Okey let me start by saying I´m sorry for the first chapter, it´s horrible I know. I was in a rush and lazy, please bear with me since I will do better ;)

Everything happen so fast after that, Lucy could never describe that moment of feelings. The door had opened again, nobody really took much effort to look who had entered because they were still celebrating Grays return when a deep voice was heard.

"Does anybody have a beer to offer or do I have to punch someone to get it?"

"Aye sir."

The guild went silent for a nanosecond before the bomb dropped. It wasn´t only Grays return, Natsu and Happy were home too. Lucy felt her heart race, it really was him, no question about it. Only Natsu had that stupid smile or fierce eyes when he greeted everybody. She wanted to get close to him too, to hug him and the blue, sometimes, annoying cat. But it was impossible and even if she could have reached him her legs refused to move.

Slowly he managed to move closer against the bar, he was busy with everything else and never seemed to catches Lucys eyes. It wasn´t until the blue exceed screamed her name and flied into her arms he seemed to noticed her.

"Happy." Lucy said when the feelings in her bones came back and she could feel the cats warmth. "I´ve missed you."

"Me too?" It was Natsu, he seemed to have break his way forward and stood there just a few inches from her.

"Of course." Lucy said and tried to smile, why was it so harder than usual. It was not like she didn´t know him, Natsu were a big part of her life, or was anyway. "Your hair is shorter."

She didn´t like it, the boyish Natsu was gone, the man in front of her were a complete stranger but with Natsus eyes and smile. She wondered how she looked through his eyes right know and didn´t liked that thought.

"Yeah… it was easier like this." He answered with a shrug. "Yours longer though."

"I didn´t let cancer cut it that much this past year…"

This was awkward, were they really talking about hair? She cursed herself for not being able to come up with any better things to say. He seemed bored when he scratched his head, looking around on everything.

"So I should go home and take a shower, long journey." He finally said. "Are you coming Happy?"

The blue cat nodded and followed Natsu, Lucy almost felt the panic again and before she could think she grabbed his arm making him stop.

"Uhm…" she wanted to disappear through the ground, everyone in the guild was watching in silence making it more uncomfortable. "It´s a festival tonight, celebrating ending of summer. Maybe we could go together, like friends and catch up."

"Sounds great, I swing by later then." He said.

She let go of him and nodded, this was a good plan, and they used to go to festivals before so it´s just some old friends hanging out. He smiled and waved goodbye as he went through the door again, but this time not for years.

"I´m going mad, there´s nothing here." Lucy screamed though a hour later as she had ripped her closet apart, it seemed more like somebody had robbed her apartment when the clothes lay everywhere.

"Not true." Wendy protested as she showed up in a light blue dress, making her seem incredible cute and Lucy knew that Romeo would go nuts when all the guys would look at her tonight. "You have great dresses, like this one."

Lucy shake her head, she could never were that dress tonight. It was a darker yellow one that she had been wearing on her latest date.

"No I think I´m going with this…" she mumbled and stroke the fabric, maybe she was taking this far to serious, Natsu would never dress up for an event like this.

"Are you sure…" Wendy said looking at the dress. "It´s just so simple."

"Why not, I don't need to dress up every night something happens."

"But it´s Natsus return, it´s not just something…"

"Okey, okey, you choose then." Lucy sighed.

"Brilliant, I have just the idea for a perfect dress."

Lucy cursed Wendy during the evening, she had choose one of her tightest dresses. Sure it was beautiful but she never liked to wear it since it really showed of her curves which made men stare one second longer than necessary.

"Damn you smartass little witch…" she murmured though she knew that Wendy were long gone to hear her but it felt better there she was sitting outside her apartment waiting for Natsu and Happy to show up.

"Oi Lucy." It was Natsu, he seemed brighter than this morning, maybe the shower helped him waking up some more. He wore his usual clothes but an extra shirt and some normal shoes.

"Finally, I started to think that you find something better on the way and stood me up." Lucy joked as she stood up to greet him she noticed his eyes go black for a second before he smiled.

"Come on Luce, better than you? Who would refuse an evening out with a weirdo?" He laughed and dodged easy for her punch.

"Where´s Happy?"

The blue exceed were nowhere to be found and she hated it but now she started to get nervous again, if Happy were here then everything would feel normal, like the old good times.

"He don´t have the time to come along, since we got home he been like a bird over Carla, someone told him that she had been seeing other guy… cats." He laughed again and she was surprised over how calm he was, Natsu before could never stand and talk like this. It was always next destination for him, another thing she didn´t like to see.

"Let´s go then." She said with a fake smile, wishing this night to end already. This Natsu didn´t feel like home anymore, and she was so nervous that she thought she would die.

The festival was spectacular though, the music was so loud that it made everybody scream to get heard and the fireworks didn´t help either. Lucy liked it though, this way she didn´t have to force conversation with Natsu and couldn´t wait to find rest of the guild, then they would join their friends and things wouldn´t get uncomfortable anymore.

"Lucy quick." He suddenly screamed, just in time for her to see a big ball coming through the air against her to then get burned to aches right before her eyes. Natsu seemed bored again. "Are you always this slow?" he wondering, "I´m not surprised you turned master down then…"

"What?" Lucy screamed, what was he talking about? She couldn´t hear him that well in this crowd and people were starting to get very close.

He sighed light and grabbed her waist so she wouldn´t get drown by the sea of people. Then he managed to find a quite spot in the park, or quite enough.

"What did you mean before?" Lucy demanded to know, refusing to sit down on the bench next to him.

"What´s up with you Lucy? Have time made you sassy?"

There it was again, that arrogant smile he had, she knew it well because when he battled with someone, that's his smile, but now against her? That had never happened before, did he want to fight her?

"Yeah and you´re so damn wise…"

"Maybe not…" he admit with a lighter smile, but it turned upside down quick and before she knew what happened he took off his jacket and offered her it.

"Why?" she asked not taking the jacket.

"Cold?" he said simply but she didn´t buy it.

"Is there something wrong with my dress?" she started to search the fabric after stains or other things that could upset him.

"No nothing like that, your dress is fine, just put the jacket on."

She didn´t like to feel bossed around with, like a child without a reason she refused the jacket, instead she put her arms across her chest and started to get angry.

"Why are you always so difficult?" he murmured with a frown, that just made her burst.

"I had enough of this, you come back after four years and think you are some sort of king, or just enough badass to boss me around? I´m not your little toy you can leave and then just pick up when you´re back." She noticed that people started to stare and blushed, but she wanted to hear Natsus respond and waited, trying to ignore her surroundings.

But he didn´t answer, just looked at her waiting for her to calm down.

"Come on, put the jacket on and I treat you some dinner." He finally said. She wanted to strangle him right there but couldn´t move her feet.

"Fine…" she therefor said and put his stupid jacket on, it smelled like Natsu which haven´t change, thank god. "But I´m going to pick the restaurant."

She felt like a child, losing a fight and trying to restore herself with a new one. Natsu laughed though and put his arm around her shoulders, making her feel hotter by very second.

"Just go with it Luce…"