Chapter 11: My Decision
-Laxus POV-
Me and gramps had been talking for about thirty minutes now. Just about random stuff trying to catch up since I never was really around that much. It was then that he asked a question that kinda made me think a little.
"What are you gonna do Laxus?"
"What do you mean gramps?"
"Lucy…what's gonna happen after she has the baby? Are you just gonna up and leave again?"
I pondered his question over and over in my head until I came up with a response. Even though it was hard to put my thoughts into sentences.
"No gramps. I'm not just gonna leave. I'm gonna stay here and support the baby like a good father would. In all honesty I'm being faced with a very hard decision right now."
He just looked at me with a confused look on his face.
-Lucy's POV-
I slowly waited and waited for what seemed like forever until the door finally opened. I seen the master step out then Laxus followed. Both of them had a mischievous smiles on their faces. I couldn't help but wonder what happened behind those closed doors. Laxus noticed me and walked over to me and greeted me with a kiss on the forehead and a huge bear hug.
"Hey can you do me a favor?"
"What Laxus?"
"I want you to run an errand for me. Gramps wanted me to ask you if you could take this to Porlyusica. And maybe get a small checkup while your there."
"Okay that's fine."
As I was fixing to leave he grabbed my wrist and pulled me back into an embrace. We stood there for what felt like forever. I could still hear the noise around us. He then let me go and gave me a soft kiss on the lips.
"Be careful."
"I will."
With that I left making my way to the East Forest.
-Laxus POV-
After I knew she was gone I turned around and gave my gramps a slow nod.
"Alright brats! Listen up. Were gonna plan a little surprise for Lucy. Now this is what's gonna happen."
Gramps gave me the okay and I went out to do a little shopping.
-Nobody's POV-
It had been about three hours since Lucy had left the guild. She had just left Porlyusica's place and was headed back towards town. She wondered how everybody was doing. She didn't really get to talk to nobody sense they all seemed in a rush. It took her about an hour to get home and she noticed that it was almost dark by the time she got there. It was to be expected considering she stopped for lunch in town. She was going back to the guild but it was too late by the time she had got into town. She then decided to just go home fix some dinner, take a good long hot shower, and rest. She entered her apartment only to find Laxus on her couch.
"Laxus!"
"Hey Lucy go change. Were going out for dinner just the two of us."
She looked at him surprised, just nodded, and went to go put on a dress. This was way unusual. Of course she couldn't complain though. I mean she hadn't seen him all day so she had no right to complain. She had changed into a red dress with a frilly skirt. It was the same dress she wore the day she took that seduction job. She had to do something with her hair so she called out Cancer the Crab.
"Need a hair cut ebi?"
"No just do something cute with my hair."
He went to messing with her hair and eventually it was done. She stood up and looked up in the mirror. Her hair lay in curls that bounced off her shoulder. She was very pleased. She walked out of the bathroom grabbed her bag and went into the living room.
"Ready!"
Laxus stood up and turned to look at her. His eyes grew wide. He walked over to her and placed a hand on her waist.
"You look beautiful Lucy. No…absolutely stunning."
She just laughed at him and gently gave him a kiss on the cheek and thanked him. He held out his hand and she took it. They walked out of her apartment hand in hand. Big grins across both of their faces. They slowly made their way across town to a restaurant Laxus had seen yesterday before he went to Lucy's house. The place was really fancy. Perfect for the current situation. We walked in and was greeted by a friendly waitress.
"Table for two?"
"Yes."
The waitress walked the two over to an empty table on the patio outside. As Lucy sat down she looked up into the sky to see the starts. They were so pretty. Seeing stuff like this with her mom is what made her want to become a wizard even more. She loved stuff like this. It all amazed her.
"Lucy are you okay?"
Laxus' words snapped her back to reality.
"Yes Laxus I'm fine."
Another young male waitress came over to take their order. They both placed their order and sat there in silence till it came. For some reason this felt awkward to the both of them. Lucy decided to break the silence.
"Laxus…why did you wanna take me out tonight?"
"Well Lucy this is technically our first date. I just wanted tonight to be special."
She looked at him with confusion on her face then smiled feeling somewhat satisfied with the answer he had given her.
"It already feels special."
He smiled at her and they started eating their food. Not too long till the surprise. He hoped she would like it. After they were done with their meal they went for a leisurely walk through the city till they wound up at Kardia Cathedral.
"I remember it like it was yesterday. You telling me I was going to be a father here."
He lowered his head and smiled. The memory was fresh in his mind. He had caused so much pain. But now that's over and he finally made his decision. He knew what he wanted. Knew who he wanted.
-Lucy's POV-
"I remember it like it was yesterday. You telling me I was going to be a father here."
"Me too Laxus. This is where everything changed for the both of us."
Laxus reached and grabbed my hand somewhat surprising me.
"Lucy come with me I need to show you something."
I walked with him into the cathedral and he slowly guided me behind the huge pipe organ where we found a set of stairs. We went up them and stopped once we seen a ladder. Laxus motioned for me to go up first which I did stopping once I got to the top and pushed open a small door. As I crawled through I looked around in amazement. I was on the rooftop of the cathedral. Laxus came up shortly after and put his arm around my waist.
"What do you think Lucy?"
"It's amazing Laxus. Absolutely beautiful."
I looked over at him and smiled. He returned the smile then turned to face me. He looked like something was bothering him. I was going to speak but he beat me to it.
"Lucy…I've been thinking. About everything that has happened the past few days and…."
"What is it Laxus. Is something wrong?"
"No nothing is wrong. Lucy I want to be with you. Not just for the baby but for me too. I think I really have fallen for you Lucy."
"Laxus…"
I cupped his face in my hands then I heard a boom. I looked towards the direction to see fireworks. It was coming from Fairy Tail. I stared at them in amazement the looked back towards Laxus with tears in my eyes. 'Did he plan this?' I was surprised when I seen him get down on one knee and pull out a box from his coat pocket. He then opened it up to reveal a beautiful diamond ring. Tears started flowing from my eyes uncontrollably.
"Lucy Heartfilia. Daughter of Jude and Layla Heartfilia. Will you marry me?"
"Laxus….y…yes!"
Ever so gently he placed the ring on my left hand. Not even a second afterwards I fell down and pulled him into an embrace. I pulled away and looked into his eyes. Our faces inched closer together without hesitation our lips slowly met. It was a beautiful starlit sky surrounding us with many colorful lights. That was the best night of my life as I sat there kissing Laxus under the moonlit sky.
