Chapter 5-

(We are going to add modern doctor's into the storyline to make this a bit easier for me)

Natsu's POV.

Of course the ring was too small, I didn't even think about that when I got it, I was just nervous about whether she would like it or not. After Lucy said she wanted to get married I went to Gildarts because I knew he would know what to do, I wasn't sure how things in marriage were supposed to go. I wanted it to be done right for Lucy and so I needed someone's help, Gildarts had been married before so he could tell me what to do. When I got to his house I was honestly surprised that he was there, it had been a while since he got back from his last job, and he typically didn't stay here very long between jobs. I knocked on the door and walked in, he was in his front room and I sat down across from him and waited for him to acknowledge me. "So did you make a decision Natsu?" he said looking up from his drink, I could tell where Cana got her drinking habit from. "Yea, I picked Lucy, and she wants to get married, and I'm not quite sure where to go with that, I knew you had been married before so I thought you could help me figure out what to do next?" I asked watching him closely, I'm glad Happy was staying with Wendy and Carla, he would just pick on me the entire time. Gildarts grimaced and then shook his head, "I can help but I'm going to give you some advice first, when that baby comes, don't ever be gone for long, and even after that don't leave her for long periods or you will ruin things with her. First you need to be officially engaged if you want to do things right, which means you buy her a ring and then get down on one knee say some nice words and ask her to marry you. Just try not to tick her off Natsu, you have already put her through a lot." he finished and then chugged the rest of his drink to pour another. "Thank you so much, i have a lot to do now, I better go." I said standing up to leave, "Wait one minute Natsu I have one more question, what about Lisanna's baby? What are you going to do about it, you are going to help her right?" Gildarts asked me with actual concern in his voice."I told her I would but as it seems now she has found someone to raise the baby with her, but I'm going to talk to her about still being part of the baby's life, I mean I want to and it will make Lucy happy, I know she is worried about it." I told him with a nod and then left, I walked back into town and started looking in all of the stores for a ring I thought Lucy would like.

The morning after I proposed to Lucy I grabbed the ring and kissed Lucy bye and then left for the guild to talk to Gajeel about the ring. I brought some jewel with me because I had my doubts that Gajeel would do anything for me for free. When I got there Gajeel wasn't there yet so I sat at the bar and waited for him looking at the ring. Mira walked up to me and sat my normal breakfast down in front of me and when I didn't respond asked me what was going on. I showed her the ring with diamonds in the shape of a flame and told her, "I proposed to Lucy last night but the ring didn't fit so I am going to ask Gajeel to make it bigger for her." I told her frowning and beginning to eat. Then I heard someone thud down beside me and looked over to see Gajeel looking at me with a glare. "What did you say my name for? Trying to start a fight?" He said grabbing the drink Mira set in front of him and continued to glare at me. "Not this time I just wanted to ask a favor, I proposed to Lucy but the ring is too small, can you make it bigger?" I said handing him the ring and watching him. Gajeel nodded and looked at the ring, "This won't take long but you know I ain't doing it for free, that will be 6,000 jewel." he said I nodded that wasn't as bad as I was expecting, I gave him the Jewel and continued to eat. "When can I come get it?" I asked him once I finished eating, he told me to meet him back later that evening to get it and with that I went back to Lucy's house. She was in the bath when I got there so I sat on her bed to wait for her, I was anxious to see her because she mentioned going to the doctor today and I wanted to go with her if it was for the baby.

When she came out of the bath she jumped a bit when she saw me and then turned her back to me to get dressed. "Hey Lucy I know you mentioned going to the doctor today, are you going for the baby?" I asked twiddling my thumbs trying not to get distracted, when she came to sit down with me fully dressed she nodded, "Yea, I just want to make sure everything is okay with it, and see what the doctor says I need to do." She said I nodded and looked at her, "Can I come with you?" She smiled, "Sure but the closest doctor is in Oshibana, we will have to ride the train, are you sure you want to come?" I groaned but nodded, "Yes I will just have to suffer through it." And with that we got up to go to the train station, the walk was quiet but peaceful and I held Lucy's hand for the majority of it.

Lucy's POV.

When we got to the train station I almost expected Natsu to back out of going with me, but to my shock he didn't. We boarded the train and when we got to our seats Natsu laid his head down on my lap and he stayed there for the entire trip. He was completely miserable when we got off the train but he cheered up when I promised him we would get food after the appointment. We walked hand in hand to the doctor holding a quiet conversation which was weird for Natsu. When we got there we sat and waited for the doctor to be ready to see me Natsu was much happier now that we weren't on the train. When we finally got called back I was nervous about what they would say, I was praying that it was only one baby but I heard rumors that dragon slayers were known to have multiples. We walked back to the room and waited for the doctor to come in after I changed into the gown they made me put on, I hated the open backs. Natsu was bouncing his knee with nerves when the doctor came in and sat down on the stool and started getting his equipment set up, I laid back on the bed and got prepared for the unknown. "Hey I'm Max and I will be taking care of you today! So how far along do you think you are?" He said once he got everything set up, I thought for a minute and told him "Four to six weeks I think" he nodded and grabbed a bottle of gel and a little wand and said "Okay well let's take a look and see if we can see the baby!" he put the gel on my stomach and started moving the wand over it slowly, and then on the monitor I started to see what was in me growing. "Okay so I definitely agree on the time range of about six weeks and I definitely see one but I'm going to keep looking because I think there might be two." he said I got a worried look from Natsu but I put on a brave face for him, and then the doctor spoke up again. "Yea Lucy you are having twins, and you are about six weeks along, so I want you to come back in about four weeks for a check up" I nodded and listened to him list off things I needed to watch out for and then we left after paying.

We went to a restaurant and sat down to eat us both in silence until Natsu finally spoke up, "Are you okay Lucy? I don't really know what to think but we can make this." I nodded and finished chewing my dumpling, "We will I just don't know how I will handle this, but I know that I'm honestly worried about how big i'm going to get." I chuckled trying to lighten the mood, after we finished eating we walked back to the train and boarded it back to go back to Magnolia, Natsu laid his head on my lap and fell asleep before the train left the station. When we got back to my house that night Natsu stayed with me and I slept in peace having him by my side.

I just want to quickly apologize for not updating recently, I had a death in the family and then got my first full time job so I have had a lot on my plate, I plan to get back into posting and I have some good ideas so I hope you enjoyed!