an: With this chapter I bring this story to a close. I want to thank everyone who has supported me and this fic, I love you all! I can't believe I'm done with my two chapter fics and have no story that has a chapter that needs to be written!

I do have several ideas for other fanfics, some for Fairy Tail, Sailor Moon and The 100. But I don't know when I'll get to them.

I hope you enjoy this chapter. :)

-Five months later-

Lucy POV

"…Will you marry me?" I looked on in silence, not quite sure how to react.

"No." I gasped at the answer, staring at Levy with my mouth hanging open. Everyone else echoed my shock as we watched Jet's face morph from nervous, and hopeful to devastated, and tearful. He dejectedly lowered his hand that held a ring I couldn't see and then shakily rose to his feet. Within the next breath Levy took his hands in hers and knelt down in front of him. "Oh Jet, don't act like that. We already talked about this last night." She said softly, raising his head to look into his eyes. At that answer I saw him relax a bit as he sighed tiredly.

"I thought…" He started, shrugging when he couldn't come up with the words.

"I know but I meant what I said before. I'd love nothing more than to marry you, but this – our baby can't be the reason we rush into this. There are still things we need to work on, not to mention that we have only been living together for three months. That's not nearly enough time to determine if we will get on each other's nerves or not.

"I love you, you know I do. But I want to know that you love me as much as I love you and that you trust me a hundred percent before we tie the knot. If you still want to marry me after we've had the baby then I will drag you to the nearest church as soon as possible." When Jet made a strangled noise in protest Levy smiled and shook her head. "I know that's still nine months away but by then we will know if we can handle every part of each other because let's face it, I'm going to be horrible to live with when all of the hormones kick in." They both laughed at that, before leaning into each other to kiss softly. As one, the guild sighed in relief that they hadn't broken up.

It took the guild a few minutes before they realized what Levy had said.

"YOU'RE PREGNANT?" Mira squealed, barreling down to Levy and gently taking the Soild Script Mage into her arms to hug her. She was followed closely behind by the rest of the girls, everyone besides Evergreen and I.

I chucked as I watched the two groups laughing and talking loudly. Elfman was patting Jet on the back, rather hard, while saying he was the man while the other guys congratulated him and make inappropriate jokes that occasionally had to be explained to Natsu. While the guys did their thing the girls were all seated at two tables that had been dragged together by Erza. They all talked excitedly about the gender, names, and potential powers the baby may get.

By the few questioning glances up at me I knew that the girls were wondering why I wasn't down there with them. But that was easy, I already knew about the pregnancy. A month ago Laxus had muttered something about another brat running around by the end of the year, and I had pestered him into telling me whose it was. When he said it was Levy I was happy for her and caught up to her as she left the guild to congratulate her and suggest she stay away from Natsu if she didn't want the whole guild to know quite yet. But by the look of her face she hadn't known. Luckily Laxus was following behind us, at a distance of course, because Levy's eyes rolled and she fainted. Quickly catching her, I didn't have to wait long for Laxus to catch up to us to take her out of my hands and carry her to the hospital. When she woke up a half an hour later she was babbling and crying. Worried about what she was going to do and what Jet would want to do. But as she cried I saw her make a decision; no matter what happened she was going to keep the baby.

It wasn't until then, five months after I returned to the guild from being kidnapped, that Levy and I started rebuilding our friendship. We took a day trip to the neighboring town to get prenatal vitamins, and for her to be checked out by a doctor, who said that it was too early to tell anything, but since she was a healthy young woman that complications weren't likely to arise. For the past month I had held her hand whenever she got freaked out, went to the store with her for anything she felt she needed, and stealthily hid pregnancy books behind dust jackets of books Jet would never pick up. Then last week she had told me that it was time for her to tell Jet, something I had been trying to get her to do since the beginning. I hadn't heard how the talk had gone, but now I knew why since it hadn't happened until last night.

Seeing Levy look over at me, I smiled and waved declining her invitation to join in the mass of squealing women. When she sent a silent plea for me to save her I shook my head again and grinned. She stuck her tongue out at me before answering one of the many questions she was being bombarded with.

"You too have gotten close lately." Ever said cautiously, not looking away from her nails as she filed them. Looking at her I reached over to grab the hand that held the file and squeezed it.

"Yeah we have but I remember who was there for me through everything, even though we barely knew each other. You have nothing to worry about Ever." I said reassuring her that she wouldn't be replaced, because even though Levy and I were closer than we had been in months I didn't trust her as much as Ever or Erza. Feeling a returning squeeze, I saw her smile and nod her head before releasing her hand and leaning my back onto Laxus' chest.

I felt his warm breath on my neck as he leaned forward to kiss it. "You're amazing." He said in between kisses. I hummed in agreement, only to start laughing as he tickled my sides at my cocky response. "I'm serious. You didn't have to reassure Ever, or help Levy, but you did anyways. Your just keep showing me how lucky I am to have you." As he finished speaking he turned my head to the side to capture my lips.

I moaned quietly against his lips wishing that we were back in my apartment or at his house so I could deepen the kiss. Unfortunately we weren't and I was reminded of that fact when I heard Bickslow clear his throat loudly. Sighing we broke the kiss, returning to our semi-cuddly position.

"You're no fun Bickslow." I joked.

"I can be a lot of fun Cosplayer, if you wanna get out of here I'll show y- oww!" Bickslow yelped, standing up quickly while cupping his butt. The four of us laughed, knowing exactly what had happened.

In the five months that we had been dating Laxus was just as possessive, and was completely over any sexual jokes Bickslow had to offer when it came to me. Placing my hands on top of his that were resting on my thighs I interlaced our fingers and pressed back into my unhappy boyfriend.

"He was just joking." I laughed. "Plus even if he were I'd never take him up on his offer, no offense Bickslow, you're like a brother to me now." Bickslow stabbed his chest with an imaginary dagger, pretending to be wounded at my sentiment, but I knew he felt the same sibling love for me as I did for him.

A day after Levy's announcement the guild got another surprise as our missing Dragon Slayer burst through the doors, moments after I felt Laxus stiffen up behind me.

"Really?" I murmured to Laxus without looking at him as Gajeel strode up the stairs as he followed Makarov into his office. Pulling away from Laxus so I could turn around and look at him I saw that he had donned his 'I don't feel anything mask' and looked at me impassively. Instead of saying anything I shook my head at him and got up to leave.

"Lucy." He said grabbing my arm before I could leave.

"I'm not mad Laxus, just a little disappointed. I'm going to go sit by my team for a bit." I said, seeing how his masked slipped to see that he was worried about what I was thinking. Wanting to put him at ease, at least somewhat I gave him a quick peck on the cheek before getting up and walking to the table my team sat around.

Laxus POV

"What was that about?" Ever asked as I felt her eyes glaring daggers at me.

"…I don't know." I said truthfully, watching Lucy throw her head back, laughing at something Natsu said.

"Well whatever it was you better find out what it is, and fix it. Lucy is going to think you don't trust her if you tense up every time her ex is around." Ever said leaning on the table.

"I agree with Ever, Laxus-sama. Gajeel and Lucy-san ended things for good and he is aware that she chose you." Freed said into his book.

"What they said." Bickslow grunted.

"They said. They said. They said." His babies mimicked from their spot on the table.

"Thanks for having my back." I said sarcastically, downing the rest of my beer as I continued to watch Lucy.

"Anytime." Bickslow laughed, getting up to order us a few more drinks.

"You're happier than you've ever been when you're with her. We just don't want you to accidentally throw it away with your possessiveness. I mean seriously how she's put up with you this long, especially when her friends hug her, I have no idea. We get it, everyone gets it. She's off limits, she's yours, whatever." Ever huffed sitting up straight when I whipped my head around to look at her. When I did I saw the concern in her eyes, and the fear that I would accidentally push Lucy away with my overbearing possessiveness.

"Laxus-sama, why don't you attempt to reconcile your feelings by talking with Gajeel?" Freed suggested, still reading his book.

Thinking that, that was the best solution to my problem I stood up and stalked to my office door, leaning on it, waiting for the Iron bastard to reappear. A half an hour later I stood up straight and watched Gramps' door open and Gajeel walk out. With a jerk of my head I told him to follow me, pleased that he had listened. As the door closed behind us, and was locked I turned around to face him, only to have his fist meet my cheek and send me flying into the wall besides my desk.

"What'd you do to her?" He growled, nose flared.

"Nothing." I said moving my jaw side to side to pop it back into place.

"That flash of pain I smelled says otherwise." He said still glaring at me.

"None of your damned business." I said walking towards him. "She's not your concern anymore."

When he lashed out at me again I was prepared. Dodging his fist, and subsequent kick I stepped behind him and kicked his one leg out from under him, sending him crashing into the ground. Flipping him over with my foot I held him there with a foot to his chest.

"Lucy is of no concern to you, other than a guild mate. You won't try to win her back, she made her choice already and doesn't need to worry about your damned feelings anymore." I said levelly until he started laughing.

"Gihihihi, is that what this is about? You're worried I'll go after her again?" He said staring up at me. Cautiously removing my boot from his chest I took a step back and offered him a hand up. He looked at my hand as if I'd shock him but he took it all the same, looking shocked when I didn't zap him. "Bunn-." He stopped when I growled at the nickname. "Bunny and I talked about this, as long as she is happy I'm happy for her. Do I wish that she hadn't chosen your sparky ass over me? Yes. But I fucked up, and scared her away.

"You're gonna have to get used to Bunny and I talking, cause we're going to be 'friends'." He said sadly. "And I'm not going anywhere for some time, so you're stuck with me."

"You won't -."

"Weren't you listening? I won't be making any moves, but if you fuck up all bets are off." He said smugly as he walked, more like limped, to the door.

"If you do anything…" I left the threat open cause I knew he understood what I meant when he scoffed before slamming out of the door.

A few minutes later after a shot or two of whiskey I stepped out of my office and joined my team. They all gave me a look, asking if everything had been settled. When I nodded they resumed what they had been doing; Bickslow watching his babies, Freed reading, and Ever pretending not to stare at Elfman.

At the sound of someone walking towards the guild doors I looked down to see my girlfriend walking out with Gajeel. Unintentionally growling, I followed after them to knock Gajeel around, but stopped short of the door when I heard Lucy's laughter.

"haha, I can't believe you did that thank you! I'll pay you back every scent when I can get to a bank." She said happily.

"Consider it a present." Gajeel said gruffly.

"But -."

"It's the least I can do Bunny." He said softly.

"If you're sure." Lucy said uncertainly. When the Iron Slayer grunted Lucy sighed. "Thank you. I'm glad she found a place and her family."

"You're welcome. I'll see you tomorrow Bunny Girl." He said reverting back to his old nickname.

"Yeah tomorrow. And Gajeel, I'm glad you're back, you belong here…with all of your family and friends." Lucy said before I heard her footsteps coming to the door I was standing in front of. When the door only opened a crack I heard her voice floating inside more clearly. "I'm going home Laxus I'll see you to-."

I didn't let her finish as I opened the door all of the way and stared at her. "Let's go to my house." I said not giving her a choice as I took her hand in mine. If she had protested I would have let her go but she didn't so we walked to the outskirts of town to my house. Letting ourselves in I threw my keys on the table she insisted I needed, which it turns out I did, and sat heavily on the couch. When she sat across from me on the coffee table I saw her fiddling with the bottom of her dress, something she only did when she didn't know what to say.

"I'm sorry. I… I don't want to lose you." I said lamely watching her.

"You're not going to lose me Laxus, unless you're the one to walk away." She said looking up to me and smiling. "You're not going to walk away right?" She asked me as she walked to me before swinging one leg over mine to straddle me. Sitting down on my lap she hooked her hands around my neck and rested her forehead on mine. Placing my hands on her legs and squeezing. I meant it. I wasn't going to leave her. If I had any say in the matter she would be mine forever. But I hadn't told her that because I wanted to give her more time to get used to me, to us.

"Never." I growled.

"Well then if I'm not going anywhere, and you're not going anywhere what's the problem?" She asked separating our heads to look at me.

"Nothing…now. Gajeel and I had a little talk..." I winced recalling the punch to my jaw. "…and we understand each other now." More like I threatened to rip him apart limb by limb if he ever tried to take you away from me. I thought knowing Lucy wouldn't be happy about that.

"You...talked…" She said, drawing out each word. Nodding I watched her bow her head forward to rest on my chest and shook her head. Sighing deeply she took a minute before looking into my eyes again. "By 'talked'…" she made air quotes with her fingers. "…you mean to tell me that you threatened him, correct? Which is why you flinched a little when I touched your jaw earlier and why Gajeel looked like he was limping when he left the guild. Did you fight – no wait, I don't want to know. But just so you know everything can't be solved by fighting."

"This was." I said simply. Sometimes she was too smart, linking, what anybody else would think was unconnected events to draw the right conclusion. Seeing her cute nose scrunch up in disgust and unhappiness I knew that she wasn't too mad about what had happened. She understood, unwillingly, that this was going to happen eventually. I was just glad it fixed the problem instead of making things worse.

"Well… if you say so." She said unconvinced before turning serious again. "But seriously, Gaj-Laxus you have nothing to worry about, you know that right?" She giggled, her serious tone and face cracking half-way through her sentence.

I growled at her playfully holding onto her legs as she tried to stand up to escape. Leaning forward, since my hands were occupied at the moment I bit her neck gently and held onto it as she shuddered.

"Laxus." She said breathlessly, ceasing her struggles and wrapping her arms around my neck again. Smirking I released her neck and proceeded to kiss her as I stood up from the couch. Automatically her legs wrapped around me, causing me to pick up the pace. If we had been at her place we would have made it to the bed within a second, but we weren't damn it. Instead we had gone to my house for once, where my bedroom was the furthest room from the living room. When we finally reached my room I kicked the door open and rushed in, ignoring how the door slammed against the wall and then latched shut as it bounced back.

An: So what did you think? I wanted to go beyond 5 months after but my brain wasn't coming up with anything to write about, sorry. But who knows i might do another chapter later on, if I get an idea. NO PROMISES.

vamplady019: OMG! I absolutely love that song, thank you for telling me about it! It is totally Gajeel. :) Thank you so much for reading it and I am glad you loved it! :D

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Haha checking the mail before bed is always dangerous, you never know if a fic is going to ruin your attempt at sleep :)

I'm glad that life is turning around for you and I can't wait to start reading your fics. :) I will definitely keep in touch.

Veraozao: I'm glad. :D