•Note: This chapter contains fowl language•
Lucy's POV
Gray walked me home after spending several hours playing arcade games. In the end, I picked out something for Gray as a thank you gift, thanking him for what? I have no idea at this point. I guess anything and everything as of right now. We walked a different route back to my house, wanting this night to last longer than it was already. I watched Gray as he walked next to me with a medium-sized stuffed bear, which I was surprised he picked out, hiding under his left arm, his right arm intertwined with my left arm. Gray felt bad that I used my tickets to get him something, so he used his tickets and surprisingly had enough to get me a really tiny, but really cute, white bear. It was big enough to close your hand around it, allowing it to be hidden behind your fingers and palm. I held onto it with my right arm, letting it swing by my leg with each step Gray and I took. I felt his gaze look over in my direction, me reacting by turning my head towards his and looking at him for a moment. He looked over at me and saw me looking at him. I got startled when he untied his arm from mine, wrapped it around me, and pulled me in for a quick kiss. His warm lips met mine, then we both backed our heads apart soon after that quick moment. We continued to walk down the sidewalk, walking all around town. After a while, I realized that the sun was setting, and I couldn't recognize where we were.
"Gray, where are we?"
Gray looked at me in confusion, "I was following you..."
"Wha- I was following you!"
He gave me a smirk, "Gotcha," he started laughing, "we are down town, near the beach."
I gave him an annoyed look for messing with me like that, "why you-" I unhooked from his arm and playfully tried grabbing him. He moved back in time to avoid my grasp. We started laughing, until he turned and ran.
"HEY! Get back here, Gray!" I shouted at him. I heard his laughing voice in the distance.
"Catch me if you can!" He teased me.
Before I realized it, I already was chasing after him. I saw him running towards the beach, somehow taking his shoes off quickly and running across the sand. I approached the sand and let my shoes fly off. I slowed my pace as I thought off a clever plan. I smirked and slowly came to a stop. Just wait till he falls for this, heh.
Gray's POV
I approached the sand on the beach, letting my shoes fly off. I continued running away from Lucy, not turning back to see where she was. I heard her shoes land in the sand behind me and her feet pushing sand out of her way. For being a light-weight girl, her footsteps sounded heavy. I started slowing down, expecting her to catch up to me, when I realized I couldn't hear her footsteps anymore. I quickly stopped and turned around. I looked around for a person standing, when all I found was someone laying down on the sand. Lucy!? I panicked slightly and noticed myself was already running towards her for aid. I stopped and dropped to my knees, lifting the upper half of her body up.
"Ow. Jeez, that fall hurt. You would think landing on the sand wouldn't hurt so much." She said.
"Are you okay?" I said standing up, offering a hand to help her up as well.
"Yeah, I'm fine." She said as she grabbed my hand and let me help her up. I stared at her, with a concerned look on my face, questioning if she really was fine, when I saw her smirking. In one quick movement, she tackled me to the ground. I felt my back land on the sand and looked at her face hovering above mine, "Caught yah'" she said, her face still smirking.
"What!? No fair! You tricked me!" I complained, realizing I sounded like a little kid.
"Aww, did you get fooled by a girl?" She asked teasingly. I sat there looking at her face, not knowing how to reply to that, "If it makes you feel better, I'm sorry... no, not really, you got a head start." She started laughing, which made me laugh with her.
"Beauty and brains, I like it." I said, making her blush a bright red, "Aww, did I make you blush?" I said, mocking her tone from earlier. I started laughing at her blushed face. I slowed my laughing as I studied her face more, noticing the sun gleaming behind her head, making it look like a picture that would take ages to get just right. I looked into her soft, kind, brown eyes, studying each feature of it. I noticed she was looking into my eyes, then in the spur of the moment, we not leaned into each other, giving a kiss to one another. I felt one of her hands moving to the back of my head, playing with my hair, while the other was on the back of my neck, nearly meeting the back of my head. I moved one of my hands onto the back of her head, the other down her back. I felt her legs drops around mine, allowing me to push her up so we were both sitting upright, with Lucy sitting on my legs. We held our kiss for a while, then our heads backed up for air. We both opened our eyes and looked into each other. I felt her hands move down from my head to my chest, when I noticed that she was fiddling with my necklace.
"This is a cool necklace, where'd you get it?"
I paused for a moment, looking down at it. I took my hand from her head and met the one holding onto it, "I got it from my mom, she said she got it for me when I was born."
There was a short pause, "It looks really pretty..."
Those words repeated itself in my head. I took it from her hand gently and held it up in front of me, near chin level. I studied it, recalling the lie I just told Lucy.
"Gray... Gray?... Gray, go get help..."
I closed my eyes, trying to fight back any tears... recalling the night that I actually got the necklace...
"Gray, please... go get help... you have to leave me, I'm stuck... I can't move..."
I felt a warm hand bring me back to reality, wiping away a tear I hadn't realized that left my eye. I looked up at Lucy, who I didn't realize was looking at me with concern.
"Gray? Are you okay? What's wrong?" She asked with a light and soft voice.
"N-nothing... I'm fine." I looked down, back at my hand, watching my hand rest my necklace back onto my chest. "I'm fine-"
"You're not fine..." I looked up at Lucy, a little shocked, who was looking straight into my eyes, "I know that trick all to well... you're not fine... what's wrong?" I guess it can't fool everyone.
"I-" I got interrupted by one of our phones going off. Lucy took hers out of her back pocket and answered a call.
"Mom?... oh, I'm heading home now... um, maybe 15, 20 minutes?... okay... alright... love you too.... bye, mom." She hung up and stayed silent for a moment. "I should head back home, now."
"Right..." I watched Lucy get off me and offer a hand to help me up. I took her hand and felt her tug on my arm with strength I didn't know she had. I smiled at her, "Brains, beauty, and strength? I've caught quite the catch, here."
She blushed faintly and smiled up at me. "Thanks..." she said, probably not knowing how to reply to that. I realized we were still holding hands, taking advantage of that, I pulled her into me and gave her another kiss. We both pulled away after a moment.
"Hey, be right back. I'm gonna go find a bathroom really quick, I believe it's somewhere over here. Wait a minute?" I asked, hoping to get a moment to myself to recollect my thoughts.
"Yeah, I'll wait here." She said, and with that I made my way towards the nearest bathroom. Luckily, it was in that area. I walked up to a small building that serves as a bathroom and a shower spot for people who may be visiting the beach, and went in.
Lucy's POV
I watched Gray as he went to the bathroom, turned around, and watched the sunset against the water. I sat down, letting my legs rest while resting my arms on my knees. My moment was interrupted by someone's footsteps, "Back alre- oh."
"Hi there, Lucy..."
A/N: hey, just a quick note, if you guys have GrayLu pics I can use for chapter covers, I would greatly appreciate it. I'm having trouble finding pics that match what I'm writing. Thanks, see you guys later ^~^