Hello, guys! I'm back with the sequel to "Found." I hope you guys enjoy this sequel as much as you did to "Found."
Chapter 1
Everything Has Changed
'Cause all I know is we said, "Hello."
And your eyes look like coming home
All I know is a simple name,
Everything has changed
All I know is you held the door
You'll be mine and I'll be yours
All I know since yesterday is
Everything has changed
-Taylor Swift ft. Ed Sheeran
She looked around the bar as she laughed at Natsu's joke. The atmosphere was completely different from the one last year. Last year she was down, cold and heartbroken, but not this year – this year she was exultant, full of joy and there was nothing that could bring her down.
"Hey, here's your drink," said a voice from behind her as a hand placed her drink in front of her.
"Thanks, Gray," she replied with a smile as she turned around lightly and kissed his cheek. Yeah, this was completely different from last year.
Her boyfriend's cheeks darkened in color. He had yet to get used to how affectionate his girlfriend was in public, but he was working on it.
"You missed it, Ice-Freak!" exclaimed Natsu when he saw Gray next to Lucy. "I just told the best joke ever!"
"It wasn't that good, Salamander," chuckled Gajeel.
"Shut up!"
He also wasn't used to being part of such a close group. The only friend he had ever had from childhood was Lyon, and that was still a work in progress even after a year, there was still some unsaid tension between the two.
Who would have known that the blonde he had found in the rain twelve months ago would become his girlfriend two months later and he would be here with her in the very same reunion she had left in distraught.
Things had changed, and neither minded, they were just happy. But even with these changes, they were still cautious of one another. They didn't want a repeat of their last relationship, Lucy more than Gray.
Yes, Gray was different from Richard in more ways than one, but she had a feeling there was something he was hiding from her. She didn't know what it was, but it was there. She had a similar feeling when she had been together with her ex-boyfriend and she had chosen to ignore it. Luna was right, always follow your intuition, women really did have a sixth sense.
Lucy took a sip from her Pomegranate Margarita. It was sweet and cold, just like Gray. He would not seem like it from the outside, but he was a really sweet guy. He caught her eye and smirked as he sat down next to her and put his arm behind her seat.
"All right, knock it off you two," said Erza separating Natsu and Gajeel as they started butting heads. "Mira was nice enough to book this place for us again, we don't want to make her angry now do we?"
"N-no, ma'am," they both replied before sitting down next to their perspective partners.
In that moment, Mira came by to check on them. "Everything all right here, guys? Anything I can get you?"
"No, we're good, Mira-nee-chan," answered Lisanna as she leaned on Natsu. "Thanks."
"What about you, Gray?" she asked. "I haven't seen you order anything."
"I'm good, thanks, Mira-san," he said politely. "I'm driving, Lucy home so…"
"Ah, I see," nodded the barmaid. "In that case how about some water?"
"Ice cold, if you wouldn't mind," he added.
"One Ice Water coming right up," she said with wink and walked away.
"You sure you don't want to drink anything?" asked Lucy.
"I'm sure," he reassured her as he started playing with her hair.
She sighed contently as she leaned into him, she really couldn't ask for anything better than this.
"You sure you don't want to come in?" she asked him as she unbuckled her seatbelt.
He nodded.
"I'm sure, besides I wouldn't want to keep you too long or else your dad will kill me," he said.
"He wouldn't kill you-"
"-Your brother might."
"…okay, so maybe Laxus might, but still!"
He sighed and leaned towards her, his lips almost touching her ear.
"If I keep you any longer, I'm not going to want to let you go," he said huskily before moving back and staring her in the eye.
A shiver went down her spine as her cheeks heated up. Normally by now she would wish him a goodnight and dash for her door, but maybe it was the alcohol in her system that made her do something otherwise.
"Maybe I don't want you to let me go," she answered while looking at him directly in the eye.
A small flash crossed his eyes before he closed the distance between the two and crashed his lips into hers. He could still taste the sweetness of her Pomegranate Margarita as well as the sweet taste that made her Lucy. When he pulled back, she followed his lips until they were connected once again. She couldn't get enough of him, he was her drug and she was addicted, she couldn't stop. But she had to, and she knew that.
When she pulled back due to lack of oxygen, she whispered to him. "I love you."
He smiled and kissed the top of her head. "I love you, too, Luce."
She smiled and pecked him once more on the lips. "See you tomorrow for wedding rehearsals?"
"I don't think I'll be able to go, sweetheart," he said. "I have to finish some last minute preparation for tomorrow, but I'll pick you up."
She smiled before giving one more kiss. "Okay, goodnight."
"Night," he said as he watched her leave his car and walk towards the door of her house.
When she turned around to face him, he grinned and waved in her direction. He stayed there until she entered the safety of her home before hitting his head against the wheel his car.
"Really, Gray? 'Last minute preparations?' Really?" he murmured to himself before he pulled out of the drive way and drove out of the estate. "Anymore and you would be giving away the surprise," he said to himself as he turned into the road and drove home.
When he reached his house, he was greeted by the sight of a red car parked outside his driveway.
'Great,' he thought a bit bitterly. His sister's boyfriend was here. Don't get him wrong, he liked the guy, but that he liked him with his sister was a different story. Then again, no one would be good enough for either of his sisters. But as luck would have it, his sister's boyfriend would be somehow related back to Lucy.
It wasn't until he met him face to face a couple of months after he first started going out with Lucy that he realized Ultear's mystery man was none other than Siegrain Fernandes, Jellal's older brother.
The two looked so much alike he was surprised he didn't say something insensitive to the older man. It was good thing Lucy had been there when they had been introduced or else the whole night would have turned into a horrible ordeal. It wasn't until he started hanging out more with Jellal that he noticed the difference the subtle difference between the two.
Jellal's hair was a shade darker than Siegrain's and Siegrain was slightly taller than Jellal. While Jellal seemed quiet in comparison to his older brother, it never stopped them when they were having a rather placid argument, rare as they were, they still occurred.
Gray parked his car and went inside to greet his sisters and their guest.
"I'm home," he said with a small smile.
"Welcome home," answered his older sister with a smile.
"Thanks," he said taking off his shoes and putting on a pair of slippers. "Have you guys eaten yet?"
"Yeah," she answered cuddling closer to her boyfriend on the couch. "We left you some lasagna just in case in the fridge."
"Thanks, I'll take it to work tomorrow," he said walking behind them and into the kitchen.
As he grabbed a glass of water, he could hear the movie they were watching and the laughter that followed. He filled his glass before walking out again.
"Are you guys watching The Lego Movie?"
"Yeah," they answered.
He shook his head before making his way up the stairs. "Don't stay up too late," he murmured knowing full well his sister heard him.
"Alright, dad," she replied with a smirk as she heard him stomp up to his room.
Gray passed by Wendy's room to check up on her. It wasn't that late, but his younger sister had a habit of going to bed early. So it surprised him to find the light still on.
He knocked on the door lightly.
"Wendy? Mind if I come in?"
There was a light shuffle that made him lean into the door to listen to what was happening inside.
"Oh, I have to go," he heard her whisper. "Gray-nii-chan is home."
A slight pause.
"Yeah, I'll see you tomorrow, bye."
He waited before knocking once more.
"Wendy?"
Wendy opened up the door at once with light tinted cheeks.
"Sorry, Gray-nii-chan, I had my earphones on, I thought I was just imagining things."
He nodded and walked towards her desk. There was a neat stack of papers on her desk, which he assumed were her study guides for her exams.
"How was your final for Biology?" he asked picking up a paper and skimming through the contents.
Biology had never been his thing in high school, but he did remember a couple of things here and there.
"I think I did fine," she answered honestly. "There were some questions that were kind of hard to understand and others just didn't make sense," she said shaking her head.
Gray put the paper back while nodding. He wanted to ask who she was on the phone with, but knew that doing so would lead to him admitting that he had been listening in on her conversation.
"Is there anything you need, Gray-nii-chan?"
He snapped out of his thoughts.
"No," he said and patted her head. "It's fine. I was just checking in on you."
She returned his smile wholeheartedly.
"Goodnight, Wendy," he said closing the door behind him.
"Goodnight, Gray-nii-chan," she replied.
She was hiding something; there was no doubt about it. He wanted to know what it was, but he didn't have the right to, after all, he had hidden something from her as well, even if it had been a long time ago.
He trudged back to his room with many thoughts running through his head, but the one that stuck him the most was the thought of having more secrets in his family.
Lucy stared at her ceiling, she had a feeling that Gray was hiding something from her. She didn't know if it was good or bad, but she believed in him. When the time was right, he would tell her, and she would listen to him wholeheartedly.
However, her thoughts wouldn't stop going back to what happened back in the car. She didn't know what came over her when she said those words, but she truly meant them with all her heart.
She blushed deeply and plopped back in her pillows at the mere thought of the events that had transpired. The more she thought about it, the more embarrassed she became.
A knock brought her out of her thoughts.
"Come in," she said not bothering to sit up straight.
"Hey," said Luna as she closed the door behind her. "How was the reunion?"
"Great!" she said still laying on her back. "It was the best one so far!"
"That's great news!" said Luna sitting on Lucy's bed. "So why the long face?"
"Huh?"
"You look like you have something on your mind," explained the older woman. "What's wrong?"
"N-nothing's wrong!" said Lucy as she sat up. When Luna gave her a pointed she sighed and said, "I just feel as if Gray's hiding something from me…"
Luna's eyes flickered for a brief second before she gave Lucy a sincere smile.
"You're just thinking too much about it, and I'm sure that even if he did, he would tell you eventually."
Lucy let out a small sigh of relief.
"You're right," she said flopping back into her pillows. "How was your night?"
Now it was Luna's turn to flop onto Lucy's bed. She groaned as she covered her face with her hands.
"Remind me again why I'm marrying your brother?" her voice muffled by her hands.
Lucy giggled as she sat up once more and started playing with Luna's hair that was sprawled across her bed covers.
"Because you love him and he loves you."
She took her hands away from her face and started at the blonde.
"He also cares about you, and I'm pretty sure you're on his mind 24/7. You bring out the best of one another."
Luna smiled a little as she closed her eyes as Lucy ran her fingers across her hair. "Besides you said it yourself. He's The One."
The brunette giggled. "Yeah, I guess you got me there…"
"So what happened?" asked Lucy with a hint of a smile.
"Nothing," sighed Luna with closed eyes.
"Huh?"
"Yeah, he has done nothing! No flowers, no hugs, no kisses, no…you know…"
Lucy blushed a deep red.
"T.M.I! T.M.I!"
Luna covered her face. "Sorry! But it's true!"
"There are certain things I don't want to know about my brother and this is one of them!"
"I'm sorry! But who else am I supposed to turn to? He's your brother!"
"Yes, but he's your fiancé!"
"…"
The two stayed quiet for a while.
"Have you and Gray…you know…"
"N-no!"
"Really? But it's been almost a year! And your both in your twenties…does he not see you as a woman?"
"No! No, it's nothing like that! Believe me, he does see me as a woman, but we just haven't gotten there. He lives with his sisters, I live with my dad…you see where I'm going with this?"
"No love hotel?"
"N-no," she murmured as her face grew darker and darker with color. "It would be too embarrassing…"
Luna giggled as she sat up and hugged the younger woman. "Don't worry too much about it. I'm just teasing."
"A little too much," she mumbled as she drifted into Luna's arms. There was always a sense of security in them, and she knew that as long she had this, there was nothing to fear. Maybe she was just getting scared because things were going so well. But she had nothing to fear, right?
It's a bit shorter than what I wanted, but I hope you guys liked it! Please leave a review to let me know what you think of the first chapter :)
~Karie
