Chapter Five

"I'm so hungry Sting.."

"Can't you just wait a little longer Natsu?"

"But the meals that lay on the kiosks where we just passed by looks really delicious.."

"Then don't think of it!"

Sting and Natsu were arguing about waiting for Lucy and eating. Natsu kept on blabbering that he's hungry and Sting kept on telling Natsu that we should wait for Lucy. Rouge, Loke and I stood before the two them and watched them argue. We're still here at Lucy's workplace waiting for her since Sting, Natsu, and Loke invited her to eat with us to which she gladly accepted.

We heard clattering sounds behind us, the sound of heels clicking against the floor. When we looked behind, we saw Lucy, half-running half-walking, towards our direction followed by the Caprico guy again.

"Sorry to.. keep.. you.. waiting.." Lucy said between huffs. She really did run after all.

"It's okay. Let's go now. Someone's really hungry, as you can see." Sting said while looking at Natsu who's looking pale now.

Lucy ran towards Natsu then bowed her head while saying, "Sorry for making you wait Natsu." To which Natsu answered with a 'Hmmm'.

We went to the food kiosks where we passed by earlier. Rouge and Loke accompanied Natsu as they look for foods on the stalls while Sting, Lucy, and I looked for vacant seats, to which we found not longer. Sting said that he will find the other three so that he can tell them where we were seated leaving me and Lucy alone.

"Did you wait that long for me?" Lucy asked me as soon as Sting disappeared to which I answered with a sideways nod. I then nodded when Lucy asked me if I was sure.

"Why won't you say something?" She said while she eyed me, in a cute way. I can feel my cheeks heating up so I just looked sideways.

"Did I do something wrong?" Lucy asked sincerely. It took me about a minute before I was able to answer her. "No." was my answer.

To tell the truth, I was feeling uneasy since the incident that happened earlier, where she and Rouge looked like a married couple in my eyes. I really wished that I had a cat. I really wished.

"Are you sure?" She stared at me with those eyes, those eyes that were begging for the truth. I was arguing whether to tell her the truth or not but thankfully, the others came which halted my talk with Lucy.

I ate in silence while they kept on chatting. I sometimes felt Lucy looking at me, but I don't know if I was just assuming it or if it was really happening.

Loke leaned beside me then whispered "You seem pretty timid today Gray."

"I am not." Was all I answered. He looked at me with one of his eyebrows raised. I disregarded his actions then continued eating my food.

"By the way," Sting said garnering our attention, "before we reached here, it seems like the two of you were having a serious talk." He said while eyeing me.

"She just asked if we waited for her that long." I said stoically.

"Is that all?" Loke said with a playful smirking plastered in his face. He shifted his gaze on Lucy and she was blushing.. Why the hell was she blushing?

"Uhhmm.. I.. a-asked-"

"She asked me if I was sure. She seems to be doubting my answer." I said cutting Lucy's words.

"Ohh." Loke said while still looking at Lucy who has calmed down now.

Sting's phone rang all of a sudden. Before he can answer the call, Natsu and Loke's phone started ringing too. After seconds, Rouge's phone joined them. They answered their calls at the same time then their faces turned sour. They sighed as soon as they hang up.

"What was that all about?" Lucy asked.

"We have an emergency practice." Sting sad in monotone.

"Prac.. tice..?" Lucy said confused. What practice were they talking about?

"Frederick and Yanderica." Rouge said quite annoyed.

"Ohh.. Well then, good luck!" Lucy said while the four stood up.

Sting went to my place then whispered, "Take care of Lucy." To which I answered with a nod.

After a little while, they where gone with the wind. Lucy and I were the only ones left and the air was quite awkward. Psh. The silence is killing me.

"Will you be going back to work?"

"No.. *Sigh* what will I do now~?" She said while resting her head on the table.

She has nothing to do? What if I invite her to the park? Nah.. I'm still mad. Mad your face! You were jealous... Who the hell was that? I'm not jealous.. Beside, I don't have any right to be jealous..

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"Hey Lucy, do you want to go the amusement park?" I asked before I could think of anything else..

Lucy smiled sweetly at me then her eyes beamed. "Of course!"

Great! Now I have Lucy all to myself..

"Are you all right Gray?"

Who would be alright after riding rides non-stop?! Not just simple rides, but the ones that were quite gravity defying! Who would be in his or her right state of mind after riding different gravity-defying rides one after another? Who would? Lucy would.

I looked at her straight in her eyes then let out a weak "Do I look alright to you?".

She shook her head then slung one of my arms on the back of her neck. "Let's take a break first." Was what she said then we went to one of the benches that were vacant. She carefully placed me down then sat beside me. She eyed me with her sad expression.

What the hell?! Do I look that pitiful? I looked back at her again and she's still wearing that sad expression."Oi! Don't look at me like some lost puppy!"

She blinked then looked forward, glancing at the children running around. "You should have told me that you were not that good in handling those rides" she said while eyeing the loops of the roller coaster.

"Well, you should have asked me though." I countered at her.

I glanced at her then her expression changed. From being sad, she was now wearing an apologetic face. From the looks of it, she was about to cry. Hey! I didn't mean to offend her! Sheesh! How am I gonna calm her down?

Oh well. I scooted near her then placed a hand over hers. They seem to fit perfectly like jigsaw puzzles that were lost in time, and now is not the right time to be thinking about those cheesy lines. "That was meant to be a joke. You shouldn't be too hard on yourself Lucy." I said as I squeezed her hand tighter.

She lifted her head and she was still wearing that guilty expression, though the teary-eyed part was now gone. I took a glance at the area surrounding us to look for something that might cheer her up. There it is!

I stood up abruptly causing her to get startled. "Wait here." Was all I said before heading to my destination, the Ice Cream vendor.

When I approached the vendor, he suddenly asked me if what flavors that I wanted were. I forgot to ask to Lucy and it's to tiring to come back. I glanced at her then she's now smiling. Hmm. Since she always smell the same like that of Vanilla and Strawberry, I'll choose Vanilla and Strawberry. When I got back, I handed her the Ice Cream then her face was now painted with shock.

"H-How.. How?"

"How? What do you mean?"

"How did you know that I love this flavor?" She asked while looking at me with an expecting look. "You asked Sting?"

"No! - I mean no." I said feeling sorry for shouting at her.

"Then how did you knew?" She asked.

"You always smell like that of vanilla and strawberries so I thought you might like them." I said while scratching the back of my neck.

She smiled at me then we ate in silence. My eyes trailed down to her hand, her lonely hand. Should I put my hand again? But she's not sad anymore. It's not like I can only put my hand when she's sad. But it's not usually done by friends. Before my mind could contemplate more, my hand found its way above Lucy's. She immediately stopped licking her ice cream then looked at our hands. She slowly lifted her head so I quickly shifted my gaze on the other side, not facing her. I felt my ears heating up. I should have asked her first.

Before I could lift my hands, her hands moved then all of a sudden, our hands were now intertwined. I glanced at her then she's blushing hard.. I guess.. I should not ask her anymore.

We continued eating in silence.. and while we were eating..

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I think.. I'm understanding what this new weird feeling that I'm feeling was..

Welcome back to~~ Patrick's Segment! With apologies though.

Sorry for uploading late. If you viewed my profile, there's a warning there that I may have irregular updates so there. I'm sad that I haven't made a long chapter but I was happy with the progress. I hope you feel the same way.

Gray: What progress are you talking about? The holding hands?

Me: Yup.

Gray: What the hell! I am not contented! You should have ended the chapter with me kissing Lucy!

Me: .. you seriously are one fat dreamer Gray.

Gray: What'ya sayin'?!

Me: You haven't even confessed yet then you want me to make you kiss her?!

Gray: W-why will I c-confess?! I-It's not like I do have f-feelings for L-Lucy..

Me: Oh yeah, you haven't figured out that feeling yet. Tssk tssk.

Gray: Well my bad! You should have just told me what is it!

Me: You should be the one to know it. Seriously, how dense can you be?

Gray: What do you mea-

Me: Oh shut up! I'm hanging up now.

Gray": This is not a phone call -_-"

Me: O_O; I forgot. Oh well, I'm leaving now. Bye.

Gray: Hey! Wait-

So that ends Patrick Segment~ with Gray, probably..

Gray: I'm not done yet!