A/N: Sorry these last two chapters were so late, but it didn't really seem like anyone missed them. Anyway, maybe its good these two ended up together, since I wrote them together and had to separate them due to length. Also: Just so anyone following my work knows, I'm going into hiatus for a lot of reasons. One being that life is starting to catch up to me and another is I'm trying to finish a book for my boyfriend. Enjoy!

Hail Mary?

It felt like the entire stadium was holding its breathe as Natsu handed off the ball to Erza and she ran for it. The team hit and drove Saber back with a new force I had never seen before. Even Natsu didn't move- didn't even care to pretend he still had the ball as the line drove back all the defense away from Erza. But, she got someone on her tail and one guy coming at her. She curled the ball into her chest and leaned down, plowing past the guy coming at her and she outran the man behind her. She scored the game winning touchdown. Sure, there was time left, but not enough to get a touchdown for Sabertooth. The crowd erupted into screeches and screams that would probably be heard for miles. Levy and I jumped up and threw off the blanket, hugging each other. The vuvuzelas went crazy, the cowbells erupted and the entire crowd banged their feet and fists and anything they could find together. Two of the color guard chest bumped while others hugged. The drum majors hugged and jumped up and down. The drummers clashed their sticks together and did a drumroll into the loudest rendition of the fight song I had ever heard. The team ran down the field and stopped at a certain point while Erza ran back at them and jumped into the air, expecting to knock shoulders with the closest guy, but was hoisted into the air instead. She sat on their shoulders for a little while, until they carried her to the line. They quickly got the extra point that cinched the win and the defensive team went out- even they were checking shoulders. This would be the first win in seven years and put Fairy Tail back on top. They ran down the clock and held their own, only losing a few yards, determined not to let that one point go. Finally, the last buzzer rang and the players shook hands. On their way back, everything was drowned out by the screaming of the football players as they ran off the field and smacked shoulder pads with each other. The crowds didn't yell as much as they did when it was all over. Erza crowd surfed yet again and was brought over to the water cooler. Coach Gildarts was more than happy to stand by as she stood on the bench and dumped the contents of the opened container on him. He held up her hand and the announcer came on saying she was the first woman to score the winning touch down in our league's history.

Then, the crowd tried to storm the field. I jogged to the end of the bleachers to lock a gate so they didn't get in while the players cheered and ran over to the sidelines stopping short and waving at as many people as they could. I turned around and saw Levy run out to number 50. His helmet was by his side and his hair was held back in a hairband, but she smacked into him, making him stagger and he smiled, holding her to him with one arm.

I smiled to myself, not even noticing Natsu jogging up to me. I didn't realize he was there until he slowed to a walk and was a few feet away from me.

"So, I thought it was you," was the first thing he said.

"What?" I asked.

"Your sweatshirt. I thought it was you who wore it. I've seen that sweatshirt at every game. You always watch our football game but you're always alone and I wanted to talk to our number one fan. I had my thoughts, but I didn't know it was you until I saw the sweatshirt after school today," he smiled, "So hi. Did you enjoy the game?"

"Of course! It was great," I didn't want to tell him it was only recently I started coming for the game and tonight…. Well, tonight I came for a different reason altogether.

"So, what's it like? Being on the field and experiencing the plays as they happen?" I asked.

"What's it like being able to stay in suspense of the game and not knowing the outcomes like we do?" he asked.

I laughed, "Good point. Maybe we can talk about it over something that won't explode on us."

"Or no throw up on my new jacket," he responded with a jab of his own.

"Or a dissected frog on the floor."

"Well," he laughed, "there's gonna be a party at my house and I'm taking Gajeel, too. So how about I pick up you and Levy- who I assume is the blue haired girl at his hip?" We looked over to him, and sure enough,it was indeed Levy who stood right there next to him. His arm was around her hip and she stood there with him, talking to Evergreen and Elfman who stood a little too close together to be natural.

"Yeah," I said with a smile, "That's her."

"Well, how about you leave your cars back at our school and I'll give you a ride to my house?" he asked.

"I just might have to take you up on that," I agreed. We walked back to the rest of his team and the cheerleaders. Levy and I cleaned up all the blankets and towels. I told her about Natsu's offer and she looked back at Gajeel and blushed again.

"You said yes?" she asked.

"Mhm," I nodded.

"So did I," she said. We walked back to my car and the football team finished cleaning up, so they went back to their bus. As did the marching band and the cheerleaders. We got to the parking lot and put all the blankets and towels in the trunk. I drove us back to the school and we listened to the night music and sang along all the way back to the school, talking here or there about the fact that we weren't tired and how energized the game was. Finally, we got back to Magnolia and back to Fairy Tail High. We sat in the car until the busses got back, then we waited outside the car for Natsu to come get us.

"You girls waiting for someone?" he said from behind us. I jumped, but Levy just laughed at Gajeel's arms around her as her surprise.

"My Jeep is over there," he pointed across the lot to a red Wrangler with no doors. Why he had no doors in the winter, I had no idea, I just knew the icy wind on my cheeks was freezing cold. Behind me, Levy seemed like she couldn't get enough of it. She put her arms up and complimented Natsu on his choice of car.

When we got to his house, there was barely a spot for him to pull in. We were almost the last people there. He had invited the marching band, too- which I thought was nice, but apparently it happened all year. There were people in the heated pool and the four of us just sat on the outside, looking in at all the swimmers. We talked about the game and Levy and I called our parents to tell them we would be sleeping over with a few of the cheerleaders we made friends with- not telling them it was at a football team party, but not really caring.

The party ended up dispersing around 2 AM. The marching band kids went home and a few drunken stragglers stayed. Evergreen and Elfman were passed out on the same lounge chair. Mirajane and Laxus had fallen asleep together on the couch. Erza and Jellal, the kicker, were the last to leave the pool, but they quickly got changed and slept on the futon Natsu had hidden in a closet. Erza found it saying, "Natsu, we've been friends forever and now I'm telling, not asking, you- I am sleeping here. On the beanbag you tried to hide from me." Natsu later told me that's all she slept on at his house. If she couldn't find it, she wouldn't sleep over. That only happened once, which is why he hides it. I figured it was a weird contest they had.

Gray got in late, because he went to pick up Juvia from her house so she could leave her car at home and they were currently propped against a wall in the TV room, making out.

"I think it's time to sleep," Gajeel said.

"Yeah, I hear you," Natsu agreed.

"So- guest rooms?" Levy asked, looking around at how full everything else was.

"Yeah, I'll show you up there as soon as I get Evergreen and Elfman inside," Natsu said, but Gajeel held out his hand.

"I got her," he brought Levy inside and he didn't come back down.

"I don't know what they're doing, but-" I started as Natsu woke up the couple on the chair. They wandered somewhere inside and Natsu stood in front of me.

"They're just sleeping up there. I know Gajeel doesn't look it, but he's trustworthy." I nodded.

"Well… what about me?" I asked.

"I mean. There's my room."

"At least take me out to dinner first," I joked. I didn't really mind, but I did wish I could have gotten a cot or something to sleep on.

"I don't get it," he shook his head.

"Um. Nevermind. But no funny business, okay?" I said.

"Agreed. Just let me turn off the pool lights and we'll go in, I swear this time." So he did and there was a ringing in my ears as the white noise of the lights went off.

"Come on," he ushered me through his house. It seemed like it had more rooms than just the few he let on, but they could have been anything. Finally, he brought me to a room he opened and stepped into. The walls were mostly bare, but I didn't really pay attention to them as I took my shoes off and climbed right into his double bed next to him.

"So tired," I muttered. His bed was against the far wall, so he laid with his back against that and I had my back against him. I blushed as I settled in, but found myself oddly relaxed and calmed. I wasn't sure if it was Natsu's presence, or that it was him over anyone else that I was innocently sleeping with.

"Goodnight," we said to each other and he showed me where the light switch was, just above my head. I passed out as soon as my head hit the pillow.

The next morning, I woke up and Natsu's face was in front of mine. His arm was loosely draped around me and I could smell pancakes. Our legs were entwined and I was taken aback for a second. But, then I settled back in, thinking This isn't so bad. And I realized I wanted to put my arms around him, and did, burying my face in his chest. And I didn't move until I awoke again, hearing a smoke alarm go off and a loud curse. Like father like son.