Fate Decides

Brave and uncommon ladies

Levy was about beside herself, her standard flustered nerves and frantic over thinking weren't there, she was clear headed for once, walking alongside the smiling Seith Mage laughing so hard she wobbled as she walked.

"...and he fell onto the lounge in the livingroom gets this goofy grin on his face and says "Bicks, she fucked my brains out man, I mean it, I can't think, for a while I was trying to remember my damn name."" Bickslow feined exhaustion then, throwing an arm across his face imitating his friend.

Levy shook her head "Well...it was Cana and she has gone a little while without, she says she gets dangerously demanding when she goes without for long." Levy laughed.

"Yeah well if she's hooked up with the boss she's not going without again." He grinned. Levy gave him a playful look then.

"Should I be jealous of that?" She asked. His eyes widened and he laughed, pulling her suddenly to the side on the street they were moving down and kissing her. It was so sudden, and such a passionate kiss Levy was left breathless and wide eyed when he finally pulled his lips from hers.

Staying close to her, his red eyes firmly on hers dancing with humor "You sure don't need to be, it's all up to you Levy." He told her, then took her hand and pulled her back out so they could get to the restaurant he had in mind.

Levy had been there once for tea with Lucy, The Garden was an elaborate place that was famous not just for its food but for its privacy, with each table in its own little nook surrounded by plants and the entire place dimly lit by small glowing lacrimas placed all through the plants, trees and flowers that filled the place.

Bickslow apparently knew the sous chef for the place so had gotten coveted dinner reservations on short notice, Levy knew that was no small thing, you could wait a month to get in for dinner there.

"If it's up to me...I can probably wait until desert..." She told him as they approached the restaurant and Bickslow grinned at her wickedly.

Levy had never been to The Garden at night and was amazed at how beautiful it was. The place looked like an enchanted forest. There was even a stream that bubbled through with pathways taking ornate bridges over it and soft music coming from somewhere.

The hostess led them to a table and Levy was surprised that during their walk they never saw another patron, the tables were so well tucked into the foliage and between the way the foliage was arranged, the bubbling stream and the music, she could faintly hear people talking but it was perfectly muted and hidden by the atmosphere provided.

Once at their table she was impressed by how they seemed to get swallowed by the place.

"I've only been here for tea with Lucy one morning, what's good?" She asked. Bickslow smiled "I'm a fan of the prime rib myself, but I usually order whatever Fritz and Hector have cooked up as a special so I can pick on Fritz. He's the Sous chef I know, Hector is the executive chef."

Levy shook her head at him "How do you know so many people?" she asked.

Bickslow shrugged "I like people, I make friends pretty easy. I ran into Fritz at a club near here about 4 years ago while I was out with Laxus. He'd gotten into it with a guy and when they went outside to settle things the guys friends decided to jump him. Laxus and I stepped in to keep things fair."

Levy smiled "Drunken brawls outside clubs are a good way to make friends huh?" She teased, Bickslow grinned "Sometimes they are, you'd be surprised."

After they'd ordered and gotten their drinks somehow Bickslow got her talking about how she had come to Fairy Tail, gotten into a team with Jet and Droy and then into her friendships with Cana, Lucy and some of the other women.