Happy May the 27th!

PEOPLE I AM NOW ON SUMMER BREAK!

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Okay, she'll admit it. She was attracted to Laxus. He was definitely her type. Well…sting was just a fumble. He was close enough. It was just one of those oops I got pregnant, marry me, kind of things. Lucy liked sting- a lot –when she first meet him, well she had to have some kind of feelings for him to have his child. Just one thing. Whatever it was, it was, he lost it so long ago that she forgot what it was. That's beside the point, anyway.

Sting was sloppy. He never made his side of the bed. Once he was up, he was gone. It was always up Lucy to keep things tidy in their house. When Sting ate, he became all three of the little pigs put together. Food everywhere. EVERYWHERE. Two years ate better than Sting did. When he came home from his property in the swamps, Lucy was on her hands and knees, scrubbing the floor because he completely disregarded the idea of taking off his muddy boots. It was almost as if dirt and mud was attracted to him. Lucy should consider opening up cleaning business from having to clean so much after him. Mavis, Aya was cleaner than him.

Maybe then would they have enough money for Aya's first car? Let along having enough money to even get her off to college.

College. It was so close. Four more years. As much money Lucy had saved up for ever over those fourteen years, you'd think Lucy would have even half of the funds. Nope. Guess who wanted to dog out, decide to quit their job, open her account, and blow the money on stupid things including a motorcycle. A MOTORCYCLE!

His excuse. "I thought it was retirement money." W-what!? If that even was the case, why spend it when they both weren't even thirty five yet!? That's right. Lucy wasn't even thirty five yet. She had Aya when she was eighteen and got married to Sting a year later.

Their "fumble" wasn't even worth mentioning. Actually, she was thankful for it. She got a wonderful daughter that she wouldn't trade for the world. Now, she was a free woman. She could smell the fresh air already. So long fourteen years of agony. Hello Mr. Dream Man Laxus Dreyar! Shall we move on now?

Sting.

Sting, Sting, Sting, Sting, Sting.

Even now as we speak, he can't keep his trap closed. Even now, freshly divorced and packing his bags his bags in full Sting Glory- he still fussed. Oh how amusing it is to Lucy that men believe they can still protect their pride even after it's been damaged critically.

Sting glared at Lucy for maybe the thousandth time that whole morning. He was still packing?! "Don't get all cocky just because you won a court case." He bristled lowly. Lucy was sitting on the kitchen table, he legs crossed and her fingers busy with painting her tips a dark midnight blue. She fluttered her eye lashes at him and dipped her head.

"Excuse me," She mumbled, "I'm not egotistic like someone."

"Egotistic?" Sting snapped, looked over at her. He set down a few bags and strutted over to her. "Tell me one time I was ever Egotistic?"

"Right now…all the time." Sting growled lowly and pushed his last suitcase towards the front door. Aya was in the kitchen sipping on a small glass of lemonade. She watched her parent's exchange with no input. Lucy finally looked up as Sting grabbed the last of the boxes he had and cocked her head to the side. "So you can't argue?"

"No need."

"Because I'm right?"

"'Ight, bet."

"Sting." Lucy set down her bottle of nail polish and blew a little at her tips. "Give yourself a break from the lies, sweetheart."

"Give that poor table a break" Lucy got up and went to say something before Aya cut in, walking into the room and looking at her parents dead in the eyes. Lucy sucked in a breath and turned away from him. Sting said nothing and just finished taking out the last of his boxes.

Looking now, down at the phone in her hands, Lucy wasn't really sure if she really wanted to text Laxus. She was really prepared to just raise Aya herself. She didn't need a man. And if we really being a hundred percent real, Lucy basically raised Aya herself all the other fourteen years. With Sting gone, it just felt a bit the same. Nothing really changed for Lucy. Aya, though, things must have been a bit harder on her end. She stayed with her mother throughout the week and then on the Saturday she was with her father.

Today she was with her father.

Aya had urged her mother to contact Laxus- Lucy didn't want to do anything behind Aya's back. If she was going to date someone, Aya had approve and it seems like she was pretty fine with it- but Lucy just wasn't very set on actually contacting him. She wanted to, so bad. I mean for crying out loud, this was the man of her dreams. She wanted him so bad, but that independent side of her weighed over and she just couldn't devote herself to another person and they just make things difficulty for her and her daughter.

Laxus would just have to be that really attractive, hunky guy that gave her his number at the beach the other day. Petty.

When Aya came home she was laughing and had a few bags in her hands. Lucy stood up from the couch and straightened her hair, she didn't want Sting seeing her even the slightest stressed and think it was over him leaving. When he came in through the door he smirked and pressed a kiss to Aya's forehead. Lucy glared at him but the moment Aya looked over to her, it was replaced with a very welcoming smile. Aya ran over and began going over her current state of bliss.

"I'm so excited for school now, I got to text Julian about all this stuff." She cheered, running up the stairs. Lucy watched her and smiled. If there was one thing he could do, he had to make it up to Aya for not being here anymore.

"Thank you," Lucy said, despite the feeling she had that Sting was supposed to be this like this with her all the time. "It looks like she really enjoyed herself." Sting nodded.

"I made sure of that." He looked down and it was quiet for a long moment. "How are you?" Lucy looked up and saw the sincerity in his eyes.

"Fine." She quickly shot at him. "Really good, just got myself a date." Sting looked over at her at that moment and frowned.

"You got a date?"

Lucy gulped, "Well, uh…kind of." Sting cocked his head to the side and gave her a look. His arms were crossed over his chest and he just stood there giving her a look of not believing a word she said. "Don't believe. Well you know what." Lucy snapped out her phone and flashed Laxus's number at him "I'll prove it, but not because I just want to prove you wrong, but just for the satisfaction of seeing the look on your face when I remarry." Sting just stared at her.

"That's Jellal's number." Lucy snapped her head down and quickly went to Laxus then showed him again. "Call him now then. Prove it to me."

Lucy blinked a few times. "Excuse me?"

"Call him. I want to hear this guy." Lucy laughed and rolled her eyes.

"His sexy voice might kill you in an instant." She looked up at him and smirked. "He's got an eight pack."

"And you're telling me this because?"

"Because you wish you had one. Boom."

"Lucy call the man." She puckered her lips out and pressed call. She didn't even know what she was doing anymore but she had to just make him mad. She just wanted to make him burn. She tapped her foot and waited for Laxus to pick up. When he did she snapped on the speaker.

"Hello?" Lucy smirked and looked up to Sting.

"Hello, Laxus, its Lucy. From the beach the other day. I was calling to set up a date with you." Laxus chuckled on the other end.

"You sound like you're ordering a pizza or checking your bank account." Lucy frowned.

"Shut up, just tell me when you're free."

"Tomorrow, I'm good. You got someone to watch your kid?" Lucy looked up at Sting and held his hands up. "Not my business," He mumbled. Deadbeat. "I'll take the silence as a no, bring them." Lucy snapped her head down to the phone.

"Huh?"

"You can bring the kid. I like kids and never had the chance to have one of my own. How old?" Lucy, thrown off stumbled over her words.

"F-four-teen. She's fourteen."

"Bring her, we can do something together. Is she okay with it? I don't want her to feel as if I was just trying to replace her father." Lucy didn't know what to say. She couldn't believe how understanding Laxus was. She was overwhelmed. She had completely forgotten that Sting was standing behind her. "Lucy?" She cleared her throat and smiled.

"I think she'll like that. I'd like that. Thank you Laxus."

"It's no problem. So, tomorrow, two okay with you?"

"Yeah, two is fine." Laxus's voice got low.

"Alright, then I'll meet you guys at the Northbridge mall. Goodnight Luce." Lucy was hanging over the clouds,

"Yeah…see you there." They hung up.

When Lucy snapped back into reality she looked around to find Sting gone.

"I bet he secretly wanted you guys to be alone." Aya was saying as she pushed a Cd into the radio. "He just wanted to get on your good side because you're a divorcee."

"Aya." Lucy said slowly. She gripped the leather trim on the steering wheel. "Don't say things like that, you haven't met him yet."

Aya shrugged her shoulders. "Sorry, just nervous. Don't want anyone just using you mom." Lucy took in a deep breath and focused on the road.

"Thank you baby, if Laxus doesn't work out I won't go for anyone else." Aya looked over to her mother. Lucy was serious. She didn't want to put Aya through that. If things with Laxus turn out for the worse, she'd just focus on getting Aya to the next level in life.

"Okay." She finally said.

They pulled into Northbridge, got a parking space, and got out. Lucy looked over to her daughter and flattened her hand down her nineties styled red and white polka-dotted dress. "Do I look alright?" She mumbled.

"You look amazing mom. Who would have thought you'd pull off the nineties so well. You look like Lady Liberty, blonde and with big boobs." Lucy closed her eyes and playfully shoved her daughter.

"Please don't say that in front of Laxus."

They walked up the main steps and there was Laxus, outside waiting on them. He looked really nice in his button up black shirt and khaki pants. Lucy froze on the spot. Aya turned to her mother and raised her eyebrows.

"I haven't been on a date in fifteen years." Aya rolled her eyes and tugged her mother over to Laxus.

"It's not really a date with me here, but if you need any pointers, just be yourself and don't do anything stupid." Lucy sighed.

"Thanks sweetheart, but that really didn't help."

"They were pointers from a fourteen year old who's never been on a date before, what did you think they would be? But I did read that in Seventeen before." Laxus smiled over at them walked over.

"You two look lovely. Everyone ready?" Aya thanked him and extended her hand out.

"Aya Eucliffe, Lucy's daughter. Nice to meet you sir. If you want my mother you've got a lot to prove to me." Laxus laughed and shook her small hand.

"I Promise I won't disappoint." He looked over to Lucy and she instantly force again. "You've got a mean one here." Lucy nervously laughed.

"She is like her mother…"

"Shall we go?" Aya asked hopping herself into the store and turning to them. Laxus extended his arm out to her and Lucy linked hers in.

"Let's not keep her waiting." Lucy sighed. She was about to give this date her all. She looked up to Laxus and nodded.

"Let's go."

"WHAT! These limited addition galaxy vans weren't in here yesterday!" Aya had her head glued to the glass window of Rue-21. "Mom, Laxus, stay right here. This is major business." She said seriously. Laxus smiled down at her.

"Take your time. Your mother and I well be walking around." Aya nodded.

Lucy bit her lip and firmly laid down some instructions. "Text me when you come out, do not leave from the outside and go walking off on your own. Oh and make sure you check your recite before leaving okay?" Aya threw up and 'Okay' Signal before running into the store. Lucy sighed and watched her go.

"I can tell you're very protective of her" Laxus said after a moment of just watching people exit out the store.

"She's my only. Last thing I've got left." Lucy said. She smiled and turned walking a little a ways from the store, Laxus right behind her.

"Right. You told me you were divorced." Laxus kept his eyes on her, "Does she still see her father?" Lucy nodded.

"She saw him yesterday, spent the whole day with him. She's with him every Saturday and then I've got her all the other days. I try to be strong. It's only been a few weeks, but I feel like she's been just locking her feelings inside. That she really wants to be with her father, she was a bit closer to him than she was to me. But he never did much with her. I guess it's just that bond a daughter has with her father. I Know I had it once." Laxus was quiet for a moment. Lucy became conscious that she was almost about to go through her life story with him. "I'm sorry. I was just blabbering on, weren't I?"

"No," Laxus said slowly, "I don't mind. You've got to let things go sometimes. If you need to let things out, I'm here." Lucy looked up at him and thanked him. "But to reply to what you were saying, I think this is something you should talk about with your daughter. Possibly she wants to be with her father, but then on the other hand maybe she wants to be with you. You never know unless you ask. I remember when my parents split, I was left with my father. I don't really even know much about my mother, that's just how much time I had with her. I lived with my father, but when things got bad, I was thrown on my grandfather. He took the best care of me. So if I was Aya, I'd went to be with the person who took the best care of me. I'd want to be with the one who was always there for me. "Laxus looked down at Lucy and smiled. "So if that's you, I wouldn't worry about it so much. It's obvious you care a lot about her. That's all that matters."

"Exactly." They turned around to see Aya behind them with a box of shoes in her hands. "I'm fine with how things are mom. You don't have to worry about how much time I spend with dad. It feels like nothing changed, just because you and dad split up, that doesn't mean you have to force him to spend time with me. Things are great this way." Aya smiled bright and walked up to them, "Plus I don't want you alone. Well…" She looked up to Laxus, "I think we don't have to worry about that either." Laxus chuckled.

"No, I'll make sure to protect her when you aren't around." Aya nodded and threw out her pinky.

"That's a promise!" Laxus took her pinky in his and they shook it. Lucy couldn't believe what just blossomed before her. She closed her eyes and placed her hands over eyes.

"Thank you Laxus…Thank you so much." Laxus threw his arm around her neck, pulling her into his chest. Aya came up and hugged her mother around her waist and they just let her cry a bit. Lucy let a bit of the weight se carried on her shoulders just go. They ran down her cheeks and fell to the ground of the mall, but they were leaving her.

She was grateful.

One weeks later

"So how are things going?" Lucy kicked her feet up onto the coffee table and smirked to herself. She pressed the phone she had to her ear closer and nodded.

"Yeah, everything is fantastic. Laxus is a keeper."

"Well I'm glad to hear that Luce, you deserve a better guy than Sting. So I was thinking, to make up for that time me and Jellal pranked you, how about we just have another group outing with the kids again next weekend. You bring Laxus and introduce him to everyone."

"You're acting like we're married already, Natsu."

"You are going to marry him, right?"

"Natsu!"

"Just asking." They shared a laugh and Lucy just smiled.

"Well, we'll see how things go." Arms wrapped around her neck and she leaned her head back into the embrace.

"She'll marry me one day." Laxus said into the phone.

"Woah! Was that him!?" Natsu hollered into the phone. "He sounds like a big guy!"

"Sure," Lucy said laughing, "He's got an eight pack." Laxus raised his eyebrows. " Sorry, it just slipped out." Natsu laughed on the other end. "Well, sorry to cut things short but I've got laundry to do, I'll talk to you later Natsu-"

"Wait! I forgot to tell you something I heard the other day…um sorry to be the one to break it to you, but I know it really wouldn't bother you much since you're moving on and stuff…anyway I heard, Sting's got a baby on the way." Lucy's eyes widen, before the phone dropped from her hand.