Chapter 6

"Rise and shine Luce."

Lucy could hear a faint voice, awakening her from her sleep. She blinked and rubbed away what was left of her drowsiness, and quickly the memories of last night came flooding back to her. Lucy looked to her side to see the source of the voice was none other than Natsu Dragneel. He was sitting beside her on the bed with the blanket over him while peering down at her.

"NATSU!" The female shrieked. Instinctively covering her chest with the blanket, she was wearing her black lacey lingerie that she changed into last night, thankfully the idiot beside her hadn't gotten a blonde then sat up holding the blanket to her chest, she glowered at the male beside her. As usual he was wearing that stupid boy-like grin.

"WHY ARE YOU IN MY ROOM?" She asked impatiently.

"Well I wasn't gonna come here, but it's like two. So I thought I'd wake you." He explained as if he were doing her a favour.

Lucy rubbed her temples while Natsu glanced around her room, taking in the decor and the sweet scent surrounding him that was emitting from the blonde. How did she manage to smell so good without taking a bath?

"Okay. Let me rephrase the question. Why are you still in my house?"

"Stop being such a grump and get ready." Natsu said.

Lucy wanted to scream at the pinkette, how did he have the audacity to tell her to get ready in her own house when she so reluctantly but kindly allowed him to stay there overnight? She just sighed, giving in to the boy's instructions.

"Ready for what though?" Lucy questioned. She was making her way off the bed and dragging the blanket with her in an attempt to cover her revealing clothing from Natsu.

Natsu watched as Lucy walked toward her dressing table, the blanket was wrapped around her and dragged across the floor when she walked. The male stood and walked towards the dressing table, he opened the first drawer and pulled out a red lace underwear, he smirked at her as she snatched it away quickly, burning red.

"That's in the yes pile," Natsu teased.

"NATSU!" Lucy yelled.

"Okay okay, sorry. I want you to get ready because the gang's hanging out together today, you got a call from Erza and I answered."

Lucy didn't think it was possible to get redder than she already was, but she proved herself wrong. Her eyes widened at the realization. Natsu had answered the call from HER house. If Cana was suspicious before, she wouldn't stop pestering her about this.

"YOU ANSWERED THE CALL FOR ME?! IDIOT!"

" Wouldya stop yelling! And anyways I don't see what the big deal is, so what if I answered for you?"

Lucy face palmed herself, the idiot was clearly clueless, but she wasn't. She knew for a fact that Cana, Levy, Erza, Juvia and of course Mira would not stop questioning her about this. The blonde glared at the pinkette, then finally let out a loud sigh.

"When are we meeting up with everyone?" Lucy inquired.

"Uh, in like fifteen minutes." Natsu said after catching a glimpse at the clock.

Lucy had to hustle if she were going to make it, and she also needed a ride and since Natsu wasn't leaving anytime soon she assumed she could go with him. Great, Lucy thought, first he answers a call from my house and then we show up together, that's not suspicious at all.

Lucy managed to get ready in twenty minutes, with Natsu complaining about how she took so long and how they were already late the entire time. Lucy retorted by saying he was really outstaying his welcome at her home like this.

Finally the blonde was dressed and ready to go, sporting a casual look that she still managed to look beautiful in. She wore a black skirt and pink tank top, with a pair of black boots to top it all off. Her hair was pulled into it's usual long side ponytail. Natsu put down the snow globe he was shaking and fiddling with when the blonde finally came out of the washroom.

"Finallyyy." He groaned.

"Okay, let's go!" Lucy cheered.

On the ride to their friends' usual hangout, "Magnolia Grill" Lucy was staring out the window, deep in thought.

"You haven't talked this entire ride, it's really weird."

Lucy turned to face the male in the driver's seat.

"How are your friends like?" She asked out of curiosity.

Natsu seemed surprised by the question, he was hesitant to answer, as if he were thinking of just what to say.

Lucy spoke again just to clarify things.

"I just wanna know how they're like. I haven't been in Fairy Tail High as long as all of you, Erza guys were nice enough to get to know me, but I still haven't met the rest of the group, which is you guys. I just want them all to like me."

Natsu smiled at the girl's honest words. He found it sweet that she really wanted everyone to like her. She wanted to be part of the group, and Natsu knew she would fit right in.

"Okay well there's me, Gray, Gajeel and Loke. Gray's the perverted expositionist, Gajeel's the arrogant iron head, and Loke's the annoying girl crazy one. Then there's me, the greatest and the most irresistible." Natsu said smirking, gaining a laugh from Lucy.

"They sound amazing!" Lucy joked while giggling. "I got this."

Soon Natsu and Lucy reached the Magnolia Grill, or as Natsu referred as, "The Grill". Lucy pushed open the doors in a hurry, expecting her friends to be sitting at a table, awaiting her and Natsu's arrival. But that was definitely not the case. Lucy tried to take in what was happening in front of her. There were chairs thrown all over the place, tables knocked over, food on the ground and chaos everywhere. She found Levy through the mess, the bookworm was sitting at a table, trying to read a novel in the chaos. The blonde's eyes shifted to the woman beside Levy, Cana was sitting on top of the table enjoying a bottle of booze. Juvia was there as well, she was staring lovingly and intently into the tangle of arms and heads, punches were being thrown at each other and things were flying everywhere. Erza was enjoying a strawberry cake on the table with the other girls. Mira came up to Lucy with her usual warm smile.

"Lucy! Welcome to the Magnolia Grill! Do you want something to eat?" Mira asked sweetly.

"Uh-uh-I" Lucy mumbled. The girls were acting like they usually did, was this normal for them?

"Oh don't mind those guys, they always are the rowdy bunch."

Just then, Natsu came barreling through the doors, grinning and cracking his knuckles before spotting gray and running towards him, joining the fight.

Just then, a bottle went hurdling through the air, right into Erza's cake. The red-headed woman stared in shock as her beautiful cake met with the cold hard floor. Everyone turned to look at the said woman in fear. A scary aura emitting from her.

"Oh dear." Mira said, "they've done it now."

In barely ten seconds, Erza managed to pummel all the guys to the ground, including Natsu, until her rage evaporated. When she was done she noticed the blonde at the door, speechless and scared.

"Ah, Lucy! Come, join us." Erza gestured while the grumbling males seated themselves at the table with the girls.

With the mention of Lucy's name, Natsu came back to his senses. "Oh yeah, Lucy come and sit!" He patted the to the available spot next to him.

Lucy made her way through the mess of furniture and food to sit with Natsu. The rest of the room was still bustling, she could recognize a lot of people from school. As she sat in her seat, Lucy eyed everyone at her table. Gajeel was sitting beside Levy, talking about something while she occasionally nodded, not lifting her nose out of her book. Juvia was holding the arm of Gray, with Erza at the other side of him. Opposite to them on the table, was Natsu, herself and Loke. Cana had disappeared to another table with a bunch of guys from school, one who Lucy recognized as Bacchus. Last, Mira was behind the counter, serving people and taking orders with a happy and sweet attitude. The blonde recalled Mira mentioning her job at the Grill. Mira had told her the place was always packed, lively and welcoming. At this point the blonde wasn't sure it was quite as welcoming as Mira had said.

They sure are an interesting bunch.

"So you're the famous Lucy? You're even more beautiful than I thought." Said the voice to her right.

"You're Loke, right?" Lucy asked smiling.

"The one and only. A woman with your grace and beauty deserves a man who will treat you right, how about a date with me?" Loke asked smoothly.

"Uhh-I" Lucy stuttered.

"Hey Loke cut it out, I doubt she would want to date someone like you." Gray interrupted.

"I'm Gray, I've heard you've been hanging with Natsu. You sure you wanna do that? You can definitely chill with me when you reach your limit with flame brains over here."

"Shut up ice princess. I don't think she'd want to hang with a stipper like you."

"YOU WANNA GO SLANTY EYES?"

"LET'S GO DROOPY EYES!"

"THAT'S ENOUGH." Erza deadpanned. Everyone immediately went silent, no one daring to utter a single word.

"I wanted to tell you all about the upcoming event." She continued.

"School event?" Lucy asked. Was it a sports game? Debate tournament?

"You're all going to be helping me with it, and participating." Erza stated. Natsu, Loke, Gajeel and Gray groaned at this, very well knowing that when Erza asked for help in something, it wasn't an option.

Everyone waited for the crimson haired woman to continue in anticipation. What would it be?

"Fairy Tail's homecoming dance!"

A/N: HI EVERYONE! I'm so sorry I took soooooo long to update, just with school and everything I wanted to focus on myself and homework. But anyways I did upload and I will again. I'm not going to stop this story in the middle, I promise I'll finish it so I am eventually going to update. Anyways, everything is just getting started, I really want to just get to the hardcore Nalu scenes but I need to time everything perfectly, so please have patience everyone. There will be a lot of cute fluff throughout the entire story though. LEAVE COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, REVIEWS AND SUGGESTIONS PLS. Love all my supporters and I promise to update more quickly now! ARIGATO EVERYONE!