Lucy and Natsu stood outside the guild starring at the doors. Inside, the guild was abuzz with chatter.
Lucy bit her lip and looked like she might run away. Natsu squeezed her hand. "Luce, you okay? We don't have to tell them today. We can come back another day."
Lucy sighed. "No, no. I should do this now or I won't ever come back." She turned and smiled at Natsu.
Natsu smiled back at her and let go of her hand to push both doors open. Only a few members turned to look their way but everyone had a coy smile on their face. Neither Natsu nor Lucy noticed. Lucy did notice that Mira looked extremely happy to the point she might explode.
Natsu grabbed Lucy's hand again and leaned over and whispered, "Are you ready?" When she nodded, he slowly lead her through the guild to the stage. When they were standing up there staring out at all of their friends, everybody got silent. Lucy thought she might cry. How could this be so hard?
Natsu decided to start off since Lucy looked like running. "Oi, everyone! We have an announcement to make!" Everyone smiled, knowing what he was going to say. Natsu looked to Lucy, and she nodded to him to keep going. "Me and Luce, well, we've kind of been dating for 2 weeks now."
Someone in the back yelled, "Yeah, we know, Flame Brain! You two act like it wasn't obvious!" Everyone laughed. This helped Lucy calm down some. She wasn't as nervous anymore. She looked to Natsu to get everyone quiet.
"Oi! We have something else to tell you!" Everyone got quiet, looking confused.
Natsu squeezed Lucy's hand, urging her to tell the rest. Lucy cleared her throat. "Umm, well, Natsu and I. . . Well, even though we've only been dating for a few weeks. . . Umm. . ." She was so nervous. What if they didn't accept her anymore? What if they called her a slut and kicked her out?
Natsu sensed her nervousness and squeezed her hand again. She looked up at him and saw his huge grin smiling down at her. He was happy, she realized. Even if no one else accepted her, he would. He always would.
She smiled back and turned to look at everyone, feeling a whole lot better. "Well, everyone, I . ."
An intake of breath was heard and everyone turned to look at Mirajane, who had her hand over her mouth and eyes wide in shock. She figured it out, Lucy realized. Another intake of breath was heard, then another. Bisca and Levy looked the same as Mira, staring at their friend on the stage. Then more and more girls realized. Lucy smiled. She felt like laughing. It was just too funny seeing the girls in the guild catching on. The men in the guild were looking around completely confused.
Gajeel had had enough. What did all these girls know that he didn't? "Oi! For crying out loud, what the heck is going on?!"
Lucy laughed. "Well. . . I'm pregnant!" All of the girls practically squealed. Mira fainted.
The men of the guild just sat there looking more shocked than anything. Gray was the first to recover. "Uh, Lucy, umm, who's the father?"
Natsu let go of Lucy's hand and stepped in front of her. "I am, Stripper! Who else would it be?"
"Well honestly we didn't think you had the balls to do it."
"What did you say?!" Natsu jumped off the stage and started a huge fight with Gray again.
Lucy walked down to the bar and was instantly surrounded by the girls.
"Lucy, you are seriously pregnant? With Natsu's child?" Levy asked enthusiastically.
"I don't understand something, Lucy." Erza said. "You've only been with Natsu for a few weeks. How can you be pregnant already."
Lucy's smile dropped. She knew people would think something along those lines. "Well. . Umm. It wasn't like I got pregnant on purpose. We love each other and it's just what happened."
Mira was finally conscious again and she immediately jumped up and wrapped her arms around Lucy. Lucy embraced the older girl. She felt like crying. Mira pulled away but kept her hand on Lucy's shoulders and looked her straight in the eye.
"Lucy, I know you must be very scared right now. And I know that you didn't expect or even want this to happen at this point in time. But just know that we all love you very much and we will help you in any way." Mira smiled.
"Yeah, Luce!" Gray shouted out. Everyone in the guild was turned toward her smiling. "We will help with everything. We will even try not to murder Flame Brain." Everyone laughed.
Lucy just sat there. Tears were falling into her lap. The girls turned to her. "Luce, what's wrong?" asked a worried Wendy.
"I. . .I'm just so happy I have all of you." Lucy smiled. Natsu came over and pulled her into his arms. At this moment, Lucy could not have been happier.
I know it isn't that long but if I keep this story going, in the next chapter it will go straight into the pregnancy months. That will be hilarious. Stay tuned!