Lucy's pov:
"Don't worry Lucy! We already have a plan!" All the girls said at the same time and I just sigh and face palm. "Oh no.." we walk back to the boys without them noticing and we all heard something I guess we shouldn't have heard or should I say myself.
"Ya but... Luce probably doesn't even like me in that way... if I tell her she'd just laugh in my face." I blushed bright red and backed away. Oh my Mavis! H-he likes me b-back! The girls look at me with smug looks and I just stand there stunned.
The girls soon realize how uncomfortable I was so they nodded. They walked up to the boys and made an excuse for me while I go around the corner. I feel kinda sick. I can't believe he actually likes me back! But he doesn't know how I feel.. what should I do say 'oh ya I like you too' then what after that!? Will he lose interest in me straight away? I'm so confused and- my thoughts get cut off when I feel a presence near me. I look up to my right and see Natsu there "hey? Are you ok?" I just stare at him for a minute or so "Natsu.. I-" "HEY! Natsu, Lucy! Come on!" We hear our friends calling out and I look away from Natsu and to the ground. "Come on Natsu, we should go" I say and look back up at him and smile.
I run over to our group while he follows.

Natsu's pov:
I smile at her childish side. Hmmmm.. I wonder?
I sneak up to her and grab her waist, scaring her. She screams and falls to the ground. We all start to laugh as she laid on the ground. I finally look down at her to expect her to get up after a minute or two but then I realize her eyes aren't open and she's not moving. "OH MY GOD! GUYS!" I yell and they all stop laughing and looked at me then at Lucy. "Lu-Chan!" Gajeel just stands there in shock and I can see the fear in his eyes "Gajeel! Don't just stand there call an ambulance!" He nods and calls 911.
I start to shake Lucy while everyone surrounds her. "Luce.. I'm sorry! Please open your eyes. I didn't mean any of this!" I started to cry while Gajeel talks to 911.
"ROAR!" We all jump and and look at Lucy. She was laughing. GUH! SHE WASN'T EVEN HURT! Lucy looked at me and smiled. She wiped my tears away and looked me in the eyes. "I'm sorry Natsu. Please don't cry. I didn't think you would cry. You see, I knew you would do something childish like that so I just went along." I was frozen. "Lucy..." "hm!" I hugged her "I THOUGHT I LOST YOU AGAIN! DAMNIT! IM SORRY! I SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT AND NOW I KNOW! I-I never will again." I sobbed into her shoulder.

Lucy's pov:
Natsu hugged me. I was stiff at first but settled into it. I pet his head to calm him down. "Natsu, come on. Stop crying. Look I'm fine. I didn't really get hurt." I say with a smile and he loosens his grip and I take the opportunity to stand up and he does too.
We go into the mall and just have fun. We all picked our partners and split up. We went in a group of four, but mine and Natsu's group has six.

Groups
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•Natsu, Lucy, Juvia, Gray, Lisanna, Bixlow

•Erza, Jallal, Mira, Laxus

•Wendy, Romeo, Gajeel, Levy
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We went to a antique store first and we didn't find anything really all that interesting so we moved on. We looked around for a place to go into when I saw it. It was heaven! "EEK! BOOKS!" I start to run off from the group when I hear everyone yell after me.

"Lucy! Wait"
"Luce!"
"Juvia will go after her!"

I run towards the mystery section first and was fascinated by the selection. Oh my Mavis oh my Mavis Oh my Mavis Oh my Mavis Oh my Mavis Oh my Mavis Oh my Mavis! I feel an hand on shoulder and I look back to see who it was expecting Juvia but I look up and see a man with blond hair and a shadow on his face. "U..um.. may I help you?" I ask nervously "yes you may..." he took a long pause then smiled "BY GIVING ME A HUG!" The man hugged me and when I take another look at him it's.. no way!

Natsu's pov:
We were looking for a place to shop when suddenly Lucy screams and yells "books". She ran off without us and we all call out for her "Juvia will go after her!" Juvia says but I stop her "no it's whatever right? We'll all go get her." I say and Juvia smiles "right"
We all run in her direction but soon lose sight of her. "Damn.. she's fast" Gray says and I nod "ya for real. Where even are the books? I mean she must have seen a book store sign and ran for it right?" Everyone nods and we take a second to look around.
"Oh hey guys! Look it's back down there. We passed it up!" Lisanna says and we all look at each other and face palm.
We get inside the book store and look around for Lucy. We split up to look for her.
Lisanna Bixlow and I, Gray and Juvia.
When we were walking around Bixslow looked around a corner and gasp "hey guys come look" he whispered. Lisanna and I looked around the corner to see some blond boy touching Lucy's shoulder. He soon hugged her and I flinch and was about to run to her until..
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"STING!? OH MY MAVIS! IT IS YOU!" Lucy hugged him back and pulled away "how is Yukino doing? Oh and what about Rouge and Orga! Oh and I can't forget about Rufus! Ah also how are you!?" They started to talk and Lisanna tapped my shoulder "hey Natsu come on. We are gonna go. Lucy knows Sting. He is from SaberTooth high, Lucy's old school. We can trust him." Lisanna and Bixlow walk out of the book store but I stay for a second.
I decided to make myself known and walked up to Lucy.