Months Later...

"HAPPY BIRHTHDAY STING AND ROUGE!"

The crowd of adults and a few toddlers surrounded the large tower of cake on the table. The two mothers of the birthday boys held their children at the hip next t their cake. "Make a wish and blow the candles!" Levy cheered as she leaned her son over slightly. The raven haired child clenched on to his bother's blouse tightly, and buried his face into her neck. The woman gave out a chuckling 'awe' at the shy child. He seemed to be scared of the flames on the candle sticks. The petite woman held her child and rocked him back and forward. "Awe, it's okay." she cooed. "Don't be shy, look Sting's doing it!"

The blonde child in Lucy's arms was dazed by the tiny flames dancing gasped in excitement, with his palm reaching for the warm glowing lights. Lucy's heart skipped and pulled her son's hand down before he got close. "Sting! You'll burn yourself."

"Maaa!" he whined reaching for the flames again, earning him another yank way from his mother.

"I said no!" she worried. Gajeel laughed loudly at the toddlers silly actions, and made his way behind his wife. "Bunny Girl, I thought I told you to not make him like that idiot over there." he gestured to her pink haired husband who was bent down to have the candles at his eye level. Natsu's eyes followed each and every movement that the flames did, and he felt the tiny kisses of warmth hit his cheek.

"Natsu!" She whined. Her husband jerked his head up dumbfounded, with a single glare, she ordered him to stop and put out the candles, seeing as both children weren't doing much of a good job at it. He gave a loud annoyed groan and genially blew out the flames. Their friends and their children gave a small cheer and flashed a pictures as if they where paparazzi. Rouge peaked out from his mothers neck, the flames where gone and she sat up straight on her hip. Without hesitation, the blonde year old baby launched his fist into the cake and smacking it on his face. His mother gawked in horror.

"Sting! I just, bought this for you!" his father and uncles laughed hard at the child, his blue eyes looked around watching the joyful faces everyone made. He must have done something right if his family was laughing and being happy. With a Dragneel grin wide on his face, he grabbed another fist full of cake and smacked it on his father. Natsu blinked slightly at his son, the blonde chuckled loudly flashing the few teeth he had. His laugh ad smile where so pure and heartwarming, without missing a beat, Natsu laughed joining him and taking him from Lucy. He held him up high in the air above him.

Lisanna placed her hand on her chest giving a loud awe to the two boys. Mira rocked her bob haired daughter on her hip much like how Levy was with Rouge. Gray rolled his eyes, but kept a small smirk on his face, Juvia was behind her brother figure giving small waves to her nephew, and Wendy and Romeo where laughing at the two while holding a small two year old girl with a brown braid. Her parents stood close by enjoying the view. Nearly everyone they two couples knew was at the party celebrating the first birthday if the two boys. Because Sting never really had a birthday, Levy offered to share Rouges so they can be 'almost twins'. Gajeel and Natsu didn't really like the idea, but the woman had their minds set on to it, and nothing was changing it. Thus making them lose the argument. Natsu lowered the child and handed him to his sister. "Mind cleaning him up for me?" Her sister shock her head in disappointment but smiled.

"Yeah, don't worry."

"Romeo, do you mind taking him too?" Levy asked desperately. she wanted to help her best friend cut the cake and pass it around to the guest. The dark haired boy nodded and took the child in his other hand. "Awe look, you have two!"

"Yeah and they're heavy as hell..." he grunted. Bisca chuckled as she watched her nephew balance the two toddlers with such struggle. He looked at her with pleading eyes "Can I set her down for a bit?"

"Sure." She turned over her shoulder to look at the white haired pre-school teacher with her daughter and sister. "Mira, do you mind if Yukino and Azuka play for a bit?"

"Sure!" Mira cheered as she set down her year old child. The shy girl looked up at mother as if she was still to ask permission. Mira nodded with a warm smile on her lips, the white haired girl giggled and hurried to Romeo who was setting the brown hair girl down. The two squealed in excitement and waddled around with their chubby legs. Wendy giggled as she made her way past them and hurried to the rest room in the house. Romeo followed behind with Rouge in his arms.

Soon enough they where in the bathroom with the babies on the counter and wiping down their sensitive skin with wippies. "Why are you cleaning Rouge?" the bluenette asked. "He didn't get cake all over him."

"I don't know, I saw you do it and was like 'what the hell, I'll clean too' so here we are." he laughed. She giggled in response and continued cleaning down her precious nephew. "S how does it feel being an aunt in highschool?"

"I don't know, weird." she shrugged while kissing the chubbiness of the Sting's cheek. "It's not as weird as having your parents be your brother and sister-in-law." Natsu and Lucy announced their marriage in the worst possible way, via facebook. Earning them a huge angry mob outside their door lead by none other than Lucy's sister-figure Erza. Never get a pregnant woman mad. Ever. (Trust me, I did that once when m sister was to be born, yeah no fun at all!) Once the situation of saving Sting was explained everyone calmed down for a bit, and the two immediately began fighting for crudity over Wendy; while at the same time the Lisanna, Erza, Mira, Levy, Cana, and Juvia planned a wedding for Lucy. The blonde continued to insist that she could wait another year for it and that the important part was that Wendy and Sting where now safe with their real family. "Well, if anything this is normal for us. Our family is pretty weird."

"Yup, having a uncle who is can be your brother, two dads, and have a cousin who is always being mistaken for your daughter sounds pretty normal to me." He joked.

"Not to mention that your sister-in-law's sister is the scariest woman alive, your nephew's future preschool teacher is trying to get him to marry her daughter and that her uncle and aunt are supper over protective, your brother's best friend is a cop that watches you like a hawk and your own best friend has a crush on the cop's older brother." she added on with giggled. "Yeah, we are pretty normal aren't we?"

"Totally man."


Gray groaned loudly as the two babies pulled on to his hands, making him follow them to the play toys in the yard. They giggled loudly and spoke in gibberish as the cop trailed behind them. Juvia was close behind watched the girls beg for his attention. She placed her fingers over her glossed lips hiding the giggles. Gray crossed his legs sitting down next to the tiny plastic table, Asuka and Yukino sat in the matching blue chairs with a pink tea set. He sighed in defeat, and picked up the plastic tea cup and put it to his lips. From a far, Natsu, Gajeel and Elfman chuckled mockingly at the raven haired man. He looked completely ridiculous, Alzack looked at his co-worker with a small smirk of empathy, he goes through that on a daily basis after his shift. Juvia sat across from him with a large smile "You seem to know what you're doing with the girls"

"Well, my sister has a daughter so..." he shrugged. The two adults have not been on an official date, but for the past couple of months they developed a very good friendship and hung out on their own for a decent amount of times.

"That's right, I forgot" she smiled "How are they?"

"They are coming to town in a few days, so is Lyon" he explained while asking for another refill from the two year old. "They want to go out to eat, and see Magnolia, wanna come with?"

"Sure!" She cheered. "I'll ask Natsu if he could cover a shift or two." she glanced at the pinkette, he draped his arms over his wife's shoulders and was speaking to Romeo who was next to Wendy holding one of the birthday boys. She remembered how nearly a year ago he was begging her to do him the favor of taking over time so he can be with his family. Now it was time for him to return the favor.