Authors' notes: It's good to see that more and more people are following this story J I would love to know what you guys are thinking of the story so far! I don't own fairy tail, as much as I would love too. I also don't own the song hands down that belongs to dashboard confessional.

Chapter 9

What are we now?

Lucy's POV:
I woke up yet again to being engulfed by warmth only this time instead of pulling away from it I snuggled in closer and breathed in that scent that was just Natsu. I felt his arms wrap around me tighter and I really didn't want to wake up, because once we wake up all of this could be a dream, and I wanted desperately for this to be real. I brought my hand up to his chest to make sure that I wasn't dreaming, to make sure that he was really there, when I realized that Natsu was shirtless. My eyes widened as I let my fingers play across the hard muscles of his stomach when Natsu suddenly stopped my hand by pressing it closer to his body as he said sleepily,

"I don't want to wake up yet, if I wake up now, you might decide that last night was a mistake. I don't want it to be a mistake." I smiled at him and kissed his forehead which caused his eyes to open slowly, one at a time as he asked hesitantly,

"So you are not thinking last night was a mistake?" I rolled my eyes at him and claimed his lips in a quick kiss and asked,

"What do you think stupid?" He just gave me that smile of his, that made my heart flutter and let out a breath, like he had been holding it as he said,

"I knew you liked me." I chuckled under my breath as I laid my cheek against his bare chest,

"Uh huh, sure you did." I could hear his laugh rubble through his chest as he ran his fingers through my hair,

"Okay, well I had hoped you did but, the truth is, I didn't think I had a snowball's chance in hell." I took a deep breath and said,

"Well I guess that makes two of us, because I thought you only saw me as your friend." Natsu then laced his fingers with mine and said,

"I guess we are both idiots." Just then Natsu's stomach let out a mighty growl and I laughed as he blushed,

"Hungry?" He shook his head,

"I want to stay like this longer. Food can wait." His stomach disagreed as it growled louder this time.

Natsu's POV:

There was Lucy dancing around her small kitchen cooking me french toast wearing the red button down shirt I had on last night. She was the sexiest girl I'd ever seen, and as I just sat in her bed watching her I knew that I couldn't stop smiling. Lucy then looked over at me and tilted her head to the side as she said,

"You're smiling." I nodded,

"So are you." She blushed and turned her attention back to breakfast. I never dreamed in a million years that Lucy might actually like me back. I then heard my phone inform me that I had a text. I sighed as I removed myself from Lucy's bed and fished my phone out of my pants after I put them on.

Ice Princess: I lost fifty bucks to Erza because of you two. I thought you guys would take way longer to hook up lol

I glared down at my phone and typed back a simple screw you. When I looked up from my phone I noticed that Lucy was looking at me as she asked,

"Everything okay?" I nodded,

"Our friends suck, they were betting on us." Her eyes widened as she sat the food on the table,

"Betting on what exactly?" I walked over to her and her delicious food and smiled,

"On us, becoming well an us." She raised an eyebrow at me and asked,

"So we're an us?" I nodded and stole a kiss as I said,

"Oh there is no getting rid of me now." She just pushed me into one of her kitchen chairs as she said,

"Shut up and eat." I grinned up at her as I noticed how she was trying to hide her pink cheeks.

Lucy's POV:

After kicking Natsu out so that I could take a bath, he just kissed he deeply, which left my knees feeling weak as he whispered,

"That will never get old." Before I had a chance to swoon over his words he was gone and I was finally left alone to think about what had happened over the last twenty four hours. Natsu and I were together. Natsu was my boyfriend. I let that thought sink in as I soaked in the warm bathwater. It was a word that I never thought I would be able to associate with Natsu, but there it was and he seemed to be taking to the role quite well. Eventually the water grew cold and I sighed as I heaved myself out of the tub. Once I wrapped myself in a towel I exited my bathroom to find a keyboard with a big red bow sitting in my living room. I walked over to it slowly and read the note that was attached,

Luce,

You thought I forgot about your present huh? Nope, here's something to help you write those amazing songs of yours while you are at home.

Happy birthday,

Your Boyfriend

P.S.

Meet me at the guild when you see this.

I didn't need any further prompting, I quickly threw on my star wars t shirt and black and gray plaid skirt and as soon as I zipped my feet into my black boots I ran out of my apartment as fast as I could.

As soon as I walked into the guild and let my eyes adjust to its dimness, I scanned the room for pink hair, and smiled before I could stop myself I launched myself into his arms and brought his lips to mine in what was suppose to only be a thank you kiss, but became so much more as the whole guild began to cheer us on, which caused us to blush and end the kiss before we truly forgot that we weren't alone. Once we ended our embrace everyone seemed to get bored and returned to what they were doing Natsu took that opportunity to ask me with a that grin of his,

"So I guess you liked your present?" I punched him playfully in the chest as I said,

"You know you didn't have to do that?" He nodded and held my fist, then opened it with his hands so he could entwine our fingers,

"I know, I wanted to. Now you have to write me a song." I wanted to roll my eyes but he just kissed the back of my hand as he said, "Like I wrote you one." My mouth fell open as he pulled me to the front of the little stage at the guild and motioned for me to stay right there. He then hopped on the stage and grabbed his acoustic guitar as he sat on the stool that was already there. He cleared his throat into the mike as he said, "So, I wrote this song for Lucy for her birthday and I guess it was a subtle way of confessing what I felt, but booze made me brave enough to do that last night." I buried my face in my hands as he laughed and everyone cooed at us. Natsu then began to strum on his guitar and his silky voice, all but whispered into the mike; I tuned everything else out,

"Breathe in for luck, breathe in so deep, this air is blessed, you share with me. This night is wild, so calm and dull, these hearts they race, from self control. Your legs are smooth, as they graze mine, we're doing fine, we're doing nothing at all." His tempo then picked up and he looked right into my eyes as he continued, "My hopes are so high, that your kiss might kill me. So won't you kill me, so I die happy? My heart is yours to fill or burst, to break or bury, or wear as jewelry, whichever you prefer." His tempo slowed again and his near whisper made me shiver, "The words are hushed let's not get busted; just lay entwined here, undiscovered. Safe in here from all the stupid questions. "hey did you get some?" Man that is so dumb. Stay quiet, stay near, stay close they can't hear... so we can get some." A laugh escaped my mouth at that line and Natsu just winked at me, because he knew me and he knew that it would make me smile as he continued singing, "My hopes are so high that your kiss might kill me. So won't you kill me, so I die happy? My heart is yours to fill or burst, to break or bury, or wear as jewelry, which ever you prefer. Hands down this is the best day I can ever remember, I'll always remember the sound of the stereo, the dim of the soft lights, the scent of your hair that you twirled in your fingers and the time on the clock when we realized it's so late and this walk that we shared together." Natsu took a breath and let his eyes closed like he was remembering our walks home as he sang softly, "The streets were wet and the gate was locked so I jumped it, and I let you in. And you stood at your door with your hands on my waist and you kissed me like you meant it. And I knew that you meant it, that you meant it, that you meant it, and I knew, that you meant it," As he finished playing and opened his eyes I knew that I was hopelessly in love with this man as tears filled my eyes and he just gave me that lopsided grin of his. Just as Natsu was setting his guitar down I felt someone's hand on my on my shoulder, and when I looked over to see who that hand belonged to, my breath caught in my throat and everything went black, as the question, how did he find me whispered through my mind…

To be continued…

Oh and I've been thinking of writing more one shot Nalu stuff like A Haunted fairy tail and I would love it if you guys could maybe shoot me some ideas you'd like to see happen.