Maybe, Baby (Nalu Fanfiction)

Maybe, Friends?

Lucy's POV

Twins.

The hardest things ever to take care of. I've been waking up to the sound of crying almost every night for the past seven months. It's my turn to get the babies this time. I reluctantly crawl out of bed and head over to the sound of crying.

"Awww, my little Natsu Jr." I try to soothe him. I pick him up and bring him downstairs. I heat up some formula and I put the bottle in his mouth. I bounce him up and down. After I'm done feeding him, I burp him. Then, I take him back up to his little crib and I crawl right back into bed. This has been the same routine for the past seven months. Well, It's sometimes both of the babies or it's either one of them. It's exhausting. Natsu and I barely ever have time for each other anymore and it's really sad, because I love him and I want to have time for him. Everyone has suggested a babysitter, but I don't trust them. There has been so many stories about babies dying because of babysitters. So no, out of the question. Natsu and I really do need to have a date and alone time though. This is getting stressful and frustrating. As soon as that goes through my head, I hear Nashi crying. I groan out of pure frustration. I roll over and nudge Natsu.

"Natsu, it's your turn to get the baby!" I yell at him. He groans and gets out of bed with his eyes closed. Next thing I know, he's falling on the floor with a loud thud. I laugh. It's been so long since I've laughed. I can't stop laughing either. Natsu looks up and gives me an odd expression. "What?" I ask in between bouts of laughter. He holds up a shoe. It's a pink converse.

"I tripped over your shoe." He states the obvious. I roll my eyes and laugh some more. Then, I realized that Nashi stopped crying. With a confused look on my face, I get up and walk over to her crib. She's sound asleep. "I guess she fell back to sleep hearing your joyous laughter." Natsu said. He puts his hands on my shoulders and starts massaging them. I moan out of pure pleasure and relaxation. I feel like the stress and tension is seeping out of my body and leaving for good. I turn my head and kiss Natsu gently on the lips.

"I've missed you Natsu. I miss being able to spend quality time with you." I tell him with the sadness evident in my voice. He gives me a small smile and nods his head.

"I've missed you too Luce. Why don't we let Gajeel and Levy take care of little Natsu tomorrow and Gray and Juvia can take care of Nashi. We can go on a date and spend some alone time together. You might not trust babysitters, but you can trust your friends right?" Natsu asked. I thought about it.

"Yes, I trust them, but do you think they'd be up for it? Also, they're not even together. So why would it be Gajeel and Levy then Gray and Juvia?" I ask curiously.

"Because it would make them realize that they might want babies together and they would like it if they're good with babies." He smirked. I did not know that Natsu had some matchmaker in him. Well, that's good to know.

The next day when I called the 'future couples' they all seemed so excited to be able to babysit the babies. They told us that they can watch them for the weekend if we wanted them to. I told them that we will call and let them know what we decide. I'm unsure of it, because I don't wanna leave my babies for too long. I love them. We decide to go rent a lake house.

I called so many people asking to rent their lake house, but apparently 19 year old ADULTS are not trustworthy enough. It's ridiculous. I tell them that we're married and have two babies and they still don't want to rent their lake house to us. We finally found a place though, my dads business partner let us rent his. It took my dad talking to him. It's so ridiculous that I barely even want to go anymore.

I let out a long frustrated sigh and put my face in my hands. I feel Natsu's hands start massaging my shoulders. I let out a moan and let my hands drop. "Natsu, why can't I even have a vacation without stressing out over it? I mean, we're adults for crying out loud! Shouldn't we have some kind of privilege for being 19 and married and having babies!?" I rant. Then, I think about what I just said and then put my face in my hands again. Natsu chuckles. He walks around the couch and sits beside me, taking my face in his hands and looking into my eyes.

"Luce, calm down, it'll be okay. We don't have to go if you don't want to. Besides, we have a pool outside, either way we can go swimming. Also, we're closer to the babies this way." Natsu says soothingly.

"Have I ever told you that I love you?" I ask him with a soft smile.

"You've told me that you've hated me and that you love me." He smirks. I wrap my arms around him and kiss him passionately.

"I guess I feel both towards you." I wink and giggle and then kiss him some more. Then I get up and leave Natsu confused and wanting more. "Sorry, I have to call the person and tell him that we're just not gonna rent the lake house. Don't worry though, we'll do some more of that in no time." I tell him sexily. The look of desire in his eyes makes me hot, but I have this to do first.

After I'm done telling the person no to the lake house I go outside to the pool and strip my clothes off. We have a big wooden fence so nobody can see in here. I hear the doorbell ring and I see Natsu walk downstairs. I see him open the door and let a white haired girl in. Her hair is cut in a bob. Natsu seems utterly surprised to see her, but also genuinely happy. She's gorgeous and it makes me jealous to see him so happy to see her.

I get out and get dressed in the shadows. I was planning on skinny dipping with Natsu, but this home wrecker decided to show up. I slide the glass door open with a fake smile on my face. I walk right up to them. "Hey, who are you?" I ask, so obviously not wanting to be nice.

She smiles sweetly. "Hey, I'm Lisanna, I'm Natsu's childhood friend." Lisanna. Her name sounds familiar and she looks familiar. Then, I remember.

"You're Mira's sister, right? Aren't you supposed to be off in boarding school?" I ask, slightly taken aback. I've only been good friends with Mira for two years, so I've never seen Lisanna, but Mira always talks about how sweet and kind Lisanna is. Now I feel bad for wanting to drag her by her hair out my door.

"Yes, I'm Mira's sister and actually I just graduated, we get out a little bit earlier than public school. I just got back today and Mira told me everything about you and Natsu and I just had to come and congratulate him. Am I allowed to see the babies?" She asks. My eyes widen a little bit.

"Uhh, well, we're letting our friends babysit them for the weekend, so we can, you know." I awkwardly tell her. Her eyes widen and her face reddens.

"Oh, uh, well I'll just be going then." She walks out of our house so fast that Natsu had no time to tell her to wait. I laugh, but then immediately stop when Natsu turns around with an angry look on his face.

"Why did you do that!? I have not seen her for years and you go and run her out like that!?" He yells.

"Well, I figured if you two were childhood friends, then you might have stayed in touch with her over the years. I didn't think it was a big deal. I'm sorry, we're still learning things about each other. Why didn't you ever tell me about her anyways?" I ask. His eyes narrow into slits.

"She was in school, the only people she had time to stay in touch with was her family. So no, I havn't heard from her or seen her in years. So yes, it was a very big deal. And I didn't want to tell you, because that was something personal." He says in an angry tone. What he said kind of hurt. I'm his wife, he should want to share information like that with me. I'm also the mother of his children, but I guess Lisanna is more important than that to him.

"Now I remember why I ever hated you in the first place." I say to him. I catch a hurt look in his eyes, but it disappeared as quickly as it came. I give him one last withering look and storm out of the house.