A/N Major spoiler alert for this chapter if you HAVE NOT finished the manga!!! You can read up to the SPOILER WARNING. You might miss a little, but not enough to make a difference for later chapters!
Stiffling a giggle at the memory of Laxus with a danish slipping down his head sitting in a puddle of coffee, Lucy stared at the headboard in front of her. "I need to wake this sleeping dragon slayer. My arm is starting to fall asleep and I need to check out why my shoulder hurts like Tartaros! I really need to pee too!" She mumbled. Here goes nothing. "Sparky... Hey Sparkplug!" Nothing... Okay, time to up the volume. "LAXUS DREYAR!!! WAKEY WAKEY!!!" "Shush Blondie! It's too early for tjis shit!" Mister grumpy pants answerrd. "Laxus, I really need to pee and your behemoth of an an arm and leg have me trapped!!!" "Fine Blondie, just be quite about it then come back to bed." Laxus complied and Lucy padded off to the bathroom attached to the suite. Upon further inspection she now noticed they were in her complementary suite. The Writers Association of Fiore went all out for their annual winners. No expense was spared for the gala last night. The appetizers were devine and the champagne had sliced strawberries floating in the flutes. Laxus, Erza, Cana, Levy and Gajeel had been the only friends/family able to make it to celebrate with her.
After finishing her budiness, Lucy decided to take a look at her shoulder. There was a bruise there the size of an apple with two punctures spaced a couple of inches apart. The looked like the were seeping a bit, but quickly healing over. DING DONG. Startled, Lucy turned around and was face to face with Virgo. "Do you need some help dressing your... wound Hime?" Queried the the maid spirit. "Yes please Virgo." "So you and Mister Dreyar again?" "Yes Virgo." The maid spirit had a knowing look twinkling in her eyes. "All done Hime. Punishment?" "No punishment Virgo. Thank you." Virgo poofed back to the spirit world and Lucy sauntered back into the bedroom. "Asleep again I see Sparky. Well, I guess I can do my morning meditation while waiting for him to wake-up." Sitting on the carpet at the foot of the bed, Lucy closed her eyes and tried to concentrate on her magic.
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All she could think about, though, was that Laxus was absent when they reinstated the guild, she didn't know why but she missed him all the way through the mission to save his gramps, Master Makarov. Seeing Laxus on the bow of the Christina lightened her heart, but this time around, he avoided her. There wasn't much time for her to search for him at reunion guild party though, they were in the arms of war again.
The war against the Alvarez Empire took so much out of them all. Natsu's split personality as E.N.D., losing her powers for a time and gaining a new ability, finally seeing her long lost spirit, if only for a moment, almost losing another best friend. Finally defeating Zeref and Acnologia... After the massive celebration for their victory, Lucy finally ran down Laxus.
