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Chapter 20

Natsu and Lucy stepped out of the train carrying their bags. Lucy saw Capricorn waiting for them. Capricorn came forward and bowed to Lucy, "Welcome back mistress." He turned to Natsu and shook his hand, "Hello, I'm Capricorn."

Capricorn took their bags and led them to the car. Natsu started to feel nervous, what if he makes a fool out of himself, he thought. Lucy slid her hand into his and interlocked them, "Don't worry," she whispered, "I will be here with you."

When they walked towards the house, Lucy saw her father and Loke standing next to him, surprisingly. She didn't know that he would be coming as well. She approached her father and gave him a hug. "Hello Papa, this is Natsu."

Jude looked over Natsu and shook his hand. "Hello, I'm Jude Heartfilia. Welcome to our home."

"Hi, I'm Natsu Dragneel." Natsu stared at the glamorous mansion right in front of him. He suddenly blurted out, "I'm dating your daughter."

Jude raised an eyebrow, "Yes, I'm aware of that. Lucy told me."

Natsu didn't know what to say, "Oh, cool." He was at a loss for words. Loke, who was watching the whole exchange, had a hard time controlling his laughter; Lucy nudged him in the guts.

Jude invited Loke for the holidays, to make it less awkward for Natsu. Loke knew that Natsu and Jude had completely different personalities, so he was interested to see their interactions.

The four of them entered the household and Virgo came up to Natsu. "Master Natsu, let me show you to your room."

Natsu, who was not used to the royal treatment, quietly followed Virgo to his room. Jude made sure to put Natsu on the opposite end of the house from Lucy's room. However, Loke was staying in the guestroom next to Natsu to give him company.

Natsu entered his room and Virgo informed him, "Master Jude requests your presence at dinner in two hours." He nodded and watched her leave the room. He sighed, he felt completely out of place. He heard a knock on the door and saw Loke and Lucy entering.

Loke started grinning, "So have you two gone all the way?"

Natsu started coughing and Lucy looked scandalized, "Loke!" she hit him.

Loke raised both of his hands up, "Alright, alright I won't ask for details. All I want to know is if you guys are using protection."

Lucy's face turned bright red, "That's none of your business!" she pushed him out of the room.

Natsu cleared his throat, "So this is where you live, huh?" his eyes wandered.

"Yeah, I know it's a little intense, but this is how I grew up." Lucy admitted.

"It definitely take some time for me to get used to it." Natsu pondered, "Wait, so you could live in a nicer apartment then the one that you currently live in?"

Lucy smiled, "I could technically live in a nicer place, but I wanted to earn the money myself. So my current apartment is good for my budget."

Natsu leaned forward and gave her a chaste kiss. "This will be our first Christmas together."

Lucy thought about it, "Yes that's right. Anyways, I'm going to get ready for dinner." Lucy left Natsu in his room.

Dinner was better affair, Lucy and Loke did the most of the talking. Jude did ask Natsu several questions too.

The next day, Loke, Lucy and Natsu went to a winter festival. Natsu and Loke ate a bunch of foods and competed in the games. They were in an café ordering hot chocolate, when suddenly Loke stopped talking. Lucy and Natsu looked where Loke was staring. They saw a pink hair women with curls on the bottom.

"Uh Loke, what's wrong?" she asked.

"That women is the one." His eyes started glittering, he got up and went to talk to the women.

Lucy rolled her eyes, she knew of Loke's playboy antics. She didn't believe him, but when he does find one person to settle down with, she would support him all the way.

Natsu piped up, "Let's ditch him and go to the park." Lucy nodded and followed him. He held her hand and gave it a gentle kiss.

He stopped suddenly, "I know it's not Christmas yet, but I wanted to give your present early."

"Oh? I don't have your present with me right now." Lucy felt bad.

Natsu waved it off, "No, it's okay." He took out a box from his pockets and gave it to her. She opened it and saw a necklace inside. It was simple necklace, with a diamond star pendant. Lucy gasped in the beauty of it. "Sorry, it's so small. It's all I can afford right now."

"No it's perfect." She reached up to him and gave him a kiss. She turned around, "Put it on me." She gave the necklace back to Natsu. He put it around her neck and clasped it close.

He gave her a hug from behind, "Merry Christmas, Lucy."

Two weeks Later

Natsu was in his room packing to leave the Heartfilia mansion. He enjoyed Christmas and New Year's with Lucy and her father. Now it was time to go back to school to finish his last semester. He heard a knock on the door, "Come in." he responded. He turned around and saw Jude walking in.

"Oh hello, Mr. Heartfilia." Natsu still felt a little awkward around Lucy's father, even though they spent few weeks together.

"Hello, Natsu." Jude gave a small smile, "I just wanted to ask you a few questions, before you leave." Natsu nodded for Jude to continue. "What made you fall for my daughter?" he asked.

Natsu didn't even take a second to think about it, "Her compassion." He continued on, "She is kind to everyone and tries her best to help others with their problems. She just makes my day better, just by being there."

Jude was shocked about how strongly Natsu felt towards Lucy, but didn't show it. "Are you aware that one day, Lucy will inherit the company? Will that be okay with you?"

"I will have to try sir. As you can tell, I'm not really used to this kind of lifestyle, but I'm willing to help Lucy in any way that I can."

Jude thought about Natsu's answer and decided that he can trust him. "There is one more thing I needed to tell you." He took Natsu's hand and held it between both of his. "I must thank you for taking care of Lucy all these years. Before the University, Lucy never left home by herself. From what I heard, you have been there for her all through out."

Natsu looked up at Jude with determined eyes, "No need to thank me sir. I love Lucy."

Jude shook Natsu's hand and smiled, "Call me Jude."

February

Lucy and Natsu were so busy with their school work that they barely had time to go on any dates. They were both determined to do something special for Valentine's day. Natsu made a reservation at a restaurant and Lucy bought a dress and some lingerie.

The weekend before Valentines, Natsu and Lucy took a job for Fairy Tail. They were helping out an old couple William and Katherine Harris.

Lucy knocked on the couple's door when they reached the address. An old man opened it up, "Hello!" he beamed and let them in. "You've come at a good time. My wife isn't home."

They sat down on the couch and listened to William speak, "Tomorrow my wife and I will be celebrating our 50th anniversary."

"Wow, that's amazing. Congratulations!" Lucy gushed out. She really believed in finding a soul mate and staying with them forever.

"Thank you, dear." William pulled out an old photo album. "When we first got married we buried a little box in the Magnolia park forest. I was wondering if you guys could help me find it, I've become too weak to attempt to retrieve the box myself." William took out a piece of paper and began to draw on it. "Now I realize that this task might be impossible, the park could have changed a lot in the past 50 years and there is still snow on the ground. However, I would be content if you guys could just try to look for it."

William handed them an hand drawn map of the forest and the spot that the box was hidden. Natsu and Lucy were determined to find that box. William led them to a shed outside in the garden and gave them some shovels and tools. William wished them good luck and they left the house.

The Magnolia Park Forest was a public park which was filled with hiking trails, playgrounds, lakes, and an Amphitheatre. It was Magonlia's way of preserving the forest as well as providing a dose of nature to the public.

They both stood in front of the park map, trying to decipher the area where the box was hidden, comparing it the map William gave them. Eventually they were able to find the location of the box. Lucy and Natsu hiked to the location while enjoying the view.

When they reached, they had to first dig out the layer of snow first. There was a layer of snow about 1 feet covering the forest. They both took out the shovel and starting digging. Soon, Natsu got a little mischievous and threw a snowball at Lucy.

"Natsu!" she squeaked. She starting chasing him and throwing snowballs of her own at him. She ran after him and attempted to avoid the snowballs he threw at her. She caught up to Natsu and tackled him to the ground. Lucy ended up on top of Natsu and when she opened her eyes she saw Natsu smiling up at her.

Lucy gave Natsu a long kiss and then pulled away, "C'mon we need to find the box, it will become dark soon."

After they dug out the snow, they finally reached the layer of dirt. They began digging into the thick layer of dirt and mud. They were both starting to get tired and blisters on their hands, but they still persisted. The sun was starting to set, but Lucy insisted that they keep digging.

Suddenly a metal clang hit the shovel, excited they both dug faster and was able to see a metal box in the hole. "We found it!" Natsu laughed and pulled the box out. However they had to refill the hole in before they could leave.

It was pitch black by the time they left the Magnolia Park Forest. Both of them were freezing cold, but they had to deliver the box to William. They knocked on the door and William opened it. "Oh! You guys must be freezing!" he said. William led them to the fireplace and gave some towels to wrap around themselves.

Lucy thanked him and she pulled out the box from her bag. "You found it?" he said in disbelief. His eyes started to get watery, "Thank you so much."

"William what is going on?" another voice came from several feet away. An old woman started walking towards them, "Who are they?" she asked confusedly.

"Katherine, they are Lucy and Natsu." William introduced his wife to the young couple. "They helped me find something important." He led Katherine to the couch and sat beside her. "I know our anniversary is tomorrow, but I will give this to you right now."

Katherine looked at the box confused at first, but then recognition filed her eyes, "Is this the box we buried in the Magnolia Park Forest?" she gently asked with tears filing her eyes.

"Yes, I've asked Natsu and Lucy to dig it out." William replied. She opened it and the memories started pouring in.

"Thank you." Katherine told Natsu and Lucy. They spent few hours talking about each knickknack in the box. Katherine made them some hot chocolates and gave them cookies. Katherine and William told them that they started dating at 18 and then got married at 20. In the box were some pictures, few love notes, and souvenirs from their dates.

Lucy beamed in happiness, she was extremely glad that she took this job.

The next day both Natsu and Lucy got quite sick. Even though they were wearing warm clothes, spending that much time in the cold made them sick. In the night Lucy's fever subsided, even though she was feeling much better, she knew that it would still be a couple of days before she felt normal.

Natsu came up to her huddled in his own blanket and gave her medicine, "I guess we can't celebrate Valentine's Day like we wanted to." There was no way they would feel better by tomorrow.

Lucy smiled at him, "I don't mind. All I want to do is spend the day with you."

AN: Next chapter might be the last one! I hope you guys enjoyed the fluff in this chapter. You guys know who the pink hair woman in the café was right?