August seemed to come out of nowhere, school started back up, Dean moved on to third grade and was fluriousing in his new classes. Gajeel was still seeing him monday through friday after school to work on his guitar lessons and Levy every night she worked the club, spending the days with him when they were both off. Then the fall holidays came, Gajeel and Natsu were over for all of them. Natsu was pretty much living there now, which wasn't too bad. He made a great uncle figure for Dean. Christmas was a small get together at the apartment, Gajeel didn’t really celebrate the holiday, so he opted to go small with gifts for everyone. Dean celebrated his 8th birthday, in January, a small celebration with only Levy and Lucy. February rolled around quickly after. Lucy and Natsu were engaged on their one year anniversary and Gajeel took her out for Valentine's day, a moon lit walk in the park. “This is such a nice night” Levy sighed as they walked hand in hand. “Yep, best night we’ve been able to have in a while” She shivered at the wind blew down the path. “In fact I believe this is our first official date” Gajeel looked down at her, “Na we’ve gone out a whole lot of times” “But not alone” He thought about it for a minute. “Damn yer right” He pulled her in close for a kiss. “So then, where shall we go next?” He asked pulling away from the kiss. “Well Lucy said I could stay out all night if I wanted” She paused to gage his reaction. “wanna go back to your place.” Gajeel bent down to kiss her again. “Oh hell yes!”


School was finally out, Dean was excited to spend all day with Gajeel at music camp. He had taken up learning a few other instruments in addition to the guitar. Gajeel was teaching him bass on tuesdays and thursdays, mondays and friday was guitar and on wednesdays Gajeel traded with another instructor that just happened to be Natsu, to teach him drums. He was a favorite among the music store employees. Levy started working six nights a week to try to save up again for Dean’s guitar, the only people that knew about it were Lucy, and Cana. Both giving up some of their hours to help her gain more tips and a bigger paycheck every week. Stuff kept coming up though, and Levy was still stuck in the same situation. August was fast approaching once again and a growth spurt led Levy to having to buy new uniforms, plus books and supplies. Gajeel kept trying to help out, but Levy refused any help, stating that she has to do it on her own.  “Stubborn as always Lev. I don't see why I can't help.” Levy took a deep breath, calming herself, she hated getting in to any kind of argument. “You know why, the same reason why I still pay for him to see you every week” Gajeel downed his drink standing up from the bar. “Fine but I still don't agree with it.” He started to walk off. “Where you going?” She called after him. “Home, gotta work in the morning” Levy watched as he sulked away.