"Champaign, cocaine, gasoline, and most things in between. I roam the city in a shopping cart..." I sing along to the song playing through the radio whilst dancing in my chair.

We were on our way to the waterpark in Hargeon. Me, Levy and Erza went with Natsu in his car, whilst the others carpooled with Gray.

"This night is heating up. Raise hell and turn it up" Sang Natsu, joining me in with the song. We laughed with eachother because of our same taste in music.

Eventually the song ended and a softer one came on after.

"So Natsu, Lucy." Erza stroke up conversation. "What's going on between you two? Are you dating?" She asked rather abruptly. My face burned up and I looked over to Natsu to see his doing exactly the same. I twisted in the passenger seat to face Erza who sat next to Levy in the back.

"What?! W-why would you think that?!" I stuttered.

"Well I don't know, you two seemed a little close this morning when you were on top of eachother on the floor" She replied, referencing to mine and Natsu's little 'Pen War'.

"And when me and Mira got to your dorm earlier, you both left Lucy's room looking rather flustered!" Butted Levy adding to Erza's evidence. "Plus Natsu had no top on!"

"Wha- No" I started before being helped out by Natsu.

"Nothing is happening. Were just friends." He stated. I felt a little sad from his comment. I think I wanted to be more; but I didn't show it and quickly agreed, backing us up.

"Hmh." Said Erza simply. Her, nor Levy believed us.

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Eventually we arrived at the water park. After finding a spot in the parking lot and paying the fees, we went to the changing rooms to change. We split from the boys and got into our swim wear, before meeting them again outside.

We found a spot in the grass to sit and lay down some towels. Me and Levy got out a book each and the other girls sat down to talk whilst the boys messed around in the water.

'A little piece of cement fell from the ceiling, crumbling to the floor. A light now shone through the crack in the ceiling. The boy covered his eyes and wiped the tears that kept falling from them. His legs were aching from the shackles on his feet. He looked up at the tiny light source that shone down into the centre of the small dark room. Wondering about what the outside was like. Another piece fell down, letting in a little more light, again and again. Pieces kept falling, a new world being exposed while his own crumbled down before him. The pieces started getting bigger, making sounds so loud he had never heard before. He couldn't move from the falling rubble, his legs still tied down. Most of the ceiling, now gone, a tiny piece stayed put right above him. A little cracking noise echoed around the room, he feared what was coming but had no way to stop. The piece fell aiming straight for the b-'

I was torn from my book as it was suddenly closed in my face. I looked up to see a wild Natsu staring down at me with his signiture grin. My book in his hands.

"Come swim with me Luce!" He said. The sunlight shone behind him making him look angel like... one again.

"Nah, I don't think I'm gonna swim today Natsu" I said, squinting my eyes as I looked up to him. "The waters probably really cold..."

His face dropped and he looked really sad.

"It's warm I promise..." He trailed.

"Sorry Natsu. I might get in later." I said. I stood up to get some sun lotion out my bag and started rummaging around in it, trying to find it. Natsu put the book down and moped away. Levy looked up from her book and pushed up her sunglasses.

"Aww, Natsu really wanted to swim with you Lucy." She teased, a mischevious tone to her voice. "He wanted to hold you in his arms, your skin to touch his skin..." she trailed off as my face went completley red and she burst into giggles.

Suddenly a pair of warm arms wrapped around my waist from behined and lifted me up.

"You're coming in the pool Lucy." Said Natsu. He dragged my away from Levy who waved me off and winked.

"Natsu! What are you doing!" I screamed as he drew closer to the pool. My heart rate increased.

"We're just going for a little swim" He said.

He backed into the pool with me still in his arms, then flipped us both under the water, my face filled with terror.

I quickly swam to the top and gasped in the precious air.

"Natsu!" I shouted, though I couldn't be angry at him for long. I laughed with him as I wiped my hair from my face.

"I told you it was warm!" He said as he swam around me.

"Yeh I guess you were right." I laughed.

We swam around together for a while before a big game of volley ball broke out throughout the pool. Some strangers threw the large beach ball towards me and I jumped to hit it towards Natsu with my hands in fists. He hit it towards a random guy with blonde hair who then hit it over to Jellal who had managed to pull Erza into the pool. Levy and Gajeel had also come to join the game along with Mira, Gray and Juvia. The ball was bounced towards me again and I quickly beat it towards Juvia. The game went on for another half an hour, until eventually everyone was too tired out to go on.

"Good game!" Shouted Gray to the strangers we played with.

"Yeh it was great!" The blonde guy replied. He padded towards us through the water, a guy with black hair covering one eye, following. "I'm Sting by the way, and this is my friend Rouge." He said, gesturing to himself and his friend. Rouge nodded his head.

We all greeted them, telling them our names in return. After a long conversation, we exchanged numbers with our new friends so we could hang out again.

"Hey we were all gonna go on the 'Love Slide', you guys wanna join us?" Said Mira, a cunning tone to her voice. We were all shocked as this was the first we'd heard of the plan to go on the slide.

"We were..?" Asked Gray awkwardly.

"This is perfect now I can express my love to my beloved Gray-sama" Mumbled Juvia to herself whilst clinging to Grays arm. Gray just blushed.

"Yeh, we'd love to join!" Said Sting.

"Oh I'm sorry guys I've got to get going, I'm meeting my girlfriend." Said Rouge, we all waved him goodbye before getting back to the plan.

"Perfect!" Said Mira excitedly, clasping her hands together. "Lets get going then!"

Me, Levy, Erza, Juvia, Mira, Jellal, Gray, Natsu and Sting all queued in the large line for the slide. We stood in a huddle, at the top of a spiral staircase, waiting for our turn.

"Next." Called the bored voice of an employee stood next to the slide entrance. Juvia grabbed Grays hand and dragged him toward the slide.

"Come on Gray-sama, lets ride together!" and with that they shot down the slide, holding on to eachother.

Next went Erza and Jellal, awkwardly sitting down next to one another and sliding down.

"Our turn shrimp" Said Gajeel, gesturing for Levy to join him.

"Who says I wanted to go with you" Replied Levy, lifting her chin in the air and crossing her arms.

"Who else would it be shrimp?" He asked, making Levy roll her eyes and grunt.

"Fine. But stop calling me shrimp! I have a name. It's Levy!" She shouted pointing a finger at him angrily, then eventually going down the slide.

"Next" Called the man in the same monotone voice.

"Hey love, wanna come with me?" Sting asked, walking over to me and winking. A shiver ran down my spine. I couldn't really reject because I would feel mean...

I threw on a bright smile and replied.

"Okay! Su-" I started but was quickly cut off when a small hand was slapped across my mouth.

"No worries Sting I can join you! You see, Lucy over here has to go with Natsu, so really it's fine I'll join you!" Mira blurted out quickly. She removed her hand from my mouth before gripping the confused Stings hand and taking him down the slide.

I looked over at Natsu to see an angry face. His fist was clench, a vein popping from his head.

"I hate that guy. Tryna steal my Luce" he mumbled staring off into the darkness of the slide where Sting was just at seconds earlier. I blushed a little at his comment.

"Someones jealous" I teased, poking Natsu playfully in the ribs.

"I'm not, that guy just needs to learn whats his and whats mine." He said grumpily, face still scruched up.

"Oh so I'm yours am I?" I questioned with a smirk, reaching towards his hand with my own. His fists unclenched from my touch and he looked down at me, face softened.

"You're all mine." he smirked, before pulling me towards the slide. We sat down at the entrance next to eachother waiting for the 'ok' to go. The employee gave us a thumbs up and we were pushed down the slide.

It was a long, blue half tube. Warm, water spilling out over the edges. The slide was extremely fast. The one rule: hold your partner. I held my chest to Natsu's side tightly and he wrapped an arm around my back. The warm sensation and Natsu's skin touching mine sent shivers down my spine.

Screams escaped my lips from the speed, adrenaline coarsing through my body. We twisted and turned around bends, rose and fell from bumps and eventually reached the end. We flew out into a pool of water at the end, still holding on tightly to eachother.

"Yay! You made it!" Called Mira, who stood at the end of the pool with the rest of the gang. Gajeel and Levy both stood awkwardly, blushing and staring down at the bottom of the pool; giving me the idea something happened on the ride. I sniggered before leading Natsu towards them.

"So what's next?" I asked. We all stood in a circle at the shallow end of the pool. People popping out of the end of the slide every now and then.

"Why don't we go get lunch? We're all pretty tired and we have been here for a good few hours..." Reasoned Levy.

"I actually know a place nearby here, it's a cafe that my sister owns!" Said Mira excitedly.

We all agreed on the place. It was about a 15 minute walk through the town of Hargeon. We passed little cottage houses and resturants before finally making it to a place called 'Cafe Lis'. It stood out from the rest. It was a tall wooden, hut like building. Its roof was grey slate and walls white bricks. A red door stood in the centre and green vines hung down around it.

We entered the cafe, Mira told us about how her sister had been living abroad, moved back to Magnolia recently and opened this cafe. We were seated at a table by a waiter, the table was long, made from dark oak wood. The cafe had quite a vintage theme; the walls were collaged with records, picture frames and paintings. Lights hung low from the ceiling, glowing yellow. I shared a menù with Natsu, seen as I was seated next to him. Eventually everyone had decided on what to eat.

"Everyone, this is my sister Lis!" Said Mira cheerily. I looked up to see a girl with short white hair and blue eyes. She wore a pink t-shirt and black jeans with a black apron on top. She held a notebook and pen as she stood at the end of the table. My jaw dropped and I froze.. The girl made eye contact with me.

"Lucy?"

"Lisanna?"