As I had said I would be releasing chapter 2 and 3 together here they are!

As a reminder I don't own any of the characters that are in the Fairy Tail Anime or the Manga that are made by Hiro Mashima.

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She brought the edge down hard letting red ooze out.

"Erza! You don't need to attack it!" Lucy yelped.

Erza brought the fork to her lips and placed a large piece of strawberry cheese cake into her mouth and began chewing.

"I can't... mmmph... Help... mmmph... it!" she said as she swallowed the large bite and smiled "It's so good!"

Lucy and Lisanna stared at her in shock.

"At least finish chewing before you talk Erza!" Lisanna cried.

"Sorry, sorry!" Erza said with a dismissive wave of her hand "I'll slow down a bit!"

The girls laughed loudly as Erza continued to devour her cake. The guild hall was as busy as ever, full of laughing and good conversation. Lucy looked around at everyone involved in their usual activities. Cana was at the bar with a large barrel of alcohol in each arm. Jet and Droy were hovering over Levy as usual. Gray was trying to hide from Juvia with limited success. Lucy smiled.

'Everything seems to be back to normal now that everyone's fianlly back!' she rested her chin on her hands and let out a long sigh. 'Everything but Natsu.'

He still hadn't been spending much time around the guild lately, he even refused to go on jobs with her and Gray. Usually he was right in the middle of all the happenings in the guild.

'Things sure have calmed down with him not here.' Lucy thought to herself 'Ah but it's just not the same Fairy Tail without him!'

Lucy stood up and began walking towards the large doors of the guild hall.

"Where are you… mmph... going Lucy?" Erza inquired as she swallowed a big mouthful of cake.

"Uhhh… Just a walk!" Lucy said shakily trying to mask her embarrassment with a smile. She turned away to hide how red her cheeks had turned.

"Oh alright then!" Erza replied.

'Thank goodness…' Lucy thought 'She didn't notice.'

All week Lucy had been dying to go see Natsu. She couldn't take how sad he had been lately; she didn't really understand why he was acting that way. Ever since they had come back to Magnolia from the Grand Magic Games he had been sulky and reclusive. Lucy didn't like seeing him this way, not having the cheery Natsu around made things seem dull at times.

'Where could he be now?' she wondered 'Down at the lake still?'

She neared her house as she continued walking through town. Her heart jumped. There he was, sitting on the side of the bridge staring into the water.

"Natsu!" Lucy called over to him as she ran up the bridge.

"Lucy… Hi." He replied sullenly.

"That face doesn't really suit you Natsu, you should smile!" she said with a big smile.

"Yeah sorry… You're right!" he smiled back at her.

Lucy pulled herself up onto the side of the bridge to sit next to Natsu. Her smile faded as she moved closer to him.

"What's going on Natsu?" she asked quietly "Why have you been avoiding us all?"

Natsu turned away "It's… Complicated…"

"Un-complicate it Natsu! I'm worried about you!" Lucy yelled grabbing him from behind. Her arms wrapped around him as tears streamed down her face "Let me help Natsu!"

He rapidly pulled away again "Lucy… I'm sorry, I can't. It's just… I can't watch her be with him and when I'm around her all I can think about is how I've lost her forever."

Lucy looked up with wide eyes "Who are you talking about Natsu?" she sniffled and wiped her eyes "Erza?"

"Yeah."

Lucy felt her throat tighten as that one word escaped Natsu's mouth. She turned her face away, cringing.

"After all this time..?" She asked "It's always been her hasn't it?"

"Yeah."

Lucy stood up "Try not to worry too much Natsu I'm sure it'll work out!" she forced a smile through her tears.

Natsu turned to face her with a shocked expression "Yeah uh… Yeah! Thanks Lucy!" a large grin spread across his face. "I should go find Happy! See ya!" he waved as he ran off down the bridge.

She couldn't hold the tears back any more. Lucy ran to her apartment with the tears welling up at the edges of her eyes. She fumbled clumsily with the lock trying to open her door. The tears began to blur her vision as the door unlocked. As the door shut she let out a cry and her tears began flowing freely as she curled into a ball on the floor.

'Why!' she thought 'Why after all this time does he love her!'

Since joining Fairy Tail Lucy thought that Natsu had been attracted to her because he invited her to join.

'Maybe he just felt bad for me…'

She began to sob harder as her thoughts swirled around like a raging storm in her mind. The light slowly began to fade as she cried.


'I feel relieved.' Natsu thought as he stared up at the stars 'It feels good to finally tell someone how I feel.'

He lay in the grass outside his small house staring up at the night sky.

"Natsu?" Happy peaked out of the house timidly "Are you okay now Natsu?"

"Yeah Happy! Lucy helped me out you know! Things will work out!"

"Aye sir!" Happy yelled joyfully.

For the first time Natsu felt hopeful, he wasn't sure why but his heart didn't feel burdened anymore.

'Alright!' Natsu raised his hand towards the sky 'I'll go back tomorrow, I'm going to tell her how I feel, and that will be that!' he closed his fist then sat up. He smiled again as he stared up at the stars and moon he turned back towards his house and walked inside.


She lay watching the clouds pass by the moon as the night drew on. Erza couldn't fall asleep, her thoughts we're muddled and confusing.

'Natsu… Natsu…'

He was all she had been able to think of for most of the day. She quietly slipped out of the bed; she looked down at Jellal hoping she didn't wake him. She walked over to the balcony and leaned against the wooden railings. The wood grain dug into her elbows, it hurt, and she leaned harder. Erza felt the wood dig into her skin gritting her teeth as she looked up. She still didn't understand her rising feelings for Natsu. The man who saved her, more than just once, had begun to work his way into her heart.

'I love Jellal but I can't deny my feelings for Natsu.' She exhaled 'This is becoming troublesome.'

She clutched her hands to her chest; she felt a weight in her heart and a slight tugging feeling in her throat. The clouds above her swirled around the moon as the wind began to howl. Erza shivered as she clenched her fists tighter. She turned back to look at Jellal sleeping serenely in the small bed.

'What!?' she whipped around quickly eyes wide searching the town skyline 'What was that presence I just felt?' her eyes scoured the building tops looking for any sign of movement 'Must be my imagination… there's nothing there' she told herself. Again Erza turned back inside shutting the balcony doors behind her.


Interesting... Natsu has made up his mind, Erza is feeling conflicted as something or someone makes an appearance in Magnolia, and Lucy is left hurting after she confronts Natsu. Will things all work out?

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