HAPPY THANKSGIVING! Instead of writing two other oneshots, I spent the past 2 days writing this special Thanksgiving oneshot special thingy….boy I sure played that one off well. I hope your day is going well! What are you thankful for? I'm thankful for all the wonderful people who like my stories and for all the people who read them. You guys are all great and I'm happy I can show every one of you my writing! Enough of this mushy-gushy lovey-dovey stuff….Enjoy!

Once again a special thanks to my reviewers for this story. I'm thankful for you two! (Yeah I'm talking to you LevyMcGardenSolidScriptMagicand gruviaislife, you guys are awesome!)

Chapter 8: Thanksgiving

Summary: Lucy finds what she is thankful for.

Lucy's POV

The guild was quiet. It was the night before Thanksgiving and I had promised to tidy up the guild hall while everyone else went home to prepare for their holiday celebrations.

I wiped off the last table and dropped the rag on the now damp surface. Taking a sip of the glass of water I had, I lay my head in my arms as the sun set.

Everyone else was spending time with family while I was stuck alone. I had no mom, dad, not even Michelle Lobster who was now a doll.

"Well," I said to myself trying to see the bright side of things. "At least I don't have to cook Thanksgiving dinner."

I didn't sound too convincing to myself as my voice cracked. Sighing, I stood up and put the dirty rag away, gathered my things, and left the empty guild hall.

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Natsu's POV

"Ugh!" I mumbled, completely bored out of my mind.

Happy had gone to help Carla and Wendy prepare for Thanksgiving while the other guild members had their own plans.

"Why'd you have to go Igneel? Holidays are so lame when you're alone." I muttered.

Igneel was the one who raised me, so now that he was gone I had no one to call my parents.

"Agh! This is crap! I feel so…empty." I said.

"Hey!" I shouted standing up. "Lucy's supposed to be cleanin' the guild hall. Maybe I could help!"

I ran out of my small house and to the guild hall where I would find Lucy.

"Hey Luce-" I began to yell out.

"At least I don't have to cook Thanksgiving dinner." Lucy's voice cracked at the end which made my heart stop completely.

"That's right. Her parents are gone so she has no one to spend Thanksgiving with either." I said sadly while watching the key mage walk dejectedly out of the guild hall.

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Lucy's POV

I sunk down further into the tub, letting the bubbles wash away my worries.

I wonder what Natsu's doing. I thought. He's probably doing something with Happy and the other dragon slayers.

Drying myself off, I changed into my pajamas and wrote some of my novel. After that, I settled into bed and called out Plue. The celestial spirit snuggled close to me and I smiled, hugging him even closer not noticing the tears streaming down my face.

Natsu's POV

I watched Lucy through her window as she slept before quietly opening it and settling into the bed beside her. (Extremely stalkerish and awesome at the same time, I know) Plue was wrapped in Lucy's arms and I gave him a slight nod, allowing him to go back to the spirit world. I examined her face noticing dried tears.

"Oh, Luce." I whispered.

Lucy turned around in her sleep, that beautiful face right in front of mine, her lips inches away.

Wait, beautiful? I thought. When did I start th-

My thoughts were interrupted by a small whimper from Lucy and a few more tears slipped down her cheeks.

No! I can't take it anymore. I have to do something for her. She doesn't deserve to be alone for Thanksgiving.

I formed my plan swiftly and drifted off to sleep.

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Lucy's POV

I woke up to a warm bed and a muscular body next to mine. Snuggling up to Natsu, who I assumed this person was, I let his late night break in to my house slide. I felt him stir and pretended I was asleep so he wouldn't suspect anything.

"She's so cute when she's sleeping." Natsu wrapped his arms around me and gave me a hug.

I'm what?! I wondered, a blush creeping up my cheeks.

Suddenly, Natsu got up and fled quietly out of the window. Normally, I would be more than glad with this move, but for some reason I was saddened by this. I stood up and groggily walked to the bathroom.

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Natsu's POV

I walked to the guild and ran to the back in the kitchen. I grabbed some turkey that just so happened to be in the freezer and whatever other food I could find.

"This should do." I said, setting the plates of food up all over the guild hall and cooking the turkey using a weaker version of my fire dragon roar. "Now all I have to do is find everyone."

With that, I raced out of the building.

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Lucy's POV (A few hours later…you totally read that in the spongebob dudes voice, I know you did)

I sat at my kitchen table, staring at the ham sandwich on my plate.

"So much for Thanksgiving dinner." I said.

Before I could even blink, Natsu had slammed open my front door, took my hands, and drug me out of the apartment.

"N-natsu?" I asked in shock, trying my best not to fall considering how fast the dragon slayer was going.

We came to an abrupt halt as Natsu told me to close my eyes. I was led into the guild, I'm assuming once again since that was the building I last saw before I shut my eyes.

"You ready Lucy?" I nodded, not quite sure what I was ready for. "Open your eyes."

Slowly, I let my eyelids flutter open only to be greeted by every one of my friends and their families. Levy, Gajeel, Gray, Juvia, the master, Erza, and even Jellal were present.

"Everyone. You're all here." I whispered, tearing up.

"HAPPY THANKSGIVING LUCY!" The guild members shouted.

I let out a laugh in joy and joined the others in celebration.

A few more hours later

"Phew, that sure was fun." Natsu said happily.

I smiled and walked over to him now that the guild hall was clean. Sitting down next to him, he put an arm around me.

I blushed while he seemed as if nothing had happened.

"Natsu." I said quietly looking down.

"Something wrong Luce?" Natsu asked, his smile wavering.

"No, no nothing's wrong. I just figured out what I was thankful for." I answered.

"Oh really? What is it?" I looked up at the dragon slayer with a wide smile.

"You!" I replied giving him a quick kiss on the cheek before running out of the guild hall, leaving Natsu blushing and wondering what on Earth had just happened.

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