Chapter 7

Everyone was lounging in the living room. They decided to relax before going out to dinner, and then to the club. Bix and Lucy were playing Mario kart against each other. Cris was sitting by Lucy reading a book but laughing at the two of them.

"HA! Beat you again!" Lucy grinned.

"That's because you pick the hardest levels! I want a rematch and I pick the levels!"

"Bix, even when you picked last time, she beat you. You've never been able to win against her when you play this game." Laxus said. Bix grumbled knowing Laxus was right.

"Fine, new game! Street Fighter." He got up and switched the game. Lucy shrugged and smiled. Kaleb bit the inside of his cheek to keep from laughing after he heard the thought that passed through her head. Bix chose Ryu as his character and Lucy chose Chun-Li. Lucy decided that she would go easy on Bix the first round. He whooped when he beat her. His mouth fell open during round two when she did all of Chun-Li's special moves and knocked him out before he could get a hit on her. "Damnit, Cosplayer. Is there a game you're not good at?" He smiled at her.

She shrugged, "being an only child, and then being ignored by my father, I needed something to pass the time. Video games helped, especially when some of the staff would play with me in the evenings."

"Why did your father ignore you?" Cris asked frowning.

"It was after my mom passed; the grief was too much on him. He said when he looked at me, all he could see was her. Which hurt him, so his solution was to ignore and push me away. That is until he found someone for me to marry."

"Where is your father now?"

"He passed. He had lost his business, and he came to see me once. I finally seen the father he was before my mom passed. Then we got stuck on Tenrou for seven years. The day we finally made it back, I found out he passed away." Cris wrapped his arms around her. He apologized for asking, she smiled at him telling him he had nothing to apologize for.

To break the silence and get everyone smiling again, Bix started dancing around the living room doing the chicken dance. Everyone laughed and shook their heads at him. Bix yelped when he was shocked by Laxus. "Come on Bix, my turn to play a game against you." Van said.

"Awesome! What are we playing?"

"Mortal Kombat." Bix sat down and played a few rounds with Van. Lucy got up saying that she would be back, and was just going to her room quick. Cris nodded, told her to hurry back and he missed her already. She smiled and rolled her eyes when he grinned. Lucy sighed when she closed her bedroom door. She went to the bathroom, splashed some water on her face, and decided to sit out on the balcony.

She hated that couldn't always be the happy go lucky girl she used to be. She was happy being in Bosco, with her family, and finding someone who wanted and loved her. Part of her was jealous of Bix and his family, and she hated that she was. She wished more than anything her father wouldn't have pushed her away. She also hates that he passed before she was able to try and have a father/daughter relationship with him. She thought of Aquarius, missing her and wishing she could meet Cris. She shook her head, trying her best to clear her thoughts and go back downstairs. She didn't want any of them to worry about her. She was so lost in her thoughts and trying to cheer herself up, she didn't hear Cris calling out to her. She jumped when he sat down next to her and grabbed her hands.

"What's wrong Starlight? You've been up here for an hour." Lucy's eyes widened; she didn't think she had been up here that long.

"I'm okay Cris, I didn't mean to worry you."

"Please talk to me. You never have to hide your feelings from me. I want you to talk to me, no matter what." Cris kissed her hand.

"I was thinking of my dad, wishing that I could've had a relationship with him like you guys have with Arman. I was mad at myself because I was feeling jealous. Then I was thinking of Aquarius, wishing she was here to meet you. She was my second mother; I got her key from my mom before she passed. I use to summon her in the bath to have someone to play with.

Then I was worried, thinking what if you and your dragon instincts decide you don't want me anymore. I'm not the skinniest or the prettiest. I know I'm heavy, which makes it hard to carry me."

"Lucy you are the most beautiful woman I have ever seen. I'm over joyed that you are my mate and promised. I love your smile and how your eyes light up. I love your goofiness. I love how you make everyone around you feel welcome and happy just being by you. You are not heavy! I remember you said it was Natsu and Happy that would always say this to you. How often did they say it?"

"Every time we were on a mission. Multiple times a day."

"Did your other teammates ever tell them to stop?"

"No, they would laugh. Especially because they would always say they were joking when I got mad."

-Downstairs-

Kaleb frowned when Cris told him, what Lucy had said about Natsu and Happy and how they treated her on missions. Cris wanted Kaleb to ask Bix and the others how she was treated at the guild. "Bix, how did team Natsu treat Lucy when they were at the guild?" Bix frowned, and Laxus growled hearing their names.

"They treated her nicely. They'd all sit around and joke. Then of course Gray and Natsu would start brawls and pull others into them. Why?"

"On missions they treated her differently it seems. Natsu and Happy were constantly telling her she was heavy. The others on the team never stopped either of them and they'd all laugh because Natsu said they had only been joking if she got mad at them."

"I'm going to be the shit out of Natsu if I ever see him." Laxus growled.

"I will gladly join in." Bix said. Kaleb sighed. "What's wrong bro?"

"I found out how long she has been able to block out pain."

"What do you mean?" Ever asked.

"Remember when she told us about how destructive her old team was, and that she got hit by their attacks sometimes more than the monsters or dark mages?" Everyone nodded and had a feeling they weren't going to like what he told them.

"Sometimes she would come home with second degree burns from Gray's and Natsu's attacks. She even had some broken ribs. She even got cut by Erza's sword attacks, and would stitch herself up. They would always scold her for getting hurt by their attacks, saying she needed to learn to stay behind them."

"I wish Cosplayer would have said something!"

"You know why she didn't though. She told us all why." Ever said, not being able to help the couple tears that fell.

"Did she tell all of this to Cris, or did you look through her mind?" Farron asked.

"I looked through her mind. The last thing she told Cris about was how those two called her heavy while on missions."

Lucy and Cris were enjoying each other's company. He had picked her up and sat down with her in his lap. Lucy cuddled into him, feeling happy and felt a small part of her has healed. She was excited about tonight, and couldn't wait for Cris to see her in her outfit. She hummed happily, Cris smiled and kissed the top of her head. Cris grinned and stood up still holding Lucy.

"Wha- What are you doing?"

"Let's go join everyone again, I'm sure they are worried about you."

"Okay. I can walk though."

"Nope, I'm carrying you. I'll show you that you're not heavy." Cris smiled at her when she blushed. They made their way back downstairs to join everyone. He put her down when Ever went over to them, she pulled Lucy into a hug.

"You are beautiful Lucy."

"Um, thank you Ever. Where did this come from?"

"I told Kaleb, what you told me. He had asked if you were okay. He must have told the others." Lucy nodded, she couldn't be mad when they were worried about her, it warmed her heart to know this.

"If we ever see Natsu, I'm beating the shit out of him Blondie. You're my kin and you are beautiful."

"Yeah Cosplayer, you're beautiful and sexy!" Everyone told her that she was beautiful. Cris led her over to the couch and pulled her into his lap once he sat back down. She cuddled into him, watching Bix and Van play a game.

"Okay time for us girls to go get ready for tonight!" Emi said. The girls went up to their rooms to get cleaned up, and then met in Lucy's to finish getting ready. Lucy decided on her white belly dancer outfit, the top had gold detail with some sapphires, and the bottoms were a beautiful flowing sheer skirt with a golden dragon that wrapped around the top. She put on some white ballet flats. Cancer did everyone's hair and makeup. Lucy, wanted a natural look, and had her hair done with beach waves. Ever wore her green belly dancer outfit, she also went with a natural makeup look and decided to curl her hair and put it up in a ponytail. Xally wore a beautiful knee length purple dress that hugged her figure, did light purple eyeshadow and natural lip. Her hair was straight and left down. Emi wore a black halter and black skirt with slits on both sides up to her hips. She did a smoky makeup and left her hair down with curls.

They went downstairs to met up with the guys and head out for dinner. Cris was in black jeans and blue button shirt with most of the buttons undone. Lucy could only stare, thinking how sexy he looked. Cris was thinking the same of her. Bix, Laxus and Vander were wearing jeans and open vest. Farron was dressed like Cris, except had a green shirt. Kaleb had on leather pants and silk shirt that was unbuttoned. Freed went with slacks and purple buttoned shirt. Zen wore slacks and a black buttoned shirt that he left unbuttoned.

They all headed out to the cars that would take them to the restaurant. They got a private room to be able to enjoy each others company. Once they were done eating, they headed to the club. Xally told them that she got them a VIP room to use for Lucy to show them her dancing skills.

"You guys were serious!" She groaned.

"Of course, we were!" Emi said.

"I can't wait to see you dancing." Cris grinned at her. She blushed when she noticed everyone grinning at her.

"I'll do a belly dance routine and one other."

"Pole!" The girls yelled.

"Okay, after my dances will we get to go out to the club floor?"

"Of course, the room will still be ours to use the whole night. The room even has private alcoves we can use." Xally said.

"I'll definitely be taking you into one of those later." Cris whispered in her ear. She gulped and blushed.

When they got to the club Lucy was in awe. It was bigger than any she had been to in Fiore, she loved all the detail. They made their way up to the VIP area and went to the room reserved for them. Once everyone was in Xally activated the silence runes that were installed, all the outside noise faded away.

"Alright Lucy, what song do you want to use for your dances?" Emi asked. A waiter came in and took their drink orders. They waited until they had their drinks before Lucy started her dances.

"Let's do the pole dance first. The song is Bring Me to Life by Evanescence." Everyone got comfortable to watch Lucy. Emi put on the song for her, and gave her a thumbs up. Cris couldn't take his eyes off her as she danced, she was graceful and sexy. Everyone was entranced by her; she was definitely a natural they thought. Once the song was over, everyone whistled and cheered for her. Cris got up and gave her a heated kiss.

"I want a private pole dance sometime." He growled in her ear. She nodded and smiled at him.

"Okay, what's the song for the next dance?" Emi asked.

"Whenever Wherever by Shakira." She took a sip of her drink before she started. Once she was ready Emi turned on the music for her. Again, everyone was entranced by her. She was so graceful.

"Lulu is amazing." Ever whispered to Bix. He just nodded, not being able to take his eyes off her. Once she finished everyone whistled and told her how amazing and graceful, she was. She smiled and blushed. Cris pulled her into his arms and kissed her.

They finished their drinks, and decided to go downstairs to the dance floor. As soon as they got to the floor Cris grabbed Lucy's hip and pulled her back to his chest. She smirked rolling her hips and stomach, making sure she rubs against him each time. He gripped her hips tighter, and they started moving together with the beat of the music. He growled, leaning down and biting and kissing her neck. She reached her arm behind her and around his neck. Swaying her hips from side to side. He quickly spun her around, pulled her to him and kissed her.

Farron and Ever were dancing seductively against each other. Bix, Kaleb, Zen and Vander all found women to dance with. Bix disappeared after a couple songs when the woman he was dancing with asked to share pleasure. The next to disappear was Vander. Zen and Kaleb disappeared to alcoves shortly after Vander. Laxus and Emi decided to go back up to the VIP room. Ever and Lucy grinned at each other, pulled away from their partners to dance with each other. Lucy pulled Ever's back to her chest holding on to her hips grinding against each other. Ever put one hand behind Lucy's neck. Lucy whispered something to Ever, causing her to smirk and nod. Lucy moved one of her hands to her stomach and trailed it up to grasp her breast. Farron's and Cris's mouth dropped and they looked at the girls with hungry eyes. Seeing both Ever and Lucy smirking at them, they figured out what Lucy had whispered too Ever. They walked to the girls, Cris grabbing Lucy and Farron grabbing Ever and took them up to the VIP room. The girls giggling the whole way.

"That wasn't very nice Starlight." Cris growled as he closed the curtain to the alcove. Lucy giggled as ran her hands up his chest and wrapping them around his neck. He picked her up and she wrapped her legs around his hips.

"You know you enjoyed watching us." She whispered licking his ear and biting the lobe. He gripped her hips tighter and kissed her shoving his tongue into her mouth. He started to kiss along her jaw and down her neck, sucking and biting.

"I can't wait until we can go all the way." He reached behind her and unhooked her top, letting it slide down her arms and he palmed one of her breasts. Then he laid her on the bed crawling over her.

"Why...mmm...why can't we go all the way now?" She moaned and he licked and sucked on her nipples. "Because if we do, I'll mark you. Which I'd be happy if you became my mate now but it's not a good idea to do it at the club."

"How about once we get back from Fiore, you make me your mate." She smiled at him.

"Are you sure, Starlight?" She just nodded and pulled him into a kiss. He kissed down her stomach, bunched her skirt up and pulled down her panties. He growled at the smell of her. He kissed and nipped her thighs before licking her slit. Lucy moaned and arched her back as he pleasured her. Once she came down from her orgasm she pushed him down, unbuttoning his shirt and pants. She pulled down his pants until his cock came free. She wrapped her hand around and slowly started pumping up and down. She kissed down his chest, then took the tip of his cock in her mouth. He groaned and watched and she squeezed and stroked the base of his cock and bobbed her head up and down.

"Turn around and bring that sweet pussy up here to me." He growled. Lucy moaned and turned around, putting a leg on each side of his head. He slapped her ass, making her moan around his cock. He thrust two fingers into her while sucking her clit. She started to suck harder.

Farron was currently pleasuring Ever, had her on her hands and knees, thrusting his fingers into her pussy while smacking her ass. She cried out from the pleasure. "You were naughty on the dance floor my sweet." She just moaned. She was so close and he stopped. She whined, looking at him smirking.

"Please Farron."
"Please what?"

"Please make me cum." He smirked.

"Lay on your back, and spread your legs wide for me." She did as he asked. He laid between her legs, eyeing her dripping pussy. He licked up her lips before sucking her clit, biting it and thrusting two fingers into her. It didn't take long to make her cum. He quickly took off his pants, knowing she will want to pleasure him.

After a couple hours, everyone met back in the VIP room, all grinning. They decided to silence the room, and dance to music of their choosing before heading home. Once home Cris carried Lucy up to her room, since she had fallen asleep.

"I will take care of my Princess, and get her changed. Would you like me to bring her to your room or are you coming back here?"

Bring her to my room, please Virgo. It's the last room on the right." She nodded, and quickly changed Lucy and took her down to Cris's room. He took her from Virgo, laying her down on his bed and climbing next to her. He fell asleep with a smile on his face. Arman walked through checking on his kids, smiling at all the couples. He really hopes Bix, Vander, Zen and Kaleb will find their significant others soon. He was beyond happy to be gaining more children. He made a promise to himself to show Lucy what having a loving family is like.

A/N: These are the videos that gave me the inspiration for the dances Lucy did. I thought both of these dances were done beautifully.

BRING ME TO LIFE Pole Dance Elodie Padovani by Evanescence

[JG NATION] SHAKIRA – Whenever Wherever