A/N; And we have the finally chapter! Be sure to let me know what you think of the ending!

Lucy stepped off the train, her hand protectively placed on her hugely swollen belly. At seven months pregnant, she shouldn't have been traveling, but she couldn't wait any longer.

Levy had told her what Laxus had been up to since she'd left and the Celestial Spirit Mage had finally caved. The man obviously loved her and would do anything for her and their daughter.

She needed to see him.

Lucy made her way through the streets of Magnolia towards the guild, hoping to catch her slayer off guard there. She had told Levy that she would be back tomorrow, but she honestly couldn't wait any longer.

Every moment she'd spent away from the man she loved had hurt like a thousand hot knives in her gut. The first time she'd felt their daughter kick, she'd had the urge to find him so he could feel. She just needed him there with her.

Thinking that she would do better to find him with her spirits' help so she wouldn't waste her energy by looking in the wrong places, she summoned Loke. The man appeared before her with a huge smile on his face, something he'd regained over the past few months very slowly.

"Princess, we're back in Magnolia," He rasped with tears in his voice.

Lucy nodded, "I need you to go to the guild and find out where Laxus is. I don't want to go on a wild goose chase in my condition."

When the spirit vanished, Lucy sat on a bench nearby so that she could rest her feet a moment. Her ankles were starting to swell and she felt the need to pee. She decided that peeing was more important and ungracefully wobbled to her feet once more to search for a restroom.

Just as Lucy was walking out of the café where she'd been gratefully allowed to use the facilities, Loke appeared back in front of her. "He's at the house, I've got the address so I can take you there," He said.

Lucy shook her head, "I need to do this alone, Loke. Give me the address and I'll go myself. I'll call one of you guys if I get lost or too tired to walk." The last part was something she'd had to promise because all of her spirits were becoming increasingly overprotective of herself and the baby.

Loke handed her a slip of paper with Kinana's prim writing on it and vanished in his cloud of gold dust.

Lucy approached the house that she'd been given the address to and her heart leapt to her throat. It was gorgeous. A single story log cabin stretched over the land that was snug in the woods near the guild. It was a fast walk to get to Fairy Tail and she'd had to be sneaky so that she wouldn't accidentally run into any of her friends.

Walking up to the door, the blonde braced herself with a steady breath and knocked firmly. It took a moment for the door to open, and when it did, she felt tears prick her eyes when she saw Mira there.

Had she been in the frame of mind she'd been in six months ago, she would have thought that Laxus was sleeping with the white haired Take-Over Mage. Now? She knew that Mira had helped with what Laxus had done for her and was officially married to none other than Bickslow. The pairing was strange but somehow worked for the two.

"Lucy!" She screamed, pulling the heavily pregnant woman into her arms. "We weren't expecting you until tomorrow!"

"Hi, Mira," Lucy's voice wavered as her tears spilled over. Cursing her damn hormones, she pulled away from her friend, "I need to talk to him. Alone."

Nodding knowingly, Mira stepped outside and revealed Laxus who was standing directly behind her. "I'll be at the guild if anyone needs me," She said, giving Lucy a squeeze on the arm as she left.

"You built me a house?" Lucy asked the man she'd run away six months before.

He smiled sheepishly at her, "Well, you and the baby."

"Freya," The mother of said baby informed him. Smiling when Laxus' face lit up. "Freya Rai Dreyar."

"You're naming our daughter after my mother," Laxus breathed out. He couldn't believe what he was hearing. This was good news, right?

"I am," Lucy grinned at him.

"And lightning," He said.

"It seems fitting as the little brat keeps shocking my uterus," The blonde woman sounded almost annoyed as she revealed this fact.

Laxus chuckled, "Sounds like a child of mine." He stepped aside and allowed Lucy to walk past him into the house. "Before you see anything else, I have a room I'd like you to see."

He led the way through the house to the room he'd been in with Mira when he'd heard the knock on the front door. When he opened the pink painted door, Laxus stepped aside for the love of his life to see what he'd been most proud of in his accomplishments.

Lucy gasped when she saw the pink nursery. It was beautiful with stars and little pink and white roses everywhere. A mobile hung above the white crib with little stuffed representations of each of the Zodiac. The fluffy lion hanging in the middle.

She turned to the slayer behind her as she took in all of the things he'd put together in the nursery. The man had outdone himself, for sure.

Lucy beamed at him with fresh tears in her eyes. Then let out a little gasp of surprise. "Come here," She waved over the father of her child and when he approached, she grabbed his hand and placed it on the spot Freya was kicking.

Laxus' gasp of wonder was all she'd needed to hear to make Lucy know she was making the right choice. "Wow," Laxus said as he rubbed her belly gently. "Hi there, baby. I'm your daddy. I messed up and mommy took you and ran away for a little while, but I made you both a home while you were gone. I can't wait to meet you," He spoke softly to the baby within Lucy's womb.

"Laxus," Lucy said softly. "We need to talk about things."

He nodded and regretfully pulled his hands off her stomach. Straightening, he turned to walk out the door. "We can talk in the living room. Your feet have to be killing you right now," He said as if reading Lucy's mind.

She nodded and followed Laxus into the living area. The furniture was light and bright and, to the very vocal pleasure of the pregnant woman, comfortable as sin.

Lucy reached out for his hand and pulled Laxus down next to her, to his surprise. "I'm sorry I left the way I did," The Stellar Mage apologized as she allowed him to continue touching her stomach and feeling their baby kick.

"I understand why you did," He admitted. "I was hurt and angry and it felt like someone had ripped out my still-beating heart." Laxus took a trembling breath before continuing. "I realized that what I'd done to you was a lot worse than what I went through these past months and for that I'll forever be sorry. I want to make it up to you for the rest of my life, if you'll let me."

"Okay," Lucy said with a smile.

"I know I messed up and-" The slayer cut off as he looked up into her melted chocolate eyes. "What?"

"I'll let you make it up to me for the rest of your life," She responded.

Laxus' head swam at her words. She was taking him back. The woman he loved with everything he had, his mate, the mother of his unborn child, was going to forget what he'd done. He somehow felt inferior of her after all this time, much more than he had when they'd only been dating.

"You're sure?" Laxus asked her incredulously.

Lucy giggled softly and cupped his face in her hands. "I'm sure," She said before she placed her lips onto his.

For the first time in a year and a half, Lucy's heart wasn't heavy from the knowledge that she had been done wrong. She didn't think about everything that Laxus and Cana had done to her. She didn't picture them sleeping together in the house, for it wasn't that house they were currently in.

No, Lucy was with Laxus in the home he'd built for them to raise their child, and hopefully many more. And for that, she could forget the past just as easily as she'd forgiven him for it.

Everything was finally perfect.