The next few months seemed to fly by as Natsu and Lucy prepared for the new addition to their family. The spare room was now transformed into a baby's room, complete with furniture and a closet full of blue and green clothing.
Yes. Natsu and Lucy were having a baby boy. They found out when Lucy hit her eighteenth week in her pregnancy in an ultrasound. Needless to say they were excited over the reveal. Lucy always wanted a son to love and care for, and Natsu couldn't wait to teach him how to fight. He could already imagine how amazing it'd be having the third person in their house, not counting Happy of course.
So far the only issue they had with the pregnancy was Lucy's placenta hadn't migrated away from her cervix yet, but the doctor she saw assured her it wasn't that big of a deal. She would just need some follow-up appointments as she got closer to her due date to make sure it moved. Other than that, her pregnancy was going great.
With the baby room set up and their recoveries proceeding, it was time to plan their wedding. Lucy wanted to get married before the baby came. It would make things easier since they wouldn't have to worry about another human being while going through the ceremony.
They decided to get married towards the end of February. Lucy would be estimated at twenty-seven weeks pregnant, and Natsu would be around six months sober. Each day was different in their recovery. Some days it felt like they didn't have built up issues, but others they would struggle just to reach nighttime.
They attended a few social gatherings throughout the months, ultimately preparing for having people together for the wedding. Natsu felt his control slip just a bit when he was around alcohol, but he managed to keep it together. He didn't want to disappoint Lucy or himself. If he wanted to show Lucy he could be a good dad he had to prove it.
Lucy hadn't cut herself in months, mostly due to being pregnant. It wasn't that she thought making a simple cut would hurt the baby, it was because now she didn't hate her body as much. It was able to do what she wanted it to do, even if it took a while.
Speaking of which, they found out why it took her so long to get pregnant. A week before the wedding, Natsu and Lucy flew to Crocus to have a little talk with her old doctor. Once they got to the examination room and the doctor, Dr. Orga Nanagear, came in, he looked at Lucy's round belly. "So you finally got pregnant," he commented before sitting down on a stool.
Lucy nodded, "yes, but I was wanting to know why? My last doctor said I was infertile." That was the reason Jackal switched her to see this doctor to get a second opinion.
"That doctor no longer works here," Dr. Nanagear said. "He resigned shortly after I took over as your doctor."
Lucy furrowed her brows. "Why's that?"
Natsu sat off to the side, silently observing their conversation. He didn't know much about medical stuff, and even less about pregnancies. He was trying to read the books Lucy gave him, but some things were harder to read than others. He honestly didn't realize how messy pregnancy would be.
"Why don't you ask him yourself," her doctor scribbled something on a piece of paper, then handed it to her. "He's working at that clinic now. You should pay him a visit. I'm not at liberty to discuss what he did to you."
That only served to confuse her more. Weren't doctors allowed to talk to each other about the same patient? She assumed he would, but the man in front of her seemed determined to keep his mouth shut.
"Good luck," was all he said before leaving the room.
Natsu and Lucy threw each other a glance, then shrugged. They wanted to know why she was deemed infertile when she clearly wasn't, but now it was turning into a wild goose chase. Lucy just wanted a simple answer, but she found out soon enough it was never that simple.
