A/N: Hey guys! I know that it's been a while since my last update but I had been so busy with school and exams that I just had no time to update. Even after graduation I was busy with settling things for college (whoo #ClassOf2019!) and Senior Week so I do apologize for the long wait. Sorry that this chapter is going to be short, but that's just until I get back into writing this! Please put up with my hectic life! Well enjoy the new chapter of The Choices We Make!
Chapter 7:
~Lucy's POV~
I had left Laxus with the children, they had really taken a liking to him. I was surprised when I saw how well Laxus was with the kids. He was able to smile and goof off with them. Laxus would be a good father. I thought, smiling.
Coming back from my thoughts about Laxus, I turned to look at my parents' graves. As well as buying back the mansion, I moved my parents' graves from Acalypha back to the mansion as well.
"Mama, Papa, I'm home. I'm sorry that I haven't visited in a while. I brought someone with me here today that actually isn't Gray or Master Makarov. His name is Laxus Dreyar, he's the Master's grandson. Do you remember him, Mama? I've written to you about him before. I wish you were here to meet the children. They're adorable and promising young mages and they absolutely love Laxus. Whenever I see these kids, I always look forward to having children of my own someday. Ne, do you think I'd make a good mother? Will they be sad that they'd have to grow up without their grandparents?" Tears started to roll down my face and I choked on a sob.
I feel a hand land on my shoulder and look up to see Laxus standing next to me with a look of worry on his face. "You okay, Blondie?"
"Yeah, I'm fine. Where are the children?" I ask, wiping the tears from my face, turning away.
"In class." he answers. Laxus gently grabs my chin and makes me look at him. "Look at me. Why are you crying?"
"It's nothing, don't worry about it Laxus." I say brushing his hand away from me.
"It's not nothing, Blondie. If it was nothing then you wouldn't be standing here crying by yourself." he replied,
I sighed. "It really is nothing Laxus. I just got a little emotional talking to my parents."
"What did you talk about?" he asked.
"Well I told them about you since you are the only other person who has been here besides Master and Gray. I also talked about the children and how they'll grow up to become bright, strong mages someday."
"So what was it that made you cry?"
"It was talking about the children. How I got to thinking that my parents never even got to see the face of their first grandchild be born." I replied.
Laxus remained quiet for a moment then reached out and pulled me into a tight embrace. "Just because your parents aren't with you physically doesn't mean that they aren't still there for you. They live on in your memories, in your heart, and will always be watching over you through the rest of your life. They'll even be there for the birth of your children. I guarantee it."
I buried my face into Laxus' chest and tightened my arms around him. "Thank you, Laxus."
I pulled away from Laxus and smiled up at him. He grunted and turned away, but not before I caught a hint of a blush on his face. I gave a small giggle and walked back towards the mansion with Laxus following behind me.
~Laxus' POV~
What the hell was I thinking?! Getting all mushy like that. I might as well be wearing a freaking sign that read 'I'm in love with Blondie!'
I grunted as I turned away from Lucy, trying to hide the blush on my face. She started walking towards the mansion and I quickly followed. She led me to a hallway that held a large portrait of her and her parents. The three of them were dressed in their finest attire with Lucy sitting in the middle of her parents. They all had big smiles on their faces, including her father, Jude Heartfilia.
"Ojou-sama, Laxus-sama!" a voice called from down the hall. We turned to see Spetto walking towards us. "Ojou-sama, it is getting late. Will you and Laxus-sama be staying the night?"
"Laxus?" Lucy asked turning towards me. "What do you think we should do? Want to stay the night and take the first train home or do you want to try and catch the last train of the day?"
"We can stay the night and take the first train home. Gray should be back from his job by then and he'll probably want to see how you're doing." I replied. Lucy smiled and nodded as she turned to give Spetto her reply. The maid nodded and left to prepare the rooms that Blondie and I would be staying in.
~Time Skip: Laxus and Lucy returning back to the guild~
"We're back!" Lucy exclaimed as we walked into the guild. I saw that Gray had returned and began to make my way towards him.
"Hey," Gray said nodding as I walked towards him. "Anything happen?"
"Nothing too bad happened. Only incident was Natsu breaking into Blondie's apartment two nights ago while she was asleep. She started to have another 'episode' so I took her to my place for the remainder of the night. The next day we went to visit the children at the Academy where we decided to spend the night." I reported.
"So you met the kids, huh?" Gray smiled.
"Hyper bunch of brats, that's what they are."
Gray chuckled. "Yeah, when the kids first came to the Academy I was with Lucy and the kids all had star in their eyes and constantly asked me to show them my magic. Some even started to follow me around everywhere I went."
"That one kid with the messy orange hair did that. What's his name again?"
"Finny."
"Yeah, him."
"Laxus-sama!" I turned around to see the Raijinshuu walking towards me with what I could only assume was a job, in hand. "We've been personally asked to complete this job."
When the Raijinshuu reached where I was standing next to Gray, I reached out for the paper and read the details of the job. The job asked us to solve a problem concerning a lightning beast that had been terrorizing a town south of Crocus. I sighed.
"Alright, we'll head out immediately." I replied. I looked to Gray who nodded as if saying 'Don't worry, I'll look after Lucy.' I nodded back and made my way to my office where I kept an emergency pack, just in case surprise jobs came up, and knowing Gramps that happened frequently. I grabbed my things and walked back out into the bar and spotted Lucy. I walked towards her to tell her about the job.
"Hey, Blondie. I gotta go on an emergency mission with the Raijinshuu. Gray will look after you know. You'll need to stay at Gray's place until we come back and I get Freed to put runes around your place alright?" I reached into my pocket and pulled out an extra communications lacrima. "Here take this. If anything happens and Gray can't get to you, call me on this and I'll lightning teleport over to you. Got it?"
She took the lacrima and nodded. I put my hand on her head and ruffled her hair.
"Laxus!" She swatted my hand away and started fixing her hair. On my way out of the guild I was stopped when I heard Wendy call out to me.
"Laxus-oniisan!" She called, running after me.
"Wendy, what's wrong?" I ask.
"Um, you see, I was wondering if, you know, I could come along with you on your job." she mumbled.
"Sure, why not? You have everything you need to come along?" I replied. The sky maiden looked up with a big smile on her face and nodded enthusiastically.
"Thank you, Laxus-oniisan! I promise to work hard!" she exclaimed happily.
~Gray's POV~
"So Luce, what do you want to do today?" I asked.
"Can we go on a job?" she asked.
"Course we can!" We both got up and walked towards the request board. I looked over all the different requests seeing the variety of the jobs. Some jobs required helpers in businesses, others needed ancient texts translated, and of course there were the physical jobs asking for mages to save their village from either monsters, bandits, or dark guilds.
"Do you want to go on a simple job or one that's tougher?" She asked.
"Maybe, we should get out of the guild for a while. Let's go on a tougher one. Then we can ask Erza to come along as well. It's been awhile since you've spent some time with her right?" I answered.
"Sure! I'd love to spend time with Erza!" She exclaimed. Lucy reached up and grabbed a request asking for mages to investigate and infiltrate a gang that has been terrorizing a village and find out where all the missing villagers have gone. "How's this?"
"Hmm, looks pretty tough. Maybe we should get some extra help on this one…" Gray suggested.
"I'll do it!" a voice said behind us. We turned around to see Gajeel get up from his table and make his way towards us.
"Gajeel?"
"I can help with this one. For one, I look the part and second of all without Salamander around you'll need another dragon slayer on your team. Well, at least for a job like this one." He explained.
"Why not? He'll be a big help. Besides he's right too, he looks the part of a gang member. The rest of us….not so much." Lucy replied.
"Then we'll need disguises to make us look the part more. Also so that we don't get recognized as Fairy Tail mages." I said.
"I'll take care of our disguises. Virgo and Cancer will help us out." Lucy volunteered.
"Then it's settled, I'll help you guys out on this job." Gajeel said speaking up.
We walked up to Erza who was sitting at the bar eating a slice of strawberry shortcake and told her of the job we planned on taking and that Gajeel was to join us. She quickly finished her cake and brought the flyer over to Mira to be approved. After the job was written in the book of records she notified the employer that we would be on our way. We each quickly packed and were on our way to the train station, unaware of the salmon haired mage watching them as they left.
A/N: Well that's it for this chapter! Hope you enjoyed that little bit of LaLu fluff. The next chapter will pick off with the job request and the Team (minus Natsu and plus Gajeel) going undercover. Keep an eye out for the next chapter and please leave a review! It would be much appreciated!
