"This is it. This is the day I get thrown out of my apartment" the blonde mage seethed quietly.

It was suppose to be a simple mission. She had more than enough money saved to pay her rent this month, but her team just had to go and destroy street. It was an easy mission, really just a small recovery one that should've only taken a day. Find a ring that a wealthy noble lost in town. They had decided that splitting up to look would be faster. So Lucy had gone North of the town, Natsu had run off West, Erza walked East mumbling about a bakery, and that left Gray to go South. They agreed to meet back up at the inn just before dark.

Honestly, it was a great plan that Lucy had thought of herself. What she hadn't prepared for was Natsu and Gray finding the ring at the exact same time in a shop window. Gray suggested going in and explaining to the shop owner the situation, while Natsu just wanted to walk in and take it. After a very heated argument, the shop owner decided to come out and see what all the fuss was about. After finally getting the story out of the boys, the man informed them that if the rings owner came to claim it then he would hand it over no problem.

Just as they decided that Gray should stay at the shop while Natsu ran to get the nobleman, a group of kids yelled out that the ice devil slayer was better than the fire dragon slayer. That was all it took to ignite Natsu's temper and make him show off. Gray, not one to be outdone, decided to boast about being more powerful. Erza, after finishing her cake, went in search of Natsu to tell him about the fire muffins the bakery made, and found the boy fighting. She quickly jumped into the middle of it to break it up. Lucy happen to see the town's mayor running along side the Rune Knights and just knew it had something to do with her team. After looking towards the middle of town she saw a column of smoke and confirmed her theory.

Four buildings destroyed, including the shop with the ring, and one million jewels later, Lucy was offically broke. As the team boarded the train no one said a word for they were too afraid of Scary Lucy raining hell down on them. Lucy was too busy trying to figure out where she was going to stay when she got back to Magnolia. She just knew there would be an eviction notice on her front door. She could probably ask Virgo to store some of her most cherished items in the Spirit World. Everything else she could sell so she would have a little money for food.

Did any of her team seem to care about her struggles? She didn't think soso, and of course she wouldn't even have struggles if they would stop destroying towns, her apartment, and eating all her food. Anytime she brought it up they jist told her thst they could take more missions and stop whining so much. That's exactly what she did up until last week when they broke into her house at 2 a.m. yelling about lack of food.

Sighing, the blonde mage stared out the window and thought about going solo for awhile. She wanted to train more, but every time she tried one of her friends would drag her away. Her stomach chose that moment to growl and she realized she hadn't eaten since they started the mission that morning.

"Lucy, would you like to accompany me to the dining cart?" Erza asked.

"No" Lucy replied dryly, "I'm not all that hungry."

"Nonsense, come along Lucy let's go get some food. I've hardly seen you eat the past couple of weeks" Erza demanded.

"Maybe Lushie is finally on a diet" Happy snickered.

At that, Lucy decided she needed to get away from everyone. She knew Erza was just concerned, and that Happy was just playing but dammit she couldn't take it anymore. So she quickly walked away as she felt a key heat up on her side. It took everything she had to hold Loke's gate closed. The girl really did not want to deal with his temper right now.

"Princess, let me come through" Loke whined through their bond.

"No you pervy lion I can't deal with you right now" Lucy replied.

"Oh come on. Let me atleast have a nice talk with them" Lokes demanded with a sigh.

"I said no. I just can't deal with everyone-" Lucy found herself slamming into a warm body. She looked up to find herself infront of a very tall, good looking man. he had the most amazing shade of platinum blonde hair she ever saw.

"Well I'm glad you like how I look, but it's not every day a beautiful woman such as yourself runs into my arms" the man smirked.

"I am so sorry! I wasn't even paying attention to where I was going. Mavis, I was so out of it but dealing with a destructive team and trying to figure out where you are going to stay will do that to you. Nevermind me, are you ok?" Lucy babbled.

"I'm fine it should be me asking if hou are ok" he laughed, "I'm Kaleb by the way".

"Oh! I'm Lucy of FairyTail" Lucy smiled, "Well I better go find a quiet place to think before my stupid team finds me. Maybe I'll see ya round!"

After walking past the man, she couldn't help but think about a certain tall, lean, blue haired mage. She really hoped he was at the guild when they arrived, because Mavis knows she needed something to make her smile. Unknown to Lucy, Kaleb knew just who she was thinking about.