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Chapter Thirteen
Distractions
Lucy's POV:
Two weeks, we'd been waiting to hear something, anything from the judges for two whole weeks. I was beginning to go a little crazy as I asked Levy for the millionth time,
"You sent it to the right address right?" She just smiled sweetly at me as she patted my arm and said,
"Yes Lu I did. There had to be tens of thousands of videos that they had to watch and it's only been two weeks, relax." I took a deep breath and nodded, I knew that what Levy was saying made complete sense, but it really didn't help my nerves. I could feel my leg shaking under the table and I silently thought that I was becoming as fidgety as Natsu. I took another breath in the hopes that this one might be the one to do the trick as I told her,
"Your right Levy, I'm just worried that maybe they didn't think we were good enough." There it was, the real reason I was so antsy to hear from these masters of torture. Levy laughed,
"Lu, are you kidding me? You guys were so incredible, plus my camera work was amazing so they will have no reason not to contact you as soon as they are done looking at all the videos." I groaned and folded my arms on the table before I placed my head on top of them. That was when I heard Natsu's voice that was filled with laughter as well as concern as he asked Levy,
"Is she still freaking out?" I then heard Levy answer,
"In the worst sort of way." I just said through a smile without lifting my head,
"You know I can hear you two." They both laughed and Natsu dropped a kiss on the top of my head as he said,
"Good because I have something to ask you." It was then that I lifted my head and looked into those amazing eyes of his as I asked,
"What?" He leaned in closer so that our foreheads touched, god I loved it when he did that, as he asked,
"Will you go somewhere with me?" I would follow this man to the ends of the earth if he had asked but saying that with an audience didn't feel right so I just asked,
"Where?" It was then that I could feel that leg of his shaking and I knew that he was nervous, but about what, "Natsu?" He sighed as he pulled away a bit and said,
"To pick up my sister, it's the start of winter break tomorrow and I have to go get her and I'd like you to come with me." My eyes widened as I felt a smile cross my lips and said,
"Of course I can't wait to meet her." Natsu gave me that grin of his, like he knew that would be my answer all along, which he probably did, I think sometimes he knew me better then I knew myself.
Natsu's POV:
So there we were on the train, god I hated the train. Why did transportation have to move so much? I groaned as I heard Lucy chuckle and run her fingers through my hair. We learned recently that it was the only thing that really helped at all, and even though I still felt like complete crap, I didn't wanna puke the whole time, which was a plus. Just then Lucy leaned down and whispered in my ear,
"We're here." I just groaned again and rolled off her lap, which caused her to laugh more. I loved the sound of her laugh and if me feeling like this made her smile even a little then I would feel like this every day.
Once the train had come to a complete stop I grabbed Lucy's hand and pulled her off the train as fast as my rubbery legs would take me and her. Wendy's school was only a fifteen minute walk from the train station and Lucy and I spent that time playing truth which was now a habit whenever we walked so I asked her,
"Biggest fear?" I felt Lucy stiffen beside me as she said,
"Okay it's really stupid, I know it is but you have to promise not to laugh." I took my finger and crossed my heart as I smiled at her fidgeting. She sighed and said so softly that I had to strain to hear, "Gnomes." I could feel the laugh about to burst its way out of my mouth as I choked it down and asked,
"Gnomes?" She nodded,
"Those creepy little things are evil." She then looked up at me and saw that I was smiling ear to ear and frowned at me,
"You promised you wouldn't laugh." I nodded,
"I'm not laughing. Do you see me laughing?" She rolled her eyes at me,
"You really want to laugh." I nodded as I said,
"No." She just sighed to herself,
"Go ahead it's a stupid fear that I blame the gardeners at the estate for. Those creepy little bastard where everywhere." It was right then that I couldn't hold it anymore, and Lucy smacked me, which just caused me to laugh more. She was playfully glaring at me as she said,
"Well then mister Gnomes aren't that scary what's your fear?" My face went blank and my laughed died as I looked her in the eye and said,
"Clowns."
Lucy laughed the rest of the walk to the school, she tried to stop but then she'd look at me and say,
"Clowns." And that would set her off again, I smirked at her and told myself to just bide my time, because pretty soon her house was going to be a gnome hunt ground, her voice then broke thru my thoughts of loving torture, 'Why are you smiling?" I looked at her face, and it was flushed from her hysterics. I just shook my head and muttered,
"Nothing." She raised her eyebrow at me and said,
"Liar." I then looked away from her knowing eyes and sae that across the street was Wendy's school so I said,
"We're here!" I then ran off in that direction with Lucy trailing behind me.
Lucy's POV:
I swear if I find one gnome in my apartment he is a dead man, because that smile he just had before he ran off was his prank smile. That's when I smiled wickedly to myself and wondered if the band would wear clown costumes without me telling them why.
By the time I'd caught up with Natsu he'd already pressed the button that would allow outside visitors in and was waiting for me with the door open and a grin on his face as he said,
"Luce, you're in really bad shape." I punched him in the shoulder as I said,
"If you don't like my shape then you can sleep in your own bed." As I walked into the building with Natsu whining behind me,
"Oi Luce I didn't mean it I was only joking." We didn't make it past the lobby before a blur of blue hair flew past me and launched herself into Natsu who grunted as he caught her with a smile that was so sweet it made my heart swell as he said to her, "Hey there kiddo." He then proceeded to ruffle her hair which caused the blue haired girl a bit of distress,
"Natsu, stop. I'm not a little kid anymore." He grinned down at her,
"You will always be a little kid to me." She just sighed in defeat as she looked around and caught sight of me, when she did her eyes widened and she began to bounce on the balls of her feet, which made me smile because it seemed like a family trait that they shared as she asked Natsu,
"Is that her?" Natsu chuckled at his sister's overexcited behavior as he brought her closer to me and said,
"Yes, Wendy this is Lucy the lead singer of Fairy Tail and my amazing girlfriend who for some reason puts up with me." He winked at me and I rolled my eyes, but I still smiled just like he knew I would, "Lucy this is my little sister Wendy, the smartest kid I know." Wendy just blushed at her brothers praise and said to me,
"Natsu sends me cds of the stuff you guys perform and I think that you are the best." It was my turn to blush as Natsu put his arm around me and told me softly,
"She's right you are the best." My cheeks turned redder as Natsu asked Wendy, "You ready Kiddo?" When she didn't answer immediately I looked down at her and she was toeing the floor as she looked down and said,
"Big brother?" Natsu looked to the ceiling as he rubbed the back of his head and asked,
"Yes, Wendy?" She chanced a look up at him through her eyelashes,
"Can we take a friend of mine with us back to Magnolia? His dad lives there, but he couldn't get the time off to come and get him, and unless an adult signs him out he has to stay here for the whole break." Natsu raised his eyebrow
"He?" Wendy quickly looked down at the floor again as she waited for her brother to decide her friends fate. I grabbed his arm and said,
"Let him come, nobody wants to be alone during this time of the year." He sighed in defeat and said,
"Go get the brat." Wendy's head snapped up, with a smile on her face that also looked like it was hereditary as she rushed to hug Natsu again,
"Thank you, thank you, thank you." She then wrapped her arms around me and thanked me as well before she ran off to find her friend. I smiled after her as I watched Natsu frown, it was the cutest thing I'd ever seen so I leaned in closer and kissed the edge of his frown as I said,
"It's only a train ride, they aren't getting married." He seemed to relax a bit as he said,
"Over my dead body they will."
To be continued…