Chapter 2

It would take them 2 punishing hours to get to their destination, 2 hours of constant whining, 2 hours of groaning, curses and promises to never take a train again. That's what she expected the train ride to be, well who could blame her when you constantly travel with a motion sick Dragon Slayer, who would rather walk 5 days through a dessert without water than board a train. But surprisingly it was different this time. All throughout the first half an hour of the train ride Lucy tried to tune out Nastus constant whining and concentrated on the passing scenery of Fiore while petting the blue Feline in her lap rather absent minded. Until a rather loud and pathetic version of her Name escaped the, in his mind, dying boy on the ground, this, accompanied with a weak tuck on her skirt brought her back down to Earthland. With a frown she tore her gaze away from the passing scenery and looked at the Dragon Slayer questioning. Natsu looked up to her with the best puppy dog eyes he could manage in the given circumstances and spoke two words with such a pleading in his voice that It could even melt the Iron Heart of Fairy Tail Titania: "Help me"

"Tell me Natsu, what should I do about it? As much as I want to help you I can't do anything. I'm not Wendy I can't cast Troia on you and like hell I'd knock you out like Erza does!" was the only thing she could say to the Pink haired Slayer on the ground. She was about to return her attention to the window as she felt the weight in her lap shifting she looked and saw Natsu poking the sleeping Happys midsection. Seeing the growing discomfort of the sleeping cat Lucy swatted his Hand away as he was about to go for another poke and opened her mouth to ask him what the hell he was doing , but before she could even utter a sound the blue cat beat her to it.

"Neeee, Natsu what are you doing...Are we...wuaaahhhhh...there yet?" A yawn escaped the Blue fur ball as he asked his partner through half lidded eyes.

"Ugg...No Happy...I need you to..." he held his Hand before his mouth to prevent himself from throwing up"ugh...move over a little" Happy looked at him for a couple of seconds without a doubt still half asleep but you could practically see the battle raging in the felines head. On one hand he didn't like seeing his partner and father figure in pain but on the other Hand Lucys Lap was so comfy and warm, he didn't want to give up one of his favourite sleeping places even if it was Natsu. I was here first…

"Happy...Ugg...Please I'm...dying...here...I even...buy you...a big...Urgh...fish later on...okay Buddy?" With the promise of a big fish thrown into the battle it was easy to see which side won as Happy willingly got up and moved to the small gape between the Blondes Lap and the wall resting his head on her Lap. Now with Happy only occupying a quarter of the space he did before, Natsu launched himself with a small victory cry onto the free space on Lucys Lap throwing his arms around her waist, nearly knocking Happy off of his now much smaller sleeping space, earning him a small hiss from the blue cat.

He looked up sheepishly and said "Ah... Sorry, sorry, bud didn't mean to" with much more care now he wrapped his arms around her midsection and buried his nose into her black Tank top. Letting Lucys unique scent of Strawberry and Vanilla overwrite his senses he fell asleep nearly instantly but not without a small sigh of content escaping his lips beforehand.

What just happened? Lucy was stunned, she couldn't comprehend what happened. She looked down on the now sleeping Natsu, a slight blush decorating her cheeks. She looked down at the sleeping Slayer 'He looks kinda cute when he sleeps. So peaceful and innocent, just like a little kid' that thought made her chuckle ' Well most of the time he does act more like a child than anything else. When you see him like that you wouldn't believe of what he's capable of' she started tracing his features with feather like touches which he responses to with a scrunch of his nose, drawing another giggle from the girl. Continuing with her pace her fingertips brushed a strand of his pink locks out of his face, seemingly tickling the sleeping boy because this action earned her another wrinkle of his nose and low mumbling.

"Urghh...don't... my...cy..."

'Did he just...!' she leaned in closer to hear more clearly what he was sleep talking about.

"...don't...my food...Lucy...you'll..get fat"

"Aye"

'Those two...' she clenched her fist in anger. Of course his dream was about food, the only thing in this morons head were fighting and food throw in a few pranks on Nakama and you have a perfect understanding on what's going on in his head. She was about to slam her fist onto his unsuspecting skull until a rather sharp turn of the train made her stop in her tracks. Natsu squirmed in her lap clutching his rebelling stomach in his sleep, his face turning a sickly green and a low groan escaped the Dragon Slayer.

Her features softened 'It seems like not even sleep can let him escape from his motion sickness' she lowered her hand back on to his head and started to run her fingers through his hair. His body relaxed under her gentle touch and the green colour of his face changed to a healthier looking one.

"I let it slide this time. But don't get used to it, stupid" with those words she turned to face the window and sank back into her own imagination, but never once did she stop her fingers from moving. Her other Hand rested on Happys Head drawing small figures onto his fur, earning herself small but audible purrs from the sleeping cat.

Even if the sleeping Natsu was way better than a sick Natsu, he was still annoying as hell. Every time the train made a rather sharp turn or it got a bit bumpy he would tighten his grip around her waist a little. At first it didn't bother her much, she didn't even notice, but as his grip grew tighter and tighter and he refused to let go she started to struggle, to no avail. As breathing became difficult and urge to hit him grew stronger with each passing minute the voice of the conductor echoed throughout the wagon announcing their arrival at Malva.

"Finally, was about damn time! „She cried out, lifting Happy up into her arms. He struggled a bit, obviously unhappy with the e sudden change of his sleeping posture but he only cracked an eye open to glare half-heartedly at her before he got comfortable again. With Happy secured in her arms she looked down at the sleeping Slayer. An evil grin spread across her face. She made sure that Natsu was still sleeping peacefully as they arrived at the Station. As the train halted she stood up without a warning, expecting Nastu to fall to the ground and hopefully hitting his head in the process. Well not everything went as planned. HE did fall onto the ground. He did hit his head. But she forgot about one simple fact...His arms were still wrapped around her waist, so as he fell down to the ground he took her with him.

"Ouch, Luce what was that for" he asked while trying to untangle their limbs. "Yeah Lushy. You woke me up just before Carla was finally going to accept my fish!" Happy grumbled under his breath while flying over them. "Well sorry for trying to wake you up so we don't miss our stop" she hissed quite upset about her failure. „What? We're finally there?" Natsu shouted excited, he jumped up and in less than two second he hurled his giant backpack on to his back sprinting of the train, more than happy to escape the death trap named train. Lucy sighed and followed her partner with a silent promise to get back at him for what happened on the train ride some other time.

Sorry for the wait took me forever to write this chapter at first i didn't even want to write about the Train ride just a few sentences but then i started writing and I those ideas and i couldn't stop but then i was stuck and didn't know how to finisch...wuaaaaaahh it was soooo frustrating

thanks for the Support and hope you liked the chapter ^^