A/N: Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail or any of its characters...sadly... This is my first story so sorry for any mistakes. Reviews are highly accepted. Sorry if it's not any good.

Chapter 1:

I was sitting at my desk finishing my paperwork from our last case. My partner, Natsu, was being lazy as always, He was sitting at the desk across from mine, sleeping. No surprise there. If he wasn't sleeping at his desk, he was eating all the food in the precincts break room.

"Natsu, wake up." No movement whatsoever. "Natsu, I need help with the paperwork." Still no movement. TIme for Plan B. Water. Getting up I got up and walked over to the water fountain and filled on of the paper cups up. I walked back over to our desks again. I moved any paperwork he had, which wasn't much. Slowly I started pouring it down his back. At first he didn't make any movement, then he sprang up jumping up and down like an idiot. Which he kind of is.

"What the hell Luce!? What was that for?"

"You wouldn't wake up and I need help with the paperwork from the last case."

"But Lucyyyyyyyy you know how much I hate paperwork…" Natsu said while giving me puppy dog eyes. I will not give in this time.

"Natsu I've done your paperwork for the last 4 cases. I'm not doing it anymore. I have to leave soon anyway."

"Fine. Wait why do you have to leave early? You never leave early. Oh my god is something wrong?! Tell me what's wrong!"

"Natsu calm down. I have to meet with my dad is all. It's our monthly dinner."

"Why do you still associate with that bastard? He ruined your childhood and when you came to age he tried to sell you off to men for his gain. All he cared about was his money."

"I know what he did. I lived through it. BUt I don't want to be one of those families that have no business with one another and end of with a lot of pain when one passes. I want to make peace with him incase something happens to me. I don't want him to feel guilty. It also goes incase something happens to him and I know I could've done something to repair our relationship. Although something is more likely to happen to me rather than him."

"What makes you think that you would die before him?! He's already old as it is and you have an entire life to live yet."

"Look at what we do. We put our lives at risk everyday for the sake of another person's well being. We are more at risk than almost anybody else."

"You shouldn't think that way. Think of it as an adventure. When I was in the military that's what we always thought when we went out and risked our lives."

"I'll try. Now help me finish the paperwork. It's getting really serious and unlike you."

"Why of course. Let's do something I've always dreamed of." Natsu said sarcastically. Serves him right for always making me do his work.

Throughout doing our paperwork I couldn't help but to think about what Natsu said about him serving. He rarely talks about the time he served. He always blew anything question off saying "It's what you expect." Even when it's not. Everyone knows it's not. His best-friend/rival/co-worker Gray knew Natsu before he was deployed. Before Natsu was deployed he was one of the happiest people you would've known but when he came back he shut himself in. It took months before Gray broke in only to discover Natsu in his bedroom in the dark. Gray said to barely looked like he was alive. T=Gray forced him into therapy where they discovered Natsu was suffering from PTSD. He still has to go to monthly visits. Although he is almost back to his normal self or at least as close to the normal Natsu as you can get.

"Oh look flame breath is actually productive with his life."

"Shut it popsicle, Luce needed help."

"Rigghhhhhttt. Are you sure it's not because she made you? To actually see you do work willingly would make me drop dead."

"Oh really?" Oh no another fight. Natsu's eyes are all ready sparkingly. "I'M ALL FIRED UP!" And there goes the punches.

"Natsu? Gray? Are you fighting?" The legendary Erza Scarlet.

"No! We were just showing each other how much we enjoyed their company!" They said in unison.

"Okay."

"I have to go meet up with my dad. I'll see you guys tomorrow." I was already out the doors without waiting for a reply.

"Wait Lucy. Call me when you get back home okay? I have a bad feeling and seeing as I won't be walking you home I'm going to worry."

"Sure will do."

"See ya later Luce." And I was off with Natsu's bright smile in my mind.