Ch.1

The sun was bright as it shined into Lucy's window in the morning. She stretched and got up to get ready for the day. This was the day, she thought. The day she'd finally tell Natsu how she felt. She pulled on a pink mini skirt and a white crop top. Then she added a pink long sleeved mini jacket with thigh high white heeled boots. Tying her hair up into a ponytail with a pink ribbon, she decided to add a bit of light makeup. Checking herself in the mirror, she decided she was good and left for the guild.

Time skip

A little while later, she was at the guild. As usual, there was a fight happening when she walked in. She saw her friends at the bar and decided to tell them good morning.

"Morning minna!" Lucy said.

"Morning Lucy!" was heard from Mira.

"Good morning Lucy-chan!" Levy said.

"You too, Lucy-san!" Wendy said from where she was sitting with carla.

"Good morning, Love-rival." Replied Juvia. Lucy sweat dropped.

"Is Natsu here yet? I have something important to tell him." Lucy said. Wendy, Juvia, and Levy shrugged. Erza said he'd be here later.

"I think he's out with Lisanna and Happy on a job, but they should be back soon. Why do you need to know?" She smiled a dark smile, and everyone shivered.

"No reason!" Lucy said quickly. "Can I please have a strawberry smoothie?"

"Coming right up!" Mira said.

Lucy decided to observe her guildmates while she waited. All of a sudden, she saw Juvia making a big scene trying to hug Gray with him running away. It ended up with Gray pushing her off him, and her begrudgingly slinking off. After a while, and a delicious strawberry smoothie, Natsu had finally come back. Lucy excused herself from her friends, and tried breaking Natsu away from the fight. When she became aware that she was being ignored and her attempts were unsuccessful, she summoned Aquarius to stop the brawl. However, Lucy was dragged into the giant wave too. When everyone was calmed and the water had disappeared, Lucy finally managed to get Natsu to come outside with her.

"Hey Natsu?"

"Yeah, Luce?" He responded.

"I have something I want to tell you." He looked at her waiting to finish. "I-I-Ilikeyoualot!"

"What?" He said.

"IlikeyoualotNatsu!" Lucy repeated.

"Calm down, Luce." Natsu said, "I don't know what you're saying."

Lucy took a deep breath, trying to calm her heart rate and breathing. Starting over she said "I like you. A lot, Natsu." He looked at her and laughed.

"Is that all? I like you a lot too, Luce."

Lucy's breath hitched when he said that, but was interrupted by him saying:

"Other than Happy, you're my best friend."

Lucy's heart fell when she heard that. "No, Natsu. I mean I like you as MORE than a friend."

Natsu looked confused. "You mean like a best friend?"

"No, Natsu. I mean as in I LOVE you."

Natsu froze for a minute. "I love you too, Luce. But I don't love you like that." Before he could say anything, Lucy said it was ok and ran back inside to her girl friends.

With teary eyes, Lucy told them all about what happened. They all gave her hugs, and then silently watched as Natsu came in and was immediately greeted by Lisanna with a running hug and a kiss on the cheek, which made him turn a little pink. Lucy had noticed before how he acted around Lisanna. She just tried to ignore it. Saddened, she ran out the back door of the guild to a somewhat secret garden near the guild. There, she crashed on a bench near the roses and cried. Not much time passed when Lucy was interrupted by someone.

"Hey love-rival."