SORRY FOR THE LATE UPDATE! I was going to update last night, but for some reason I couldn't. I managed to update Coming Down, but I couldn't update my other stories.

"I'm happy that you aren't holding a grudge," Lisanna giggled. Gray ignored her and continued tapping his fingers on the table. Lucy had pulled a chair up to Ciel's table, and they were talking and laughing. He really hated art, at the moment. The bad thing was, he could hear every word they were saying.

"What about the time Kyo ran around the block in his underwear?" Lucy laughed. Lisanna couldn't help but let out a small one of her own. Gray was still unamused. He didnt like hearing all the fun times she had with them.

"Do you remember when Lucy first met us, and she was dared to be locked in the closet with Yuki for twenty minutes?" Ciel asked, barely able to contain his laughter. Gray was starting to hate the conversation less with every word they spoke.

"And they played chess," Rin laughed.

"What else were we suppose to do?" Yuki asked. He thought a moment. "On second thought, don't answer that."

"I remember when Natsu first met Lucy," Kyo said. Lisanna, Gray, and Lucy stared at him, wondering what he was talking about.

"How would you know when I first met him?" Lucy asked. The last time she checked, the four boys just moved to Magnolia. They weren't there her first day of school.

"What are they talking about?" Lisanna asked Natsu. She was feeling slightly jealous.

"Do you remember the summer I went to Rome?" he asked. She nodded. "Lucy came a month after I did. I was only there two months after that, though."

"That was you?" Lucy asked. Natsu smiled and nodded.

"Anyways," Rin said. Gray realized that Natsu and Lisanna pulled a chair up to the other table, wanting to hear the story. "She thought his pink, sorry, samon, hair was the coolest thing ever. She would always look at it, never having the balls to ask if it was natural. He was so embarrassed he shaved his head almost completely!"

"I thought you had shorter hair!" Lisanna laughed. Levy and Loke laughed too. Wait, when did they join the conversation?

"Lucy, do you remember the necklace you made Ciel?" Natsu asked. She thought a moment, then nodded. For art class, everyone had to make jewelry. She made a heart necklace for Ciel. If he took that class, he probably would have made her one.

"Oh, yeah, I almost forgot," Ciel said. He pulled the necklace from under his shirt. Lucy's eyes sparkled as she picked up the heart. She didn't think he would keep it, let alone wear it every day.

"It's so pretty," Levy said in awe. She wondered if Gajeel would wear a necklace that she gave him. She blushed at the thought

"Isn't wearing jewelry a bit gay?" Loke asked.

"Says the guy in the blue sunglasses," Lisanna said under her breath. Levy was the only person that heard her, and let out a small giggle.

"Doesn't Gray wear a necklace?" Natsu asked.

"What do I wear?" Gray asked, turning around in his seat. He silently cursed himself for getting involved in their conversation.

"A necklace," Yuki said. Now that he was looking for it, he did see a chain around his neck.

Gray pulled the necklace from his shirt, revealing a cross with a blue gem in the center. Lucy was surprised, since she never noticed it. He must have worn it every day, since Natsu remembered it.

"Since when do you wear that?" Levy asked. She was suppose to be the smart one, and she didn't even notice.

"I've been wearing it for six years now," he said sadly. He rubbed the metal between his fingers.

"Six years?" Rin asked. "That seems like a really long time."

"It was his dad's," Natsu tried whispering, but ended up saying it at normal volume. It was whispering for him, but everyone could still hear it.

"Your dad?" Lucy asked. She just realized that she never met him. His parents could have gotten a divorce, but it didn't seem likely. After six years, Ur would have started dating, knowing her.

"Look at that," Lisanna said. "I'm out of paint." She grabbed Lucy's hand and took her to the other side of the room, where the paint is kept.

"Lisanna, we weren't even painting," Lucy said. They were going to start another unit the next day, so they got a free day.

"Lucy, don't talk about Gray's dad," she said with a serious tone.

"Why? What happened?" Lucy pried.

"He died six years ago, when we were eleven," Lisanna said. "I guess he was depressed for a few years, then ended up getting drunk and taking pills. They all came home and found him dead on their living room floor."

Lucy's eyes widened. 'That's why he doesn't want me drinking,' she thought. She thought he was just trying to follow the law. She felt bad for disobeying him about that.

"Anyways, he secluded himself for almost a year after that. He wouldn't talk to us, and his grades dropped a lot. He almost failed."

"What changed that?"

"Your mom."

Lucy was shocked.

"After a year of moping around, Ur begged Miss Star to teach Gray martial arts. She managed to cheer him up. She's pretty amazing."

Lucy scoffed and went back to her seat.

X

"Why are you so mad?" Lucy asked. She was laying on the couch with Gray, and she could tell he was angry.

"I'm not," he said, faking a smile. He technically wasn't mad, since he was beyond angry. He had to watch his girlfriend drool over her ex-boyfriend all day. It also didnt help that just a few weeks before, she told Ultear that she loved someone. She didnt mean him, so that only left Ciel. He was starting to regret trying to put the puzzle together.

"You're frowning," she pointed out. She pressed her thumb to the corner of his mouth. He grabbed her hand and kissed it. He then pulled her to his chest and rested his head on her's.

"Nothing's wrong, okay?" he asked. He knew she didn't believe him by her silence. She already knew why he was mad, but she wanted him to tell her.

"We're back!" Ultear yelled, entering the house.

"Where was she?" Lucy asked. She didnt even realize that the older woman left.

"She went out with Chase, then they stopped to get his brother. They are both staying for dinner," Gray explained

"Oh, there you are," Ultear said. "Stop cuddling and come meet Chase and his brother."

Gray sighed and sat up. He already met Chase, and he didnt care about meeting someone new. He was having enough issues with the new students in his class.

"Let's go," Lucy giggled. She grabbed his hands and skipped to the kitchen. She turned around and put his arms around her waist. She leaned into him as he put his cheek against her neck.

"I wanna hug too!" Wendy whined. She ran up and hugged her brother from behind. She hadn't spent much time with him since he met Lucy, so she was planning on changing that.

"What if I don't want to hug you?" he asked playfully. He picked her up upside down, swinging her slowly. She giggled and tried to push her skirt back up.

"Gray, put her down," Ultear sighed. Gray carefully did so.

"She always ruins our fun, huh?" he asked. Wendy giggled again.

"You're making me sound like the bad guy," Ultear mumbled. "Anyways, come to the dining room. Everyone else is sitting down." She grabbed Lucy and Gray's hands. Wendy already latched herself to his leg, so she didn't have to worry about her following.

"This is Gray and Lucy," Ultear introduced when they entered the room. She removed Wendy from Gray and walked over to the table.

"Wh-what?!" Gray gasped. "Ciel?!" Ciel had a smug look on his face. He looked to Lucy and smiled.

"Do you already know each other?" Ur asked. She pretended not to notice the tension between the two. She assumed they knew each other from school. Gray mumbled a 'sadly' before sitting at the table.

"Sorry about that," Chase said, entering the room. He was putting his phone back into his pocket. "Just some business, nothing to worry about." He looked over and saw a blonde girl. He couldn't see her face, but he assumed it was the same girl from before. He hadn't seen her face at all, though.

"Hmm?" Lucy asked, turning around. The voice sounded familiar. Her eyes widened, along with Chase's. "Chase!" she yelled. She jumped up into his arms, hugging him happily. She didn't realize that Ultear's Chase was also her Chase.

"Lucy," he said breathlessly. "I didn't know you lived in Magnolia." He glared at Ciel, who awkwardly looked away, trying not to meet his brother's gaze. Ciel should have told him about Lucy, but he didn't.

"So you know Chase?" Ultear asked. It seemed like they knew each other pretty well. She would be lying if she said she wasn't a little jealous. She wasn't quite sure of their relationship, so she tried not to let it bother her too much.

"Of course," Chase said, setting Lucy back on the ground. He was much taller than her, so she was dangling in the air. "I mean, she lived with me for two years."

"Lucy is the sister you lost?" Ultear asked.

'It was all so confusing,' she thought. 'Lucy once lived with Ciel and his family. She started wandering around, and eventually moved to Magnolia with her mother. Gray was a student of her mother, so the two teenagers met. Through Gray, Lucy met me. A few months later, Chase moves to Magnolia. Ciel comes with him. Chase meets me. Lucy reunites with the two through me.'

Her eyes widened.

It was like fate meant for it to happen.

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