She sighed as she watched he family across the guild having fun and laughing at a nearby table, while she was stuck behind the bar on bar maid duty. She was happy for her sister and brother, they found happiness at a time of crisis and had strong enough feelings to surpass those troubled times. She watched as the most beautiful woman in Fairy Tail twirled her long white locks in her fingers as she bashed her eyes at the tall muscular blonde. Her partner leaned back in his seat coolly and gave a small smirk at her with his buff arms crossed over his chest. While the middle Stratus sibling was blushing red from the alcohol and laughing at Evergreen's feminist rants. Lisanna still couldn't understand those two, but as long as he was happy, so was she. She practically predicted Mira and Laxus when hey where preteens and even after a few weeks before she was taken to Edolas. Although having Freed in the picture made the infamous couple almost not be. She sighed once more gazing at their happiness. Her large ocean blue eyes traveled to another table farther back in the guild, her best friend with her love interest acting as usual, ignoring her with a pink face as she praised him about every little thing he's done. Juvia and the rest of the guild was well aware of the ice mage's feelings for her. Although he might be embarrassed to show it in public, he is unafraid to put his life on the line only for her, and took much pride in calling her his partner. She smiled sadly before continuing to wipe down the bar table.

"Something wrong Lisanna?" she looked up at the familiar voice. A blonde with large and innocent brown eyes blinked at her with worry. Lisanna couldn't help but smile genuinely at the young woman. Admittedly she was not too sure about Lucy when she first met her, especially after having feelings for the fire dragon slayer at the time of her disappearance. In Edolas after Lisanna had adjusted to the role of 'Edo-Lisanna', she-in a strange way- tried to replace her first love with their version of Natsu. He might have been weak and scared of his own shadow, but the base of his personality was the same as the Natsu in Earthland, which made her form this strong attachment to him. Shortly after she had developed a strong connection with Edo-Natsu, Lucy Ashley had just joined the guild and immediately began bonding with him. Being the kind soul she was she had to let Natsu be happy, no matter what universe she lived in. Those two where extremely close and developed an unbreakable bond, but Lisanna was human, and hated Edo-Lucy. Not only for stealing her second chance in happiness, but for the treatment she gave the poor sweet male. She was rude, unkind, shallow, and had no respect for anyone. But... inside she was caring and protective of the guild, the bases of her entire structure of being was genuinely good in Lisanna's eyes. Which is the second biggest reason of letting go of Natsu all together.

Until she came back to earthland that is. All her feelings that she had thought had gone, came back up overflowing out into ears of joy. When she heard about Lucy Heartfilia, Lisanna had unsure feelings about the relationship she had with her Natsu. On instinct she hated her. She thought it was going to be Edolas allover again, but the thanked the gods it wasn't. Lucy Heartfilia had the same basis as Lucy Ashley, but was the same inside and out. She didn't hide her golden heart through a tough metal shell of coldheartedness, she was unafraid to show who she really was inside. Which made Lisanna love her like a sister, Lucy was good to Mira, she was there for Happy when he needed her, and was the only one who knew Natsu like she did. Better even. She was grateful to Lucy that she has given life to the guild after a dark time. Lisanna still remembered when Lucy had unintentionally won her over completely, the GMGs when Flair was getting beaten badly by Laxus, and Lucy, the girl who had nearly fallen to death at Flair's hand, tired to fight Erza to get to Flair's aid. That's when Lisanna knew she could trust her with Natsu, and began to let go of her feeling for hi completely. "I'm fine Lucy, really."

The blonde rose a brow and gave her a blunt look. "Sweetie, I speak girl if you haven't noticed." She joked. "There are 5 levels of being upset" she began counting with her fingers "'I'm mad', I'm gonna kill you', 'don't talk to me', 'I never want to see you again' and the infamous 'I'm fine'. So tell me what's on your mind."

Lisanna gave a slight giggle at the star mage's comment and placed a pair of mugs in front of the her. "Well," she began ash she pulled out a jug of hot black coffee. It was never really girl time without coffee/tea and something sweet to go with it. It was an unspoken law between the girls of the guild. "I'm not really sure..." she said with a frown as she poured the beverage into the mugs. "Do you want cream?"

"Do you need to ask?" Lucy asked in a sarcastic yet playful manner.

Lisanna giggled again. Lucy was might have been the one who was the sanest of her team, but did try to make everyone smile as much as possible. Natsu was rubbing off her in that way. Lisanna switched the jugs into the creamer and took out a large cake plate filled with decorative cookies and brownies her sister made throughout the week and set it close by. "I guess it's..." her gaze traveled back to the tables of couples. Lucy stopped herself from taking a bate from her cookie and turned over her shoulder to see what the take-over mage was looking at.

"Mira and Elfman?" she asked facing the blue eyed woman. "What about them? You think their relationships wont work out?"

"No it's not that." she shook her head. "I checked with Cana and her cards, they are all getting married. It's just that when ever we would hang out at home or on missions their relationships always come up in the conversation." she pouted as she supported her chin on her fist. She grabbed a brownie and swirled it around in her coffee. "All they ever talk about is Ever and Laxus, and they go off on more missions with them than with me now." she sighed once again pulling out her half soaked brownie and stuffing it in her face and didn't wait to swallow when she continued. "And I went with them a couple of times and I always en up this fifth wheel!" she pouted once more blowing chunks Lucy's direction. She didn't seem to mind though If fact she was use to it, even before she moved in with Natsu and Happy they have been eating with their mouth full and blowing chunks left and right at the poor girl. After two years of it you grow use to it, she still yells at them of course, but she couldn't yell at Lisanna in her time of need. Lucy simply covered her creamed mug of coffee with one hand and wiped the table off with the other.

"Well maybe you should look for another team when they go off on missions." she said taking a sip.

"The thing s I tried with Juvia." her turned her head to pointed at her best friend. "But she's even worse." Lucy made an 'oh' with her lips when she noticed the blue haired woman with the ice member of her team.

"Well maybe you an team up with..." she place her finger on her chin. Her brown eyes scanned the room for more possible temporary team members. Cana and Levy maybe? The three worked incredibly well at the S-Class trials last year. No, Levy had already two teams, Shadow Gear and her single partner Gajeel-along with Lily of course- and Cana likes to do solo work but has been hanging around her father to make up for loss time so she was out. Her eyes scanned once more. Redus prefers doing solo work, Wabaka was paired with Marco, Romeo had Wendy when Team Natsu wasn't in form, she would ask to join her and Natsu but Natsu would freak out at the sudden change and say something insulting and stupid. Freed preferred to go alone when his team wasn't formed, so that left- "How about Bixlow?" she pointed at the man in a knight suit with choppy navy hair and a tattoo of a stick figure on his face, he held his tongue out showing off his guild mark while he worked on fixing one of his wooden dolls as with a few tools.

Lisanna tilted her head as she looked at him and munched on another brownie. "Why?"

"Well he's extremely strong, funny and compatible when working as a partner or team." Lucy turned back to the white haired mage.

"I don't know..."

"Are you looking for a team mate or a company-" she stopped herself. "Oh my Mavis you're lonely!" Lucy gasped at her own epiphany. Lisanna's pale completion turned redder than tomato and hid behind her coffee mug.

"I am not." she said childishly.

"You so are!"

"Am not!"

"Are!"

"Not!"

"Not!"

"I am! No! Wait-I didn't mean that!"

"Ha! I win!" the key holder lifted her fist in the air triumphantly! Lisanna slumped down to the bar table and groaned loudly.

"That wasn't fair Lucy. You tricked me."

"Oh calm down! I'm sure he knows what you're going through. After all it is his team too."

Lisanna stood up straight and looked at the direction of the soul mage. Lucy was right. It was his team that was taken away too. Freed was always much more independent and didn't mind so much that the team was practically split for the moment, but Bixlow was different. He always surrounded himself with something alive to keep him company, like his dolls. And lately there have been more dolls made than there where souls being put into them. She watched as the usually happy and cocky mage stared at his creation with great intensity and concentration. He was constantly fixing or adjusting one of them to keep him busy until it was time to go off on a mission with the team, or at least ask Freed to accompany him to one. She looked at him with empathy. Maybe the can form a team together...

"Lucy, can you cover for me for a second?"

A large goofy-Mirajane-matchmaker-grin spread on Lucy's lips. She nodded her head eagerly and watched the young maiden make her way around and to the table. Lucy gave a high pitched squeal and squirmed in her seat. It was like watching a romantic comedy about to unravel right before her eyes. "Lucy," she turned to the sudden voice next to her, a curly haired brunette with a deck of cards in one hand and a beer in another stood by her and reached for a cookie. "what's got you so worked up?" Lucy squealed once more and pointed at the youngest take-over mage making her way to the table where lonely Bixlow sat. Cana rose a brow in interment and pulled out a few cards from her deck. "You did a good thing Lucy" She sunk her teeth into her sweet and her brown orbs moved quickly reading the mages in her hand. She glanced up at the table, Lisanna was siting on her knees across from he man leaning over on the able and watched as he continued to fix the doll in his hand.

Lisanna smiled shyly and rested her chest on her arms for support as she watched. "So what'cha doing?" she asked in he most playful manner as she could. he was still a bit nervous, maybe she should have taken up a shot before she walked over. He glanced up, his eyes widen in shock for a moment. She, Lisanna Status who is sister (and Look-alike) of one of the most beautiful women in Fiore was talking to him? A man who literally takes the souls of the beast he slays and collects them.

"Um..." he looked around awkwardly to make sure he wasn't mistaking this. There was no one at the table, but his babies, and her family was across the guild with his team. "Making a baby." he answered as he turned back to his work. He had expected her to give a casual okay and walk away, but he could sense her there still.

"Can I watch?"

"Sure why not." he couldn't stop himself from smiling wildly at her. His 'babies' began floating around the pixie cut woman speaking all at once. He cough a few words like 'team', 'cute', 'babe', missions.' She laughed at their funny voices an even went as far as extended her arms to take one in for an embrace. She was one of the few who never feared him or was crept out by his unnatural hobbies. Something began to spark in her smile at him, they both knew it was there too. At that moment he knew, what ever was happening in their unspoken conversation, he wasn't going to let it go any time soon.