Laxus POV

YES! YES! YES! I finally did it! I was inwardly dancing in victory. She was mine! MINE! I couldn't be happier! She finally realized it. Maybe now we can tell Gramps.

"Lucy, we should tell Gramps." Hell, I wanted to shout it from the rooftops! "Just to let him know."

"I agree, Laxus." She shot me with that beautiful smile of hers.

"Let's brace ourselves. Gramps will be causing a riot." I smiled at her. She snuggled into the crook of my arm and sighed happily.

"I'm going to take a quick nap. Wake me before we get to Magnolia, okay, La-Chan?"

God, she's too adorable. She was smiling in her sleep as the train lurched out of the station and began its two-hour trek to Magnolia.

I stared out the window, occasionally looking at Lucy to find her face still glowing with utter joy. The scenery never changed from the forestry landscape. The tall trees started to become sparser and I saw how the landscape of Magnolia come into view. I gently shook Lucy. "Hey, Luce. We're here."

Her eyes blinked open and a yawn came from her mouth. "Are we really? It'll be so nice to see everyone again. How long are we staying in Magnolia before we go off to Clover?"

"As long as it takes for me to kill everyone in that guild." I growled.

She giggled. "That's not fair of you, Laxus. I've already forgiven all of them, besides, you just got back into the guild."

I glanced down at her. She had a look of pure happiness on her face. "Right. I have build up good relations with the guild again, right?"

"Right." Her hand jerked to her keys and her eyes became unfocused.

I waved my hand in front of her face, hoping she would come back to reality. "Lucy?"

She blinked and looked me in the eyes. "Yeah? Sorry. Loke is just being jealous."

"Loke? You mean that playboy?" But he's not a spirit? Bixlow would have told me he was a celestial spirit.

"Yeah, he's my strongest spirit I have a contract with." She smiled proudly.

As soon as she finished, there was a flash of golden light. "And never forget that, Princess." As the blinding light cleared, Loke stood there with his lips pressed to Lucy's hand. I felt that protective urge I got when people insulted Fairy Tail.

Loke looked up at me and his eyes turned to a glare. "What are you doing traveling with him? Where's Natsu and the others?"

I'm no longer with them, Loke. Something came up, so I'm traveling with Laxus. He's not all that bad."

"Hey!" I turned to her. "What's that supposed to mean?"

"It means you aren't as terrifying as I thought you were before Phantom." She took my hand and squeezed my hand. "Okay?"

Loke stared at me. "Princess, I always thought you would end up with Gray or Natsu, but with Laxus? It's hard to believe."

"Well, believe it, kitty. That's how it is." I glared at Loke.

Lucy smiled. "Come on. We're in the station now. Let's go see our family. Loke, please go back. We can talk later, okay?" As Loke disappeared, she went to pick up the bag she carried over here, but I stopped her. It was a dark green duffle bag, she insisted that while we were waiting for the Singing Competition to start that we buy souvenirs for the guild. She even got one for Lisanna. I took the bag and slung it over my shoulder and held my hand out to her.

She took it with a big smile and we walked into the station. It was a quiet walk to the guild, but one thing really bothered me. No one greeted us at the station. Were they still ignoring her? They seemed apologetic over the lacrima. I clutched at Lucy's hand. Something was wrong.

Once we reached the guild hall, we kicked open the doors with perfect unison. I smiled inwardly. We were perfect together. The guild stared at us. Levy started to cry and Gajeel was right next to her, softly patting her shoulder. I led the way in, completely on the defensive. She smiled and waved to the ones who called out to us. Freed, Bixlow, Evergreen, and Gramps all ran towards us. Lucy jumped in front of me and held up her hands in front of her. "STAR SHIELD!" She shouted as a clear-white sphere incased us, shielding us from the onslaught of hugs that she knew I hated.

Gramps was the first to recover from the sudden impact of the shield. "Lucy, that was extraordinary! Where did you learn such a spell?"

She blushed and released the shield. "I learned it when I was looking for Laxus. I found a Celestial Spell Book. I've only mastered a handful of what's in there though." She looked so embarrassed. Why not make it worse, right?

I leaned closer to her. "That was amazing, you'll show me the others later right? Like at my training grounds." I whispered.

Her cheeks tinted in a deep blush, she looked away from me.

"Ahem, Laxus." Gramps coughed.

"Yes?" I turned my head to face him.

"Welcome home, you two." He smiled at us.

Lucy beamed back at him as I draped my arm over her shoulders. "It's great to be back, even if it's for a while."

"Yeah, a week at the most." I realized I was still holding the duffle bag. "Lucy, are we giving them these today?"

She nodded and reached for the duffle bag. I just shook my head and carried it over to a table and set it down. She huffed and stood next to me and opened the bag pulling out a book on the types of fish in Fiore.

"Happy? Come here, I have a present for you."

The blue cat came flying into Lucy's chest, crying about how much he missed her. When he stopped he looked at his present and began to cry in joy. "Thanks, Lushy! I love it so much. Now I know what fish is good or not!"

The exceed sat on the table next to the duffle bag and began to read his book.

Lucy pulled out a little jar of fire and smiled. "Natsu~" She sung in a sickeningly sweet tone. "I have fire for you."

Natsu came over to us almost as fast as my lightning could. "Really?" He opened the jar and sucked down the fire. His face turned in on itself, as though the flame was sour. I laughed. The sour flame was my idea, a little taste of revenge

The gifts went on for the next hour and a half, with Juvia getting a Gray action figure, Gramps getting a "Special-Edition" issue of Sorcerer Weekly from me. Lucy didn't need to know that, though. She gave Levy her latest chapter she had been working on for her novel. Erza got a jar of sword polish and three new rags, Wakaba got a pack of cigarettes, Romeo got a novel on dragons and dragon slayers, Gajeel got a pure iron bar, Wendy received a new dress and Carla got a new bow for her tail, and Gray got a book on famous ice-make wizards and their spells. Lastly, Lucy turned to me. She was blushing a deep red.

"I'm sorry I didn't pick you up anything, but I think this will suffice." She stood on her tip toes and pressed her lips against mine, giving me a gentle, chaste kiss. I heard the shocked gasps of the guild only faintly. At the moment, I didn't care. I held her by her waist, gently press her against me.

When we broke apart the guild was in a state of shock. Everyone was going about it a different way though, Gramps had his soul escaping from his mouth, Natsu, Gray, Erza, and Happy were gaping at us, Levy and Mira were holding hands and squealing. Lucy was safely tucked into my side, away from the guild that could potentially hurt her.

"Um… Is everyone okay?" She asked timidly.

"They'll be fine. Look the sun will set soon, let's go home." I steered her out of the guild hall, briefly glancing at the overly-shocked guild members. She took my hand in hers and followed my lead back to her apartment.

"So my place is home for you?" She teased.

"Wherever you are is home for me." I answered honestly. "I liked the way you told the guild. It was cute."

"Told them what?" She blinked up at me.

"Told them that we're together by that one simple kiss."

"I didn't really plan it to be that way. I really wanted to kiss you, that's all." She blushed and mumbled her last sentence. Luckily I heard it with my hyper-sensitive hearing thanks to my dragon slayer magic. It made a small blush creep onto my cheeks and I looked away from her.

"Lucy, since we'll be staying here for the next week how about we try and reach out to the guild. I think it'd be a great way for me to gain some acceptance with them."

She squeezed my hand. "Right. No jobs, just reconnecting broken bonds."

I smiled. She unlocked the apartment and walked in. I dropped myself on her couch and she headed into the kitchen. I heard the banging of pots and pans and assumed she was going to cook dinner. As long as it's better than Ever's cooking, I have no problem with it. Not that I'd have a problem with my sexy girlfriend cooking me dinner. Suddenly, I heard her plop down next to me.

She looked at me with an eyebrow raised. "What was that?"

I grinned. I must have said it out loud. Oh well. I meant what I said. "What was what?" I pushed her until her back was flush with the couch and my body was covering hers. Her face was so red. "You mean the girlfriend thing? What I can't announce how sexy my girl is?"

I know it's long awaited. I'm sorry i haven't posted. IM SORRY ALRIGHT?! PLEASE DONT BURN ME! but anyway, I made this kinda long for you guys and gals! I hope you enjoy it! Please review. it lets me know that people are actually reading this. Love you and the support. -SFL