Hi guys, first of all I would like to thank the wonderful art of procrastination for keeping this chapter from being written for so long, if you would like to blame anyone for my late as hell updates it's totally procrastination's fault XD
Secondly, I would like to apologise in advance if this chapter sounds funky, my Beta has been incredibly busy lately so I've been the one editing the chapters and unfortunately I'm really bad at editing my own work *^*
Thirdly and I've been asked this a lot already but, who do you think Lucy is going to end up with? I've already decided don't worry (Sorry in advance to the people who will get disappointed in the future) but I'm curious, who would you like Lucy to end up with? Let me know and I might take it into account for the ending.
Finally I wanna thank everyone for their support on this story, it means a lot more to me than you might think :33
Anyways, I hope you guys enjoy the new chapter! :D
Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail ALSO there is some strong language used throughout the chapter so do read at your own risk ^.^" (Nothing that different from the other chapters though I just needed to have it there in the disclaimer)
Chapter 32 (Roses are Red, Violets are Blue)
Normal POV,
Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
They're all gone,
It's too late for 'I Love You'.
Natsu had a feeling he wasn't going to walk away from this fight.
But then, that was the reason why he had done it in the first place, right?
Maybe he had enough of doing this 'life' thing, maybe he was finally done with it all. Walking on this planet just wasn't that interesting anymore without his friends or family.
After all Igneel had already left a long time ago and now even Fairy Tail had abandoned him.
Abandoned, yeah that's the word.
But the thing that hurt him the most, was the way how things ended with Lucy.
Someone - he had to admit was really more than just his best friend or comrade, someone he had spent so much time with over the years since he had first met her.
Someone who he had came to love more than anything else.
Now he was alone again, desperately searching for something to hold onto, some kind of light or lifeline to convince him that things were going to be fine again. Only this time, he was done searching.
He was finished searching for something that will never come around, something he will always wish for but will never receive.
Who cares if he left? Who cares if he disappeared off the face of the earth? Who the hell freaking cares? It was just him now, him and his memories of the past - that will probably haunt him forever.
Death had never really bothered the Fire Dragon Slayer as he had always believed with all his heart that he would die protecting his friends.
Now he was on the verge of it with nothing to protect, nothing to care about. He would die running away.
Natsu Dragneel hated running away.
"Haven't I made it clear enough to you human? Your magic is nothing compared to my curses, so you can kiss your little ass goodbye." The demon laughed as he spoke, his sharp gaze centred on Natsu's heaving body.
Natsu clenched his teeth, trying to ignore the stinging pain running across his body. How long had this fight been going for? How long did he need to fight till it was over?
How long was it before he could die?
Every part of his body was already hurting, normal for a hard opponent like the demon he had decided to pick a fight with. But this wasn't just a normal fight though, was it?
Natsu had thought he had promised himself he wouldn't even try. He thought he could bear just throwing himself into the claws of this Grade A asshole and forget about it. After all if he was going to die, he wanted to die fighting.
But he was wrong, every part of him was yelling at him to live, to fight, to pound this jerk into the ground and show him who's boss. That he wasn't someone that he could just mess with and that if this was under normal circumstances the demon would have ran away crying.
But that would mean he would win, win and live, which wasn't what he wanted. This was suppose to be his end, an honourable end at that. He would die taking down a demon terrorising a village, he would die saving millions of people.
And if he didn't take down the demon, well that he was fine with too. There were thousands of other capable wizards out there to take this guy down too so either way Natsu was happy with it.
He just hoped no one would try to save him.
Slowly he got up from the ground, his arms and legs still shaking with fatigue, quietly he met the demon's sharp gaze with his own, a thin grin slowly stretching across his lips. "It's not over yet."
Before the demon had enough time to react fire had enveloped Natsu's arms and he was running towards him, his arms stretched out behind him like fiery wings. "FIRE DRAGON SLAYER WING SLASH!" He declared roughly before swinging both his arms towards the demon.
The grey skies above them turned bright orange as the fire bursted into life, everywhere the fire touched it left in a burnt heap, it surrounded the two dancing like fiery ghosts. The demon only smiled as the fire began closing in nearer and nearer to his body, Natsu's voice still echoing in his ears, "You don't listen, do you?"
...Don't listen, do you?
Suddenly all of Natsu's momentum disappeared leaving him in the hands of the demon, bewildered and confused. What was happening? What happened to his attack? The demon laughed at Natsu's expression and pointed towards his other hand curled into a tight fist.
"Magic is no match for curses." He snarled before sending his fist into Natsu's stomach, the air disappeared from his lungs and everything went black for a few minutes before he realised he was flying.
Smoke covered the air around him as he landed on the other side of the clearing, his breath still had not returned, choking he leaned back onto the grass beneath him. This had to be the end, it can't get any worse than this.
He couldn't take it any longer.
One word echoed in his head as he closed his eyes from the chaos surrounding him, finally.
Finally.
"Is that all you've got Dragon Slayer? Jeez, I thought I had struck gold when you had challenged me and I realised you were a Dragon Slayer. But you're just a huge let down and after I just got revived too."
Finally.
The demon smirked before walking closer to Natsu, his voice getting louder and louder as he neared Natsu's still body.
"Oh well I guess I'm not taking revenge today, I thought you had been the one from all those months ago but clearly you're too weak to be that guy. What was his name anyway? Or was it her? Eh I couldn't tell they had a cloak on and everything, smartass."
Finally.
There was a silence before the demon spoke again, this time right in front of Natsu.
"Oh wait, I remember now.. Oi you think you know an Eclipse at your little guilds?"
Eclipse.
Lucy.
Suddenly air was forcing itself into Natsu's lungs and his body was dragging itself of the ground, a new thought pounded in Natsu's head. Lucy, Lucy this guy knew Lucy.
"W-what do you know about Lucy?" Natsu whispered hoarsely, trying desperately to steady his shaking vision. "Oh you're still alive? Good I thought the fun was over already." The demon laughed and met Natsu's poisonous gaze.
"So that's her name?"
Suddenly Natsu was at his throat breathing heavily, ignoring his screaming joints and newly opened wounds, "What do you know about her?" He growled, tightening his grip on the demon's neck. The demon smiled, his eyes narrowing as if an idea had just popped into his head.
"You mind telling her something?" He whispered, his cold smile never leaving. Natsu scowled, "Why would-" He was swiftly cut off as the demon roughly forced Natsu's choke hold on him down, the sound of his wrist breaking rang chillingly through out the clearing.
"Tell that bitch, that the Nine Demon Gates are alive and are prepared to do the exact same thing to her as she has done to us... Oh and that Zeref will be meeting with her shortly." The demon chuckled before throwing Natsu's wrist back to him.
"By the way I don't think we've been formally introduced yet, I'm Jackal and I serve no one other than the Dark Lord himself." Laughing the demon turned around and headed towards the other side of the clearing, dismissing Natsu completely.
The sound of thunder started to rumble through the trees around them as Jackal headed towards his exit, but before he could leave a voice stopped him in his tracks.
"At first I had thought you were just some random guy from some random Dark Guild... But you're not are you?"
The sky darkened as Jackal turned around slowly to meet Natsu's gaze, his mouth stayed tightly shut.
"You're just some shitty demon with a fake title that works for Zeref. Hell I ain't scared of you. I don't care if you were the fucking Dark Lord himself cause you know what?"
Lightning crashed to the ground in between Natsu and Jackal, setting the grass around that area on fire and turning both their grey face stark white.
"I had came here for a good fight, I had came here to die taking you down with me but I know now."
"I can't die yet, not until I take you and your friends down. I don't know or care about what happened between you and Luce but I swear to you you will regret ever saying anything."
"Because no one threatens my friends and gets away with it." Natsu hesitated for a minute before adding,
"And by the way, no one calls my best friend a bitch and gets away with it either, so prepare yourself for one hell of a beating, Jackal."
Jackal grinned tightly at the Dragon Slayer, his eyes making him look almost gleeful. "I was hoping you would say that."
"Good news everyone, it seems the judges have decided to give us our special privilege back!" Minerva announced unusually happily while standing in the entrance of their motel room.
The rest of the room groaned as the light from the hallway filtered into their darkened room, no one had any idea what time it was or that Minerva even woke up this early in the morning but she definitely woke them up at least.
Lucy sat up tiredly in her bed, trying sleepily to rub the sleep out of her eyes. She had went back to bed after 3am last night after agreeing with herself that her dreams were the last straw.
It didn't matter how much danger she would be putting her friends in if she told them about this now, she was sure they would be in a lot more if she didn't.
It was better if she just told them. Besides, the same reality still echoed in the back of her head.
She couldn't keep it to herself any longer.
Lucy sighed and looked down at her hands, even in the darkness of her motel room she could still see those damned watery red marks up and down her forearm, blood.
All she could see on her hands was blood.
Her heart sunk deeper into her stomach as she remembered her nightmares from last night, even though she didn't have any after going back to bed around dawn, it still haunted her now.
There were somethings you just can't forget, real or not.
Silently she tucked both her arms behind her back, sick of seeing things that only her eyes could see, Zeref had meant to torture her like this, torture her with things that aren't even there.
How pathetic was she?
"Ohayo, Lucy-san!" Yukino chirped as she walked out of the bathroom, her face half buried in her fluffy white towel. Lucy jumped as if seeing Yukino for the first time that morning.
"Oh, good morning to you too Yukino!" Lucy answered quickly, a slight blush tinging her cheeks. Yukino frowned as she walked closer to Lucy. "Are you alright Lucy-san?" Lucy laughed awkwardly, forcing herself to sound a little bit more cheerful - otherwise more believable.
"Yeah I'm fine, just had a rough night."
It was half the truth anyway.
Yukino stared at Lucy silently for a few minutes, as if trying to figure out whether Lucy was lying or not.
In the end she took Lucy's word for it. "Alright, I'm sorry I asked, you just a little pale that's all." Lucy smiled softly at the other Celestial Mage's words, hearing genuine concern from other people sounded almost comforting to her now, even though it did nothing to improve her situation.
She just wished that people like Yukino who don't deserve to see the destruction of war, would never be involved in all this.. Chaos. It's too bad Lucy was bringing it right to her doorstep.
Softly she got out from her own bed and started getting ready for the day, she would tell them everything after the day was finished. Yeah, she can't ruin their fighting spirit now.
But a small part of her couldn't help but question, was she really doing this because she didn't want to scare anyone and cause everyone to panic, or was she doing this because she couldn't admit it to herself?
The idea of Zeref was terrifying just by himself, but to tell them that everything was going to happened later today, tomorrow or even the day after that... they would be on a constant watch out. They would never enjoy a single day of their lives ever again.
And end up like her...
Suddenly Minerva was speaking again, distracting Lucy momentarily from her thoughts.
"So the teams for the Tag Battles later today will be Sting, Rogue and Luc-" "What?" Everyone turned towards the voice that had rang out so clearly when Minerva was talking, Lucy blushed as five pairs of eyes turned to look towards her.
"I-I mean aren't Tag Battles two against two? Why are they three in our team?" Minerva stared at Lucy for a minute, confused before understanding filled her eyes. "That's the special privilege, after Raven Tail was disqualified they decided to give everyone the privilege. Thought it's not really a privilege if everyone has it. "
Minerva frowned before adding, "Are you sick?" Lucy looked away, trying desperately to escape from those prying eyes before shaking her head. "No... I just wanted to ask why."
Minerva stared curiously at the Celestial Mage for a minute before shaking her head. "Alright, so Sting and Rogue you two are the main team. Lucy will be back up if you need it." The two Dragon Slayers nodded, their eyes not quiet meeting their other teammate's eyes.
"I'll let you guys get ready... Oh and Lucy, can I talk to you outside for a minute?" Minerva gave Lucy a look before jerking her chin towards the entrance of the motel room. Lucy sighed but nodded before gingerly following after her guild master.
"You know if it's bothering you, you can tell me Heartfilia." Minerva muttered while closing the door to their room behind her. The hallway was empty other than the two of them, making Minerva sound louder than she wanted. Lucy sighed and nodded, leaning her forehead against her palm.
"So why aren't you saying anything?" Minerva answered quietly leaning against the hallway's red and orange stripped walls. The Celestial Mage chuckled darkly at Minerva's question before taking her hand away from her face so she could face the other Mage directly.
"You didn't tell me you knew about what had happened that night." Lucy answered wryly, avoiding the question. She had a feeling Minerva had known about the incident since yesterday but since the Guild Master hadn't said anything she had dropped it, thinking that maybe Minerva didn't know after all.
Now she knew she had been wrong to assume anything at all.
"You're not answering the question, does it bother you or not?" Minerva repeated, her tone firmer this time. Lucy looked away from her guild master, her face blank from emotion.
"I don't care who you pair me up with Minerva, what happened between me and Sting... Isn't something we should mix with the guild's victory." She answered, her tone empty of emotion as well, ignoring the welling sadness that always came along when she thought about what had happened.
Why had she just agreed to it anyway?
Minerva was silent for a few minutes, soaking in what the Celestial Mage was saying before answering with a slight grin. "I appreciate you're courage Heartfilia, but we don't need it where it's not needed."
Lucy stared at the other mage in a confused silence. Courage? What was she talking about? Minerva glanced at the Celestial Mage's confused face and smiled half heartedly.
"The truth is I knew something happened after hearing yesterday that a kid from Fairy Tail had left the guild and that they needed to reconstruct their team. "
Ba dump.
"Naturally as a Guild Master I was notified but I didn't really think much about it, I mean it wasn't really our business whether another guild lost one of its members or not. Usually we're not even notified, but since it's the Games they need to keep track of these things I guess. Either way I was ready to forget about it."
"Until of course I heard exactly who had been kicked out."
Ba dump, ba dump.
Minerva trailed off, letting the sentence just hang in the air for a few minutes before speaking again, this time her tone as emotionless as Lucy's.
"Natsu Dragneel; Age, 23 yrs old; Guild Identity, Fairy Tail; Date of ex-communication, 3rd July X791. By order of the Magic Council Natsu Dragneel is to be ex-communicated from his guild temporarily because of conflict caused between him and Sting Eucliffe of Sabertooth, the expiration of this order is yet to be confirmed."
She finished finally, turning her gaze back towards Lucy, her expression almost unreadable. "This was what they told me yesterday morning, later I remembered I had heard someone crying that night and went to confirm with Rogue. He told me you stunk of Dragneel."
Lucy was silent, her mouth opened in a little 'o' as if she had wanted to say something but couldn't quite choke the words out. Minerva ignored her expression and continued speaking,
"I figured Dragneel would go and find you after Fairy Tail broke the news to him and Sting's attitude towards you confirmed everything else. That kid doesn't usually get mad at anything, so I guessed it had to have something to do with you. Besides, even he isn't stupid enough to just go and attack me. Clearly he was upset about something."
Ba dump, ba dump, ba dump.
Minerva laughed softly before repeating herself again, "So I'm asking you again, does it bother you?"
Ba dump.
"So you figured all of this out and you still need me to say it?" Lucy whispered, the slight grin on her face making her look like she had no idea whether to laugh or cry right now.
"I don't care, who you pair me up with alright?! Get it through your head Minerva, what are you trying to do anyway?!" Lucy laughed hoarsely,
"Do you have any idea how much it hurts to remember these things? Do you have any idea what I'm going through right now?! Do you have any idea what's at stake here?! The reason I'm just agreeing to this isn't cause I want to look brave or prove anything, the reason I'm doing this is to protect you, protect everyone..."
Lucy's outburst trailed off into a small mumble as she crashed down to the carpeted floor below, the friction of the impact leaving her knees red and scratched.
"I'm just trying to protect people..." Lucy whispered, tears running down her face, dampening the carpet underneath her. This was it, this was how they were going to find out. How convenient did her little break up end up, huh?
Funny, it wasn't hard to get out at all.
Minerva stared at the sobbing girl before her, the words Lucy had just said running circles in her head, she had expected her to explode, she had expected the girl to crumble like this, she had expected all of it thinking it was cause of her indecisive emotions.
Minerva had thought from the beginning Lucy was a little indecisive, she could tell even before the girl defeated her father that Sting saw something in her, whatever he saw in her. The way he always seemed to be annoyed when the girl was around, or the way he treated her.
Classic Sting.
Then Lucy started to talk about her old guild, about her friends and her deceased family.
About Natsu.
Minerva could tell the moment Lucy started talking about this idiotic Dragon Slayer that he was someone special to her, how special she didn't know but the fact still remained in her mind. Could Lucy really throw away her past?
She knew it wasn't impossible, she had seen people do it millions of times so it wasn't that rare. But the way this girl talked, the way she always seemed so fond of their names, like each and everyone one really did have a special place in her heart, she knew she could have given her some slack - Lucy was after all broken, lost but she still doubted Lucy could do it.
But then Sting stepped up to his feelings and suddenly it all stopped, Minerva knew it hadn't really stopped of course, Lucy hadn't really forgotten about them and hell did Sting knew that. Of course he knew that, but it all had seemed so real to them, the smiles, the laughs, the tears even.
Those days were nice and Minerva didn't often call anything nice.
Then on the first day of the Grand Magic Games, the opening ceremony that idiot confessed and Lucy had to make a decision. God Minerva had thought the girl was never going to make a decision but in the short moments she had ran out of the door towards the Domus Flau, Minerva wanted to believe she had.
It would have been better for both of them if Lucy just made a damn choice.
Minerva didn't want to believe this girl, this person who had saved her from herself was really selfish, selfish enough to want both of the Dragon Slayers. She wanted to believe Lucy wasn't selfish at all, that she just didn't want to hurt either of them.
But honestly that wouldn't be any better would it? She was probably hurting both of them more just by stringing them along.
The days dragged on and suddenly Natsu was kicked out of his guild and everything started to fall apart. Sting was emotionally unstable and Lucy... Lucy was just as confused as he was.
Now Minerva was just trying to get them past the Grand Magic Games and hopefully they could sort it out later since Natsu was out of the picture. But now Lucy was babbling on about protecting people, protecting her.
Protecting them, from what?
"W-what the hell are you talking about?" Minerva asked gingerly, praying to god that whatever Lucy was talking about wasn't all that serious. They were mages after all, they could take care of themselves.
Though considering Lucy's background she doubted it wasn't serious.
Lucy was quiet, her silent figure still hunched over the carpet underneath their feet. Minerva stared at the Celestial Mage, the silence and anxiety making her angrier and angrier.
What the hell could possibly be so bad that Lucy would take it upon herself to-
Shit.
No, no it can't be him. Not him. Oh my god not him.
"What the hell are you talking about Heartfilia?! First you talk about how upset you are over this but now you're telling me that you're protecting us or something? Have you gone insane?!"
Minerva's voice got higher as her panic levels rose. Her heart pounded in her chest as she waited for an answer, but nothing but silence answered her frantic question.
"Lucy answer me!" She yelled, her fists tightly clenched to her sides. That seemed to work as Lucy started to look up, but before Minerva could ask again Lucy said one thing that stopped all of Minerva's words.
"SHUT UP!"
As soon as she heard those words Minerva went silent, she knew it. She damn knew it. This was Lucy's answer wasn't it? Both her and Lucy were on the same page now weren't they? Minerva knew it.
She couldn't help but feel a little dizzy as the words finally settled into her mind.
Yes, was what Lucy was trying to tell her all along wasn't it?
Meanwhile,
The bar was loud with people talking and walking around as the people of Team Fairy Tail went around trying to find a partner for the Tag Battle later that day.
Makarov had already told them that they would only need one pair for the Tag Battle and that of course would have to be the best one out of all of them, so to cheer everyone up he turned it into a game to see who could be the best pairing.
That said, this little pairing-up gig somehow in the end turned into a full blown nightmare.
Even without the Fire Dragon Slayer around yelling at everybody to fight him, the guild managed to make the chaos themselves, though some of the guild members really didn't know how.
Gajeel sighed as he slumped onto the rough bar, the drink he had ordered twenty minutes ago sat in front of him holding no interest to him whatsoever. He was really behind everyone else right now, with no partner or even the faintest idea of who should be his partner he was literally at the bottom of the scale.
He looked up and did 360 degree scan on the room again only to see nothing much had changed, slowly his gaze swept over the bar trying to spot out potential partners but it seemed, sadly most of them were taken.
Makarov hadn't said anything about your partner being part of the team or not so that was what most of the team went with. Juvia had of course went with Gray, it was obvious Juvia had her eyes one him the whole day now. Though it's not like she wasn't usually watching him.
Gajeel couldn't help but scoff, he had thought either of them would have been fine too. His eyes then settled on a certain red head, chatting with Wendy, a chill ran down his spine as he considered Erza as a partner when he almost slapped himself.
Erza, as partner?! Was he insane?!
No way could that red headed devil be his partner, one mistake and she would probably end up beating him to the pulp, not their opponent, though there was no denying she was powerful.
Gajeel just didn't feel like being hammered to the ground particularly that day.
Finally his eyes settled on Laxus, who he personally thought was a better match for Erza than him. Gajeel didn't really particular comfortable with the Lightning Dragon Slayer, not after that incident seven years ago.
Not that Laxus had anything against him now, it was just disturbing. It's not like he was worried he couldn't fight him or anything. Eh heh, heh. He... Just didn't want to partner up with him that's all. Lightning and iron aren't that great together after all.
Jeez he was pathetic.
Silently Gajeel slammed his forehead into the bar table again as his situation finally sunk in, his potential partners were all either already taken or too fearsome to partner up with. God this was so annoying. He grit his teeth, oh if only Salamander was here...
Gajeel didn't particularly like the Fire Dragon Slayer but even he had saw what had happened last night and he wasn't happy. Sure he wasn't one of the people who ran straight up to the old man's office right after Natsu came out but hey he was glad he didn't make any rash decisions.
Plus Salamander would have been perfect match to him, they would be like a flaming arrow, hit and burn. They wouldn't have anyone they couldn't defeat.
But the idiot wasn't here... He was probably busy out there being some weird travelling nomad or something.
Gajeel sighed as he glared at his drink, why did these things always happen to him anyway? "Gajeel?" A voice called out, making Gajeel look up. The Iron Dragon Slayer grinned slightly as he realised who had just called him. "Shrimp? Fancy seeing you here." He muttered, smirking at the blue haired Mage.
Levy blushed angrily as she sat down, embarrassed at her own nickname. She didn't mind being called that, even if it was a little offensive. It was Gajeel's special name for her after all, which means Gajeel thought she was special.
If that was the case, Levy didn't mind being called a 'Shrimp' for the rest of her life.
"What are you doing here anyway Gajeel? Don't you need to go talk to your partner?" Levy asked while ordering herself a drink from the bar. Gajeel groaned at the question, pissed off that people had notice he didn't have a partner yet.
Maybe he should just go with Lily, it's not like anyone would care that he was an exceed.
Wait, can exceeds even participate in the Grand Magic Games?
"Mind yer own business." Gajeel sneered, glaring at Levy who had settled herself next to him. The Solid Script Mage frowned. "Don't you need a partner though? I heard Erza say it was compulsory or something."
Levy took another sip of her drink as she stared at Gajeel. "Don't you have a partner yet?" She mumbled, between sips. Gajeel scowled. "Of course I have, who do you think I am?" Levy shrugged as she looked around the room. "It's just... Everyone seems to be already paired up with someone else already."
Gajeel slammed his forehead even harder into the bar table, furious that Levy, of all people Levy was the one that was telling him this. The blue haired Mage must have zero respect for him now.
"You don't have to lie to sound cool Gajeel, if you don't have a partner you can tell me." Levy whispered, dragging Gajeel out of his thoughts. He bit his lip as Levy's word sunk in.
Maybe she was right, maybe he should just tell her or something.
Hey maybe she could be his partner, at least she was smart so she could probably think of some kind of cool tactic to beat their opponents even without using that much magic.
Oh hell yeah, with Levy on his side they were going to win this.
But just when Gajeel was about suggest this a loud bang echoed through the bar, silencing everyone in the room. Slowly the entire room turned towards the door to see what had happened when they realised someone had broken the door in half.
And not just that, that someone was right there.
Gajeel felt his mouth drop wide open as he realised who it was standing there in front of them all.
"Salamander?!"
So what do you guys think? I didn't originally want the last part of this chapter to be in the Fairy Tail guild/inn but I since I didn't have anyone to refer to I just left it like that XD Hope Gajeel doesn't sound too OOC, also have you guys read the new chapter?!
*Spoiler Alert* I couldn't believe Fairy Tail disbanded and that Lucy became a reporter XD Wow, surprisingly unexpected but sure. Also Natsu's amazing hair *^* I'm personally glad that everyone ended up going there separate ways, though it does make me wonder... If Fairy Tail is going to end like Shippuden. Just saying XD I mean what with Natsu being END and stuff and Gray vowing to destroy END. It's like a perfect match, Naruto vs Sasuke/Natsu vs Gray.
Anyway, enough of my ranting I hope you guys enjoyed the new chapter, please read and review!
Ps, please go vote on what story you would like me to start after finishing Love Changes Us in the poll on my profile, thanks :D
