A.N.: Hello! SO sorry about the belated posting between classes, losing my editor and finals everything was all wacky hehe. OK Well for the record I edited this myself, not my strong suit. I'm trying I swear. OK on to the chapterEND A.N.
Levy knocked on the door of Lord Gray's door. She couldn't help but get a little worried when she was called down to see him. "It's not locked!" Gray yelled in reply, Levy nodded and slowly started to walk in.
"You want to see me, Lord Gray?" She asked a little confused. He almost never called on her…
He nodded but continued to pace back and forth.
"Did you want a book, my lord?" Levy asked, secretly hoping he would stop acting so stressed and answer a question verbally… He was never this stressed.
"Why should I call you if I needed a book?!" He then demanded. Levy looked stunned but when she heard Gray groan she decided that he was just too stressed.
"How can I help you then, Lord Gray?" She asked.
"Answer me this, Levy: Why are you standing there?" Gray then asked, stopping to look at her. Levy looked stunned by the question for a second. Was this a trick question?
"I'm here because you called me..?" She almost asked. "I mean really that's all I can answer without knowing why you wanted me…" She added.
"Yes, And you do this because you are…"
"A servant of the Ice kingdom…?" She asked again, dumbfounded by the question. He nodded, confirming that she had answered correctly. This was getting weird… what was he getting at? Suddenly Levy realized what Gray was getting at. "Lord Gray, is this about Lady Ame?" She then asked, realizing that he had been made a fool of by her once before. "Princess Juvia's handmaiden?" She specified. Gray's fist clenched a little then he groaned.
"What do you know about Lady Ame? I think she is too… outspoken to be a servant in that house… and if she actually is that outspoken to the princess then why would she be sent as an embassador?" Gray questioned as he started pacing again.
"Well, My Lord, as much as I hate to disagree, I think if you were to send someone from your kingdom and while there they heard someone bad mouthing your kingdom you would expect them to defend you," Levy replied and Gray growled as he looked back at Levy.
"I have something to defend! She has no place to be standing there, trying to defend her princess who has no reason to be making public relations past the fact that now she needs a king," He hissed.
"I... ," Levy gulped, she could tell Gray wasn't happy about all this… and really she should knew if she played the devil's advocate much longer she would be trying to look for another job possibly…
"I'm sorry Levy but something smells fishy with her… I mean everything about her looks too high a status to be a handmaiden… ," He paused. "And if she truly is one then what makes her think she can come here and automatically be accepted?!" He hissed.
Despite his anger Levy could tell there was something else was on her prince's mind but she decided against pressing further. Levy was trying to think what could be bothering him as much as it was when suddenly she was pulled out of her thoughts. "Levy, I want you to follow Lady Ame today when she goes out with Lyon," Gray said and Levy's jaw dropped. "I think my stepbrother is falling in love with a wolf in sheep's clothing and I want you to figure out more about where Lady Ame comes from," Gray added as he put his hands on the desk in front of him, not wanting Levy to see the slight blush that had come from thinking about this Lady Ame.
"My Lord, I can't follow them!" Levy pleaded.
"I don't think I you have a choice," He said softly. "I think this woman could lead to problems in both my kingdom and the Kingdom of Blue Waters," He replied.
Levy gulped again but nodded. "Yes, My lord… but what if I get caught?"
"For all I care you can try to make it seem like you were interested in her bodyguard," He replied. "You're smart I know you'll think of something," At this Levy couldn't help but blush. Gosh could he really tell… no.. Impossible.
"Y… yes, my lord," She stammered and bowed, trying to hide her blush. As soon as he dismissed her she moved out of the room as quickly as possible… She suddenly wish that she was better at hiding emotions.
o0o End of Flashback o0o
Levy sat in her chair as she looked back up the imposing bodyguard in front of her. "I.. uh.. Gajeel.. I can't tell you who sent me… Please understand I wasn't given much of a choice," When Gajeel sighed in reply Levy couldn't help but look up at him, wondering why he wasn't getting mad and demanding to know who sent her.
"Look, I really don't care who sent you,Shrimp. Even then I already have a good guess with how great of friends Lady Ame made with Lord Gray. All I want to know is what you really want to know what you expected to find out by following her while she was Lord Lyon," He replied. "And maybe I could just make it easier on you and just trade information," Gajeel replied and smirked, making his signature sneaker like noise while he was at it.
"Would you really be willing to do that?! That would be so amazing! I really wasn't sure how else I was gonna get any information. You see… the person who sent me..," She paused to look down and to speak a little quieter, "that person has suspicions that Lady Ame is not quite what she seems and wants to know where she came from... " Levy then said. Gajeel grunted as his only reply at first and Levy got a little worried.
"That all" He said then sighed as he nodded. "Well she was born in the castle of Blue Waters, that much I can swear on my and my father's grave. I've known her for most of my life but this is really her first time out of the kingdom so I ain't surprised that she ain't acting like her normal self. That Lord Gray has alotta nerve," He almost growled the last part, not liking how much attention Juvia was already drawing to herself… this was only gonna get harder as well.
"Hey, I never said it was Lord Gray!" Levy tried to defend.
"Yeah, who who else but him has said a cross word to her?" He asked and raised eyebrow. Levy sighed and hung her head in defeat.
"Ok…. Well why did Lady Juvia suddenly decide that she needed a suiter? I don't think that was really explained well by Lady Ame or you," Levy inquired. Gajeel grunted again at first and Levy could tell that he was having a hard time with this question.
"Well I uh… I think she wants to change the way her kingdom is going but she don't believe she has the power to do it on her own…" He replied and shrugged as he looked down at his drink. It was only a second later that Gajeel coughed realising that sounded too sentimental. "I mean I can only guess what is going through her crazy head at times. That Rain Woman can be damned hard to follow other times," Gajeel quickly grumbled. Levy couldn't help but smile. Gajeel seemed to be close to Juvia. She would have continued smiling if it weren't for the phrase he used to describe his princess… rain woman… Something out that phrase stuck out to her, and it wasn't just the informality of it. No, Levy had begun to figure that was just how the kingdom worked there… She felt liked it was on the tip of her tongue
Gajeel could see the cogs turning in Levy's head and he didn't like that. "Hey, I believe I'm owed a few answers too now!" He quickly barked, successfully bringing Levy out of her thoughts.
"Oh, right! What do you wanna know? I mean I can only tell you what I know for sure but I'll try to help," Levy replied.
Gajeel and Levy continued to talk like that for a while each occasionally asking a question. Eventually they started just asking questions of each other about one another. It was that way for a while till it started to darken. When Gajeel looked out the window and noticed the sunset he couldn't help but snicker. "Silly shrimp, you kept me so occupied it's dark out,"
"You're the one who started questioning me, Baka!" She retorted with a laugh.
A.N.: Ok, SO please tell me what you think. I know I may have mad Gray a little ooc but I'm really going for a more skeptical Gray here and I don't think he really wants to trust others right now. I'm sorry for the lack of Juvia anything. Don't worry, our favorite water mage will e back next chapter. Till then thanks for the comments reviews and all the encouragement. END A.N.: