"So when do you want to start training again?" asked Erza. Natsu looked at her surprised. "Erza, I'm just able to start moving" "Exactly so we need to get you back into using those muscles. Come on. I say we start tomorrow." "Erza..I.I" he couldn't find the words as Jellal gave him a knowing look. "Natsu, just go with it." Jellal, I can't walk you idiot" he sniped. "Natsu" Natsu started to get off the couch when Jellal walked and stood between him and Erza. "Natsu, just give it a rest." "Wait!" Erza exclaimed excited standing straight up getting the adult's attention as they looked at her. She had such a happy gleam in her eyes that it was freaking them out. "We're all going to the gym tomorrow and doing couple's workouts." "WHAT!" they yelled. "Erza, honey, why, why are you dragging me into this. This is between you and Natsu." She gave him a hard stare as she said "Jellal, you are coming whether you want to or not so shut it and deal with it."
Rolling his eyes, he walked by her and whispered "your paying for that later." then left with a smirk on his face. Lucy started blushing as she said "well least you'll get to see what I've learned." "Baby, I know your strong and I would love to see you in combat but come on! a couples workout!" he complained as Erza and Lucy both shot a look shutting him up. "Alright, I see I'm not winning here, hey baby girl how are you? " he greeted ignoring them. "Daddy, I'm glad your feeling better." she said snuggled against him. Making him smile, he said in a soft voice "me too Layla, me too." "Your eye" she reminded as he touched his patch.
"Yeahhh" "That reminds me, Erza can you have Wendy come over to look at his eye please?" asked Lucy as Erza got her phone out "No problem" she replied dialing Wendy's number. "Hey Wendy, Its' Erza . Can you come over and take a look at Natsu's eye..yes the one he injured, he didn't injure his other one." Natsu rolled his eyes as he smacked his forehead. "Come on I'm not dumb enough to go and injure my other one" he thought to himself mildly annoyed. "She'll be here in a few Lucy" Erza said as she hung up. "Oh thank goodness" she said clapping her hands together as Natsu looked at her. "I'm happy alright, want to make sure you can still use your eye." "I get it Luce, come back and sit over here" "Come on mommy" Layla called hitting the seat next to her and Natsu. Lucy smiled and sat next to him as he put his arm around her.
A few minutes later, Wendy arrived. "Let's see how it's looking shall we" Wendy said very kind as everyone including Jellal who had come back out were watching while Wendy very delicately started to remove the bandage. Lucy squeezed his hand for comfort and to ease her own anxiety. As she took it off, everyone held their breaths while she shined a light in his face. "Cover your other eye and tell me if you see this" He did as instructed and covered his right eye. "Now, tell me can you see this light?" The house was silent for a moment as Natsu finally answered "yes, yes I can." Everyone let out the breath they had been holding in relief. "Follow it" she told him as she had it go to the left and then the right then turned it off. "From what I can see your going to make a full recovery Natsu" "Yay" said Lucy as she threw her arms over him making him fall to the side of the couch. "Ha, easy there Lucy." he said lightly as she apologized and helped him sit back up. " I still see some swelling though so no hits to the face for a while if you can avoid it Natsu" "Well damn, this messes up my plans" complained Erza.
Wendy turned and looked at her with an eyebrow raised. "Were you planning on beating him up Erza?" she questioned. "No , Wendy of course not. We were all going to train together at the gym." she huffed while Natsu slid his arm under him in victory. "Yes" he said quietly cheering. "Sorry Erza, no punches to the face for a little bit. Last thing we want is for someone to cause more damage to it.. then we're going to have a real problem." "We'll keep that in mind , thank you Wendy" said Erza graciously. "No problem. I still see some swelling Natsu so be sure to just put some ice on it during the day. It should be good in a couple days." she said as she walked out. "Thanks Wendy" he said with a grin and thumbs up making Wendy giggle some as she left. Once she was gone, Erza said " well, since that messed up my plans, now what to do."
"There's nothing wrong with just hanging at the house Erza..and I'm sure Natsu and Lucy would enjoy time with Layla since Natsu was stuck in the bedroom." They nodded in agreement as they huddled together with big smiles on their faces. "Come on Erza, relax honey" he said nicely. "Fine, fine" she said non seriously as Jellal grinned while they sat with the others. For the day, Natsu and Lucy just enjoyed spending time with their daughter. The two of them had been doing everything to stay off Evelyn's radar and then Natsu got injured that they hadn't had much time to spend with Layla. They let her have a big bowl of Ice cream that night in the exception she ate all of her dinner which she did. "Thank you!" she yelled joyfully. "Your welcome" said Natsu and Lucy while laughing at their daughter's joy over ice cream. "Did you put ice on your eye Natsu?" Lucy asked. "I was just about too" he replied opening the freezer to find an ice pack and put it on his eye for fifteen minutes before it felt like an ice cube. "My eye is freezing, yep that's enough of that" he joked putting the ice pack back. "Ready to head in for the night Luce?" "Yup, come on Layla" she called as Layla came running grabbing Lucy's hand. "Goodnight guys" they said to Erza and Jellal who waved at them.
As they left, Jellal raised his eyebrows slowly. "So you remember what I said earlier right?" "Hmm?" "You dragged me into the situation with Natsu, no way I'm letting you off the hook for that" he said sexily as Erza's face went red as Jellal picked her up bridal style and ran to their room. Natsu and Lucy smirked as they heard a few bumps along the wall. "Mommy, what's that?" Layla asked sleepily. "it's nothing baby, just Erza and Jellal moving stuff around" Layla nodded as she went back to sleep. "And they yelled at us for volume control" said Natsu. "Erza isn't yelling Natsu" she told him sharply. Wrapping his arms around her stomach, he went to her ear and said "what can I say, I know how to make you happy." "Hmm, yes you do" she said with a warm smile as she turned her head for Natsu to kiss her. His kiss felt so warm and filled with love she could melt. As they released, they looked into each other's eyes for a moment before Lucy turned her head back towards her pillow and Natsu on his as they fell asleep.
The next morning, Erza had them all up and moving. After eating breakfast, she wasn't letting anyone pussy foot around. "Jeeze, drill sergeant much" Natsu told Lucy as they were getting dressed. "Don't even start Natsu, you got out of the couple's workout so just be happy with that" she scolded. "Right, ha, forgot about that" he said as Lucy rolled her eyes. "I can't wait to see what you've learned" he said smoothly walking up behind her and put a hand around her waist. "Natsu" she said lightly. "We gotta get dressed or Erza is going to be after us both." "Maybe later" he teased as they headed out. Natsu still had a hard time moving too fast but he was able to walk around on his own for the most part minus a stumble or two. Lucy was there helping him if he needed it. "Let's go you slowpokes" she yelled as her and Jellal were waiting by their car. "We're coming" they said in unison grabbing Layla and headed out the door.
"Where are we going mommy?" "Your going to see where mommy and daddy work out to get stronger baby girl" "Really daddy?" "Yep come on Layla, Aunt Erza will kill us if we keep dragging our feet" No one said anything but they all noticed him saying aunt Erza instead of Erza. "He's growing used to them" thought Lucy happily. "He's letting himself get close and trust...I'm so proud of you Natsu" They all piled into Erza and Jellal's car and headed to the gym. Once they got there, Natsu had Layla sit in a small corner of the gym where they pulled some books and toys Lucy had grabbed for her when they were at the apartment. "Stay here baby okay?" asked Lucy. "Yes mommy" she answered as Natsu ran his hand through her making her laugh then they walked away towards the other two leaving Layla there. "So what can we do?" asked Natsu "Since combat is out of the question." "Go do about an hour with the bags , both of you .. then I trust you know how to do cardio right Natsu?" "You bet" he told her. "Alright then you do that and help Lucy if she needs it. I'll be over here with Jellal if you need me but I'd stay out of combat zone if I were you" "Noted" they said in unison as the two of them walked over to the punching bags. "You good for this Luce?" he asked unsure as she gave him a confident smile and slipped some gloves onto her hands. "I am perfect" she replied as she punched the bag right in the middle. "Damn is she hot as hell" he thought as he watched her slim body go back and fourth punching. Her tank top didn't cover whole front so he could see her stomach making him love it even more. "Natsu?, better get to work or Erza is going to come over here" "Oh right, heh" he got into position and started punching. Fifteen minutes into punching bags and they were both sweating, they heard Erza's and Jellal's combat training as they both yelled.
Natsu was punching hard when thoughts of Evelyn and everything with Layla hit into his head making him start punching the bag with hard force. Lucy noticed when she saw his face go from one of concentration to one of anger. "Natsu!" she called out but he wasn't listening. "This bitch is not going to touch them. Not my daughter, my wife, nobody!" he told himself angrily as Lucy's panic attack came to his head. He yelled as he swung a hard punch at the bag. "Natsu!" she yelled at higher volume. Finally she got in front of the bag as he almost got her before she grabbed his hand. "Natsu, stop!" she told him as he stepped back. She looked at his hand she was holding and saw his knuckles were red and some were starting to bleed. "Natsu..don't do this to yourself..please" she said calmly. Wiping the sweat with his free hand, he said "sorry, my head went to a different place and I got" "Pissed off" she said finishing his sentence. "Yeah, you could say that" he told her as he wrapped an arm around her head. "Guess it's a good thing we're in a gym huh?, work out that anger" "Hmph, yeah" he answered with a smirk. "Come on, let's do some cardio." she said.
"Erza said" "The hour thing, I'm sure she will understand once she see's your hand. Come on" He couldn't help but listen to her when she gave him that light and happy smile as he walked with her over to the yoga mats. Another hour went by as they did cardio giving Natsu a chance to calm his head and relax reminding himself he was with the woman he loved and he needed to enjoy it. Once they were all finished and walking out, Erza caught a glimpse of Natsu's hand. She stopped and pulled at his arm making him groan slightly. "What the hell did you do" she yelled as she examined his hand running her hand over his knuckles. "Something piss you off?" Jellal asked walking over. "Nothing in particular. I got to thinking about some shit and my brain got ahead of me. I'm fine" "Natsu" Erza said wary. "Erza, back off okay. I'm fine now" his tone unconvinced her but she also knew better than to push him as she saw him glance at Lucy quickly then back at her. She sighed understanding as she gently squeezed his hands.
She leaned forward into his ear as he bent forward surprised as she whispered "don't be afraid to lean on her. She's stronger then you think" she stood back with a soft smile as he nodded understanding. "Let's go home" announced Erza. "Ready Layla?" "Yes mommy" and then they piled into the car. Once they got back, Erza and Jellal said they would let Natsu and Lucy take showers first. "Lucy..." "Yes, what is it?" she questioned. "Back there..at the gym, I" "Wait Natsu, if you want to tell me, that is good but I don't want to feel as if you have too. We're partners , not each other's therapists. If your not comfortable , you can tell me when your ready" she assured him. He smiled a small smile when he said "I appreciate that Luce but I'm comfortable telling you. I always will be.. I was thinking about Evelyn" he said as he stopped talking for a moment. She wasn't surprised as he continued again "I was thinking about everything that's happened, about Layla and your.." "My what?" she asked already figuring the answer. "Your panic attack. Thinking about all that must have gotten to me more than I thought and well you know" " I stopped you before you did any real damage" "Which was really stupid by the way, If I hadn't stopped my fist from making contact with your head, I could have really hurt you." he told her matter of factly. " I understand if you help control my rage cause I don't exactly have the best tract record for that but at least grab my arm first before going for my face baby, please" "Alright" she said comfortingly.
"Go get yourself in the shower, I'll wait" he gestured his arm towards the shower. "Why don't you just come with me?" she asked straight up making him question if he heard her right. "You heard me, come on. I'm sure they won't mind" stated Lucy. Not questioning it, he followed her right into the bathroom. Erza and Jellal chuckled as they saw the two of them try to sneak into the bathroom. "Goofballs" said Jellal as Erza nodded in agreement. "Erza!, Jellal where are you?" asked Layla. "Coming sweetheart" answered Erza as they came and sat with her on the couch. "What are you watching?" asked Jellal. "Something about dragons and a princess..I prefer the dragon" she told them making them smile but she wasn't paying attention to see. "Hey Jellal, have Lucy and Natsu gone anywhere since they've been here?" she asked curious. "Hmm, you know now that you think about it...no. I don't think I've seen them leave the house at all except to go to the gym with you. I don't know if it's because they just don't want too or they are afraid." "I don't think it has anything to do with being afraid..least not all of it. I'm going to guess and say it's because they want too but not unless it's for a reason." she said grinning. "Erzaaaa. What are you thinking?.I know that grin."
"You'll see" she told him as he sat there wondering what was going through her head. Once they got out and she saw them shut the door. Erza leapt to her feet and went to the kitchen where she looked through her cupboards. Jellal was puzzled as to what she was doing. "Honey?" Natsu and Lucy then opened the door and walked out. "Hi daddy! ,mommy" "Hey Layla, how are you baby girl?" greeted Natsu happily. "Hey Natsu, can you and Lucy run out for me?" Erza asked him. Umm, sure what do you need?" he asked baffled. "I need to to the bakery on the other side of town and order a triple layer strawberry cake." "Triple layer?. Damn you like your strawberry huh?" "Don't question her on her strawberries Natsu, she loves them" said Lucy. "We'll go Erza, no problem" said Natsu as him and Lucy gave Layla a kiss on the head and walked out. "Love you!" she yelled to them. "Love you too Layla" they said in unison.
"Alright Layla, who wants ice cream?" said Jellal eager. "Me,me, me!" she yelled jumping for joy as he scooped her some while Erza shook her head. "Your a bad influence" she told him "What they don't know, won't hurt them" he teased. "Right Layla" he said winking an eye. "Right" she agreed happily sticking her spoon in the air for a second before she dived for her ice cream. "Bakery across town huh?. I could have sworn there was a closer one" said Lucy. "She must really like this one, it's all good with me" Natsu said laid back. "It's been a while since we've done any kind of shopping" "Sorry" he said sadly. "Oh no Natsu ,it's not your fault babe. I just meant it's been a while" she said in an assuring voice. He took her hand and kissed the top of it as he set it back down. "I love you too" said Lucy softly. Once they got there, when they got to the door "Lucy, I got this, you don't have to come in. Besides I see a book store that way" he said grabbing her attention immediately as he pointed straight as she stared with joy at the store down the street. "EEEK, yes!" she exclaimed loudly and happily giving Natsu a hug. "Go you book worm" he lightly teased as she smiled and ran down the street. He shook his head as he watched her and smiled. "That's my Luce. Book lover to the end" he thought as he went it. He had to wait in line for a bit. Once he got to the front, he placed the order and waited to see how long it would take. While he was standing there, he noticed someone who had come in.
"Hey Natsu" she said sweetly. "Lisanna?, hey what are you doing here?" "Just looking, I saw you in here so" she answered. "Oh okay, you been doing alright?" he asked her. "I've been doing pretty good...Natsu?" she said nervously. "Yeahhh?" he asked confused as to why she sounded sad. "Have you ever given any thought as to..well maybe going on another date?" "Lis..hmmm" he paused shaking his head and closing his eyes. He put a hand to his face. As he opened his eyes, he got a serious but not threatening look on his face. "Lisanna, I told you before I'm engaged." "Yes but wasn't that a pl" she didn't get to finish as she saw his expression darken. "No , Lisanna you were there! I know you saw me get on my knee. That wasn't a damn act or ploy. I meant every word. Lucy is my fiancée and she is going to be my wife."
Lucy was happy as hell when she got to the bookstore. "Yay, I can find more books on music. I've been dying to update my collection. I can also see if any of my favorite authors have released any more new materials" she was as giddy as a kid with candy as she looked around. She saw the music section when she bumped into a huge man. "Oh, I'm sorry. I must have not been paying attention. Got books on my brain" she said happily as she looked up at the guy she apologized too. He had a blank expression on his face. "Sssorry sir" she apologized again getting a little weirded out as she made a step forward to get around him. He grabbed her shoulder hard. "Hey, what are you doing , let me g" he quickly put an arm over her mouth trying to shut her up as she scrambled hard to get out of his grip. "What did Erza tell me, come on Lucy, think" she thought as she fought against him before it came to her. She kicked him hard in his knee making him let go as she made for the front door. She looked from side to side to see she wasn't alone as a few more guys were in front of her.
"Ha, do I even need to ask who sent you scumbags" she said half amused as she took a chance and dived at a corner but the men were fast and grabbed her slamming her against a wall. "You assholes aren't going to get me that easily" she told him as she did a swift kick right up one of the guy's faces knocking him to the ground. "You dumb bitch" one of the others said as they punched her face and as they went for her, she bit one of their hands making them yell in pain. They punched her in the stomach bringing her to her knees. "Grab her" the guys picked Lucy up off the ground as she weakly hung there. "You stupid bastards" she spat at them as she wiped her blood off her mouth. "Your cocky..that will make this all the more enjoyable." he said with a dark smile as he pulled out a knife. "This will shut your voice for good." "Mmmy what?" "Gag her" "What, no, NA..hmmmph" she attemped to call out but was gagged before she could. "Now it's time hehe" Back at the bookstore, Natsu gave her a serious look. "What if Lucy wasn't an issue anymore?" "She would nev..why are you asking?" he glared. Lisanna stopped talking and started to tremble as she looked at his face. "Your mmmother says hi" she said quietly. Snapping he grabbed her throat and pushed her into a wall.
"What the hell did you do?" he growled angrily as he squeezed his hand around her throat. Terrified , she tried to get him to loosen his grip but he wouldn't. "What the fuck does she want with me" she shook her head at him as he came to a realization. "Lucy!, she's after Lucy. Tell me right the fuck now Lisanna." He slammed her into the wall getting the other customer's attention as he turned his head slowly towards them. "Get your asses out of here" he said in a very low and cold voice as they all grabbed their orders and hurried out. Turning his head back towards her, he loosened his grip slightly as he got right in her face. "You've got three seconds or your dead" "Ssshe tttold mme too disstract youu" "Why the hell would she would do that?" he snapped. "Bbbecaussse I liked you. I'm ssssorry Natsu" "If I ever see you again, I will snap your neck. Get the fuck out here" he said dark as he let go and ran out the door. Coughing and grabbing her throat, she got to her knees trembling and pulled out her phone. "I'm ssssorry, I couldn't ddo it" she told the contact. "Stupid girl" then they hung up as Lisanna cried and put her face to her knees.
"Lucy, I'm coming I swear" he thought as he raced frantic down the street. He sped down the street and stopped on a dime as he saw them about to cut her throat. "NOOOO" he screamed as they saw him. He jumped up and landed a hard kick on the guy holding the knife. As he touched the ground, he raised his foot back up to his face again and kicked him in the jaw bringing him down. "Let her the fuck go..now" he said low glaring at them as they didn't take the message and went for him. Lucy screamed through her gag for him. "I'm fine baby" he told her as he dodged them. She was still scared as hell for him getting hit in the eye. One of them managed to get Natsu's stomach as he hit the ground. Getting free of her gag she screamed "NATSU!" he lifted his head back up and sucker punched the guys looking at him. "I won't go down that easily you stupid fucks" he insulted as he brought the rest of them down. He went over to Lucy after. "Lucy, baby your shaking hard" He lifted her chin to see a bright a red mark on her throat. "They almost did it , didn't they" she nodded her head fast as she continued shaking. "Na, na, na" "Shhh, I'm here. It's okay" he said in a sweet comforting voice as he held her trying to calm her shaking.
His phone rang as he picked it up. "Hello Natsu" he growled at the phone. "What the hell were you trying to accomplish" "Well I figured if I got rid of her speaking/singing , you would come to your senses." He looked at Lucy whose eyes went wide as she laid her head back into him shaking even more as he angrily snapped "Your not only homicidal, your delusional!" "Now now Natsu" "Go to hell you soulless monster" he told her as he clicked the hang up button. He tossed the phone back into his pocket. "Lucy, look at me baby please" she lifted her head towards him as he saw her eyes full of fear and the bruises on it. Tears came down as he said "Oh Luce, I am so sorry I was late." "Nnnoooot your ..lt" she stuttered as she buried her face into his shirt. "Let's get you home okay?" he asked tenderly as she nodded sniffling.
"Come on baby" he said wrapping his arm around her shoulders as they slowly walked back to the car. "She's not going to get away with this Lucy, with any of it. You can be damn sure of that." he swore as she wordlessly nodded her head. "Is your throat okay?" he asked straight up.. "Yy,ow" she expressed as she tried clearing her throat some. "That hurt some...but I'm okay.. it could have been worse" "Don't ever say that Luce" "This bitch needs to die" she said coldly as Natsu nodded his head in agreement. "She will be" he said after a moment. Once they got back to Erza's, he got out of his seat and went over to Lucy's and opened the door for her. He put his arm over her shoulder as she got out. "You sure your alright?" he looked in her eyes to try to see if she would lie to him. "I'll be fine" she told as he saw she was telling the truth. Letting out a relieved sigh, they began to walk to the door as Jellal opened it ."I was begin-Lucy what happened?" he asked immediately seeing the bruise on her face and the cut on her throat. He stepped aside letting them through. Erza and Layla got up from the couch and walked over. "Jellal, what's going on?" She asked then walked straight to Lucy.
Grabbing Lucy's face gently, she yelled "What the hell happened?" "Mommy" Getting irritated, Natsu pushed Erza off. "Alright, that's enough!. Back off, She's been through enough." He put his arms around her protectively as he glared at Erza and Jellal. "Daddy, is mommy okay?" she asked. Looking down at her, his voice softened "she'll be alright baby girl" he answered as he felt Lucy remove his arms from in front of her and go to Layla. Silently she scooped her into her arms and walked over to the couch. "Hi baby, mommy will be alright." she said with a fake smile. Natsu saw right through it but didn't say anything. Layla put her hands up to Lucy's face delicately. "Does it hurt mommy?" Putting her hand on top of Layla's ,she said "yeah but daddy saved me. No worries" she pulled her into her lap as Lucy put her arms around her and hugged her. Layla gave Natsu a big warm thankful smile. He loved her warmth and innocence but he couldn't help but look away when she smiled at him.
"Natsu?" went Erza and Jellal in unison as Natsu slammed his fist down on the counter. "I almost didn't make it" "What happened?" asked Erza. "Tch, stupid woman tried to play Lisanna against me." "Who?" "She was this girl I went out with a couple times, you met her that night at the park Jellal" "Oh you mean the girl who called Lucy a tramp" "She did what?!" snapped Erza instantly as Jellal put a hand on her shoulder. "Relax honey, this was days ago..and obviously Natsu dealt with her so I'm assuming?" "If I ever see her again." he said aggressively. "Relax Natsu..what happened?" Jellal said in a straight emotionless tone, trying to get Natsu out of his anger. "Evelyn, she put Lisanna up to it because she liked me and Evelyn thought she would distract me. The bitch was trying to cut Lucy's throat, well not her exactly but I figured it out at the last second." Natsu went silent as the other two glanced over at Lucy then back to him as they saw his hands shaking. "With how red her cut is on her throat...you almost didn't make it did you" asked Jellal wary. He closed his hands as he yelled "the woman was trying to take her voice away! Because she thought that was attracted me to her" "Keep your voice down Natsu or you going to scare your daughter" Erza told him. "Gahh, I need some air" he huffed as he stomped over to the front door and slammed it shut. "Mommy, is daddy okay?" "He'll be fine baby..daddy's just a little stressed out right now." "Okay" Layla answered satisfied as Lucy let out a breath.
"This isn't on you Natsu..please don't be too hard on yourself" she thought to herself. Erza and Jellal looked at each other. "This can't wait any longer" Erza said candid. "Not if she's going to keep going. He needs to be a member now" "I agree, call the other two" said Jellal. Erza nodded then walked off to her room. Natsu was sitting on the step with his head in his hands. "How much fucking longer is this going to go on. This is ridiculous." He said out loud. "Bitch must have had people watching this whole time. that's the only way she could have found out where Lucy and I were since we haven't stepped into town at all" Thinking about all of it only made him madder as he felt himself getting angrier. "Fucking bitch will never leave us alone .Not until we stop her" "Natsu" Getting his attention, Natsu turned his head as Jellal motioned for him to come inside. Natsu got up and walked inside. "This is not the time to do this" Jellal said frank. "Jellal" Natsu said in a very low tone. "I know your angry and you have every right to be, what I'm saying is now is not the time to lose your head. Be there for her, your fiancée. Matter of fact she's been looking at places for your wedding. " "Wedding?" he asked getting snapped out of his anger for confusion. "Thought so" Jellal thought to himself with a little glee. The one thing the two of them had been trying to do was get married so he figured and hoped mentioning it would snap Natsu out of his anger.
"Yeah, her and Erza were looking up places a couple days ago and found some to look at." "Really?" "Yes Natsu. Neither of you have acted lately like you wanted too but her face lit up the other day when I mentioned it and so did yours just now when I mentioned locations." Natsu looked like he was going to say something but stopped as he leaned back. Seeing his reaction, Kindly Jellal said "Natsu...you guys are allowed to be happy." "It just feels like every time we might have second of it, it get's taken away." "You love her don't you?" "More than all the universe" "Then you make the world give you guys a break. I see it on her face every day how much she want's to be your wife. Stop punishing yourselves and thinking you guys don't deserve to be happy. You two were separated for five years. Don't make each other wait any longer. Especially with all this bullshit, you guys deserve it now more then ever." "But with planning and everything..." Natsu groaned putting his head down. "Natsu" Jellal said amused as he lifted his head back up. "Nobody ever said it had to be a big wedding. This isn't for them. It's for you two. It doesn't have to be months or anything. Hell I'm sure we could have it in a week if Lucy want's. "Really?" Natsu looked at him hopeful as Jellal smirked. "Erza has got some good connections." "Oh crap..I forgot about the cake" "Cake?, oh that. haha. Don't worry, the baker knows Erza. He'll hold it for her. "I'm glad" "Relax Natsu, we will help you guys" Slapping their hands together, they both squeezed as Natsu in a sincere tone said "thanks Jellal. For everything you guys have done to help us." "It's what family does" "Family huh?..I like the sound of that" Jellal smiled a warm smile as did Lucy who had been listening. "Thank you Jellal" she thought to herself.