Pink Lemonade

For Gray's Love

Sorry guys, this is a short chapter, but at least I got to publish something. I'll make up for it soon...I promise!

"Oh, your hair matches the tiles on the floor! Same pink color." A fair blonde says across the small wooden table. Why did I have to have pink hair? 

"Mhm."

"I never got your name." Says Lucy.

"It's Natsu."

"Hmm. That's a nice name." 

"Thanks."

I know what she's trying to do. It's called small talk and I don't like it. So every question she asks, or comment she makes, I always reply with a sentence between 1 and 5 words each. "Here are your drinks..." A lady similar to Lucy with a thin frame hands us our drinks after what seemed like forever.

"Soo...you don't talk much do you?" I don't know if that is true or not because I can talk a lot sometimes, then other times I'm quiet, like today. So I just reply with "Not really." "Well," Says Lucy, "tell me about yourself." I search for thoughts in my head, but I can't find any but one. "I like the color red...?" Lucy looks at me like 'are you kidding?!'.  

"Okay, that's a great place to start." She says, but the tone of her voice sounds like she doesn't mean it.  "My favorite color would have to be between white and pink." She pushes her thick, black glasses up her nose and stares at me. "What?" I ask, kinda embarrassed that she is looking at me in deep concentration and focus. She breaks eye contact then says "Nothing." I don't believe her though. 

Then a waitress comes over and asks us the stupidest question. "Hi! I was over-hearing your little talk and heard that one of your favorite colors was red, and one of yours was white." I was like 'Well duh Creepy Stalker Woman.'. "So...some customers ordered these" I stare at the two pink glasses of lemonade in her hands. "and we can't find them so since pink is the color that both of your favorite colors combined makes, I was wondering...would you like them?"

"Uh, no tha-"

"Sure." Says Lucy, then smiles at the waitress like she is her sister. (*wink, wink*) "What was her deal?" I ask, completely weirded out. Lucy looks at me, offended. My one question: Why? I watch her twirl her hair and look away from me. It gets awkwardly silent besides the people that insist throwing a party for the church that sit a few tables away from us. Other than them, Heartfelt Lemonade is near silent. 

After a few minutes of staring and breaking eye contact, Lucy takes the last sip of her lemonade. I begin to speak. "So...um do you wanna han-" "Lucy!" Yells the waitress from earlier. Lucy looks up and acknowledges the girl then stands up. "I've gotta go. Thank you for yesterday and-" "Lucy! C'mon!" "I'll pay for today. See you around!" Then she leaves me with confusion and thoughts that don't make sense as she disappears into the...BACK? 

Just then, smudging is heard on the window. Gray's face is slowly being pulled against it and I can tell that he's dying of embarrassment when everybody stares at the pig-like nostrils of Gray's nose as it is smashed against the window. He holds on to the side of the Lemonade building and Erza tugs on his feet with her yelling "Come on! I want my cake!"

Oh.my.god. 

I can already see it. Me and Guildarts will be spending his final week on the streets after being evicted from our home. Then, after he died, I would end up like that one lady in Les Misérables who sold her hair, teeth, and body. I shudder at the thought of weird girls doing 'that' with me. No. A future I can not possibly have. 

But I run out of the store anyway. 

"Natsu! This crazy lady told me to buy cake and then picked me up by the legs!" He pleads for help. And as if on schedule, none other than Juvia Lockser in her boots and rain jacket jump at Erza with all force and tackle her to the ground. I just stand there in amazement half laughing my butt off and half being amazed by how much Juvia loves Gray. 

Lucy runs outside too and when she sees the chaos that is being caused in-front of us, she stops right next to me. "Wow." she says, then watches Erza stuff stolen cake in Juvia's face while Juvia splashes her with puddles and throws all the rain from her umbrella on Erza. "Wow...okay then." Says Lucy, then turns towards me and says "You forgot this." then hands me my watery pink lemonade. 

I take it and look at her with confusion. Why would she return my lemonade. First Gray, now dozens of questions about Lucy? What even is this day?

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1. Whi wood she diseppeer into thee back of Heartfelt Lemenade?

2. Why wold she says that she wod pay for sometin whin she din't go up to de cosh register?

3. Why did the watres call for hir?

4.  Wey was she offinded when I asked a quesstion?

"What'cha doin there boy?" Asks Guildarts. I quickly hide my notebook under the pillow I'm laying on. "Oh, um, just drawing. It's secret." "Hmm." He says, then walks off. I know that he is suspicious about it so I put a old, worn, blanket and throw it over myself. I get all snugly and warm, then think about what Guildarts said once again. 

Get yourself a woman by the end of the month or I will die unhappily.  

I will Guildarts, and I think I've found the one.