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"Natsu, how much longer is Lucy going to sleep?"

"I'm not real sure buddy. It shouldn't be too much longer. How 'bout you watch over her for a minute and I'll go ask a nurse."

"Okay! I'll let you know if anything happens!"

"Thanks buddy!"

…

…

…What?

What's going on? Everything seems muffled. Why are there people…talking about me? Why does my body feel like a sack of rocks? My head feels…groggy…

I feel a weight by my side and try to peel my eyes open to investigate it. Everything's blurry. I feel like I'm on a bed…and there seems to be a blue blob sitting beside me. I blink a few times to clear of my vision.

Apparently I need to get both my eyes and my head checked because there appears to be a blue cat staring at me where the blob once resided. I didn't think I owned a cat, so why is there one on my bed? Did it in come through the window? Did I adopt one and already forgot about it? Is blue even a natural cat color?

"Lucy?"

My eyes widened. The cat just spoke to me. It's official, I'm crazy. However, the cat seems pretty worried about something, so I guess I should find out what's wrong…crazy delusion or not.

"H-hello kitty. I…uh…I've never talked with a cat before." I forced the words out of my parched throat. The cat's eyes widened. He reached over to get a glass of water off the table. He seemed almost frightened, but didn't say a word as he pointed a straw towards my mouth and helped me sip the drink. It was very strange that a cat was taking care of me…but if I was already crazy enough to imagine a talking blue cat, I figured I should just roll with it.

"Lucy," the cat was talking to me again, "just lay here and don't move. I'm going to go get Natsu. Okay?"

I didn't know who this Natsu was and I didn't know why I would want to move when my body felt so heavy, but the cat looked desperate for reassurance, so I nodded my head in answer. When he saw I wasn't going anywhere, he sprouted wings and flew out of the room. He was barely out the door when I heard him cry "Natsu! It's terrible! Lucy's forgotten meeeeeee!"

Huh. Why does the name "Natsu" sound so familiar? I know I have heard of it before. Hmmmm…oh! I remember! It was the name of one of the people I heard talking earlier! Does that mean the cat was the other person talking? If that's true then this Natsu person must be crazy like me! I guess that also makes the cat's name "Buddy." Kind of generic for a cat name if you ask me…

All of the sudden a group of people rushed into the room and started crowding around me. There were two girls and a black haired boy. I don't remember inviting all these people. "Why are all you in my room? It's rude to break into my room when I didn't invite you." I pointed out with a harrumph.

One of the girls, with the prettiest red hair ever, stared at me with a confused look before turning to the other girl who kept trying to poke me. "Nurse Amy, what is she talking about?"

Nurse Amy, or whoever she was, looked disgruntled and kept trying to poke me and touch my face. Luckily I was able to wiggle out of her grasp enough until she stopped all together. She sighed and looked back at the pretty red headed girl. "She will probably be disoriented for a bit due to the anesthesia during surgery along with the pain medication. Like your little friend discovered earlier, it's possible that she may not recognize you straight away and she will likely be a little...uh...loopy."

"It's not nice to poke people." I stuck my tongue out at mean Nurse Amy. Nurse Amy just looked at me and sighed again before starting towards the door.

"She also probably doesn't remember where she is or why she's here. I'm going to get the doctor. Could you please calm her down and explain the situation?"

She was already out the door before anyone could answer her. Oh well, I didn't like her anyways. I don't know why I invited her in the first place. Instead, I decided to get to know the pretty red head better.

"Pretty hair." I said, awed. I tried reaching for it, but the girl took my hand in her's instead. She knelt down close to me and looked me in the eyes.

"Lucy?"

"Yes?"

"Do you know who I am?"

"The pretty red head." I stated matter-of-factly. She chuckled at that.

"My name is Erza, remember? I'm your friend and teammate."

"We're friends!?" How did I get so lucky to be friends with such a pretty girl? She chuckled again. She must be a very nice person to chuckle so much. Of course, she would have to be a nice person with pretty hair like that.

"Yes, that's right. We are very good friends. Do you know where you are?"

"My room?" Her smile faltered slightly and she squeezed my hand.

"No Lucy. You're in the hospital." My eyes grew wide. Why would I be in the hospital? What was wrong with me?! The Erza girl just squeezed my hand again and kept talking to me in a soothing voice. "Lucy, calm down. It's okay. You just came in to have surgery. You were hurt on a mission, but Wendy and the doctors here were able to fix you up. You are recovering now"

I tried to let that all sink in. I'm in the hospital. I just had surgery. I got hurt on a mission. Why would I be on a mission? What kind of mission would I do? Wait…does this mean… Am I a spy?! That is so cool! I wonder what sort of spy things I was doing when I got hurt. Maybe I was running away from the bad guys and had to jump off a roof. And even though I was hurt I couldn't stop until I finished the job successfully…

But before I was able to imagine the rest, my thoughts were cut off by someone calling my name. I glanced back up at Erza, who was giving me a funny look. She shook it off though when she saw that I was paying attention. "Lucy? I need you to do something for me. When the doctors and nurses come in, I need you to let them look over you. They may have to poke you a little, but it's so we know that everything's okay. Can you do that?"

I nodded slowly. "I guess I can do it for you, Erza." She smiled at my agreement, but there was still one thing bothering me. "But…but Erza. If this isn't my room, why is he in his pajamas?" I pointed to the boy with black hair who was standing next to Erza in only his underwear. He had been giggling to himself the whole time I was talking to Erza. I had been ignoring his rudeness until I realized that he had actually had on clothes when he first came in. Don't people usually keep their clothes on in public?

Erza glared at the boy, but he just ignored her and leaned closer to me. "Hey Lucy," he smiled at me, "it's Gray remember?"

"What's Gray?"

He frowned. "I am. I'm Gray."

I looked him over suspiciously. "No you're not. There's nothing gray about you. Your hair is black, your skin is tan, and your underwear is blue." He couldn't pull anything over on me.

"No no no." He argued exasperatedly. "I'm called Gray."

"You're a color?" I didn't understand this guy at all.

"I give up!" He groaned, defeated, and slumped in a chair on the other side of the room. Just then the door opened and a man, who I could only assume was the doctor, came in. He walked over to me and smiled.

"Hey Lucy! How are you feeling?"

I looked up in awe. He was the most gorgeous person I had ever seen in my whole life! He had muscular arms, big eyes, pretty pink hair, and the most beautiful smile! I always thought that meeting a cute doctor and falling in love was something that only happened in fairy tales! How could I be so lucky?! First Erza is my friend, and now this perfect man is my doctor. Confidently, I raised my arm out towards him.

"You can poke me if you want."

To be continued