Lucy's POV

I walked into the guild. Again, everyone was crowding around Lisanna. I tried to get Natsu's attention, but his eyes were glued to Lisanna as she told yet another story about her adventures in Edolas. Thankfully, there was one person from our team that was not in the middle of the chaos.

I walked over to Erza as she was eating strawberry cake. "Erza, have we decided on a job yet?"

She didn't look up at me from her cake. "No, Natsu and Grey want to hang around here longer to catch up with Lisanna. We'll probably go on one next week or so."

My shoulders slumped. I went over to the calendar that was by the request board. Next week would be too late. My rent was due that week. I looked over at Natsu and decided that I needed to talk to him. He always made sure that we went on enough missions in the month to cover my rent. This month I was short by a lot. I was looking at all the jobs on the board. However, when I looked back, Natsu was gone.

I groaned into the empty guild hall. Then, I saw Mira cleaning up. I ran up to the counter and leaned over to get her attention. "Hey Mira. Did you see where Natsu went?"
She looked up and smiled softly. "I think he went home, but I don't know-"

"Thanks Mira!" I said and ran out. I needed to talk to him as soon as possible.

I ran to Natsu's house on the outside of town. I walked up to the door ready to knock when I heard laughing. I paused before I knocked and listened.

"Lisanna, stop that." Natsu yelled as he laughed.

Wait. Lisanna is here? I thought. Absentmindedly, I lowered my hand and continued to listen.

"Come on, Natsu. You can't blame me for making fun of you. You make it so easy." Lisanna laughed from inside.

I took a step back ready to leave, but when I turned around a blue exceed was flying in front of me.

"Hi Lucy. What brings you here?" Happy asked.

"Oh, uh, I came to ask Natsu when we'd be able to go on another mission, but he seems busy." I smiled even though I felt numb.

Happy frowned. "Natsu can't go on a mission with you right now. We're going on a mission with Lisanna tomorrow. It will probably take a couple of days so we can go on one next week if you want." Happy explained.

My eyes widened. He was going on a mission with Lisanna, but what about our team? What about me? I turned around and walked away. I heard Happy calling my name, but I kept walking. I made my way back to the guildhall and I didn't stop there. I went straight to the board. I saw a job that read "Catch Wanted Criminal." I took it. I didn't read the description. I walked past Mira on my way out the door.

"Lucy? Are you okay?" She asked.

I didn't stop or look at her. "I'm taking job number 334. I'll be back in a couple of days."

With that, I went to my apartment, packed up my stuff and left on the first train out of town.