CHAPTER TWO.

"So tell me Wendy, Why does Natsu still live with you and your parents? I'm sure he's old enough to live on his own." Wendy looked down to the floor. Lucy saw this as a sign; sign to say she said something wrong. They stopped on the second floor of the apartment, half way up the stairs.

"I'm sorry I didn't mean anything by it, if you guys have money problems then I'm sorry I shouldn't nose..." Lucy was cut off when Wendy smiled at her. "No. It's nothing like that. I've seen Natsu look at houses and flats to live in, but he can't leave." Wendy began to walk back. Up the stairs followed by Lucy. "Why can't he leave? Is he to attached?" Wendy and Lucy were now on the third floor and stopped outside a door that had the number 21 in the middle. "None of that, It's just I'm not old enough to live on my own." At this point Wendy had found her feet to be the most interesting thing in the world. "But you won't be on your own?" Lucy stared at the girl for a while. Silence fell between them; it broke off when Wendy spoke. "Our parents have been on a very important business trip for a while."

"You are sure it's OK for me to stay for dinner?" Lucy changes the subject, she felt and awkward and unsettling feeling and wanted to be sure she wasn't intruding them or anything. For all she knew he might have a girl friend. `That's why he ran up stairs; his girl friend is up there. He probably wanted to make sure she was decent and well aware of me coming. ` Lucy thought to herself. She remembered the look that appeared on his face as soon as she had agreed to staying for dinner.

"Of cause it is. Now stop asking that. Oh and one more thing..." Wendy placed her key inside the door. She seemed happy again. Lucy stared at the girl, her eyes filled with confusion.

"Don't worry Wendy; I'm sure your brother's girlfriend is fine with me coming up." Lucy thought that if she said that, then Wendy will be more reassured.

"No. that's not it" Lucy felt her blood run to her cheeks. Never had she felt so embarrassed by a child before. Lucy was surprised, surely a guy of his build and structure, would get noticed and may even be the dream guy everyone dreams about. Lucy kept thinking about him and his solid build and how she saw how firm he was when the rain soaked his t-shirt, making it stick tight on his body. Lucy was day dreaming to hard that she hadn't heard what Wendy was trying to say.

"Miss Lucy?"

"Oh, sorry." Lucy felt her cheeks burn as she just realized that she had been thinking about her own students' older brother!

"It's OK. I was just saying that my brother has a habit of leaving a trail..." Lucy was confused at what she had meant. A trail? `What could that mean? ` Lucy thought to herself as Wendy unlocked the door.

As soon as that door opened Lucy understood what Wendy had mean by "trail", the place was a MESS! And not just your average mess, this place looked as though someone had just turned the place upside down. Everything but the kitchen sink was on the floor. In the middle of it all was very confused and rushing pink haired tanned, ash smelling, body builder. Oh yeah, the other reason Lucy could tell he was a fireman was by the way he smelled of ash and a fresh flame.