A/N: Okay, so I'm finishing up this story now. This will not be the last chapter, but I think the next one will be - I might go to 30 if I can think of something, but at the moment, it looks like one more after this one
But don't worry! Because as I've said before, I will be writing a new story, that's sort of a sequel/companion to this one :) So you'll still be able to read about what happens at Fairy Academy! ;) All I'm gonna say is that you Nalu fans will love it! (hopefully) ;)
Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy Tail!
Enjoy!
Chapter 28
That Sunday, Natsu and Lucy took Wendy and Romeo ice skating, as promised.
"Lucy-nee, look!" Wendy cried, as she skated past the blonde.
"Very good, Wendy!" Lucy clapped. She'd been helping the small girl learn to skate for the last half hour.
Wendy beamed. "I'm going to go get Romeo-kun," she said, skating off to where the boys were racing.
Lucy smiled as she watched the small girl slowly but surely skate around the rink to her boyfriend and brother. She watched as the young couple hugged, and the pink haired teen patted her in congratulations before looking up to find Lucy. He immediately saw her standing against the wall and grinned. She grinned back and he began working his way towards her.
"You did a great job with Wendy," he said when he reached her, wrapping his arms around her.
"I didn't do that much," Lucy shrugged.
Natsu rolled his eyes. "You are always so modest," he kissed her temple.
"Whatever," Lucy said, grabbing his hand. "Let's skate!"
Natsu grinned as Lucy started skating away, dragging him with her. The two skated hand-in-hand for a while, laughing and teasing each other lightly as usual.
"Luce, let's race!" Natsu cried.
"No way!" Lucy replied. "I know how you race, and I'd rather not die,"
"But you're really good at skating – you'll be fine!" he told her. "Please?"
"Natsu, there's too many people here – it's just going to end badly,"
Natsu frowned. "Romeo wasn't scared to race me," he mumbled.
Lucy sighed. She didn't respond for a while, and they kept skating together. Suddenly, Lucy let go of his hand, turning to her surprised boyfriend and yelling, "Go!" before taking off.
Natsu stood there for a moment, processing what just happened before taking off after her, grinning. They skated around the rink, dodging all the other skaters, and Natsu caught up to Lucy fairly easily.
"Go Lucy-nee!" Wendy called as they skated past. Her and Romeo had stopped to get hot chocolate.
"Go Natsu-san!" Romeo called. He hesitated. "And Lucy-san!" he added. Wendy chuckled.
The two teens raced around the rink, both faces full of concentration. They were neck and neck for the last lap. They were on the home stretch; all they had to do was skate down the long side and touch the wall.
Lucy pumped her legs harder, Natsu right next to her. She knew she needed to slow down a bit before she reached the wall, but she also knew that she would lose if she did that.
CRASH! BANG!
They both crashed into the wall, Natsu flipping over and landing on his back outside the rink. Lucy was hanging half over the wall, looking down at her boyfriend.
"I won!" they both called at the same time, grinning at first, then scowling. "No I won! No you didn't! I did!" they started screaming in unison, not bothering to get up.
Wendy and Romeo appeared, sweat dropping when they heard them arguing.
"I think it was a draw," Wendy said, trying to calm them down. They both scowled, crossing their arms.
"Re-match!" Natsu roared, still on the ground.
"No, I'm going to go get a hot chocolate," Lucy said, getting off the wall. "I'm cold,"
There was a door a couple of feet away from where she was standing, so she skated over and came out to stand with the rest of the group.
"Oh," Natsu said, getting up. "Here," he took his scarf off and wrapped it around her neck.
"Thanks," Lucy smiled, holding the scarf.
Natsu smiled back, taking her hand and walking her over to get hot chocolate.
Wendy and Romeo stared after them.
"It's amazing how they can go from arguing so loudly to that," Romeo commented.
"Yeah," Wendy nodded. The young couple giggled and followed after the older one.
After the four had hot chocolate, they went back out on the ice for a bit, just skating calmly – no more races – before heading out to dinner.
"Thank you for today, Natsu-nii, Lucy-nee," Wendy said while they were waiting for their food. "I had so much fun!"
Natsu grinned. "No worries squirt,"
"I had fun, too," Lucy said, smiling.
Their food came and they ate happily, recounting events from the day. None of them could stop smiling.
They were just about ready to leave when someone suddenly pounced on Wendy, pulling her out of her chair. She screamed. Natsu, Lucy and Romeo all jumped up, ready to save her, until they realised who it was.
"Mum?" Natsu cried. "What are you doing here?"
"Hey sweetie," she called, putting Wendy down and going to hug Natsu, Lucy and Romeo. "I came to pick up the cat you guys found," she explained, looking at Natsu and Lucy.
"Happy?" Natsu asked, frowning a little.
"Yeah," Grandine smiled. "But I got to the school, and you guys weren't there. I ran into Mira, and she told me I could find you here," she smiled.
"Did you want something to eat?" Lucy asked.
"No, no, I already had dinner on the way," Grandine waved her off.
"Great, then we can go," Natsu said, standing up and going to pay the bill. Lucy went after him to try and pay half – it never worked, but she still tried anyway.
The five of them all walked back to campus, Wendy excitedly telling her mother about their day.
"That sounds like them," Grandine commented when she heard about Lucy and Natsu's race.
They went to drop Romeo and Wendy off at the middle school first, as usual, and Grandine hugged them both hard before letting them go. Then they all went up to Natsu's dorm. Scorpio was out, as usual, so it wasn't hard for Lucy to sneak in – she wanted to say goodbye to Happy.
"You'll take really good care of him for us, won't you Mum?" Natsu asked, opening the door.
She didn't get a chance to answer, however, because when he opened the door and looked in, Natsu yelled in surprise. Lucy heard to other screams as well, and she immediately knew what had happened.
"You could knock Flame Brain!" Gray yelled. He was sitting on his bed with Juvia. Thankfully, they were both fully clothed.
"Why would you do that in front of Happy, Ice Princess?" Natsu roared back.
They were about to start fighting, when Juvia saw Grandine and squeaked. "Gray-sama!"
He turned at the sound of his girlfriend's voice, following her gaze to see Grandine standing there with Lucy.
"G-Grandine!" he cried, standing up straight, face red along with Juvia.
"Nice to see you again, Gray," she smirked. "Are you going to introduce me to your friend?"
"Y-yes, this is my girlfriend, Juvia," he said, putting his arm around the embarrassed girl. "Juvia, this is Natsu's mother, Grandine,"
"N-nice to meet you," Juvia stuttered.
"You too," Grandine smiled. "And I'm sorry for interrupting you," she whispered, winking.
Gray and Juvia's faces were glowing.
"Can we get out of here, now?" Natsu asked, holding Happy in his arms.
With that, the three of them walked out into the hall, away from the blushing couple.
"Have fun you two!" Grandine called, embarrassing them further and making Lucy giggle.
Lucy and Natsu both hugged Happy tightly, saying goodbye before Grandine put him in her large purse. Grandine hugged them both and smothered them with kisses before heading back home.
"I should probably head back now, too," Lucy said, turning to Natsu.
"I'll walk you," he said, taking her hand.
"You don't have to," she said half-heartedly, knowing he wouldn't listen.
When they reached her dorm, they said goodnight and Lucy walked up to her room. When she got there, it was empty. She knew Natsu wouldn't be going back to his room anytime soon, so she sent him a text, telling him to sneak up. It wasn't long before he appeared at her window.
"How on Earth did you get up there?" Lucy asked. "This is the third floor!"
Natsu shrugged, climbing in. He walked over and wrapped his arms around her waist.
"It wasn't that hard," he told her.
She rolled her eyes before planting a kiss on his lips.
The couple hung out in her room for a while, eventually watching a movie in her bed. She didn't know when, exactly, but they both fell asleep before Cana got back.
The next morning, Lucy woke up in her boyfriend's arms. I could get used to this, she thought to herself, snuggling closer. His arms reflexively tightened around her, and she sighed contentedly.
Then she remembered that they had school that day. Groaning, she tried to get up, but Natsu's hold was too strong.
"Natsu," she mumbled sleepily, trying to shake him awake.
It didn't work. She tried again, a little louder, but still nothing.
"NATSU!" she screamed, and this time, his eyes flew open and he sat up.
"What? What is it?" he asked, looking around.
"We have to get ready for school," she chuckled, kissing him on the cheek.
"Do you mind?" Cana irritably called from her bed.
"Sorry," Lucy turned to her roommate sheepishly.
Cana just groaned before getting up and heading for the shower.
"Sorry," Natsu mumbled. "I didn't mean to spend the night,"
"It's okay," Lucy told him. "Do you think you can get out alright?"
"Piece of cake!" he grinned.
After a quick kiss, Natsu jumped back out the window, Lucy watching worriedly as he skilfully climbed down the wall. When he reached the bottom, he grinned up at her and waved. She waved back smiling before pulling her head in and following Cana to the shower, humming to herself.
Waking up in Natsu's arms had put her in an extremely good mood that lasted the whole day.
A/N: I know, it's a little shorter than the other chapters, but not too much - it seems even shorter than it is because it's only the one day :/
But I stopped it there so that I could do the next bit in the next chapter - it's better than having the last chapter really short! ;)
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