Lucy couldn't help but yawn in her seat at the Guild's bar. She was so damn tired but she knew that she couldn't fall asleep, at least not in a place like this. She knew her friends and what they do to those they caught sleeping and she did not want to walk out of here with marker all over her face. So she forced herself to stay awake, as long as she kept her mind thinking and aware of the possible dangers then she would be alright.

"Well you look tired." she glanced over at Mirajane who placed a cup of coffee in front of her. "Long night?" she asked with a sweet smile.

Lucy nodded and sent her a grateful smile for the coffee. "You could say that," she yawned once more but shook away the sleep that was threatening to overtake her. "Natsu showed up last night with Happy. Seems like he ate a bad fish and came down with a fever, Natsu didn't know what to do so while he panicked I spent most of the night caring for Happy." she recalled the frightened look on her teammate's face as he came carrying in a feverish Happy in his arms. He seemed so lost and confused and absolutely worried that she couldn't bring herself to yell at him for barging in but instead gave him instructions on what would help heal the blue exceed. It took them most of the night but they were able to get Happy's fever down and it resulted with her being dead tired.

"That's is so sweet," Mirajane cooed, a light giggle escaping her. "You and Natsu were acting like real parents. I bet he must feel really grateful to you." she said this with a wink but Lucy was too tired to deal with her and her matchmaking habits.

So she just waved it off. "He was glad that I was able to help but I doubt he thought of it as anything more than a friend helping out. Besides didn't he promise Lisanna that she could be his wife someday?" she wouldn't admit it but she was a little jealous of that promise. She knew that she held some feelings for her pink-haired partner but she also knew that Lisanna did and she had no doubts that Natsu felt something for the young Take-Over mage. She was positive, after all with a bond like theirs came feelings so when the time came and they became official she would cheer them on with a bright smile.

"Yes, that's true," Mirajane smiled down at Lucy, she understood what she was going through. "But feelings do change overtime. You never know what a person is feeling unless you ask them."

Lucy only gave her a bitter smile in return. "When it comes to Lisanna you don't need to ask Natsu. It's completely obvious that he's very happy that she's back and I'm happy for them. A bond like theirs is very strong and I don't want to come between them. They were apart for two years, they deserve to finally enjoy being together after such a long separation."

"Lucy," Mirajane placed her hands over hers and gave them a soft squeeze. "You really do have a heart of gold." this time the smile Lucy wore was not a bitter one but a grateful one, she was glad to hear such kind words from one of her closest friends.

"Lucy!" everyone stopped what they were doing and watched as a frantic Natsu went running up to the blonde mage with a bag in one hand and Happy in his other. "I need your help!" he cried, looking worried and concerned for his dear friend.

"What is it?" Lucy asked, eyes looking over the blue exceed that was being carried roughly in his friend's arms.

Natsu frowned and pointed at his best friend. "Happy won't take his medicine. He refuses to take it no matter how much I tell him to."

Lucy watched the blue exceed groan at the loud noises and she let out a low sigh. "Give me him," she instructed and he listened, letting her grab his partner and crawled him like a baby. "First off yelling at a sick person never helps and neither does running around like a maniac. You have to be more gentle," she said in a hushed tone as she held Happy gently in her arms, one hand going to stroke his fur and smiled as soft purrs escaped him. "Second if he won't take his medicine the normal way then you have to get him to take it another way." she grabbed the bottle of medicine and handed it Mirajane. "Can you crush the recommended pills up for me and put them in a bottle of milk?"

"Of course." Mira gave a nod and went off to prepare the medicine the way she was told to do so.

Lucy turned back to Natsu who took the barstool next to hers. "A lot of times when a person is sick they have a hard time swallowing pills so it helps to grind them up and put them into something that is usually healthy and easy for them to take. Also considering that Happy ate a bad fish means that his appetite probably won't come back for a while so if he says he's not hungry then don't force him to eat. Let him eat what he can and make sure it's all healthy food, nothing that can cause his stomach to feel worse."

Natsu nodded, "Got it." if he had a pen and paper he would have been taking all of this down but for now he would just record it all to memory.

"Here you go, Lucy." Mira came right back with a bottle of milk that contained the medicine inside.

"Thank you, Mira." Lucy thanked her friend and feed the bottle to Happy that happily suckled on the bottle. His two paws held the bottle as she drank what was inside, a content look appearing on his face.

"Aw, Happy looks so cute." Lisanna said as she, Gray, Erza, Levy, and Wendy all walked over to them.

"He's acting like a real baby." Levy commented in a hush as they watched the blue exceed drink his milk.

"Yes, and he is behaving very well." Erza commented with a grin of approval.

"For now," Lisanna giggled softly. "Usually when Happy gets sick he gets all fussy and doesn't like anybody touching him."

Lucy looked up at her in surprise. "Really?"

"Yep. The last few times I saw Happy sick he was always pushing away people and Natsu usually had to leave him at home because of how bad he was." no sooner did she say that did Happy start fussing around in Lucy's arms. He tossed and turned and let out light groans as he tried to escape from her arms. "There he goes. Natsu I think you should take him home now."

"Yeah, I guess you're right." Natsu agreed with a low sigh and stood up to take his best friend back home. He was worried for the little guy and seeing him act like this only made him worry more.

Lucy stared down at the fussing Happy for a moment before she stopped Natsu from taking him from her arms. "I think I know what's wrong with him." she took the bottle away and readjusted him in her arms so he would be comfortable. She started to stroke his fur once more and rocked him back and forth, all the while whispering soft words into his ears and making sure that she wasn't smothering him. Soon enough he had calmed down in her arms and was now sleeping peacefully.

Everyone looked on in wonder at her. "Wow, you got him to calm down." Lisanna gasped in amazement.

Lucy nodded. "I remember one of the maids from my manor doing the same thing to their son when he was sick. Happy probably still has a light fever and my body heat was probably making him feel uncomfortable. I can remember my maid saying that if you can get them to relax enough they'll fall asleep and rest off the fever and by the time they wake up they'll feel a lot better." she said while she rocked the sleeping Happy in her arms.

"Hey you're really good at this." Gray commented with a grin and gave Lucy an affectionate pat on the head. "You're like a real mother."

Wendy gave a nod of agreement. "Lucy-San does have a motherly feeling to her. I'm sure Happy must feel this as well."

Erza grinned down at her friend. "Yes, she is very skilled," suddenly the air around her changed and she had a hard look on her face. "I will admit defeat for now but next time I will not lose so easily!" she said before walking off.

Lucy froze in her spot as she watched her go. "What was that about?" she asked but she wasn't really sure if she wanted to know.

"I think you unintentionally challenged Erza to a battle to see who can be more motherly." Lisanna replied, feeling pity for her friend who was mostly likely going to be getting a challenge demand from Erza.

Lucy sighed. "You're kidding me right." she couldn't believe that Erza actually felt threatened by that.

Gray just laughed. "Hey if it make you feel any better I say you'll make a better mom then Erza. She would probably make her kid start training the moment it can walk," he gave a light shudder, they all did actually at the thought. "Whoever you marry is probably gonna be one lucky guy."

Mirajane gave a sneaky grin. "And just what are you implying, Gray?"

Her comment had both Lucy and Gray blushes and neither could look at each other for a moment. "N-No! T-That's not w-w-what I meant. I-I was just...!"

"You're just lucky Juvia is out on a mission or else the whole Guild would have been flooded by now." Levy added in and it caused everyone to start laughing. They could already see the water mage crying over the thought of losing Gray to her love rival and let her water magic lose on them in a fit of rage.

Lucy laughed along with her friends as they discussed more on what Juvia would have done if she heard the current conversation. She noticed however that Natsu was being strangely quiet and when she looked over to see why she saw that he was staring at her. His eyes seemed glazed over, as if he was lost in thought but he didn't move his gaze from her. "Natsu?" she called to him, putting a hand on his knee to make sure that he was alright. "Are you ok?"

He seemed startled at her sudden gesture but gave a quick nod. "Yeah, I'm good." he breathed out.

She wondered if he was still worried about Happy. "Ok, well I'm gonna take Happy outside for a bit and rest by the pool. Fresh air sometime helps in these situations." she told them as she walked out of the Guild and went to sit down in one of the lawn chairs. "Good thing I wore my swimsuit." she placed Happy down for a moment to change into her swimming attire. She had planned on taking a swim to help keep her awake but now it seemed like she would be doing nothing more than getting a nice tan. With a relaxing sigh she set the blue exceed down in her lap and began to stroke his soft fur once more, low purrs escaping him every so often and the sounds of them were putting her to sleep. "I'm sure taking a little nap wouldn't hurt." she concluded before closing her eyes and letting sleep takeover.

Natsu had watched Lucy go and strangely he felt a weird feeling in the pit of his stomach as she left. It was a feeling he had become used to but had yet to idenitfy it or what it meant. It was like he didn't want her to go, or leave his sight. He wanted to go with her but he couldn't bring himself to move so instead he watched her go and let his head hit the table top with a soft thud. "You look like you've seen better days." Mirajane commented and he gave a small nod. "You don't need to worry about Happy. Lucy knows what she's doing so I'm sure he'll start feeling better in no time."

Her words however didn't make him feel better. "What about me though?" he asked himself, not realizing that he spoke out loud.

"Hmm? Did you say something?" Mira had heard him but she hadn't understood what he had said.

"Nothing," he jumped to his feet and headed towards the door. "I'm gonna check on Happy." he waved her off and exited the Guild, nose guiding him towards his two best friends. Not too many people were by the pool today, only a few were swimming and they were too busy to notice him pass by. Which was fine by him, he wanted to get to Lucy and Happy as quick as possible. He didn't know why but his mind was screaming at him to get to Lucy as fast as possible and he didn't even want to know what his body was screaming.

He came upon his two friends and stopped short at what he saw. Happy seemed to wake up, an uncomfortable look on his face as he stood on his two back legs and made himself more comfortable as he rested on Lucy. His head resting on her chest like a pillow as his small arms hugged her, unconsciously Lucy's arms moved in her sleep to wrap around Happy as well. They two really did look like mother and son at the moment.

All too fast his mind flashed him an imagine of Lucy holding a baby boy with rose colored hair and looking a lot like himself. He was seeing Lucy holding his baby, no...their baby. With a gulp he made his way towards the blonde and leaned over her, eyes travelling over her perfect body and landing on her flat stomach, he placed a hand on it and made small circles with his fingers and caused a hushed laugh to escape her. "Lucy," he leaned down lips slowly crashing down on hers and all to soon his body became aware of what he really wanted. "My wife." he knew what he wanted, or rather who. With a gentle grip he carried her and the resting Happy back to their home where he would set up and welcome his wife to her new life.