Authors' notes: Here is the second chapter, I know, all in the same day right? I bit of inspiration hit me so I just hope you enjoy also I don't own fairy tail.

Chapter Two:

I took his hand

Lucy POV:

I took his hand; I took his hand, I TOOK HIS HAND! That's all I could think about as we were running through the streets of Hargeon, not that we were being chased by the police, not that if they found me my short stent of freedom would inevitably be gone forever, no the only thought in my mind was that I was letting this stranger pull through a city that I once thought could be home. Suddenly he pulled us into an alley and pressed us against the darkest corner, he then covered my mouth with his rough calloused hand when I gasped in surprise, which he quickly removed as he placed a finger to his smiling lips to remind me to be quite.

It felt like we were standing in that alley forever which I knew was an exaggeration, but at this point it felt like my heart was going to beat out of my chest and I needed air that didn't smell smoky and manly all together, just as I was thinking of taking my chances with the cops, they ran by our hiding spot without even looking in our direction, once they were farther down the road, and completely out of range to hear me I let out a breath that I didn't know I was holding and laughed as I asked the stranger in front of me,

"I'm guessing that you do that often?" He gave me a half smile as he rubbed the back of his head,

"You could say that." He then looked down at me and said, "Hey, your then girl that was singing a couple of our songs." I immediately blushed and turned to look at anything but at him, as I shakily said,

"Um…yes?" Out of the corner of my eye I could see that his smile had brightened and he continued,

"Wow, you're really good; hell I think you sing the songs better than I do." My eyes instantly snapped to his face to see if he was lying or kidding me, but it was dark and I barely knew this man, how was I suppose know if he was lying so I sucked up my pride and asked,

"Are you kidding me?" He looked confused as he shook his head,

"Nope, you're amazing that's why I left you the twenty earlier." My eyes widened,

"That was you?" He nodded sheepishly, which was not a word I would ever use to describe this vibrant man, but at this point it was the only word that seemed to fit,

"Yeah, I was walking through and I heard one of our songs playing and it just sounded so good that I stopped to listen, I actually wanted to talk to you, but you were busy with your set and I noticed the fake me gathering followers, and I sorta got distracted, which actually happens a lot to me." I couldn't breathe, Natsu from Fairy Tail liked the way I sang their songs and he wanted to talk to me, what did he want to talk about? So I gathered my courage and asked in a voice that cracked,

"About what?" He cocked his head like a puppy as he bounced a bit on the balls of his feet, I just smiled and relaxed a bit, it was really heard to feel intimidated but a guy with that look on his face. I sighed and rephrased my question, "What did you want to talk to me about?" His face lit up like Christmas as he said,

"Well music of course." I laughed at his enthusiasm and then looked down at my feet and said,

"Well if you want to talk music we could always go back to my place, You don't have to if you don't want to, there is no pressure, I'd say the diner but I don't know if the cops are still looking for you or us…" I let my voice trail off as I chanced a look up at him to see that smile of his in full force as he said,

"You are very smart Luce, where is your place?"

Natsu's POV:

Once we were in her apartment I knew that this girl was going to be my new best friend. She had amazing taste in music which we talked about until we actually watched the sun rise. She also had a wicked sense of humor and damn if she didn't make the best cup of coffee I've ever drank. Did I mention that she also had an epic video game collection, which I was eyeing up while drinking said delicious coffee? My eyes widened when I saw my favorite game of all time tucked into her collection and I nearly choked on my coffee as I pulled it from its place and held it up to her and asked,

"You have Dragon age?" She just chuckled and nodded as she said,

"Yup, it's right there." I rolled my eyes as I threw myself beside her, trying to be careful not to spill the coffee all over her couch or myself and asked,

"Well what did you think of it?" She tilted her head and tapped her finger to her chin as she seemed to be pondering her thoughts, which was driving me crazy, because I wanted to hear what she thought about it now, I could feel my leg shaking as I was anticipating her response. Then she finally opened her mouth to speak, but quickly closed it and it was then that I knew she was messing with me and my lack of patience, so I whined at her, "Luce…" She just laughed and turned to face me as she said,

"It was only the most epic video game of all time." I sighed in relief and launched into just how amazing it really was which she effortlessly agreed with and added her own thoughts. Her eyes then widened in terror as she looked at the clock and screamed,

"Crap, I was supposed to be at two hours ago." She jumped off the couch and ran to the hoodie that she was wearing last night to find her phone and I could see from her face that it wasn't good. I stood and walked over to her as she was listening to her voice mail and asked,

"Is everything okay?" Her shoulders sunk as she pressed the end button on her phone and shook her head,

"Not at all, I just got fired, and I really needed that job if I wanted to try and stay here and keep this apartment." She let out a shaky sigh, but smiled up at me, but that smile didn't meet those brown eyes of hers, as she said, "Maybe I'm just not meant to stay here." I smiled and nodded,

"Your right you're not." She glared up at me,

"Gee thanks for the vote of confidence." I shook my head and waved her comment away with my hand as I bounce on the balls of my feet excitedly,

"What I meant was that, you should come with me." She looked a little confused,

"To Magnolia?" I nodded,

"But also, you should join Fairy Tail." She laughed and walked past me to the couch we were just sitting on as she said,

"Natsu, you can't just ask me to join your band without the other members say so." At this point I was look at the ceiling, the floor, that awesome wall of her with the poster of the dude, I was looking anywhere but at her as I ran my hands through my hair, then I heard her say my name again, "Natsu, what did you do?" I sighed and sat next to her on the couch,

"Well remember how I said that you sang our stuff better than we did?" She nodded as she gave me a rather skeptical look, "Well…I might have maybe, recorded you singing and sent it to all of the band members." She jumped off the couch as she screeched the word,

"WHAT?" I winced and dug my hand into my pocket and pulled out my lighter, open, light, close repeat. That was until it was snatched from my hand by an agitated blonde who placed it in her back pocket with a look on her face that said if I tried to retrieve it, it would be my funeral. "Why would you do that?" I sighed and said,

"Well the band has wanted to get back out there, to try again, you know to make it big, but after the accident it just felt wrong to me so I've been dragging my feet in finding a new singer, but then I heard you and, you were amazing and I just knew that you were meant to be a part of Fairy Tail so I recorded you singing one of our songs and sent it." She looked down at me with fear in her eyes as she wiped her hands nervously on her pants and asked,

"What did they think?" I grinned,

"They thought you were perfect, that is why you should come with me." I looked up at her expectantly and waited for her response, I knew I couldn't rush her, but she also had learned in our brief acquaintance that I hate waiting, which I think was why she was taking so long to say something, it was getting to the point that I was regretting asking her the way that I did, that was until I heard her voice say,

"Okay." I leapt off the couch as I asked,

"What? Really?" She smiled as she nodded,

"Yeah, I'll join Fairy Tail." I couldn't contain my smile as I hugged her and said,

"I swear you won't regret this, you'll love the other guys they're awesome, well Grey's an ass, and Gajeel also an ass, and Erza well Erza is kinda scary but trust me they will love you." I pulled myself back and looked at her terrified face as I pulled my phone from my pocket and quickly booked two one way train tickets to Magnolia before she could change her mind and chicken out on me. I then looked at her again and said, "Maybe you should pack a bit before we leave the boards in a couple of hours." That snapped her out of her daze as she rushed to grab her suitcases. I just chuckled as I said, "I'll go grab us some food." She just waved me off as I walked out of the door...

To be continued...