Author's note: since it's so close to Christmas and/or holiday season, I decided to make a small story for it from my favorite family. Hope you guys enjoy it!

"Luce, can we open the gifts now?" the dragon slayer beside her whined.

" No, we have to wait until tomorrow." Lucy answered. She looked over at the male on the couch who was now pouting and laughed. She had always loved his childish antics.

The small family was currently sitting in their living room gazing at the beautiful tree dazzling with hundreds of little lights and glass balls and the boxes wrapped with decorative paper sitting under it, and listening to the soft melodies drift through the air. Nashi was sitting in her playpen, playing with her all time favorite dragon stuffed animal. Lucy and Natsu sat side by side on the couch with her snuggled deeply in his side with her feet pulled up in his lap for the warmth he radiated.

" But why?" he cried

" Because it's for Christmas and it's not Christmas yet." she soothed.

Natsu looked away from the mesmerizing blonde beside him with a pout and looked at his child that was engrossed in the toy. He felt his heart flutter at how adorable she was and smiled because she had managed to steal his heart. Her pink hair was a little longer, reaching the bottom corners of her eyes now. The sight of Nashi distracted him for a moment but now his mind was on the boxes and his strong desire to know what they held. He looked at Lucy with a puppy dog look to maybe convince her. He grabbed her waist and pulled her into his lap and laid his head on her shoulder.

" Please, Luu-cy." he begged.

She giggled again and played with the edges of his scarf. " How about we go make cookies?" she asked to maybe hold his attention of the gifts.

Instantly, he perked up at the promise of sweets. Lucy peeled herself from Natsu's lap and skipped to the kitchen with excitement in her step. Natsu was quick behind her, but now with the bubbling Nashi in his arms. Once in the kitchen, Lucy had gathered the sugars, flour, eggs, baking soda, and chocolate chips. She quickly, effortlessly mixed the ingredients getting a thick batter. Now Natsu shifted Nashi into one arm and wiped a finger through the bowl .

" Hey, no eating the dough!" Lucy scolded.

Natsu laughed. " But Lucy!" He walked over the high chair and carefully placed Nashi in it before turning back to his blonde mate. He towered over her and cupped her chin with the fingers of one hand while the other trailed down to the bowl again. " Dough in the bowl is fun." and at that he rubbed some dough on her nose.

"Natsu!"

Lucy dug her hand into the batter and brought forth a handful of the globby mess. Natsu knew full what was about to happen and started backing away. " Luce, put it down. If you start this, you will lose." he warned, but she didn't care. She reeled back her hand back and let the mound fly. It collided with his face and pieces bounced off to the walls.

Nashi squealed and clapped her hands, and Lucy laughed wildly. " you like that don't you Nashi!" Lucy gasped between laughs.

Natsu, now accepting the challenge, lunged at the bowl and the blonde. Said lady gave a shriek as she went down with Natsu kneeling above her. He picked up a large sum of batter and smeared it across her face and neck. He smirked as she also squeaked at the weird substance on her. Now the two were rolling on the floor, throwing batter and smearing it on each other while Nashi enjoyed the display by squealing and laughing.

" What is going on here?" a voice boomed.

Nashi immediately stopped laughing and looked over at the red head that just entered the home.

Erza stared harshly at the couple laughing, covered in cookie dough. They stared at her for a second, then burst into laughter. Lucy pointed at Natsu because his body heat had began cooking the batter all over him. Natsu chuckled at Lucy with all the batter matted in her hair.

" Answer me." Erza demanded.

" I made cookie dough!" Lucy laughed.

" I see that!"

" I threw it at Natsu and Nashi loved it!"

" That's right, my little angel loves food fights!" Natsu exclaimed while pumping his fists.

" And you two decided to have a food fight at midnight, and kept Nashi up this late?" Erza inquired.

Lucy looked at the clock and sure enough it was midnight. She picked herself off the floor and made her way to Nashi. She gently picked up the small baby. Cradling her in her arms, Lucy made her way to the nursery so she could put Nashi down to sleep. The entire walk she hummed lullabies.

Now Natsu sat in the kitchen alone with the demon Erza. He feared what she may do, and thought if he didn't move she wouldn't say anything to him.

" Clean this mess."

" Aye!" he frantically stood and began picking up the piles of smeared cookie dough. By the time Lucy came back, the kitchen was spotless and Erza had left. Lucy felt herself drawn to the dragon slayer and melted into his embrace while said slayer sulked into her hair. Then it dawned on him what time it was.

" It's Christmas! We can open the gifts now!" He smiled excitedly.

" Oh alright. Let's go!"

Lucy lead him back to the festive room and sat beside the tree. Before she could reach for one of Natsu's gifts, he had placed a small gift for her on her leg.

" Open it!"

Hesitantly, she peeled the wrapper off the box and saw it was a jewelry box. Natsu took the closed box from her and opened it for her. Inside was a small gold band with a perfect sized crystal in the middle. She looked up into his eyes searching for an explanation. His other arm was rubbing the back of his neck in nervousness.

" Luce, for the past two months, I have been thinking of the perfect way to do this and I have been practicing speech after speech before I realized that it wasn't me to practice this. I know you love me and I know I love you. I also love our daughter and I can't think of anything I would want more. You and her are everything to me. So will you marry me? "

Lucy smiled Natsu softly. He never did make a big deal about anything and that's why she loved him. She shifted so she was on her hands in front of him and leaned in to kiss him.

" Yes." she breathed and grabbed another kiss.

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Another Christmas.

"Lucy, Wake up. Nashi is waiting for us." Natsu whispered into her ear.

" I don't want too" she grumbled. But deep down she knew she had to or the three year old would rip into the gifts without them. " Alright, alright I'll get up." she peeked open her eyes and saw her husband kneeling in front of her face. He gently brought his lips to hers in a breathtaking kiss.

" I'll see you in there." he smiled as he stood and exited the room.

Lucy smiled and rolled out of bed. She trudged to the bathroom to brush out her unruly hair and splash water onto her face. She heard Natsu shouting through the walls and laughed. Of course he was full of energy this morning. She crossed her bedroom and pulled a sweater, knee tall socks, and skirt from the closet. She shimmed into the clothing then made her way into the living room. On her way there she heard Nashi crying. She rushed in to see Natsu trying to get her to stop crying and her pooling tears into her hand.

" Nashi, sweetie!" she cooed as she went over and rubbed her back. She glared at Natsu. " What did you do?"

" Nothing, I came in here and she was crying!" he defended.

" Nashi, what's wrong?" Lucy asked.

" Santa.. ate... my.. cookies." The little girl wailed.

Natsu's eyes widened, and he smacked his head onto the coffee table they sat around.

" Well, Santa is supposed to eat the cookies. But we can make more!" Lucy comforted.