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As I promised this chapter is longer than the last ones, I only hope that you guys won't hate me at the end of this! D: Here it is! Chapter 6! :)
Chapter 6: One Change
„Got it?" I asked the people I had gathered. Taking a look at all of them. Lucy, Natsu, Happy, Erza, Lyon and... „What are you doing here, Jellal?"
Where did he come from?
„I decided to visit you guys for a bit", he said with a nice smile. "LIAR" was written all over his forehead but before I could question it further my thoughts were interrupted.
"Why are we doing this again?" Natsu asked and leaned back on his chair.
"To get Gray and Juvia together", I answered and pointed at the picture Freed had painted of them with my pointer. I had pinned it on the request board for a bit. Luckily, the guild was nearly empty since it was pretty late. Only Mira and Lisanna were still here. Perfect for discussing my plan.
"Are you sure that plan will work, Lucy?" Happy asked with a worried look on his face.
"Why would it not, I thought all of this through."
"Yeah, but you're pretty stupid, you know?" Happy covered his mouth with one of his paws as if he'd be holding back his laughter.
The pointer I had been holding was broken into two pieces by me and I gave Happy the angriest look I could show right now. And not only me but also my future self. Both of us cornered him with evil intentions.
"Natsu!" Happy yelled frightened. "Help me, the Lucies are going to rip me apart!" He hid behind Natsu's back, peeping over his shoulder.
Natsu laughed. "I never noticed that Lucy got even scarier over the years!" With that remark he earned himself an even angrier glare and immediately shrunk on his seat. "I'm sorry", he mumbled intimidately as he broke out in cold sweat.
"But I share Happy's worries, Lucy", Erza said. "Are you sure we should interfere with their relationship?"
"It's pretty obvious that Juvia likes Gray and even though he doesn't show it, I'm sure Gray also has feelings for her. It's even more obvious 15 years later. They've liked each other for 15 years and haven't even managed to get together, what's wrong with them?" I said, muttering to myself. "Therefore!" I declared, taking another pointer. "Plan GRUVIA will be started tomorrow!"
I sat down on my bed, drying my hair with a towel and thought about tomorrow.
Apparently, things had started to work out between Gray and Juvia about a year ago. Lucy had told me that it had seemed pretty promising. But suddenly Gray had pulled back, distancing himself from Juvia. They still talked to each other and went on missions but apart from that they hadn't been seen together. Juvia had been about to give up when Mira had encouraged her to keep pursuing Gray. And then Lucy had gotten involved with her oh-so-brilliant idea of making Gray jealous. So she contacted Lyon and asked him whether he'd be willing to help out. Of course Lyon refused. But my future self seemed to be pretty thick-skinned because she started blackmailing him with made-up stories, saying she'd tell his girlfriend about him cheating. Seemingly, that persuaded him. Of course the plan might have worked if the target was anybody but Gray. Making him jealous isn't easy and Lucy should have known that. She probably read to many third-class romance novels, I thought and walked to the wardrobe.
Mira had given me permission to use one of the rooms in the girl's dorms and had been kind enough to provide me with clothes and all the other necessities. So I changed into my pajamas and went out to the balcony for a bit. Closing my eyes I leaned onto the railing and let the breeze blow into my face. It felt good. And for some moments I didn't think anything. Nothing at all before I returned to my bed, pulled the blankets over me and drifted off to sleep.
"Mommy, are you going on a mission?" Sakura asked and looked up at me with those big, pretty eyes of hers. She had come and sat down on my lap, holding her plush toy, while I was drinking my juice.
"Yeah", I said, smiling down at her and took another sip.
Erza would not be going on this mission with us, I was thinking that Jellal's visit was the cause of this, he was probably keeping her busy enough. I giggled.
"What's the matter?" Natsu who was sitting in front of me asked.
"Ah, it's nothing", I said and shook my head. "By the way, when do you think is Gray coming to the guild?" I glanced over to the door. It was noon already and he still hadn't shown up.
"Don't worry, he's on his way." Natsu smiled and took Lucy's hand next to him. I wondered how that felt. Holding Natsu's hand.
Suddenly, the guild's door flew open and Gray entered.
An evil grin spread across Natsu's face as he said: "Showtime." The chair made a squeaking noise as he got up and walked over to Gray.
"Oi, Gray", he said nonchalantly. "We're going on a mission."
"You just came back, didn't you?"
"So I can't go on another one?" Natsu asked and I had a feeling that his irritation was not an act.
"Sure, I haven't been on one for some days now", Gray said, sticking his hands into his pockets. "Where are the others?"
"Ah, Lucy isn't feeling well, so the one from the past will be coming with us and Erza's busy with Jellal so I asked Juvia to come with us", Natsu said, rubbing his head.
The expression in Gray's eyes darkened but apart from that, there was no difference. He was pissing me off. "Yeah, whatever, have you told Laxus about this?"
I paused my glass of juice in mid-air. Laxus? Why would they tell him about that, they were supposed to tell the master.
"Laxus is the new master", Lucy said looking at me. She was smiling sadly.
"Why?" I had a feeling I didn't want to know.
"Master Makarov died 3 years ago."
My heart felt like it was about to fall apart. I suddenly remembered all those times with Master - how he let me join, his speech to all of the guild members, the fun times with him, the times hehad beaten up Natsu, the times when he had suffered with his children and the times he had laughed with them - and without realizing a tear fell off my cheek. Followed by many more.
"Wah!" Sakura said. "Mommy you're crying!" She turned around on my lap and wiped away the never-ending tears. "Mommy, what's wrong?" Sakura asked, panicking. "Has Sakura hurt you by mistake?"
I got a grip on myself and swallowed the urge to cry on. And somehow I managed a weak smile. "No, it's okay", I said. "Mommy's just a little bit sad." And with that said, I couldn't hold back any longer and started to cry bitterly.
Soooo, that's it for chapter 6! I hope you guys don't hate me xDD Please tell me whether you liked it or not and if you should spot mistakes of any kind please tell me about them, I'll try to correct them! :)
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