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General POV

It was warm that day, too warm really. Still, not many people were outside, it was too hot and too early in the summer for people to be really interested in doing anything. The only people who were out and about were people who had things to do, like go and buy some groceries or walk the dog. All except one girl who sat at a café table, wistfully checking her phone for any messages. That girl was Lucy Heartfilia and she was waiting for her boyfriend.

Lucy's POV

He's late, again. I thought to myself as I checked my phone. I was looking for messages from him, perhaps cancelling the date or maybe letting me know he would be late, no such luck. Secretly, I was glad he had stood me up, yet again.

It made me remember how much of a jerk my boyfriend was. No matter what I did for him, the ungrateful boy was never satisfied. He never thanked me, he never did anything romantic anymore, and honestly I think he's over me, which is fine because I am so over him. I've caught him flirting with tonnes of other girls before, yet I'm not allowed to even look at another guy. Not only is he unfaithful, he's damn possessive too. I'm fairly sure he is dating one of my old friends at the moment as well as me, but I don't have any proof so I can't do anything about it.

A sudden beeping made me pick up my phone. Oh great, a text from that jerk. I grew more and more shocked as I read the message. "What?!" I voiced aloud, "He broke up with me, via TEXT MESSAGE! What kind of a, UGH!" I couldn't bring myself to swear aloud but I let loose in my head.

I was so furious, but then after the initial shock had died down, I lost all my anger and was left feeling empty and alone. Sure he was a jerk but he was the only one left. My parents were dead, my friends were always too busy to see me, or they had left the town completely. He was the only one that I had and now, he was gone too. I never thought that I would miss him, the cheating jerk, but I did and it was starting to seem like I was never meant to hold onto those I loved.

I dragged myself out of my seat and made my way to the cliffs. I remember coming here with my parents and we would look out over the water, watching the clouds and the birds. I would ramble about wanting to sail away, over the horizon, see new places. I also remembered coming here later, with my friends. We would take a picnic and enjoy the afternoon sun or race each other up and down the lighthouse. They kept me going through all those years without my parents.

Later I would come here by myself as each of my friends who left sailed out over the horizon, like I always wished I could. I always lost a bit of myself every time they left. They would text me all the time at the start but now, I never hear from them. The friends who were still here are a little better, but I never see them. Either they were too busy to catch up or every time they would organise something, my boyfriend would make up some excuse for me not to see them, the jerk. They never stopped trying though, that's just how amazing they were.

This thought made me check my phone again to see if any of my friends had contacted me at all. Again no such luck, no matter how hard I tried to find one. I was really hoping for a text from a certain good friend of mine. Natsu. That boy I met once, the boy with the cherry blossom pink hair, who could understand me after meeting me once. But that was a while ago.

I never came here with him, my ex. At the beginning I tried to bring him but we would never get around to it. After I learned what a horrible person he was, I didn't want to taint this place with him. So now this place just held memories and myself.

A sea breeze lifted off the ocean far below and blew my hair around my face. Even though I was sad, I was peaceful. I wouldn't have to worry about anyone but myself. It was a nice feeling. Of course now, I might be able to finally see my friends. With that thought in mind I left, not wanting to reminisce over him any longer.

That autumn

Lucy's POV

The air was crisp yet the sun shone. The autumn leaves were falling and twirling gently in the sweet breeze. I was happy yet not at the same time today. Some of my friends were coming back soon and I had found out the news this morning. I was ecstatic!

Then as I was walking to the mall to do a little shopping, I ran into my ex. With his new girlfriend. Well that made me feel brilliant. If it had been just him, I would have been able to handle it. But when his snotty little girlfriend called me ugly, well I was not impressed. I know I shouldn't, but I kind of pride myself on my looks. All my friends would always tell me how pretty I was. So I made some remark, that I kind of regret now but not really, and left them there.

Now I was walking back through the park, my favourite place in autumn. It always looked so pretty with the leaves falling and the shoes crunching on the fallen leaves sounded so comforting. I meandered aimlessly down the gravel path, hoping that I could put off walking back through the mall for a bit longer, I really didn't want to repeat the earlier incident. Jogging off the path, I decided to make a snow angel with the leaves on the grass. This cheered me up immensely so I stood up and shook off the leaves, continuing on my walk through the park, this time thinking up a multitude of sassy comebacks in case I ran into my stupid ex and his snobby girlfriend again. I wasn't envious of her that was for sure, I actually got to see my friends now that we'd broken up and I felt so much better without him even though I still missed him sometimes.

I walked along the path, kicking stones and jumping up to catch the falling leaves. The park was nearly deserted and this meant I had lost track of time again. Turning on my heel, I strode briskly back towards the mall, hoping to be back to my apartment by nightfall as I knew that my trip to the mall wasn't quite done yet.

As I was walking unhurriedly along the path I passed someone who looked familiar. His cherry blossom pink hair stood up in all directions and his white scarf fluttered in the breeze. I stopped suddenly, surely what I was thinking was not right. It couldn't be him, I haven't seen him around here for ages. I was hoping that it was, desperately clinging onto the hope that it was him, Natsu.

I slowly turned around, only to see him staring back at me. It was! It was him! The wild pink hair was undeniably his and I've never seen anyone else with a scarf like that. Or met someone who wears one as often as him, he told me he never took it off when we met. My heart fell. Would he still remember me? I looked down, ready to turn around and keep going, afraid to be forgotten. When I heard the loud crunching of leaves I looked up, only to see Natsu running at me with a massive grin splitting his face. I couldn't stop a smile of my own as I let out a laugh of relief. I stepped towards him, only to be stopped as his arms wrapped around my waist in an embrace, holding me tightly while spinning me in the air. I laughed, feeling freer than I have in weeks.

He stopped and let me down gently, still grinning at me. I looked up into his onyx eyes, so bright and full of life. "Natsu…" I breathed. I stepped back suddenly shy. Natsu didn't seem to mind as he let out a pent up breath. "Hey Lucy" he said. His voice was exactly as I remembered, gruff yet smooth and you could hear the childish side of his nature in it. "Hey Natsu." I said and just like that our conversation began.

We strolled over to a park bench and just sat and talked for well over an hour. During our conversation we talked about, well, everything. From how good it was to see each other to how I was now single, to both mine and his parents and where on Earth he has been. It felt good to just let everything out and I felt so at home as he smiled or frowned at everything I said. Sometimes he would laugh and others he would growl menacingly. His laugh filled me with hope and joy, his little growls made me blush yet feel protected at the same time.

By the time we were caught up on everything it felt like we had been together through it all, as though we had been friends our entire lives. It was also dark and I was shivering so Natsu offered to walk me home. I gladly accepted, regretting my decision not to wear a jacket. However Natsu kept me warm with his unusually warm body heat, his arm draped casually over my shoulders while I blushed profusely, warming my face up a little too much. Although I felt awkward, I was a little sad when we made it to my house.

I stood outside my door for a bit saying goodbye to Natsu. "Bye Natsu, it was so nice to see you again." He grinned showing his strangely sharp canines, tilting his head to the side. "It was fun to see you too, Luce." He said. I blushed a little at the new nickname before a wave of worry came over me. What if he left me too? My eyes started filling up as I looked up at him, some tears leaking out. "You won't leave again right Natsu?" I asked. I looked down as I mumbled softly, "Please don't leave me."

I felt strong fingers under my chin, lifting my face up. I stared into Natsu's face as he smiled gently, hugely different yet so similar to his wide grin. "I'm not going anywhere Luce, don't you worry about that." He spoke softly, as if he was scared to break me if he spoke too loudly.

I smiled at his concern and the promise I could see in his eyes. I nodded and stepped into my house, waving goodbye. "See you Natsu." I watched him go as he waved over his shoulder and I grinned at his parting words.

"See ya tomorrow, Luce!"

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