Previously

"Oh! Lucy-nee can stay with-"

"You're not saying anything Wendz.", Natsu said in serious tone while covering his sister's mouth.

"Lucy's gonna stay with me.", he declared then took Lucy's hands and drag her upstairs. The Dragneel women could hear Lucy's protest that Natsu didn't even want her on the bed because her scent will be all over.

Grandeeney and Wendy looked at each other and Happy came flying above their heads. They swore that the cat was rolling its tongue while saying 'They liiiiiiike each other.'

Chapter 3 (Picture Perfect)

Lucy was at the mall with Grandeeney. She concluded that shopping with mothers and sisters are fun for she was having the time of her life; though she must admit that she was getting a little tired. They were now strolling on the mall as they have finished shopping her basic necessities. Grandeeney was just entering different shops that catch her attention.

Lucy stopped by an antic store and found a golden locket by the table. She brushed her fingers on it and looked at the engraved letters that was almost covered by dust.

'Heartfilia'

She felt warmth growing inside her chest a she held unto the locket. Something inside her told her that it was something very precious.

"Would you like that dear?", said a voice behind her that made her jump in her place. The blonde looked at the source and found Natsu's mother smiling at her.

"Uh.. Uhmm", she looked down at the locket as she really wanted to have it somehow but she didn't want the elder woman buying more things for her anymore. Heck, the woman just brought a whole wardrobe for her!

"You don't need to be shy dear. I'll take this one for you."

"No, no you don't have to. I don't want to keep on making you buy stuffs like this for me I-"

"Oh hush dear, it's fit you perfectly!", the woman said with a grin and made her way to the counter.

"This belongs to the Heartfilias ma'am; a very wealthy family years ago. We believe that it's especially made and that it has its own key. We were never able to open it but by its size, we think that it's a music box and it could have a picture inside.", the woman at the counter explained and it made Lucy's heart race.

"Well, that's quite a history. See dear, maybe we can go looking for the key, sometime.", Grandeeney told Lucy with a wink that made the blonde smile genuinely at her.

"Alright, let's go buy some food I'm starving.", the elder woman said with a grin and it made Lucy grin back at her.

"Yes."

"Ah, I was stuffed!", Wendy said while rubbing her tummy.

"Now, now, Wendy, there's still some food near your mouth.", Grandeeney said while wiping the younger Dragneel's mouth with a tissue. Lucy smiled at the scene in front of her, thinking if she and her mother were like that when she was young.

"Isn't that Romeo, Wendy?", Grandeeney said while looking at the man and a boy around Wendy's age.

"Y-yeah.", Wendy stuttered; a hint of pink covering her cheeks.

"Well, come on. Let's go and say hi!", the elder woman said excitedly while quickly grabbing Wendy, who protested with a stutter, then gestured at Lucy to follow them.

"N-No! That's not necessary mom!"

"Oh, nonsense! We're just going to say hi, Wendy.", she playfully stated while eyeing her daughter who was blushing.

"Hello there Mr. Conbolt, it's nice to see you!"

"Mrs. Dragneel, it's nice to see you too. And please spare this old man the formalities. Macao will be fine.", he said while chuckling.

"Oh hush, you look too young to be called old, Macao and please call me Grandeeney."

"Grandeeney, you have a very lovely daughter, you look exactly like each other!"

"Oh, thank you..."

Lucy looked at the adults talking; Grandeeney gestured to her and she bowed a little at the man which Macao, returned with a smile. They talked about adults stuffs while Lucy looked at Wendy who was busy playing with her hair.

The blonde kept thinking about why Wendy looked so nervous. The two adults said their goodbyes to each other while Macao gestured at Romeo. Romeo cheerfully said goodbye and looked at Wendy.

"You look good in twintails, Wendy.", the boy commented making the girl blush.

"My, my, Wendy are you blu-"

"Come on Mom!", the bluenette shouted while dragging the smirking Dragneel. Lucy followed after them, but before giving the Conbolts a smile.

"I thought you said that girls like being complimented?", the younger Conbolt scoffed while Macao just smirked.

"Well they do, Romeo. Maybe it's because you complimented her hair, she might have thought you're gay or something.", the elder man said laughing, while his son, just glared at him.

"Tch. Stupid dad, I'm never going to ask you about getting girls to like me again."

"Oh you will son, once you get desperate enough, I'm sure you will." Macao said with a smirk then entered the restaurant.

"Stupid Dad.", Romeo grunted then soon followed his father.

They were quite far away from the restaurant when Wendy stopped. Grandeeney was trying her best not to laugh but was failing horribly.

"You can laugh now, Mom.", Wendy huffed. Her face still flushed in embarrassment. The elder Dragneel began to laugh out loud making the bluenette groan.

"Well that was something. My little Wendy has a crush already.", she said with a genuine smile while patting the girl's head; which resulted to Wendy blushing darker.

"It's okay to have crushes you know, but no boyfriends yet alright? You're too young for that.", she said while grinning that made the girl smile back. Lucy stared at the scene in front of her with a smile.

She concluded that mothers were really weird, but it must be nice to have them by your side.

Natsu plopped on his bed. He was exhausted with their project and the constant asking and teasing of his friends about the 'girl' he was with, was making his head ache; he was just glad that everything was over.

He found Happy sleeping comfortably on his bed and somehow, the feline always makes him smile.

He removed his shirt and rested on his bed; the clouds in the sky caught his attention as his window was left wide open. He suddenly thought of the blonde angel that was now living with him. He couldn't help but think about how she managed to change him for the short time that they were together.

He also noticed that now that the blonde was here, he was hanging out with his family more. He kept thinking about what caused him to change in the first place but somehow, he couldn't remember anything. All he knew was that with Lucy with him, he felt whole again.

He grunted as he buried his face in the pillow. He knew that he was forgetting something important but he didn't know what. Feeling a little nostalgic, he stood up to look at a box where he kept most of his important things.

Natsu smiled a little as he saw a ball and some more stuffs during his childhood. He saw a small golden key and somehow, it made his heart beat faster. He kept thinking about where he used it back then but seemed to find nothing in his own memories. He scowled and returned the key to the box. He also saw a small ring that from what he guessed; is from when he was around 7 since the size was so small but shrugged it off when he saw a paintbrush.

He looked at it and remembered that it was the paintbrush that Wendy gave him when they were younger. He was ecstatic that he finally remembered something and returned the box to where he got it from.

He returned to his bed and he looked at the brush. He suddenly remembered the blonde that was shopping together with his mother and sister; they would probably get home late knowing his mother.

Lucy.

He remembered her staying up last night to look at the stars.

He also remembered her dazzling smile when she talked about the constellations. He didn't know what possessed him but he was standing up and getting the paint on the back of his closet. He grabbed the materials he needed and decided to give Lucy's dull room a makeover; Dragneel style.

Lucy was so tired when they got home but she definitely enjoyed shopping with Wendy and Grandeeney. She went up to her new room and was shocked to find the plain room she saw earlier, now painted into perfection.

It looked exactly like the night sky and she couldn't help but stare in awe as the constellations that were painted on her ceiling. She also noticed a dragon painted in her room and from her opinion, it looked like a Celestial Dragon. The paintings still weren't finished but Lucy could imagine them already.

Her eyes lit up as she let her fingers glide over the painting. She jumped in her place when she heard someone cleared his throat. She looked at her bed and found Natsu. He was looking at her boredly, and she stared at him for a second, contemplating on what to say. She just couldn't find the words to express how happy she was.

"What? I made all of this effort to paint your room and I get nothing?", he said while stretching a little and preparing to leave her room. The blonde just looked at him again making Natsu grunt in irritation. He was about to leave when he felt small arms hugging his front and encircling his waist.

"Thank you, Natsu!", the blonde said beaming. Her brown eyes were glowing and her lips stretched into a wide smile. She looked up to him and Natsu couldn't help but stare back. He faked irritation as he tried to pry the blonde off of him but he knew that he somehow, he liked being this close to her.

It was a fuzzy feeling. Being so familiar with a girl he didn't even know.

"Hey, I just realized how small you are.", Natsu said in amusement while Lucy huff in irritation.

"Look, when you hug me like this, your head just reaches my chin.", he further explained. The blonde girl smacked him in the chest, and muttered how he ruined everything.

"I'm not small! You're just abnormally tall!", she reasoned out making Natsu laugh.

"Don't even deny it, you are small, Little Angel.", he said while laughing making the blonde pout.

"Lucy dear, did you unpack your things al-", Grandeeney was cut off when she saw the blonde hugging Natsu. She also noticed the paintings on Lucy's room which she guessed was made by Natsu.

She didn't know if she was just plain lucky or if the heavens planned this out because she was checking the new camera she bought earlier during that time and the scene was perfect as Lucy looks so cute while pouting and Natsu was smiling at her. Their eyes locked at each other like they were the only people in the room. With one click and flash, the two teens immediately looked at the source with wide eyes.

"Oh! Sorry for the interruption, just continue your moment.", she said casually making the two stare at her in shock. She left then returned again after a few seconds then threw a bag at Natsu—which the pink-haired immediately caught.

"You guys are so cute together.", she said with a wink making Lucy blush and immediately break the hug while Natsu cleared his throat.

"You should probably stay at my room tonight.", he stated. The blonde look at him with curious eyes, wondering at the sudden change of heart. Even last night, he offered the bed like a perfect gentleman.

"I'm still not done painting your room weirdo, did you think I'll be able to finish all that within half a day? Besides, I'm already as tired as hell."

"Are you sure you're Natsu?", the blonde girl inquired, resulting to the pink-haired teen to grunt in irritation.

"If you don't want to, it's fine. Be sure to inhale all the smell of paint."

"N-No! It's just that... Uh... Thanks, Natsu.", she said with a shy smile.

"Tch. Whatever just take a shower or something. You smell awful.", he said heading towards her door.

"Hey! I do not! You jerk!", she shouted but Natsu just waved his left hand without looking back.

Lucy puffed her cheeks out in frustration then smiled when she remembered that Natsu smiled at her earlier, and it was definitely a genuine smile! She shouted once again, only this time because of pure happiness.

Natsu smiled a little as he heard the Weird Angel shouting in joy. She didn't really smell awful, he just didn't know what would happen to him if he kept on inhaling her sweet vanilla scent.

"Tss. Make up your mind if you want to be happy or angry, weirdo.", he muttered with a small smile before going inside his room.

Lucy was getting dressed after taking a nice hot bath. She didn't really believe Natsu when he said that she smelled awful but she followed him anyway. She tried smelling herself again. Once she was satisfied, she nodded to herself and got ready to go out but was stopped when she saw a white envelope with little angel wings flying in her room. She raised her hand a little and the envelope opened by itself on her palm; there she saw a smiling hologram of Mira.

"Lucy, are you having fun?", the mini-Mirajane asked with bright smile. Lucy was about to answer but was stopped when she spoke again.

"Don't need to answer me though, because this is only a letter lacrima so I won't hear you.", Mira said making the blonde pout. She missed talking to Mira.

"I'll be talking about your mission, or should I say missions.", she said with a giggle.

"You have ten missions in total and it involves ten people too. All of them are bound by a past and are chained to a future. I'll give you the person and the mission one-by-one so good luck to all of them, Lucy!", Mira said enthusiastically making the blonde groan.

"You never told me that it's ten missions Mira!", the blonde whined; her heart feeling heavy as she felt like the person she would return to would have to wait for a while.

"The first person on your list is... ", Lucy listened as Mira told all of the details. She silently cried as she listened to the past of the person and what she needed to do for her first mission.

"Good luck Lucy, remember that you only have 101 days and they cannot find out that you're an angel or else you will be forced to come back here and stop the mission. Only Natsu is allowed to know about the mission okay? This is already your third day so you still have 98 days to finish your entire mission. The next letter will be sent once you finished this mission!", Mira said with an encouraging smile then the envelope vanished.

Lucy wiped the remaining tears in her eyes. She thought of why does life have to be so cruel sometimes? Though, she really admired the people who become strong because of the hardships that they overcame.

She put on a smile on her face then grabbed the doorknob. She looked at her room once again and smiled wider as she remembered Natsu. She opened her door and made her way to Natsu's room.

Tonight was going to be fun again!

Natsu looked at Lucy as she was wearing their school uniform. She looked pretty normal; like an ordinary girl and not a random angel who asked him to help her fulfill certain missions. He remembered her talking about the mission last night and he couldn't believe that their first mission involved someone so close to him. He actually thought that it would be some random stranger but he was just glad that he knew the person they would be helping.

He was snapped out of his thoughts when he heard his mom squealing at how cute and pretty Lucy was. He couldn't help but notice the hint of pink covering the angel's cheeks. He also felt blood rushing to his cheeks as the blonde sent him a dazzling smile. She ran to his side and twirled a little; showing Natsu her new school uniform.

"How do I look?", she said with an enthusiastic smile.

She was wearing a short black skirt, white shirt and a red tie. She also paired it with a knee-length black boots because their school isn't really strict with shoes. Her hair was also in pigtails and he could've sworn that her chocolate brown orbs were shining with excitement. He must admit, she looked cute in their school uniform; well, not that he would say it out loud.

"You look normal.", he stated indifferently making the blonde pout a little.

"Natsu! I'm excited to go to school!", she said with a wide smile while Natsu snorted.

"Psh. You're the only person I know who's excited in going to school, besides Levy that is.", he said while ruffling her hair. Their attention was caught when they heard Grandeeney squealing once again.

"You guys should take a picture together!", she said while shoving the two teens next to each other. Natsu grunted but didn't leave. Lucy, on the other hand, was blushing.

"You two are so cuuuute!", she gushed.

"Just take the picture, mom."

"Sure Natsu, but would you two smile a little.", she said while planting one of her hand on her hip, the other holding the camera impatiently. Lucy smiled a little while Natsu just remained stoic. Grandeeney rolled her eyes but she took the picture anyway. She was about to take another one when Happy came flying and nuzzled on Lucy's chest making the blonde lose balance and fall backwards to Natsu who immediately caught her.

Grandeeney looked at the picture where Lucy was holding Happy and Natsu holding her by the waist, both teens looking at each other with shocked expression. The elder Dragneel squealed once again and swore that somebody up there was definitely a NatsuxLucy matchmaker like her.

Lucy was sitting at the Dragneel car next to Wendy. Igneel was driving them to school while Natsu was at the passenger seat. She wasn't sure if it was just her imagination or was Natsu's complexion really turning green? She was really nervous at coming to school but she knew that it would be fun.

"Are you excited Lucy-nee?", the bluenette asked with a wide smile. She was wearing basically the same thing as Lucy except that hers was a red ribbon and she was wearing regular school shoes.

"Yes Wendy, I'm kinda nervous though but I'm sure that it'll be great!"

"You should go see Makarov before you go to your classes Lucy. Just let Natsu assist you in school alright? I heard from Mirajane that you were homeschooled so it's your first time."

"Yes D-Dad." she said with a light blush that made Igneel laugh. She knew it was bad to lie but it was basically the truth since Mira said that in her past life, she was also homeschooled before entering middle school. She was sure that whatever she was feeling now must have been what she felt before.

"Natsu, are you alright?", Lucy said worriedly as she was now sure that Natsu is turning green.

"He's fine Lucy-nee, Natsu-nii actually has motion sickness.", Wendy explained while Natsu gagged a little.

"T-troia.", Natsu squeaked out.

"I think he's saying troia, Wendy.", the blonde said while the younger Dragneel just shook her head.

"I told you I won't give it to you today Natsu-nii or else you will grow immune into it and will not work anymore.", Wendy said like an adult making Lucy laugh a bit.

"Stop l-laughing, a-annoying angel.", Natsu said with a glare but Lucy just continued to laugh anyway. The car suddenly stopped and Natsu felt alive again.

"This is my stop. Bye dad! Bye Natsu-nii! Bye Lucy-nee! Good luck on your first day!", Wendy said then left the car. She was welcomed by a pink-haired girl and some other kids around their age. Lucy concluded that Wendy must have a lot of friends; which isn't really a surprise because she was such a sweet girl.

The car moved again and Natsu began to gag again resulting Lucy's laugh to resonate in the air once more. She smothered her giggles and moved closer to Natsu, she glided her fingers through his pink locks while cooing.

"There, there, poor Natsu with a motion sickness.", she said softly with a hint of teasing making Natsu glare at her; though he must admit, her soft touches were making him feel a little better.

Igneel noticed the whole interaction of the two but kept quiet while trying to suppress the grin forming in his face. He pulled into a stop and Lucy couldn't help but stare in awe at the golden gates of Magnolia High. Natsu immediately got out of the passenger seat while Lucy said goodbye to Igneel and opened the back door as she was sure that Natsu wasn't the gentleman type.

A flock of girls surrounded Natsu with pink boxes and ribbons on their hands and all of them had their mouths hanged open when Lucy got out of the car. The crowd went silent as Lucy's curious brown orbs explored the area.

"Uh..", she tried to speak but found no words as the group of girls glared at her. She heard Natsu grunted and soon, she felt his warm hands entwined with hers as the pink-haired teen dragged her to a group of people near the gates.

They all had smiles on her faces as they greeted Natsu, but it was soon replaced with shock when they saw her. She saw the person involved in her first mission and found the person staring at her like she was some kind of miracle. She took a deep breath, flashed a wide smile then bowed.

"I'm Lucy, nice to meet you, please take care of me."

4 days and 97 more to go

Edited-07-22-16