Chapter 11 – All you need is family.

Natsu didn't like to wait. He was an action man. But while Happy sent a message to Mirajane, he couldn't do anything more that wait in Lucy's room. She had been sleeping for three days, the doctors and nurses had kept her sedated. She had to rest. She had been recovering her usual colour and now that he could see her without wide clothes it seemed so evident her pregnancy. It still amused him.

"Wake up soon." He was so bored and he wanted to be shouted by Lucy, he had read her folders waiting for her to awake "I'm bored"

Happy arrived as soon as he could to Fairy Tail. Natsu had said he needed to tell Mira that Lucy was in the hospital and they have to wait a little bit for her to wake up. Still he didn't know if he had to tell why Lucy was at the hospital.

"Wel-, oh, Happy, where are Natsu and Lucy?" Happy looked around, there wasn't a lot of people so he could talk freely

"Lucy is at hospital and Natsu is with her. He sent me here to say to you that they will have to stay a little more there" He said it with a professional tone "Aye, sir"

"But…why is she in the hospital? Is she hurt?"

"It's a bit complicated…" Should he tell her about Lucy? "It seems that we are going to have little fairies soon"

"Little…Eh?" Mira was so surprised that she didn't seem to notice the broken glass in her hand "A Baby? What? When? Why? How…I mean…what?"

"Aye, sir! I really don't know but the doctor said it and Lucy is at hospital" Mira wasn't listening to Happy; she was making planes for a big welcome party.

"Master! Have you heard the news?" He had lost her.

The first thing she saw when she woke up was Natsu. He was sleeping in his chair and he seemed a bit uncomfortable but still he was snoring like a bear. She was feeling dizzy until a nurse came into the room with a folder and a tray of food.

"Good morning, sweetheart" She put the tray on a table and began to serve her "How are you feeling?"

"Fine, thank you" Why was she in the hospital? For how long had she being there? "Why am I here?"

"This boy brought you four days ago, you nearly lose your babies but they are safe now" Lucy touched her round belly with love, her kids would be very strong "But you have to gain on weight. Three children needs more than one so eat all your food, honey"

The nurse was leaving when Natsu woke up, his nose told him there was food in the room and he wanted to eat. He couldn't eat anything of Lucy's meal; she had to put on weight. He had read her folders to kill his boredom and he had memorized her condition and her babies' condition. Still his stomach growled with hunger.

"Do you want to eat with me?" She offered the half of her food but he refused, she had to eat "Are you sure?"

"Bixlow is the father, isn't he?" Lucy's smile faded a bit and she nodded "And he knows. He didn't want you to come here because of your…pregnancy"

"I don't know why he didn't want me to come here, Natsu, but it wasn't because of my babies" It was assured because Bixlow didn't want these children "I'm not sure about anything related to Bixlow anymore"

"He broke up with you because of this?" Lucy shook her head and closed her eyes.

"When I found out that I was pregnant, I told him but he didn't say anything and I knew that he doesn't want this so I broke up with him" It was true, Natsu could tell it for her teary eyes and the sadness around her "As much as I love him…I love these three more and I will do everything for them"

She would be happy even if she had to live with her heart broken forever while she had her kids. She smiled again and finished her meal. It was enough to make her sleepy again.

"Doc said he was going to discharge you when you woke up so I think you start dressing up while I go to find him" Natsu needed to be by himself a little. That conversation with Lucy got him angry, furious. Bixlow had to pay for leave Lucy when she needed him the most. "Hey, doctor, Lucy has awaken"

The doctor smiled and left to Lucy's room, he stayed in the corridor, looking for someone or something to hit. He stayed there until Lucy touched lightly his elbow, she was smiling and her eyes were sparking. She was wearing some sort of green dress that he remember she used once he was fighting with Jellal. In that thing, her belly was totally unnoticeable and she didn't seem pregnant.

"Doctor said I could go now. Where is Happy by the way?"

"He went to Fairy Tail to tell Mira to no worry about us" Lucy looked at him like he was some sort of alien "You don't want anyone to know about it, do you?"

"It's not like I don't want them to know is more that I want to go on mission and…" Natsu smirked

"You can't go on mission anymore." He remembered the folders, again "Since you and Bixlow are both mages your kids are going to be mages and they need your magic to grow healthier and to make up their magic core"

"That's pretty bad. I have money for my rent but I have to buy two more cradles and clothes and babies needs…"

"I'm sure that everyone has think about it and had purchase you every little thing you need by the time we arrive to Magnolia"

"Still I don't feel too comfortable with the idea of everyone knowing" She didn't tell it, but Natsu was sure that she was worried about Bixlow and it made his blood boil. "Do you want to go by train or you prefer to walk?"

"As much as I hate it, we are going by train" He wasn't going to let her go walking to Magnolia, no when she had to rest nearly 24/7. "So, let's go!"

This time Natsu rest on Lucy's lap and stroke his hair lightly and he felt well, better than with Erza's method. The travel was calm and Natsu didn't disturb Lucy when she finally fell asleep.

"Your mother is awesome, don't disappoint her and be good boys" He said before woke up Lucy when they arrived to Magnolia. "Lucy, we are home"

Yep, Magnolia was her home, and Fairy Tail her family. Her point was demonstrated when Natsu broke the door with a flier kick and a "We're back" and confetti rained over them and everyone shouted a great "Congratulations!" They weren't judging her or Bixlow who was mysteriously disappeared. Mira said that Laxus and the Raijinshuu had gone to a mission two days after Natsu and her left. But she was going to castrate him as soon as she saw him because how could he be such a prick. Lucy said she didn't care because she didn't need Bixlow to raise their children.

All the girls asked her to touch her belly and talked a lot about men, children and fashion while men were drinking and parting and congratulating Lucy for her triplet pregnancy and even Gajeel messed up her hair when he passed behind her.

Definitively, all she needed was a family as lovely as Fairy Tail. She didn't need Bixlow to be a father figure because she could count with all the men in the guild to teach them how to be good men.