Chapter 2:

The Asking

It had been two months since Lisanna's funeral and Natsu had moved back into town and Natsu and Lucy had been seeing more and more each as days. In fact, Natsu was going to be meeting up with Lucy for lunch. For that very reason, Lucy sat at a cafe called Cat's Eye, it was the same spot, same table, same time where she and Lisanna reunited and Lisanna had told her how she framed her. Lucy stared into the teacup and sighed heavily, it was even the same type of tea too. "Come Natsu you're late," Lucy mumbled to herself while watched the ice in her tea shift and she began to have a flashback.

Lucy sat across from Lisanna, their table was outside and it was noon, so the sun was just above they're heads. "Lucy, I came here to explain some things… And to apologize," Lisanna spoke, "Bickslow and I, we set you up. Makarov had offered us both a position as a new board member and I wanted it so bad… So I asked Bickslow to help me stage a fake robbery and that it was your fault. We shut down the cameras and security alarms while you were in the back room of the store that you were visiting and replaced the most expensive jewelry, then got out there without you even noticing."

"Lisanna… I don't know what to say," Lucy said as her eyes watered.

"As I planed you got fired and I got the job, but I caused so much pain that I didn't even realize it," Lisanna spoke, "In the end, it wasn't till eight months ago till I got what I deserved. Eight months ago, I found out I was pregnant and when I told Bickslow the news, he yelled at me and blamed me for it. Bickslow told me, 'How can you be pregnant? I can't be with a pregnant woman, it would tie me down.' I began to cry and he left me with no regrets. I was having a mood swings during one of the meetings, after the meeting I went to my office and I cried my eyes out. Apparently Natsu had he followed me in and when I noticed he was there, he asked me what was wrong and I explained everything I have just explained you and he told me some how it lead him to telling me about how you two were secretly dating and that you were going to turn down the position and tell everyone that you two were a couple. Then Natsu showed me the most beautiful ring, it was an engagement ring… Natsu was going to ask for your hand in marriage. Lucy, my selfishness and my low self esteem got the better of me and I acted out on it those two years ago. I'm so sorry Lucy."

"Lisanna, I forgive you," Lucy whispered and Lisanna looked up in surprise while tears poured from her eyes, "But my question is what took you so long to find me?"

"Lucy Heartfilia, you are a hard person to track down," Lisanna respond and they both began to laugh.

Lucy smiled at the memory as flooded her mind and she stirred tea when the man she had been waiting for finally appeared and took his seat across from her. "Interesting place to meet," Natsu commented while a stray cat jumped into his lap.

"It was mine and Lisanna's favorite place to meet up," Lucy replied, then she took a sip of her tea, "So why did you want to meet?"

"Well, I was wondering since we've been getting for like two months now if we could umm… Become umm… Something…," Natsu mumbled and Lucy smiled softly.

"Wondering if we could become a couple," Lucy spoke and Natsu blushed a little.

"Yeah, that… I was wondering if we could be a couple again," Natsu replied and he rubbed the back of his head.

"Well, lets try this, I'll get a babysitter for Happy and we'll go out on a real date," Lucy spoke and she smiled as she folded her hands together and rested her head on top of them, "And if tonight goes well, then we can become an official couple."

"Alright!," Natsu yelled and he jumped out of his seat causing the cat to fall out of his lap and everyone at the cafe to stare at him.

Lucy began to laugh and as she caught her breath, she said, "That is so like you Natsu Dragneel."

"You know me so well," Natsu whispered, then he leaned over the table and kissed Lucy's forehead, "See you tonight Luce."

"See you tonight… Natsu," Lucy replied, after that Natsu took off and went straight home to get ready for they're that night.

When Lucy got home from work, she and Happy arrived at her door to see two guys named Sting and Rogue waiting. "Uncle Sting! Uncle Rogue!," Happy shouted and he ran up to them and hugged them both.

"Hey Rogue, Sting," Lucy greeted as she unlocked the door.

"Good see you too, Lucy," Sting replied.

"So you sure about going on that date," Rogue asked while everyone walked in.

"I won't know till I try now will I," Lucy respond as she went her bedroom to pick an outfit for the evening.

"True enough," Sting spoke.

"I'm going to go up stair and change into my TMNT pjs and pick out some movies to watch tonight," Happy said then he ran to his room with excitement.

"Anyways thanks for watching Happy tonight," Lucy said.

"Yeah, yeah, whatever," Sting respond as he waved his hand, "We love this kid, you know that."

"Yeah, but I wrecked your date with Yukino," Lucy spoke and Sting blushed a deep red.

"You told her," Sting yelled at Rogue and Rogue smirked.

"Yeah and what is it a bad thing," Rogue spoke in a calm voice.

"No… But I didn't want to make Lucy feel bad," Sting replied and Lucy laughed and smiled.

"It's ok, I already called Yukino and told her to come over," Lucy as she walked out of her room, "Besides, last time I left you two in charge, Happy had colored on the walls and the kitchen was a mess. I'm hoping Yukino will help keep everything in order."

"Hey! We weren't that bad," Rogue and Sting yelled together and Lucy laughed.

"No matter, she's coming rather you like it or not," Lucy spoke while she walked across the room to the bathroom, "Now I'm going to take a shower, don't wreck anything while I'm in there."

"Don't worry so much Lucy, everything will be fine," Sting replied and with that Lucy went into the bathroom and locked the door behind her.

Dear Readers,

So how has been? I have decided to turn one-shot story into a multi-chapter story. Oh yeah, probably wondering why I haven't been very active lately. New computer, job, writer's block, etc. Life has been busy, but I will try to write. With life being busy and all, writing sadly had to take a back seat and it still is partly in the back seat if you will. With my life being the way it is, I may not update as much as you or I would like but I will do it when I can. Anyways, review reply time:
~MarSofTheGalaxies- Well, here we are a second chapter explaining how Lucy was framed and a little more. But if you feel like you have some questions that need to be answered, please ask in a review for this story. It really helps when readers leave questions, it give me ideas for the next chapter! And thank you for writing a review and reading!
~Fairygirl-2.0- So you learned what Lucy was framed for, and I think I showed a little bit of they're friendship and that is turning into something more. I hope you liked this chapter and continue to read more as the story builds. Anyways, I would love to have more feed back and any questions in a review! Thanks for writing a review and reading this story!
~Rychan14- As you can tell I did continue! YAY! I hope you enjoyed this chapter and continue to read this story! Thank you for writing a review and reading this story!
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