Chapter 2- The First Dates

A/N- I would just like to say I typically appreciate reviews but if you are going to be rude about my story idea and how I'm writing this story then please keep those comments to yourself. There will be a decision made but Natsu will be a father to both of the children. And with that thanks for all the reads and everything guys! I hope you enjoy!

Lisanna's POV.

Today was my first date with Natsu I had dreamed about this day since I was a child, I had always cared for Natsu, and when I was younger I wanted to be his wife. We were going on a picnic, and I was going shopping in the morning to get things for it, I wasn't sure where he was going to take us but I knew I wanted the food to be perfect because I knew how much Natsu loved food. I went to the market and got things for sandwiches,grilled fish, and tea, I hoped I would have enough food, he ate a lot. Once I was done getting the food I got a blanket and basket to bring the picnic in, I was so nervous, but I pushed that aside and put on confidence, I would beat Lucy. I spent the whole afternoon getting thing ready, it had to be perfect, my whole future depended on three dates so they had to be the best dates ever. I was going to meet Natsu at the guildhall and Lucy was going to watch Happy during our date and I would watch Happy during their date. We had decided on that yesterday right before we split ways from the tree, it only made sense because Natsu didn't want Happy to be by himself.

At five o'clock I walked to the guild with the basket and blanket in hand to meet Natsu and find out where we were going to go for the picnic. My heart felt like a drum that was about to burst, I was so nervous that I almost ran straight into Gray who burst out of the guild in a hurry. "Gray, what's going on?" I asked quickly turning to watch him run off. I walked into the guild and looked around for Natsu and found him at the bar talking to Lucy, my blood began to boil, today was my day with him. I walked up and cleared my throat and tapped Natsu's shoulder, Lucy turned around first and her face dropped into a frown and she picked Happy up off of the counter and told Natsu bye before leaving. Natsu turned around and looked down at the basket before giving me a thoughtful look, "I almost forgot about this when I woke up, so where do you want to go?" My eyes widened a bit but then a thought came to mind. "I know just the place, our old spot from when we were children!" I said smiling and taking his hand I led him out of the guild. We walked and talked for a while until we reached our spot, when we got there I spread out the blanket and started unloading the picnic. Once all the food was unpacked We sat down and started eating, Natsu was scarfing down sandwich after sandwich in the time it took me to eat one, I was glad I had packed extra.

"So Natsu, What were things like while I was gone?" I asked picking at one of the small cakes I brought. He looked up from his food and started talking with his mouth full, "Oh I don't know, Mira and Elfman were really sad, Happy was too, but then things went back to normal and then Lucy came along and it was like the old times again. Lucy was a real help when she came into the guild." I frowned but then plastered on a smile. "Well now I'm back and you don't need her to fill my spot!" he shook his head at me and took another bite of a sandwich. "She wasn't filling in your spot Lucy is truly a great friend to me. And remember I said no sabotaging and I consider that sabotaging so cut it out." I frowned and nodded, "Sorry Natsu, so tell me about some of the adventures you and Happy went on after I went away." He smiled and started telling me about a job they took that required them to go find a flying fish for a client. We laughed and talked for a few hours and then Natsu looked at me with a abnormally shy look, "So one of the guys told me we needed to try something before I made my decision and I would like to try it with you tonight if your okay with it?" I gave him a questioning look. "They said that I needed to sleep with both of you and take that into consideration when I make my decision." I nodded, and grabbed his hand. "I'm okay with it Natsu. I hate the thought of you sleeping with her though, but I will try not to think about it." He looked up and grinned from ear to ear.

We packed up the picnic and decided that our place was private and that we would stay here for what he wanted to do, I was nervous I had never done anything like this before, and I hated that tomorrow night he would probably be doing this with Lucy, but I pushed that thought away, tonight was about Natsu and me. Natsu sat down beside me and took my hand, "I know it's not like me to be this but I want to make sure you are okay with this before we do it?" I nodded and leaned forward to kiss him and wrap my arms around his neck, he laid me down and started to deepen the kiss. This was amazing, I had never experienced anything like this, this feeling of being so close and intimate with Natsu it was like nothing I had ever felt before. Things got more intense and before I knew it we had gone all the way, we were so intimate, almost connected, we were like one. It was a bit awkward as we packed up everything and parted ways but I didn't regret a thing, we parted ways and he went to get Happy from Lucy and tell her to meet him at the guild tomorrow. I went to sleep that night with a smile on my face thinking that I had won him over that night.

Lucy's POV

I decided that I was going to cook for our picnic, I wanted the food to be perfect so I asked Mira for her recipe for stew and went and got fish to prepare to take. I spent the entire morning working on the stew I needed it to be perfect for him, I spent the afternoon cooking the fish and packing the basket I had with the food, I was excited to go see Natsu I was almost asleep when he came to get Happy last night so I didn't get to talk to him about how it went with Lisanna, but I just hoped it would go better with me. After I finished cooking I had a couple hours to spare before I had to meet Natsu so I decided to call Cancer to do my hair after I took a bath. After he stopped flirting he styled my hair into two pigtails and left in a flash, I checked the mirror one last time and walked out of my house and toward the guild.

I got to the guild early so I went to talk to Mira at the bar while I waited for Natsu, I sat down and waited for her to walk over. "Hey Mira could I talk to you?" I asked when she did walk over. She looked over and nodded "Of course Lucy what is it?" I looked down at my hands nervously, "Will you still be my friend even though I'm competing with your sister for Natsu?" She laughed and grabbed my shaking hand, "Of course Lucy! Just because you and Lisanna both want him and are having a civil competition to see who he wants doesn't mean I will hate you!" I smiled at her and then I heard the door to the guild open and looked up to see Natsu walking in with Happy. I walked over to him and smiled, "Hey Natsu!" He smiled and said hey back then looked around to see if Lisanna was here for Happy yet. She wasn't, she was late, but Elfman walked up and said he would take Happy to her, so Happy went with him and I looked at Natsu and asked him where we were going. "Well I remembered to decide on a place today, how about the cherry blossom grove?" I smiled I loved the cherry blossom trees, they reminded me of the time Natsu uprooted the rainbow cherry blossom tree for me to see when I got sick during the festival. "Of course, that sounds great Natsu!"

We walked hand in hand to the grove, it was so peaceful, after we fought Tartarus we thought Master was going to disband the guild but with a lot of persuasion we talked him into keeping the guild together and had decided that we would take a couple months off of jobs to relax after everything that happened. I had money saved up to cover my rent but if I needed it I could easily go work at 8 Island for a while, and that's what the people who needed the money were doing while we took a break from jobs. When we got to the grove I asked Natsu to start a small fire so that we could heat the stew and fish while I spread out the blanket. I got the pot of stew heating over the fire and sat down with Natsu to wait for the food to be ready. "Sorry we have to wait for the food but I wanted to cook for the picnic instead of buying premade food. I hope that's okay!" I said giving him a smile. "You know I love any type of food!" he said flashing his teeth at me. He looked down at my hand and noticed my bracelet, I had made Aquarius' key into a bracelet after it broke in the cube. "How are you doing without her?" Natsu asked quietly, I looked down and shook my head. "I'm fine! I miss her but I know she is okay and I did what I had to do to save my friends!" I said giving him a forced smile. My heart broke when her key broke, Aquarius was my oldest friend and it wasn't the same anymore knowing I couldn't see her again. I felt tears pricking my eyes and I turned my head to hide them from Natsu, I tried not to think about her because every time I did I cried. "Lucy it's going to be okay, you will see her again one day." he said rubbing my hand.

Finally the food was ready so I fixed up bowls of stew and we started eating, Natsu of course ate like he hasn't eaten in days, I only ate one bowl of stew and one fish and Natsu ate everything else. "That was great Lucy, it was almost like Mira's stew!" he said rubbing his full belly after he finished eating. I giggled "I used her recipe if I'm honest, but I put a few of my own touches on it." I packed up all of the plates and oved the basket off of the blanket and laid down to look at the stars. "You know some nights I go out and look at the stars and sometimes I can see her constellation, want to see it?" I asked him as he laid down beside me. "Sure Lucy!" he said so I began scanning the stars looking for the constellation of Aquarius, I found it and pulled him closer to me. "Look right there, you see her?" I said pointing up in the sky, and turning to look at him as he searched for it. "I do, the stars are nice tonight." he said and then looked at me, our faces were so close, if I just leaned forward a little bit our lips would be touching. He beat me to it, before I knew what was happening he kissed me, I gasped and froze but then kissed him back. He pulled away and smiled at me, I smiled back and took his hand as we looked back to the stars, I sighed in contempt, this was perfect. "Natsu, I really do care for you but I want you to make the decision that's best for you, I want you to pick whoever makes you the happiest." I told him taking his hand again. I really hoped he would choose me but I was telling the truth I wanted him to be happy and if he was happy with her then that would be okay with me. "I will Lucy, but there is something I want to do on this date to help me make my decision, if your okay with it." I looked at him in confusion and he was blushing, why did I have a feeling I knew where this was going. "What is it Natsu?" I asked looking back to the stars. "The guys told me I need to try sleeping with you to use that to help make my decision. I don't know why they said it but I do think it is a good idea. So if your okay with it I would like to try that tonight." I blushed, I hated the idea I did but I knew I wanted Natsu so I went along with it. "Natsu I will be honest with you I hate that idea but if you want it to be part of the competition then I will do it." I told him, sitting up to grab our stuff, "We will go back to my house though, we are not doing that out here in public, come on." I told him taking his hand and walking towards my house, it was at that moment I was glad I wasn't staying in Fairy Hills and that I had decided to rent a house.

When we got there I put the basket in the kitchen to take care of afterwards and then walked back to my bedroom with him, I was not excited about this but a part of me in the back of my mind was saying this was just another opportunity to win him over. I pulled the blankets back on my bed and laid down and waited for him to join me, Natsu took off his scarf and put it on my desk before walking over and laying down with me. I turned to him and gently placed my lips on his, if we were going to do this I wanted to do it my way and that was gentle. "Please be gentle Natsu, this is my first time." I told him before taking the plunge and letting him take away my innocence. Natsu seemed very content afterwards as he lay on my chest looking out the window, I ran my hand through is hair something I had always wanted to do, for it to be so wild it was incredibly soft, I twirled it around my fingers and watched his breathing. He sat up after about ten minutes of just laying there and planted a kiss on my forehead and told me he had to go get Happy and that he would see me tomorrow. I watched him go and then got up to go take a bath and when my feet hit the floor I realized how sore I was, even though Natsu was gentle with me my legs felt like they were on fire. I walked to the bathroom and collapsed into the bath to soak.

The next morning I walked to the guild with Plue following me through the street, I was so nervous to see him this morning, what if he regretted doing that with me. But when I walked in he was smiling at me and waving me over to him, I saw Lisanna beside him and figured he was going to tell us what the next date was. I walked over to him and waved at Mira for a drink and sat down on the other side of Natsu. "Hi guys!" I said as Mira brought me a drink "So the next dates will be going to see a play." Natsu said.