AN/: I'm so sorry! That's the first thing I'm saying! I really should update my other stories, but I really, really, really, REALLY wanted to post this one. I feel like it's really good so far! I want to know what you guys think! I promise I'll update my other stories as soon as I can! Trust me, you're lucky I'm not typing up every story idea I have, or I'd never get anything done! I have so many more story ideas that it's not even funny! Anyways, here's a new story called: What About Your Happiness?

I decided to do another "Lisanna returns" kind of story with a whole new take. This DOES have NaLi in it, but it's not the kind that makes you want to rip your internal organs out through your nose. It's actually pretty cute, if I do say so myself! And this WILL be a NaLu story! Don't worry! I repeat! THIS WILL BE A NALU STORY! Here's the fully summary!

"Everything changes. It's inevitable. Lisanna coming back triggered many changes in the Fairy Tail guild. Natsu's got a crush on his childhood friend, Erza's being more girly, Gray's acting stupider, and Lucy... Since when did Natsu hugging her cause her heart to beat so rapidly? And when did she become so good at giving love advice? Especially to Natsu? She promised Natsu she'd help him get together with Lisanna since the two girls had become such great friends. She just wants her two friends to be happy. But, what about her happiness?"

Review at the end to tell me if this should be added to my list of priority stories! I'll eagerly await your feedback!

Lucy was sitting at the bar of the Fairy Tail guild. She sat in her usual spot: the left side of the bar, three seats from the end. A smoothie sat in front of her and she leisurely took a sip of it every now and then as she kicked the bottom of the stool with her heels. She hummed an unknown tune softly, lost in thought aver a certain pink-haired Dragon Slayer and his latest "obsession" as she liked to call it.

Lisanna Strauss. Natsu wouldn't stop talking about her. Lisanna this, Lisanna that. Lucy could see how happy the fire mage was that his childhood friend was back. She even noticed, to her surprise, a slight blush creep onto his cheeks when he spoke of the white-haired transformation mage with bright, blue eyes. It had taken some convincing, but Lucy had finally gotten Natsu to admit that he had a crush on the girl. Lucy had teased him for months about it, yet she never told Lisanna of her best friend's feelings. She knew Natsu had to tell her himself, and Natsu was grateful for Lucy's patience and understanding.

Natsu began to confide in her for everything regarding the pretty, young mage. She gave him advice when he asked for it and listened to him when he needed it. She was so glad that she could help, but it made her feel lonely. She wished someone would obsess over her the way Natsu obsessed over Lisanna.

Lisanna had come back not too long ago. Well, it had been almost six months to be more precise. The return of the young transformation mage had originally worried Lucy a bit, much to her own dismay. Luckily for her the feeling had passed quickly. The actual events following Lisanna's return weren't what Lucy had expected at all. Well, there were a couple exceptions. The party thrown for Lisanna's return should've been expected, parties in Fairy Tail were a given. Another was the heartwarming reunion of the three Strauss siblings. Lucy thought back to the first time she'd ever really talked to Lisanna.

The white-haired girl curiously approached Lucy.

"I don't think you were in Fairy Tail before I disappeared," Lisanna said almost nervously. Lucy just smiled and nodded.

"That's right, I joined a little over a year ago," Lucy said brightly. She offered her hand to Lisanna in greeting. "I'm Lucy Heartfilia. I've heard a lot about you, Lisanna." Lucy's smile grew as Lisanna took her hand into her own and smiled her own bright smile. "I'm so happy that I actually get to meet you! I hope we can be great friends!" she said enthusiastically. At this Lisanna smiled wider.

"I hope so, too," Lisanna replied. The words made Lucy grin with joy. She'd been worried that Lisanna would be mean to her, that she would be resentful for "replacing" her after her disappearance. Lucy knew it was a foolish and stupid thought, but that was how she felt. She'd also gotten very close to Natsu, another thing that Lucy worried would cause the youngest Strauss sibling to harbor negative feelings toward her. But as Lisanna smiled happily and innocently at her, she knew she'd been wrong to worry. She'd heard great things about Lisanna, things that had, so far, proved to be true.

"Lucy!" a voice called pulling the blonde from her thoughts. She turned to see Lisanna running her way. She sported a bright smile on her face.

"Hey Lisanna," Lucy greeted back with a smile. Lisanna took a seat next to her a ordered a drink for herself. "So?" Lucy questioned raising an eyebrow. Lisanna looked at the Celestial mage confused. Lucy rolled her eyes playfully and lightly slapped Lisanna on her arm. "You know exactly what I'm talking about!"

"Oh," Lisanna replied sheepishly. A blush started to crawl onto her cheeks. "Well," she began nervously, "not so well." She frowned sadly and pouted a bit. Lucy pouted, too.

"Seriously? No progress at all?" Lucy asked as if perhaps the white-haired girl had been fibbing. Lisanna shook her head.

"None." Lucy groaned a bit. Natsu really was a piece of work. Lucy had been playing matchmaker for a while, for lack of a better term. Ever since Natsu had started pining over Lisanna Lucy had promised him that she would do everything in her power to help the two get together. Lucy knew they both liked each other. Lisanna had even told her directly. The two had become very fast friends. They were best friends, not like Levy was to Lucy, but different entirely. Lucy liked that about Fairy Tail. You could have more than one best friend and each one was unique and special. Lucy and Lisanna frequently had sleepovers and talked about all kinds of things well into the night. They would talk about shoes, clothes, boys, the usual guild gossip, share secrets, and other things that were characteristic for a sleepover. Natsu never once interfered with them. Lucy assumed it was because Natsu was too nervous to confront Lisanna while Lucy was there, her knowing his secret and all.

"Don't give up hope," Lucy encouraged Lisanna with a thumbs up and a smile. "If you want, I could beat the concept of love into his head with a rock," Lucy suggested with a giggle. She found it ironic that she had to say this in order to keep up the act of not knowing anything about knowing Natsu's feelings for the transformation mage.

"Lucy, you're his best friend! You have to know something!" Lisanna whined for the umpteenth time in a week. Lucy shook her head and apologized. Lisanna pouted even more. "You know, I think he actually likes you," she muttered. Lucy, who had just taken another sip of her smoothie, spat the contents of her mouth over the counter and began to cough, choking on a small bit of the drink that she had accidently inhaled. Lisanna paled and shot up in freight.

"Oh my god, Lucy are you okay?" she asked frantically flailing her arms in panic. What was she supposed to do!? Lucy coughed a bit more and finally took a deep breath without coughing.

"What?" Lucy shouted in disbelief, shock written on her face that was red from her coughing fit. Lisanna sighed in relief that her friend was okay and sat back down giggling at her friend's expression. "That's probably the craziest and, no offense, dumbest thing I've ever heard you say! You sound like your freaking sister!" Lucy ranted. Lucy knew for a fact that Natsu did NOT like her, but Lisanna.

Lisanna paled and threw her hands up in defense muttering, "Okay, okay, I'm sorry!" She laughed a bit. She was glad that she was friends with Lucy. At first, Lisanna had been scared of Lucy. She'd even avoided her for the first week following her return. She'd heard from Natsu and the others that Lucy was a crazy strong Celestial mage that could be almost as scary as Erza if she wanted to, a statement that Erza had not quite reacted well to. Despite the reassuring words of her childhood friends, she was worried that Lucy wouldn't like her. The others had told her over and over that Lucy was the last person who would hate someone, that she was kind, sweet, caring, and an amazing friend to almost everyone she met.

Though the words had comforted her a little she was still scared. She'd been worried that Lucy wouldn't like the fact that she was back. She thought that maybe Lucy would be cold and accuse her of trying to take her place. Lisanna knew that she had never been more wrong about anything in her life… ever. Lucy was a great person! She loved everyone and everything. She was fun and weird, which was a good thing despite the blonde's beliefs and profuse retaliation against the idea. Lucy was just a great person to be around, much like Natsu. She radiated happiness and joy. She was always so happy.

"Listen, I told Mira-nee that I'd help her make some cookies, so I'm gonna go do that. I'll talk to you later!" Lisanna said to her friend. "Maybe I'll make some special cookies for Natsu," Lisanna suggested with a giggle. Lucy giggled with her.

"You should! My god, you know how much he loves food!" The two continued to laugh and then Lisanna was off to make cookies. When the white-haired girl was out of sight Lucy let out a sigh. She didn't know if she'd be able to keep up the act for much longer. Natsu was going to have to get his shit together, or Lucy was going to confess for him.

"Natsu, I swear if you don't tell her soon, I will!" Lucy yelled at the fire mage who was currently raiding her kitchen. "And stop eating my food, damnit!" she added with irritation. Natsu swallowed the food in his mouth and began to speak.

"But, I'm just scared! Lucy, what if I screw it up?" Natsu shouted in distress. He moved from the kitchen to her bedroom, flopping down on her bed and getting comfortable like he owned the place. Lucy sighed and shoved his legs to the side so she could sit, too.

"You like her, she likes you; it doesn't matter if you mess it up. I know you want it to be perfect, but I can't help you with that, Natsu. Just be yourself and tell her in whatever way you think is best," Lucy told him. "Lisanna likes you for you, so just be yourself and you'll have nothing to worry about."

"Are you sure, Luce?" Natsu asked skeptically sitting up and nervously playing with the end of his scarf. He was blushing madly and Lucy found it adorable. Lucy nodded and smiled brightly.

"Although I'm sure even this would be enough," Lucy giggled poking his cheek. His blush darkened and he pouted. "It's so rare for others to see you blush that I think Lisanna would absolutely die from overexposure to adorableness." Natsu hid his face in his scarf and mumbled something about Lucy being mean. "Come on, Natsu! It'll be fine!" Lucy assured him Natsu peeked out from behind his scarf.

"You really think so?" Lucy nodded again. Sucking in a deep breath, Natsu straightened his posture and his eyes burned with determination. "Okay, I'll tell her tonight!" he decided. Lucy rolled her eyes and laughed.

"You said the same thing last time, and the time before that, and the time before that…" Lucy giggled and continued until Natsu pouted angrily and shoved his hand in her face to push her over on the bed. Her laughter increased which brought a smile to Natsu's face. He knew what she was doing. She always knew how to cheer him up and give him confidence. It was one of those things that only she could do. Only Lucy.

"I believe in you," Lucy said softly gazing at Natsu with warm, caring eyes. Natsu smiled tenderly at her and enveloped her in a tight hug.

"Thanks, Luce," he said softly with his head pressed to the side of her head. Lucy returned the hug briefly before pushing him off of her and shoving him out of her window to go confront Lisanna. Watching him run down the street Lucy seemed to hold her breath until he was far enough away.

'Ignore it, Lucy! It's nothing! It's not important,' Lucy thought. She'd been having to do that for months. She placed a hand over her heart to try and calm its frantic fluttering. 'It was just a hug! Just ignore it!' she told herself. She couldn't have her body reacting that way to him. He was her best friend. Natsu was like her childish, older brother that loved and protected her. Besides, he liked Lisanna!

Lucy shook her head and her heart finally calmed itself. She didn't understand why it was like this now; it had never been this way before. She'd never had to try and calm her heart whenever he hugged her or slung his arm over her shoulder. She'd never had to fight a blush whenever he said something sweet or cute to her without meaning to. It had only been that way for a couple of months, only recently, and Lucy couldn't figure it out for the life of her. Natsu had always been nothing more than her best friend. She even considered him a brother she never had at times, so nothing made sense anymore. But it didn't matter if it made sense to her. She shouldn't be part of that picture. There was Natsu and Lisanna, no room for anyone else, especially not Lucy.

The recent memory of Natsu thanking her ran through her mind and her heart began to flutter again, her stomach doing summersaults.

'Ignore it! It's nothing! It's not important! It'll go away!' she attempted to convince herself for what seemed like the millionth time in the past few months. What on Earthland was she going to do?

END NOTE: So? What did you think? I feel like I took on a whole new approach to the whole "Lisanna returns" story. I thought of this and immediately wanted to type it out. Tell me what you thought and maybe I'll update soon! ;) Don't hate me for not updating my other stories! PLEASE! Tell me what you thought! PLEASE! Bye for now! I have work tomorrow and have to get up early! UGH! WORK! *dies* Don't want to! Oh well! Pie~!

~Alice-chan