Are you shocked? I finally updated. This is the final chapter as well. So finally, here you go. :)

She froze.

Her mind went blank and she found it hard to breath. All she knew about Gray's parents are the things she had learned on Tenrou Island, that they had been killed by Deliora when he was young. She had never asked him more because she didn't think it was appropriate, but in all honesty she had always been a little curious.

There was silence and she immediately began to feel guilt.

"I-I...sorry...I didn't mine to-"

"No, its fine" Gray interrupted her. She could tell he was trying to sound more cheerful and change the mood. "You told me some things about your Mom, and in a way I've kind of felt like I owed you anyway..."

"Oh..." was all she could manage.

"Well, I managed to make this horribly awkward!" Lucy mentally screamed at herself. Regret about bringing it up started to take over, but her curiosity remained. The last thing she wanted was to drag any of his painful memories into the light though, so she remained quit and tried to think of something to say to break the tension.

"S-so this weather right?!" she blurted out. "Way to be generic Lucy!"

Gray stopped once more.

"Do you want to know about him?" he said calmly as if it wasn't really something of importance.

"If...it doesn't bother you then yes." she told him honestly. "Did he teach you how to do this stuff?"

Gray laughed. It was almost a bitter laugh but still manage to sound cheerful. "No, he only taught me very basic stuff, and everything else I know is from the times he let me watch him work. He told me he'd teach me every thing I needed to know when I was older" he paused as if remembering something he had forgotten. "He was amazing. If he were here he'd be able to do a lot better then I can. You wouldn't be stuck with all this makeshift stuff I'm putting together for you."

"Beggars can't be choosers, and I think your doing great. Have a thanked you in the last five minutes?" Lucy explained with sarcasm lacing her last sentence. "He sounds like a great man Gray."

"He was." he paused and looked down at the open palm of his right hand. "Its kind of ironic. He didn't need magic to create amazing things. All he need was his hands and a few tools and it was like anything you could imagine would be there in an instant."

He sat there staring at his open and hand and Lucy simply looked on and wondered what thoughts were running through his head. Then suddenly he turned his hand into a fist and looked back at her.

"I think I'm about done here." he said while opening and closing the newly repaired cabinet door in front of him.

"Uhh, yes it looks wonderful! Thank You!" she practically sung.

Gray scowled and reached his hand over until it was in front of her face. He then proceed to poke her in the forehead with two figures in a decently forceful manner. Shocked and in a little pain, Lucy swiftly covered her forehead and began to rub the spot in hopes that there would be no mark left behind.

"You need to stop saying that. I thought you would have understood by now that I don't work like that. Whether its something simple like this or life and death, I'm always going to have your back, and thats something you'll never have to 'thank' me for. Understand?" he told her in a serious tone.

With her hands still on her forehead she nodded softly to show him she knew what he meant.

"Alright, do you have anything else for me? I think we're about done in here."

"Well..." she began and moved her hands to her lap. "There is one thing."

Lucy sat in a lawn cheer across the street with a glass of lemonade in her hand. With her eyes now being covered by sunglasses she looked to her roof where Gray was hard at work nailing new panels into place. Her roof had needed repair for some time but her landlady had used the excuse of Lucy's often late rent as a reason for her to not do anything about it. But seeing as he was eager and willing to help, she saw no reason for him not fix said problem for her.

Not to mention, the fact that he now had a legitimate excuse to not wear his shirt at the moment, gave her a pretty nice view at the moment. So she felt a little guilty as she watched him work from a far. They had mutually agreed that she would do nothing but get in the way up there, so after she made him promise several times that he wouldn't hurt himself, he got to work.

She was just about to refresh her glass from the pitcher next to her when she was suddenly interrupted by a sweet voice.

"Hard at work?" Mirajane's voice softly asked.

"M-Mira-san!?" Lucy blurted out and nearly dropped her glass and the pitcher. "What are you doing here?" she followed up with after she had gathered herself.

The white haired women laughed cheerfully. '"I came to see how the two of you were doing." Her blue eyes swifted to Gray hard at work on the roof. "I see your enjoying the view." she told her with that all knowing voice she had.

"I-Its not like that!" Lucy almost shouted and blushed. "It was just..I uhh.."

Mira simply laughed and held her hand in front of her to stop the other women from embarrassing herself any farther. "Its alright I understand"

After a short while the older of the two took a glass herself and took small sips from it as they both looked on in silence.

"You know..." Mira started to say and caught Lucy's attention. "...sometimes after everyone destroys the guild during one of our parties, Gray will come back after everyone is gone and helped me fix things. I always got the feeling that it was something very private for him and thats why he didn't do it in front of the others, so I've never told anyone about it. Thats why yesterday, when he volunteered to help you I was a little shocked. But I guess it just shows how much he trust you."

Lucy looked up at her with a slightly surprised look on her face. She was so new to the guild compared to the others and yet he had done something like that for her? She was already beyond grateful to him but after what Mira had just told her, she now felt even more gratitude towards him.

"I think that some day, a girl out there is going to be extremely lucky to have him as her husband." Mira added and looked back to him.

"Yeah..." Lucy subconsciously agreed while still partially lost in her own thoughts.

A few moments a silence past by before Mira gained her infamous smirk and started to say excitedly "And maybe that girl will be you Lu-"

"Enough of that!"

Meanwhile, Gray rolled his eyes as he finished putting a nail into place.

The End.

Lets start off by apologizing for the long wait. I've been so busy with countless stories and just life in general that this story kind of got swept under the rug. But I decided I needed to finish this story since so many of you seemed to like it. I apologize again if it feels like a lackluster ending. I've kind of fallen out of the Fairy Tail fandom so I was worried I wouldn't be able to do this story justice. I did my best though and I hope you like it. Like always, if you feel like it, I appreciate reviews. :)