I can't believe that this is the 11th chapter...I write a lot!

Enjoy!

It had been about two weeks since the whole Eve incident, and everything was back to normal, but Wendy never knew what the weekend had in store for her.

It was December 17th, on a Saturday. Wendy rubbed her eyes and woke herself up. Her alarm clock read 12:26 PM. She never slept in this late…

Wendy looked down at her bed, and found Carla purring on her leg. She smiled and petted her white, soft fur.

Getting out of bed, Wendy began to walk down the stairs to say good morning to her mother, but then she heard her talking to someone.

"So, how's college?" Grandeeney asked someone. Wendy stopped walking down the stairs and began to eavesdrop. She couldn't see who her mother was talking to.

"It's ok," the voice said. It was definitely a male. "There's a reason why I never visited you guys around Christmas, y'know. It's because of the criminal justice stuff, and six years of college is hard work."

Wendy recognized that voice. She was very surprised. Since when did he visit? Wendy suddenly felt a really excited feeling in her stomach.

"Oh, I'm so proud of you!" Grandeeney yelled in happiness and joy.

"Mom, its just college."

"I know, but it's your last year!"

Wendy finally decided to stop eavesdropping and confront her mother and her brother. She entered the kitchen, so overjoyed to see Laxus.

Without hesitation, she ran up to Laxus and gave him a big hug. "You're back! I haven't seen you in forever!"

Laxus stared at his little sister in shock. A few years ago, she never spoke to him, but now she's actually talking to him?

"Hi, Wendy..." he said, trying to hug her back in the least awkward way as possible. He was happy to see her too, but he just didn't show it.

Silence filled the air for a moment, and then Grandeeney broke it.

"Well, I'm going to wake up Gajeel and Natsu." She ran up the stairs.

"So...how's Mira?" Wendy asked Laxus, releasing him from the tight hug.

"She's doing pretty good," Laxus responded, "Actually; she's coming to visit for Christmas."

"That's nice."

Silence suddenly filled the room. Neither Laxus nor Wendy spoke...it was a little awkward. Maybe Laxus was waiting for her to talk first, or maybe he was waiting for the right moment to talk to his little sister.

"Well, look who it is, Gajeel!" Natsu said, as he ran down the stairs. He looked at Laxus. "Never expected you to be here."

Laxus smirked. "Disappointed, pinky?"

"I don't really care; it's just surprising to see you here."

"Yeah, I don't know why, but I decided to chill here for Christmas."

"What about Mira?" Gajeel asked. "You usually spend Christmas with her."

"She's coming on the 24th. She wanted to see Wendy."

A jolt of surprise shot through Wendy. Mira wanted to see her? But Mira was always so shy!

"That's nice." Wendy said.

"Well, it is for you, shrimp." Gajeel responded as he was messing up her hair. "If Mira's coming over, then Levy and Lucy get to come over as well."

Grandeeney sighed. "Alright, that's fine, just don't do anything stupid."

Natsu and Gajeel responded with a sigh. "Ugh...fine…" Natsu said with an eye roll. He began to walk up the stairs with Gajeel behind him.

Grandeeney clapped her hands together and began to speak to Wendy and Laxus. "Why don't you two go drive around Magnolia for a while? The streets aren't closed.

Laxus and Wendy looked at their mother in shock. Since when did she suggest that?

"Um, alright, sure." Laxus responded.

Wait. What?! He actually accepted? This was not like him…

"Great!" Grandeeney responded. "Wendy, can you go change out of your pajamas and be ready to go in about 10 minutes?"

She's got this all planned out, doesn't she? Wendy thought.

"Sure!" Wendy responded as she began to exit the kitchen and walk up the stairs.

Wendy came downstairs wearing a purple long-sleeved t-shirt and dark blue jeans. She found Laxus standing near the front door as she began to put on her jacket.

"You ready?" Laxus asked as he was about to leave the house.

Wendy nodded. The two siblings walked out of the house and entered Laxus' car. Wendy was surprised at what she was looking at.

At first, Laxus started with a beat-up black minivan, but now he had a shiny red convertible. It was closed of course, but Wendy kept on staring at it. There wasn't a speck of dirt on the car.

Wendy finally stopped staring and opened the door that lead to the passenger seat. She then began to look at all the buttons and notches on the inside. When Laxus started the engine, it sounded so smooth and well-working.

"Impressed?" Laxus asked with a chuckle.

"Very." Wendy responded, staring in awe. "This is nothing compared to mom's old car that she gave you."

"Well, college makes you do crazy things."

"Pttf, yeah. That seems accurate to me."

"Be careful on the road, I just saw a news report saying a couple of the bridges have iced over!" Their mother called out to them as they made to enter the red convertible.

"Kay Mom, we'll be fine!" Laxus shouted back nonchalantly, confident in his driving skills as they pulled out of the driveway and took off, not worried by the rapidly darkening sky or dropping temperature.

"Laxus...it's getting really icy." Wendy murmured as she peered through the passenger window down at the ice flecked asphalt speeding past beneath the convertibles spinning wheels.

"I've got it, don't worry."

Wendy and Laxus talked and talk as Laxus drove around Magnolia. They were driving on a million highways. All Wendy focused on was talking to her older brother. Wendy finally felt like he accepted her as a little sister. She always loved Laxus, but she never really got the chance to talk to him. Well, she did, but she was too embarrassed at the time.

"Alright, so fill me in. How's FTA?" Laxus asked.

"Eh, Gajeel and Natsu are very over protective. One time, I met this guy named Romeo Conbolt, and-"

"Wait. A guy?" Laxus seemed shocked.

"Oh god, are you going to be the same way with this situation?"

Laxus sighed. "No," he began, "It's just that it's really hard to see you grow up like this. I don't want anyone to mess with you or hurt you in any way."

"Well, you know that I'm older now, and I can take care of myself now. No matter what, I'll still be your little sister."

Laxus looked at her and smiled a little.

They were driving across a bridge over a deserted intersection when Laxus lost control of the wheel suddenly.

"CRAP!" He yelled in panic as Wendy let out a wild shriek. The car's tires spun uselessly against the slippery road of ice. The snow was dropping and sticking the blue-white blanket, tucking in the pavement with a slick deadly frost. Wendy's fingernails dug into the armrest of her seat, her seatbelt in turn cutting into her shoulder, holding her in place as they swerved drunkenly across the deserted bridge and towards the divider from the short yet dangerous drop to the ground below.

"Laxus!" Wendy screamed, salty tears tearing their way down her pale cheeks from wide, horrified brown eyes.

"No! No!" Laxus barked as he wrestled with the wheel.

Too late.

They slammed into the handrail with the loud screech of metal battling metal. Unfortunately for the two siblings within the red convertible that was now shaping up to become their coffin, the thick divider lost the war against the weight of the out of control vehicle.

Laxus wished desperately to protect his little sister, but he was faced briefly with the question 'how?' as they fell from the bridge like a bird shot down from the frigid gray skies. When the red convertible reached the ground, it was completely overturned. The roof of the car just barely holding up from the sudden plunge. Laxus looked around himself, making sure that everything on his body was not hurt. But then he realized that he had Wendy in the car with him. He looked to his right and found Wendy unconscious. There was some blood on her forehead. Laxus stared at her in shock.

"WENDY!" he shouted with fear. He should've known better than to let his eyes off of the road. His mind was filled with guilty thoughts. His little sister was just laying there...barely breathing, blood oozing from the wound, arm's limp, the one hand still clutching at the armrest slipping down the crumple at her side.

There she was, his little sister, and yet all he did was stare.

Thanks to Amethystfairy1 for being so supportive and nice! She's a saint XD

See ya! ~Ava