A/N: Hello everyone once again its me. Ive decided to write a little fic about NatsuXLucy. I'm hopefully gonna start a new long fic soon. Anyways I thank everyone whose reviewed my last few stories, and to those who helped me learn how to write better :).

Summary: Natsu is down in the dumps from being so bored. The guild is being redecorated, and missions have stopped coming in due to the guild being redecorated and all. So Lucy has an idea to cheer up the fire mage.

Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail. Everything belongs to Hiro Mashima

Date With A Salamander

Chapter 1: Decisions Decisions

Natsu sighed as he ran his index finger on the kitchen table in a circle. He was sitting down in the kitchen of Lucy's apartment. Lucy was writing her novel, but couldn't concentrate due to the noise caused by Natsu.

"Natsu why are you even here if your just gonna sigh like that?" asked Lucy. Happy was asleep luckily in a little cat basket that she had bought if he came over, and needed somewhere to sleep. For guests thats what her couch was for.

"Well your my friend so I thought why not hang out with you, but all you do is write your novel. Its sooooooo boring." he said with emphasis on the so.

Lucy had a vein popping in her head, and was about to punch the young mage, but held back her fist. She too was getting bored as today made it two weeks that the guild was undergoing redecoration by Makarov who had suddenly said he hated how the guild looked, and decided to redecorate it. During the first week she was glad as she needed a break but now she was getting bored herself.

"Well Natsu what do you want to do? I'll glad do whatever you suggest as long as its fun for both of us." said Lucy as she got up from the desk where she had been writing.

Natsu brightened up at this. "How about eating at all you can eat buffet?" he asked.

Lucy just stuck her tongue out in disgust as the idea of going to a place with Natsu, and he could eat all he wanted. "What about shopping?" asked Lucy with her eyes twinkling.

"Too girly. How about going swimming out in a lake?" asked Natsu.

"I'd rather swim in a pool than a lake." said Lucy in retort as she hated the idea of going to a lake of Natsu's choice.

They now were both thinking of a place to go where they could both enjoy themselves. They would have invited Erza, or Gray, but they were helping with the redecoration of the guild. Natsu didn't want to help as he found it a waste of time. He had said the guild looked perfect the way it was now.

Lucy, and Natsu just sat there for hours on end trying to think of something to do together, but neither one could find a single thing. Finally snapping out of their thoughts by Happy who had woken up.

"Hey what are you guys doing?" asked Happy as he yawned and got up on the table.

"We are trying to think of place to go that we could both have fun, but whenever either one of us suggest something the other person has to find something wrong with is." said Lucy with a sigh as she placed her head onto her hand.

"Well you might want to stop thinking, and look at the time." said Happy pointing towards the clock.

"Hmph." said Natsu as he looked at the clock to reveal it was 11 pm.

Lucy freaked out. They had spent about 6 hours trying to think of something. Was it possible? She looked outside, and sure enough it was pitch black out.
"Hey can we stay here?" asked Natsu.

Lucy freaked out that he could ask so nonchalantly to stay over at his friend's house and who was a girl nonetheless. She didn't have a problem with Erza or any other girl staying over but having a guy over was different to Lucy. To her it symbolized something of more than friendship, and that was something she had never considered with Natsu. Sure he was a great guy, and he was cute to her, but it had just never crossed her mind.

"No." was all Lucy said with a blush hiding it from Natsu.

"Please! I don't want to walk home. Its so far!" pleased Natsu as he was now on the floor holding Lucy's led with his hand.

"No! Your house is only one block away!" yelled Lucy trying to free herself of the Salamander but no luck.

"Please!" he said.
"No!" she said

That continued for about five minutes, and finally Lucy gave in.

"OK FINE! But your sleeping on the couch!" she said as she would not hear of him sleeping with her. She knew too that he would ask that.

"Yay!" said Natsu as he and happy started to dance over their victory of getting to stay at Lucys.

Lucy just held her head as if it were a headache.. "What idiots." was all she said as she walked into her bathroom to take a bath.

Lucy was now in the tub, and relaxed. She was going over the events today in her head. She got up as she had been laying down in the tub. She cupped her hands together, and took a handful of the bubbles. She was taking a bubble bath as it helped her relax quite a bit. She remembered when her mother would take bubble baths with her a kid, but only to be interrupted by her father needing his wife as his side for some event.

As Lucy was deep in thought, she didn't notice the door opening, and Natsu walking in.
"Hey Lucy, when are you making dinner?" asked Natsu.

"When I get out of the tub." said Lucy speaking without thinking. Finally noticing that Natsu was crouched down, and was looking at her naked in the tub. First, her face went bleak red, and then Lucy punched Natsu literally out of the room.

"YOU PERVERT!" she yelled while she slammed the door shut. Lucy slid down to the ground. She had a towel over her waste. Natsu had just seen her naked well her upper half anyway. Luckily, her lower part had been submerged in the foamy bubble bath. She was beet red over her face.

Natsu was now being tended to by Happy. Natsu was barely awake now.

"Whats her problem? I just merely wanted to know when she would be making dinner." said Natsu as Happy bandaged his broken nose. "Man she has a punch though." he muttered as it hurt like hell. He was surprised that Lucy had sent him flying out of the room. He hadn't though Lucy was that strong physically, or maybe it had been her anger that gave her strength.
"Women who can figure them out." said Natsu.

"What was that." said Lucy angrily as she walked out of the bathroom in a bathrobe.

"Nothing nothing. So can we get dinner now?" asked Natsu. He now had a bandage over his nose, and Lucy though he looked quite cute with it on even though she was the one who was the cause of it.

Natsu, and Happy sat at the table while Lucy fixed a simple dinner. She was making a fish stew, even though she didn't like fish. It was mainly for Happy. For Natsu, and her she was making chicken.
"Here you go boys." said Lucy thinking she sounded like some old woman who owned a cafe. She walked over to Happy, and placed the bowl of fish stew in from of him.
"Thanks Lucy." said Happy as he picked up a spoon, and started to eat.

She handed Natsu a plate with two pieces of chicken. Both were breast, and Natsu just smiled. He said his thanks and then tore into the chicken.

Lucy focused on her food as she knew she would lose her appetite by watching Natsu eat. She herself only had one piece of chicken, as she wasn't that hungry as Natsu was.

Noticing that Lucy was looking at her food, Natsu was curious as to why Lucy had cooked more.

"Lucy do you want my last piece?" asked Natsu grabbing Lucy's attention.

Lucy barely hid her laughter as Natsu had food all over his face like a little kid, and the bandage over his nose didn't help either.

"I'm fine." said Lucy waving her hand at him.

"Are you sure? You could stand to put some more meat on your bones." said Natsu.

Lucy had to remind herself that Natsu even though at times he could be considerate, he could be stupid. He clearly didn't know anything about girls, and saying what he had just said had infuriated Lucy. He was saying that she was too skinny.
"Why do you say that?" asked Lucy while gripping the table with her hands. She was trying her best not to break the table.

"Well you don't need to thin like those models in the magazines. They starve themselves, and some of them waste their magic by using it to make themselves seem thin." said Natsu.

Lucy was touched that Natsu was concerned for her, completely forgetting that she was angry. The poor table though now had clear hand marks on it.

"Don't worry Natsu. I don't starve myself, and I don't use magic to get his." she said referring to her body.
"Ok." said Natsu and returned to consuming the last piece of chicken on his plate. Lucy also started to eat.

After the meal, Natsu passed out on the couch, and Happy although sleeping through most of the day joined Natsu by sleeping on his chest. Lucy merely smiled at the sight of her two friends sleeping so peacefully on the couch. She got out a blanket, and place it on both of them.

"Lucy." said Natsu in his sleep. Lucy blushed that Natsu was dreaming about her. "I didn't mean add that much meat to your bones. You look like a cow."

Lucy managed to hold herself back from hitting the sleeping mage on the head. Just as Lucy was about to storm off to her room, she heard a goodnight from a Natsu who had awoken for a few second, but then fell asleep. She smiled as she closed the door, to join Natsu in slumber land.

As Lucy awoke, she noticed a head of blond hair, and sunglasses. As she rubbed her eyes, sitting on her windowsill was none other than Loki.

"Morning Princess." said Loki with a smile.

Lucy who was barely awoke had a sudden thought, and screamed.

"DID YOU SLEEP WITH ME!'" she yelled.

"No, I just got here. I couldn't help coming to visit my master who needs some assistance." said the Stellar Spirit.

"What do you mean by assistance?"asked Lucy.

"Well I couldn't help but overhear your conversation with Natsu yesterday." he said.

"Wait how could you hear all that when you were in the spirit realm?" asked Lucy who was almost fully awake, but hadn't noticed that all she had on was her bra, and underwear as she had thrown off her blanket when she had screamed.

"Well we can hear you if our key is near you. We can choose to hear you if we want to, but most spirits don't like to intrude on their contact's conversations." he said as he got up from sitting down to open the window letting sunlight in.

"So basically your nosy enough to." said Lucy.

"You don't have to put it so harshly. Anyway I came here to give you tickets to a hotel, that has a amusement park nearby. Would that be enough for you, and Natsu?" said Loki.

"Yeah I guess Natsu would like that." said Lucy. She now sat on the edge of her bed, and was stretching.

"Oh yeah. Cute bra. What are you? A D?" asked Loki with a smirk.

Lucy just looked confused at what Loki was referring to. She finally noticed that she was in her undergarments.

With the slam of the door, Loki now stood outside Lucy's bedroom door with a lot of bumps on his head.
Natsu was just waking up from his long slumber. He yawned, and noticed Loki. "Loki? What are you doing here?" asked Natsu while getting up, knocking a sleepy Happy off him. This caused Happy to awake and ask the same thing Natsu.

"I came here to assist Lucy." he said simply. He found it hard to believe that Natsu, and Happy had slept through Lucy's earlier scream.

Natsu nodded, and yawned. He stretched his arms, and got up. "Where is Lucy?" asked Natsu.

"Shes getting dressed." said Loki simply.

Lucy walked out of her room, and found Loki, and Natsu chatting away about random things. Stopping their chatting, they stared at Lucy. She had her hair tied in a ponytail.

"Wow Lucy, you look cute." said Loki with a smirk.

Natsu also thought this, but didn't say it. "Whats with the sudden change in your appearance?" he asked instead.

"Didn't Loki tell you?" asked Lucy.

Natsu looked confused, and Lucy sighed. "I thought he would tell you. He gave us tickets to go to a fancy hotel, and theres an amusement park near it. We can stay there for two days." said Lucy holding up the two tickets.

"So do you think we could go together Natsu?" asked Lucy.

Natsu pondered for a few moments, and then made up his mind but had to ask something. "Doesn't this sound more like a ... date? I mean its fancy, and all but it sounds more like that than two friends just out to have some fun." he said.

Lucy couldn't say anything in response nor Loki. They were amazed that Natsu had actually said something smart for once.

Natsu merely looked at the two who had their jaws dropped. "What?" he asked.

"I guess you could call it that." said Lucy with a blush.
"Wait. This is not a date. Its just two friends having a good time." said Loki trying keep his master to himself.

"Its settled then. Its a date." said Natsu with a determined look on his face. "But wait what about Happy? We only have two tickets."

"Don't worry. I'm off to go stay with Erza." said the cat who already had a backpack on. Lucy freaked out that he had been packed the whole time they were talking.

After five hours of packing, and getting to the ship because Natsu couldn't decide which bar of soap or toothbrush to bring. Basically he had asked Lucy over hours on end on what to bring.

Natsu was already sick as they set off. "Don't worry Natsu. It's only a few hours until we reach land." said Lucy trying to comfort the sea sickened salamander.

"I'm ... never ... going ... to ... ride on ... a ship... again." said Natsu with puking between words.

Lucy just laughed nervously as she looked at the rich people looking at Natsu. The way they were dressed made her feel so under dressed.
Natsu sensed his friend's discomfort. Stopping long enough to say something, he said "Don't worry Lucy you look fine. Don't let these rich snobs intimidate you by clothing. Your so much stronger than they are." As soon as he was done speaking he barfed for a good three minutes straight. Lucy was grateful for what Natsu had said as it did make her feel better. She looked out at the sea, and looked at the sun setting. Her, and Natsu were on the ship's edge as Natsu was barfing over the edge.

After the sun had set, the cruise ship landed. Natsu kissed the deck as he ran off. Lucy found it weird after hours of sleeping, and barfing he could be so energetic to get off the ship. As they walked to the hotel Natsu was quiet. Lucy just assumed he was happy to be off the ship. She looked at hotel as they hadn't looked at it yet. She freaked out as it was like a skyscraper. "How did Loki get us tickets to this place?" she said looking at her tickets. Natsu wasn't all that impressed. Yeah it was big, but the inside probably wasn't all that fancy. Natsu took that back when they were inside. It looked more impressive inside.

There was a fountain the size of cabin in the lobby, and the tiles were so white you could see yourself clearly. "Huh. You can see yourself its so clean, but you can't see footsteps." said Lucy.
"Must be a spell." he said as no tile could be this clean.

The two young mages made their way towards the receptionists desk. "Yes may I help you?" asked the young lady. She had brunette hair, and it was pretty long. She had it tied in a ponytail that reached down to her butt. She wore a usual hotel outfit except it was white. Why were the people at this hotel so obsessed with white as the outside had been white too, and the interior couches, pillows, were all white as they were some couches in the lobby.

"Yes, we have these tickets that say we can stay here for two days." said Lucy handing the lady the tickets.

The receptionist took the tickets and looked at them. She inspected them in every way to make sure they weren't fake. She even took out a magic pair of glasses and inspected the tickets again.

"Man they sure do go to extra lengths to make sure your not a fraud." said Lucy whispering to Natsu who just laughed. He found it over the top to how long the lady had taken to simply make sure the tickets weren't fake.

"Ok. There good." she said while putting an emblem on both of the tickets. She pulled out some keys, " Your room is 419. That would be the fourth floor." said the receptionist. She wasn't hiding the fact that she thought they didn't belong here. Lucy thanked the lady regardless but muttered to Natsu when leaving to go to the elevator, "What a stuck up snob.". Natsu agreed with her.

Lucy unlocked the door to look at their room. Their luggage was already here. "Huh must be some teleportation spell." she said as she looked at the room. There were two doors which were probably bedrooms. What caught their attention was the giant window. Near it was a square dining table, and a small kitchen next to it. Out of the window was a balcony which extended to the apparent bedrooms.

"Wheres the bathroom?" asked Natsu as he yawned.

Lucy hit him over the head. "You're not impressed at all! This is like a castle compared to a normal hotel room." she said angrily.

Natsu held his head in pain, but managed to say, "Yeah but we didn't come to gawk in amazement over how fancy this place is. We came to have fun. Besides, you were rich before so this should be like normal to you shouldn't it." said Natsu.

Lucy was a bit shocked that Natsu had said something so smart again. "Well, during the summers my father would send me, and my mother to a summer home. But all I remember is spending the time with my mom. I don't remember the houses at all." she said.

Natsu now regretted asking her as he knew how much Lucy hated her father. "Wow look at the park!" he said changing the subject. It was amazing They hadn't looked at it from the outside and now they saw how big it was. Loki wasn't kidding when he said the place would be fun for the two of them.

Lucy yawned as she got up. She got up from her bed, slipping on some slippers, and walked over to balcony. She had chosen the room that had access to the balcony while Natsu had chosen the room closest to the bathroom. She now saw on one of the chairs provided looking out at the now rising sun. "What a view." she said breathless. It was breathtaking for Lucy, and wished Natsu was up to see this, but he had been too busy stuffing himself last night from puking on the ship. He went to bed much later than her as she heard him going to bed.

After having some tea to drink, and having a small breakfast that was left on a cart in the room, the Stellar Spirit mage decided to wake up the Salamander who was still asleep. The breakfast cart was overloaded with food, and what Lucy had eaten didn't even make the cart's array of food look any smaller.

Slowly opening the door, Lucy peeked to see the young pyro mage asleep, but in an awkward position. His head on the ground, and hands and legs sprawled out on the bed. Lucy couldn't help but laugh. Natsu's face no longer had the bandage as he removed it somewhere in the middle of the night.
Walking over to the sprawled out body of her friend, she attempted to wake him. She shook him, but she just got a snore. She pushed him a little harder, and just a louder snore. Lucy was now getting irritated, and decided to wake him the only way she knew, a fist to the head, which she proceeded to do.

Natsu was now stuffing himself. Almost three fourths of the cart of food was gone now. "You didn't have to hit me to wake me up. The scent of food close to my nose would have worked." said Natsu with his mouth full of food.

"Please don't speak with a full mouth, and every time I pushed or moved you you would just snore in response.
Natsu just looked at her as if he didn't believe her. "Well what are we gonna do today?" asked Natsu.

"I thought we'd hit the pool, and then the beach." said Lucy.

"Why both?" asked Natsu.

"Because the pool we can just relax and at the beach we can have some fun. Tomorrow I thought we'd go to the amusement park, and spend the day there." said Lucy.

"Sounds good to me." said Natsu.

A/N: Well there you go :). Reviews are nice so please leave me some :D By the way Happy won't be on the trip due to certain circumstances XD Mostly me not wanting to write him in as I think he sort of ruins the romance environment / I love Happy though :D