Gray and I exchange glances and I can see my doubt mirrored in his expression. Something is fishy about this girl. I turn in my chair, giving her my attention. If she really is a fan, like she's claiming, there's a chance that she'll go away if I humor her, but I have a bad feeling about this.

"Can I help you?" I was going for a courteous tone, but I just sound cold. She must have noticed too, because I see her expression falter for a second, but she's good at regaining her composure. Maybe she's an actress.

"My name is Lila, and I was hoping I could have some of your time!" She bats her lashes at me and continues, "You see, I just started out modeling and I was hoping you could maybe give me some advice? I saw your spread in the Sorcerer Magazine and I just loved your feature with Mary-Jane a while back." Oh, so she's a model, and she clearly doesn't know anything about me or Mira. I haven't worked for the magazine in almost two years, and I've only been featured with Mira twice before.

"Thanks, but I'm sorry, I'll have to politely decline," I lean close to Gray and wrap my hands around his arm, going for the same saccharine tone she used. "You see, my husband and I are on our honeymoon and we promised not to bring any work with us."

Gray, bless his heart, immediately picks up and leans over to drop a kiss on my temple. "Only because you don't know how to relax," he adds good-naturedly. I can tell that Lila's smile is strained. What is up with this girl? What does she want?

"That's so… sweet!" Her voice sounds forced, and I can tell that she is trying to think of something else to say. "When did you get married?" She finally asks, tilting her head.

"Just a few weeks ago, actually." Gray answers for me. I'm still holding onto his arm and I feel how tense he is. I squeeze his arm, trying to get him to relax and he shoots me a little smile.

"Oh, congratulations."

"Thanks." I wonder if she's gotten the hint yet, but I can see that she's thinking. Finally, she takes her leave and I breathe a sigh of relief.

"I wonder what she wanted." Gray asks under his breath and I shrug. As long as she doesn't bother us, I don't care. I know she's still around, because I catch her looking our way more than once.

Gray is slowly letting loose and he's going all in with the random drinks, I think he's on his fourth now, but they don't seem to be all that strong. I'll have to keep an eye on him though, make sure he doesn't get wasted. I know he's really looking forward to tomorrow, and I'd hate for him to be stuck in bed with a hangover on our last day here. Still, I can't wait to be home. I miss Natsu and Happy and Erza. I miss the guild. I tell Gray this and he nods, taking another swig of his drink and gagging loudly.

We stay for almost an hour before I need to go to the bathroom. Gray wants to stay here and play pool. He hasn't had too much to drink so I think it is fine to leave him to his own devices. I'm feeling kind of tired though, so I might just stay upstairs and turn in for the night. I could get some writing done while I have the room to myself. After making sure Gray isn't drunk, I leave.

Once I'm in our room, I feel worn out again. It's still pretty early, but if I end up falling asleep, I don't think I will miss out on anything. Maybe I should just stay up until Gray gets here. He held back on the drinks after his sixth one, so I'm confident he will be fine on his own. I wonder if he misses having Cana as his drinking buddy.

I sit down at the small desk once again and try writing some more. I can still hear people from outside our balcony and I'm tempted to sit outside for a little while. The sun's already gone down, but the weather is nice and I could do with a little fresh air. Still, I need to get some work done.

When we get back to Magnolia, I want to try taking a mission with Gray, but I'm scared he'll get sick of being around me at all times. This vacation has been nice and all, but he has barely had any time for himself, so maybe I shouldn't suggest going on a mission right away. I really want to go with Natsu, but I know I'll keep worrying about Gray while I'm gone. What if he is targeted by the Creep while I'm gone? I wouldn't be able to live with myself if anything happened to him.

It's been a while since I came up to our room and Gray isn't back yet. Should I go back down and check on him? He's usually a responsible drinker, but tension has been running high the past few weeks, maybe I should make sure he's okay.

I've just gotten up from my seat when I hear rustling from outside the door and it swings open, revealing Gray with Lila passed out in his arms.

"What the hell, Gray?" I can feel my temper flare and I have to force myself not to snap. There has to be a perfectly logical reason for my husband to be carrying an unconscious girl up to our room.

"Lucy! You're okay!" Gray looks relieved and I feel a tiny stab of guilt, but I still don't know what's going on.

"What happened? Why is she unconscious?" As irritating as she was, I don't hope anything bad has happened to the Lila girl.

"She tried to drug me." Gray frowns. Wait, she tried to drug Gray? Scratch that, I hope he knocked her out.

"Are you okay?" Outwardly, Gray looks fine, though his cheeks are a little flushed. I go to Gray and help him get inside as he struggles with carrying Lila.

"I'm fine. She tried to put something in my glass, but I switched our drinks when she wasn't looking, but then you weren't coming back down, so I got worried that maybe she had done something to you and I went to find you." Gray rushes out. Between the two of us we manage to get her situated in one of the sitting chairs and she doesn't even stir.

I feel bile rise in my throat. "Did she follow you up?" Gray nods.

"I noticed her when I reached our floor, but she was wobbling pretty badly and collapsed on the floor." He explains and runs a hand through his hair. He looks haggard.

I have to suppress the urge to hit this girl. Not only did she try to drug Gray, she also followed him around? So much for a relaxing vacation.

"What should we do about her?" I ask. I want her out of here and as far away from Gray as possible.

"Let's just hand her over to security and let them deal with it." He slumps down onto the edge of the bed and puts his face in his hands. I kneel in front of him and grab his hands. "Are you sure you are okay?" He looks so stressed and I can't blame him. I should have stayed with him.

Gray nods and squeezes my hands, smiling weakly. "Let's just get her out of here." He sighs and starts getting up, still holding my hands. I can't help it; I throw my arms around him and squeeze him. "I'm so glad you are okay."

"What's wrong Lucy?" He whispers and I can feel tears welling up in my eyes. He returns my embrace and I feel one of his hands stroking my hair.

"What if something happened to you and I wasn't there?" I'm fighting the tears, but it's pretty clear from my shaky voice that I'm about to cry.

"Let's just be glad nothing did." He says in a soothing voice and I try to pull myself together. We have to deal with this menace of a girl first. I knew she was going to be trouble.

"I think we should both go down. Hopefully the cameras picked up that she was following you, but no way am I putting you in a compromising situation by carrying her in alone." It would be scandalous if someone saw Gray with an unconscious girl in his arms and send all the wrong signals.

He nods gratefully and we manage to prop her up between us as we head downstairs. It takes a while to get to the reception and sure enough people are staring curiously at us, but no one interrupts us. After finding a staff member, we meet with the chief of staff and Gray tells about the encounter.

Apparently, she approached him after I left and spun a grand tale about being a big fan of mine and wanting to become my friend. Gray, who was too nice to tell her off, listened to her sob story and didn't believe a word she said. He also told the staff that she purposely dropped something and put something in his drink while he picked it up for her. It's a miracle that he noticed. Somehow he managed to switch their drinks without her noticing. She must have downed the drugged one before she followed Gray, no doubt to do something shady.

I can already count a number of things we can charge her with if we need to, but the staff assures us that they will handle it. While we are there, someone has found out what room she is staying in and Lila's friend is called to pick her up.

Since we are leaving in two days Gray doesn't want to make a big deal out of it, but I have found my vindictive side and threaten to sue, if that Lila girl gets near us again. We are pretty well-known among the staff at the resort, since they have many big name guests, and I feel no remorse by taking advantage of it. Luckily, the guests here don't seem to recognize us yet, but since Lila found out our names, others might too. My stomach is in knots by the time we leave, and we are promised that she won't come anywhere near us when we're at the resort. I can tell that Gray is shaken too. We deal with all sorts of problems when we are away on jobs, but this is different.

Once we get to our room, we're both in a somber kind of mood. Gray sits on the bead and I sit at our small desk again.

"I can't wait until we are back home," I mutter as I try to read.

"Me too." Gray replies. I'm worried about him. I don't want to be fussy, but it is clear that he is bothered by something.

"Gray, are you sure that you are okay?" I can't help but ask. I hate seeing him look so disturbed.

He looks surprised for a second, but then his expression softens. "Yeah, thanks. It was just a lot."

"Tell me about it." I am so grateful that nothing happened to either of us. If Lila had managed to drug Gray, there was no telling what she would do to him. Kidnap him, blackmail or just hurt him. No, wait a second, what if she was sent by the Creep?

Slow down Lucy. There is a slight chance that she was hired by the Creep, but let's think this through. First time we met her was at the breakfast buffet a couple of days ago, and she didn't recognize any of us. When we were at the pool, she was ogling Gray, not looking at me. And today, she approached me first, but she looked disappointed when I told her we were married. Maybe she really did find my name from the Sorcerer Magazine and she just wanted to sink her claws into Gray. I'll have to make sure she doesn't come near us again.

"Lucy? Don't tell me you are overthinking with that gigantic brain of yours." Gray's voice calls out to me and brings me out of my thoughts. He looks amused and it makes me feel stupid for worrying.

"Sorry, I was just thinking." I say, or more like mumble.

"Well stop thinking and let's go to bed. We have a long day ahead of us tomorrow and I want to get going as early as possible." Gray wanders over and starts tugging at me to get up and get ready for the night.

"Alright, fine." I guess he isn't as affected as I feared. At least he's still looking forward to going out tomorrow.

The next day we are out of the door as soon as the shops and markets open. Miraculously, we both managed to sleep through the night without any problems. I still feel a little skittish as we venture out into the busy streets, but Gray is close by and makes sure not to leave my sight. We find a café to have breakfast in and soon we are on a shopping spree. That's how our last day of vacation is spent. We have been good about not blowing our money away on stupid things, so we have quite a lot to spend.

I also manage to find a belated wedding present for Gray. Since he gave me the cross he normally wore around his neck, I have been thinking I should get him a replacement and I just found the perfect one. It is metallic black with silver accents and rather ornate. I think he'll like it, but I won't give it to him before we are back home in Magnolia.

The rest of the day passes by in a blur and we accumulate a lot of presents to bring back home. At one point we consider buying another bag to fit everything in, but I'm confident we can fit all of our things into our luggage. We'll just have to do some adjusting.

Once we make it back to the resort, we are exhausted. We have been walking all day and carrying loads of shopping bags, and on top of that it has been a pretty hot day. Still, we are both excited to go home tomorrow. It's been nice to have a few days off, but I want to finish moving in and have the team over for dinner. I want to get back to my normal routine.

Alright, vacation is finally over. Now, the Fullbusters can get back to their normal daily routines. (=w=)/