AN: Chapter 32

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**New song called The Man, by Aloe Blacc- I own nothing**

So…. I have some very cute things happen in this chapter… like…. Things that could make you say "MY HEART!" like LSP from adventure time. Lol ok, maybe not like that, but that's what I did while writing it haha

I hope I caught all the mistakes, I quickly went over this. I would have posted this up earlier today buuuut I left for work without my flashdrive…. And yeah. I had to wait all day to come home and look over things when I'm super tired. And I didn't want to wait to post this chapter up any longer so, hope you all enjoy it! :)

BriniNicole268: lol thank you. I know I've been telling MsKtk that the past few chapters that I've written, I've felt quite proud of. :)

Depressica: haha, yes. Yes I did. You should know by now that I love to leave cliffhangers. ;) they make you guys want to continue reading and thirsty for more! *insert heart cookie* but hopefully this chapter will make up for it…. along with this cookie that I wish I could send to you through the computer.

Nyma: god, I died reading your review. It was so great! :D it had me laughing so hard and made me feel so good about the smut that I had written haha when I first started writing this story, I definitely had planned on lily being the dominant one in bed… but then as the story went on, I was like… no. change it. still kinda dominant, but more so just vocally in that chapter.

Earlier that morning…

Levy moaned softly as she felt the iron dragon slayer run his hands under her arms and firmly grip her breasts as she stood. "G-Gajeel… stop it…. I have to answer my phone…"

Gajeel pulled the script mage back into him and against the bed, kissing her shoulder blade lightly. "And I said to ignore it. It's probably no one important, so let's just enjoy this time that we have…"

Levy's' cheek blushed as she felt his hands begin to move her breasts, his fingers teasing her sensitive buds. She shut her eyes tightly as she forced her body to move forward against his pull. "But, what if it is something important?! I have to answer it, Gajeel."

The iron dragon slayer groaned as he let Levy go with a pout. "Fine… go see who's callin'."

Levy let out a soft sigh of relief. Had he not let her go, there probably wouldn't have been a chance for her to answer the numerous calls she was receiving. She made her way to the small table in the room they were staying in, unplugging her phone from the charger. Levy called back one of the numbers that had tried to reach her all morning. "Hello? Yes this is Levy Redfox." Her expression turned to one of confusion as she continued. "Yes, we are selling the newest book released by— what? I don't understand… the shop should be opened up by now…. Yes. Of course. I am sorry, someone will be there shortly." Levy took the phone away from her ear, hanging up the call quickly as she walked over to her bag, searching for clean clothes. Gajeel raised a studded brow as he watched her move frantically.

"What's the matter, Shrimp?"

"Apparently, with that new book being released, everyone is waiting impatiently outside of the shop. We have to get down there right now… before they start tearing down the place."

Gajeel leaned back on the bed, his hands going behind his head as he closed his eyes lightly. "Just come back to bed, Levy. Lily should be down there right now opening it up for us."

Levy slipped her shirt over her torso, her head tilting to the side slightly. "Well… she never showed up to open it this morning it seems. The man I spoke to said he can't see anyone inside and all the lights are off still."

It took a second for the dragon slayer to process what Levy had just said. His eyes opened wide as he sat up straight, his voice full of anger. "WHAT?!" Gajeel growled as he quickly swung his legs over the bed, slipping into his pants. "That girl…. She is in a world of hurt when I see her! And she better have a fucking good excuse as to why she wasn't there this morning! We ask one thing of her now-a-days, and she can't even do that one thing!"

As Levy buttoned up her pants, she looked to Gajeel. "Please don't be so hard on her. She's been very good about showing up to work."

Gajeel turned to face Levy on the other side of the bed. "Levy, this was one time we really needed her to be there! I'm still fucking hungover from last night, and I would have liked to continue off from last night… how often do we get to get out of the house and have some time to ourselves with the kids still living with us?!"

Levy sighed as she reached down for her bag. "I know… but there's no sense in punishing our daughter for being human. Everyone makes mistakes."

Gajeel grumbled as he grabbed up his bag as well, heading for the door. "Yeah well, that kid has used up all of her mistakes a long time ago." The iron dragon slayer put his phone to his ear, his calls going to one person in mind.

Lily pulled up to the book store, checking herself out in the rear view mirror quickly before stepping out and heading inside with haste. The young girl pushed past the customers to the front desk, setting her bag down behind it as her mother moved quickly to check out the impatient people surrounding them. Before Levy could ask what had happened with Lily, Gajeel grabbed his daughters' arm and quickly pulled her into the back room. The dragon slayer slammed the door shut behind him as he left Lily go. She turned her gaze away from her father as she crossed her arms over her chest.

"WHERE THE HELL WHERE YOU?! YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO OPEN UP THE SHOP THIS MORNING!" He yelled as he watched her remain silent. He only grew angrier as the girl said nothing. He growled as he stared hard at her. "So help me god, Lily, you tell me why you didn't show up here this morning…"

Lily turned to face her father, her gaze just as fierce as her fathers. "I was with Finn last night. I lost track of time this morning and that's why I was late."

Gajeel threw his arms up into the air, letting them fall back down to his sides as he scoffed. "Oh here we go! Using the ice mage as an excuse again." He watched as Lily snapped her head away from him as he continued. "The moment he came home, you just couldn't help yourself, could you?!"

Lily dug her nails into her skin, biting her bottom lip slightly. She didn't want to yell back at her father, but she also wasn't in the mood to stand there and listen to him yell at her. Gajeel growled as he pointed a finger at his eldest daughter. "You can kiss that grad school goodbye! I am not going to pay one cent for you to continue your education!"

Lily looked back at Gajeel, her arms moving out to her sides as she leaned forward slightly. "I have been showing up here and at my other job on time for quite a while. I come in late one time in how long, and you're taking away something that important to me?! How is that fair?!"

"Life isn't fair Lily! It's part of being an adult! You clearly haven't learned that lesson yet! Your mother and I needed you here today and from the looks of things, you were just out partying like you used to. Having Finn come back home must have been great for you! He comes home, you get to use him as an excuse as to where you were, and you think you can get away with whatever you did last night. Sorry to break it to ya, kiddo, but that excuse ain't gonna work the second time!"

Lily shook her head slightly as she scoffed at his words. She couldn't fight back her tears as he laid into her. The dark haired girl rushed past her father and out the door. She quickly went for her bag at the front desk and out the door. Levy eyed Lily's expression, worry coming over the script mage. Her attention quickly turned back to the customers. Gajeel came out from the back room, mumbling to himself as he walked up to Levy, his crimson orbs glancing out the window to see his daughter driving away from the shop. Without turning to him, Levy spoke. "What was that all about? And why was Lily crying?!"

"Oh so she turned on the water works, huh?" He said gruffly.

"Gajeel! What the hell did you say to her?!" Levy asked angrily.

"I'll tell you later! Now isn't the time to discuss this while all these people are here…."

Finn knocked on Leos' front door impatiently, wanting to get out from the rain that seemed to be looming over the house. The ice mage pounded harder on the door after a minute. He could hear Leo making his way from inside the house, his voice sounding annoyed. Finn looked to the blonde haired boy as he opened the door quickly, putting a finger to his lips and instantly shushing Finn. "Will you be quiet?! She finally got to sleep a bit ago…"

Leo stepped aside to let Finn in, closing the door behind him quietly. Finn turned to face Leo, his hands out at his sides slightly. "Ok, so what's the big emergency?"

Leo spoke in a whisper. "Will you keep your voice down?! She's trying to sleep!"

Finn crossed his brows as he spoke louder. "Who's trying to sleep?! Some girl you have over from last night?!"

Leo put his hand over Finn's mouth before the ice mage could speak further. "No! It's Rain." Olive-green eyes saw solid blue widen quickly, but then turn angry in confusion. Leo rolled his eyes as he spoke. "Look, she came here last night looking for help. You and your dad didn't answer the door to your house and so she came running here in the night. I was trying to get someone over but when I saw it was her outside in the pouring down rain, I helped her in and got her some dry clothes. She explained to me what happened and why she was here, but I feel like there is more to the story. But I finally just got her to go to bed so please keep your voice down. She looks like she's been through a lot in the past twenty-four hours." Leo slowly let his hand down away from Finns' lips. He looked at his friend for a long minute. The ice mage was in disbelief at first that Rain had come here by her own free will. But then again, he was a little preoccupied last night… and with the storm that rolled in after his time with Lily, it was hard to hear anything coming from outside.

"Why… why didn't she try calling me?" Finn asked softly.

"She showed up with just the clothes on her back, a busted lip, and no shoes."

Finn grabbed Leos' shoulders and gripped them tightly. "What happened?!"

Leo quickly raised his hands up to Finn. "Easy, dude… I was gonna tell ya. Keep your pants on. Let's just go sit down. I don't think I have enough energy to catch you right now."

Finn looked at Leos' face. He looked exhausted as the bags under his eyes puffed out noticeably. Even his demeanor seemed a bit off for the young mage. "Have you gotten any sleep yourself?"

Leo removed Finns' hands from his shoulders as he walked past him, sitting down on the couch in the living room. "As a matter of fact, no I haven't. I've been up all night trying to get a hold of you and I've been watching over her to make sure she got to sleep. So yeah, haven't slept at all."

Finn sat down next to Leo on the couch, his eyes looking away from the blonde haired boy. "Leo… I'm… I'm sorry I didn't pick up sooner. And that I snapped at you this morning."

Leo put his arms behind his head and leaned back against the couch. "Whatever man. Honestly I'm not the one you should be saying sorry to."

Finn clenched his fists tightly. He knew he had to apologize to Rain for last night. "I know. I just… was a bit preoccupied last night…"

Leo raised a brow at Finn. "Doing what?"

Finn brought a hand to his face, cupping it tightly and not wanting to admit what he was doing. He let out a sigh as he mumbled out his words. Leos' eyes narrowed as he leaned in closer. "What?"

Finn clenched his jaw. 'God damn it, I really don't want to tell you right now…' Solid blue eyes looked up and were met with olive-green. "I… I was with Lily… last night."

Leo kept his narrow gaze on the ice mage for a long minute, trying to process what Finn had just told him. His eyes grew wide as the light bulb went off in his head. His jaw dropped as he pointed a finger at Finn, his head shaking slightly. Finn brought his hands up to Leo's mouth now, silencing him before he could shout anything out. "I know, I know… and yes… I really happened. Look, I'll talk about that more lately. Just tell me what happened with Rain."

Finn sat back down in his seat as he released Leo. The blonde haired boy coughed slightly before he spoke. "Well, she told me that your mom was being brainwashed by her boyfriend and that when she tried to get them out of there last night, he fought back with her and she ended up escaping the house and tried to get to you before me. That's everything in a nutshell."

Finn turned away from Leo in disbelief. "How… could any of that be true? I just saw my mom not that long ago. She seemed completely fine. Do you think maybe Rain was over exaggerating? Or maybe she just—"

Rain stepped into the room, her tired eyes falling on her brother and Leo on the couch. As she spoke, the two turned their bodies to her, their eyes wide in shock to see her up and about. "It really happened Finn. Bora had been brainwashing mom for a long time. He was somehow able to keep her memories of us, but he said he was going to make her forget all about me…" Her blue eyes cast down as she raised a closed fist to her chest. "That was what he said after he hit me… and before he was about to kill me…"

Finn quickly stood and made his way to his sister, wrapping his arms around her tightly. Rain continued softly. "I tried to tell you so many times that he was up to something… but you didn't believe me… he was such an evil man…"

"How were you able to get out of there? Leo said that you escaped…"

"Dad came up with a plan to get us both out of there… but Bora knew what we were trying to do and was able to stop us both from leaving. I was only able to escape because mom snapped out of it for a moment. I didn't want to leave her… but I had to. I had to find some help. I didn't take my phone with me so I went to the house and tried to get you or dad to answer, and so… when I thought I had nowhere else to go… I came here…"

Finn glanced back to Leo who was standing now, his hands moving to his pockets as he listened to Rain talk to Finn. The ice mage looked back to his sister as he pushed her away slightly. "Why didn't you guys tell me about this?"

"Dad thought that with Bora putting you through school, and all the stress you were under, we thought it was best to keep it between us. Besides… you couldn't see Bora for the scum that he really was."

Finn sighed as he hung his head down slightly. 'I can't be entirely angry about that, I guess… I mean, I did have a hard time believing Rain when she told me he wasn't someone we could trust.' Finn thought to himself, bringing his head back up to look at his sister.

"I really wish you came to the door last night… you or dad…" Rain said softly.

"I'm sorry I didn't answer the door. But dad never came home last night."

Rain looked into solid blue eyes, her own becoming fearful. "Do you think dad went to moms' house?"

Finn shrugged his shoulders. "It's a possibility… I haven't seen him since the party."

Rain grabbed hold of Finn's shoulders. "He can't go to moms! He'll be walking right into a trap!"

Finn raised a brow as he looked over Rains' face. "What are you talking about?"

"Bora has this magic ring that can counteract ice-make magic! And if dad already left to go find mom and me… Finn… what if it's too late? What if—"

"Rain, calm down… I'll just head out to moms and go see for myself if they are ok." The older ice mage turned and started to walk back over to Leo. His sister reached out and grabbed his arm lightly, causing him to turn around to look at her once more.

"Finn, please, let me go with you. I can help."

Finns' expression softened as he took her hand into his own. He smiled lightly as he brought his free hand to her cheek. "No. I want you to stay here. I can take care of this myself."

Rains' eyes cast down in disappointment. Finn could see the exhaustion in her body and the worry in her face. But he knew she should stay here, somewhere safe. He needed her to be here… after everything she had been through, all he wanted was for her to be safe and not have to worry about anything else. Finn kissed Rains' head lightly and moved to Leos' side, pulling him along to the door. The ice mage leaned in close to the blonde haired boy, speaking softly. "Hey, do me a favor and watch her while I'm gone. She looks like she's been through hell and back. I don't want her to worry about what might be at my mom's house. She doesn't need this stress right now."

Leo nodded his head in agreement. "I completely agree."

Finn gripped Leos' shirt quickly, pulling him in close. Solid blue eyes glared into olive-green, his voice serious and stern. "And don't try anything with her while I'm gone."

Leo stared back at Finn in shock. "Why would you say something like that?!"

"That is my baby sister over there… and so help me god Leo, if you hurt her, or do anything to her while I'm gone… I will kill you."

Leo scoffed as he rolled his eyes slightly. "Seriously Finn? I haven't touched her since she's been here. Why would I do anything to her right now while she's in this exhausted and scared state? That's not cool… if I was going to do anything to her… not that I would because you would have my head on an ice spike…" The blonde haired boy added in quickly as he saw Finns' glare pierce daggers through him. "I would want to make sure she was well rested and actually felt the same way that I do. But I know that would never happen and so I will keep my hands to myself. You have nothing to worry about."

Finn sighed as he released Leo, his own hand rubbing the back of his blue hair. "I know… and I do trust you. It's just…." Finn looked over his shoulder to Rain. "I care about her so much. I don't want to see her in more pain than she already is in."

"Trust me. I don't like seeing her like this either. But you get going! It's a long drive to your moms and if your dad does need some help, you have the upper hand on that creep! You know about his ring! So go kick his ass! And give him a sucker punch for me for laying a finger on Rain!"

Finn grinned as he looked to Leo, his hand moving to the doorknob. "Oh I'll do a bit more than that if I can. I'll give you a call later if I can."

Leo watched Finn rush out of the house to his car before closing the door. He turned around and let out a sigh as he put his hands in his pockets. His eyes went to Rain who stood quietly where Finn had left her. Leo half smiled as he started walking towards her. "He should be fine. After all he's…" Leo stopped talking as he watched Rain turn around and head back to his room. He rubbed the back of his blonde hair as he sighed.

Rain sat down on Leos' bed with a huff, her hands falling into her lap as she stared down at the ground. The blonde haired boy knocked on his doorframe as he let himself in. "Permission to come sit next to you?" He asked with a smile. Rain shrugged her shoulders as she spoke coolly.

"It's your bed, Leo. Do what you want."

Leo sat down next to Rain, his hands moving to either side of his body. "Oh come on, don't be like that."

"I'm sorry… I just… I want to help Finn… but he doesn't believe I can do anything. He thinks I'm useless."

"I don't think that's what it is Rain…"

Rain turned her head quickly to Leo, tears rolling down her cheeks. "Then why wouldn't he let me go with him?! I could have helped! That's my mom and dad too, you know!" Her head moved back to the front, her voice still angry. "I may not be strong, but I could have done something… instead he has me stay back here and be completely useless."

Leo leaned back onto his bed with a sigh. He closed his eyes softly as he spoke. "He doesn't want you to get involved because of everything you've been through. And I agree with him. Rain…" Olive-green opened back up slowly, his eyelids stopping halfway as he looked up to the ceiling. "You haven't gotten any sleep and you were basically attacked hours ago. You need time to recuperate and rest up your strength. Mentally and physically. You're a strong ice mage, no one is denying that fact… but after what you've been through… Finn just thinks someone else should take care of things with your parents."

Rain pulled her knees up to her chest, her arms wrapping around them. "I know all of that, deep down… but I still…." The ice mage couldn't stop her tears from falling. She wanted to just stand up to Finn and tell him that there wasn't a chance in hell she was going to just sit back and let him leave without her. But she knew she was tired. She knew she wasn't going to be much help if she left with him. He saw that and that's why he wanted her to stay put. All the girl could think about was being with her family. Together. Fighting against the evil that tainted their mother. That's all she really wanted. She just wanted to be with her family. She finally got to come back home… but no one was here…. Instead they rushed to the place she had to get away from.

Leos' eyes shot open as he quickly sat up straight. A grin was over his face as he turned to the surprised Rain beside him. "Hey! I've got something to show you. It might even cheer you up some!"

Rain looked back and forth between olive-green eyes. They were so full of excitement at the moment, besides being completely tired. "Ok… what is it?"

Leo wiped the left over tears away from the ice mages cheeks before he stood, smiling down at the girl. "Hold on. I have to do something first." Rain watched as Leo walked over to his dresser, taking something into his hands before disappearing into his large walk in closet. Rains' eyes narrowed as she heard him shuffling around behind the closed doors.

"Leo… what are you doing?"

"Hold on, I'm almost done!"

'Doing what?' Rain thought to herself. After another minute, Rains' head turned to the small speakers connected to Leo's stereo across the room from her as it mysteriously began to play music. She turned her eyes back to the closet doors, waiting for what was going to happen next. The young ice mage was surprised to hear the lyrics starting to be sung while Leo still hid behind closed doors.

Girl you can tell everybody

Yeah you can tell everybody

Go ahead and tell everybody

Rain jumped back slightly on the bed as the walk-in closet doors opened up quickly, revealing Leo wearing a white long sleeve shirt with a slight V cut, along with khaki pants and a white fedora with a black strap going around it. He had his hands up in the air as he grinned, one of his legs crossed in front of the other as he posed for the girl. Rains' eyes widened slightly at his sudden appearance, her hand moving over her mouth as she held back her giggles. 'Well I definitely wasn't expecting this…'

Leo brought his hands back down closer to his body, his thumbs pointing at his chest as he began to lip sync along with the song.

I'm the man I'm the man I'm the man

Yes I am yes I am yes I am

I'm the man I'm the man I'm the man

The ice mage watched as Leo began to dance along with the song as well, slowly making his way closer to the bed where she sat. She had never seen him perform an instrument because everyone knew he just couldn't play one. He also couldn't hold a note to save his life. She never knew he was one who was able to dance as well as he was now.

I believe every lie that I ever told

Paid for every heart that I ever stole

I paid my cause and I didn't fold

Well it ain't that hard when you got soul (this is my world)

Somewhere I heard that life is a test

I been though the worst but still I give my best

God made my mold different from the rest

Then he broke that mold so I know I'm blessed (this is my world)

Stand up now and face the sun

Won't hide my tail or turn and run

It's time to do what must be done

Be a king when kingdom comes

Girl you can tell everybody

Yeah you can tell everybody

Go ahead and tell everybody

I'm the man I'm the man I'm the man

She smiled as she dropped her hand down to her lap, her eyes softened as she watched him move with such flexibility and fluidity. He moved around the room as if he had been doing this for years.

Girl you can tell everybody

Yeah you can tell everybody

Go ahead and tell everybody

I'm the man I'm the man I'm the man

Yes I am yes I am yes I am

I'm the man I'm the man I'm the man

Leo finally found himself in front of Rain, his eyes cast down over her as she looked up at him. He smiled as he reached up for his hat, quickly taking it off and placing it over her blue hair. He turned on his heels and sat down next to her on the bed, his body leaning into hers as he continued to lip sync to her.

I got all the answers to your questions

I'll be the teacher you could be the lesson

I'll be the preacher you be the confession

Leo pointed to himself then towards Rain, bringing a smile and a slight blush over the girls pale cheeks.

I'll be the quick relief to all your stressing (this is my world)

The blonde haired boy reached up and pulled some of her long blue strands behind her ear as Rain turned her head away from Leo.

It's a thin line between love and hate

Is you really real or is you really fake

Leo quickly stood and took back his hat, his hand moving to his forehead as he gave a salute to Rain, his posture completely straight.

I'm a solider standing on my feet

No surrender and I won't retreat (this is my world)

He smiled as he reached a hand out to Rain, motioning her to join him in dance. Rain looked at his hand and then up to olive-green eyes as she shook her head. "I don't dance. At least not as good as you."

Leo shrugged his shoulders. "Come on, just dance with me."

Stand up now and face the sun

Won't hide my tail or turn and run

It's time to do what must be done

Rain looked away, her eyes cast down as she shook her head once more. Leo kept his hand stretched out to her as he spoke. "Hey, you heard what he said. It's time to do what must be done." Leo wasn't going to take no for an answer as he leaned forward and grabbed Rain by her hands lightly, pulling her up and spinning her around in a circle as he stepped back.

Be a king when kingdom comes

The blonde haired boy pulled her in close to his body, his hand still holding onto the one he pulled her up off the bed with as the other was placed in the middle of her back. Rain locked eyes with Leo, shock over her face as she realized he was now slow dancing with her. He grinned as he danced with her slowly to the music. "So? Whatcha think? I'm pretty good, yeah?"

Girl you can tell everybody

Yeah you can tell everybody

Go ahead and tell everybody

I'm the man I'm the man I'm the man

Rains' eyes narrowed slightly. "Let me guess… you do this to all the girls you go out with?"

Leo half smiled as he shrugged his shoulders. "No. I've only done this with you. As much as I would like to boast how well I can cut a rug, its nothing to be completely proud of."

"When did you learn to dance like that anyway?" The ice mage asked as she tilted her head slightly.

"Ah, good question." Leo lifted his head and looked off into the distance, his eyes looking like they were going back to a time long ago. "You see… there was this celestial spirit named Capricorn. And boy did he like to dance. Mostly the classical dances such as this one we are doing right now, but occasionally, on a full moon, he would just get this urge to dance how I just did. And I asked him… Capricorn… Sir… I cannot play an instrument or sing to save my life… will you show me the ways of dance? And he looked to me and said… yes… Master Leo. I will show you."

Rain smiled as she raised a brow. "Is that what really happened?"

Leo brought his eyes back to Rain, a smile on his lips as he shook his head. "No. Not really."

The girl couldn't hold back her laughter as he quickly responded to her. She smiled brightly as her laugh made its way out from her throat. All Leo could do was blush and watch her enjoying his joke. He couldn't believe how beautiful she was when she laughed. It had been so long since he had seen her even remotely happy.

"Wow…" He said softly.

Rains' laughter ceased after a minute. "What?" she asked as she looked up to Leos' blushing face.

"You just… look so pretty when you smile… even more so when you laugh."

Rain rolled her eyes. "You're just saying that."

Leo shook his head as he smiled. His hand on her back pulling the girl in closer. "No… I truly mean it."

The ice mage turned her head away from Leo quickly, not wanting to show her blushing cheeks as they grew a darker shade of red. "Seriously though… where did you learn to dance like that?"

"I learned slow dancing from Capricorn. That part wasn't a lie. As for the other dance style… I've been working on that for years now. It was something fun I could do when no one was around the house to see me act like a goon. Who knew it would come in handy one day to cheer you up."

As Leo turned them slowly, Rain looked outside his window, the water droplets still coming down hard from the sky. The happiness she felt for that moment in Leo's arms vanished as she saw the gray sky outside. "Well… I was happy for a moment…"

Leo pushed the girl away slightly, his hands still holding her in place. "What do you mean?"

Rain motioned her head towards the window. "It's still raining outside…"

Leo looked to the storm outside, his eyebrow raising in confusion. "Yeah? So?" He asked as he looked back to Rain. Her head hung down slightly as she spoke.

"It means I'm still not happy… even though I loved you dancing for me…"

"Um… I'm sorry but I still don't get it…." Leo said with a slightly laugh.

Rain sighed as she kept her eyes down at their slow moving feet. "I bring the rain where ever I go… and its worse when I'm upset. It's all I've seen for a long time… I fear that it'll never go away… and that I'll never see the sun again…"

Leo chuckled. "Well that's not true."

Rain looked up to Leo quickly. "Yes it is! That's why it was raining here last night and that's why it's still raining now… it's because of me…"

"That's actually… pretty cool."

Rains' eyes went wide in shock. "You… you think that's cool?"

Leo grinned. "Hell yeah! You get to call upon the rain whenever you want! That's awesome! But… I was referring to the fact that you'll never see the sun again."

"How do you know I won't?"

"Fun fact, my name just so happens to be the fire sign, and since the sun is just one giant ball of fire, I guess you could say that I am the sun itself. And since you are with me, you are seeing the sun right now." Leo looked away as he continued. "I know that was super cheesy, but that fact is true…" His olive-green eyes came back down to blue as they locked onto each other. A soft smile was over Rains' face. "About the fire sign and all…"

The ice mage wrapped her arms around Leo, holding him close to her own body. He stood there for a moment, slightly unsure what he should do with his own hands. Rain waited a minute before she said anything. "Thank you Leo."

Leo laughed slightly as he wrapped his arms around her lightly, his head resting against her blue hair. The two stood there in silence, listening to the rest of the song that played on the blonde haired boys' stereo.

Finn made it to his mother's house finally, his eyes wide in disbelief at what he saw as he pulled up to the curb on the street, a few houses away from the house. He made his way to the caution tape that was sectioning off the house, moving underneath it without hesitation and running into the house. A police officer called after him as he saw Finn sneak past him. The ice mage looked around as he stepped inside. The entire house was covered in ice. 'I know this spell… but… how could this be? I thought only I was able to create it…'

"Hey! Kid! What do you think you're doing in here?! This is an ongoing investigation right now! You can't be in here!"

Finn turned around to see the officer had followed him inside. Finn quickly moved closer to the taller man, his hands gripping his uniform. "Where are the people that live here?!"

"Hey! Take your hands off of me—"

Finn held on tighter as he yelled louder. "WHERE IS MY MOTHER?!"

The man raised his hands at Finn in surprise. "Hey, hey, easy kid. Is this your house?"

Finn let the officer go and scanned the house once more. His eyes fell on the bags at the end of the stairs. "Yeah… it is. What happened here?!"

The officer rubbed the back of his head. "Well… we just got an anonymous tip a bit ago saying some guy needed some help and we came here to see this entire house frozen and some rich guy completely frozen in ice. He's still alive but… we have no clue on how to thaw him out. Nothing seems to be working at the moment."

"What happened to the woman who lived here?!" Finn asked quickly.

"When we got here, that guy was the only one here. Sorry kid. No one else was here."

Finn pointed to the bags on the ground a few feet away. "Do you care if I take my bags with me? I left my phone in one of them and I would like to find out where my mother is."

The officer was reluctant to agree to let Finn take the bags. "Well… I don't know… we still haven't gone through them yet…"

"Please... I really need to make sure she is ok. We were supposed to go out on a trip this weekend and I was just at the store picking something up for her. When I came back home… I walked into this… I just… I just want to know that she is ok."

Finn could see the officer losing his better judgement as the ice mage spoke. He sighed as he looked away, waving a hand to the boy. "Alright, fine. Just take em and go."

Finn ran over to the two bags and scooped them up, quickly making his way out of the house and back to his car. He set the bags down and searched through Rains' bag first. Her cell phone was placed on top of her neatly folded clothes. A sigh of relief came from the ice mage as he picked it up quickly. Finn was calling his father, praying he would pick up so he could find out what went on. It didn't take long for Gray to answer Finns' call.

"Rain, sweetie, thank god you are ok."

"Dad… its me."

"Finn? How did you get your sisters phone?"

"I came to moms' house looking for you, and I managed to get mom and Rains' bags out of there. Luckily Rains' phone was in there. Rain is safe back at home but where are you and mom?" Finn could hear the heavy sigh on Grays end. Silence coming over him. "Dad? What's wrong?"

"Finn… just come down to the hospital… there's… there's something you should know."

Finn rushed through the hospital doors, his heart beating hard in his chest as he panted for air. He spotted his father sitting in the waiting area, his head in his hands. The young ice mage ran to his father, his voice full of concern. "Where is she?! Is mom ok?!"

Gray looked up quickly at his son as he stood before him. He was out of breath as he stared down at his father in worry. Gray let out a sigh and moved over slightly. "You might want to sit down for this kid." Finn did as he was told, slowly sitting down beside Gray. Once he was settled into his seat, Gray spoke softly. "Your mom is ok… there's not a whole lot of physical damage done to her. A few bruises but nothing major."

Finn closed his eyes as he leaned back onto the couch. "Thank god… you scared me dad. I thought something was seriously wrong with mom…" Solid blue eyes looked back to Gray who's' head hung down, his eyes shaded. "Wait… you said physical damage… dad… is… is something else wrong with her?"

"There's a possibility… that she won't remember any of us. The doctors said that since she was under his control for so long… there could be some damage done to her memories… they said there's not a whole lot that they can do. They want to keep her here for a few days, run some tests… but the outcome… doesn't look good. I didn't want to tell you that over the phone, Finn." Gray looked up to his son. Finn shook his head slowly.

"She… she can't forget about us… there has to be something they can do!"

Gray put a hand on Finns' shoulder as he stood. "I was planning on calling Rain to tell her. You can stay here with her if you want. I've been at her side since I brought her here hours ago."

Finn stood quickly. "No. I'll go home and tell Rain. Like you said… this is something that shouldn't be said over the phone. Besides… you should be the one to stay here with mom. I'll just… I'll just head back home and let Rain know."

Gray reached into his pocket and pulled out his wallet. "Here, just stay in town for the night. The sun is going to be setting soon and you should take some time to let this all sink in. since you can't stay at the house, just use my credit card and get a room for the night. You can drive home in the morning and let Rain know then."

Finn took the card Gray held out to the boy, his mind still trying to wrap around the fact that his mother may never remember who he was. Gray watched Finn leave the hospital slowly. He didn't want to put that thought into Finns' head, but he knew his son had the right to know that his own mother may not be the same. The ice mage shook his head as he made his way back to Juvia's' room to be by her side for when she woke up.

Lily walked back stage, bringing a towel to her face to wipe away the sweat from her brow. The girl stared down at the ground as she let her bandmates pass her by. Her mind was still stuck on what had happened the night before. Every time she would close her eyes, all she could see was Finn. She could still smell him even though she had completely changed her clothes for the show she had at the bar. That was the last time she was at home today, she thought to herself. The dark haired girl had left the book shop to go home and change her clothes, heading right to the bar to hide out for the rest of the day until she had to perform.

Alex put a hand on her shoulder, causing her to jump. "Whoa, hey, Lily. You ok?"

"Um, yes. Sorry I'm a bit jumpy… my mind was elsewhere for a moment."

Alex raised a brow. "Just a moment?"

The guitarist walked up next to Alex and spoke as well. "You seemed to be elsewhere during the whole performance tonight, Lil. Everything ok?"

Lily looked away from the two standing before her. "Yeah… everything is fine. I'm sorry I wasn't myself tonight. I think I just have too much on my mind tonight." She looked back up to them and smiled. "Thanks guys for asking if I was ok."

The two bandmates smiled back as they watched Lily turn around and head to the back room. Their smiles fading as she disappeared out of sight. Alex was first to speak. "Man… I don't know what's eating that girl… but hopefully its nothing too serious."

"Yeah… let's hope she can shake out of it before we go back on stage for our last song tonight."

Lily sat down at her chair, her hazel eyes looking at her reflection in the mirror for a minute. She let out a sigh as she reached up and pulled her head band away from her dark hair. 'I just need to snap out of this… it was a one-time thing… it didn't mean anything… he was just expressing how he felt about me…' Hazel eyes fell on the mark Finn had left on her neck, her hand moving away the collar of her shirt underneath her corset to get a better look at the mark. Her cheeks grew warm as she closed her eyes, her mind going back to how he had done it. 'But… I couldn't help myself either… I let him do it… I wanted him to do it all to me…' Lily let her shirt go and looked at herself once more in the mirror. Her eyes going right down to her own lips. She remembered the way his cool lips crashed onto hers, kissing her passionately.

Her fingertips ran over her red lips gingerly. 'I want to get you out of my head… but I can't… it's as if I want this to all happen again… like I didn't get enough of you…' Lily's thoughts were interrupted as her phone went off before her. She looked down quickly to see who it was. Her heart skipped a beat as Finns' name appeared across the screen. Her hands hesitantly moved towards the phone, slowly picking it up and putting it to her hear after she answered the call. "Finn?"

"Lil…"

Hazel eyes went wide as she heard him say her name. She could hear him sniffling on the other end, trying to hold back his own tears as he tried to speak to her. "Finn what's wrong?!"

"Lily… It… it's my mom…" Finn managed to get out. Lily stood quickly as she grabbed her bag.

"Where are you? I'm coming to you."

"No… please… don't… I just… need to talk—"

"Yeah? Well you can talk to me when I get to you. Send me the address and I'll see you soon."

Lily hung up the phone and made her way out to where Macao was. "Hey, Macao. I'm really sorry, but I'm going to have to cut out early tonight." She said with urgency in her voice.

Macao looked her over. "Everything ok? It sounds serious."

"Yeah, something just came up and I really need to go now. I'm really sorry."

"Hey, these things happen. I'll get someone to cover for you on stage." He said with a smile. The dark haired girl smiled in return, thankful for having such an understanding boss. She turned on her heels and headed out the door. Macao turned around and saw Cana raising her arms up into the air.

"I'll do it! I'll go on stage and sing for he little lady!"

Macao groaned as he spoke to the bartender. "As if! You're already drunk off your ass! There's no way in hell I'd let you up on stage right now."

Cana stuck out her tongue at the older man. "You're no fun at all!"

AN: Fun fact…

"Leo is the fire sign in the zodiac and these people are enthusiastic, energetic, and optimistic. The typical Leo is flamboyant and generous with tremendous charm and a magnanimous spirit. The Sun is the single most important planet, because it represents a LEO's ego and individuality. It shows their ambitions and deepest character traits, where they have the ability to shine. They are overflowing with sympathy, and are generally generous to a fault." Does that not all describe Leo? Lol I honestly never knew that about the Leo sign until Msktk told me that they are the fire sign, so I did some research while I was writing the chapter and I couldn't believe how close I got my OC Leo to act and basically be…a leo! Its almost too creepy when I think about it…. but, that's another reason why I love him so much I think.

Another fun thing to read about is that the moment msktk played the song, The Man, I knew… right then and there… I had to have Leo dance to it. for Rain. I was like omg… it would be so cute! Because he sucks at anything musical! Well… except for dancing now :) i guess I kinda felt bad for making him the only OC child to not be able to play an instrument or sing, so I got to thinking…. He could be great at dancing? So we had to make sure we got that part in there and then bam! Cheer up rain. Perfect opportunity.

Leo is very much a comic relief character in this story, if you haven't figured that out by now lol. But when it comes to his friends or family, he does care about them. He cares so much to the point where he doesn't crack jokes or make fun of anyone. When he's serious, he's going to be serious. I've been trying to keep him this way to show that he has matured over the years. I wasn't ever going to have him become friends with Lily when I first was starting this story out, but things change. Characters change. And I am absolutely so happy that I made him how he is. That boy has a lot of heart and I wish he was real. I feel like I would be his Finn… only in girl form. We'd be BBFs and would have so much crazy fun! X3

Anywhos! That's all I'm gonna say for now. thank you guys so much for reading and please don't forget to review and check out MsKtk's stories!