"speaking"

thoughts

The rain died down an hour later, and they rode in another magical vehicle; "you don't have kids do you?" Lucy asked as they rode along.
"No, never thought about it." Natsu replied thinking that they would make beautiful kids.
"Did your wife want kids?"
"My wife?"
"We'll your friends told me that you lost someone dear to you, and I assumed it was your wife or lover." Lucy said picking up on his confusion. "That's the reason they asked me to come and stay with you."

Natsu couldn't believe that they sent her to him without telling her the truth. "I've never been married, and I haven't recently lost anyone." He told her, "but I am going through some things and you can help me."

"Why would your friends lie?"
"They've been acting very odd since they decided to form a council...I may have to get Mira Jane on them."
"Why are you still friends with them if they are causing trouble?" Lucy asked.
"We've been friends since childhood, and I know in their own strange way they were just trying to help...Fairy Tail is full of strange people."
"Perhaps I'm not the only one with circumstances that need explaining." She said.
"I'll explain things to you when I find out why they lied, and a way to easily explain things to you." He said hopping to ease her suspicions. "So long as its the truth." She shrugged. Lucy didn't get the impression that she couldn't trust him, in fact it was more like she could trust him with her life and that he was incredibly goofy and laid back. Nope nothing off about him whatsoever.

Natsu had been honest about telling her the truth and she could see that. "Its good that we are starting this relationship on an honest note." She said filling what had turned into silence and briefly wondering what relationship she was referring to. To Natsu what she had just said made him think that she thought this whole thing was simply a business deal. She was completely clueless, while he was feeling the need to bite down on the pulse in her neck and give her his mark as his instincts were demanding that he do.

"What do you want to shop for first?" He asked hopping that talking about it would distract him from his inner beast.
"As every girl knows you have to get shoes before clothes." (I shop this way)
"Alright then."
"Are you okay?" Lucy asked, "you seem really tense."

"I need my potion, could you reach into that bag and hand me one of the little bottles?"
"What is this?" Lucy asked looking at what she was holding. It was similar to a small lunch box sized bottle of Disani water, only it was filled with a pink liquid that she felt intrigued by for some reason.
"That would be something Erza gave me to help with my problem."
"Oh." She said fully believing that she would get a full answer later.

He drank the entire bottle before they arrived at the first shop, and started nursing a second one as he watched her try on various items.

"You drank three whole bottles," Lucy said as they headed back to the estate; Natsu chuckled at Lucy's concern.
"That's four less than what I drank yesterday. Which means that I must be doing a bit better."
"I see..." Lucy said. There wasn't anything to rush her inside of the mansion when they had finally made it to the top of the hill, so she stopped to take a look. "I'm surprised this place is still structurally sound."
He just chuckled at her shock, but he inwardly admited that whoever owned the place had really let it go.

Natsu helped her carry her bags up to her room, and disappeared into his own room across the hall.

Oddly Lucy found herself ogling his retreating form. He had such broad shoulders and his vest didn't hide his muscles since he wasn't wearing an actual shirt. "Bet I could bounce a quarter off of his ass." She muttered to herself quickly shutting the door to her own room before she could be caught, since he seemed content to leave his own door wide open.

AN: finished another chapter...man my hands are killing me :)

R&R please.