I hear Lucy's music just the same as any morning but I don't hear her feet on the floor and she's not singing. I peel my eyes open but she's not in the room either. I slip out of bed and throw a t-shirt on and head out to the kitchen.
I find Lucy sitting at the table, a cup of tea in front of her, the steam wafting upward.
"Lucy?" My throat a little hoarse from sleep. She doesn't react, her eyes are big and
she's chewing on her lip the way she does when she's nervous. I love the way she does that.
"Lucy," I say again, it's weird she's not sitting at her window seat, or dancing around the house or smiling, she always smiles.
"Lucy." I say once more. Finally, she snaps out of her thoughts, her eyes still wide from being lost.
"Huh?"
"What's wrong?" I ask her. She turns her wide eyes on me, she spaces out when she's nervous. I love how spacey she is.
"I just... well..." she sighs and she looks at the window, the rising sun setting filling the sky with shades of pink and purple.
"Just tell me." I offer her a smile. She nods and she starts chewing on her bottom lip again.
"My mom wants to meet you." She says.
"Is that all?" I laugh "parents love me."
"My mom is a little..." Lucy struggles to find a word which means she's trying to find a nicer word. "crazy." She exhales a long breath "she can be a bit much to handle."
"She made you." I say, "she's can't be that bad." Her features soften and she smiles at me but there's still tension. Probably because she hasn't seen her mom in about two years.
"It's going to be fine." I promise pulling a chain up beside her. She doesn't look convinced, so I wrap my arm over her shoulders, she leans into me and she fits so perfectly against me. I love how perfectly she fits against me.
"It is going to be okay." I kiss the top of her head and rub her arm.
"When's the dinner?" I ask. She takes a drink of tea and sets the cup down before interlacing her fingers and turning toward me.
"Well..." She reaches up and pecks me on the lips. I cup her cheek in my hand to hold her there.
"Well..." I prompt her.
"tomorrow night." She pecks me again before grabbing her tea and taking a long sip.
"Tonight?" I ask her. She nods, her cups still on her lips.
"I work tonight." I say. she nods again.
"is there any way we can do it tomorrow?" I ask, I don't want to make a bad first impression but I can't miss work either, not if I'm ever going to afford a ring for Lucy.
"My mom isn't the kind of person you bargain with." She says carefully, always trying to find the nice way to say things.
"Okay," I sigh "it's fine, I got this, I'll swap shifts with... Clyde, he won't mind or Lisana , one of them will swap with me."
"Are you sure?" Lucy rests her hand on my chest.
"yeah, it's fine, Clyde owes me a favor anyway." I pat her shoulder "Friday is one of the best shifts to work, whoever switches is really the one getting the better deal."
"Are you sure?" she asks again. I squeeze her and nod "of course, it's going to be great, I can finally meet your mom, my family is already in love with you, I'm sure you're mom will love me just like she loves you."
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Every Reason I Loved Her- FairyTail edition
FanficNatsu loves Lucy, Lucy loves Natsu Their whole relationship has been as easy as breathing but lately Natsu notices Lucy acting strangely, he trusts her but he'd do anything to protect her but how can he do that when she won't tell him what's wrong...
