BlackLynx17: Sorry about my disappearance everyone. I was admitted to a hospital and was just recently let out, so I've been recovering slowly, bit by bit. Now that I'm out though I'm going to try and continue my regular updates and hopefully finish this story soon. So sorry for everyone who had to wait. Hope you enjoy the chapter.

Fairy Tail Hotel

Surprise Guests

"Yes, hello? Finally! I've been trying to get in touch with you for a while now. You haven't come in for a check-up and your wedding is three days from now. I need to go over the last minute details and-"

Mirajane is cut off by the woman's voice on the other line.

"I'm so sorry for the trouble we're causing you, but we won't be arriving until the night before of our wedding."

"The night before? Why? What about the details?"

"We leave everything to you. You seem like such a capable person Mirajane and you know all we want is to be married. Our circumstances has us away, so we can't make the time. I apologize for all the trouble we- PLEASE INSERT ADDITION CHANGE!"

Mirajane pulls away from the phone and raises her eyebrows, is she calling from a payphone right now?

"Sorry, I have to go now. We've mailed the money order to you for our wedding, you should get tomorrow. Thanks for everything. We'll see you in two days."

The phone hangs up making Mirajane cry out loud in frustration. This has got to be the weirdest wedding she has ever planned! The weirdest ever! Why is she even doing this to herself?!

…

…

Because she's a sucker for romance.

"I'm going to need a long vacation after this," Mirajane rubs her shoulders.

"Ms. Strauss? Guests have started arriving today for the Alberona wedding as well as the Gryder one."

"That's fine, thanks for the warning. Let's get them in and settled without a hitch, warn the couples that their guests have arrived as well."

"The Gryder couple isn't staying at the hotel yet, so I'll call their personal number. The Alberona family is though so I'll call their room to forewarn them. Another thing, your appointment with the Fullbuster couple has been canceled. They said they won't be able to make it in until next week."

"Of course, that's great, and by next week I'll be completely swamped with the four weddings before theirs." Mirajane grumbles to herself.

"Also, your brother has arrived along with-"

"That's the only good news so far," Mirajane mumbles.

"Excuse me?"

"Nothing, please carry on."

"Okay, your brother is here along with some guests from the Alberona family who say that they know you? I told them I would see if you were free, I believe their names was Dreyar, Justine, and-"

"Did you just say Justine? Here? Why?"

"Ah- I don't know ma'am, they just told me they knew you and wanted to see-"

"Send them in! Immediately!" Mirajane straightens herself up.

"Right away!"

Mirajane looks around her office and begins fixing things up left and right. She straightens out her blouse, fixes her hair in the mirror on her desk, smells her breath before popping a mint in, and makes herself look pretty as she sits down on the couch with a smile. Minutes later the door opens and in walks three faces she hasn't seen since high school, no college, no their high school reunion.

"Freed, Laxus, Bickslow, how nice to see you all! What are you guys doing here?" Mirajane asks standing up.

She walks over and greets each one of them with a hug, Laxus and Bickslow hugging her right back while Freed just seems to deal with it.

"Mirajane, I see you're looking as lovely as ever, how's that brat of a sister of yours?" Bickslow asks kissing her cheek.

"Oh Bickslow, you," Mirajane says wiping her cheek off on her shoulder, "she's good, her wedding is next week. I assume that's why all of you are here? I'm sure I sent you three invitations."

"Wedding?! Her?! Lisanna?! I can't believe you, are you serous?!" Bickslow gasps, "I never would have thought- wow, is it with that Dragneel kid? The one she was always following after and never had the time of day to look anywhere else because she was so obsessed and-"

"Enough Bickslow, please." Freed groans, "your loud rambunctious voice is giving me a headache. No Mirajane, we didn't receive any invitations to her wedding."

"That's strange, I was sure I did." Mirajane hums to herself.

"Freed is neglecting to explain to you that we haven't been home in over three months. We went on a overseas business trip and just came back for a few days for our friend's wedding. Now it seems we'll have to extend our vacation a little, my grandfather isn't going to like this," Laxus groans rubbing his neck.

"Friend? Your friend is getting married here? Who? Which wedding?"

"Which wedding? What do you mean which wedding? How many weddings do you have planned?" Freed asks raising an eyebrow.

"Only six. Long story short an assistant made a mistake, but I own up to any mistakes and make sure it doesn't damage my reputation."

Bickslow whistles long and loud, "wowza, I don't wish to be you right now."

"Don't we both," Mirajane sighs out.

"Cana Alberona. You could say she's a... business associate. Evergreen is more friends of hers than we are, she's more of a... drinking buddy to us."

"Ah yes, Cana Alberona. The one who wanted her wedding at the bar lounge."

Bickslow snorts, "yup, that sounds like her."

"Wow, small world, huh? Well I know Lisanna will be excited for you three to be at her wedding, she remembers you all so well as her big brothers that used to help her with her homework," Mirajane says looking at Freed and Laxus, "and tease her until she cried," Mirajane added staring only at Bickslow.

"What can I say? I never had a little sibling I could tease so much," Bickslow shrugs.

"Would it be possible for you to extend our room stay? We only requested three days-"

"Consider it done, and anything else you need in order to stay for the rest of the week. Mi casa es su casa. Anything for good old friends," Mirajane smiles brightly.

Laxus smiles back at her slightly, "thanks Mira, it's really nice to be with you again. The guys and I were going to meet up with Evergreen and Cana now to meet her future husband for drinks. Think you can come?"

Mirajane hums looking at the pile of work on her desk. She looks back over at her three friends she hasn't seen in forever, and especially at Freed who would love nothing more than for her to refuse.

"Yes. My appointment canceled on me, so I should be good for a couple of hours." She says.

"Great! Just like old times baby! Do they still call you the demon Mira when you get drunk?" Bickslow asks wrapping his arm around her waist, leading her out.

"Oh Bickslow," Mirajane sighs and stomps on his feet, "how you love to bring up unpleasant memories. I'll be sure to seat you in the far corner of the room for Lisanna's wedding, come on. Let's go Freed!" Mirajane says grabbing onto him instead.

"Whatever," Freed rolls his eyes, "let's just hurry up and get drunk."

Lucy sings to herself as she gets ready. Her hair is already done, all she needs to do is find those silly stockings of hers so she can finally put on her heels and go to the nearest fancy superstore or mall to buy her old time friend a present. She's been putting it off, thinking she would have the time later to or that she could always order it online, but apparently there is no express shipping for the things she wanted to get and now with a week before the wedding she has to go and do it herself.

"There you are!" Lucy screams finding her stockings balled up at the corner of her suitcase.

She puts them on before slipping on her heels right after. Finally, she has the whole day to take the time and find something nice... unless Max calls back from the office with a problem... then she'll probably only have five minutes and yeah, she should probably finish this as quickly as possible.

"Oh! Zeref? What are you doing?" Lucy asks, flinching from shock as she opens the door and sees her boss just standing there.

"You always scare easily, how come?" He asks.

"I grew up in a big mansion with a ton of servants who liked to tease me a lot, that's how come. What's up boss?"

"Going on somewhere?"

"Yeah, my friend's wedding is next week, surprise right? Small world, and she's invited me. I'm trying to get her a gift today, fingers crossed that nothing happens while I'm to myself for a few hours." Lucy says.

"Congratulations to her, small world indeed. How do you know her?"

"Zeref, no offense, but why are you making small talk with me right now?"

Zeref flinches and looks away, "are you still mad at me?"

"What? No, of course not. I thought we talked this through before when you came over yesterday, I'm not mad at you. I was never mad at you. Well, maybe a little for finding out my deepest darkest secret, but mostly I'm mad at myself for revealing it and... wait a second, Zeref for the five years I've known you you have never once questioned me after forgiving you... are you avoiding Mavis right now?"

"What? Me? No, not really, maybe? A little, it's so much harder when she's face to face with me, and I thought I said some really cool things, but when she came back to the room after we had dinner with you guys it went back to awkward and it was just silent and-"

"If I let you come with me will you stop wasting my time?"

"Yes, please."

"Fine," Lucy groans, "you're carrying my bags though."

"Bags? I thought you were getting one wedding present?"

"And anything that captures my eye, come on. Seems like you still need a bit of coaching if you're going to survive the rest of the week. Geez, how are you going to survive the rest of your lives once you marry her? I can't be your live in counselor Zeref, I'm sorry. I have a life too... or well, at least I'm trying to start my life." Lucy mumbles closing the door behind her.

"It's not going to be forever Lucy. I feel like I've been growing bit by bit thanks to your guidance," Zeref says offering to hold her purse.

Lucy smiles, liking him around already, as she hands it to him. The two of them head towards the elevator and out to the lobby where their car is waiting for them outside. Zeref is on his phone texting Mavis that he'll be gone for a while with Lucy, asking if she wants anything while he's out... he should really buy her something.

"Should I get Mavis something while we're out?" Zeref asks Lucy.

"It'll only admit that you have something to be guilty for."

"What? I can't get my fiance something nice without admitting that I did something wrong? Even though I did?"

"Not after a fight you can't. It's like you're trying to make her forget about your mistake, which she won't, but she'll appreciate the gift and know in her mind that she was right after all." Lucy giggles, "boys are so clueless."

"Speaking of clueless, hold on a minute." Zeref says, spotting something salmon out the corner of his eyes.

He walks over to the corner and peeks behind it, seeing his brother standing there, seeming to be hiding behind a fern, pretending he wasn't just spot.

"Hey bro, busy?" Zeref asks.

"Not really no, why?" Natsu asks back.

"Lucy and I are going wedding shopping, wanna come?"

"Wedding shopping?" Natsu asks, coming out of his hiding spot.

"Yeah, her friend is getting married here next week and she needs a gift."

"Wow, that's crazy. Sure, I'm free. I'm trying to avoid Mirajane right now, she's got a pissy hangover and is biting people's heads off today. Have you ever seen a drunk Mirajane before?"

Zeref hums, "once, remember the whispers of Demon Mira?"

"Those were more than just whispers?"

"Just count yourself lucky you haven't seen her like that. Come on, we're on a tight schedule since Lucy is still working herself to death without our permission."

Natsu's face tightens, "yeah, right..."

Zeref's face drops a bit, "I mean, just come on."

He wraps his arm around Natsu's neck and tugs him over towards the car outside. Lucy's already sitting inside of it and sticks her head out the window, an amused expression on her face.

"Room for one more?" Zeref asks.

"Natsu knows he's always more than welcome on our little outings. Gives us something to text about behind his back," Lucy laughs.

"Guys! That's not funny! I seriously need you to stop doing that!" Natsu turns red as he yells out.

"Get on in little brother, you're disturbing the peace." Zeref chuckles pushing him inside the car.

"Ah! Stop man-handling me! I know how to get in!"

"Turns out Natsu is trying to hide from someone as well," Zeref tells Lucy getting in after.

"Boys, come on. If you make it too obvious your spouses are going to know you go and hide with me whenever you're in trouble. Switch it up a bit every once in a while, at least," Lucy giggles, but there's a smile on her face.

They may be a lot of trouble, they may be a lot of heartache, but they're her friends and that means more to her than anything else.