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"Lucy-san… you're pregnant."

Lucy stared straight through Wendy after she heard the statement. She could barely register what the little Dragon Slayer had said, her eyes went blank, her mind went blank, her mouth fell agape. She could barely say a single word.

She held her head in her hands. "Oh my god…" she whispered through her hands. "You're completely sure, Wendy?"

"I-I'm afraid so, Lucy-san. I'm a healer. I am 100% positive you're p-pregnant," Wendy replied. Lucy grew silent once again, everything racing through her mind at mach ten. Fate was always cruel to her, something just always had to happen to Lucy Heartfilia. But this by far trumps anything that has ever happened to her in her entire lifetime. She was pregnant. She'd done it twice and already something this life changing had happened. That's gotta be a new record.

"So… is Natsu the father?" Lucy heard Gray's voice say.

"Idiot, of course it's Salamander!" Gajeel barked. "Who the hell else could it be?"

"Well, I mean, come on, she's-"

"Finish that sentence and I'll burn you right through the cracks of the floor," she heard Natsu growl. Natsu fell back into his chair pinching in between his eyebrows and sighed. "How did this happen?"

"That's what happens when you have sex, dumbass," Cana said matter-of-factly, placing her hands on her hips.

"Fuck off, Cana! I'm not a goddamn idiot!"

"Well, you're some sort of an idiot. How else did this happen?" Erza said curtly, crossing her arms. "You really should have been more careful."

"I mean, did you guys even use protection?" Cana inquired. "Are all those glow in the dark condoms I gave Lucy just sitting around gathering dust? I was hoping she'd use them at least once!"

"If Natsu's a man, he would!" Elfman yelled out.

"Of course we did, but these things aren't always-" Lucy grimaced at just what exactly was happening in front of her. "Oh my god, can I please just talk about this with my boyfriend alone?! This is kind of a private matter!"

"Well, I'm pretty sure everyon-"

"OUT," Lucy screeched. Everyone jumped and quickly shuffled out of the infirmary.

"I think she's feeling better," Happy murmured as he floated out. Natsu and Lucy were left in each other's silent company. They simply looked at one another for a couple of quiet minutes. Their silence said enough, they didn't need to talk, at least not for a little while. Lucy scooted over in the bed and patted the empty spot to her side. Natsu stood and slid in next to her under the blanket, wrapping his arms around her and tucking her head under his chin. She sighed and closed her eyes, inhaling his comforting, outdoorsy scent.

"We're in a bit of a… scrape, huh?" Natsu whispered an eternity later. Lucy chuckled once, setting her forehead at the base of his neck.

"You could call it that," Lucy mumbled. "I knew I shouldn't have used a condom Cana gave me."

"She better hope she isn't using the same ones because they're obviously defective," he huffed.

"I guess it just must have torn that first time," Lucy concluded.

"Well, we were going pretty hard," Natsu said.

"Natsu!" Lucy cried.

"You were screaming my name."

"Stop!"

"I nearly crushed your headboard."

"Natsu, shh!" she hissed, clamping her hand over his mouth. "Do you realize that everyone is probably sitting outside of the door right now listening to us?" Natsu's eyes grew wide as a deep red blush quickly spread across his face. An awkward 'ahem' could be heard from behind the door, confirming their suspicions.

"Srrhy," he said through her hand. She took it away from his mouth and relaxed into the bed once more with a sigh.

"I…" Natsu mumbled a couple minutes later, "I-I'm not sure what I should be saying…"

"It's alright, I'm not exactly sure either, actually," Lucy confessed, running her finger over his red guild mark.

He shifted, hugging her tighter to his body. "Don't get me wrong, it wasn't like I was trying to get you puh-pregnant. It was an accident. And I know we're young too and aren't ready for this kind of drastic change. But I don't… I don't want you to, t-to…"

Lucy's eyes grew wide at what he was trying to say. Her eyebrows knitted as she said, "Natsu, there's no way I would do that, even if you wanted me to."

"Oh thank god!" he exhaled, relief flooding his body. Lucy felt him swallow hard all of a sudden. "I need to say something to you." Natsu shifted him and Lucy so that he was looking straight into her eyes. He licked his lips nervously before saying, "Even though I didn't expect this until much longer down the road… there isn't anybody else I would want carrying my child. There can be no one else. You are my life, my love, my only. And that will never change. I love you. I love you so much, Lucy."

Lucy smiled. All of this was completely unplanned, and of course they weren't going to know what they were doing most of the time. But hearing Natsu say all these things to her made Lucy realize something. The man before her was not just some guy. He was her guy. Her best friend, her love, her Natsu. He's the only one whose child she would carry inside of her. There could be no other. Only him.

"I know it'll be hard at times, but we'll get through this, I know we will," he whispered to her. He placed a long, chaste kiss on her lips. "I mean, I'm stubborn ol' Natsu, and you're Lucky Lucy. We'll get through it somehow. As long as we're together, we'll be fine."

Warm tears she had been trying to hold in finally streamed over the bridge of her nose and down her right cheek, soaking the pillow.

"It's okay, Luce," Natsu murmured as he noticed her biting her lip to stifle the sob threatening to escape from her throat. "You can cry. You can cry for as long as you want. I won't go anywhere." He brushed her cheeks with his thumbs and kissed the tip of her nose as she sniffed and hiccupped. She buried her face into his scarf and sobbed, and sobbed and sobbed, wrapping her hands into his shirt. She later concluded it was her hormones already getting the best of her.

Natsu let her cry for as long as she needed to. There wasn't any going back, not after this. And the two of them knew that. They were going to make it through somehow. But for now, Natsu just let her cry. This wasn't going to be easy for her, Natsu was certain of that. But he was going to be there for her and the child she was carrying no matter what.

Eventually she wore herself out and fell asleep in his arms. Not wanting to disturb her, he snuggled a little closer to her and closed his eyes, allowing himself to rest as well.


The first time Lucy truly felt pregnant was at seven weeks. She could remember it vividly because she woke up and immediately ran to the toilet to vomit. Morning sickness. Lucy wasn't stupid, she knows about the stages of pregnancy and she knows that morning sickness happens to most mothers to be. She just didn't think it would be as bad as they say.

"Why do they call it morning sickness when I'm feeling sick at three o'clock in the afternoon?" Lucy said one day, laying her head on the cool countertop of the bar. Mirajane set down the mug she had been cleaning and began stroking Lucy's hair. "That feels nice, Mira-san."

"Is it making you feel better?" Mira asked, setting her other elbow on the counter and putting her cheek in her hand. "Maybe this should be a regular thing for you."

"Actually, it kind of- URP!" Lucy shot up off of the barstool and ran for the lady's restroom.

"Poor Lu-chan," Levy said sadly. "I wish we could make her feel better."

Natsu came up and sat at the bar, gazing over at the two mages. "Is Lucy…?" The girls nodded. He sighed and set his chin on his hand. "I want to make her feel better. It's my fault she's like this anyways."

"Natsu, you shouldn't blame yourself," the white haired mage said briskly. "It was an accident, it could have happened to anyone. Besides, it's done, so you shouldn't dwell on it."

"I know…" Natsu sighed, hiding his face in his arms. Mirajane's brows knitted up in worry. She could tell seeing Lucy sick all the time like this was breaking the dragon slayer's heart. If only there was something he could do.

Lucy appeared a couple minutes later, pale in the face and walking a little wobbly. She saw Natsu with his head on the table and set her hand on his shoulder. He quickly looked up at her.

"Are you okay?" she asked, placing her hand over his forehead. "Well, you're no hotter than usual. Have you been—"

"Stop."

"—drinking enough water and—"

"Lucy, stop!" he exclaimed, standing and pulling her into an embrace.

"—e-eating r-right..?" she said in a confused tone against his chest. Her arms stayed down at her sides, dazed and confused. "Wh-Why?"

Natsu exhaled. "Please… please don't worry about me."

"Natsu, of course I'm gonna—" Lucy started, but was quickly interrupted again.

"Don't worry about me right now! You shouldn't be distressing over whether or not I have a fever when you're puking every hour, on the hour! Right now you need to worry about yourself, Lucy! You're having a baby. Just… think about yourself for now, okay?"

Lucy was at a loss for words. She didn't realize she was causing so much worry in Natsu. She felt horrible, and this time it wasn't because of the morning sickness. She nodded her head as she wrapped her arms around his middle.

He sighed in relief. "Good."

Natsu and Lucy were walking down the streets of Magnolia to go home, holding hands and talking like they usually do. Once at Lucy's apartment, she stopped him from coming inside.

"But what if—" he started to say, but Lucy quickly stopped him with a finger to his mouth.

"Natsu, I'll be fine, you need to go home! That's what it's there for, and Happy misses you, I know he does!" Lucy explained.

"I know, but—"

"But nothing, mister! I'll be okay. I'll be sure to call if something goes wrong, I promise."

Natsu eyed her incredulously, but sighed in defeat when he knew she wasn't going to budge. "Fine, fine, I'll go home. But you call immediately if you feel bad."

"Immediately, I promise!" Lucy said with a giggle. Natsu exhaled and smiled warmly at her. He took her chin in her fingers and gently placed a kiss on her lips, pulling away after only a few seconds. Lucy stared up at him, her brown eyes glinting from the light of the street lamps.

"O-One more?" she murmured.

Natsu nodded once. "Y-Yeah, that's fine." He placed both his hands on the sides of her head and pulled her up once more, his lips laying perfectly over hers. They kept like that for a couple more minutes and then pulled apart, staring into his green eyes full of vigor.

"Just one more," Lucy barely got the last word out when Natsu smashed his lips to hers. He pushed her up against her door, one arm wrapping around her shoulders and one laying heavily on her hip. His lips moved swiftly over hers, parting his lips to desperately deepen the kiss. Lucy's choked moans were instantly swallowed by him because his lips didn't leave hers for an eternity. His left hand moved up her thigh, lifting her leg in the process and squeezing the flesh under her skirt. Finally they parted for air, Lucy frantically gasping for oxygen as his lips moved to her neck, kissing and licking and sucking.

"Naatsuuu," Lucy moaned. "We-we need to stop, we-we're outside."

"Huh-uh," he murmured simply, and kept working on her neck and rubbing her backside. Lucy was panting heavily, her hands were tangled in his pink locks, she, too, not wanting to let go. But they had to. She simply hugged his head and he stopped and sighed, knowing that they did have to stop.

He set his forehead to hers for a brief moment and then pulled her into a gentle embrace, stroking the hair falling down her back. Lucy cradled her head to his, allowing herself to be held by him. She could feel his heart hammering hard against his chest.

"I don't know how you have this power over me," he whispered. His hand laid palm flat to her stomach. There was already a tiny bump forming on her tummy. A person who didn't know her very well wouldn't have noticed it, but Natsu could definitely see it. And it was his baby in there.

He slowly stroked her tummy up and down as he looked into her eyes. "I guess I'll go," Natsu said. "But please be careful."

"Of course I will," Lucy said with a small smile. She reached up and planted a short peck on his lips. He sighed, pulling away and reluctantly walked home.


Lucy didn't wake to birds like she used to. A terrible feeling in her gut and throat whirl winded her from her dreams and Lucy sat up straight in her bed before throwing her blankets off of her and rushing to the toilet. She returned to her bed a few minutes later and laid back down. That's when her bedroom door opened.

Natsu walked through her door holding a tray in his hands. "Oh, you're awake."

Lucy sat up in her bed. "What are you doing here, Natsu?"

Natsu made a face at her question. "That's kind of a dumb question, even if we weren't going steady." Lucy nodded her head to the side since he was right, he's there constantly.

She pointed to the tray in his hand. "What's that?" He blushed a little as a he strode over to her bed. He set the tray down and took some of her pillows to put behind her in order to make her more comfortable. Then he took the tray in his hands again and set it carefully over her.

Lucy peered at him as he worked, then looked down at what he set in front of her. "What is all this?" she asked him.

He gave a timid look as he pointed at each thing on the tray. "That's whole-wheat toast with peanut butter, and, um, oatmeal with fruit. And then there's ginger tea and orange juice, whichever one you want to drink."

Lucy felt her chest swell and a smile appear on her face as she picked up the spoon next to the bowl. "Thank you for the food!" She slowly spooned the oatmeal into her mouth, careful not to try to upset her stomach. Suddenly she felt Natsu move the blankets at the foot of her bed, taking one of her feet in his hands. "What're you doing?"

He began to gently massage her foot with his hands, and without looking up he said, "I heard that all these things can help ease morning sickness and is good for both the mother and baby."

"Where did you find out about all this?" she inquired as she spooned some more oatmeal into her mouth.

He looked up at her sheepishly as he said, "I read it in a book. Well, books. Levy let me borrow them. I wanted to make you feel better. Is it working?"

Lucy gazed at him warmly. "Yeah…" her eyebrows raised. "Yeah. Yeah! Natsu, I don't feel sick at all!"

Natsu gave his signature toothy grin. "That's great! I'm glad you're feeling better," he said as he massaged the other foot. Then his face grew a little more serious. "You know… I could make you feel better every morning."

"What do you mean?" she asked as she bit into the toast.

"Well," a small blush played across his cheeks, "you could move in with me and Happy."

Lucy dropped her toast and stared at Natsu. "Wha-wha-what—"

"Luce," he said, carefully setting down her foot and sitting next to her on the bed. "We're dating, we're comfortable with each other, but it's not only because of those. We're having a child together." He set his hand on her stomach. "If something were to happen to you or our baby, I… I don't know what I'd do with myself."

Lucy's brows knitted up at his statement. "Natsu…"

"And that's why you should move in with me. I could be there with you whenever you needed me, day and night, just in case something happened. And—"

Lucy stopped him and put her hand over his one that was still over her stomach. "You're right."

"I-I am? I am. I am right! So… so…" he murmured, wrapping her hand in his," you'll come live with me?"

Lucy simply responded with a nod.


A/N: Well, here's the next chapter! I really hope you guys like it! As always, thank you for the support and reviews!

Yeah, I'm tired, I'm gonna go to sleep.