AN: So I'm back to writing after a long, long, long break. Let me just tell you, everyone at my school said Junior year would be the easiest...HA! With trig and chemistry I truly don't see the "easy" in the year so far. I apologize entirely for the procrastination but it really toke a lot for me to get back into the story.

I know I said I would bring in Sting and Rogue, but I feel like this sets the awkward, tension filled mood I was going for when they get to the party. There will be one more chapter before the party but I will have a little opening with Sting and Rogue to set the mood of the chapter.

Thank you to all my reviewers and those who favorite/follow my story. When I saw how man followers, favorites and reviews I had, I cried. No joke.

New Characters, New Ages:

Sherry Blendy: 25

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The Perfect Plan

Chapter 5: A Simple Request

Natsu Dragneel & Lucy Dragneel

You are presently invited to the 23th Annual Magnolia's Leading Businessmen Auction hosted by Dragon King. We expect you to RSVP by December 15th, a week prior to the event. The location is at 276 King St. The event will start at 8:30, auction will be held an hour after dinner. We're looking forward to your arrival.

-Magnolia's Businessmen Cabinet

Natsu had to hold back the urge to rip the thick piece of paper up and watch it burn in his fireplace. The gold insignia of a dragon with ruby colored eyes at the bottom of the paper laughed at him, poking and prying at the fact that he absolutely, under no circumstances had to go.

"I don't see why you can't just say no." Lucy said with all honest as she poured herself two cups of coffee. "Black?" she asked, holding his red coffee cup out to him. He toke it with his eyes still cast down at the paper in front of him. Happy nudged his owner, his large oddly animated eyes sad.

Lucy toke a sip of her coffee after adding peppermint creamer to it, sighing in relief at the cool taste it gave the warm liquid. "Natsu." she began earning herself a raise of his eyebrows. "Whats the worst that can happen? It's just an auction, its for the good of the city, right? Are you guys really on such bad terms that you're going to throw the kitchen sink at each other?"

Natsu toke a sip of his coffee, setting the paper down at he eyed his wife. She really had no clue. "What are you doing here anyways? Aren't you suppose to be working?" she asked, staring to get annoyed at the lack of response from her husband. "I have the day off, it's quite rare so I'm trying to enjoy it with out your mouth running. I'd usually go out with Gajeel, but now that I have a wife, it is frowned upon to go to strip clubs."

"Asshole." she hissed, flicking a sugar cube at him as he smiled dumbly at her. "What are you doing today?" he asked, taking a sip of coffee. Lucy set her empty cup in the sink and rinsed it out before turning to face him. "First I'm going to bathe and then I'm going shopping with some co-workers." Happy and Natsu turned to look at each other before looking back at Lucy. "I didn't know you liked shopping." Natsu confessed, setting the half empty cup on the counter. The blonde rolled her large coffee eyes, "That's because I'm like a mail ordered bride, Natsu. You know nothing about me." It hurt Natsu to hear that, even though it was true.

Lucy made her way to the bath room and filled the bath with tepid water and eucalyptus mint oil. She wrapped her hair up in a bun for later washing and set her phone on Natsu's I-Home that she managed to steal while he was sleeping.

~o~o~o~

Natsu wore a disgusted look on his face while Lucy belted out to Shake It Out by Florence + The Machine. Happy pranced around on the counter purring softly at his owner.

Just who was Lucy Heartfilia? Natsu wondered with a small frown on his lips. Did he know her favorite color? By guesses of her pink wallet, pink accessorizes and pink coffee mug, he could safely assume it was the soft reddish shade that was present on cherry blossom petals in spring.

Frankly, Natsu had never really cared to get to know any of the girls he was with. Erza was someone he was forced to trust and then later grew into believing she was a true friend. Cana kinda just butted her way into his life. He could tell someone anything they wanted to know about the two, embarrassing stories, arrest warrants and political points of view. But he couldn't tell someone anything about his own wife for Pete's sake.

Natsu stood from the red leather bar stool and walked into his room. He surprisingly kept it clean, unlike every other inch of his house. He never let any woman into his room, nor any woman sleep in his bed. His bed was a large king size with simply silk gray sheets and a black comforter. His black night stand had a digital alarm clock and a stainless steel lap with a light gray lap shade.

He walked to his closet and slipped out of his pajama pants and shirt before dressing into a nice white button up shirt with a simple gray vest. He slipped on a pair of dark jeans and rolled his sleeves up to his elbows as he put his feet into a nice pair of shoes.

By now, Lucy's music had stopped playing and he assumed she was in the guest room changing for her shopping trip. He walked out of his room after grabbing his cellphone, work phone and wallet. Happy pranced out of the bath room with bubbles on his fur, making Natsu laugh.

Lucy walked out a few moments later in a light blue v-neck, a short jean skirt with black leggings and light brown leather boots. Natsu had to admit, she looks beautiful with her hair down and freshly washed. She must straighten it for work because the blonde locks had small waves to them. Lucy turned to meet his eyes, narrowing hers at the dumb smirk he had.

"What are you doing dressed? I thought you like relaxing on your days off?" she said walking past him to the coat rack. She grabbed her black pea coat and purse before noticing a rather large hand reaching past her and grabbing a dark leather coat beside hers.

"I'm going shopping with you. Duh, why else would I get dressed." he said with a shrug of his shoulders as he slipped on the jacket. He toke her coat out of her hands and held it up. He gestured to it with his head, "Well? You'll need this cause it a tad but chilly outside." He grabbed a beanie off the rack and slipped it onto her locks. He smirked with his canines at her, "Adorable in my hat." Lucy narrowed her eyes at him as he opened the door and stepped out into the hallway. "Why are you coming?"

Natsu shrugged after he called the elevator. "Because, you and I need to start getting to know each other, Mrs Dragneel." he purred, looking over his shoulder at his wife. Lucy's cheeks grew hotter at his words, those lips she almost kissed turned into a smirk as the elevator's door opened.

This was going to be a long day.

~o~o~o~

Lucy wore a sour face as she walked down the crowded streets of Magnolia. Not that she didn't love the city she had recently moved to after college. With all the small businesses selling clothes or the local food market where she practically got dinner from every night. With all the local entertainment and night life, she could easily spend her whole life in downtown Magonlia.

"Lucy, where the hell are you?" Lisanna asked, sounding a mixture of annoyed and worried on the other line of the phone call. Lucy watched as Natsu ran his long fingers over some silk ties. They were presently in a privately owned tailor shop that Natsu had been going to for years. Being only 25, he looked like an old, sophisticated business man, talking to the owner, someone with graying black hair about the making of the red tie.

Was his favorite color red? He usually wears red when he's not working and the way his onyx eyes lite up, it must be true. He tied the tie and looked in the mirror, striking poses that made Lucy giggle. "Sorry Lisanna, I, uh, got caught with something. I'll make it up to you guys next weekend, I promise." She frowned hearing her best friend sigh heavily.

"Alright, if you say so." She didn't like lying to Lisanna, but if she knew that Lucy was not only married without her knowing, but it was the president of the company she so hopelessly had a crush on. Lucy shuddered at the thought. After hanging up she walked to Natsu, tapping him on the shoulder and looking up at him. "You like it?" he asked, looking away from the image of himself in the mirror to peer down at her.

"I like." she answered, putting her phone back inside her purse. Natsu turned back to the mirror and smirked. "Alright I'll take it, oh, along with the pale pink one." Natsu smirked down at Lucy who had a small blush on her cheeks. "Excellent choice, Mr. Dragneel, as usual. You Dragons have such divine taste. Right this way, if you'd please." The man looked down at Lucy and smiled creepily, making her cringe.

She walked with Natsu to the cashier, holding onto his arm as he fished a out platinum credit card out of his wallet. The couple left the store and walked down the street. "Where to next, Mrs. Dragneel?" he asked, draping his arm across his wife's shoulders and leaning down to look eye lever at her.

"I need a few dresses for these classy occasions you keep inviting me to without my consent." Natsu smirked and let go of her shoulders before taking her hand in his. "Dress shopping it is.

~o~o~o~

The young couple continued their walk down the streets of downtown Magnolia. Even though it was mid-December, the sun was still out and the grass was vibrantly peeking through the small blanket of snow from the previous snow storm. Everyone said it would be the nastiest winter Fiore has seen in years, but Lucy was started to see it differently.

Natsu's hand felt incredibly warm, his fingers laced with hers. It made her heart race like a school girl's. Natsu looked down at his wife, admiring the small blush she had on her cheeks. He squeezed her hand tighter, but she didn't notice.

They noticed a small little brick building with extraordinary dresses in the front windows so Natsu gave Lucy's hand a tug. The couple walked into Stellar Style, Natsu of course held the door open for Lucy and watched her walk inside.

Lucy was overwhelmed by the amount and styles of dresses she saw. Some were prom, others with evening, but the ones that caught her eye the most were the hand made wedding dresses. "Pick out how many you want, I'll pay." Natsu said in a low voice, making a shiver go up Lucy's spine. She turned her dead to look into his eyes but found him incredibly, uncomfortably, excitingly close.

He looked down at her lips and felt his heart rate pick up. "Welcome to Stellar Style, tell me if you need to help looking for something." A tall woman with a large chest glorified by a tight white blouse and long pin straight light blue hair. Lucy noticed the beautiful hair piece dangling part way down her forehead.

"Thank you." Lucy smiled before stepping away from Natsu and walked to a rack of dress of the far wall. Natsu watched her go, letting out a sigh. Was it a sigh of relief? Was he just about to kiss her for the second time? He pinched the bridge of his nose and growled slightly.

"Your girlfriend is very animated." A small, pale girl with two pink pigtails with several dresses draped on her forearm. Natsu noticed how small she was, about the same size as Lucy's friend, Levy McGarden. "She's not my girlfriend, she's my wife." Natsu answered, his eyes darting straight to a baby blue dress on her arm.

"Oh, forgive me for the mistake, I just didn't see a ring on your finger, nor hers. Simple mistake." She answers with a smile before turning away from him. "W-wait, can I see that dress you have on your arm there?" He gestured to the dress and toke it from the worker with as smirk on his lips.

Natsu walked to an astonished Lucy, her pink glossed lips were in an O shape. "Have you seen how expensive these dresses are!" she whispered, flipping over a laminated price tag. "Close your eyes for a second Lucy." Natsu mutter, holding the dress behind his back. "Wh-what? No I'm not-"

"Just do it." he demanded using one of his hands to push her away from the dresses and in view of a mirror a few feet away. He held the dress out in front of her and adjusted it so it looked like she was wearing it. "Open your eyes now." she said, slipping the hat off of her head. Lucy's coffee colored orbs opened and her mouth turned into an open mouth smile.

"Oh my gosh! Natsu it's beautiful!" she gasped, running her hands along the silk texture of the dress. The bodice had an elegant beading to it and was low cut. The dress in all was strapless and floor length with a long slit up to her mid thigh. "Do you like?" Natsu asked, his heart racing at the thought of Lucy in the dress. "It's amazing!" she said looking up at him with a bright smile.

Natsu's eyes wondered from hers down to her lips and repeated this for a few seconds as the couple stood in silence. "We, uh, should go find some other dresses?" He said nervously before stepping away from her. The rose haired man stepped outside, looking over his shoulder at the exasperated blonde who was holding her head and shaking it slowly.

Just as he left the store, his phone rang. "Hello?" he asked. It was rare for someone to call his personal phone unless it was Wendy or Gajeel. All the Dragons unfortunately had his number. Uh-oh.

"Hi Natsu-san. I was sure you wouldn't pick up. How have you been?" Sting. Fuck, Natsu let out an exasperated sigh. He really should change his number. "Sting what the hell do you want? I'm kinds busy." he said, looking back into the store at his wife who was gawking at a gorgeous emerald colored dress but nearly cried at the sight of the price tag.

"I just wanted to make sure you got our invitation to the auction, it's gonna be pretty epic this year. King's giving away almost a million in prizes. What about you, what is Fairy Tail donating?" Natsu really hated how Sting was to thick headed on how much he really disliked his cousin. It wasn't really a hate per say, but a despise that he was the model child.

Ruthless, ambitious, his veins were laced with golden dragon blood. He was everything Natsu feared of becoming but found himself not so long ago turning away from the light his father swore was better in the long run and began walking to the darkness where roars of monsters and the hotness of flames burned his eyes.

Natsu had a dream for the past year of a dark cave, he stood there waiting for aomething to happen. Recently, a small glimmer of sun colored light appeared, peeking through the darkness in a complete 180 degree direction from the before.

"Gildarts and Laxus are deciding this year, apparently my ideas are getting to dull for them." Sting let out a laugh, "Yeah, Minerva's dealing with out company's this year. To much to do, you know with war and everything. Well anyways, I can not wait to meet your wife. I heard she's hot."

Natsu growled, the last thing he wanted was for Sting to meet Lucy, but he knew it was inevitable. "Sting. Watch what you say." Natsu snarled into the phone. He heard a nervous laugh leave his cousins, "Alright, alright. I got it, Natsu-san. Are you cool yet, fire dragon?" Natsu let out a sigh and switched the ear in which he held his phone to.

"Look, I have to go Sting. Business calls." And with that, he hung up. Resting the back of his head on the store window, a small knocking caught his attention. He turned to see Lucy with flsuhed cheeks and dresses draped on her arm. She pointed to the dresses, then to the cashier before rubbing her thumb and pointer finger together,.

Natsu let out a small laugh and put his phone back into his pocket. He pulled out his pockets and shrugged, making the blonde scowl but fight off a smile. Suddenly her eyes looking away from hima nd grew wide, her mouth dropping in horror.

Natsu looked down at himself for a second before turning around. Across the street, talking animatedly were Lisanna Strauss and Levy McGarden. Fuck.

Natsu cursed and raced for the door, hitting his knee on the decorative flower pot of roses outside the door. By the time Natsu was inside the store, the two girls had looked over and noticed the blonde through the window, leaning down to help a man up. Lucy Heartfilia was with a man in a shop that sold wedding dresses.

~o~o~o~

Natsu quickly paid for the dresses before grabbing Lucy by the arm and sprinting towards the door. When they reached it, it slammed open, exposing Lisanna and Levy. "Lucy?" the silver haired woman asked, her eyes trying to focus on Lucy and the man beside her.

The young blonde panicked, "Ah!" she yelped, shoving Natsu's dense body away from hers and onto the ground before putting on a scared face. "Thank goodness you two showed up! This man has been following me for the past couple of hours!" Natsu held the bags up to his face before looking up at her.

"WHAT?!" the three shouted all at once. "I-I've been out trying to get stuff for dinner and this man just started following me from the food market! He bought me these dresses and, well thank goodness you two are here! I was so scared!" she fell into Lisanna's arms and felt Levy grasp onto her too.

Lucy opened her eyes, motioning to the door for Natsu to run while she procrastinated her friends. Natsu toke the hint and gathering himself before leaving, forgetting the dresses on the ground. The young blonde watched him go before letting her companions go.

"Where did the bastard go!" Levy shouted, her usually unseen angry side was coming out, making Lucy shudder. Lisanna nodded, "I'll kill him for hurting our Lucy!" she snarled as if she had fangs, cracking her delicate knuckles.

The two shop owners gawked at the three woman, exchanging looks before one spoke. "Um, ma'am, wasn't that man your-" just before the pink haired seamstress was about to finish, the phone rang. "Oh, uh, this is Stellar Style, Aries speaking."

Lucy turned back to her friends, 'Sweetie, come with us. We'll get you some coffee and a muffin." The blonde's eyes grew wide, "No! I-I mean no thanks, it's quite alright. I need to finish shopping and you two have plans, I'm sure." the silver haired girl looked appalled, shocked and hurt. "You think we're going to let you go by yourself after this just happened? What kind of friend do you think we are"

Lucy felt a tug at her heart strings, she really, truly hated lying to Lisanna and Levy. After a few minutes of protesting, they won hands down. Lucy managed to convince the store owners, whom she got to know as Aquarius and Aries, to hold onto the dresses until everything got sorted out.

But, she would now sandwiched between Levy and Lisanna, who had their eyes peeled for the pervert who followed her. They had no clue it was actually her husband they were trying to beat up.

~o~o~o~

Natsu stopped running after he got the sense that no one was following him. Ha, it looks like he wouldn't be needed the core work out he was planning on doing tonight, he just got a fine workout from that run. He caught his breath and looked around, noticing he was closer to the hotel than he intended to run to.

"Fuck." he cursed, shoving his hands in his pocket and pulling out his cell phone. He had not saved Lucy's number and her file was still in his office so he had no way of contacting her. Calm down Natsu, he thought, she's with her friends, not some murderer. The young man started walking towards the way he ran, she's probably in a cafe somewhere talking about how much of a pervert he is. Oh that bitch was gonna die.

The sun was about to set and he was planning on taking Lucy out to dinner but he had to find said wife first. "Natsu? Natsu Dragneel?" he turned around to see a voluptuous woman running towards him with giggles leaving her lips and stiletto heels clicking one the pavement.

"Sherry, hey what's up. I haven't seen you since Grandeneey's banquet, how are you?" Sherry Blendy was the heiress of her father fortune that he had made by the construction of Blendy Resort which is Fiore's most visited and expensive hotel in the country. He had never dated her, well unless you count sex as dating. If so, then he had dated her a few times in his years as a influential bachelor.

She was now engaged to a man, not much older than she due to the passing of his father who had a large fortune. Somehow she was swimming in even more money if possible. She wore Chanel and Gucci all the time. She wasn't the kindest person the young man knew but she was not by the worse. Her hair was in long raspberry lollipop colored ringlets and her eyes were a bright sapphire color.

She was pale and large chested and beautiful and dangerous since Natsu hadn't slept with a girl in over a month. Fuck, he really needed to find Lucy. "Oh I'm just out and about. Spending daddy's money, you know what I mean.: She said with a wink, receiving a fake smile from Natsu. Her father had planned on investing in Fairy tail when Natsu was 21, but the agreement would only happen if he married Sherry but Makarov refused any such thing.

"Heh, yeah. Well I have to get going. I have dinner plans..." he started to walk off before feeling her arm lace with his. "What a coincidence, so do I! Party of one, hehe! Let's eat together, just like old times?" Natsu looked down at her and opened his mouth to protest but felt of her cherry flavored lips cover his. In the deepest part of his heart, a voice shouted NO! Stop and go find Lucy! But that voice was shut out before he could react. His arms drifted to her small waist, pulling her against his rock hard body, groaning in control.

She smiled against his lips. When she pulled back she smiled and touched his lips with her perfectly manicured finger, "Let's go, dragon boy."

~o~o~o~

Lucy had finally gotten away from Lisanna and Levy with a fake call from her father. She had no idea where Natsu had gone, probably back to the hotel. It was nearly pitch black now and the temperature had dropped at least 10 degrees. She put on the hat Natsu gave her, taking the the ash sent it had before walking down the snow covered sidewalk.

The close kiss the dress shop still had her mind frazzled. Was she falling for the bone head president who so easily married her and toke her from her family and forced her to lie to those closest to her. The young woman hugged herself, what would her mother think of her? Would she be proud of her sacrifice, or angry at the lack of responsibility she had for herself as a human with rights?

She felt her cheeks warm at one simple thought. That was the second time he was going to kiss her. She had gotten under her husband's skin and now he was itching to touch her. The two kisses had made her excited for the next one that was bound to occur. Would it be a real kiss? She wonders how his lips would taste, probably like Big Red since he chews it so much. Would he be rough, possessive? Or gentle and slow?

Deep down in her core, Lucy felt an uncomfortable, unusual, marvelous warmth stirring up in her. Who said this winter was going to be barren and chilly?

AN: Well this is a long one for all of you who have been waiting.

I know what you're all thinking. Natsu get away from Sherry! She's a slut! Go find Lucy! Now I'm not saying he slept with her, and I'm not say he didn't. You're just going to have to wait for the next chapter.

Until next time my pretties- Akaasha