A/N: It's here! The final chapter. Thank you to everyone whose been reading, reviewing and watching this story, as well as all the favourites. You've all been really inspiration to me, making me want to write this story, since it was my first Fairy Tail fan fiction! I'm planning on a new story soon, but we'll see.

Chapter Twenty-Five – Final

-Two years later-

Gray Fullbuster stepped in from the backyard into his mother's home tugging at the muddied boats as he did. After yesterday's heavy rain, the garden had become muddy, but at least the flowers Ur and he had planted got a nice watering. Tugging off the rain jacket, he slung it over the sink, before he began to meddle with his hair. It didn't take him long to smell breakfast cooking.

Tempted by the lovely smell of pancakes, he finished cleaning himself up and wandered into the kitchen where his brother was cooking the morning meal. "Good Morning," Gray said, sitting down at the counter. "Is Ur still sleeping?"

"Yeah, she still is, but I was hungry and all I could hear was you making a racket outside. So I got up."

"Do I get pancakes?"

Leon shot him a nasty look. "Only because I'm a darling brother who just happens to love you and Ur enough to bother." Gray grinned brightly. They sat down quietly to eat for the most part, Leon casually flipped through the paper, looking at times for movies when he spoke up. "So, today's the day, huh."

"Pardon?"

"Lucy, she should be coming home today."

Gray twitched at hearing her name. Unconsciously, he began to play with the ring on his finger, a little nervous all of a sudden. "It is too… but it's too wet today, she'll be better waiting for when the sun comes back out."

"Yeah, don't want to ruin any of her nice clothes," Leon smiled.

"Good Morning," Ur chirped as she stepped into the kitchen just that second. "Mm, smells wonderful. You cooked pancakes?"

"Of course I did, yours is in the microwave, waiting for you," Leon grinned back she hugged Gray before giving him the morning hug.

"Got any plans today, you two?"

"Juvia wants to see that new horror movie," Leon groaned, making Gray laughed. He'd been arguing about that over the phone last night. "Why can't she be a normal girl and want to see those stupid romance movies? I mean, I'm chilled with that, yet she wants to see a horror!"

"But Juvia isn't normal," Gray commented as Ur sat at the end of the table, between her two sons. "Juvia never will be, besides, the movie got rather good ratings. It'll be a bummer not to see it on the big screen."

"Will you be eating lunch together?" Ur asked.

"Lunch and dinner, I promised to take her shopping to look for toys for her new puppy. So, we're going to be gone most of the afternoon."

"That's fine, it's my turn to cook dinner anyways," Gray replied before looking at Ur. "Got anything in mind?"

"No idea, but I'm sure you'll make something wonderful," Ur grinned back. "Or we could always order take out."

"Take out is tomorrow night," Leon protested. "You wouldn't dare order take out two nights in a row!"

"Hey, you're the one who's eating out," Ur laughed as Gray shook his head, grinning like a moron. "I think Gray and I could do whatever we want."

"Totally not cool!"

They laughed about it for a moment. "Gray, what do you planned to do today?"

"Well, since I don't have work, I was thinking about finishing off Final Fantasy, nearly finished it after all. After that, I have no freaking idea what I'm going to do."

"You'll need to get a new game," Leon replied. "Besides, I started that before you, how the hell can you nearly be finished."

"You have a girlfriend; my date's normally the TV if Levy and Ezra haven't dragged me off to play."

"You still upset because of what Levy said."

Gray rolled his eyes. "Lucy wrote a sex scene in her novel and Levy had to describe it in full, in public. And then Ezra had the nerve to comment about it at lunch! I swear they're out to kill me."

"That's girls for you, but I bet their glad Lucy comes home soon."

"Yeah, they haven't shut up about it. They want to throw a party for her."

"That's a wonderful idea!" Ur cried, slamming her hands on the table and startling the two boys. "We could have it here!"

"Oh no, last time we threw anything here, I was still cleaning up a week later," Gray said, Leon nodding in agreement. "If there's a party it's not happening here."

Ur looked sad at that. "We could always book a table at a restaurant. Everyone can pay for their own food, but we could still have a large table. Lucy would like that."

"Yes, that does sound nice… or maybe Gray would rather have a private dinner with her," Ur winked at him, making Gray blush.

"He has to share; otherwise Ezra and Levy will kill him… not to mention Loke, who still has feelings for Lucy."

Oh joy! Gray forgot about that! "I'm fine with sharing; I just hope she waits until the rain clears up. I would hate for her to get dirty and muddy."

"A bit of mud never hurt anyone," Ur laughed as the two teens faces scrunched up in distaste.

Three days passed and finally the ground back to dry up. This was what she'd wanted, a nice day to come back. Lucy sat in the car with Natsu, who chirped away about things. Igneel didn't come along for the drive, but it didn't bother either of them. "So you want me to drop you off at Ur's place first before I do my own thing."

"Yes please," Lucy smiled at him. "I'm sorry you had to do this."

"After you totalled the car Igneel brought you?" Natsu laughed. "Igneel was so upset, so someone else had to do it. Besides, I'm going to catch up with a few friends from school. I'll let the girls know you're home too, by the way."

"Thanks, Natsu," Lucy kissed his cheek as he pulled up to the two story house. "You'll be back at your apartment tonight, right?"

"Yeah, just a stone throw away. If you need anything, just give me a call, okay?"

"Thanks again," Lucy said, slipping from the wagon. She went to the back and pulled her extra large trunk out before seeing him off. Turning slowly, she stared at the house, unconsciously playing with the promise ring on her finger. Would Gray be happy to see her?

Gray hated playing this game. He went out and brought a brand new game after completely Final Fantasy and was already annoyed at it. Turning it off, he sulked against the couch, staring up at the roof. Lucy hadn't come home yet… Maybe she wouldn't?

No! He couldn't think like that! Lucy would come home, and then…

The doorbell rung, but he was too lazy to get up and get it, besides, Ur got there in record time. Unable to see who was at the door from where he sat, he continued to stare at the roof, feeling like a downer by every passing second.

Ur let out a scream.

Gray was on his feet before he realised, racing towards the door. "Ur, what's wro…"

Gray went silent when he realised who Ur was hugging.

His throat went dry, and a small tremble raced through him.

Ur released the woman she was holding turning to him with excitement. Lucy stood there, wearing a beautiful summer dress and hat, her hair platted to one side, ribbons twirled in it.

She was more beautiful than he remember.

No, she was always beautiful, but now she'd made the transition into a woman. He choked, trying to work out her name from under the lump that formed in his throat.

"Hello, Gray," Lucy said, pulling the hat off her head. "It's good to see you again."

Gray could only nod, his throat just not working with him. "Oh look at him, he's so excited to see you he's forgotten one of the most important human functions called talking," Ur laughed, Lucy smiled.

Talk about embarrassing!

Gray went to clear his throat when the air was forced out of him. Lucy particularly jumped on him, wrapping her arms around his neck, laughing. It took him a moment to work out that he was meant to hug her back. Burying his face in her hair, he smiled to himself. She was home, she'd come back home to him.

Ur looked ready to cry, so Gray began to curse her. If she did, how was he going to stop himself from crying? "I missed you so much."

"Yeah," Gray finally managed to speak up. "I missed you too, Lucy. More than you could possibly imagine."

"Well, it is your fault I went away."

"This is true," he chuckled to himself. "But now you're here." Something tickled inside him and he let go of her, before taking her hand. "I want to show you something!"

"Woah! Gray," Lucy gasped out when he began to lead them towards the back. "Show me what?"

"You'll see."

He opened the back doors revealing the backyard. He held Lucy take a sharp breath before stepping outside, through the door he held open. Gray watched her face light up as she admired the garden. He'd spent two years on it, just so he could show her when she got back. "It's beautiful," she said, spinning around to see the full extent. "How…?"

"Ur helped me a lot, sometimes Levy and Ezra popped in and helped out as well. I spent the last two years doing it, keeping myself busy when I didn't have work."

"It's wonderful, Gray," Lucy breathed before smiling at him. "It'd be lovely to have a small table and chairs set up out here. It'd be a beautiful place to eat."

Yeah, he'd been asking Ur if he could buy a table set for out here. "I'm glad you like it."

"Like it? Gray, it's beautiful. Ur's backyard wasn't ever really nice, but you've done so much out here. She must be thrilled with it."

"She is," Gray grinned. He stepped forward, opening his arms so Lucy could come back to him. he hugged her tightly, feeling a little overwhelmed. "You stole my shirt, did you know that?"

Lucy laughed. "I liked that shirt."

"So did I," he chuckled. "Never mind, as long as it got a decent use out of it."

"It did," Lucy whispered, closing her eyes. "Gray… we should run away. Like we promised."

"Not yet, Ezra threatened to castrate me if I took you away before she or Levy got to see you. I rather keep my assets, thank you very much."

"Poor Gray, you had to put up with them all this time."

"Nah, it's been fine, after all, they forgave me… Loke still hasn't, but I'm sure he will."

"Poor Loke," Lucy laughed. "How's Juvia going?"

"Still with Leon, surprisingly."

"She hasn't been stalking you?"

Gray snorted a laugh out. "Nah, I haven't had much to do with her, really."

Lucy was quiet for a moment. "When you're ready, where do you want to go?"

"What do you mean?"

"When we run away, where do you want to go?"

"Wherever you want to be."

"Well, that's wherever you are," Lucy replied, looking up at him. "Just saying."

Gray laughed out, unable to help himself. "Well, then, we could go anywhere, even leave the country."

"No, Levy would hate me for that."

"Then what's the point of running away then?"

Lucy just laughed burying her face into his shoulder. "Silly Gray."

Gray smiled, tightening his grip. Closing his eyes, he breathed in her scent, feeling more at ease than he'd been for the last two years. "Welcome home, Lucy."

"Thank you, Gray."

They stood there, quiet in each other's arms.

"I love you."

"Yeah, I love you too."

A/N: THANK YOU GUYS FOR READING! I hope you've enjoyed reading 3, 2 Run. It turned out different to what I wanted, truthfully, so the summary may feel a little out of place now, but never mind! As long as it was enjoyed by you all, then that's the main thing. Keep an eye out for any new work I bring out, it may be a while, but I am in the works of a new fan fiction for Gray and Lucy. I'm planning on making about Angels and Demons, so look forward to that =D

A/N2: Just wanted to add. You can look up my next projects on my profile. Just look under "Future Projects" to see what I have instore (if they have a summary, then I've already started them.) =D