Chapter 25

Natsu laid on his stomach stretched out across the bed. His right arm slung across Lucy's waist. Lucy slowly woke up. She looked at how he held her and grinned. She reached toward him and gently stroked his back. He stirred and opened his ebony eyes and smiled at her. He really wasn't all that awake yet but he felt his dragon purr in reaction to the sensation. He was just about to reach for her when her eyes turned into wide saucers and her skin turned pale. Lucy jumped out of bed and practically catapulted to the bathroom.

Natsu lifted his head. "Wha?" Then he heard the telltale sounds of Lucy getting sick in the bathroom. "Aww..." He got out of bed and went to her. She was crouched over the toilet. Tears making a path down her cheeks. He leaned down and held her hair back with one hand and rubbed her back with the other. When the tremors subsided he gently lifted her and took her back to bed. "You relax for a couple minutes while I prepare another bath for you, okay?"

Lucy's cheeks and eyes were red and she felt utterly miserably. She attempted a smile and nodded. You're being so sweet about this. Thank you!

"I'm pretty sure it's in my job description. I'll continue pampering you for the rest of our lives," Natsu came back and kissed her nose. She wrinkled it at him as he lifted her from the bed again.

"I'm pretty sure you will get bored of it after awhile."

"Well, it is still technically our honeymoon so I will definitely at least pamper you for a whole week."

"I am pretty sure since morning sickness has struck the honeymoon is pretty much over."

Natsu placed Lucy in the water and joined her. He didn't jump in because he didn't want to jostle Lucy too much in case it made her feel sick all over again. He rubbed her back and held her to his chest. "Our honeymoon doesn't necessarily have to be us making love all the time." He kissed her shoulder. "A guy can dream..." My kids are already cock blocking me and they aren't even here yet.

Lucy gasped at this and turned around to smack his arm. "Hey now, that was a bit too much!" She really wanted to be mad at him but she found it wasn't really in her to do so. So she smirked back to him.

Natsu could probably write a list of his favorite Lucy expressions. Her smirk would probably make the top three, at least the top five. He was torn on what his favorite expression was though. It was either he bright smile or the look of rapture on her face as she came undone around him. Natsu smirked to himself and kissed Lucy's shoulder.

He wanted her again for course. But he wanted to make sure she felt okay and he knew she would want to brush her teeth before he even attempted to kiss her.

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Gajeel woke to a pressure on his chest. Levy had somehow draped her whole body on him sometime in the night. Apparently, I'm shrimp's body pillow now. I could get used to this.

He felt Levy stir. She cuddled into his chest like a kitten. Who would have thought my docile kitten would have claws? He smirked happily to himself.

Levy groaned. "How can you be awake already?" She mumbled trying to bury her face further into his shoulder. Gajeel ran his hands up and down her sides. He felt her breath quicken and his own body respond.

"We have stuff to do today, Shrimp. You need to wake up." He lightly smacked her sweet ass.

She turned her hazel eyes on him and glared. That so is not going to prompt me to move!

Gajeel widened his ruby eyes at her. So...looks like they were one of the couples with the ability to mentally communicate. He moved to sit up and pulled her with him so she was straddling his waist. She grumbled and hid her face in his chest again. He chuckled softly at her. So, is my mate not a morning person?

"Not when I had exercise the equivalent of participating in a triathlon last night."

He kissed the crown of her head and pulled her hair back from her face. Her comment gently stroking at his ego. He glanced at her neck as he remembered her mark and smirked. He wasn't surprised in the least. Her mark was a background of what his Iron Dragon Roar spell looked like when executed and on top of that was a book. The book appeared to be bound by iron screws.

He lifted her up and headed to the bathroom. She scowled at him. "I said I want to sleep more!"

He looked at her and thought. And I said we had stuff to do today. We need to take a shower.

Her expression was priceless. Her mouth formed a little o in surprise then she whooped with joy. We can telepathically communicate like Natsu and Lucy can!

Tch, yeah it appears that way. He put her down in front of the sink so she could look at the vanity mirror to inspect her mark. He smiled at her as she stood tiptoe to see properly.

Levy pulled her hair aside and caressed her mark lovingly. I think I have a new favorite book.

Gajeel smiled at her in his mind as he adjusted the water in the shower. Once he was satisfied with the temperature he pulled her in with him. He got his hair wet and as she reached for his shampoo he leaned down so she could apply it. He purred in satisfaction while she lathered his hair. After he rinsed it out he did the same for her. When he grabbed her shampoo he inhaled the aroma. So this is where the orange blossom fragrance comes from?

Levy nodded at him. Ya know, I love that we can communicate like this but I prefer verbal communication. However, I don't want to chance getting soap in my mouth. She mentally stuck her tongue out at him. You still never told me what we have to do that is so important today.

I'm sure you noticed the boxes strewn around the house.

She nodded at him.

And I'm sure you are still curious why I wasn't in a rush to move all your stuff from Fairy Hills.

She nodded again.

Well, I don't think we will fit many of your books in this house. And...I really don't feel this house is really suitable to start a family in.

She gasped at him. Now that the soap was out of her hair she spoke aloud. "I wasn't really sure how you would feel about having a family."

He shrugged. "I always knew I would have a family with my mate. It's part of a dragon slayer's nature. Does it scare me? Hell yeah of course it does. But with you...I imagine a miniature version of you. Your blue hair, hazel eyes, and boundless curiousity." He projected her his mental image in his mind. "It stokes a sensation in me I can't put into words. Like a welcoming warmth...there are only two sensations I can think of I like more. One is how much I love you."

She smiled up at him. "I love you, too."

"The other is..." Gajeel trailed off and picked her up. He mentally filled her mind with images figuring it was easier to show her rather then tell her.

She gasped as his mouth clamped onto her earlobe. "I thought we had to start house shopping."

"Tch, that can wait. I think making love to my mate on our honeymoon is more important."

I know I have been updating more often before this but honestly I think I just got a mental block on all my stories. Today was the first day I felt my mind open back up to the idea of writing.

When I was pregnant with my daughter my morning sickness didn't appear until later on. My husband was in the Navy and I was dealing with the early pregnancy on my own for the most part. I honestly thought I would be one of those women that just didn't get morning sickness. At first my husband had empathetic morning sickness even though he was a state away from me. But when he came back was when the morning sickness hit me. I still say I was pretty lucky for the most part my morning sickness was literally that, morning sickness. I had a few days I was sicker then others but mild for the most part.