. Immediately perked up, producing a brush from her bag as she hurried over. From then, they talked well into the night, laughing loudly over the crackling fire and crashing waves. At one point, Natsu had pulled Lucy to her feet when music from another fire reached them, and the pair had danced. The others joined, Levy pulling Wendy and Gajeel to their feet while Cana pulled Juvia. Both fires had joined then, dancing about the warm fires as embers drifted into the night sky.

{ Translation: Anarotiémai póso talantoúchos glóssa sas = I wonder just how talented your tongue is }