"So… how have you been? How's family?"
*lucy had forgotten the basic conversation starters to use for moments like this… she still knew how to brew tea which was good but she felt awkward with her cousin who sat quietly and straight with a elegant posture.*
"I have been good.. my parents are in good health thank you.. I should probably tell you why I have come to take your time cousin. I have been shun from my household and I have no where to go.. lucy, I promise to not burden you but I came to seek help from you.."
*lucia was a proud woman… she felt terribly guilty to ask her cousin who she just met that day for shelter. She didn't have any choice though, it was either that or live on the streets risking a drunkard to rape her. She also had also heard from maids before she left her household, that her parents where planning to 'teach' her a lesson with this and marry her off to a old greedy man who would discipline her. She was disgusted at her parents and had no choice but to seek help from Lucy.. the last and only person who she can trust at this point.*
Lucy as taken aback at how cold lucia sounded twords her. If she had met her on the streets she would have ignored her plea as she would have tooken this as a aggressive response. But.. if natsu brought her to their home, after he found out who she was… maybe natsu saw something Lucy didn't see. Lucy sighed as she decided to give her more time to explain herself, she needed to know why lucia was here in reality.
"Lucia, I know I just met you today but, would you mind telling me a bit about yourself? I mean we are family after all, let's catch up first on our lives then discuss your problem. Hmm?"
*lucy leaned back in her chair as she crossed her leg over the other. She got comfortable before lucia began her story of her life..*
"Well alright… it's only fair if we catch up first… hmm well I have heard about you before when I was 5.. I heard about you from my mother who was talking to some of her friends about how horrible your mothers death was… I'm sorry for your lost."
Lucia paid her condolences to Lucy's mother, as Lucy waved her hand motioning it was fine.
"I began to take etiquette classes from then on as I studied to become a good house wife and 'loving' wife.. my father was strict on letting me learn how to read so I never learned to read.."
Lucia looked down as a habit to whenever she was reminded of a bad memory. Lucy noticed this as she coughed and told lucia to continue.
"I knew how to cook by the age of 10 and began to learn how to dance, sew, and learn how to boil tea. I was very grateful for learning these skills but, my mother decided when I was 15 I was of age to begin looking for suitors to get married off to.."
Lucia couldn't avoid it now as she began to grow tears in her eyes as she remembered how horrible the 'dates' were. She was always man handed at the end in some way but she never let herself get cornered for any of the 'pigs' as she described to do anything to her. She alone had protected her chastity for 10 years now. Lucy leaned forward as she changed seats to sit next to her now, she began to pat Lucia's back as she comforted her weeping cousin who was like a sister she never had.
"It's okay lucia, if it's to painful I understand you don't have to say anymore.."
*lucy felt guilty now for having her cousin tell her about the abuse she was unaware of, but lucia shook her head and insisted to finish. She was a woman of her word, she was determined now to tell Lucy everything.*
Lucia told Lucy about the problems begin to pile as she grew older. She was now above the age of when woman like her would have children already and her body would begin to 'sag' was the word her father used. Her mother agreed with her father and decided to throw her out for now since they were financially unstable at the moment. They couldn't feed another 'useless' mouth so they had told her she was old enough to earn her worth by either selling herself or get married to a rich greedy man. She told Lucy about the rumors she heard from the maids too as Lucy gasped at the news and knew that she couldn't let lucia alone now.
"Lucia, don't worry I'll let you live here for now. I'll show you how to read and write, I'll introduce you to places where you can work or even have you join the fairy tail guild if you like. Don't worry we're family now and family stays together."
*lucy hugged her as lucia stifled some whimpers in her chest trying not to ugly cry infront of her cousin.*
"Thanks lucy… I see now why everyone loves you so much cousin… your so kind and sweet."
*lucia felt warm with Lucy, something she never felt in her life. She assumed now that this was the feeling of 'love' she had always heard from maids who would read romantic novels.*
"Aww, it's nothing I'm like that with everyone.."
"Yeah but not with me… you turn into a demon lady like Erza every time I piss you off- AHHHH!"
*natsu but in as he took a chair and sat on it backwards next to Lucy but flinched with a scream as he saw her give him a scary gaze.*
"You see!!! That look!! ITS LIKE A DEMON POSSESSED YOU!!"
*natsu made some funny faces showing Lucy how she looked to him which Lucy smacked him with a wet towel he had put on the table after drying his hair from his bath.*
"Shut up natsu! Why don't you make yourself useful and go call the kids inside now, it's getting dark and I want them to greet their aunt."
*lucy pushed natsu off the chair lightly as he stood up from it as he made his way to the door.*
"Awww but I just took a bath~ I'm going to get dirty again knowing our kids…"
"Natsu.-"
"Okay! Fine! I'm going!"
*with that natsu left to go call in the kids to come inside.*
"So Lucy, how did you meet your husband?"
*lucia asked now as she had heard Lucy 'running away' from her father Jude back when she was 18. But she never knew she had run away because of a man..*
"Oh! I never told you my story! Ok, well I'm pretty sure my father had told your father how I left the mansion when I was 18. I was tired of my father being cold to me and always cared about work then me. So I left the mansion on my own to join the fairy tail guild!"
*lucy smiled as she showed lucia her guild mark. Lucia was fascinated as she never noticed that either on Lucy's hand before lucy began again telling her about her important events that took place in those 15 years. Lucia gasped as Lucy told her about the whole being stuck in a coma like sleep for 7 years. Lucia had asked her how old was she, Lucy replied with 25 since I'm those 7 years she never aged so she had slept through time. That's when lucia noticed that they were both 25 years old but Lucy was only 25 because of that time skip, in reality lucy was 32 years old!*
They continued with the story's until lucy got to when she first confessed to natsu.
"Oh my Lucy! You kissed him first!"
*lucia was blushing as she never talked about such naughty things but then again she didn't have friends to talk to.*
"Yeah I did! Haha! He was so surprised he turned redder than a tomato!"
*lucy laughed as she recalled natsu's red face. It always made her laugh right after some time had passed.*
"And what did he do?!"
"Well what do you think? the idiot confessed to me that he had fallen in love with me and he wanted for me to become his mate.."
*lucy laughed as she took a sip of the tea that had gone cold now as lucia choked on her tea at the word 'mate'*
"Did you two.. have intercourse after that?! I thought couples needed to get married before they did that…"
"No! Mavis no! We didn't do it right away!"
*lucia this time spit her tea out as she heard lucy confess to having sex before marriage.. Lucy was really something else..*
"Oh gosh! I'm sorry! Here lucia have a napkin to dry yourself!"
*lucy helped lucia pat her dress dry as they both got startled at a huge slam of the door as natsu came running after a flash of pink, blond, and blue haired children who ran upstairs.*
"Where did they go! Those little vermins!!!"
*natsu was covered in mud as he searched the area to see where the kids had gone.*
"Mister salamander, they went that way.."
*gine snitched as natsu smiled a evil grin and patted the girls head who smiled a innocent but malicious smile too.*
"Thank you gine, your always my favorite out of all of them.."
*natsu left upstairs as Lucy and lucia heard a big roar and a screaming natsu from what seemed came from the bathroom.*
Nashi came running back downstairs as she hid behind lucia dress who was still sitting down.
"Mommy! Protect me from daddy! He wants to eat me alive!!"
*Nashi hugged lucia thinking she was lucy. Lucy laughed as Nashi looked up finally to see she was hugging a stranger.*
"Oops! I'm sorry! I thought you were my mommy.. you smell like her."
*Nashi gave lucia a goofy grin that lucia couldn't help but smile and pat Nashi's pink hair*
"It's okay.. but, smell?"
*lucia finally noticed the strange use of vocabulary as natsu came back downstairs to grab Nashi successfully.*
"Why you little! Your going to take a bath, whether you like it or not!!"
*natsu grabbed Nashi recklessly making a mess of mud everywhere. Lucy sighed at all the mess spreading around in such short time..*
"YOU WILL NEVER TAKE ME ALIVE!!!"
*Nashi breathed in a big breath as she dragon roared her fathers head leaving him with a black ashed face.*
"YOU IDIOT!!! WHO DO YOU THINK YOUR TRYING TO FRY!!! YOU CAME OUT OF ME YOU LITTLE FLAME MONSTER!!"
"ENOUGH!!! IF BOTH OF YOU WONT GET IN THE BATH RIGHT NOW ILL PUNISH BOTH OF YOU!!!"
Lucy yelled finally not standing the chaos as she gave both natsu and Nashi 'the stare' that held the fate of both of their lives. The room was silent as natsu let Nashi go from his grip finalky. Nashi ran upstairs already leaving her clothes on the floor as she stripped going up. Natsu followed right after picking up her clothes behind her. While a shaken lucia sat stil at the dinning table where gine who didn't have a spot of mud on her sat patiently unfazed by the screams.
"I'm sorry lucia, my family can be a bit of a handful but welcome to the family <3"
Lucy notes off as lucia only nodded and helped Lucy clean up the mud on the floor, table, walls and stairs.
(author: welcomes lucia Heartifilia! She is one of my 4 characters I have made for this story. Only 2 of my 4 are still alive since I killed off Jonathan and Sir Jackson. Steel and Lucia are probably the only ones I'm keeping alive till further notice.)