Daddy's Little Lucy

Chapter 31 - Taking Turns

"What's wrong Natsu?" my buddy Happy asked as I sat at the bar grumbling to myself. "Why is everyone taking turns with my Lucy?" I grumbled. "Don't be selfish Natsu. We all want to say our goodbyes to little Lucy before she turns back to normal" Mira spoke up behind the bar. "But-" "no buts Natsu" she interrupted me and I pouted with my arms crossed. Happy snickered, "you said butt" he said and I rolled my eyes.

"Oo I got a brilliant idea! We should have a welcome back party for Lucy" Mira cheered. She ran out of the bar and towards the other girls who were playing with Lucy. I watched as she told them quietly without Lucy hearing. My attention snapped to a loud bang coming from the guild doors. Levy had slammed open the doors with a book in her hand. "I found the book" she said as she tried to catch her breath. I jumped up and went to her. "You found it?!" I said happily and she nodded. "Yeah and Kazuma was telling the truth about the spell" she said.

"So when are we going to turn her back?" I asked, "not until I've finished setting up the party" I jumped at the voice behind me and saw it was just Mira. I put my hand on my chest as my heart beat rapidly. "Don't sneak up on me!" I exclaimed, "sorry but I want to set up the party before we turn Lucy back" she replied. "What party?" Levy asked, "we are throwing a welcome back party for Lucy" Mira replied. "That sounds like a great idea" Levy said. "The girls and I are going shopping for supplies in a bit and you're welcome to join us" Mira replied. "I'll come!" Levy replied excitedly as the other girls came over with Lucy.

"Daddy!" Lucy cheered happily as she ran up to me and held her hands up to me. I happily picked her up, "are you done playing with everyone?" I asked. "Yeah!" she said with a smile. "The girls and I will be going now. Bye Lucy" Mira said as her and the girls waved bye before leaving the guild. "Bye!" Lucy said as she waved bye back. I took her to one of the empty tables and sat down with her in my lap.

"So, what did you play with everyone?" I asked. She told me she played a card game with Cana, a rock paper scissor tournament with the Thunder Legion, and a game of tag with the exceeds. Later the girls dressed her up in different dresses and had a tea party with her. "Oh I almost forgot, Big Brother taught me how to...what did he call it again" Lucy said and put her hand on her chin in thought. "It was called 'Ice Skating' Lucy" Gray said as he came up to our table

"How did you ice skate in the guild? I didn't see any ice" I said as he sat down across from us. "Of course not, I made the guild's outside pool an ice rink. It should thaw out eventually" he replied. "Erza might kill you if she found out" I said, "nah, she won't get mad because it was for Lucy" he replied. "Why would Aunty Erza get mad?" Lucy asked as she looked up at me curiously. "Erza made a rule not to use magic near the pool because last time Gray, Gajeel and I almost destroyed it because of a..." I felt my body shiver as I remembered, "horrific sight" I continued.

"What was it?" she asked then Gray and I shared a panicked look. "Ah, we can't tell you" I said, "why not?" she asked. Gray gave me a look saying 'good going flame brain', "because it will give you nightmares" I said to Lucy. "Is it scarier than a giant monster?" she asked, "yes, it is" I replied. "I don't wanna know anymore" she replied, looking down. 'At least she stopped asking questions' I thought.

"So anyway, are you hungry for some lunch?" I asked, hoping to cheer her up a bit. "What do you want to eat?" Gray asked. "Spicy chicken wings" I replied, "not you, her, idiot" he said. I was about to argue when we heard "what's going on over here?" and turned to see Sting and Rogue. "Big Brother Sting, Big Brother Rogue, we were talking about lunch" Lucy said. "So what are you going to have Lucy?" Sting asked. "Hm, a sandwich" she replied.

I was about to order one for her when I remember Mira was out shopping with the girls. "One problem, Mira isn't here" I said, "then we'll just have to borrow the kitchen" Rogue said. "What?!" Sting and I exclaimed, "we could make some sandwiches for all of us. What do you think Lucy? Want to help?" he asked. "Yeah!" Lucy replied and jumped off my lap before running to Rogue. Lucy and Rogue held hands as they walked towards the kitchen. Gray followed silently, not opposed to the idea.

I growled as I wasn't going to let them be alone with Lucy for too long so I followed them with Sting. By the time Sting and I walked into the kitchen, everything was set up. I saw bread, lettuce, cheese, tomato and bacon on the counter. Lucy was standing on a stool between Gray and Rogue. "You two need to wash your hands. We've already washed ours" Rogue said. We washed our hands while Gray and Rogue starting cutting up the vegetables and cooking the bacon. Lucy watched them as she tapped her hands on the counter.

Once all the ingredients were ready, Gray brought out plates for all of us. We started to assemble our own sandwiches. I thought it was cute to see Lucy reaching for each ingredient as she happily created her sandwich. After we finished making our sandwiches, we went back to our table to eat it. I took a bite out of one of my three sandwiches and I felt proud of my creation. Later that day when Mira and the girls came back from shopping, we heard Mira exclaim "MY KITCHEN!" We forgot to clean the food fight we had while we made our sandwiches. "We better run" I said, frightened to see what Mira will do when she finds out it was us. The guys nodded their heads as I picked up Lucy and we bolted out of the guild.