Chapter Two - Family Dinner

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Natsu POV

As we all exited the elevator my father said, "Well that flight wore me out. I think I'm due for a nap. Don't you all agree?" We all nodded in agreeance and decided we would all meet later for dinner, which also happened to be around when Romeo arrived.

As Lucy and I turned to go into our room I felt a tap on my shoulder. I turned around to see Layla smiling sheepishly at me. "Natsu could I talk to you for a moment? Lucy you go on ahead and Natu will meet up with you later." Lucy nodded suspiciously but continued on to our room.

Layla turned to me, "Look Natsu I understand that Jude can be well… harsh but he truly just wants the best for our daughter. She hasn't always had the easiest time making friends." This statement I found weird. Lucy has plenty of friends back home and from the moment I met her, we clicked. However I chose to ignore this and kept listening.

"As a child Lucy used to read so many fairy tales and after reading them, finding true love became very important to her. I know I have just met you but I truly trust you and feel that you are the man that can give her true love. I will try to reason with Jude for him to ease up on you."

"Thank you Layla. I also think that I am the man for your daughter. I mean, when Lucy met me I was a young, immature college student that had absolutely no aspirations. She is the reason I am so successful today. I love her more than anything and honestly if she left me, I don't think I would ever recover. I love her." Layla gave me a knowing look and I realized I had been rambling. I blushed, "um sorry about that…"

"Don't worry. Jude was just as bad as you when we were young," she giggled the same laugh as Lucy, "I'll see you at dinner. Rest up and make my daughter happy."

"You got it!"

"What was that about?" Lucy asked me the second I opened the door.

"Don't worry about it. Anyways, now that we are out of sight of the soon to be in-laws…" I trailed off suggestively. Lucy's face flushed a pretty shade of pink.

I threw my bag down on the ground, stripped off my shirt and jumped onto the bed, just missing my fiancee. "Natsu!" she squealed. Once I stopped bouncing and settled onto the bed, I brought her into my arms and kissed the crown of her head. Getting comfortable, she snuggled into my chest and laid her head there.

"As awful as this trip will be because of our families, I'm happy we will have some time to ourselves. I mean, work has been crazy lately and we haven't been able to spend that much time together. I missed you…" she trailed off as she planted soft kisses on my chest.

"I agree. Why don't we make up for lost time?" I purred as my hand began to inch up her shirt.

"Natsu, your parents are next door! With Wendy, no less! As much as I want to we can't. I mean how-" she cut herself off letting out a groan as my hand inched further. Using her distraction to my advantage, I climbed on top of her and began planting kisses down the column of her neck.

Lucy gasped, "Natsu...no…"

"Oh come on babe. I'll be gentle if you stay quiet?" I continued kissing her neck and felt her starting to give in. Just a little more. Distracting her with kisses I slipped her shirt off to which she groaned when I groped her. "Just give up already Luce."

"Oh, what the hell…" she gave up, wrapping her arms around my neck and bringing my lips down to hers.

Score one for Natsu.

"Lucy-nee! Please get off of me!" Romeo shouted at Lucy as she glomped him, greeting him.

"But you got so handsome! Pretty soon I'll be attending your wedding! Oh look you're almost taller than me now!" Lucy gushed as she squeezed Romeo.

"Uh, babe you might wanna ease up your death grip. You don't wanna kill the kid… Hi, I'm Natsu," I grinned at the kid who grinned back.

"So Romeo, what did you do this time that made Macao so pissed?" Lucy asked.

"Well, I was sorta maybe playing with matches and kinda burned down a couple of things…" he trailed off sheepishly.

"What kind of things?"

"Let's just say we won't be using the ballroom for another 6 to 8 weeks" he grinned at her. I tensed ready for Lucy to yell at the kid because she always sweats the big stuff, I would know. Surprisingly Lucy high fived him and looked proud. What the hell?! I gave her a confused look.

"All heirs and heiresses are expected to be perfect and have no flaws. I'm proud of my little bean sprout for acting out. However, he still has a loooong way to go before he can beat my record." Lucy smirked answering my confused look.

"What the hell, Luce? Where is my peace loving, innocent fiancee?"

"Right here, don't worry. That was the past and you are my future" Lucy said as she leaned up and kissed me to which I eagerly responded with equal passion.

"Ew. Get a room!" Romeo yelled. Lucy pulled away from me with a smile and wrapped her arm around Romeo and began to walk.

"Did my dad mention that Natsu has a little sister your age? She's quite the cutie. Definitely the perfect "Juliet" for my little Romeo!"

"Luce!"

"Lucy-nee!"

"That's my little sister, ya know?" I barked at her.

"Yeah yeah. Don't get your panties in a twist. Now let's go. Time for the family dinner."

We were all sitting around a round table in awkward silence. I was sitting in between Lucy who was pushing the food on her plate around, not really eating, and Wendy who kept sparing shy glances at Romeo. Finally my mom broke the ice.

"So… Layla and I were thinking that maybe we can plan some excursions to do as a family. You know like snorkeling, mountain climbing, waterskiing. Sounds fun right?" She was met with a few grunts and small nods.

The silence ensued.

"Natsu," Layla began, "Why don't you tell us a little bit about yourself. I mean we have heard a lot about you from Lucy but lets hear it from you…"

"Uh okay. I am 26 years old. I'm a manager over at Fairy Tail Corps. I like to run...uh yeah?" I muttered. Mr. Heartfilia shot me a look that showed he wasn't to impressed by my introduction.

"That was very nice Natsu dear," my mother encouraged, " I know I have heard the story almost a thousand times but can you please tell me again about the proposal?"

Lucy decided she would spare me and answer instead. "So we all know that Natsu isn't the most romantic fellow, right?" she laughed.

"Hey!"

"Well, he invited me out for a date and I thought it would just be our regular food and the occasional movie, which at first it was. He took me out to the restaurant that we had our first date at and then asked me to go on a walk with him. He took me through the park and brought me to "our tree" and just got down on one knee and asked me. It was simple but so simply perfect"

"She said yes, of course…"I tried to joke. Luckily, the tension started to diffuse.

Dinner continued smoothly, filled with small talk and nice memories. As we were finishing up desert and about leave, it happened. Romeo asked the question that made all hell break loose.

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"Lucy-nee… what are those marks on your neck?"

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I'm back! I'm so happy I was able to get this chapter done so soon. I do have to admit though, I was blushing when I wrote the room part. I was on a plane and was so nervous that someone was going to be reading this over my shoulder and be like "pervy girl". Anyways, I hope this was a good chapter.

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