A bit of a shorter chapter so I am not leaving you with that cliffhanger from the previous one till Monday. Xoxo my lovelies and have a great weekend. I'll see you on the flipside!

Laxus didn't know what to do or say. His memories had been so jumbled from that time period. A week after that concert in Acalypha Ivan had implanted the dragon lacrima in Laxus' skull. That action in itself scrambled a lot of Laxus' brain functions for awhile. He had been in a magically induced coma for months until they could find a healer to help him. Up until Lucy uttered those words all he could remember of that night was an image of a crying blonde girl, sadness, and the question of why he hadn't bought a second shirt like he always had at concerts. Now all the memories came flooding back to him. Every little detail of their brief time together was crystal clear in his mind. He figured Lucy wouldn't remember him. He had changed so much since then. " I was so scrawny and weak back then and I didn't have my scar yet..." he silently spoke. Thoughts trailing off. Lucy looked at him with a questioning eye. He could see the wheels turning in her head but she just hadn't taken the leap between the pieces of information she had in front of her.

Lucy thought Laxus was going a bit bonkers at this point. He kept looking at her with a knowing light in his eyes, almost pleading her to make the connection he had already had. Laxus exhaled heavily and gave Lucy a rueful smile. "The walk back to your place was long. I still can't imagine how you ran all the way to town in your nightgown and slippers while crying so hard." Lucy looked at his face in shock. She didn't even realize tears were streaming down her cheeks. Laxus gently cupped her face in his hands and brushed away a few of her stray tears. The look on Lucy's face was scaring him. Her initial shock had dissipated but there was this gut wrenching sadness behind her eyes, but there was still this little spark of hope lingering in there as well. What he saw was so much more than her reliving the loss of her mother.

Lucy looked up at the behemoth of a dragon slayer standing in her kitchen. She knew he was trying to read her emotions, but at that moment they were an enigma to her as well. She had overcome the pain of losing her mother long ago, as well as the loss of her father. All of that was because of a conversation eight year old Lucy had with this man's thirteen year old counterpart. The loss she felt the deepest, though, was the one she caused all those years ago during her fight with Mard Greer... Tartarus... Aquarius... Lucy knew she had two paths to choose from at that moment. She could either relive the pain and loss from that time of her life and keep it bottled up like before or tell him everything. He would be the first and only person she would confide in. The latter plan of action would always have the risk of him literally bolting out of her apartment, but then, again, he might not. This evening, so far, proved that there was something there between the two of them. A spark she hadn't felt with anyone, ever. Lucy locked teary eyes with the lightning Adonis standing before her. "Ah fuck it!" The celestial mage threw all caution to the wind as she threw her arms around Laxus' neck and pulled the dragon slayer down to her level. In much the same fashion as he was holding her face Lucy placed her hands on his cheeks and she initiated the most life altering kiss ever.