Something more than friends!

Chapter 12

Author: alyalice456

I DO NOT OWN FAIRY TAIL!

The sunshine spilled through the curtains and rested on Lucy's face, warming it as she woke up from a well needed sleep.

She said up and starched, looking at the clock she saw that it was after nine in the morning. She looked around expecting to see Natsu sleeping soundly beside her but the bed was empty.

This was weird, he is rarely up at this time. She jumped out of bed and got dressed quick unto a hair of thigh high light blue shorts and a long sleeved white top.

She opened her door to find herself face to face with Erza.

'Hi.' Lucy said in a small voice.

'Hi, can you tell Natsu that we need him.' Erza asked.

'What do you mean?' Lucy asked puzzled. 'Natsu isn't here, I thought he was gone down already.' For some reason she found herself looking about the room.

'Well, I haven't seen him this morning..' Erza said she looked just as confused.

'Well, let's go look for him.' Mirajane stepped into view with a bright smile on her face. 'He probably went to the restaurant to get some food, you know what he is like with food.'

'Ya I guess.' Lucy said walking out of the room and closing it behind her.

'Hey, Lucy are you okay?' Erza asked looking concerned for her friend.

'Ya, why wouldn't I be, I'm great.' Lucy lied, she was still a bit messed up from yesterday with her being kidnapped and then Ruby arriving and basically flitting with her boyfriend right in front of her.

'well then let's go.' The three girls leave.

Five minutes later they split up, Natsu isn't in the restaurant so they think if everyone looked in a different place then they would find him easier.

'That sound so cool.' His voice came out of know where and Lucy followed it. Rounding a corner she saw Natsu sitting beside Ruby on a couch in a secluded lounge.

'Ya but then we eventually got out of there. It took a few years for our friends to find us but since there was magic on the island we didn't age, it was so awesome.' Natsu was talking animatedly and she was looking at him with wide eyes in interest.

Lucy felt another pang of jealousy, why did he leave this morning just to go talking to her about his missions?

Lucy contemplated disturbing them but decided against it. If he wanted to stay with Ruby rather than her than that's his choice.

'Did you find him?' Erza asked when she walked back into the main lounge of their suite. 'We thought he might have come back here but he hadn't.'

Lucy plonked down on a nearby chair. 'Don't worry, he's fine, he is talking to Ruby in the lobby.'

They both looked at her for a few long seconds. 'What?' Lucy asked.

'And you're okay with that?' Mirajane asked stepping closer to Lucy. 'To me she was really stuck to Natsu last night when they met, I know it that was my boyfriend she was getting all nice to I wouldn't be so nice.'

'Yes, I wouldn't either.' Erza said sitting in one of the recliner chairs.

'Well what can I do about it?' Lucy asked putting her hands in her head. 'We just got together; I don't want to be the obsessive girlfriend that stops him from seeing people, that's not me. Besides, I trust him.' She looked at the both of them in turn.

'Why don't you tell him that you're uncomfortable with Ruby and him? I mean he left and didn't tell anyone where he was going, I'm pretty mad that I wasted my whole morning looking for that idiot and then hearing he was just sitting in the lobby.' Mirajane said

Lucy smiled at her. 'Well you can take your anger out on him if you want, I'm not stopping you, and I am not going to think too much into him and Ruby because it's just going to make me paranoid about them and I won't want to be, I trust him.'

'Wake up and smell the roses, Lucy. Your boyfriend is downstairs huddled up in a corner with her, and she's a dragon slayer too. Isn't than a bit annoying?' the three girls turned to see Gajeel stroll into the room with a big smirk on his face. 'If it was my girlfriend id beat the skit out of the idiot.' He chuckled.

'But how can that be true when you haven't beaten the shit out of Jet and droy? There always with levy.' Lucy shot back at him, knowing full well that he liked Levy. His cheeks blazed red and he turned away but not before giving her one of his best glares.

'Look, I am going to my room because you're all just making me paranoid, and I don't want that to happen.' Lucy got up and started walking to her room.

'Don't let what Gajeel said get to you, he is just trying to get a reaction. Natsu really cares for you.' Erza called after her, but she kept going.

She found herself lying across the bed with her hand covering her eyes. what was she going to do? Was she jealous? Will she tell him? What happens if she doesn't? Will he leave her? Does he like her better? No, he said he loved her. And she believed him.

After a few minutes she heard the door open but kept her arm over her face.

'hey, are you only getting up now?' Natsu was sitting on the bed beside her, pulling her arm away from her face.

She looked up at him for a few second, he looked back at her in confusion. 'What with the face?'

'Nothing, I got up a while ago, I'm just being lazy.' She sat up on the bed.

'Really? Because Erza said that there was something wrong with you, she looked pretty mad about something, too. Are you OK?' he looked at her confused.

She didn't know whether to say that she was uncomfortable with him and Ruby or not…

When she didn't say anything for a while, he lost patience and now her defiantly knew that there was something going on.

'Tell me.' He willed her.

He's not going to let this go. She took a deep breath. 'I went looking for you and I found you…with ruby.'

For a second, he just kept looking at her like he was not getting what she was saying, but a second later he knew what was going. 'No, no no, I hope you're not thinking what I'm thinking.' He grabbed her hand.

'That depends on what you're thinking?' Lucy said back to him quietly.

'That you think I'm interested in her.' He said with his eyes growing wider.

She looked away from his gaze, knowing her face was going a deep red colour.

'Lucy I-' he was cut off by a knock on the door, they both turned to see Mirajane poking her head in the door.

'Mermaid heel said they have found a lead. You guys better come out.' She left quickly, sending the tension in the room probably.

Lucy jumped off the bed quickly and started walking fast towards the door to get out of this awkward situation, but he caught her by the elbow and pulled her to a stop.

'Lucy-'

'There waiting Natsu, come on.' She pulled her hand away from him and made her way out of the room to face her guild and mermaid heel… and her….

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