AN- I am so sorry! i uploaded the wrong chapter yesterday woops. that was actually chapter 8 for my other fanfiction of naruto and fairytail; Ninja's & Fairies. Here's the real chapter 3 for the right time to fall. I only realised this by accident and ENJOY the new RIGHT chapter.

Chapter 3

Since Erza was so knackered she didn't realise one of her shoes got wedged in the front door. A few hours later a man appeared at her front door, with him a red bag.

The man walked into the flat, without making a sound, and started to check every room. The living room, the kitchen, slowly inching towards Erza's bedroom.

The door creaked open. He went besides Erza's bed and placed his hand on her neck.

Erza's eyes shot open, grabbing the man's hand, she jumped off her bed and locked his arm behind his back.

"What are you doing in my house?!" Erza demanded.

"Nothing I swear! You had left the door open so I came in to check on you Erza! It's me Mark, the postman!" He pleaded.

"Prove it!" She made the lock tighter, causing him to shout out.

"There's my bag! It's filled with all the letters and packages for this entire neighbourhood!" Mark cried.

Erza pushed him forward, towards the bag. Sweat trickled down his face.

"OPEN IT!"

"Yes ma'am" He showed Erza the letters.

"Fine I believe you're my postman, but then answer me this, how'd you know my name!?" She interrogated.

"Like I said I'm your postman, your names are written on the letters. I've been doing this neighbourhood for years and I've just picked up the names! Please let go of my arm, it's going to break off!" Mark was clearly in agonising pain so Erza concluded he wasn't lying.

It was something Erza was sure about, people don't lie when they are in danger. She had done it to enough people to know that, hence the name the red headed devil. She wasn't as violent as she was whilst she was in Fairy Tail but she still had some techniques and occasionally practiced on her mannequins.

She let go of his arm and apologised. Mark ran to the other side of the room, rubbing his arm.

"You said I left my door open, right?" Erza sat on her bed facing the post man.

"Yes, one of your shoes stopped it from closing properly." He explained.

"Well then thank you for your concern." Erza gave him a comforting smile, however Mark was still petrified of her.

"Do you want something to eat or drink?" Erza offered, the man immediately declined saying he had to finish posting the rest of his letters. He gave Erza's hers and left her flat without another word and shut the door.

"(Sigh) Bill, bill, a new takeaway has opened down the street and another bill. I don't even know how mum and dad could manage all of these things!" Erza threw the bills on her bed, then debated with herself whether she wanted to go back to bed or have breakfast. The day's events had already woken her up completely so she opted for breakfast so walked into the bathroom to freshen up.

Erza was a fashion designer, hence the mountain of clothes she owned and the mannequins. She loved her job as it rarely interfered with her social life and hours were very flexible. She could work at home, and the only times she needed to leave the house for work was for a cat walk. More often than not, she would be one of the main models.

Erza father had died when she was five he was a soldier, KIA and her mother died when she was 17 from an illness. Ever since Erza was little she had been interested in clothes designs, making a new design almost every week. By the time she was 15 she had hundreds. These designs came in very useful when her mother died, she sold her designs to different clothes companies in order to make money. Levy came up with the idea, and that was how her designing career started.

After she left the bathroom she went into the kitchen and made herself toast, a sunny-side up, a hot cup of tea and poured herself some orange juice. She checked the time, 7am. It was still too early to even think about going to Natsu's place to make arrangements for the wedding. She took her food into the living room and started to watch TV.

The previous night

"Good night Erza!" Natsu called, he shut the cab door and told the cab driver to go to the nearest bar. After a few minutes the cab stopped in front of 'The Dragon's Head'.

"Hey this bar is close to my place, how come I've never noticed it?" Natsu asked the cab driver.

"It only opened a month or so ago, pretty good in my opinion. The girls here are sexy, some are as sexy as your lady." The cab driver responded.

"That lady is my fiancé!" Natsu gave the cab driver a dark stare and handed the fare to him. The driver left without uttering another word.

Natsu walked into the bar casually and sat on the bench next to the counter. A blonde girl with two ponytails had her back facing him, making a drink for one of the other customers. "Be with you in a sec!" She called out. Natsu then realised she was talking to him and replied "Don't worry take your time, I'm not in any hurry!"

"I'm done!" The blonde girl said with delight, she turned around gracefully. She had brown eyes, a petite nose and a huge smile that could light up anyone's day. She placed the drink in front of the customer on Natsu's left. "Enjoy!" She chirped.

That's when she looked at Natsu. "So what do you want?" She tilted her head to one side giving him a pleasant smile. Without noticing, Natsu was checking out Lucy's body from head to toe.

She was wearing a black dress that reached her mid-thigh, upon that was a white apron. Put in simple terms she looked like an orthodox English maid.

His eyes wondered over the blonde girl's left breast. 'Lucy' was written on it. When Natsu finally regained his thoughts he saw that Lucy was still in the same position, however he could tell Lucy was beginning to feel uncomfortable and began to laugh.

"Sir why are you laughing?" Lucy asked innocently.

"Sir? Just call me Natsu, Lucy and I'm laughing 'cuz you look really cute right now!" Natsu returned Lucy's smile, only after he saw Lucy's face blush bright red did he realise what he had just said. He looked down "Erm…" Natsu scratched his head "Could I have some shots? … Please"

Within a few seconds Lucy placed a small glass in front of Natsu and poured the intoxicant into the glass, as she was just about to put the bottle away Natsu grabbed her hand. "Leave it here will ya?"

So Lucy did, every so often she would refill Natsu's glass. 5 shots later Natsu began telling Lucy all about how he proposed to Erza.

"And her boobs are this big!" Natsu placed his hands half a meter away from his body.

"I'm sure they aren't that big Natsu"

"I think they're the same size as yours" He slurred. Lucy immediately placed her hands on top of her chest and blushed.

"(hic) Did I embarrass you? (hic)" Natsu asked.

Lucy didn't answer and poured another glass for Natsu.

Lucy: Remember what the boss said. He told me you give the customer as much alcohol he wants, then when he can't speak properly call a cab and send him home. But remember to take all the money you need from him and take a little extra for the effort and stuff. Well Natsu can still speak properly so just give him some more shots and he can go home. But I have to admit apart from the sexual harassment he is a pretty interesting guy. And it's so adorable he went to such great lengths just to propose. Erza is truly a lucky women.

10 glasses later was when Natsu finally started to talk gibberish. Lucy sighed a breath of relief. She looked at her watch, 1am. She went round the counter and told one of her co-workers to cover for her. She lifted Natsu's shoulder and hauled him up. "OK? It's time for you to go home Natsu?"

"Home? (hic)"

"Yes home" She replied with a smile.

"Your home?" Natsu asked.

"Not my home, yours Natsu"

"Why you coming my home?"

"I'm not, all I'm doing is helping you get there safely."

"You nice Lucy!" Natsu gave a feeble smile.

Lucy stood at the side of the pavement and held out her hand until a cab driver came. "Ok it's time for you to go home Natsu" She said whilst trying to push Natsu in to the cab, however he resisted.

"(hic) Me don't need cab. Home 2 blocks away!" Natsu stated, he got out of Lucy's grasp and started to walk down the street.

"So does he need a lift or not?" The cab driver said impatiently. "I guess not, sorry" Lucy apologised.

"Stupid women" The driver mumbled as he was driving off, however he jerked to a stop and started to beep like crazy. Lucy looked up to see Natsu had wondered off onto the road. She quickly ran to his aid and guided him back to the pavement.

The cab driver rolled down his window and shouted "You should take more care of your customers, slut!"

"Shut the hell up and get lost, you perv!" She screamed back. After the cab driver cursed at her and drove away she looked around, just hoping no one woke up because of the commotion that had just occurred. She saw that no lights had switched on and assumed they were safe.

"Lucy you angry?" Natsu asked innocently.

"No!" She snapped, she then turned to Natsu and saw he was trying his best to keep quiet however he was bursting to ask something. "Sorry Natsu, I'm not angry at you" She smiled at him then said. "Go ahead tell me what you're thinking then"

"…Lucy why you back?" Natsu hesitated then looked at her in bewilderment.

"I'm going to walk you home Natsu." She replied, firmly grabbing his arm.

Lucy: wow his arms are so toned and strong. Does Natsu work out?

Lucy shook her head. "Now where do you live?"

Natsu pointed at a dust bin and said "there", he then began to laugh. This slightly annoyed Lucy but she calmed herself. "Please could you tell me?"

"Ok, hmm" Natsu began to think really hard, squinting his eyes, looking down then looking up, hands changing position on his face. The whole scene just made Lucy laugh. "Why are you laughing Luce?"

"Luce? No one's ever called me that but I think you look kinda cute…" Lucy just realised she had recreated the event from just a couple of hours ago, just the positions had swapped. She looked away and said "Just tell me where you live Natsu"

"Why? So you can stalk me?" Natsu asked with a stern look on his face.

Lucy giggled a little but she managed to contain most of it letting out only a smile. "No Natsu I don't want to stalk you."

"Me wouldn't mind Luce stalking me…" Natsu admitted. He then changed the topic "I live 7th Stale Street."

"That's just down the road!" Lucy picked up her pace and walked Natsu to his house. When he reached he had a sad look on his face. "Hey Natsu what's the matter?"

"You goin' now Luce?"

"Yeah I have to get back to work or my boss will kill me" Lucy gave Natsu a smile, then began to leave. "Will I see Luce again?" Natsu called out.

"Yes, since you live so close to my work place. Later Natsu!" Lucy spun around waved good bye and left.

AN- Please review! I'm not sure if this is a very good fanfiction yet and would love it if someone could tell me how to improve it. Enjoy!