Lucy's POV
After cheering, Natsu grabs my hand and pulls me out of the truck almost tripping. We were running and I had no clue to where until we stood infront of a jumping house.

-Lucy: "Ummm... I really don't care how old I am. I'm getting in this." I took off my shoes and threw them in the air. I jumped in and find myself in a maze practically. I then feel some muscular arms around my waist pull me back outside and found myself in the arms of the raven haired guy named Gray I think. "Hey! I wanted to jump! Let go of me already you... you stripper!" He gave me a questioned look and I signaled his torso that was shirtless.

-Gray: "Oh that... yeah I don't really care anymore. Get used to it. I know you like it." He winks at me and I gave him my famous..

-Lucy: "LUUUCY KICK!" He went flying to the ground and I started to wipe his body germs off me. Pervert! I started to hear some loud laughing, I turn around to find Natsu rolling on the floor laughing.

-Natsu: "You you...nyahahhahahaha GRAY YOU JUST GOT YOUR ASS KICKED BRO!" He started pointing at him and you could see veins pop out of his forehead. "And and 'L-L-Lucy k-k-kick'?! NYAHAHAHAHAHAHA" he imitated my face when he was stuttering through his laughs. Idiot.

-Lucy: "Get up you stupid pinkette and explain to me why you pulled me out pervert!" Of course, Natsu was laughing harder when I called the stripper pervert. Gray started getting up, still not having a shirt on. Even if he's a perv he sure is a hot one. But Natsu's hotter.

-Gray: "Checking me out huh blondie?" He starts to smirk and one starts to creep under my nose as well, growing wider than his.

-Lucy: "Oh, yeah. I was checking you out to be honest." Natsu stopped laughing when he heard me and almost protested until I continued talking. "I was comparing you to Natsu, and he's hotter." After a second, the laugh returns.

-Natsu: "NYAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I told you I was hotter than you! Luce, lets have 30 babies." That comment made me have a small tint of blush, causing a monstrous imagination.

-Gray: "Ugh get a room you two, we have a competition to get on with." He started to roll his eyes. Wait, competition? Gray noticed my confused look and said... "Yeah, thats why I pulled you out. The threeway camp is a triple marathon in 1) The air maze 2) The swim at the river 3) Lastly, the paintball park where the players can be shot at to be eliminated but you also have to get to the end where you win. The winner gets a surprise at the end." He started to grin at that last comment.

-Lucy: "Well lucky you guys, I'm a very competitive female that always win. Lets get started!" Everyone started walking over to us and started lining up next to eachother, on my left was Natsu and on my right was the stunning but scary Erza.

-Erza: "I apologize if I make you people cry... again." She said out loud to everyone in the competition. Everyone started shouting different things.

-Natsu: "Oy Erza! I almost kicked your ass last time so don't get too cocky!"

-Gray: "Shut up flamebrain, I was the closest to her!"

-Juvia: "Thats right! Gray-sama is always right! Wait...GRAY-SAMA CAN'T BE CLOSE TO ERZA-SAN! LOVE RIVAL!"

-Gajeel: "I'm gonna smack the shit out of you guys if you don't shut your trap!"

-Elfman: "You aren't a man if you don't win! MAN!" Too much babble...

-Lucy: "If you guys don't mind, I'm kicking all your asses today. Thanks for the head start!" They didn't even hear Mira and Levy yell the ready, set and go. Those five stayed behind fighting until I yelled out, the ones I was racing against right now are Cana, Wendy and Jellal while the others were pushing each other running at the same time. Behind me was Cana, Jellal was next to me and Wendy was ahead very very fast. I mean... how can she go through the wind like that? Its like if she's controlling it, practically gliding. I was finally in front of the jumping house and ran into the maze, I heard some of the guys say that the maze changes every week so we had to be careful. I could hear Natsu raging from over here.

-Natsu: "WHY THE HELL DID IT HAVE TO CHANGE AGAIN DAMNIT!" He shouts with a frustrated tone. Such a baby. But he had a reason to be one. The maze was so confusing, walls everywhere and the worst part was that they moved. I took out my phone and went to the drawing app to take notes and draw the whole maze. After about 15 minutes I was finally going through the last entrance. 'I'm going to win!' Was what I said until a certain pinkette stood in front of me. "Luce, we're partners so don't leave me behind." That comment made my stomach get butterflies and how I hated it. Last time I felt this was back in high school.

-Lucy: "No, I'm winning."

-Natsu: "But we can pick partners!"

-Lucy: "I wanna win alone!" I yell bouncing away from him since its a jumping house. Man this is the first course and was it fun! I heard Natsu Tsk before I left and then I started thinking. How did that idiot make it through the maze even with the head start I got? I started panicking and ran/jump faster out of the maze. I got out and I started to cheer, but it was soon over when I spot the river and Wendy was already on the other side. Man. I wanna go through the wind like that. I took off my socks and threw them across the grass. I jumped in the river and started swimming as fast as I could. I conisder myself a very fast swimmer all thanks to my coach when I was younger, Aquarius. She was very grumpy but man, I considered her as my aunt. She was amazing and don't leave out gorgeous. I kept swimming, I looked at my side and found Juvia swimming equal as I! How! Ok these people have powers here man.

-Juvia: "No one is better in water than Juvia! Why are you equal to Juvia!" I can't take here seriously when she's speaking in 3rd person. I mean, who can? We got to the end of the river at the same time and did she look annoyed. Behind me was the stripper and he looked very relaxed. I kept staring at him and shook it off when I notice a certain red head past me in a... cheetah suit? What. Oh God, I'm finding her adorable. That's not good, its distracting me.

-Lucy: "Thats cheating Erza!" She turned her head back while running and smirking.

-Erza: "Rawr." Naaaaaaw she's the cutest thing ever-- NO LUCY! You want that prize! I started going full speed and found myself in front of a door, I open it and find a shelf with guns, helmets and pads. 3rd way, here I come! I wore everything and ran out of the door. There were tubes before the entrance that had papers I think, I grab one and see a map and note.

Pass these 3 courses with your paintball gun, pads and helmet. Whoever you see shoot no matter what unless it's your partner. Good luck!
-Reedus

3 courses and 3 parks, thats why its called threeway. Pfft I knew that. With my gun I started jogging in, lucky me we had assigned guns each and I got the m14 paintball gun. It shoots 3 balls each time I pull the trigger so this will be fun. I was now in the field looking at the map, course 1 was a bunch of old cars, helicopters and boats. It looks like the walking dead. The second course is a tropical rainforest and the last one was the same exact thing as the first course but future like and all fixed. It kinda looks like Nuketown from Black ops. I was now in the first course with the map on my hip. I memorized this course so I know how to get out. Hopefully I won't find anyone to shoot but if I have to, it'll still be hella fun. As I was running through the mess of cars and boats I hear some familiar yells once again.

-Natsu: "I'M ALL FIRED UP!" Huh, of course it was him. I found my first victim, Wendy. She was walking slowly looking everywhere and she caught my eyes. She put on her defensive mode and points her gun at me.

-Wendy: "I'm sorry Lucy-san!" She started firing a bunch of paintballs at me but I dodged them all luckily. She's pretty fast but doesn't have the best aim with her gun. Meanwhile I do because of my archery classes I took when I was young with Sagittarius, it may have been bows but aim is aim. I jumped over to a car, in panic of getting shot but I hid it. I started looking at the car to see if I could hide somewhere in it. I'm pretty sure Wendy would think that I would just run away in the field. I decided to lay down in the back part of the car, it didn't have windows so I could just sit up and shoot her when she showed up. After a few seconds, she reappeared crouching slowly and looking around, she put her hand on her waist belt grabbing something. When she held it up in the air she clicked it and threw it into the car. I looked at it, in panic noticing it was a paintball grenade.

-Lucy: "Shit!" Before I knew it, my face was full of paint. I lost. This sucks. So much talk for nothing. I sat up from the back seat and took off the helmet. I thought 'Oh well, it was fun.' I looked at my side and saw Wendy in rush running and said...

-Wendy: "Sorry Lucy-san, maybe next time! Wish me luck!" I got out of the car and started exiting the field. I went to the gate and opened it to leave with a smile on my face imagining Natsu losing and my imagination was right. I saw him on the bench with his arms crossed and a puffed up face.

-Lucy: "Awww, is the baby pinkette mad?" He looked at me and his face changed completely into surprise.

-Natsu: "I guess it was worth losing if I get my time alone with the bae." I sat down next to him and his arm was around my waist instantly. As much as I wanted to stay like this, my stubbornness got the best of me.

-Lucy: "Natsuuu, c'mon I'm not your babe. Yet." I mumbled the last word but of course he heard it and smirked.

-Natsu: "Luce, I know you want my arm around you as much as I do. And why can't I say that you're mine?" I blushed. Stupid Natsu.

-Lucy: "I just... I don't know. I've only known you for like a week... Plus this is part two of our first date..." He frowned and started biting his inner cheek.

-Natsu: "Ok." He says nonchalantly. That answer got me by surprise. I think I got him annoyed... or maybe he gave up... it really sucks if he did give up. The part of me enjoying him desired his arm back around me, and took the best of my words.

-Lucy: "Nats--"

-Natsu: "I said ok." He gave me a reassured smile but it looks pretty fake. I look down at the grass and we didn't say a word again. Erza ended up winning the race but the prize didn't seem as great as it sounded. It ended up being a prank and the winner had to buy pizza for all of us. After we ate, Natsu drove off only waving at me. I hope he'll be ok. I called my driver Capricorn to pick me up and so he did. Before I could leave, Erza stopped me.

-Erza: "Lucy! I thought you were leaving with Natsu?" I was smiling when she approached me until she mentioned Natsu. I had a frown actually.

-Lucy: "Well... I don't know, he just drove off and waved without saying a word. Its ok, I'm pretty sure he'll be fine tomorrow. I gotta go now, its getting late. Congrats in winning!" I walk off smiling believing that he'll be fine tomorrow. Yeah, he'll be back to himself.

Natsu's POV
I was on my bed looking at the ceiling with Happy on my belly thinking. I'm being really clingy with Luce, aren't I? I'll just back off for a few weeks. She doesn't want anything really serious with me anyway. You only kissed her once or twice Natsu man, that doesn't mean she's yours. I have to sleep on this. I close my eyes and try falling asleep.

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Lucy's POV
I woke up to the sound of my alarm, excited to go work out with Natsu. I do my morning routine and walk out to the gym. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays are my days in the gym with Natsu. I open the front door and on my way over to Fairy Tail I hear a bunch of flirty whistles directed at me. I sign the entrance sheet and open the slide door to Natsu's area but I don't find him there. Hm, overslept? I started dialing his number but stop when I hear the slide door open. There I saw Natsu with a smoothie in hand from Burger King wearing sweats and a tank top showing all his muscles.

-Natsu: "Mornin' " He said not looking at me dropping his huge hip bag.

-Lucy: "Good Morning to you too pinke--"

-Natsu: "Don't call me that." My heart skipped a beat of terror, he had never said something so cruel to me. I took a deep a breath and sighed.

-Lucy: "Someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed..." I mumbled.

-Natsu: "Stretch." He commanded and so I did. I didn't look at him the whole session. After the 2 hours I spent with him, I grabbed my bag and started leaving the room until I felt a warm hand on my sweaty shoulder. "Why are you acting like that passionate kiss we had never happened?" I froze, my eyebrows furrowed as an angry expression captured my face.

-Lucy: "THIS is why you're treating me like an animal! Ugh you're so damn selfish Natsu! For fucks sake!" I shaked off his hand from my shoulder and stomped out of the room.

-Natsu: "Luce! Wait!" I stopped my tracks and glared at him.

-Lucy: "Two hours of goddamn terrible treatment from you! Holy fuck! If this continues I'll gladly change sections even if I really don't want to because in such short time I got attached to you! Natsu, look if you think that I'm trying to lead you on, I'm not! I just want to take things slow and get to know eachother. I understand the rush you're feeling because I feel it too. I just... I want to be friends for now... I want to know you as a friend too." I started looking down, realizing how my anger died down to a slight whisper. I'm fighting myself right now it's seriously being a pain. I want to be with him but I don't at the same time. It's like when you really want to eat that delicious looking pizza but you're on a diet.

-Natsu: "...Ok..." He says before his feet go into the opposite direction. "I'll see you on Wednesday then." His voice sounded emotionless... 'Natsu...'
I decided to go home and concentrate on myself and ask dad for some advice.

-Lucy: "Dad? I need some advice..." I was at his desk, and he was speaking on his phone about business as usual, as soon as he heard my voice he said that he'll talk to the person on the phone later.

-Jude: "Of course pumpkin, is it Natsu? If he did something--"

-Lucy: "No, no daddy, he didn't do anything wrong. I just....my emotions are being stupid...." I started to scratch my head while I was sitting in the chair of his office. He sat at the corner of his desk looking at me.

-Jude: "I'm all ears for your emotions." He smiled at me softly which made me smile as well.

-Lucy: "I just... I want to be with Natsu! I really want to but I'm not ready... we kissed once and there were sparks and I got butterflies and all the nice things that a teenager got in highschool. I want to but I don't at the same time and I don't know why. Natsu is amazing daddy... he understands me..." He shrugs with his eyebrows going up.

-Jude: "Baby, no matter how much you want to be with him, if you're not ready, you're not ready. Tell him you want some space to get yourself ready. You just met him and abruptly have the feeling you thought you lost come back. It's very normal honey, Natsu is a great man and I believe he will wait for you to be ready. You're worth the wait so don't be insecure if he gets tired and leaves. I know you just met him but if you're scared of what other people say if you rush it with him, don't. You both deserve the best, so why not give it to each other?" Man does my dad give a great speech. He should definitely be president. "My true advice to you is, life is too short to not get what you want now. I learned that after the love of my life left. You're gorgeous honey, he obviously saw more than that. If he was a victim of infidelity than he knows how much it hurts people, he wouldn't do it. Call me sensitive all you want, but I call this fate." He said while sitting back in his chair. He sighed and looked at me. "Do what you believe is right, I'm just a crazy old man. But I'm your old man! So also think about what I said. Now go think about it and sleep on it." I started getting up and went to him to kiss his forehead.

-Lucy: "You're my wise old man. Thank you daddy. You'll know the choice I make the next time you see him." I started walking off his office as a nice smile was on his face. He was so right, everything he said. If I'm ready I'm ready but if I want it, why not take it? Life is too short so why wait? Dad made me ready for love right now. It was 9:30 p.m. right now but I'm going for it. I changed my clothes after a nice shower, and wore some that are confortable. He likes seeing me baggy and I like dressing baggy. I decided to take my own keys and drive myself, this is too private to have Capricorn take me. I opened the door and dashed out to the car that I haven't drove in a long time. The gorgeous black Porsche, her name's Linda. I drove to his house and got there at 10:00 p.m. I pressed on the speaker button and said.

-Lucy: "Dragneel2020 - Guest Heartfilia2020" After I say the code the machine voice starts to speak.

-Voice: "Confirmed, Welcome lady Luce Heartfilia." My mind started to giggle because of the nickname he gave me, is the one he addressed the machine to say. I drove to the entrance and see the door open revealing Macao, he seems surprised to see me.

-Macao: "Welcome lady Lucy, I don't recall receiving news of your arrival?" From surprised, it changed to confused.

-Lucy: "Hey Macao! Please tell me Natsu doesn't know that I'm here YET?" I froze hoping he didn't.

-Macao: "No he doesn't--"

-Lucy: "Great!" I started rushing to the door while Macao just walked in behind me being okay with my entrance. I run upstairs and knock his door open. He was lying on his bed with only boxers on and Happy on top of him. He stood up and seemed shocked. My eyes were dancing on his body inevitably. You just felt the need to slap those abs of those and feel the how hard they were--- Ok!

-Natsu: "Luce?! What are y--" While he was speaking I was stomping towards him, as soon as I was in front of him I grabbed his cheeks making it look like I did it rough but only did a soft touch.

-Lucy: "I-I... I'm ready." At first I started speaking a little loud but then softly. He looked deep into my eyes.

Natsu POV
She's ready? She wants to... ugh go away dirty mind. She's ready to be more than friends?

-Natsu: "L-Luce...can you...make that statement clearer?" She let go of my cheeks and turned pink.

-Lucy: "I-Idiot!" After yelling that, she rushed into my face and her lips fell on mine. How I desired these lips again. Their softness tickled my bottom lip. It was just a few seconds long peck which made it even sweeter. When we separated, the question came up.

-Natsu: "You're my girlfriend now right?"

-Lucy: "Don't want to be anyone else's."
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I'm sorry for such a late chapter readers. I've had too many things to deal with in school. I hope you enjoyed!

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