So this is the last chapter to All This Time, it's very short, I know. I wanted it to be shor,t sweet and still give some sort of closure to the fic, I'm not sure if I made it though..

I want to thank everyone who read this fic and thank you for all the reviews, it's so heartwarming.

Fairy Tail belongs to Hiro Mashima

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All This Time

As Natsu ran the familiar path to Lucy's house in Strawberry Street his speed slowly dabbed off. He came to think what he should do now. He had thought the obvious which was -run to Lucy, and be with her forever- but maybe he should wait, let her think. She had just broken up with Gray and maybe she wanted to be alone for a while. He decided to walk past her house, it felt like a good place to start.

He tried to take his time over to Lucy's, there was no need to rush. The sun had reached its peak and was shining as brightly as ever. Natsu loved this intense heat, it made him fuzzy and comfortable to be surrounded by what felt like a warm and cozy blanket. He snuggled his shoulder up and let the think summer air fill his lunges. With all the things going on lately he had forgotten to enjoy the nice weather, he cringed while thinking how Magnolia would soon be covered by a white layer of cold and harsh snow. He would never understand why Gray liked it so much.

When he stumbled outside of Lucy's place he stopped. He let the sight of her home print into his mind. He could hardly remember how it was before Lucy joined the guild, it felt weird thinking about it, it was like even before she joined she had always been there but still she hadn't. If that makes any sense?

He looked to her window. It was closed. It always used to be wide open since Lucy had come to learn that Natsu preferred jumping up and down as a "wild animal" as she would say. He smiled. But why was it closed? Was it a sign that she wanted to be alone or was it simply because it had been shut by the wind? He forced himself to believe the last one. Natsu closed his eyes slowly and took a deep breath again, he tried to smell her or even hear her. Maybe she had gone out? No, she was in there, he heard a squeak that was probably a chair being pulled either out or in. So she's in there, now what? I should just go in and talk to her, that's what I want to do. He hated using the door to her place, he felt stupid waiting for her to open the door for some reason. He never understood why, it had never been a problem before Lucy came along. Suddenly, and he didn't know why it popped into his head, a memory came to mind. It was from a while ago, when Lucy had forced him to watch a movie with her. A horrible and boring chick-flick, he shuddered just remembering. He picked up some gravel from the streets and swirled the pebbled around in his hand.

When they had watched that move, he couldn't remember when it was, he had been dangerously close to drifting away when he heard Lucy sigh hard and lay her hand on her chest. He vaguely remembered that her cheeks were flushed as her eyes were glued to the screen. He had watched her in silence and it seemed like she had either forgotten that he was there or thought he was sleeping when she let a tear run all the way from her eye and down to her chin. Natsu had turned his head towards the screen carefully so he wouldn't disturb Lucy's moment and seen a guy throwing pebbles at a window, standing out in the pouring rain. His clothes were soaking wet and his hair were sticking to his wet face, still Natsu had noticed his sadness and his desperation to reach the person on the other side of the window. Why did he need to see that person so badly, and why didn't he just use the doorbell? It was all pretty stupid to Natsu, but certainty not to Lucy. When a girl finally opened the window the guy had started a long and frankly pretty boring speech of how sorry he was for something and that he loved her so much and he couldn't stand even the thought of not being with her. That was about as much as Natsu could remember from that movie. But he remembered how choked up Lucy had gotten when he started throwing stones at her window trying to reach his one true love. Natsu was not what you would normally call a romantic, but he knew Lucy liked all that corny stuff so why not give it a shot? He had already robbed her of a romantic first-time experience so he figured he owed her. He looked to his hand, the pebbles were still there just waiting to hit Lucy's window. He picked a shiny white stone, the shape of it could very well look like a heart. That must be the stone destined to bring us together, he thought. He even thought about how romantic that last thought had sounded in his head before aiming and letting the rock fly through the air and hit Lucy's window until it shattered to pieces and landed with a crackling sound on the pavement before him. Come on!

Natsu let his jaw drop for a few seconds, did that just happen? It was supposed to be so romantic, but of course he would manage to ruin it. It's not easy being the strongest mage in Fairy Tail, he grinned. He looked up to Lucy's window again and now he could see her leaning over the broken glass with an expression showing more confusion than anger. "Natsu, did you just break my window?" Lucy yelled. Natsu raised his hand and waved to her "Yeah, sorry I was just trying to reach you. Are you ok?" Lucy smiled to him, her usual beautiful, breathtaking smile. "I'm fine, come in." she stepped back and gave him enough space to jump up and smoothly slide into her room without cutting his hands on the glass. "How did things go with Gray?" Natsu asked. Lucy thought about it for a few seconds, and then she shrugged her shoulders and sighed, "Fine, I guess. It's over now." Natsu already knew that, but he still needed to hear it from her. She really seemed ok with it and that to his relief. "I want to talk about us for a second," Lucy demanded and Natsu sat down quietly on the floor next to her. He nodded at her. "Wow Natsu, so much have happened these past days and I don't know where to begin. Gray told me some things that really made me think, and I feel like I owe you an apology or two," she paused when he laid his hand over hers and smiled. "He told me that the reason you've been acting so weird lately, ignoring me and all that, was because you had feelings for me this entire time, I honestly didn't even consider that option before the night we spent together in my house. I'm so sorry for hurting you like that and I don't know how I will ever make it up to you but, I feel so safe around you and I never realized that you are the one that has been here for me all this time. I'm sorry it took so long for me to see," Lucy brushed her hair behind her ear.

"Don't apologize Lucy, it's ok, I'm just glad that you feel this way now, I honestly couldn't be happier than I am right now." Natsu's eyes glistened as he spoke and he really meant what he said. Sure he had been broken and sad for a while but it wasn't because Lucy had intentionally tried to hurt him, she had just mistaken her feelings towards Gray for love. It's not easy recognizing true love when you have never been in love before, he understood that. He had never been in love before either, but he was absolutely a hundred percent sure that Lucy was the love of his life. He didn't know how to explain it, but it was a feeling of "just knowing it". There was no doubt in his mind that this was the girl for him. "Now, where do we go from here?" Lucy interrupted his stream of thoughts, "Wherever you want to go," he smiled. "I think, normally, when a girl dumps her boyfriend she takes some time to figure things out, to gather her thought and really get to know her own feelings and such, barging in to a new relationship isn't what you'd normally do…" she paused again and then revealed a huge grin underneath her blonde bangs, "But all that has happened between us isn't what would normally happen, so why start being normal now? Maybe I have some feelings and thoughts to figure out, I'm not really sure right now. The only thing that I am absolutely sure of is that I don't want to be away from you ever again." She laid her head on his shoulder and kissed it, still holding his hand in hers. Her heart started to pound faster as she waited for his response but she wasn't concerned, "I feel the same way," Natsu finally said and lifted her head up to his and planted a soft kiss on her lips. Lucy sunk into the kiss and laid her arms around his neck to pull him even closer. God, it felt so right kissing this boy it was insane. How had she not figured this out before? Natsu was pretty much the perfect guy and she considered herself very lucky that he wasn't mad at her. The fact that he had waited for her to come around was so incredibly sweet she didn't know where to start.

Natsu leaned over Lucy and forced her to lie down on her back while he smiled widely. He had waited to long for this exact moment. He knew Lucy was all his and nothing could tear them apart.

Lucy released herself from the passionate kiss and smiled up at Natsu, "You know you have to fix my window, right?"

Natsu laughed and kissed her again, "I know,"

End of All This Time

I robbed you of the "I love yous", I'm sorry but it didnt feel right to have them say it yet. So please tell me what you think of the ending. I'm not quite satisfied with it so I might change it later if I think of something, but I feel that I "closed" up the story and left no questionmark on where this will lead.