Last chapter guys! This is actually kinda depressing in a way... Bitter sweet? Yea. I've had quite a run with this story and it seems that this fanfic has been quite a catch with a total of _ reads! I can't even show my appreciation in words because there are no words to describe how happy I've been throughout the updating of this story. It's been a great time and thank you so much for reading. So, without further ado, I would like to thank people for reviewing, following and/or favouriting this story. I really appreciate any reads! So thank you all! Every single one of you, even if you arent active or don't use an account (a guest). So, I was going to do a shout out to all the people that favourited or reviewed or followed this story, but I decided against it. It would be a bit excessive so instead, I'm going to answer some of you guys' reviews! I know I don't answer them frequently, but it's not because I don't like you guys but instead I'm just really busy. So for the last chapter, I wanted to make it up to you guys by responding to some of them! Sorry if I miss you out!

The Age of Awesomeness: Hey dude. Thank you so much for commenting on most, if not all, of the chapters I have posted. It honestly makes my day and your comments make me crack up in the middle of class and school. You are truly an awesome and I bet we would be awesome friends if we knew each other in person. Thank you for making me smile!

Dragondancer81: Hi! Just like The Age of Awesomeness, I usually always see your username when I come home from school. You usually comment on everything, so thank you!

artisofthemind: Yes... Natsu is stupid... who knows why Lucy fell in love with him

SunflowerChrysalis: Thank you for liking this story! Yea... I know it's a little bit over the top with the dramatic-ness but oh well! I love drama in my stories but I somehow hate it in real life... And sorry for the amount of cliffhangers I always do! I just love seeing people's reactions, no matter how sadistic that sounds... But thank you for liking this story!

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Well, I guess that's all I have time for. I know that's not very many but I can't exactly answer to everybody, sorry... But I would just like to thank everyone again, for liking this story! I know it's very dramatic, I know I made people laugh and cry and get frustrated at me and I know the cliffhangers are always lurking around the corner but thank you for sticking by this story. It's been an awesome run, so thank you for being apart of it!

So this chapter is kinda a chill and uneventful chapter compared to most of the other dramatic ones. This one is more fluff and cute (I believe). Hope you like it anyways! Enjoy!

Disclaimer - For the last time in this story, I obviously do not own Fairy Tail, however, this story is completely mine!

Lucy rubbed her eyes groggily as she rolled over. Her body hurt and she had a terrible headache. The blonde rolled and rolled until she fell off the bed with a thud.

"LUCE?! ARE YOU AWAKE?!" Natsu called from downstairs.

Lucy let out a small groan as she crawled over to the window and shut the curtains.

"I'M COMING UP OK?!"

Once more, she let out a groan followed by yawn. Finally, she fully opened her eyes and looked down at her hands.

At least I'm not blind… but why is everything so blurry? Ugh…

Natsu burst through the entrance and flinched as he heard a scream from behind the door.

"Na-"

Gingerly, the male peered around the door and saw his girlfriend sprawled on the floor, a comically large, red, throbbing bulge was on the back of her head.

"Heh… Sorry Luce." He rubbed the back of his head sheepishly.

"Can… I… Just… Sleep…" Pouting and slightly sobbing, Lucy crawled back into bed and snuggled between the sheets in a fetus position.

Shrugging it off, Natsu decided to snuggle with her but long story short, that didn't happen.

One thing led to another and Natsu was soon on the ground in pain screaming, "MY FAMILY JEWELS!"

Lucy laughed hysterically as she rolled around in the bed, gripping her stomach in pain.

"I specifically remember you saying to Gray 'I have balls of steel!'" Lucy laughed even harder at the memory.

"Hmph. If that's how you want to play it, then fine! No breakfast for you!" The male walked out of the room in a sassy fashion. "Haruto! Get up! Lucy is going to set a record of the longest time that she hasn't eaten!"

Hearing the blonde stomp out of the room and to the top of the stairs made Natsu scurry away to the protection of the kitchen.

"Haruto! Haruto!" Lucy called from the bottom of the stair case.

"Yeah?" A soft voice responded.

"Come down here please!"

As the blonde waited, she tapped her foot on the ground, her fingers tapping a different rhythm. A loud thump was heard and then a small whimper.

"Uh… Haruto? Are you ok?" Lucy had already begun walking up the stairs.

"Yeah!"

Making it to the top of the stairs, the female opened his door and saw Haruto sprawled on the floor.

"What happened to you…?" Lucy shook her head as she helped him up from the ground.

"U-u-uh… nothing!" His blue eyes darted to his left and then quickly back at the lady in front of him.

"Oh? What's in your cupboard then?" The blonde stood up and walked over to the wooden doors, touching the door knob slightly before pulling on it.

"Don't!" But he was too late to stop what was to come.

As soon as Lucy pulled on the door, out fell Wendy, Romeo and a small toddler. The blonde shot a questioning look at Haruto before helping them up.

"What are you two doing here? And who is this little one?" Lucy ruffled the little boy's head.

"Sorry Lucy-nee! We just wanted to come over and let Haruto meet our new friend!" Wendy bowed several times, nearly giving herself a headache.

"U-u-u-uh! No need to apologise Wendy! It's ok, really! Just next time, tell me, ok?" Lucy tilted her head to the side and smiled sincerely.

The blue-haired female nodded her head and grinned back in appreciation.

"So what do you need Auntie?" Haruto asked as he leaned against his bed.

"Well… I wanted to take you out today."

"With Dad?"

"No, just us. If that's ok with you!" Lucy tried to calm down her heart rate and breathing.

"Of course it is. Where are we going? And when?" Haruto had already started walking out of the room, his best friends right behind.

"U-uh… whenever you're ready! Just call for me when you're ok to leave, I'll just be down with your father." Before the boy could protest, Lucy ran down the stairs, jumping down after the 10th and then sprinted to the kitchen, skidding slightly.

"Why are you so giddy?" Natsu asked through a full mouth of food.

"Well! After about 15 years I'm finally going to tell Haruto everything! It's about time he knows and I'm so happy that he's become such a handsome, smart, good little boy…" Tears filled the blonde's eyes as she smiled.

"C'mon Luce! You know that that kid was gonna turn out great! I mean, come on! He was raised by me after all!" The pink-haired male chuckled cheekily.

"Well! Well!"

"Well what? Huh?" Quickly putting his food back onto the bench, Natsu lunged forward and ruffled her hair.

"Oi! Natsu!" Whilst Lucy was fixing up the tufts that were sticking out, Natsu made a run for it. "Come back here you pussy!"

"So…" Haruto slurred his words as he swung his legs while sitting on a chair.

"Haruto… Uh… How was your day?" Lucy asked, trying to make sure it didn't get awkward.

"It was fun. Thanks for taking me out. The stress of high school was getting to me but this helped heaps."

"High school huh…? You sure have grown up fast…" The blonde looked at her son as she flew off in a daze.

"Lucy? Lucy!" Haruto shook her as Lucy snapped out of it, nearly falling out of her chair.

"Sorry! Sorry…" She sighed.

"Do you want to go for a walk? You seem like you have a lot on your mind."

"Yeah… that sounds like a great idea."

"- and then! Guess what happened?" Haruto's face beamed as he turned to look at Lucy.

"I don't know. Why don't you just go ahead and tell me." The female smiled as the teen jumped around.

"He farted in the middle of the exam! Everyone laughed and we all ended up getting detention because the teacher thought we were cheating… so we have to do the test again on Monday." As he finished the story, Haruto began walking backwards.

"Be careful Haruto… Don't fall into the canal, I won't jump in to save you if you do." Lucy cheekily giggled as she continued walking. Not hearing any footsteps follow her, the blonde turned around. "Haruto?"

The teen was standing on the edge of the walkway as he looked down into the surprisingly clean, blue water. Dropping his jacket down onto the ground, he rubbed his arms gingerly.

"What if I jumped in? That would be pretty brave, don't you think?"

"U-u-u-uh… Haruto? What are saying? Don't you dare jump."

"But what if I did? It would be like the Courage Bridge in the anime Shigatsu Wa Kimi No Uso… Wouldn't it? We watched it together, remember?" Haruto turned to look at Lucy who was just speechless.

What has gotten into Haruto? What is he thinking?!

"H-H-Haruto… now, now." Lucy stepped towards the blonde teen as he inched closer to the edge. "What would your father say about this?"

"Dad would probably laugh if you think about it." Haruto chuckled at the thought.

Lucy took deep breaths in before she slowly put one foot in front of the other. "That's true, but you're going to get sick if you jump into the water. We still have to walk home remember?"

"I guess you're going to have to call Dad!" As his sentence finished, Haruto jumped off, screaming on his way down.

"HARUTO!" Lucy reached out to try to catch him but failed and instead, her foot slipped and then she too fell into the canal.

After a large splash, Lucy emerged to the surface spluttering both water and profanities. Haruto answered her with laughs.

"Look at this mess! I just bought these boots the other day too…" The blonde sobbed.

"Well I bought these vans last week but c'mon Auntie! Loosen up!" Haruto slapped his hand onto the water which splashed up, annoying Lucy.

"HEY! That was a big mistake Mr!" After that remark, the blonde bounded and tackled the boy, submerging them both completely under.

As they arose from the water laughing, Lucy suddenly stopped and smiled at Haruto.

"What? Don't look at me like that… it's creepy." He chuckled.

"Haruto…" Lucy rested her hand on his shoulder as she looked at him. "You've grown so much…"

"Uh… Lucy? Are you feeling ok? Oh no! Are you getting sick?! Dad will kill me if you are! I have to get you out of here!"

Before Lucy could protest, Haruto dragged her out of the water and sat her on the ledge of the pathway. As Haruto heaved himself onto the concrete, the blonde took a deep breath in.

"Haruto! Listen to me!" Lucy exclaimed louder than she should have, making him flinch.

"Y-y-yes…?"

"I have no idea how to say this but…" The female began hyperventilating as her anxiety rose up.

"Lu-"

"No! No… Just… Just give me a second…" The blonde closed her eyes continuing. "I'm… I'm your mother…" When Lucy didn't hear a reaction, she cautiously opened her eyes to see her son smiling as he watched the sunset. "H-H-Haruto…?"

"I… I know."

"How? How did you know? When did you find out?"

"Well… do you remember when I was younger, I almost got hit by a car when I was trying to get my handball from the road?" The teen turned to look at her.

"Yeah… and a lady carried you to safety and scolded you…"

"That lady told me that you were my mother. She said that when the time is right, you would tell me and that you loved me too much to let me in on the truth."

"Do you know who she is? Did she tell you her name? Anything?"

"She said that she was your mother."

Like a knife had stabbed her chest, Lucy placed her hand over the area and gripped onto her shirt, finding it hard to breathe.

"My… my Mama told you…? She was watching over you through everything…?" Tears streamed down her face as the sky went dark.

"Obaasan told me to keep quiet until you were ready. I'm sorry you had to go through all that, Mama… she said you were still going through too much trauma so I had to wait."

"You… you called me Mama…" Lucy's shoulders shook violently as the tears continued to fall.

"I know you had your reasons for not staying with me, and not raising me… and I'm not angry."

"LUCY! HARUTO! LUSHYYYYYYYYYYY!" A loud, obnoxious voice echoed through the streets.

The blonde wiped her tears from her eyes and cheeks before she stood up, shivering from her wet clothes and the night breeze.

"Lucy?! Lucy!" Natsu came running towards them and engulfed both in a warm hug. "Where have you idiots been?!"

Lucy laughed as she wiped the rest of her tears with the back of her hand.

"Why are you crying? Haruto! I swear to God if you were the one that made her cry, I'll chop your bal-"

"Natsu! Natsu… It's ok. I told Haruto the truth and it turns out, he already knew."

"Wait… hold up! Say it slower this time, I didn't get it."

The two blondes deadpanned as Natsu shrugged, wrapping his arms around Lucy's waist. The female held her son's hands in hers and smiled sweetly.

"Oh! One more thing. Obaasan told me that she said something to you when you were little. She said that you would tell me too." Haruto tilted his head a little in question.

"I love you…?"

"No, no… Obaasan said you'd say 'I love you' to Dad. Something else."

Natsu blushed as he shuffled around, readjusting his hands around her waist slightly in embarrassment.

"Oh… Haruto, remember that I would never abandon you without a good reason, do you understand?"

"I know."

"And remember, there's nothing fortunate about having your fate decided for you. You have to grab your own happiness." Lucy smiled as she placed a strand of hair behind her ear.

Meeting you was fate,

Becoming your friend was a choice,

But falling in love with you, I had no control over…

That end bit, if you guys remember, is very similar to the very first bit of the whole story! I wanted to tie the story up with a big bow as the start and finish were practically the same with Lucy saying to her child what her mother said to her!

So now that this is finished, I'm glad that you all liked this story and to be honest, it's kind of sad to see it end. I really enjoyed reading all of your reviews and seeing a new notification when I get another person to enjoy this story. Thank you all for being on this ride with me. A new story should come out soon (by soon I mean around 3-6 months... heh) as I am working on 3 new stories! I want to perfect them so they wont be out any time soon. Anyways, please stay tuned and thank you for reading!

Timothynvb... OUT! Enjoy!