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In a perfect world, Gajeel would spend his summer working at the happiest place on earth.
Instead, he worked at The Happiest Place On Earth.
Yay, Disney.
Luckily, this summer he didn't have to do much, just let kids know if they were too short to go on Space Mountain. But still, he was bored out of his mind.
He blew a lock of matted black hair out of his face and sighed. "Excuse me, miss?" He asked a voluptuous blond girl about his age. He gestured to the mass of blue hair that next to the blond. "Your sister is too short to go on the ride."
The blond snorted prettily. "My sister?"
The blue-haired thing turned around, the fury of ten thousand suns burning on her would-be cute face. She was pint-sized, but she obviously had curves. She appeared to actually be the same age as Gajeel and the blond, even though she was way scarier looker right now. Gajeel felt himself shrink away. This girl meant business.
"Are you kidding me? I have been waiting to be tall enough for this ride for YEARS, and you are denying me admittance? I am tall enough!" The girl produced a slip of very official looking paper from her pocket. "My doctor says I am four foot eleven!"
Gajeel had to stifle a laugh. "You gotta be five feet to ride, shrimp."
The bluenette's eyes sharpened to slits. "What did you just call me?"
The blond covered her mouth in horror. "Oh no."
"I called you a shrimp, shrimp. You're short and scrawny." Gajeel said.
"I am not!" The bluenette yelled.
"Don't get your panties in a twist, shrimp! You're short, it's cute!" Gajeel shouted back.
By then the entire line for the ride was staring at the scary looking man shouting at the little blue-haired girl. The blue-haired girl realized that they were causing a scene and lowered her voice. "I am not short, I'm… fun-sized."
Gajeel barked out a laugh, and he started to formulate a reply, but then the other guy running the rollercoaster tapped his shoulder. "If you aren't too busy flirting, you need to start loading people on the rollercoaster." He hissed.
Gajeel realized that the people previously on the ride had long since cleared off, and everyone about to get on was looking at him with a mixture of contempt and hope. "Shit, sorry."
Gajeel pressed the button to release the masses into the rollercoaster's cars. Everyone surged forwards, eager to be seated, including the bluenette. Gajeel caught the girl by the collar of her orange dress, holding her back.
"I don't think so shrimp. You can't go on the ride."
The bluenette let out a huff. "Then what am I supposed to do?"
Gajeel bared his teeth at the girl, his version of a smile. "You can wait here with me, shrimp. Gihihi." He laughed.
"Then who's gonna ride with me?" The blond asked.
"Do we got any singles?" Gajeel called.
"OOO! ME!" A tan muscled arm shot into the air. "Pick me!"
"You, sir," Gajeel said, dripping sarcasm. "Are the chosen one. Come to the front of the line to claim your prize."
The arm was attached to a salmon-haired boy who was about Gajeel's age, he made his way quickly to the front of the line. He cocked his head to the side, confused. "I get a prize?"
Gajeel stepped to the side, showing the blond girl already strapped into the front of the roller coaster car. "You get to sit next to this lovely lady for the duration of the ride. Enjoy."
"But… she isn't a prize. She's a person."
The blond's mouth screwed up in anger. "She has a name, you know! I'm Lucy, and I am not a prize to be won!"
The salmon-haired man frowned. "When you said I got a prize, I thought you meant a sock monkey or something."
Gajeel's eyebrows drew together. Was this guy for real? "Sorry to disappoint you then. Are you going to ride or not?"
"I'll go instead of him!" The bluenette cried, running towards Lucy. Gajeel scooped her up efficiently, holding her princess-style. The bluenette sputtered rather prettily, and Gajeel poked the tip of her nose. "You ain't going anywhere, shrimp."
Gajeel caught the gaze of his annoyed partner and realized that the only person not seated was the salmon-haired boy.
"Can you sit already?" He asked the guy, who was obviously spacing out. "Hello?" Still no answer.
Gajeel gave him a shove, aiming for something that would jolt the boy out of his daze. Instead, he accidently pushed the boy hard enough that he flew forward, landing in an awkward position. He was splayed across the front row, his lips firmly pressed against Lucy's.
Gajeel snickered. "Gihihi."
The salmon-haired boy realized where he had landed and tried to scurry away, putting his hand on the nearest thing to stabilize himself. Unfortunately, that thing had been Lucy's thigh. The boy shot back, flailing until he landed in his seat next to Lucy. He silently buckled his seatbelt, obviously in shock. Both him and Lucy were blushing uncontrollably. The boy stuck out his hand, and Lucy shook it wordlessly.
"I'm Natsu." He said.
"Lucy." She replied. "And we shall never speak of this again."
"Agreed." He nodded.
"Operator, do your part!" shouted Gajeel's partner. Gajeel ignored him efficiently.
"Oh my god, this is hilarious. GO LUCY!" The bluenette shouted.
Lucy made a big show of rolling her eyes, but her hand subconsciously moved up to her mouth, fingertips brushing her lips where Natsu's lips had been. Next to her, Natsu was doing the same thing.
Both Gajeel and the bluenette collapsed in a fit of giggles.
"OPERATOR, DO YOUR PART!" Gajeel's partner screamed.
Gajeel joltes and then hit the button to start the ride, and then it was gone, leaving Gajeel and the stubborn blue-haired girl alone together. They were both still getting off of their laughing highs, and Gajeel realized that he was still holding the girl, even though he really didn't need to. He wanted to though, she felt nice against the hard contours of his body, and she didn't mind that he was still holding her.
Reluctantly though, he let her done, and she made a fuss about dusting herself off.
"I'm Levy." She smiled up at Gajeel, and Gajeel realized just how much shorter she was then him. She barely came up to his chest.
"I'm Gajeel." He said.
"Nice to meet you." Levy said pleasantly. Then she frowned again. "This doesn't mean I like you, though! You didn't let me ride Space Mountain!"
Natsu and Lucy came rolling back up, looking exhilarated and happy. Why was the fucking ride only thirty seconds?
Gajeel smiled. "Maybe next year, shrimp."
"Next year…" Levy mused. "Fine! I'll see you here next year, and by then I'll be tall enough to ride!"
Gajeel stuck out his hand. "I'll see you next year, then."
Levy shook his hand. "Yes, you will."
She stomped off toward the exit, grabbing Natsu's arm on the way.
"What are you doing?" He asked.
"Well, if another meanie won't let me ride with Lucy, then she can't ride alone! So you're coming with us!" Levy proclaimed, dragging Natsu out the exit.
Lucy sighed and handed Gajeel a folded piece of paper. He opened it and saw a phone number written in blue ink. He blinked.
He tried to hand her back the paper. "Uh… I hate to be rude, but you're not really my type-"
Lucy snorted. "That's not my number! I'm pretty sure Levy's too stubborn to give you her number, but I'm pretty sure she likes you. That's her number."
Gajeel smiled. "Really?"
"Yep. So text her or something! I have to go. Bye… uh…"
"Gajeel." He supplied.
"Oh, cool. Bye Gajeel!" Lucy ran off, waving at him as she ran.
Gajeel tucked the paper into his pocket. I got a shrimp's phone number…
Next summer, Gajeel swore he'd work at The Happiest Place On Earth again.
Even if the only reason he wanted to was to see Levy again.
So… what'd you think? This is going to be a Gale and Nalu focused fanfic, but there will be other ships incorporated. Please review/follow/favorite if you enjoyed, and see you next time!
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