Chapter 2

"Did we actually do anything back there?" Lily asked me when we were a safe distance away.

I nod a little, "Yeah but not really enough to say we did. Do you think we should still try Gajeel next?"

He looked puzzled then shrugged, "I guess so, I do have a plan, especially after seeing how Natsu and Lucy were."

He then told me the plan and I couldn't help but fly in the air in my excitement. "That's perfect! Let's go talk to Levy now!" I cried out.

"Not yet we have to get my place ready first!" Lily scolded me. I kind of chuckle in response. We go to the market and get a few different things and set up at Gajeel's and Lily's house. If you can really call it that I mean they are living in a cave behind a waterfall. To be fair I guess it is nicer than mine and Natsu's place. It's larger and it does have running clean water and plumbing. It even has a fairly nice kitchen in it which is surprising since I thought Gajeel would have eaten the appliances.

I guess Lily noticed me looking around and said, "Gajeel had to replace all the metal with his own so it would be good enough." In other words he ate the metal and replaced it with his own so that he couldn't eat it. Gotcha.

"Now that everything is ready are we good to ask Levy?" I ask him making my eyes really big at him. He just laughed at me and nodded his head. We take off into the air and head to the guild.

When we arrived we saw Gajeel and Levy in the corner. Somehow Levy had migrated into Gajeel's lap. I look over at Lily just to see him slap himself in the face before pointing at them. So now I understand he is just as frustrated with them as I was with Natsu and Lucy.

We fly over and land on the table in front of Levy. "Levy, can I ask you something?" He asked her.

"Hhhmmmmm?" She mumbled without looking up from her book.

"Levy? Please?" I ask her now and that seems to startle her.

She looks around the guild and then back at us. "Where's Lulu and Natsu?" She asked. For some reason she calls Lucy Lulu; but I guess I can't say anything cause I call her Lushie all the time and Natsu calls her Luce.

"They went out to do some training or whatever. I didn't want to be around them while they did so I'm hanging out with Lily today." It was mostly the truth. Training was a strong word for what they are doing but whatever.

"Oh..." She sighed.

Lily cleared his throat, "So can I ask you for a favor?" Now he has Levy's attention and she smiles and nods, waiting for him to continue.

"Well I was wanting to know if you would spend the night with us tonight?" Gajeel had been taking a drink of water and promptly spit it out, choking when he heard Lily say that.

"Well I wouldn't want to impose," she hesitated after nearly jumping out off her skin at Gajeel's reaction. Did she even realize she was sitting in his lap? He just shook his head trying to clear his throat.

"You wouldn't be, I already have a bunch of stuff and a couple cots set up. Happy is going to be staying and we were considering inviting Carla as well." Lily responded ignoring Gajeel who looked completely confused.

"But Carla won't come unless another girl comes so we thought we could ask you first and even if she says no we could still hang out with you." I add on.

"Ah, that's very sweet that you want to make sure she's comfortable! Sure I'll stay the night so long as it's okay with Gajeel?" She looked up at him and he nodded.

"I must have forgot all about his sleepover thing I usually take a mission when Happy and Natsu come over." He grumbled.

"Didn't you hear me earlier? Natsu's not coming he is with Lushie." I huffed like I was angry at Natsu.

"Oh, I guess I'll join then?" He looked at Lily completely confused as to if he was allowed to or if he should.

Lily nodded, "Good it will be your job to make sure we have enough snacks. So if you want more you better go get some. Happy and I got chips and dip, soda, veggie and fruit trays and even a meat and cheese platter."

"Sounds like you two have the works what's the occasion?" Levy asked us.

"Natsu's gone!" I jumped up in the air flying in circles. "He always wants all the snacks and tried to keep us up all night. So this time we will sleep well and eat well!" Levy giggled at my antics.

Unfortunately Mira and Erza heard me and came over. "Where did Natsu go?" Erza asked.

"Why would he leave you behind Happy?" Mira added slightly confused.

"Natsu and Lushie went training, I could have but I didn't want to. They should be back in a few weeks." I shrug again only stretching the truth by saying training. They would easily be gone for a week or two I remember Natsu telling me once that dragons mate and kind of go on a honeymoon that varies from type to type. He said his might even be a month. Good thing Lucy paid her rent yesterday.

"Oh," they seemed disappointed and left.

Lily chimed in, "Is that how long it takes?" I nod my head and signal that I will tell him more later. He understands and we bring our attention back to Levy and Gajeel. Lily glared at Gajeel until he finally agrees.

We all smile and I say, "I'll go ask Carla now then!" Lily follows me over to Carla who was waiting on Wendy to return from somewhere.

"Carla we are going to ask you to come to a sleepover but we want you to decline," Lily whispered so the dragon slayers couldn't hear him. She looked at us confused but nodded her head.

"So Carla will you come to a sleepover with us tonight, Levy and Gajeel will be there?" I ask much louder.

"No, tomcat. I have other things I need to do tonight maybe next time?" She softened her words to add, "If you're doing what I think you are then good luck." She winked at us I nod and offer her a fish which she denied but this time she smiled so I'm making progress!

"Next time it is then," Lily thanked her and dragged me back to Gajeel and Levy. "It's just the four of us then." He looked at them and raised an eyebrow, "Are you two ready? It's almost 8pm."

"Oh my goodness, I can't believe I was that sucked into my story. I'm so sorry Lily, Happy. Yes, let's go." Levy responded quickly putting her books away except one. At least she only felt a need to bring one? I think, I can't help eyeing her large bag.

It didn't take long to get to Gajeel's and Lily's house. When we did we started playing different games like pin to tail on the dog, I somehow managed to pin it between his legs every time earning a frown from Lily, but I swear I didn't do it on purpose! Lily and I even had a drinking game but it was juice although both Levy and Gajeel thought it was alcohol even to our protest. We did decide to play into it. They wouldn't believe we were sober so why not?

"So Lily, Happy what do you think about Gajeel?"  Levy asked us when Gajeel went to get more snacks before the last store closed for the night. 

"What do you mean?" I fake slurred laying on the floor looking at her. Lily who was next to me looked over at her questioning.

"Well, as a person?" she hesitated. 

I nodded pretending to think about it while Lily answered. "He is a bit gruff and rough around the edges but he is still overall good."

I nod and added, "I think he likes Natsu more than he says but enjoys fighting with him too much to admit it." 

Levy just looked at us as we played with our tails in the air. "Do you think he likes me, as more than a friend?" She blushed a little looking away from us as she did. Lily and I started laughing really hard which seemed to tick her off. "What?" she practically yelled. 

Lily and I could hear Gajeel outside he had frozen when he heard her question. "Of course he loves you!" I cackle like an old lady. 

"It is pretty obvious that he has feelings for you," Lily added as we ignored Gajeel. 

"How is it obvious? I haven't noticed anything!" She defended herself. 

"That's because you are always reading instead of looking around. If you paid any attention you would have noticed he only talks to you, otherwise everyone else has to start talking to him first." I tell her in a matter of fact kind of way. 

"Yeah, He doesn't talk much at all. Unless you come up." Lily added. 

"That doesn't mean he loves me, or even likes me." Levy whispered but she was smiling at the thought. 

I stand up to fast and land back on my butt, maybe there was alcohol in our drinks? I look up at Levy and smile, "I bet he wants you to be his mate just like Natsu wants Lucy to be his." I cover my mouth like I said a big secret. 

"Mate?" Levy asked ignoring what I said about Natsu and Lucy. 

"Yeah mate. It's when a dragon slayer picks one person to spend the rest of their life with. Their magic is older than marriage and stronger too. You can never leave your mate." I tell her. 

Lily looks at me, "I remember you telling me about that! It binds them together and lets them talk using a mental link no matter how far apart they are." I nod at his comment. "A dragon or dragon slayer are very protective of their mate and offspring nothing will stand in their way of protecting them."

"You remembered all that?" I asked him ignoring Levy who was completely engrossed in what we were saying. He nodded his head and I smiled. "Well did I tell you that depending on the element and the person's personality their 'honeymoon' can last anywhere from a week to two months?" I puffed out my chest as if I had anything to be proud of. I'm going to have to pay two months of Lucy's rent I frown slightly but quickly erase it. I will just do it tomorrow so I don't forget. 

"Nope, you didn't." he frowned thinking the same thing I was. "So if Natsu and Lucy mated would they take two months?"

"Probably, he is excitable and a fire dragon slayer." I groan. 

"What about Levy and Gajeel I  wonder?" He looked over at Levy as he asked that. 

"W-w-w--w-why would y-y-y-you wonder that! she screeched at him.

I ignored her and her stuttering, "Probably about a month. Gajeel is more cool headed than Natsu and much calmer too. Although I don't know how iron stacks up in the rankings." I admit. He nodded his head. We could hear Gajeel outside huffing seemingly confused as to whether he should feel proud or insulted. 

"Don't talk about me like I'm not here!" Levy yelled at us beet red. We just smiled at her and laughed. 

"I like you Levy. I'm glad you and Lushie are best friends. When Natsu makes her my mom it will be nice to have you around." I smile at her.

"Your mom?' she asked me confused.

I nod, "I guess you weren't around when I hatched. Natsu and Lisanna hatched me and Natsu raised me after Lisanna disappeared to Edolis. Natsu is kind of my dad even if he doesn't act like it most of the time."

"I didn't know that! Wait why don't you call him dada or papa or just dad then?" she asked slightly confused. 

"I didn't know that either, why didn't you tell me or even Carla that?" Lily asked.

I just shrugged, "It's not really a secret most everyone at the guild knows it. I guess you guys just don't pay enough attention. But I guess Lily is the only one who wouldn't have had a chance to know." I frown at him, "Sorry about that." He nodded in understanding. 

"I guess I do just get so sucked up in my own world of books I forget about the world around me." Levy frowned and looked at me, "I'm sorry."

I wave her off, "What is there to be sorry for? Let's enjoy our party! If Gajeel is too much longer we will fall asleep before he gets back."

"That reminds me, where should I sleep? Just so I can set it up?" Levy asked us nervously. 

"Don't worry I'll show you your bed it is already set with blankets and pillows and things." Lily says showing her the cot closest to Gajeel's bed. She blushed and nodded setting a small book next to it. I frown and so does Lily. 

"Nope!" I snatch the book away flying into the air. "No books allowed, if you don't fall asleep before needing a book then we are terrible party host." I squeal. 

She blushes a little turning a light pink, "It's my diary, okay please I wanted to write in it before Gajeel gets back." I nod and give it back to her. 

"You better hurry then my guess is he will be back in about five minutes." Lily advised her. She nodded quickly and started doing just that. Gajeel heard Lily and seemed to decide five minutes would be long enough to wait. 

Levy was just putting down her pen when Gajeel walked in. "Hey look who's finally back!" she teased him. Lily and I laughed and we continued to play games. We finished our game of go fish and started playing a board game making Gajeel participate as well. It wasn't long before Levy was doing a victory dance and we were all laughing. We ate and drank far too much and were growing sleepy. 

I looked over at Lily and he nodded, "Tickle fight!" I yelled and we started by attacking Levy and she tried to get us back but it wasn't working so she tried Gajeel much to his embarrassment. He was quite red and she took that as him holding in his laughter and doubled her efforts. 

I then grabbed a pillow and so did Lily. "Pillow fight!" he yelled and we thumped each other before going after them. Now Gajeel and Levy were both freely laughing and trying to hide their yawns from all of us. But we noticed. We kept it up going back and forth between tickle fights and pillow fights until Levy couldn't keep her eyes open anymore. 

"Okay, time for bed!" Gajeel growled at us picking a compliant Levy up and over his shoulder. 

"Tonight was so much fun." Levy yawned curling up into Gajeel's neck instead of fighting him, making the iron dragon slayer blush. "We should do this again."

"Yeah Shrimp, we should." Gajeel whispered in her ear laying her down in her cot. She however wouldn't let him go. "Shrimp?" he questioned. 

"Hhhhmmmmmm?" she answered still not letting him go. 

"You can let go now." He growled looking at us as we pretended to be asleep already. 

"Mmmmmm, No." she murmured tightening her hold on him. 

He looked over at us again and shrugged, carrying her the extra couple feet to his bed he laid down with her in his arms. She cuddled in closer even nuzzling his neck giving it a gentle bite. "Mine." I heard her mumble. Gajeel of course turned bright red and Lily stretched as if he couldn't get comfortable. He got up and curled up next to me in my cot, since we are cats I gently move so we are curled into each other. 

Gajeel unaware of the fact that this is a cat like behavior relaxes and curls into levy himself and when we start purring he follows suit relaxing further. We slow it down gradually as if we are falling asleep and stop when his become very loud. 

So he has admitted at least to himself that Levy is his mate. I smile and so does Lily. We wait for several minutes and silently move our cots to the living room and then go back to move their positions just slightly. We silently agree to put them in the same position as what Natsu and Lucy slept in. Moving Levy's leg to be on top of Gajeel. In fact we slowly move her to be on top of Gajeel all the way which seemed to relax him more as he shifted on his mattress. To more comfortably hold her. We loosen her clothes just a tad and we are about to move her more when we freeze. Levy had started moving on her own curling right into Gajeel's arms. 

We watched as she started nuzzling him giving him slight kisses on his neck. We found a good hiding place so we could watch things unfold. She started acting much like Lucy had but a lot more into it. I could have sworn she was awake as she covered him in kisses. Gajeel started moaning but it didn't wake Levy up or didn't concern her at all if she was already awake. What surprised us most was when she started purring back to him. 

Then she started moaning and talking to him as well. "Gajeel." She kissed him some more. "Mine." We saw Gajeel's arms tighten around her. "Gajeel... Please... More." she purred. She had moved to his ear nibbling as she went. "My mate." we hardly hear her whisper. 

That seemed to be what broke Gajeel because now he is wide awake and trying to pry Levy off of him. "No, Gajeel's mine!" she whimpered latching onto him. This couldn't have gone better if we had planned it. Oh wait we did. I silently laugh to myself earning a glare from Lily. He didn't want me to ruin all of our hard work. We go back to watching them.  

Gajeel was trying to be gentle every time he touched her she would moan begging for more making it even harder each and every time. He was about to give up when she smiled and kissed him on the lips. "Gajeel, I love you." I watched him pale and freeze. Levy seemed to get frustrated. "Answer me!" she huffed. 

"Are you awake?" he asked her almost like he was afraid of what she would say. 

"How else am I supposed to tell you I love you?" she asked in return. 

He pulled her in and kissed her long and deep and when he finally released her they were both gasping for air. "I love you more than life itself," he breathed pulling her in for another.

"Do you mean it? she asked timidly he growled in response taking her lips again. Leaving her breathless and slightly dizzy. 

"One day if you would let me... I would want you to be my mate." he whispered probably thinking we were still in the room. Technically we weren't. 

This seemed to shock her and she jumped on him sucking his tongue into her own mouth and earning a moan from him. They continued for several minutes and Lily and I could see Gajeel's hard on below Levy. I don't know if it's a good thing that she is that short or not. Her legs were straddling his stomach his arms wrapped tightly around her. 

"I would be happy to be your mate, anytime." she growled back at him. 

He pulled away forcing her away so he could look at her. "Are you sure about this? There is no going back, it is permanent." He studied her as if his very life depended on it.

"If Happy and Lily weren't sleeping by us I would say lets do it tonight," she growled earning more than twitch from Gajeel. 

He looked over to where our cots used to be and saw a note on the bedside table. I didn't see Lily leave it. I grinned at him to only get a grin and thumbs up from him. I turned my attention back to them and see Gajeel reading the note in the dim lamp light. He gihi-ed and handed the note to Levy who read it out loud. 

"Sorry Gajeel and Levy but Happy got home sick so we flew to his house for the night. Don't worry we will lock the door on our way out. I will leave my key here so be sure not to lock us out. P.S. Gajeel be nice to Levy, Happy was talking about wanting to go on a mission just the two of us so we will  probably be gone before you get up in the morning. See you in a few days." 

She looked over at Gajeel and smiled and he returned it. "You were saying?" he asked her. 

"Make me yours forever."  she growled before attacking his lips in another hungry kiss. Just as with Natsu and Lucy we watched as they mated for the first time. After they passed out I silently fly over to get a look at Levy's mark. It is an open book with a screw sitting in the binding much like a bookmark. I smile and fly back to Lily as we leave the house doing just as Lily's note said. 

"I think we did a lot this time!" I cheer after we are halfway to my place. "Let's check in on Natsu and Lucy before we go?" I say as I see the turn to the apartment. He nodded in agreement. 

We silently fly to the window and look in to see Natsu and Lucy very much asleep and I flew in and wrote a quick note. 'I see you did what I asked! Don't worry I won't tell anyone what you two did. Hehe. I will tell everyone that you went out training so don't worry about it! I'll see you when you come out. Love Happy!' I show Lily the note and he nodded his head in agreement. I left it in the same place as last time and Lily and I left careful to close the window this time. 

We then flew the rest of the way to my house and slept the rest of the night...