"Natsu Dragneel!" Erza shouted as she banged on his bedroom door, Natsu shuddered at her voice… He had known her since they were children, he had known a lot of the Fairy Tail members since they were children… opening up the door he smiled at Erza nervously "What did you do to Lucy!" a smirk came to his lips as he remembered what he did to her, the moans that she made. "Natsu!" quickly Natsu stood there like a brick too scared to move "I did nothing! I swear!" Lies… he thought to himself. "You liar! Lucy is down there as red as my hair! I don't know what you did but you are going to march down there and apologise! Right now!" Gray, Gajeel and Jellal stood in their bedroom door frames and tried their hardest not to laugh at the site before them. Erza was the only person that could scare him, one of the most revered and feared Mafia leaders was scared by one of his own subordinates, sure she was his friend first but fuck did she scare him, she scared nearly everyone.

Knowing all too well that Erza was serious, he tried to get his body to move but found that he couldn't. "NOW NATSU!" Pulling his ear she dragged him down the stairs to the lounge room, basically throwing him in front of Lucy as she let go of his ear. "Lucy… Natsu has something he would like to say." hearing a mumble under Natsu's breath Lucy lifted her head to face him, her face was still blushing. "I didn't hear you…" She said softly which made Erza loom over Natsu, her aura was black as her hair started to flare around as if it were in water, he could feel the daggers she was glaring at him. "I'm sorry Lucy…" Natsu looked at Lucy, her face was starting to return from its red state to normal. Levy sat next to Lucy and laughed as she held her stomach. "I'm sorry, but Erza is the only person that can scare him like this." Wiping a tear away from her face she saw Lucy smiling at the sight before her, but also as if she were remembering something.

Sitting on the other side of Lucy, Natsu rested his chin on her shoulder "That's pretty awesome, I really like this part here." he pointed to the red dragon flying in the sunset lit sky as a blonde woman sat on the edge of a cliff with her hair moving in the wind as she watched the magnificent beast fly "My mum taught me to draw…" smiling softly she heard the washing machine beep, but before she could get up Levy had already made her way with everyone's school uniform pulling out the plushie Levy placed it in the dryer and turned both of the machines on before walking back upstairs to Gajeel's room.

Everyone was in their own world, the 16 year old Levy was in Gajeel's room reading a book as she sat in the 17 year olds lap. He read the book over her shoulder zoning in and out as he played with her blue hair. The two 18 year olds Erza and Jellal were in the houses gym just training together. The romantic 16 and 17 year old Juvia and Gray sat in the theatre room watching a horror movie. The 17 year old Natsu was bored, he was hoping that things would be more exciting, his stomach started growling at him, but he knew he wasn't allowed to raid the fridge, last time he did Erza tore him a new one, and his stomach was like a bottomless pit when he was hungry.

Hearing his groans and his stomach growling at him Lucy giggled before getting up. "It's only 5 and you're hungr-" she was cut off when her stomach started growling too, as if communicating with his. Natsu laughed as she blushed slightly "I haven't eaten since this morning!" she placed her art book in the coffee table and made her way to the kitchen, grabbing out multiple vegetables, meat, and fruit. "What are you doing?" looking over to the kitchen he was distracted momentarily as she bent back down into the fridge, her butt sticking high into the air. 'I swear… She is oblivious to what she is doing…' standing back up Lucy smiled. "I'm going to cook dinner! It will take three hours though for the pork to cook though. But I can make some starters and I can make a fruit salad for desert!" Lucy grabbed a butchers knife out of the second draw "I hate this knife…" she said softly as she glared at the blade.

"What did it do to you?" He just had to ask 'This outta be good' reaching into the top shelf reaching for the salt, oil and paper towel Lucy found that she had to stand on the bottom shelf to reach the oil. "Every time I use it… I cut myself… It's like it has it out for me…" looking down at her finger she pouted. "Then you're using it wrong." Taking a deep breath Natsu sighed as he walked into the kitchen, "This time I'll cut the meat, just tell me how." Watching as Lucy tried to reach the oil he picked her up sitting her on his shoulder, making her grip onto the top shelf as hard as he could.

"Wha- What are you doing!" "You can't reach the oil right? So I'm helping" as she grabbed the oil and paper towel, she felt Natsu's hands grip her sides before gently lifting her, sliding her slowly down his body. He enjoyed the way her body felt against him 'Stupid clothes…' he thought to himself before noticing that her singlet had ridden up to just above bra and she hadn't noticed. "Blondie…" he called out as she placed the last of what she needed on the bench "Your shirt…" he said as he pulled it down making her blush deep, wrapping her arms around her breasts. "Don't glare at me like that, I could've left it until someone else came out and saw." grabbing the knife that hated Lucy he went towards the pork, scoring it.

Lowering her arms she watched Natsu score the pork "The chicken breasts… can you cut it in half and then at a 45 degree angle for stir fry?" nodding she grabbed a smaller knife out of the draw as she started to cut Vegies for the stir fry before placing them all into a bowl. Natsu had finished cutting the meat and watched as Lucy cut a bunch of fruit, placing them into two large bowls, before placing them into the fridge, but not without getting herself and him a bowl. Between eating her bowl of fruit, swaying her hips, and finishing the prepping the roast pork, Lucy started cooking the stir fry. Natsu enjoyed the smell of the chicken and the vegies cook. "Is it done yet?" he hugged her from behind placing his head on her shoulder causing her to tense "Almost…" she said softly not realising she started to sway her hips again and hummed. "If you want to get revenge or continue where we left off earlier... I don't think doing it here near a hot stove is a good idea…" his words made her tense once again after realising what she was doing. 'Completely innocent…' he smiled to himself.

It was now 6 and everyone had come to the kitchen when Lucy had called out for some food. "This is just to top us till dinner." Serving bowls to everyone Natsu instantly dug into his food. "Sorry about his table manners Lucy… he never really had any when it came to food." Gray commented as they all sat in the lounge room eating their food, and talking. "Hey… can I ask you guys something?" Lucy looked down at her empty bowl smiling nervously "Yeah of course" Levy Erza and Gray said in unison. "Well remember last year when I got really sick from working so much and trying to get my school work done?" they all grunted and nodded except for Natsu who just watched her intensely. "Well I was thinking… that maybe I could move into the spare room upstairs. I can work around the house to earn my keep, you guys can make sure I'm not over working and I won't have to ask to come over… a – and I wo – won't have to b – e alone." before she knew it tears had started falling down her face. Sniffling and hiccupping like a crying person does Lucy quickly set her bowl down on the table and ran into Levy's room, causing all the girls to chase after her. "Lucy…" Natsu said under his breath 'Why does my heart hurt when she cries?'

Lucy had done this before, not long after she was forced to move in with foster parents after foster parents, she had re made friends with Levy and Erza, they had re introduced her to Juvia and the four of them became best friends one again. They never suspected her to be the Lucy that they knew growing up, they did comment how similar they looked but they just brushed it off, knowing it was impossible for her to still be alive. Lucy was often found crying, and she told them that her parents had died not long ago, but she could never tell them her real last name, she wanted to live a normal or as normal as you can get life. As far as they knew she was Lucy Ashley. She had never taken them to visit their grave, and she was happy that they never asked. They were her family, they have been there for here when she needed it most, and they are still there for her now, making sure she is safe and healthy. "Lu – chan…" Levy climbed onto her bed and pulled Lucy into her hugging her tightly finding that she was crying now too, she didn't know why. Maybe it was because she hated seeing Lucy cry. Yes that was it. Levy always broke down into tears when Lucy cried. Juvia and Erza climbed onto the bed as well, all hugging Lucy. "Lucy… how about you move in tonight?" Erza spoke pulling out of the hug to see Lucy smiling, although she was still crying, "Really?" she said as she wrapped her arms around Erza hugging her tightly. "Yes, You are a sister to us Lucy, and we don't want you to go through what you did last year again…" wiping away her tears Lucy turned her head when Juvia tapped her shoulder "We will always be here for you Lucy."

"Never seen her break into tears like that…" Gray said as he grabbed everyone bowls "Yeah…" Jellal said as he bent over, resting his head on his knees as he fisted his own hair. Although Gajeel said nothing, he was worried too. "She should move in." all the guys looked at Natsu semi shocked at his words, this was after all one of Fairy Tails houses "Why are you so mushy over her?" Gray asked placing bowls in the sink "She isn't our Lucy… Even you should know that." "Well, you guys seem to really like her, like she is family. So I thought maybe she could live here, so we can be a family." "Aren't you worried she is going to find out about us?" Jellal stopped pulling out his hair and relaxed back into the couch for a moment. "Not really, how long have you known her? 5 – 6 years? If you have managed to keep it from her so far I doubt that it will be a problem." 'Truth is… she is the Lucy we all grew up with... she knows about all of us already…' he thought to himself.

"Gajeel, Natsu, Gray, Jellal… Get your keys we are helping Lucy move in tonight." Erza came out of the room with all the girls following her, Lucy stood behind them all trying to hide. Her face was red and her eyes puffy from crying. "Natsu, you still have your boxes from earlier?" Juvia spoke as she walked upstairs towards his room. "Yeah, but usually people wait for the answer before going to get something! Plus… they are down here near the front door…" Juvia pivoted around on her foot and walked down the stairs.

All the guys had taken off to Lucy's place except Natsu, who waited outside as Lucy washed her face. "I didn't know you had a car" Lucy spoke as she walked outside, all the girls were there waiting with him "Well actually Jellal, Levy and myself picked it up for him our way home from school, the rest of us got a ride with Gajeel." Erza spoke as they all got into Natsu's 4x4 "So that's why you walking today!" Lucy almost shouted. "So how do I get to your place Lucy?" "I'll direct you Natsu... Lucy doesn't have a car and usually walks to and from her apartment to well everywhere..." Erza said "In other words she doesn't know the roads does she?" Lucy's head hung at his words and nodded. "Ok then, lead the way Titania!" Erza punched him hard in the arm and glared at him, giving him the 'how dare you use my Fairy Tail codename in front of Lucy!' look.