The Act of Falling in Love

Description: Lucy feels the pressure coming from her father to marry someone and soon. But when Lucy meets Natsu for the first time, she gets dragged into his strange world. Where Natsu has gotten involved with some bad people and Lucy might just become a target for their plans. (NaLu story)

I'm a fan of the Fairy Tail anime and manga, and I absolutely love NaLu! So thought was about time I started writing a fan-fiction about them. Please all enjoy, other pairings will include GaVy, Gruvia and maybe some others XD

ENJOY!

Chapter 1

"The party is about to begin," Virgo said, as she came into Lucy's room with a freshly ironed dress. "Your father's important clients will all be there."

"You mean my future fiancé." Lucy stretched out her arms, closing the book she was reading. "He wants me to pick out one of his colleagues son."

"Who needs a fiancé, when you have me." Loki entered the room, his hands on his hips and his hair styled upward.

"Loki?" Lucy got up from her chair, examining the suit he'd put on. "Aren't you dressed for the occasion."

"I am your bodyguard after all."

Lucy pulled a hair strand away from her face. "And you won't need to do any guarding, since nothing ever happens at these boring events."

"None sense." Loki tapped Lucy's nose. "If any men get to flirty with you, I have the privilege of escorting them out."

"Lucy-sama!" Capricorn rushed into the room. Lucy's advisor, or in other words babysitter—personally assigned by her father. She didn't understand why she needed one, but he said it was for importance of appearance. Capricorn made sure Lucy always looked her very best in public, that the public saw her in a proper manor.

"Are you not dressed yet; you're supposed to be near the entrance to greet people." His voice was goat like, and his body language makes Lucy understand he was in a hurry.

"Virgo just came back with the dress Capricorn." Lucy patted him on the shoulder. "I'll be down in a minute, after I get dressed. I can even get Cancer to curl my hair if you want."

Capricorn nodded, not in complete agreeance, but willing to wait. "Just make it quick."

Lucy told the boys she'll be a few minutes, before changing into her pink dress and doing up her hair in a nice bun. "Did you train today?" Virgo asked while putting another clip in her hair.

Lucy shrugged.

"Aquarius will be mad at you if you keep missing your daily exercise. Not only do you need to keep up in your studies, but you have to stay fit." Virgo pointed out.

"What does it matter?" Lucy sighed. "Maybe if I'm fat no boy will want to marry me." Virgo put in the last clip. Lucy looks herself over in the mirror. "Though that probably won't work, I mean if they were only after my father's money, they probably wouldn't care what I looked like."

"Lucy." Loki knocked. "We should get down there; cars are beginning to pull up."

Virgo helped Lucy out of the chair. "I'm sure things will go fine tonight Lucy, after all it's only a party."

Lucy nodded, sure that that was what tonight would be. Just a party and nothing more. Lucy grabbed onto Loki's arm and he led her downstairs to the foyer.

Lucy spent the next hour greeting guests, making small talk about her family's company and trying to find a number of excuses to not dance. Luckily the next face that popped up in front of her was none other than her good friend Levi. "Levi." Lucy shouted practically, wrapping the girl in a hug. "I haven't seen you in ages."

Levi smiled. "I'm sorry Lu-chan, I should have kept in contact with you, but it's so hard to reach you now."

Lucy smiled sadly. Levi used to be the daughter of a wealthy bookstore company owner that is before she refused to marry either Jet or Droy, the two men her father had picked out for her to marry. Levi, opted instead to elope with the man she loved Gajeel. Which meant her father cut her off, and was pretending she didn't exist.

Lucy wondered what would happen if she eloped, she doubted she'd get cut off. No her father would be much worse; he'd probably send a police squad after her, drag her back home, and lock her away until she married the man he wanted. If Lucy didn't find at least one guy she liked tonight, then she doubted her father would give her any more time to decide, and just pick one out for her.

"I'm glad I get to see you again Levi-chan." Lucy squeezed Levi's hand. "I miss seeing you."

"I'm sorry Lu-chan, I really miss you to. But seeing you now, coming here is a lot harder." Levi looked over her shoulder. She stared at a guy at the back table eating some kiwi's. "But I'm really happy now."

"All I want is for you to be happy." Lucy admitted. "So at least I'm glad you're here. Why don't you introduce me to your 'husband' Levi."

Levi blushed, but she nodded. Unfortunately a dark haired figure ruined the moment. "Lucy." He picked up her hand and kissed it. "Do you care for this dance?" Lucy blushed.

"Gray." Lucy sighed. "I guess I don't have a choice." Lucy sent Levi an apologetic look, before heading to the dance floor with Gray. "I haven't seen you in the last while." Lucy said, as Gray swung her around the dance floor. "Though I imagine our fathers keep in touch." Gray's father, Silver was the owner of a large ice factory that provided ice to almost everyone in the country. You'd think there would be no money, but apparently there was a lot.

"Yes so much so that he's purposing we get married." Lucy blushed, she couldn't believe that Gray had just said it so bluntly like that.

"What are you implying Gray?" Lucy asked him in a whisper.

Gray dipped Lucy with the music. "I'm saying that you should say 'no' to your father's idea of this proposal and marry someone else." That stung Lucy a bit more than it should have. "I haven't told my father yet but I have feelings for someone else. If you suggest me to your father Lucy, my father Silver won't be able to turn him down. Which is why you have to refuse."

Lucy looked over Gray's shoulder, and sees a woman wearing a blue dress with raindrop earrings watching them. "Is she nice?" Lucy asked.

"Very nice, at first I found her annoying, and her tendencies stalker like. But she won me over. Even with her being from lower class, I know she's the girl I want in my life. Which is why I can't get engaged to you. I know we're friends Lucy, and it'd be fine if we got married but I love her now, and it wouldn't be right."

Lucy nodded her head. "I understand Gray." She stopped dancing. "I'm really happy for you." Lucy wasn't sad, but she was a little flustered. Out of all the men her father had given her on a list to marry, Gray was her 1st choice. Even though she didn't love him, at least she liked him, and he wasn't some fat snob.

"Thank you Lucy." Gray pulled away and went back towards the girl with raindrop earrings. He kissed her head, and Lucy could tell the girls eyes got less glare like, and more thankful as Gray snuggled beside her. Lucy walked towards the side of the dance hall. She looked through the crowd, trying to see if there was any man worth her time.

But in the crowd of people, she couldn't seem to spot anyone. Maybe it was just the fact that Lucy hadn't been in love before, or even the fact that she just didn't know anyone well enough here to commit. Maybe Lucy was destined to end up with some snobby guy her father chose.

A man steps beside Lucy, he wore a black dress like outfit and his eyes were a very pitch black. "Mind if I join you?"

Lucy shrugged. "Why not?" Lucy felt the man was familiar, but she wasn't sure from where.

"Heartfilia-san, correct." Lucy nodded to the stranger. Where had she seen him before?

"I don't mean to be rude, but your body guard is Loki, correct." Lucy nodded in acknowledgement. "I think he may he may have gotten into a fight with someone in the left wing." Lucy checks the perimeter, unable to find her devoted body guard. Darn it Loki, had he really gotten into a fight. If it were about Lucy, she knew it could get serious.

Lucy didn't mutter another word to the stranger, as she ran to the left wing in search of her long time bodyguard. "Loki." Lucy muttered as she searched the hall. Seeing a door to the outside deck open, Lucy peers outside it, to see that left the door open in such cold weather. Instead though, she finds a pink haired gentlemen throwing up all over the roses bushes.

What do you think of the first chapter? I'm guessing most of you will know who the pink-haired stranger is XD Reviews are much appreciated!