Lucy finished packing up her stuff after the two wizards left her apartment. She wasn't sure how to react to the new information that she gave the two of them. She knew that it would have had to come out sooner or later, but she had hoped it wouldn't be with them finding his shirt in her apartment. The look on the boys faces was extremely surprising; Gray looked worried and just wanted what's best for her, Natsu on the other hand was furious. He looked like he could've went to Laxus' house and beaten the shit out of him in any second.
She heard the boys leave a few minutes ago, now she felt like she could really relax. Although Natsu and Gray were her friends and teammates, she sometimes felt like she couldn't be herself around them. She had to pretend to be something that she wasn't. She hated being that happy, go-lucky, nearly clueless blonde that worked with them. They saw her more as a liability than a part of the team. She never felt this way with Laxus. She always felt like the most important person in the world when she was with him.
A text from her Dragon Slayer brought her out of her bad mood.
Laxus: If you really miss me that much Princess I'll just have to come and see you again. Come open your front door.
Lucy tried her hardest to not run to the door. She goes to it quickly and opens it, all of her worries melting away as she looked up into those blue-gray eyes. The smile that he was wearing on his face was enough to make her heart stop beating.
"We can leave now if you want. I have a few surprises up my sleeve for this mission Princess, and I think you're going to like them." The Lightning Dragon Slayer takes her into his arms and kisses her passionately, making Lucy's heart skip a beat as she moaned into the kiss. Pulling away from her slightly, he continued to speak. "Or… We could stay here and have a little fun before we leave." He said with a chuckle, causing her to groan.
"Honestly, I'm more intrigued on if your surprises are as good as the sex with you is." She says with a smirk on her face that nearly rivaled his. The Lightning Dragon Slayer's eyes were wide with shock when he saw that look on her face.
"Uh… Alright let's go then." Laxus said as he put her down on the floor and started going to her room to grab her stuff. Lucy's eyes widened as she watched him grab all of her bags and stick them in the car. Who is this guy and what has he done with Laxus? I never thought I would see him carrying my stuff for me. She thought to herself as she watched him before locking up her house and heading to his car. Once in the car, she leaned back and relaxed, thinking of what surprises he had in store for her.
"So what exactly is this mission that we're going on? You didn't exactly give me a lot of details earlier." He says as he gets onto the road, startling her a little bit. Laxus chuckled and looked down at her for a moment. "Didn't mean to take you out of your daydreaming, sorry." He says with a small smile.
Lucy blushed, unable to get over how his smile affected her. She looks down at the job request, unable to look at him anymore without causing heart problems.
"Uhm… All we have to do is basically go to the library for this older woman. She has five books that she wants us to find. She did ask us to make sure there is no magic inside of the books. The last few times she's been to the library there have been spells on her books that young wizards put on there to prank people. It's super easy, the hardest part is going to be actually finding the books in the library. It may take us most of the day. " She says with a smile, thinking of all the books she could find to read.
Laxus' eyes widen, "Most of the day? How big is this damned library?" He asks as he looks at the beautiful blonde next to him.
"It's one of the biggest libraries in the area. It's going to take a while to look through all of those books." She says with a chuckle in her voice before looking back down at the job request. "I can't believe little teenagers would think it would be funny to prank someone through a library book. That seems a little unimaginative to me." She says shrugging. "You'd think that they would have better things to do than put spells in books."
Laxus smiled as he heard how excited she sounded about this mission. "I don't know… When I was a teenager, I would sit around the guild hall and just zap people with my lightning magic because I thought it was funny… I didn't really have anything better to do. I guess that's their way of entertainment, besides I doubt any of the spells are harmful anyway." He says with a chuckle. "So you like to read?"
Lucy looked over at the Dragon Slayer, shocked he was continuing the conversation. "Yeah, I love to read. When I used to live at home we had a library nearly as big as the one in the guild hall. I would read day in and day out." She says with a small smile, beginning to think back. "My mother would always read to me when I was little, it's one of the things that I miss most." She says with a sad, distant look. "She's the one that got me into reading, ever since I was little I loved to read. Now I write my own stories because I want kids and adults to be taken to a different world with a book, just like I was." She says, realizing she had told him a lot more than she had anticipated. He had never once stopped her from talking to say something like most of the guys did.
Laxus looks down and sees her hand laying on the middle console, open and waiting for him to grab it seemed like. While speaking, he snuck his hand to entangle with hers, causing her to smile. "Gramps would read to me at the guild hall when I was with him. I'm too picky with my books to try and read very often. I've tried to read, but the story never captures my attention quick enough and then I usually give up." He says with a shrug. "I didn't know that you wrote your own stuff… Do you have anything that I could read?" He asks with a smile.
Lucy's eyes widen, never before had anyone asked to read her works, besides Levy and Gray of course. "Uhm… Well I have one that is finished and one that I'm about half way done with, maybe when we get home you can take a look at them." She says, the blush on her cheeks nearly darker than Erza's hair.
Laxus smiled and squeezed her hand as he looked at her. "I would love to read them Princess." He says before looking down at the map on his phone, it was going to be another two hours in the car with her. He didn't know if he was excited or nervous about this time alone with Lucy. His thoughts were interrupted by a feeling on his hand. He looks down and sees her thumb stroking his slowly, making his heart skip a beat. Looks like this mission was a better idea than I thought Laxus thought happily as he brought his eyes back to the road.
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Lucy lost track of time while with him in the car. One moment she was stroking his thumb, the next she was playing with his hand and stroking up his arm. Each time her hand touched a new part of his skin, she could almost hear him sigh in content. He's just so gods damned perfect.
"Penny for your thoughts Princess?" Laxus asked with a small smile, bringing her back to reality.
Lucy smiled and put her hand back in his. "I was just day dreaming, it wasn't really important." She didn't want to admit that she was thinking about him the entire time she wasn't talking. "I was just thinking about how excited I am to go on this mission. I haven't been able to relax and read in a long time." She says with a soft smile.
"I'm either on a mission, or my team is at my house so I can't get any peace and quiet." She sighs and looks out the window. "I love my team, but their lack of boundaries can get extremely annoying sometimes."
Laxus could tell there was more that she wanted to say, but he wasn't going to push her. "My team and I used to have the same problem. But after getting zapped by me so many times, people learn to respect my space." He says with a small smile.
Lucy laughed and looked up at him, squeezing his hand. "Is that how you solve all of your problems? By zapping people?"
"Not every problem, but it seems to be pretty affective if I do say so myself." He says with a smile on his face, making Lucy laugh even more. Her laugh is like music to my ears… Gods this woman is perfect. "But seriously, if you have a problem with your team, why don't you just talk to them?" He asked curiously.
"I wish it was that simple." Lucy says with a roll of her eyes and a shake of her head. "I've tried to talk to them, but they always say that they only do it to protect me. I know that I've gotten myself in a lot of trouble with bad guys and stuff in the past… but I'm strong enough to handle myself." Lucy says, looking determined.
"I've gotten a lot stronger since I joined the guild, I don't need people watching over me."
Does her team honestly think she can't handle herself? Well this is Natsu and Erza that we're talking about. They're some of the strongest in the guild along with myself. But Lucy can definitely hold her own, I've seen her battle before, she could be an S-Class mage easily if she tried. Just like the three of them. Why does her team doubt her like that? "Why do you think they still try and do that?" Laxus asked as he played with her hand, trying to keep her calm. It was Laxus' job to keep her in a good mood this whole trip, or else it could ruin his plan.
Lucy shrugged, not really paying attention to the Lightning Dragon Slayer, she was lost in her own world. "Honestly, I used to think that it was because Natsu and Gray had a crush on me, so they were over every night. After a couple years though, it just became habit for them to randomly pop in. Normally I don't mind the company, but there are times that a warning would be nice before they come over." Yea like this morning when they were in my house and found Laxus' shirt.
Her words struck a chord with the man next to her, mainly because she talked about her friends having a crush on her. But as he looked down at the blonde next to him, he could see a defeated look on her face. Laxus knew from that moment on, he was going to do everything in his power to make her his. This way she could always feel safe and protected, while never having her boundaries crossed. If I catch those two in her house without her permission again… Laxus was brought out of his thoughts by the blonde next to him.
"I didn't know you liked this kind of music." She said as she smiled and looked through the tracks on the CD that he had put in before their conversation. "I never pictured you for a metal kind of person." She said with a chuckle as she started to sing along, her voice sounding like an angels.
"Oh yea? What kind of music did you think I listened to?" He asks curiously. No one had ever questioned his musical preferences.
"Honestly… I thought of you to be a rap kind of person, maybe even rock, but not metal." She says with a small smile. "I figured the screaming would give you a headache I guess. It does for most other people that I've met." She says as she turns up the radio, singing along louder now, the sound music to the Dragon Slayer's ears.
"I like just about everything… Except for rap." He says with a small smile. "Rap is the poorest excuse for music known to man." The Dragon Slayer rolled his eyes as if that were going to help his point.
Lucy smiles and nods in agreement. "I'll have to agree with you for the most part.
"There are a few rap songs that I can listen to when I'm training, but their few and far between. I mostly listen to stuff like this, I find it helps me stay calm with the song screaming at me." She says with a small laugh. "Most people think I'm crazy for thinking that way."
Laxus could only smile at the blonde beauty next to him. For the longest time he has used this music to get him out of a lot of situations where he got too heated. All he had to do was put on his headphones and he was transported to a different world; Away from everyone that annoys and bothers him. "I've always used this music to calm me down too. Whenever there was a big fight at the guild, or when someone pushed me too far, I'd just put my headphones on and drown out the world until I felt normal again."
Lucy looked up at the Dragon Slayer, unsure what to say next. "It sounds like the same thing that I do with music. It's definitely a powerful thing for a lot of people." She says with a smile. "If that's how you deal with your problems then so be it. It's a lot better than Natsu who just figures out his problems with his fire magic."
Chuckling softly, the Dragon Slayer smiled and nodded to Lucy. "Yea I guess you're right." He says before his GPS alerted him that he was reaching his destination.
"Wow… That was one of the shortest rides I've ever had in this car."
"I'd have to agree… that was really short." She said as she looked outside to see the town around them. There were shops as far as the eye could see, extremely fancy hotels and of course the giant library in the middle of town. Lucy's heart skipped a beat at how beautiful this place was. It reminds me a lot of home. She thought to herself before Laxus pulled in front of a huge mansion. It was painted a sky blue color and had more lawn ornaments than a normal person should have. Lucy nearly cringed at the sight.
"Looks like we're here Princess." Laxus says, Lucy could tell he had a hint of nervousness in his voice. She didn't blame him from how the house looked. Lucy was the first to get out of the car, stretching her muscles that were protesting from finally moving. She felt the Dragon Slayer behind her as she started to walk up to the door. "There should be a rule on how much shit people can put in their yards like this." Laxus said quietly, thinking he had said it to himself.
Lucy chuckled and shook her head. "I'm sure it's an older woman that has a lot of collectables." She says as she knocks on the door, waiting for a response.
"If it's you damned door salesmen I don't want a damn thing from you!" Said a frail, but spirited voice on the other side of the door. Lucy's eyes widened as she looked up at Laxus, who seemed just as shocked as her.
"We're not salesmen ma'am. We're from Fairy Tail answering your job request. We're here to get your books from the library." Lucy said, now unsure how this job request was going to go. The door opened to reveal a woman that looked no older than her father would be. She had a cheerful face, now that she knew there were no salesmen at her house. Getting a better look at the woman, Lucy felt like she should know her. The older woman looked very familiar.
The woman must have been able to sense it too, because she looked at Lucy with a wide eyed expression. "What is your name my dear?" The woman asks Lucy.
"Uhm… My name is Lucy." She was a little apprehensive of saying her last name still. Most people are shocked to find out the daughter of Jude and Layla Heartfilia was a simple guild member. "Lucy Heartfilia." She says as she watches the woman's face go from curious to excited in less than a second.
"Little Lucky Lucy Heartfilia." She says with a big smile on her face. "You look so much like your mother dear, may she rest in peace." Lucy saw that the woman couldn't contain her excitement, but she was just as confused as before. This woman knew her mother? "Don't I feel embarrassed… you probably have no idea who I am." She says with a smile. "My name is Dorothy, your mother and father were quite the team back when they used to do guild work together. I was one of their favorite clients." She says smiling.
Lucy just stared at the woman in shock. She used to be a client for her mother when she was in a guild. Just then, she remembered something that her mother had told her when she was young about a Dorothy. "Y… You're the Dorothy that my mother would always tell me about? All of the crazy things that you made her and my dad do, just to get them together? That Dorothy?" She asks curiously.
Dorothy couldn't hide her grin as she looked at the two young wizards. "Yes dear, I'm the woman that got your parents to realize their love for each other. I'm a matchmaker of sorts… but it doesn't look like you had the problems your father and mother did… Who's this handsome man?" She asks as she eyed the Dragon Slayer, making him blush and look away.
Lucy laughed and looks up at Laxus. "This is my guildmate and friend Laxus… He's just tagging along with me." She says, laughing at the sight of an uncomfortable Dragon Slayer in front of her.
"You know… Your father would always 'tag along' with your mother as well." She says with a devious smirk. "But enough about that, I'll go grab the list of books dear and you can be on your way." She says with a large smile. "When you come back, I'll tell you all kinds of crazy stories about your mother."
"I'm looking forward to it Mrs. Dorothy." She was unable to help the stray tear that fell down her face, it had been a long time since she had thought about her parents. She missed them dearly.
"You okay?" She heard a soft voice ask her. She looks up and sees that Laxus is looking at her worriedly.
Lucy smiles and nods to him. "I'll be fine… Just thinking about my parents brings back some memories, most of them aren't happy, but that doesn't change the fact that I miss them." She says shrugging.
The older woman came back quickly with a list of five books, along with their serial number and approximately where we could find them in the library. Lucy smiles at the woman and puts the list in her pocket. "We should have these to you by the end of the night." She says before she started to leave.
"Oh don't worry about it dear. Bring them to me tomorrow, my old self can't make myself stay up very late anymore." She says with a chuckle. "You two have fun." She says with a wink before she shuts the door.
"Odd little lady…" Laxus whispered more to himself than to Lucy. Lucy chuckled and nodded in agreement to him before taking her hand in his, startling the man next to her.
"Let's get to the library… I'm excited to get this over with and come see her tomorrow." She says with a smile.
"Your wish is my command." He says with a smile before squeezing her hand.