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Chapter 11: Miss Fairy Tail (Part 1)

Layla's POV:

I don't think I've ever seen Natsumi so horrified, and stars it was hilarious. She's going to kill me when she finds out that it was all my idea. But right now, she was just attempting to strangle Yuki, Gigi holding her back with much difficulty while Mom and Juvia stood in the sidelines.

Why is Sumi attempting to strangle her best friend? Well, it went a little something like this;

*Two Hours Earlier*

"You did what?" Kennedy asked while Ellie just stared at me wide-eyed. I let out a short giggle, unable to contain my laughter for much longer.

"You've been in this contest for years," Ellie pointed out the obvious, "Why do you suddenly want Sumi to take your place?" I smirked as I spoke, "I know Sumi hates these things with her entire being, but my twin sister needs a little boost in confidence and I think this is the right way to do exactly that."

"She's going to kil you when she finds out it was your idea," Kenedy said bluntly, slowly rocking her sleeping little brother back-and-forth in her arms.

"You mean if she finds out,"I snickered. Ellie sighed but laughed, " You, my dear friend, are evil."

"Hey!" I exclaimed, "I have good intentions!" The girls laughed and let out a synchronized, 'Riiigghhht.'

I saw Roland squirm in Kennedy's arms as he started to wake, "Aw, I'm sorry we woke you, little buddy." Kennedy cooed, noticing he was about to cry. The baby boy calmed down but was now fully awake and Kennedy let out a soft groan, "Aaand he's awake." She blew a strand of hair from her face.

I let out a small laugh and Ellie smirked at me playfully, "Its interesting that you find this amusing, Layla, since that will be your family in a few months." Kennedy let out a very loud, 'HA!' Roland giggling after her as if he also liked the idea of my family succumbing to the needs of the new born baby.

"Oh hush, the three of you," I took Roland from Kennedy's arms and started tickling him. He started to laugh uncontrollably and I couldn't help laughing myself. Believe me when I tell you, this boy has a really damn contagious laugh. After I stopped tickling him, I gave him a little squeeze and let him sit on my lap.

"Here," Kennedy passed me Roland's favorite toy, a small fireplace plushy, "It'll keep him distracted." I handed the plushie to Roland and he quickly lost interest in our conversation and was completely invested in the toy.

"Can you explain why a fireplace plushie is your little brother's favorite toy?" Ellie asked amused and I must say, I was pretty curious myself. Kennedy laughed,

"Its a pretty funny story actually," she began, "Okay so, Mom and Dad were out of town; Mom was doing her Guild Master duties at Cait Shelter and Dad was on a mission, so I was left alone with Roland untill they came back for the first time. Two days had passed and I hadn't left the house because I was worried something would happen to him, hence him only recently being one year old at the time, but I was starting to get twitchy and I wanted to go out, even for just a few minutes. My only problem was that I didn't want to be out with Roland on my own, so I called Sumi-"

"You called who?!" Ellie and I yelled cutting her off, she glared at us. "Yes, I called Sumi," she said seriously, "Don't pretend you haven't noticed how good she is with kids, especially infants." I remained quiet and nodded in agreement. That's very true, for some reason kids absolutely love Natsumi.

"Anyway," Kennedy huffed, "As I was saying, I asked her if she would accompany me out with Roland. Naturally, she said yes and she was at my house in minutes along with Hope. So, we went out. Went to a few stores and just hung out. She and I were so busy talking, we hadn't realised we walked straight to the toy isle in a store we were in. Our conversation was interrupted when we noticed Roland whining while reaching out for a toy. Sumi picked it up and gave it to him to please him and we kept talking, when we were about to leave the store and I took the toy from him, he started crying.