Lucy was walking home, alone one afternoon, having stayed behind at school for a little while to do some work in the library, when she came upon an interesting sight. She was walking down her road when she saw a blob of Blue on the wall of one of the houses. As she neared she realised that this blue blob was a little boy with blue hair wearing all blue, save for a white t-shirt sitting on a house's front wall. Wait wasn't that Natsu's house? Lucy thought.
She walked past and pushed open her front gate, the boy had moved or said anything so she lightly leaped up onto her wall, and walked alone until she was on Natsu's she reached the boy and sat down next to him, putting her bag next to her.
"Hello." She said.
"Hello," the little boy looked up at her. "Who are you?"
"I'm Lucy," Lucy replied "I live over there." She waved behind her at her house. "And who are you?"
"My name is Happy, and I live here." He said, "But my brother isn't home yet so I'm locked out."
"Natsu's not home yet?" Lucy asked, Happy shook his head, "Huh," Lucy rolled her eyes at the pink haired idiot's stupidity. "Well why don't you come into my place, I'll make you a hot chocolate, I think I might even have some marshmallows in the cupboard and I'll call your brother." She suggested. She had gotten Natsu's number from Grey at the Sam time she had gotten his and Juvia's.
"But dad always said not to talk to people I don't know," he said. "Natsu says it too."
"Ok, how about I ring Natsu first?" Lucy suggested, she fished her phone from her bag and showed it to Happy, "and you can talk to him?"
Happy nodded and Lucy pulled up her contact list and hit Natsu's number. She held it to her ear and waited for him to pick up.
~Hello?~
"Hey Natsu," Lucy said.
~Lucy? How'd you get my number?~ he asked ~hey Lisanna stop it.~
Lucy's anger flared, he was with Lisanna when his kid brother was sat on the garden wall on his own. "Hey Pinky!" Lucy growled "I'm sat on the garden wall with a blue haired kid."
~Happy,~ Natsu sighed ~Look Luce,~ Lucy's heart fluttered a little at him calling her Luce but stayed silent and listened to him ~Please keep an eye out for Happy.~ he lowered his voice a little ~I'm trying to get rid of Lisanna but she's being particularly clingy today.~
"She is a limpet; you can't expect her to not act like that." Lucy said
~Luce, just give Happy the phone.~ he said.
"Here you go Happy," Lucy handed him the phone.
"Hello," happy said, "Yes… Ok Natsu… No it's ok… bye bye." Happy handed the phone back "For you."
Lucy lifted the phone to her ear "Yup?"
~Thanks for doing this for me Luce, I owe you one.~
"Sure Natsu, see you soon." He said goodbye then Lucy hung up. "You want to come in for some hot chocolate now?" Lucy asked Happy.
"Yeah." Happy nodded, Lucy hopped down from the wall and landed on the pavement, she turned and helped Happy down before leading him into her home.
"Sting." Lucy called, she was Holding Happy's hand and she felt him jump when Sting suddenly appeared. "Sting this is Happy, he's Natsu's little brother, Natsu can' get back at the moment."
"Oh, Hi kiddo, I'm Sting." Sting smiled and waved.
"Sting, could you make Happy some of your famous hot chocolate?" Lucy asked.
"You mean my version or the Lucy version?" he asked.
"Happy do you like cinnamon and marshmallows with chocolate flakes?" Lucy asked.
"Aye," Happy nodded.
"The Lucy version it is." Lucy smiled. "We'll be in the garden." Lucy dropped her bag on the bottom step of the stairs as they passé and then took Happy out into the garden. She found a football and kicked it to him. Happy kicked it back and they settled into a game. When Sting brought them hot chocolates, Lucy was pleased to see a second mug in her brother's hands, they sat on the grass.
"Natsu is normally late." Happy said after a while.
"I know," Lucy smiled, "I see him leave school, always before me." Lucy sipped her hot chocolate, "You don't need to tell me that."
"I did want you to think badly of him." Happy said, "Or me."
"Why would think badly of you?" Lucy smiled, "You're a good kid."
"But I lied." Happy said. "I said I didn't know you."
"Happy you don't know me." Luc laughed.
"But Natsu talks about you all the time so I do." Happy insisted.
Lucy looked at the younger boy in shock, Natsu talked about her? "That just means you know of me." Lucy told him, "You don't know someone until you've met them."
"Ok, but Natsu says you're a nice person. He tells me about how you always make him laugh and things like that." Happy said. "I know why he's late too, I could hear Lisanna in the background, when he told me to stay with you for a while."
"Natsu was trying to come home." Lucy said.
"When I was a baby Natsu and Lisanna use to play with me, Natsu told me, but I don't like her, I was only a baby when Lisanna was around before, and when I see her now she treats me like a baby and always asks if I remembered her hugging me when I was younger." Happy frowned "And I don't I was too little. She also always hugs Natsu all the time, I like you better Lucy."
"It's not Lisanna's fault I'm sure," Lucy said softly.
"I'm glad Natsu doesn't let her come around anymore, she scares me." Happy said, then he finished his hot chocolate and out down his mug. Lucy finished hers and put her mug down as well. "Can we play more now Lucy?" he asked.
"Of course," Lucy nodded, "I'll just go and put these by the door for Sting."
Lucy left the mugs on the window sill by the back door then returned to her game with happy.
When Sting led Natsu though the house to the back garden he was amazed to find Lucy rolling around to the grass, diving left and right for the football his brother was kicking, trying to score a goal though a goal marked by Lucy's Jacket and an old blanket by the looks of it, laughing happily.
"Hey, Lulu, Natsu is here." Sting called. Lucy caught the ball and stood up, waving happy over.
"Natsu!" Happy cried charging at his brother.
"Hey Happy, are you ok?" Natsu asked hugging his brother.
"Aye!" happy exclaimed "I played games with Lucy and her brother Sting made his famous hot chocolate, but I was the Lucy version, it had marshmallows and chocolate bits in it and it had a thingy in it too, what's it called." Happy looked thoughtful, furrowing his brow.
"It had cinnamon in it." Lucy said softly.
"Yeah cinniman!" Happy said.
"Cinnamon, not cinniman," Natsu laughed ruffling Happy's hair lovingly. "Shall we head home then little Happy?" Natsu asked.
"But I wanna stay and play with Lushy!" Happy said, barrowing his head in Natsu's shirt, muffling his voice as he spoke Lucy's name.
"Lushy." Natsu said with a smile, "I might use that one."
Lucy shot Natsu the death stare Erza had taught her and he filched before smiling wider and eventually laughing. "You're getting better, for a moment I saw Erza, but you going to have to keep practising." He told her. "Anyway, happy we're got to go home, Nana cooking."
"OK," Happy sighed, "Bye Lucy, can I come and play again one day?"
"Of course," Lucy smiled, "Come on I'll walk you out." Lucy led Natsu and Happy back t the front door and opened it. Natsu sent Happy ahead and stop to talk to Lucy.
"Thanks for this Luce." He said, "Lisanna wouldn't let me go and I promised Happy she wouldn't come to our house anymore…" she looked away; he hadn't met to say that.
"It's ok Natsu," Lucy said, "Happy told me about that."
"Really, Happy isn't normally good around new people." Natsu looked at his brother now walking up the path of their house.
"I guess he just likes me," Lucy smiled, "It must be my charming smile and winning personality." She joked.
"Yeah, I'm sure it is." Lucy looked at Natsu in surprise when she registered no sarcasm in his voice.
"urm thanks." Lucy said.
Natsu blushed, yes blushed, he hadn't met to say that out load either. "Erm… g'night Lushy." He said, back to his jokey self, before hurrying down the path and onto the street and up his own path.
"Good night Natsu." She replied. He nodded before disappearing into his house.
Lucy's heart fluttered as she shut her own door. Oh no, this couldn't be, surly she wasn't falling for Natsu. But she was and she knew it, Dammit, she thought, what am I going to do now?