Lisanna's leaving tomorrow and Lucy didn't like it one bit.
She's known the girl for so long and for this day to finally come... it was eating every ounce of happiness Lucy had left. Nobody was happy about this except for Mirajane. Mirajane was completely supportive of her decision to go to Edolas even if it's not easy to come back.
"We should visit your dad today," Lisanna told Lucy one night when she was packing her clothes. "I haven't seen him in so long."
"Yeah, we should. If you don't mind traveling for almost four hours."
Lisanna chuckled. "Your dad did more than traveling for me. You know how much I'm grateful to him and your mom."
Lucy made a small sad smiling face. "Yeah..."
After seeing Lucy's disheartened expression, Lisanna bit her lip. She wished she didn't say that.
"I'm sorry Luce. I didn't mean to bring up your mom."
"It's okay," Lucy's smile grew wider. "I just miss her."
Placing a hand on her friend's shoulders, she patted it comfortingly. "We all do."
The sound of the door opening downstairs was heard. At that point, Lucy was done reading one of her favorite books, for the fourth time. Lisanna rolled her eyes at it, telling Lucy that she needed to buy a new book soon but Lucy refused. The two girls were talking about changing the theme of her room, but they came to the conclusion that they won't change a thing.
"Lisanna, I have to tell you something." Lucy closed the baggage. "I'm thinking of moving out too."
That surprised Lisanna more than Lucy thought she would. "Why? Mirajane and Elfman would be so heartbroken if you were to do that. Please stay Lucy, I'd hate to come back and you're not there."
"Don't forget," Lucy frowned. "I only came back here to take care of you. I was never supposed to be—"
"Here?" Lisanna cried. "But you are here and you will be! Lucy, don't go anywhere. I lost Natsu. I don't want to lose..."
Me, I know. Lucy thought then she let out an exasperated sigh. "What can I do? I can't say no to you."
Lisanna's face lit up and hugged her friend. "Don't ever pull that kind of I'm leaving shit again! I'll hate you!"
"We wouldn't want that now would we?" The girls shared a giggle.
"Girls? Are you in here?" It was Mirajane's voice. Then she walked in with a wave, "hey girls. Ready to head to Lucy's? It's gonna be a long drive."
When they walked out of the garage, Lisanna looked at the huge van that passed their house. "Someone's moving in to our district?"
"Moving back in," Mirajane unlocked the doors to the car. Lucy walked in to the back seat. "They're back from vacation."
"Who's moving back in?" Lucy blinked, looking at the eldest Strauss.
"The ice brothers."
"Ice brothers?" Lucy raised her brow.
"You remember your crush when you were seven?"
Lucy thought really hard and nodded. "Gray Fullbuster..."
"Yeah, those boys." Mirajane said in the car. "They came back right on time, school's starting soon."
Mirajane drove slowly after Lisanna convinced her if she could take a look at how much the boys have grown. Past the truck, Lucy saw two boys standing, one with blue hair and one with white. At first she didn't recognize who Gray was but Lisanna knew well who he was. She rolled the passenger's window down and yelled, "Lyon, welcome back!"
The whitehead turns with his white polo shirt unbuttoned halfway. He lets out a charming smile and a wave, "thanks Lisanna!"
Gray turns next and instead of looking at Lisanna, he meets and locks gaze with Lucy. His charming smile was more handsome than Lyon, and Lucy felt her heart drop the moment he raised his hand to make a small wave. "Lucy."
Lucy could only give him a small nod and a whisper. "Gray."