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Bixlow's POV

We were walking towards the guild, Lucy still tucked into my side, not saying anything. I would look down at her every so often, but she just continued to stare at the ground. I knew what was bothering her, but I was hoping she would get over it by herself before we got there, if I just let her be so she could work it out in her head. But the closer we got to the guild the more she started to tense up, until we were almost at the doors and she stopped completely. "Lucy?" I asked unsure of what she was doing.

"What if everyone else thinks the same way that Erza and Natsu do? What if they all think that I'm just some weak mage who hid behind her team mates? What if they all hate me?" I pulled her into me again as I hugged her tight.

"Lucy, everyone here loves you. Everything will be fine, no one here thinks of you like that, alright? Just trust me. You can sit with me today and I'll protect you from anything that happens. Not that you have anything to worry about, though." She nodded her head but said, "I don't want to be a burden to you and your friends." I looked at her and shook my head, "You are not a burden, and we would like you to join us. If it makes you feel better though I will ask everyone what they think," she nodded her head again, and we continued to the guild. I still had my arm around her shoulders and she was close to my side, so close that it made it kind of awkward to walk, but we managed to make it to the guild doors.

I paused outside the doors to look down at the mage in my arms and said, "You ready?" She looked up at me and with another small smile nodded her head that she was ready. And together we pushed the guild doors open. Everyone stopped what they were doing to look at us, and Lucy was rather embarrassed and buried her face into my chest again, trying to hid from all the stares that we were getting.

I looked around and spotted Luxus, he was not very happy looking, although, he usually didn't look very happy, but this, this was one of those moments where you're glad that looks can't kill. If they could, from the look he's giving me, I would have been dead several times by now. I chuckled a little at my thought and started walking again saying, "Come on."

I first lead her to the bar so we could get something to drink. I ordered my beer and some food to eat and looked down at Lucy, "Ok, Cosplayer, what do you want to drink?"

"Umm…Strawberry Smoothie please, Mira." Lucy said not even moving her head away from my chest. I could still feel the glare coming from the corner where Luxus was sitting, but I tried to ignore it. He would get his answers soon enough.

"Lucy? Is everything alright?" Mira asked. I knew what was coming next, and I was hoping Lucy didn't start crying again. If Luxus hears it he just might fry me before I get the chance to explain. "Weren't you and your team supposed to be on a mission?" I felt Lucy stiffen and she started shaking once more. I pulled her tighter to me, until I was holding her with both arms wrapped around her like I did in the street on the way here and glared at Mira. Damn women just ruined all the work I did before I got in calming her down.

"Come on, Lucy, let's go sit down. I'll come back to get our drinks in a little while." I said as I led her away from the bar and towards a still glaring Luxus and a confused looking Fried. "Hey guys," I said once we were at the table. "Lucy is going to be joining us today." I sat Lucy down across from Luxus and notice Mira put the drinks and my food on the counter. "I'm going to get our drinks, Lucy." When she nodded, I motioned to Luxus to follow me.

"What the fuck, Bix? What are you doing with Blondie?" He asked once we were a few feet away from the table. "I'll explain once we are at the bar, Mira needs to know also." I looked back towards the table to see Fried was trying to get Lucy to talk to him, but it looked like she was just staring down at the table ignoring him. He looked up at me and I motioned him to follow us. I watched him say something to Lucy, then stood up and started walking toward me.

Mira was still standing at the bar looking worriedly over at Lucy. When we got to the bar, I put the money down and Mira started to walk away. "Mira, wait. I need to tell you something. Its about Lucy, and why we came in together." We both glanced over at Lucy, who had her face planted on the table top.

Once everyone was at the bar and paying attention to me, I pulled out the three notes. I explained to them about how I found Lucy crying in front of Grays door, and trying to get her to tell me what was wrong, and her showing me the letters. With that he passed the letters around. After that I explained that I wanted her to join us for a few days but she was worried that we would think that she would be a burden, I told them that I told her she wasn't, and now I'm standing here watching everyone's reactions. They were all the same, mostly anger and disbelief, which I knew they would be. Luxus was sparking a little, and I could tell that he was really trying to get ahold of it so he didn't lash out at anyone. Fried just stood there, trying not to turn into his demon and murder the people she considered her family. I know that he didn't think she was weak, I mean she did beat him in the S-Class trials. So there was no way that she could be weak…She beat me twice…Damn..

Mira had already changed into her Satan Soul, and you could really see the force it was taking her to not go and find the new Team Natsu and beat the shit out of them. "Thank you, Bixlow. For helping Lucy when she needed someone." She said with a sad look on her face as she turned back into the loveable barmaid, and turned around to help another patron that sat at the bar.

"Do you guys mind if she joins us for a few days?" I asked still looking at Luxus, who was finally getting control of his magic. "I'm alright with her joining us for as long as she wants. She'll never be a burden to us. She helped take out that dark guild, Oración Seis, and the other celestial spirit user from there. She helped take on Grimoire Hearts and defeated some by herself and then helped with the master. And she has beaten me once already, and she beat you twice, Bix, so we know that she's not weak and can take care of herself. We just might have to help her see that, especially now that they have done that to her she's insecure about her abilities, so we can help her train. Besides I think that she will fit in with us perfectly." Fried explained.

Even though I had Fried's vote, it still came down to our leader to make the final decision, so I turned to look at him. I could tell he was thinking about something, but I needed to know his answer. "Boss? What do you say, can we have, Cosplayer Queen, stay with us?" I was a little worried about what he was going to say, but he gave a dark chuckle nodded his agreement, muttering something along the lines of, 'of course she can, its where she belongs.' Now we just have to find a way to tell Evergreen.

I grabbed my food and our drinks and turned to go back to the table, but stopped dead in my tracks, there was Ever.

Ok…there is the next chapter like promised. HAHA. I don't know what I'm going, to do for the third chapter yet, I could use some help. Should Evergreen be nice and welcoming to Lucy, stand offish but welcoming, or mean and unwelcoming…let me know…

OH YEAH, I wanted to thank everyone that has read and favorite my story. And all the reviews I got made me happy, I'm glad you guys liked the story and I am really enjoying writing this story!