Natsu sat beside his father as they drove through downtown, neither really said anything.

"So." Igneel mumbled, stopping at a red light, "are you hungry? Because I'm really hungry."

"Fighting can do that you know." Natsu said with a smirk.

Igneel laughed, "You remember that little piece of wisdom huh?"

"of course I do." He said, "I live by it.'

Igneel chuckled and pulled into a 24-hour diner, "has your sister contacted you?"

"Yeah, she said she's glad we're both safe." Natsu said.

Igneel nodded, "text her and ask her if she's hungry."

Natsu nodded and shot a quick text to Wendy as they got out, walking into the diner, they got into a booth seat and waited for the waitress to come by, "so…" Igneel started, "you probably have a lot of questions…"

"I do," Natsu said, "but it can wait until our food gets here.

He nodded, "I understand." He said.

"Are y'all ready to order?" a waitress asked.

"Yes." Igneel said, "I'll have the Classic cheeseburger, everything on it, fries, and a large coke to go."

"Okay, and what about you?"

"Same, except a milkshake, and a Philly cheesesteak, with macaroni and a small coke." Natsu said, reading off what Wendy had sent him.

The waitress left, leaving Natsu and Igneel to their awkward silence.

"So how's school?" Igneel asked.

"Good…passing."

"That's good…any extracurricular other then boxing?"

"Not really, I do jobs outside of school to pay for food."

Igneel raised an eyebrow, "the account I left you pays for a months worth of food."

"He-he…well…I usually eat that months worth within two weeks."

Igneel shook his head and laughed, ""you're your fathers son alright." he said with a chuckle.

Natsu smiled a little, "Do you remember when we used to go train? Out in the mountains?"

"How could I forget? You were always so excited to train, you practically dragged me out to those mountains."

"Do you remember that egg I found? The really large one?"

"Of course, you fretted over that thing for months!"

Well it hatched." Natsu said with a smirk, leaning back.

"No way, what was it? A dragon?"

"Nope, it was a blue cat, named Happy." Natsu said.

"An exceed? That's a rare find son."

Natsu grinned. The waitress brought the food and Igneel paid, soon they were back on their way, reminiscing about their mishaps and catching up.

"Okay, so me and Grey had gone down to a creek after work." Natsu said, "it was cold, but refreshing, half-way through swimming I get out to go piss, and I see some berry's, so I start picking them, and come face to face with a grizzly and it's trying to nuzzle my hand, trying to get the berry's I just picked, so I start running, a bear right behind me, and a confused grey watching."

Igneel laughed, "How'd you get away?"

"I had to throw a few berries back at it, and that's when I found out it was a pretty friendly bear." Natsu said.

"So you have an exceed and a pet bear." Igneel said, shaking his head.

"I wouldn't say a pet bear, more like a friend named Bosco."

Igneel laughed as he pulled into the driveway.

"You ready to say hi to your daughter?" Natsu asked.

"Of course." Igneel said, opening his door.

Romeo ran into his home, "Dad!" he shouted, looking around frantically.

"I'm in the kitchen!" the tired reply came, Romeo ran in and stopped as he caught the sight of his dad sewing a cut on his chest up, "sorry I wasn't able to go get you…I got caught up in something…"

"What happened?" Romeo asked.

"Just a fight, the guy pulled a knife, got me pretty good."

Romeo sighed and sat down, "you're worse then I am." Romeo muttered.

"Well you know what they say, like father, like son." Macao said, finishing up, he leaned back and looked at his son, "so, how was your day?"

Romeo gave a dry laugh, "you get stabbed, come home and stitch yourself up, and then act like it's a normal day…"

"Well if I didn't, then things would just get awkward." He said, "Now, how was work?"

"Good, I think they're trusting me more." He said, "They had me lock up tonight."

"That's good." He said with a smile, "so what are you going to do with your paycheck."

Romeo tensed up, he hadn't told his father about what had happened with Wendy, "um…well…I have something to tell you…"

" Oh boy, this sounds good."

Romeo looked down, "Um…you know I was going out with Wendy Marvell right?"

"Yeah, she's a good girl, a lot better then what you usually go out with."

"You're not wrong." He said with a smile, "but…we had broken up…about three weeks ago…and…I found out…she's pregnant…I'm the father."

"You're…you're kidding right?" Macao asked.

Romeo shook his head slowly, "no, I'm really the father…"

Macao clenched his fist, "how could you be so stupid? Do you know what you did to that girl? Huh?'

"I do…" Romeo mumbled, "and before you start telling me what I need to do…I'm already saving all my money, I'm not spending it on anything, unless she's going to need something, I'm going to be there for her."

"For how long?" Macao asked, "I know you Romeo, when things get hard you run."

"I know! But I'm trying to change for her!"

Macao stared down his son, neither were backing down, finally Macao let out a tired sigh, "you're such an idiot." He said, standing and walking to the fridge and pulling out a beer, "I hope you realize that you're gonna lose a lot of spare time."

"I know." Romeo said, "She's worth it."

Macao chuckled, "I guess so…get to bed, you got another shift tomorrow right?"

"Actually…I was going with Wendy to a sonogram."

"Bring me back pictures." Macao said, walking into his room, leaving Romeo to his thoughts.

Lucy sat in her room, getting an angry speech from her father.

"I can't believe you did something as dangerous as taking on a gang! Are you an idiot? What were you thinking? You weren't thinking, otherwise you would've just stayed home!"

"My friends were in trouble, I couldn't just leave them!"

"You could've called the cops! You could've minded your own business! What you did is reckless and stupid! No doubt a trait you picked up from your friends and that good for nothing boyfriend of yours!"

"Do not bring them into this!" she said angrily, "They have nothing to do with this."

"Yes they do, ever since you started at that infernal school you've done nothing but get in trouble! It's over!"

"What do you mean it's over?"

"I mean you're not going to be going to that school anymore, I'm going to send you to Hargeon to finish your high school."

Her eyes widened, 'No…no I'm not going, you can't make me."

"I am your father! You will do as I say!"

"I will not!" she shouted, making Jude glare at her, they stared each other down for a while until Jude turned away.

"It doesn't matter what you say Lucy, as your father, and legal guardian, my word is law, there is nothing you can do, so make your peace with this." Jude walked away, slamming her door, Lucy stood up, her hands trembling, "I HATE YOU!" She screamed after her father, punching the wall. She kicked the door several times and started throwing things around her room, she tore through her closet, ripping up the expensive clothes she even grabbed her TV and threw it against the wall, she fell against her wall, silently sobbing.

WWWWWWWWWWWWWW

Cana sat on top of her roof, a glass of wine in her hands.

"Look at you, drinking the fancy stuff." Grey said as he climbed on to the roof a little bit a way from her.

Cana turned around, her eyes widening, she dropped her glass and ran over, throwing her arms around him.

"Uh…Cana…what's…" he started; she let go and hit him in the chest.

"You idiot!" she said angrily, "why can't you ever stay out of trouble huh? Doing something as stupid as fighting a gang! You could've died! Or been hurt! You stupid, stupid idiot!" she kept hitting him in the chest, tears coming to her eyes.

"Cana calm down." He said.

"Don't tell me to calm down!" she shouted at him, "do not even try fullbuster! Do you know how worried I was? Huh? Watching the damn news and seeing my friends in a fight for their lives! Do you know how worried I was when I didn't see you at the end…when they said people had died…" she looked down, tears trailing down her cheeks, "I thought…I thought you were dead…' she choked out, "and that thought scared me…"

Grey put his arms around her, trying to comfort her, "don't cry Cana…" he said softly, "I'm sorry I worried you.' he said softly, "We just couldn't leave a friend like that."

"Always have to play the hero." She mumbled.

Grey reached up and wiped her tears away, "you know it." He said with a smile.

She looked down, "you're a jerk…" she muttered.

"Why? Because I helped a friend?"

"No, because you scared the living shit out of Me." she retorted.

"I didn't mean to." He said again, putting his hand on her cheek.

She sighed, closing her eyes, "I don't know what I would've done if I had lost you…" she mumbled.

He looked down at her, "Cana…"

"You're my best friend…I…I just…"

"Cana." he said again, making her look up, "you're never gonna lose me, alright?"

She looked into his eyes, and then slowly leaned forward, Grey did the same and the two kissed, it was a soft, tender kiss, one that felt natural between the two friends,

Grey was the one to break the kiss; he looked at Cana, who was softly blushing.

"You're shirts off…" she mumbled.

Grey looked down and groaned, "I don't do this on purpose I swear."

She laughed, "idiot…"

Erza woke up to someone shaking her shoulder, "hmm…" she mumbled raising her head, her eyes widened when she saw Jellal looking down at her, a smile on his face.

"Jellal!" she exclaimed, hugging him, "oh thank god you're alive!"

"Ow…Erza…I'm still hurt…"

"Right, sorry." She said quickly, letting him go.

"It's alright…" he grunted, trying to get comfortable, "how long have I been out?"

"Two days…" she mumbled.

"I must've been hurt bad…" he muttered, "sorry if I worried you…"

Erza shook her head with a soft laugh, "why are you apologizing? You're the one injured, not me."

He looked away, "you could've been." He muttered, "and I would've been to blame…all because I wanted that power…"

'It wasn't your fault." She said as she made him look at her, "eve if that's true, I don't give a damn, you're important to me Jellal, I won't leave you, no matter what."

Jellal smiled and kissed Erza, she returned it eagerly, when they broke apart, Jellal looked deep into her eyes and muttered, "I love you…so much…"

Erza gave a small smile and responded with, "I know…"

Laxus snored softly on the couch in his living room.

"Laxus…' a soft voice said.

"Hmm…it's too early for cartoons Mavis, get back to bed, 'he grunted, turning on his side.

"Laxus." The voice said more forcefully, hitting him on the shoulder, he jumped up and looked around, coming face to face with Lucy sitting beside him, shivering.

"Lucy? How the hell did you even get in here?" he mumbled, rubbing sleep from his eyes.

'You leave your window unlocked…" she mumbled.

"It's cold as fuck down in that basement," he said taking the blanket off his body and wrapping it around her, trying to rub some warmth into her limbs, "what are you even doing out here this late?"

She looked at him, "if I asked you to run away with me…would you do it?" she asked.

His eyes widened, "w-what?"

"If I asked you to run away with me…right now…no looking back, no stopping…just going…would you do it? Would you run away with me?"

"What brought this up?" he asked, "Why do you want to run away?"

She looked down, 'My dads sending me to Hargeon tomorrow…he said he doesn't want me to be around Natsu and the others…he said they were influencing me to be…I don't even know…he also told me he wanted our relationship to end…but I don't want it to end…I don't want to have to live through life without you…"

Laxus put a hand to her cheek, "you won't," he said softly as tears started spilling down her cheeks, he wiped them away, "are you sure you want to run away? If you're completely sure, then we'll go, we'll load up my truck, and we'll head out, and we won't look back…so are you sure about this?"

She thought about it, and then nodded, "yes. I'm sure."

Laxus smiled, "then lets get going."