"This can't be happening." I said as I stared at the positive pregnancy test in my hands.

"Are you okay?" Levy asked.

"No." I said. I got up from the bathroom floor and ran to my room where I climbed under my bed covers. Tears were rolling down cheeks as I began crying uncontrollably in to my pillow.

"Lucy, wait." Levy followed me and sat on the edge of the bed.

"My life is over." I cried, still clinging to the pregnancy test.

"Don't say that." Levy said.

"But it is, Levy. I'm seventeen and pregnant." It physically hurt to say it out loud like that. How could this be happening to me? I had done everything right. I used protection every time and only slept with people I felt a genuine connection with. I didn't sleep around, I wasn't easy. So, why was I pregnant? It just wasn't fair.

"A baby doesn't ruin your life, it could be just the start for you. You'd be a great mum." Levy said.

"Yeah, when I'm in my late twenties with a husband and a steady career." I replied.

"Well, you can always... get rid of it." Levy said. The thought hadn't even crossed my mind. But, as Levy suggested it, I immediately knew that was something I could never do.

"No, I won't do that." I said, sitting up and facing Levy.

"I don't just mean abortion. You could put it up for adoption." She said.

"I can't even think about what do to right now." I cried a little more and wiped away the makeup stained tears with the back of my hand. But somewhere inside I knew adoption wasn't an option either. I couldn't live my life knowing I had a child somewhere.

"Well, give yourself some time to process the news. Then you need to talk things out with Natsu." Levy said.

"Oh my god. Natsu. I've ruined his life too." And with that statement came another flood of tears and sobbing.

"Hey, it takes two tango. You didn't conceive this baby on your own, so don't for a second blame yourself." Levy said and I knew she was right, but it didn't make me feel any less guilty.

"How do I tell him?" I sniffed.

"Ask him round tomorrow and-"

"-He doesn't come here." I interrupted.

"Okay then. Go to his house and just tell him straight." Levy said.

"He's going to hate me." I said.

"If he does, forget him. I'll be the dad." Levy said and I couldn't help but laugh a little.

"Thank you, Levy." I leaned forward and gave a tight and long hug.

"What about your parents? Are you going to tell them?" Levy asked.

"Not yet. I just can't face that right now. I need to talk to Natsu first." I said.

It was dark. The lights were off and I had shut myself in my room. Levy had left not long after I had taken the test, I had asked her to. My mum was home and I told her I was going to bed, but sleep was the last thing on my mind. I sat on the floor, resting my hands on my stomach. It was so hard to imagine that there was a baby growing in there. I stood and walked over to my mirror, staring at my small frame. I wouldn't be able to hide this mistake forever. Soon this little thing inside me will grow. My body will change. I'll be a different person. I'll be a mum. Silent tears began rolling down my cheeks as I pictured what was my life would be like from now on.

Saturday morning finally arrived, bringing an end to one of the longest nights of my life. I hadn't a slept a wink. My night had been spent walking around my room trying to fight off tears and panic attacks. I couldn't wait any longer to tell Natsu. It was only 9:08 AM when I decided to go. I quickly showered, put on some fresh clothes and headed out the door without even telling my mum I was going. She was still asleep anyway. I was practically running to Natsu's house. When I arrived at his door I was out of breath and sweaty. I knocked on his door, excited to see him and nervous to tell him. But his younger sister, Wendy, answered the door.

"Lucy? What are you doing here?" She asked. She was still in her pyjamas and I peered inside to see cartoons playing on the TV. I smiled a little, wishing I could go back to a time when I spent my Saturday morning in my pyjamas watching cartoons.

"I was hoping to speak to Natsu." I said.

"Is everything okay?" She asked me. I thought about being honest with her and telling her 'no, I wasn't okay'. But I didn't.

"Yeah. There's just something I need to tell him." I said.

"Okay. Well, he's just gotten out of bed. I think he's in bathroom." She said, moving aside to let me in the house.

"Thank you, Wendy." I smiled before rushing upstairs. The bathroom door was wide open and there was no sign of Natsu. His bedroom door was shut, so I awkwardly stood outside it and knocked.

"I'm just getting dressed." He called out from behind the door.

"It's Lucy." I said.

"Lucy?" I heard him say and not even two second later he was opening the door. He wasn't dressed at all. He was wearing nothing but a pair of tight, blue boxers and an oversized white T-shirt. His hair was a complete mess, all ruffled and hanging in his eyes from where he had been sleeping on it. Seeing him like that, so rugged and yet so attractive, I wanted nothing more than to sleep with him. Right there and then. I was over come with an explainable urge. I found myself staring at him, speechless.

"Lucy, you okay? What are you doing here?" He asked. But I didn't respond, at least not with words. Instead, I grabbed his face in my hands and kissed him. I could feel he was surprised and kind of tense at first, but he quickly relaxed in to it and kissed me back, I took a step forward and kicked the bedroom door shut with my foot as we continued to kiss.

"Lucy." Natsu said from beneath my lips. I was already wriggling out of my pants and trying to get him out of his. I had never moved this quickly before. It was as though I wasn't even in control of my own body. An uncontrollable lust was pushing me forwards, making me pull Natsu's shirt over his head and toss it across the room, followed by my own. Hooking my finger in to Natsu's boxer's, I pulled him towards the bed.

"Lucy, wait." Natsu said, but I ignored him and pulled him in for another kiss. As my lips met his I moved my hands to my bra and unhooked it, slipping it off and letting it drop to the floor. I was now fully nude and Natsu was suddenly not okay with it. He grabbed my shoulders with a tight grip and pushed me back, holding me at arms length. I looked up at him in surprise and he was staring right back in confusion. "Will you slow down? My sister is downstairs." He said.

"Please." I said, grabbing his wrists and removing his hands from my shoulders. I took a few step forwards, bringing myself back in closer to him. "Just one more time." I whispered, wrapping my arms around his waist.

"One more time? What are you talking about, Lucy?" He asked.

"You're not going to want me any more." I said. And just like that, I was crying.

"Hey, what's going on with you?" He asked gently. I took a deep breath and looked up at him. Once again, I held his face and pulled him in for a kiss. He didn't push me away this time. He kissed me back, running his hands up my back and in to my hair. He knew what I needed, so he gave it to me and we had sex one more time. It was slow and gentle and I didn't waste a second of it.

I was sat between Natsu's legs, resting against his chest. Several minutes ago he had asked me again me again if I was okay, but I was still trying to figure out how to answer that.

"Lucy." Natsu said. I took a deep breath then turned to face him, resting my legs around his waist. "You need to tell me what's going on with you. What was all this about?" He asked, brushing my hair behind my ear.

"I'm so sorry, Natsu." I quietly cried.

"Sorry for what?" He asked anxiously.

"I'm pregnant." The words fell out of my mouth and hung in the air for what felt like a life time. I didn't know how to break the news to him, but there must have been a better way than doing it like this.

"You're pregnant." He repeated. His face was so hard to read. He seemed to be in some kind of shock. His eyes were wide and his mouth hung open.

"I found out last night." I said.

"So, the important thing you were doing..." He began.

"I was taking a pregnancy test." I said.

"Why didn't you tell me last night? I would have been there in a second." He said, still seeming hard to read.

"I didn't think it would come out positive." I said. There was a long silence between us. We weren't even looking at eachother. I ended up climbing out of bed and getting back in to my clothes. "You probably need some time to process." I said as I finished dressing myself.

"I just can't believe it." He said, staring in to space.

"You don't have to be involved." I said standing at the end of his bed. The words just came out without me even thinking.

"What?" He looked hurt almost.

"I just mean, if you don't want to be involved I won't force you to be." I said, thinking I was saying the right thing. The kind of thing a guy wanted to hear in this situation.

"I would never do that to you or the baby." He said.

"I'm sorry I just didn't want this to ruin both our lives." I said.

"This isn't exactly how I planned to have kids, but I would never just act like the kid wasn't even mine. I can't believe you think that I would." He said, throwing the covers off himself and climbing out of bed. He was angry but I never meant to make him be. I took a step back as he put some pants on.

"I didn't mean it like that. I just wanted you to have a way out." I said.

"I don't want a way out." He said, staring at me from across the room.

"You don't?" I asked in genuine surprise. Again, he seemed hurt. Honestly, though, in a situation like this there was no right thing to say.

"Is that why you were desperate to have sex with me? You thought I'd find out you were pregnant and never speak to you again?" He asked, slightly raising his voice.

"I'm sorry." Was all I could say. I knew Natsu was a good guy, I really did. But I wasn't making him feel like one.

"You know what, you're right. I do need some time to process this." He said, opening his bedroom door and ushering me out of the room.

"Wait, you're making me leave?" I asked as I stood in the hallway.

"I think that's best right now." He said.

"But I... We should talk" I pleaded.

"Please, Lucy. Just go." He said before shutting his bedroom door in my face. I don't know exactly how I was expecting him to react, but it was not like this. I choked back my tears and told myself that his anger was understandable and that I should respect he needed some time and space. But that didn't make it any easier on me. Things had been going so perfectly and now my whole world was shattered. I clasped my hand over my mouth and hurried down the stairs.

"Are you okay?" Wendy asked, looking over her shoulder at me from the sofa. I knew if I opened my mouth to speak I would fall in to a flood of tears. So I nodded my head and let myself out. I walked home slow. I wasn't in a rush to be anywhere any more. I kept replaying the morning in my head. Every mistake I had made was so clear to me now. I shouldn't have blurted it out the way I did; I shouldn't have insulted him by implying that he'd want to leave me and the baby; I shouldn't have left. I should have stayed and forced him to talk things out with me, but I just didn't have it in me. If you shut a door in my face, I'm not the kind of girl to open it back up again. Natsu will speak to me when he's ready. I mean, we had nine months to talk things through.

I opened the front door to my house to find a large suitcase waiting inside. "Uh, mum?" I yelled as I shut the door behind me.

"Oh, there you are." My mum. She was hurrying down the stairs, clipping some earrings in to her ears as she went.

"I, uh, went for a morning jog." I lied.

"That's not like you." She said.

"Just trying to keep fit. Anyway, what's with the suitcase?" I asked. Now was not the time to be going away. I had to stay here and figure things out.

"Your father is taking me away for our anniversary." My mum swooned. I had completely forgotten about their anniversary. Dad usually held no expenses when it came to their anniversary, though. If he wasn't taking her away he'd buy her an extravagant gift. Although, judging by those earrings, I'd say this year he's done both.

"Where are you going?" I asked, trying to hide the fact I'd forgotten what day it was.

"To a spa in the mountains for four luxurious nights." My mum smiled.

"That's great." I breathed a sigh of relief. Having my parents gone for four nights was exactly what I needed to figure things out on my own. It gave me time to figure out how I'd break the news to them too.

"Happy to get rid of us?" My mum asked, pretending to be hurt.

"Never." I smiled and gave my mum a long, tight hug. I made the most of it since soon there would be a bump in the way.

My mum and I watched trashy TV for a couple of hours before my dad arrived home from work to whisk them both away. I stood on the porch and waved them off, immediately feeling a little more relaxed. I didn't need a mountain spa for luxury, I just needed a parent free home for a few days. My dad left me some money for food so I ordered a pizza and watched a couple movies. When it started to get dark out I decided I'd enjoy a nice bubble bath. But as I filled the tub with my usual bubbles baths and baths salts, I couldn't bring myself to get in the water. "Could this hurt the baby?" I asked myself, dipping my hand in the hot, bubbly water. I sat on the edge of the bath and began researching on my phone. Can I have a bubble bath while pregnant? The answer is no. Apparently it can effect the blood flow to your baby, which isn't good obviously. I reached in the water and pulled the plug. As I watched the water drain away, I couldn't help but find it metaphorical. Like I was watching my life slowly going down the plughole thanks to this baby. There was also something else I felt though. It was like a sense of pride. I had protected the baby from something that could have harmed it. Looking down, I held my stomach and smiled. "I won't let anything hurt you." I said, feeling a sudden warmth inside me. I had only found out I was pregnant the night before, but was I already becoming attached? I mean, I knew it probably wasn't even a living thing yet, just a tiny embryo, and yet in that moment I felt as though it was. I caught myself smiling in the mirror. "Maybe this won't be so bad." I said to myself, before heading back down stairs.

I wash munching on the left over crusts from my pizza when there was a sudden knock on the door. Assuming it was my parents and they had just forgotten something, I opened it without hesitation. "Natsu?" I was surprised, he knew he wasn't supposed to come to my house.

"Hey, are your parents home?" He stood on the porch with a small gift bag in his hand.

"Uh, no. They've gone away actually." I said.

"Can I come in then?" He asked. He seemed nervous and lacking his usual confidence.

"Yeah, of course." I smiled and moved aside for him. I shut the door and turned to find him already making his way upstairs. So, I followed him to my room where we ended up sitting on the floor, facing eachother with our legs crossed. There was a moment of silence. I watched him closely as he searched for the right thing to say.

"I'm sorry for over reacting earlier." He said eventually.

"Natsu, you didn't overreact." I said. "It's a tough situation, it's understandable that you'd get mad."

"I shouldn't have taken it out on you though." He said.

"Well, I shouldn't have said the things I said. I'd never want to offend you. You know that, right?" I placed a hand on his knee and squeezed it tight.

"I know. It's just, what you said, it really hit home with me." Natsu sighed heavily.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"My dad wasn't a good guy, not in the end." He took another deep breath and I sat quietly, letting him open up to me like he had never done before. "My mum got sick when I was young. She couldn't do much of anything, she couldn't really go anywhere. I was young so staying home with my mum all day didn't bother me, but my dad hated it. He'd disappear for hours, even days sometimes. He was cheating on her, spending his time with women that didn't need help walking from one room to another." Natsu explained. I watched his eyes fill with tears, trying to fight back my own. "It just got worse, everything just got worse. My dad started drinking. He became violent towards my mum and I. I tried to protect her, but I was just a kid." Natsu's voice cracked and my heart began to break for him. I stilled stayed quiet though and let him continue. "One day, when my dad had been particularly nasty, my mum sat me down. She said that when she was gone I'd need a partner. Someone to help me fight the bad. I didn't really get it at the time, but she was talking about my dad. She didn't want to leave me alone with him." He said.

"So, she had Wendy?" I asked. Natsu nodded.

"Even though she knew she wasn't strong enough, even though she knew my dad had been sleeping around. She kept sleeping with him, to give me a sibling. My dad was furious. He said he never wanted another kid so why the hell should he have to look after it when my mum died."

"That's awful." I said quietly.

"My mum died hours after having Wendy. My dad never even showed up to the hospital. It was just my Grandpa and I. She knew she was dying and she knew my dad was a monster, so she used the last of her strength to give me a sister so I wouldn't have to be alone." Natsu finished as tears began rolling down his cheeks.

"Oh, Natsu. I'm so sorry." I threw myself forwards and held him tight as he quietly cried over my shoulder.

"That's why I got angry earlier. I never want to be as bad a father as my dad was. I'd never leave like he did." Natsu said.

"Oh god, I know that. You'll be the best dad to this baby." I said, rubbing his back as we continued to hold eachother. "I'm so sorry I made you feel like this." I said as we eventually broke apart.

"You had no idea what I grew up with. It's not your fault." He said, casually wiping the damp from his eyes.

"Thank you for sharing that with me." I said. I knew it must have been hard.

"You're the first person I've ever told." He said.

"Honestly, Natsu, you have nothing to worry about. I have no doubt in my mind that you'll be an amazing dad." I said.

"Well, I did get the little guy something." Natsu smiled, holding out the gift bag.

"Little guy, eh?" I smiled.

"Or girl." Natsu said, raising his hands in defence. "Here." He handed me the bag and gestured for me to open it.

"Oh my gosh, you didn't." I said as I opened up the bag.

"It's cool, right?" Natsu smiled.

"Cool? This is amazing." Inside the bag was a soft plushy of the Dragon King that Natsu and I used to watch when we were younger. It was a red dragon with a green underbelly and shiny wings and eyes. "Where did you get this?" I asked in astonishment.

"It was actually mine. My Grandpa bought it for me when I was younger and I loved it so much I kept it on a shelf and made sure it stayed in mint condition." He said, looking rather proud of himself.

"I can't take it from you." I said, feeling a little guilty.

"I want our baby to have it." He smiled. Wow, those words hit me hard and out of no where. I took a deep breath and stared down at the plushy. "What? What's wrong?" Natsu asked.

"Our baby." I repeated quietly, feeling rather emotional.

"Huh, yeah. It is kind of weird when you say it out loud." Natsu said.

"We're going to be parents." I said.

"It's going to be one heck of an adventure." Natsu said with a small grin. He seemed so at ease with the whole thing, I couldn't help but feel a little more relaxed too.

"An adventure, I like that." I smiled.

"Me too." Natsu agreed.

Natsu and I were cuddled on my bed together staring up at the ceiling. It felt good to be in his embrace again and it also felt good to have him spend the night at my house for a change. We'd had been discussing things about the baby like potential names and what colour to paint the nursery. I wanted yellow and Natsu wanted blue.

"You know, I felt a real connection to this little guy earlier." I said. Natsu had been saying "Little Guy" so much that I just ended up going with it too.

"Oh yeah?" Natsu smiled.

"I was about to have a bath and then out of no where I thought, 'What about the baby?' It turns out you can't have a bath when you're pregnant and I felt like I was protecting him for the first time." I said.

"See, you're a great mum already." Natsu said, resting his hand on my stomach. I was about to say something else when a loud smash was heard from downstairs. Both Natsu and I bolted up right and looked at eachother.

"What was that?" I asked in a whisper.

"A break in?" Natsu got out of bed and tiptoed to my bedroom door, which was open just a crack.

"Oh my god, what do we do?" I asked in a panic.

"Do you have a weapon in here?" Natsu asked.

"A weapon? Shoot, I must have left all my weapons downstairs." I said.

"Really? Sarcasm now?" Natsu said dryly. The front door swung open then and banged against the key table that's kept beside it. Whoever was breaking in obviously wasn't fussed about trying to be quiet.

"Oh god." I breathed as footsteps could be heard down stairs.

"Okay, you know what? This'll do." Natsu grabbed my hair curling wand and headed out on to the landing.

"Wait." I whispered.

"Stay there." Natsu mouthed before slowly heading downstairs wielding his hair curler. I crouched at the top of the stairs listening out for any kind of noise to be heard from the darkness. Then, to my surprise, the downstairs lights flickered on.

"Sting?" Natsu said as he stood poised at the bottom of the stairs. And with that, I hurried down stairs to see for myself. Sure enough, stood in kitchen doorway with an apple in his hand, was Sting.

AN:

Hey guys, thank you so much for reading this chapter. I really hope you enjoyed it and are excited to have big brother Sting home, cause I sure am ;) Let me know what you think and I'll speak to you guys in the next chapter.