"That one that just left, why it's going to Crocus," the train station attendant smiled at her.

"Thank you," Wendy smiled back. She thought of Lucy's face again. She also thought of the face of the small baby that Lucy had cradled in her arms. "We'll bring you home soon," she whispered.

After That Day Chapter 6—Discerning Her Reasons

Loke sat on the train eyeing his master. He was feeling just a little bit tired. He'd been in the human world for three whole days, which was no issue for him, but it had been a while since he had spent this long out of the spirit realm. He didn't mind the little tiredness he felt as he gazed at his sleeping master's face. He could clearly see the dark circles under eyes and how pale her skin was. He did not condone Lucy running away from her issues rather than solving them but he didn't want to see her hurting. He would just have to talk her into going back as soon as she calmed down a little bit.
Lucy shifted in her seat, drawing his eyes back to her, and sighed softly. Loke looked out of the window as the train pulled into the Crocus station. He let out a soft sigh and shook his master awake. "Lucy, we're here. We need to get going."

Lucy opened her eyes slowly and blinked a few times. Nodding, she pulled her baby closer to her and exited the train. Loke quietly followed after her and they both agreed on going to a hotel and getting some much needed rest.

Once settled into the hotel Loke looked at his master and smiled gently. "Princess, I'm going to head into the spirit realm for a few minutes, I'll bring back Virgo with me so we can get you some new clothes and hopefully some for the rug rats."

Lucy nodded and sat down on one of the plush chairs in the room. So many conflicting emotions flew through her mind. She knew without a doubt that she should have stayed and talked to Natsu. She felt truly terrible that she hadn't even gone to the guild to let everyone know that she was okay. She put her head in her hands as tears began to drip down her face. More than anything else Lucy was scared that Natsu had moved on. She didn't want to think that he would have. She wanted to think that he kept looking for her, and never gave up, even for a second. After everything that had happened to the two of them Lucy knew that that was probably the case, Natsu never gave up, he probably didn't even know how to.

The little voice in the back of her head that convinced her to pick up and run, however, had different ideas. Her right mind knew that Natsu loved her, but it also knew that Natsu had loved Lisanna as well. Looking at her sleeping children, tucked into the center of the bed, horrible memories of her childhood began to flash through her mind. Being rejected by her father on her birthday, wandering through the enormous Heartfilia estate alone, singular tea parties, playing with the house staff when they weren't busy, Lucy could see all of these things slowly creating doubt within her mind.

"Princess," said a soft monotone voice. Lucy looked up to see her pink haired maid spirit watching her with sad blue eyes.

Lucy let out a sob and threw herself at the maid, clutching onto her for dear life. Lucy cried out all of the frustration and confusion that was plaguing her heart and for once, in the past 48 hours, she felt at peace.

Virgo held onto her master and tried to soothe her as best as she could. Once she was done crying Virgo dressed her in the softest celestial clothing she had and tucked her into bed. Both Loke and Virgo picked up the babies as Lucy fell asleep and nodded at each other.

Virgo admired the tiny bundle in her arms. The baby girl looked a lot like her master, but with a small tuft of pink hair gracing her head. Virgo gave a tiny smile before she changed the grouchy baby into a new diaper and set of clothes. "She looks very much like the Princess, big brother," she commented to Loke.

Loke smiled as he finished changing his baby into new clothes as well, "I think so too, thank goodness. She's going to be a looker, just like her mother." His mood darkened slightly. "Virgo, we need to get her to go back to the guild. She needs to talk to him."

Virgo nodded. "Let's wait until morning and then we can bring her to talk to Princess."

Loke paled slightly, "Do you really that this warrants that extreme of a measure?"

Virgo's face didn't move from its usual blank state, "I think it does. If anyone can talk some sense into the Princess it's her."

Lucy opened her eyes as sunlight started to stream into the hotel room. Her mind quickly processed what had happened last night and she felt an ache settle into her chest. She looked around the room to find a note telling her that Loke and Virgo had stepped out with the babies to get food. Lucy smiled gently, she had the best spirits, they were always taking care of her.

Lucy got up and headed to the bathroom intent on taking a long hot shower. She opened the door to find the tub already filled with a very pissed blue mermaid soaking in the steaming water, reading a magazine.

"So you went and got yourself a man, brat, and you run away. I should have expected something as childish from you," Aquarius set down her magazine to glare at the now shaking blonde mage.

A/N: Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand I'm back! I'm sorry I take so long to update these chapters guys. I'm not really super sure at this point where I want the story to go, so I've been fighting myself. I may end it in a few chapters, and then I may not. What do you guys think, should I keep it going? ANYWAY... I am so so sorry about how I left it off last time. I hated to depict Lucy like that, I'm actually a huge fan of hers, but hopefully you'll see just why it had to happen in the next chapter! Thank you for all of my new reviews, follows, and favorites! You guys really make my day! Please continue to review me, and tell me how I'm doing. It gives me motivation to not be super lazy!