39th: Queen of Hearts

Summary: In the end, she would always be Lucky Lucy Heartfilia.

She was getting ready for another wedding. This time, it was her fellow literature student's Yukino's turn and while she was quite happy for her friend, she wondered when she would be the one to get married. Hell, even Cana who had sworn for years that she would never settle down because she was too keen on becoming a theatre star was engaged – and both Erza and Levy had already children while Juvia was pregnant with her first child.

"…lipstick, Lucy?" Lisanna Strauss, her roommate and close friend, asked as she held out the item. "You keep spacing out, Lucy. Is there something on your mind?"

"Nah, I am just thinking," the blonde sighed as she crossed her arms. "I like your dress, Lisanna. Is there a special reason why you are dressing up like that?"

"First of all: it's a wedding and so I am kinda obliged to look nice. And secondly … Elf-nii said that Evergreen and her clique are coming as well … and so, you know…"

"You decided to look not tomboyish for a change…" the brown-eyed girl smirked as she carefully applied the lipstick. "Say, Lisanna, you said something about a childhood friend of yours attending as well … mind to fill me in on that topic?"

"His name's Natsu, he's also one of Rogue-san's best friends because their parents were partners or something like that. Anyway, I haven't seen him in years 'cause he studied abroad with his stepsister or something like that."

"Is that another matchmaking attempt or your sister?" the blonde asked as she brushed her long hair and frowned at her reflection. "Because I told Mira to leave me alone…"

"Nah, Rogue invited him because they are childhood friends," the white-haired girl said as she twirled around, watching how her skirt flew through the air like a pastel blue and light pink hurricane. "Anyway, you should hurry up a bit, Lucy. I take care of your hair and you finish your make-up, alright?"

"Jellal and Mystogan!" Mira called out as the both blue-haired man walked across the place in front of the church. "I didn't know that you would attend as well…"

"Wendy was worried that we would suffer permanent damage from never attending any social gatherings," Mystogan shrugged with a faint smile. "And since Rogue's dad is an old friend of our mother, we were invited. Grandine is looking for Igneel-san, by the way…"

"When you say that Igneel is supposed to be here, wouldn't that mean that Natsu is here as well?" Mira asked as she looked around. "This will be fun … haha."

"Mirajane-san," a green-haired man said with a short bow. "It's nice to see you again."

"F-Fried-san," she said as a deep blush coloured her cheeks.

Jellal nudged her side with a wide grin. "Does little Mirajane have a crush?" he whispered which intensified her blush even further. "Looks like it…"

"You are being cruel, Jellal," a woman with dark hair said amused as she stopped next to the group. "Mirajane, Fried, blue-haired twins…"

"Ultear," Mystogan replied with a short bow. "Um, I saw Lyon bothering Juvia-san again…"

"Thank you very much, I will check on him," she sighed with a deep frown as she walked away, obviously ticked of by her colleague's behaviour.

"Poor Ultear," Jellal sighed as he shook his head. "Lyon is too caught up in what he calls love for Juvia-san to realise that Ultear has been waiting for him … for a very long time."

"Mira-nee," Lisanna said as she dragged Lucy over to the group of three. "Blue-haired twins, hi to you two as well. Where's Wendy-chan?"

"Wendy-nee is hanging out with Romeo behind the church because he nearly got a nervous breakdown when he saw her in this dress," Jellal chuckled as he looked around.

"Looking for Scarlet, Blue-haired fool?" a red-haired woman scoffed as she crossed her arms under her generous chest. "She was beating up that silver-haired pervert because he hit on that blue-haired chick who married the black-haired stripper last year."

"I guess that I got to go and calm Erza down before she kills him. I fear that Ultear might get pretty mad at her when she does this and the last thing I want is a bloodbath at Yukino-san's wedding," Jellal sighed. He, the bride and Ultear were project partners at the university and so they knew each other pretty well.

"Tsk, Scarlet has quite the problem with her anger management," the red-haired woman sneered as she nodded at Lisanna. "Long time no see, younger white-haired girly."

"Stop calling me girly, Knightwalker," Lisanna snapped at her before she mentioned towards Mystogan. "Just because you are still trying to cover up that he made you a nicer person, you don't have to insult me whenever you meet me, Knightwalker. And you can admit that you and Erza are getting along by now. For your information, I saw you at lunch together last Friday. Anyway, this is my friend Lucy. She studies literature like with Yukino. Lucy, the redhead is Erza Knightwalker, the twin of our Erza, the blue-haired guy is Mystogan, Wendy-chan's older brother, and you already know my sister and Fried."

"N-nice to meet you," the blonde said politely.

"Lisanna!" a male voice called out before the white-haired girl found herself tackled by her childhood fried who twirled her around in midair. "God, this has been a terribly long time!"

"Hey there, Natsu," she sighed as she mentioned towards her blond friend. "That's Lucy, I guess that I mentioned her in my letters. So, um, would you please take her around and present her to all our other old friends? She hasn't met Leo and Aries, I fear…"

"Why don't you do this, Lisa?" he asked.

"B-because I just saw Bixslow and because I've to talk with him, I see you later, guys," she said hastily before she dashed away.

"My little sister grows up," Mira sobbed as Fried patted who had reappeared patted her shoulder. "There, there," he said. "We should go and welcome Levy and Gajeel…"

"I agree," she said before she dragged him away.

"And we, um, we got to search our respective siblings, yes," Mystogan said before he grabbed Knightwalker's hand and disappeared with her.

"So, you are Lisanna's roommate, right?" Natsu asked as he looked around. "I can hardly think that anyone could stand her … she's always grumpy in the morning…"

"Well, me too and so we get along just well," she grinned as they entered the church after spotting the pink-haired woman with her golden-haired boyfriend close to the doors.

"Yo, Leo," Natsu called out and the other duo turned around. "You owe me a rematch."

"Tsk, you lost in a fair battle, Natsu," the man, Leo, smirked smugly. "And Aqua would kill me if I'd get hurt in another fight. She still thinks that I will help her moving in with Scorpio and Aries wouldn't be happy either, right, dear?"

"Y-yes," his girlfriend agreed softly as she stared at the ground.

"Aries, hold your head high and smile, damn it!" a blue-haired woman scoffed as she smacked Leo's girlfriend's head. "You aren't a shy freshman anymore, deary."

"H-hey there, A-Aquarius," Leo stuttered. "That's my friend Natsu."

"I know him. He's a friend of Juvia-chan's useless husband," the woman snapped before she walked on, with every fibre of her being the most fabulous guest on the wedding – or at least this seemed to be what she believed herself to be before she finally reached her place and sat down next to her boyfriend.

"Lisanna was right about you, Lucy," Natsu said with a grin as they sat down as well. "You are unique – but in a very good way. Um, if you want to, we could go out sometimes."

She fought back her blush as she nodded. "Yeah, that sounds nice," she said while she made a mental note to give Lisanna hell for this albeit successful matchmaking attempt.