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Lucy flew to Hargeon by herself, then rode a train to her new home in Magnolia. All her possessions were transported before she even got out of the hospital, so she didn't bring anything with her. She was in the hospital about two weeks. Dr. Phillips personally signed her up for group counseling for teenagers that would meet every Friday. She was not looking forward to Friday, which was only a few days away. She didn't exactly want to spend her Sunday meeting the family she didn't know she had. Speaking of which...

"Lucy, I'm glad you made it," a woman said, opening the door. She was about Lucy's height. Her blue hair was tied into a bun, leaving its length unknown. She had big chocolate eyes, ones that reminded Lucy of her mother's. "My name is Grandine Dragneel. I was your mother's sister."

"Great," Lucy said sarcastically. If she never knew about them, they must not be important.

"Please come inside," Grandine said, stepping aside. They walked to the living room. "Your things are already in Wendy's room. Natsu! Wendy! Igneel!" she called.

Three people entered. The first was a little girl. Her long blue hair was in pigtails, having the same chocolate eyes. The second was a man with red hair and onyx eyes. The third was a boy with pink hair, having the same onyx eyes. He was a few inches shorter than his father, but still very tall.

"Lucy, this is Wendy. She is ten years old," Grandine said, putting a hand on her daughter's shoulders. "This is my husband Igneel, and our son Natsu. He's sixteen, just like you."

"It's good to finally meet you," Igneel chuckled. "Grandine met you when you were a baby, but you probably don't remember. I, unfortunately, wasn't able to see you. I've been waiting all this time."

"Touching," Lucy said, rolling her eyes. She wasn't amused whatsoever by his heartwarming story.

"Wendy and I will go make dinner while you two tell her the rules," Grandine said. Wendy smiled and followed her mother to the kitchen.

"We only have a two rules," Igneel said, holding up two fingers. "First, you must always be home by ten, unless you have a good reason, and tell us ahead of time. Two, you must be respectful, listen, and try your best at everything you do."

"You get special rules, though," Natsu said. He didn't know what the rules were yet, but he did have a few of his own.

"Yes," Igneel agreed. "You are not allowed to have boys over, for one thing. You must attend your therapy classes. And most importantly, don't let Wendy know anything about it."

"Whatever," Lucy said, crossing her arms. She couldn't see herself bringing anybody home, let alone a boy. Igneel patted her shoulder before leaving for the kitchen.

"I have a few rules for you, too," Natsu said. "You aren't allowed to put her hippy thoughts into Wendy's head. You can't corrupt her in any way. You'll be sharing a room, so be careful."

"Hippy thoughts?" Lucy asked. She didn't understand what he meant. He nodded, not really explaining. "Listen, you don't know a thing about me. Don't you dare act like you do," she said, getting right in his face. She bumped into his shoulder as she left the room.

She climbed the stairs. She found four doors in a hallway. The first door was a bathroom. The second was clearly Natsu's room. She assumed the closed door was Igneel and Grandine's. The last door, sadly, would be her new room.

The room lacked a common theme. The walls were light pink, but had clouds painted on them. The floor was shaggy and brown. In the corner of the room, a pyramid bed was positioned. It looked brand new, probably because it was. Wendy had a single bed before, which wouldn't fit two people. On the bottom bunk was all of Lucy's boxes. In the other corner of the room sat a green desk. It had random kid stuff on it, like crayons and dolls. A double door closet was beside a princess dresser. The doors were painted like a jungle.

Lucy walked over to the closet. She opened up both doors and rolled her eyes. Bright clothes were hung on the rack. Different kinds of shoes were thrown on the bottom. The top shelf had a few boxes. She moved to the dresser. She seemed to only be using the top drawer for underwear and socks. The other four drawers were cleared for her.

She went to her boxes and started unpacking. She put all her clothes away rather quickly. She then grabbed her medium sized basket and set if beside the dresser. She threw all her random items in here, like chargers and nail polish. She found an empty drawer in the bathroom, so she out her bathroom items in there.

On her way back to her room, she stopped at Natsu's door. Curious, she entered his room. The smell of chocolate and something spicy filled her nose. It was a surprisingly nice combination. She carefully walked around all the clothes on his floor. His walls and bedspread were red, and everything else was black. she noticed a cork board above his desk. A bunch of pictures were pinned up. She wondered if she would have done that if she had friends.

A couple of pictures were of him as a little kid. He would be standing with a red-head here, sitting with two white-haired girls there, and laughing with a boy with white hair and a girl with black hair. There was a picture of him with Wendy when she was just a baby. A few of them were him older. He was standing with a whole group of people in the one picture. He was at the beach in a couple of them, too. Two pictures stood out to her, though. They one was of him and a pretty girl with white hair and big blue eyes. They were standing really close, smiling and holding into each other. She assumed it was his girlfriend. She was in a lot of the pictures, after all. The second picture that stood out was of Natsu with his arm around a boy's shoulder. The big had raven hair, navy eyes glaring at Natsu. He looked above five in that picture, though.

"There you are," Natsu said, walking into his room. He wasn't as careful about stepping on his clothes as Lucy was. "Mom wanted me to make sure you were unpacked."

"Yeah," Lucy said. She continued to look at the pictures. All his friends looked like happy people; people she wouldn't talk to normally.

"We've had some fun times together," Natsu said, looking at the board with Lucy. "We've all been friends since we were little. It's pretty cool to be with people so long, huh?"

"I wouldn't know," Lucy said. She looked down to the floor. She pressed her lips together. She then sighed. "That would require you to have friends."

Natsu took a minute to process what she said. He wasn't quite sure if he heard her right. He didn't understand how someone could last sixteen years without friends. Even though the first few years of life dont count, it was still a long time. He's been with his friends since he was five. He never did anything without at least one of them at his side. She must have been lonely.

"You have friends now," he said, wrapping an arm around her shoulder. "You can hang with my friends. Sorry, our friends."

"I don't want friends," she said, moving his arm off of her. She thought she was okay without friends. She lasted this long, she could last longer. Even if she got lonely, she could make sock puppets. She didn't do that, though. When she got lonely, she would look at the stars. With the billions and billions of them, she never felt alone.

"That's the biggest lie I've ever heard," he said. He looked her straight in the eyes. She looked around, trying to avoid his gaze. He sighed and slammed her into his chest. He protectively wrapped his arms around her. "You'll make friends and be happy. I promise."

"You're such an idiot," she laughed. She found herself hugging him back. She never felt so wanted before. Natsu was something else. They just met hours before, and he was already promising to take care of her like a dear friend. She didn't know people like him existed.

"Awe! You guys are bonding!"

Lucy and Natsu looked to the door. Grandine was standing there, her hands folded over her heart. She had a borderline creepy smile stretched across her face. She had those hearts in her eyes, but in a family love way. It would be creepy if they dated each other.

"Dinner's ready, so come down when you're done," she said. She looked at them one last time before leaving. They heard the patter of her feet as she walked down the stairs.

"I'm sorry I called you a hippy," Natsu apologized. He was still hugging her, but she didn't mind.

"It's okay," Lucy said. He technically didn't call her a hippy, since he called her thoughts hippy-like, but she was happy that he was apologized. It showed that he cared about her feelings, which was also new to her.

"Enough with the hugging," he said, letting her go. He put his hands behind his head and started walking towards his bedroom door. "I'm starving!"

Lucy just rolled her eyes and followed him. Maybe living there wouldn't be so bad, after all.