Lucy

'Don't you dare touch her! She's mines!' Hasn't stopped since Natsu left the room half an hour ago. The people that did hear his sudden outburst keeps asking me what's going on between us. Thanks to Erza's death glare, they returned to trying to stuff alcohol down Cana's throat.

Me? Well, I don't know what to say. I feel... happy like I'm on a giant fluffy white cloud flying over the giant beautiful Rocky Mountains. His words, Natsu's words made me feel like I'm literally flying. I was shocked, yes, but what he said just confirms it.

Natsu likes me.

I nearly fangirled where I was with that thought. Natsu likes me, he likes me! I can't believe it, still. Maybe he was just trying to protect me as a friend from our perverted teammates. (Seriously, most of the guys at the party couldn't take their eyes off me or Juvia or Erza.) Yeah that might be it. But then my mind would return to how angry he was when he shouted that sentence.

My cheeks were turning red just with that thought.

A cup of water was suddenly put in front of me. I looked up at the deliverer.

"Loke?" I blinked.

I was in the garage where a few of the tired souls were resting and eating food. Loke just sat down in the seat next to me, "Drink up."

I murmured a thanks and gulped down the water without a second to spare. I'm still trying to recover from what just happened.

"I can't believe Natsu did that," he chuckled, crossing his leg across his lap. "That guy has some guts."

"Yeah," I put the cup down. "You heard?"

"Erza told me," he chuckled. "I thought it was the funniest thing a guy in love could do."

My ears grew warm again, "Nah. Natsu doesn't love me."

"Oh I wouldn't be too sure," as usual, the center back had on his blue sunglasses so I couldn't see his eyes at all. "He sure as hell does do a lot of things for you and let's not forget he did yell that your his in the middle of a party as loudly as he could."

"It was just in the heat of the moment," I waved it off. "Knowing Warren and Max, they were probably saying some inappropriate things."

"Then isn't, 'Hey, stop it' or 'Back off' easier to say if he was stopping them just as a friend to you," Loke looked at me. "Instead he said you were his, right? If he doesn't love you, I don't know what is."

"We're seventeen, Loke," I pointed out. "We don't know what love is."

"I figured out love when I was seventeen," he said suddenly. "It's not impossible to love someone when you're young. It's just... how should I put this? We're so foolish when we're younger that we don't know what is what. The reason why teenagers aren't 'in love' in other people's minds is because they have never experienced being loved by their significant other quite yet. You just don't know what to expect."

He took a sip out of his own drink, "But from an older point of view, I see that Natsu does care very deeply about you Lucy. If I were you, I wouldn't let him go no matter what happens. It's not everyday you have some love sick idiot scream in the middle of party that your his."

I giggled, "Now that is true."

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Natsu

The news about my proclamation must've spread among the team. Considering none of them approached me when they came out to the patio and saw me sulking by the railing. I finished sulking a few minutes ago and returned to the party. Bodies of my teammates jumping to the sound of the music bursting through Jellal's speakers numbed my ears. His living room was huge once you removed the furniture and the TV, it's big enough to act as a dance floor for some drunk teammates and a few teenagers.

With my hands in my jean pockets I watched my friends.

Gray and Juvia were dancing together not too far away. I could tell she dragged him onto the dance floor but he looks like he was enjoying it. They were laughing and everything so I guess that's a good sign. Jellal and Erza were nearby, laughing as well just enjoying each other's company. I sighed, well guess I'm a loner after all.

I sensed someone was beside me. The familiar smell of watermelon filled my nose. I looked down right away just as the person was tugging at my arm. The blonde hair!

"Lucy?" I gasped.

She didn't look at me right away. I could see her shoulders raise as if she was taking the biggest breath of her life. Then she finally turned her face until it was facing mines and cute smile at her lips, "You wanna dance with me Natsu?"

My heart stopped.

Just as she asked that question the music completely slowed down. A completely different track played. It was a slow dance song for couples no matter how many times you look at it. The tip of my ears were slowly starting to turn pink.

The teammates without a dance partner left; leaving some pairs on the dance floor. The only people that remained were Erza and Jellal, Levy and that bastard Gajeel, Juvia and Gray (who couldn't leave no matter how much he tried), Alzack and Bisca, then Lucy and me.

My palms were starting to get a little sweaty with the nervousness and anticipation. Lucy could've asked at a better.

"What great timing," she muttered under her breath.

I finally swallowed the lump in my throat. I can do this, I can do this. It's just Lucy, weird strange but yet beyond beautiful Lucy. Yeah, just Lucy.

I took my hand out of my pocket and grabbed her small hand, "Let's dance, then. I'm all fired up."