Well this is it the final chapter of Life On Tour! Enjoy!
"Natsu I'm home!"
I shout out into the hallway as I take off my jacket and shoes. As I am about to go into the kitchen, I am met with Natsu who gives me a kiss and wraps his arms around me.
"Hello stranger" He says nibbling on my ear making me giggle.
"Hello to you too." I purr back.
"How's metal face and co?" He asks causing me to gently smack him on the arm in jest.
"Be nice! And they are all good thank you for asking. Gale was sick the other day but he is okay now."
"Okay good. Are we still on for tonight?" He asks giving me a knowing, sexy look.
"Of course, why do you think I am home early?" I tease. Today is our two year anniversary which has happened to fall on date night. I have not been allowed to be home all day today as Natsu kicked me out to sort out some sort of 'surprise' for me and since we missed our last date night due to Levy giving birth, Natsu promised me an extra special date night. Naturally, as soon as I got the text from Natsu that it was okay to come back, I ran back as quickly as I could.
"So what's my surprise?" I cheekily ask
Natsu tutted and shook his head. "Not until you get dressed up fancy like we were going to a benefit or something okay?"
I raise my eyebrow in confusion. "Dress up fancy? Are we going out somewhere fancy?"
Natsu just smirks. "You'll see. I promised you extra special, so I am making tonight extra special." He gave me a kiss and I made my way up the stairs trying to work out what he has planned and what I should wear since I don't know where we are going tonight.
As I made my way to our bedroom, I see two large suitcases lined outside the bedroom and sadness hits me. The boys are going back on tour tomorrow. It's another large arena tour since they have had so much time off with the wedding, Gale being born and recording for their newest album. The girls and I could not be more proud of them. The album went to number one last night in the charts after only being released last week and were awarded the quickest band to reach 1 million sales in history! It is safe to say that this year has been fantastic for them all but I think that was the cherry on top.
As I rummaged through the number of dresses that I have accumulated over the years and decided on my favourite floor length dark red halter neck number with a slit up the side. I left on the pink dragon necklace that I never take off and I kept my hair straight. I got my purse ready with everything that I was going to need, grabbed a pair of dark red strappy heels to match and I was ready to go in half an hour - a personal best I must say.
As I made my way down the stairs, I noticed that Natsu had changed into one of his fitted black suits and white shirt that was open at the collar. It was my favourite of his and I noticed that the gold key necklace that he got himself when he got me the pink dragon necklace, was shining brightly underneath his white open shirt.
"Hello handsome" I said as he waited for me at the bottom of the stairs to take my hand.
He kissed my hand gently "You look beautiful. I am so lucky to have you Luce." I smile and he kissed me softly.
"I'm actually the one who is lucky to have you."
Natsu shakes his head "I highly doubt that."
I giggled "Did I ever tell you that I had a big crush on you and that I actually was a big fan of your band before I met you?"
Natsu chuckled "I remember you saying that you were a fan of the band, not that you had a crush on me. But I don't think that it would have mattered" He pulled me into an embrace. "I think that we would have got together somehow anyway"
I laugh "Are you that confident that if we still did the tour, we would still have ended up together"
"Absolutely"
"So where are we going tonight?" I ask trying to change the subject.
"Well…." Natsu answered "I thought about this a lot and realised that we didn't need to go out for a fancy meal or anything like that, so.." He said linking our hands together and walked us through the door of the kitchen to our dining room which was all laid out with flowers, candles and soft music in the background.
I gasp. "I wanted the date to just be us two so I brought it here."
"Natsu….. It's beautiful." I say turning around to give him another kiss. "Thank you"
"Come on. First course awaits." I sat myself down on one side while Natsu sat on the other.
The meal was delicious! Natsu had hired a chef to cook us a wonderful three course meal and brought it to us so we did not have to get it ourselves. We could just enjoy each other's company without the worry of anybody coming up to us and asking to take our picture, there wasn't the chance of any photographers.. it was just us. Just perfect. Natsu even behaved himself and did not eat like a slob either!
As we had just finished our dessert of strawberry cheesecake - my favourite, I put down my fork and wiped any mess off my face with my napkin.
"This is wonderful Natsu thank you so much! I've had a wonderful night and this idea was perfect!"
Natsu smiled. "I just thought that since I am off tomorrow on tour with the others, it's our anniversary plus date night, I wanted to do something extra special just for you." He reached over and took my hand in his. "I am so lucky to have met you Luce. I have no idea what I would have done without you in my life now." I smile widely at him and caress my thumb over his hand in mine. We both suddenly turn our heads to the radio and the song that we had sung together in the recording studio before everyone else walked in on us plays.
"Heart beats fast
Colours and promises
How to be brave
How can I love when I'm afraid
To fall
But watching you stand alone
All of my doubt
Suddenly goes away somehow
I smile "This song reminds me of you."
Natsu smiled and lifted my hand in the air slightly "Dance with me?"
I don't need to be asked twice. I get up from the table and with his hand on my waist and his other in one of my hands, we slowly sway to the music singing softly to each other the one song that almost brought us together.
"I wanted this song to play tonight so that I could kiss you at the end since we had our moment stolen from us. Also…. singing that song with you was the first time that I realised that I loved you." Natsu admitted.
"I sung that song to you hoping that you would understand that I loved you" I answered back kissing him.
"I did. I knew that you liked me when you sung those words to me. You sing with your heart. You opened your heart to me with this song and I to you. I wanted to tell you for a while that I liked you but I had no way of saying it. You on your own in the studio, singing this song was perfect timing." He suddenly took one step back from me "So I'm going to use this song right now to do something else."
"I have died every day waiting for you
Darlin' don't be afraid
I have loved you for a Thousand years
I'll love you for a Thousand more"
Suddenly he dropped to the floor on one knee, still holding onto my hand. My other one immediately flew up to cover my mouth in shock. Oh my God. Is he…..
"Luce….. I love you so much and I could not think of a better way to ask you this. As you know, I did not exactly have the best start in life and I thought that I knew what life and love was all about. That is, until I saw you having that pillow fight with the girls on the tour bus and since then my life has been turned upside down." I chuckled moving the shocked hand from my face so he could see me smile.
"I never thought that I would meet someone so loving, kind, caring and as beautiful as you. Plus miracles upon miracles you love me back. I could not ask for anyone more perfect than you. Tonight has been perfect, you are perfect and I knew that I could not leave tomorrow to go on tour with everybody before I asked you this."
I started to cry silent tears but I ignored them. Natsu let go of my hand and reached into the breast pocket of his jacket and pulled out a small black box and my eyes widen as big as they could. It's a ring box. He is actually-
"Lucy Heartfilia. Will you marry me?" He asks opening up the box to a stunning single gold band with a single diamond sitting in the middle. I am officially lost for words. I stare at Natsu in shock as I let it sink in. I have never felt so much love for this man at any moment in time.
There was only ever one answer to this question.
"YES!" I shout out dropping to my knees and throwing my arms around his neck to meet his lips with mine full force.
"I love you so much Luce." Natsu says in-between kisses.
"I love you too!" I say back.
I pulled away from Natsu and he took the ring out of the box, raising my left hand with his free hand and slides my engagement ring onto my ring finger. The look of it on my finger hits home. I'm engaged! I'm engaged to Natsu Dragneel! The man that I have secretly loved for years and he loves me and wants to marry me! It all becomes so much and my tears start anew. Natsu pulls me into his embrace again and kisses the top of my head.
"It's beautiful Natsu. Thank you" I whisper into his shoulder.
"You're worth every hour searching for it." He says holding up my hand with my new ring on it. "It's actually my Mothers"
I look straight at him "What?"
Natsu chuckles. "I found my Mother and Father's wedding rings in a box one day when I was up in the attic and I thought that you of all people would understand the meaning of these rings to me. According to my Mother and Father's wills, if anything were to happen to them, their possessions would be left to me and I would be able to receive them when I was 18. I knew that with these rings, I would be able to give the one person that I love with all of my heart my Mother's ring because that would have been what she wanted."
"I'm sure she would be so proud of you Natsu. I love it thank you" I kiss him once more
"Come here" He says standing up and giving me his hand to help me stand up with him. He pulls me to him tightly and we continue to sway to the music for the rest of the night.
I don't know what the future holds for me and for The Mages, but I know that because of that one tour, we all met our happily ever afters. We used to write songs and sing about finding that one person that we could spend our lives with and now we have all found them.
The girls and I will always have each other no matter what adventures we go next on. Whether it be touring, marriage or even motherhood! Also the one thing in my mind that I know for definite is Natsu will be there with me all the way.
END
That's it! The second and final book of The Mages series is finished!
I hope that you all enjoyed this chapter as much as I enjoyed writing it! I really wanted to show Natsu's romantic side and I hope that it shows through. I hope that adding the song in was not too corny - For those who remember, Natsu and Lucy sung this song to each other in a recording studio in 'The Mages' and were about to kiss but got caught by the others walking in on them! For those of you wondering, the song lyrics were from 'A Thousand Years' by Christina Perri
I just want to say a massive thank you to all of the people who have kept up with me all of this time reading both books, who have reviewed, favourited, followed, PM'ed me and just generally kept me going in writing this story! I have so much love for all of you and for your support and I can not thank you all enough! Without you, these books would not have been written! Don't forget to follow me as an author, and review and tell me what you loved/ not loved about the series and what your favourite moments were!
I am so glad that I have managed to finish them and I hope that you all have enjoyed reading them.
Love to all!
mooney-996
P.s. Please keep an eye out for more stories - I am currently stewing over a few new idea - Some Nalu and some Gratsu! (Yes as much as I want Nalu to happen, I am also a big shipper of Gray x Natsu!)
For the last time: I do not own anything to do with Fairy Tail!