Thanks JayandNya4evr, Rose Tiger, and That awesome girl 2 for the reviews! Ps I forgot to do disclaimers in previous chapters so: I DO NOT OWN FAIRY TAIL OR ANY OF ITS CHARACTERS! Heartbreaking, right?

Normal POV

The surgery was about to start and Natsu refused to leave the room, for he felt responsible for what happened to Lucy. The doctors gave up after the twentieth time of trying to force Natsu out the door. He was like a rock and wouldn't move a millimeter.

He sat in a chair nearby, rubbing the unconscious girl's hand and saying comforting words even though she couldn't hear him. It was done before he knew it, but they had to carry Lucy back to her room. She needed to stay overnight for observation and once again, they couldn't force Natsu from the room, so they decided to let him stay. They found it cute how protective he was of her.

"Young love." One doctor muttered as he gave up his mission to get the boy out of there and closed the door behind him.

"I heard that!" Natsu yelled from inside the room. He sighed and walked over to the still unconscious Lucy. She was sitting in a large bed, so he climbed in and held her close to his chest. "I will always be here for you." He muttered falling asleep.

When Lucy woke up, she felt very warm. She opened her eyes to see a very muscled chest. Lucy looked up a little and saw she was in Natsu's embrace. How did he get so... ripped?

"Hey Pinky, wake up." She smiled.

"It's salmon." He muttered in the just-woke-up tone. Lucy laughed.

"Ya kinda got me in a death grip to your chest, so can you release me?" She asked, a little uncomfortable.

"5 more minutes Luce." He grumbled, going back to sleep. Lucy sighed again and sat there, listening to his heartbeat. It was kinda like a drum, she thought.

Just then the doctors walked in, causing Natsu to grumble, then release Lucy. "All right, miss Lucy. You are good to go!" One of them said.

"How much do we owe you?" Natsu asked.

"Oh, please. We were happy to help such sweet faces. Plus, it looks like ask your stuff was already paid off by an anonymous person. You two are free to go." The nurse smiled.

Natsu suddenly picked Lucy up and swung her over his shoulder, grabbed the bag, and ran out the door. "Yay! I was so sick of that place! There was such a weird smell." He said, barging out the front door.

"Natsu, you can put me down now." Lucy said, her voice muffled from talking at his back.

"Why would I wanna do that?" He asked.

"So we can get farther away from the manor." She sighed.

"We can go faster with you on my back." He cackled.

Lucy gave up trying to have an argument after that. She knew she wouldn't win this one. SSo he ran and ran, soon coming to a stop at a train station.

"So, where should we go?" Natsu asked, looking at the board that held all the cities and departure times.

"Hmmm, how about... Aplia village." Lucy smiled.

"Where's that?" Natsu asked.

"It's a small town we can lie low at, at least until we are old enough to get a house in... maybe Clover Town. No, Magnolia!" Lucy grinned.

"I think you're going to far ahead in your mind Luce."

"Lay off it Pinky."

"It's SALMON!" He shouted, while Lucy giggled.

"But calling you Salmony isn't as fun as calling you Pinky." She laughed.

"But my hair is salmon NOT PINK!"

"Whatever you say." Lucy smiled. "So, we going to Aplia Village or not?"

"Yeah let's go." Natsu grumbled, walking away with Lucy still on his back.

When they got on the train, they found an empty booth and sat there together. But then the train started moving. Natsu ran to the window and puked.

"You okay?" Lucy asked, concerned for her friend.

"Yeah... maybe have... motion sickness..." Natsu paused to puke.

"Come here. Lie down on my lap, maybe it'll help to focus on something else."

"What if I puke on you?" He asked.

"It's fine if you do, I've been in messier situations." Lucy grinned. Natsu looked at her curiously.

"When?"

"So I guess you don't remember our king of the hill battle." Lucy laughed.

Natsu shuddered. "You were evil! Why'd you bring that up? It was gross, weird, painful, at least for me, and-"

"Fun." Lucy smiled.

"Yeah, you're right." He said walking over and laying his head in her lap. He felt like he was about to puke again, when his head started tickling. He focused on that and realized Lucy was playing with his hair.

"Your hair is soft." She muttered.

"Uh... thanks?" He said, completely forgetting his motion sickness.

"Uh... your welcome?" She mimicked.

"Hey!"

"You got a problem, Pinky?"

"It's SALMON! Stop calling it pink!"

"Hmmm... nah, it's pink."

"Salmon."

"Pink."

"Salmon."

"Pink."

"Salmon!"

"Pink."

"SALMON!"

"Pink."

They bickered the train wide away, and before they knew it, they were in Aplia Village.

How was it? FYI, I might be doing a big timeskip soon, so if I do, I will probably put flashbacks of the time during in later chapters. Bye, bye. I will try to post again today!