Natsu left after an hour after dinner because he and Lucy were talking the whole time. For some reason, she made him feel something that he hadn't felt in the past three weeks.

Happiness.

Natsu felt very happy around the blonde high schooler. Gray knew deep in his heart that Natsu was still hurting a lot, but he actually smiles with Lucy, a girl he barely knows. Gray thought of something sneaky.

Because he was the best friend of this depressed pyro, he was obligated to do this.

When Lucy closed the door after saying goodbye, Natsu made his way back to his house. Gray noticed that his shoulders slumped a bit, as if he was going back to his old state. Gray threw open the door and ran to catch up with Natsu. "Yo, Natsu!"

Natsu turned around to see Gray behind him. "What do you want, stripper?" Natsu's voice was still soft, but Gray could hear a little bit more fire come into the question. It made Gray inwardly smile.

"I was just wondering if you wanted to hang out on Friday. Maybe at... four o'clock?" Gray asked. "I mean, come on. This is our last Friday as free men, no worries about crap before we get crap dumped on us. You in?" Gray asked, really hoping he would say yes.

"Yeah, I'm cool with that." Natsu said after a few seconds of thinking. It was true, it was the last week until they were off to college, might as well use it wisely.

"Awesome. See you then!" Gray fist bumped Natsu and walked back into Lucy's house. He wanted to check up on his girlfriend before he went to bed. He knocked and opened the door to find her reading one of her college textbooks about Anatomy. She blue locks were in a high ponytail and her navy eyes were skimming the pages. She looked up to see Gray standing in her doorway.

"Hey. I thought you were asleep." Gray said as he went to sit on the chair next to her bed.

"Juvia couldn't sleep, so she decided to read. You know reading makes Juvia fall asleep. What are you doing here, Gray-sama? N-not that there is anything wrong with that!" Juvia said quickly. Gray chuckled slightly and kissed her forehead.

"You're lucky. Your boyfriend is a genius!" Gray said with a slight smirk.

"Juvia already knew that, but what makes you a genius, Gray-sama?" Juvia asked.

"I just invited Natsu to hang out with me on Friday at four." Gray said, hoping she would catch on.

"But Juvia thought Gray-sama had a doctor's appointment at four. Aren't you busy at that time?" Juvia asked with a raised eyebrow. Yup, she caught on. Gray thought.

"Yes, I am indeed busy on Friday at that time," Gray said slowly as he leaned into Juvia's ear and whispered,

"But Lucy isn't." He said, his smirk growing wider.

~Time Skip: Friday~

Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday went by really quickly for Lucy at school. There was nothing very exciting happening. There was one thing that was worrying her though.

She didn't know why, but she kept catching Gray smirking to himself. Especially today, Friday. She asked him if anything was wrong or if he was feeling sick, but he quickly denied her, never looking into her eyes, which got her very suspicious.

It was around 3:50 in the afternoon and Lucy was mopping the floor. Yup, this is what Lucy does on Fridays. She doesn't really mind. She really doesn't have anything else to do. She would call Levy or something, but Levy hangs out with her family every Friday and Saturday, and Sunday Lucy works a four hour shift in the morning at a food bank, stocking and packaging food. She goes at 6:15 and comes back at around 10:15 or 10:30. Her arms are sore and she doesn't want to really do anything. But she had to make money to pay the rent on her apartment somehow.

Lucy had just finished moping and it was about five minutes before four. She decided that she would change out of her workout clothes, which were a little sweaty because she was cleaning the house, to an oversized plain black tank and a pair of grey Bermuda shorts. She tied her hair into a low pony and put a white and dark green zebra strip plastic hairband to keep her bangs out of her face. When she finished dressing up, she heard a knock on the door, so she went to go answer it.

When she opened the door she found the pink-haired boy she met a few days ago standing there, wearing casual clothes and leaning against the doorframe. "Hey Natsu! What are you doing here?" Lucy asked.

"I was supposed to hang out with Gray today." Lucy nodded, making an 'o' shape with her mouth and let him in.

"Gray! Natsu's here!" Lucy called down the hall. Gray appeared in the hallway, already dressed and putting on a sorry look. I better pull this off right. Gray thought.

"I'm really sorry man, a doctor's appointment came up and I really can't miss it." Gray said. Natsu had a slightly disappointed expression on his face. Every time Gray asked him to hang out with him, Natsu declined because he was too depressed to do anything. He wouldn't admit it, but he missed hanging out with him.

"It's okay, I understand." Natsu said as he was about to excuse himself.

"But," Gray started as Natsu turned to look at him. "Lucy has nothing to do." Lucy looked at Gray in shock, her mouth agape. "You don't mind hanging out with Natsu in my place, do you Lucy?" Gray asked. Please say no, please say no.

"No I don't mind at all." Lucy said with a bright grin while turning to Natsu. "Is it okay if I hang out with you? I completely understand if you don't want to." Lucy asked. Natsu smiled and nodded.

"I don't mind, either." Natsu said.

"Cool, I should go before my doctor throws a fit. Juvia is having a sleepover at Erza's house so she won't come back tonight. It will just be you and me tonight." Gray explained, looking over at Natsu to see him tense up slightly. He added the last part just to see a reaction, and he saw exactly what he wanted to see.

"Alright." Lucy said as Gray walked out the door. She and Natsu were standing there for a few seconds before Natsu spoke up.

"So... what do you want to do?" Natsu asked. Lucy put her finger to her chin. She didn't really have a lot of time to think about this. Suddenly, something popped into her head.

"Follow me!" Lucy said as she dragged Natsu out the door.

~ At the place~

"You're serious?" Natsu asked.

"Yup."

"Really?"

"Again, yes." Lucy answered.

"Huh," Natsu said. "I believe we are going to be really great friends."

"So do I." Lucy said as she handed him the fake gun. There were about five other random people holding fake guns too. "Let's play some laser tag." Lucy said grinning. Natsu grinned back.

Back in his freshman year in high school, he used to come here every Saturday with his friends to play laser tag. He was caught up with work, so he couldn't do it in the other years. A wave of nostalgia hit him like a brick.

The room turned dark, and the floor started to glow. Before Natsu could do anything, Lucy spun around and shot him. "Twenty seconds of disability." Lucy said.

"You are so going to get it, Heartfilia." Natsu said with a sly smile. Lucy just laughed. Ten seconds left.

"Just try and catch me, Dragneel." Lucy said as she took off further into the dimly lit room. Natsu's disability was up, and he took off after her, shooting kids and adults alike in the process. He went to the end of the room where he found Lucy doing the same thing. She was hiding behind one of the walls until she moved behind a tin can to take shelter before she disabled a ten-year old. Natsu took cover behind a wall, waiting to ambush her. She came out of her hiding spot and Natsu took action. Lucky for Lucy, she saw Natsu and dodged his laser from disabling her from her vest. Natsu grumbled and took the shot again, this one hitting her. "Dammit." She muttered and Natsu let out a low chuckle. The gong sounded, signaling that the game was over and that the next batch of people that were waiting in line had to go.

"I got 4600 points." Natsu said praising himself. That was a new high score for him.

"Dang, I got 4300 points." Lucy said. It was still pretty high. That was also the highest she's ever gotten. Natsu ruffled her hair slightly, and Lucy pushed his hand away, not rudely, but playfully. They returned their guns and their vests and then walked out of the laser tag area.

"Hey, how did you know I liked laser tag?" Natsu asked with a truly curious look in his eyes. Lucy just giggled.

"I didn't, I just guessed." Lucy said flashing a peace sign. This girl was boss.

"Then can I guess what you want to do next?" Lucy nodded. "Mini golf?" Natsu guessed

"Read my mind." Lucy said with a bright smile. She was internally surprised. She guessed it was just his instinct. They both walked to the mini golf course, located outside the laser tag building.

"Okay, let's go Luce." Natsu said. Lucy's eyebrow rose.

"Luce?"

"Yeah, it's my nickname for you. I thought it suited." Natsu explained nonchalantly.

Lucy tapped her chin with her pointer finger. "I've never had a nickname before, but I like it." Natsu grinned.

"You know, I was once known as the mini golf king." Natsu said as he paid the lady at the desk to get two golf balls and two putts.

"Sure you were." Lucy said rolling her eyes. "Say that once you beat me." Lucy said with a playful wink. It was so on.

Lucy and Natsu were on the last course. So far, they were both tied. "Hey, I bet I can get a hole-in-one." Natsu said with a confident smirk. Lucy rolled her eyes.

"What are we betting?" Lucy asked. Natsu tapped his chin.

"I have nothing on me, so how about bragging rights?" Natsu asked.

"Fair enough." Lucy said.

The course was to get the golf ball up a hill and into one of the slim slots in the windmill. The hill was steep and there were lots of boulders to hit, so it wasn't going to be easy to get a hole-in-one. The course was next to the main road, so the two of them could hear cars zooming passed and people's road rage.

Natsu was positioning himself to make the shot, when a car honked really loudly. Natsu had super hearing since he was born, so the car honk completely made him lose his balance. He swung and the golf ball flew and hit one of the blades of the windmill. The blade broke off and fell to the ground. Natsu grimaced and Lucy covered her mouth to stop herself from laughing.

"HEY YOU TWO!" Natsu and Lucy turned around to find a security guard right behind them. Natsu knew him. He was just some random guy that dressed up as a security guard so he could get free candy from the snack shop. Natsu and his friends used to love messing with him. "GET OVER HERE!" The phony yelled. This guy wasn't really part of the law, so he had no authority to tell them what to do.

"Shit." Natsu muttered. He dropped his putt and grabbed Lucy's hand. "Come on, Luce. We're bailing out of here." Natsu started to run, with Lucy right behind him. Natsu didn't notice it yet, but he forgot about everything that happened over the past three weeks. There was no break up, no sadness.

It was just him and Lucy.

I hope you guys enjoyed that chapter. Vote and tell me what you thought. K, later XD