Fact/note-thingy: Heartfilia Lingerie is based off of Victory Secrets.
Previously on How We Met
"But Father! Thats right after my birthday!"
"I know and im sorry, but it has to be done. Im so, so sorry Lucy.
Now on How We Met
insert fancy type writer noises 3 DAYS TILL LUCY'S BIRTHDAY
Natsu had gotten out of his bed happily. It was time to creat a new chat on Skype. This time, it'll be without Lucy. Of course he wasn't gonna get Loke there because he didn't want Loke to be there, but no one had to know that.
Anyways, Natsu had gotten out of bed and did his usual morning routine. He got on skype and made a new group chat, making sure not to add Lucy or Loke, and messages everyone.
~How We Met~
Natsu: Alright. So i wanna talk about something with all y'all.
Mira: Oh. What going on Natsu?
Gray: Probably something stupid.
Natsu: Shut up Gray. No one asked you.
Gajeel: Oh...?
Erza: Oh my. Natsu called Gray by his name...
Levy: Ok something is definitely going on.
Natsu: Ok. Now, Lucy's birthday is in 3 days. Since we all live in the U.S, i wanted to see if you could all meet up with me to surprise her.
Gajeel: Dang. You like Stell that much?
Mira: O
Mira: M
Mira: G
Mira: Natsu thats an awesome idea! Oh! Maybe she'll give you a kiss if she likes it that much! Oooh! Then the 33 nalu babies i always imagined will exists!
Levy: Uh...i-i dont know...
Gajeel: Gihi. Whats the matter shrimp? Afraid of meeting everyone?
Levy: No! I just...dont think its a great idea. For all i know, you could all be crazy 30 year old murderers!
Erza: Levy. We have video chatted with each other. -_-
Levy: ...Fine. Only bc its Lu-chan's birthday
Juvia: Juvia agrees! If love rival likes it then she will go to Natsu-san and away from Gray-sama!
Gray: I dont think Lucy likes me that way.（ーー；）
Natsu: {censored} right she doesn't.
Mira: Why did you write it like that?
Natsu: bc i dont wanna be beat up by you.
Mira: ʕ •ᴥ•ʔ good job
Erza: You know you could have put d*mn, right?
Gray: Yeah, why'd you put {censored}?
Natsu: bc its cooler that way?
Natsu: Aaaaaanyways. Do you guys think you can come over?
Gajeel: Im sure i can
Mira: Of course!
Erza: I think im free of plans.
Levy: Well...if its for Lu-chan im sure i can.
Juvia: Juvia is excited!
Gray: Sure.
Natsu: Awesome!
~How We Met~
And so, Natsu sent them the address and fell back onto his bed, a wide grin plastered on his face. He hoped this would all plan out as he wanted. Get everyone to meet up, have a party with just all if them, then at the end of the night, tell Lucy how much he loves her.
Looking at the clock, Natsu saw that it was already 11:22am. He hopped out of bed and headed downstairs to have breakfast with his family.
~How We Met~
Lucy dreadfully got out of bed. The idea that she'll have to leave in 4 days made her feel sick. She didn't wanna leave. She didn't understand why she had to be the one going. Why couldn't they hire another model? Her father had told her it was because she looked almost exactly like her mother. Since her mother is one of the most preferred models they thought that Lucy would do, since she is and looks younger than she mother. They all knew that Lucy would get them more publicity. And she hated that.
She hated that she had to leave the country to be a replacement model. She hated how she had to leave her newly found friends to be used for publicity. She just hated it all. She didn't understand why her mother hadn't gone back to her job in the past month before she had gone to the hospital. Either way, it didn't matter. Her mother would be transferred to a hospital in Paris, and Lucy had actually agreed to replace her mother for a moment of time, so it all didn't matter.
Looking at the clock, Lucy saw that it was 11:23am and decided to get ready to go and see her mother in the hospital. She chose a gray T-shirt with the words California Republic on it, which was separated by the usual bear and had its sleeves cut off. She went with a pair of dark denim mid thigh shorts, and black booties with a golden zipper. She left her hair down and put on light make up, then she headed downstairs and out her doors.
~How We Met~
Natsu was quite excited. Right after breakfast he left with Wendy and Called Jellal to help shop for the perfect present to give to Lucy, and a bunch of decorations. He recalled Lucy telling him that she wishes she could experience floating lanterns like the ones from the Disney movie Tangled, and so, he decided to try and remake it for Lucy's birthday.
"Honestly Natsu, I dont see why I had to come. I could have shopped for her present later. I had important things to do today." Jellal said in an irritated manner. Natsu only scoffed.
"Having a Dora marathon is nothing important compared to this. You probably would have forgotten and her birthday is in 3 days." Natsu shot back at Jellal making him fall silent. Jellal only crossed his arms and looked away from Natsu.
"Uh, Natsu?" Wendy said, poking Natsu on his arm. "I'm not sure if right now is the time to ask but, who's the blue haired man?" Wendy asked and smiled warily at Natsu.
"Oh. He's Jellal. Me and Lucy saw him in Hawaii. He was singing the Dora theme song when we came across him. It was pretty funny. Now, he's staying in a that one house down the street from ours." Natsu explained making it all seem normal.
"Oh. Um, ok. Uh, h-hi Jellal. Im Wendy." Wendy said nervously looking at Jellal.
"Nice to meet you Wendy. I'm glad you didn't end up an idiot like your brother." Jellal said kindly trying to lighten up the mood. Natsu just glared at Jellal and looked back ahead, see jog the store coming into view.
"I can see the store already! We're gonna need a lot if stuff so be prepared to carry a lot if bags." Natsu said excitedly, and ran to get to the stores front doors. Wendy and Jellal trailing right after him.
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Erza was quite happy to say the least. She had to invest on tickets for the plane first though, which she easily found some that would get her to the location in a day. She would be arriving two days before Lucy's birthday so that would give her time to find a hotel and maybe go shopping. Right now though, she needed to pack up her bags and get to the airport.
Natsu had told them all to say on skype when they had gotten to the location, and they had to go to the location before anything else.
Finally getting all her belonging in her suitcase, Erza headed out of her house and into her car to go to the airport.
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Gray honestly couldn't care. He didn't really have anything to do. He saw that the only tickets available we ones for a flight at 10:30pm today. Then he would have to get on another flight at a different place, since the first airplane couldnt take him to the location. The last plane would get him to the location around noon the day before Lucy's birthday. Then he had to go look for some new clothing, he looked for a present but found nothing he could give her, then on his way home he ended up stepping on dog poop. So he honestly wouldn't be surprised if his flight ended up being canceled.
Anyways, he basically just did nothing the rest of the day. What was he supposed to do for the rest of the time? Well, he did watch anime. I guess you could count that as something. Well, he was also breathing, eating, walking, laying down...ok maybe he didn't do nothing. Thats besides the point though.
At 6:30pm, Gray got into his car and drive all the way into the airport. He didnt exactly live close to the airport. So he brought a cup of coffee to accompany him on his long journey.
~How We Met~
Honestly, the main reason that Juvia was going, was to meet Gray in person. She did kinda consider Lucy as a friend though.
Anyways, Juvia was actually at the airport already waiting for her plane to be called. She'll end up getting at the location around noon today. She was pretty eager to meet Gray. Juvia had gone to a vending machine and gotten a soda when they had called her airline.
Quickly grabbing her soda and stuffing it in her carry-on bag, Juvia ran to where her suitcases where and then grabbed them and her ticket. She quickly looked for where she would get on the plane and bolted towards it when she had found it, with a wide grin on her face.
~How We Met~
Mira actually was already at the airport when Gray had gotten there, which was around 9:00pm. They had talked and Gray found out that Mira has a boyfriend named Freed, (Im sorry but im a Mira x Freed shipper) and Mira had found out that Gray actually liked sculpting, he loved sculpting with ice more though. Gray did actually have the chance to talk to Freed and found out that Freed had decided to go with Mira and meet everyone. They would all be getting on all the exact same flights.
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Gajeel didn't really wanna go. He didnt like telling people, but he had a fear of flights. Plus, he also had motion sickness which made the flight all the more worse. On the bright side. He would get to see Levy and probably get to pick a fight with Natsu. That was practically his motivation to go.
Anyways, Gajeel's flight would be at 3:00am so he had to leave his house around 11:00pm. He dreaded that because all he would want to do is fall asleep and forget about having to go in a death trap everyone calls a plane. To make matters worse, he had to get on two more flights right after that one. He would be getting there on the day of Lucy's birthday, but it would be like at one in the morning.
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Levy was pretty scared, yet she felt excited at the same time. She was finally going to meet everyone. She had already known Natsu for a long period of time, and she only met Lucy not too long ago. She was just so excited to finally meet them all in person. She was more excited about meeting Gajeel though.
Although they never said anything, Gajeel and Levy had actually been talking to each other privately. Not only on skype, but they had exchanged numbers one day and stay up till two in the morning texting each other. Levy had actually grown feelings towards Gajeel but she would never admit it to him because she didn't know if he liked her back.
Levy though, was the luckiest of them all. Her plane had just landed and she was taking a cab towards the location Natsu told her about. She had to hurry up and get to the airport, she didnt pack a lot of things because she was on a hurry, and she didn't buy a present for Lucy yet, but that would all be solved as soon as Natsu told her the information. So when she got their and sent a message, she waited patiently for Natsu to reply.
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So imma end it off right here. It's been so long since i updated and this chapter is +2k words.
Im sorry that i haven't been updating. I had, and still have exams that i needed/need to study for. It's been really stressful so im sorry if the chapter sucks and there are a bunch if grammar mistakes. I was in a hurry to get this dang chapter updated.
Ja Ne~