1 Week Later

"Why do I feel empty inside?" Natsu asks himself. "Even though Lucy turned me down, it feels like all I can think about is her. How I want her in my arms, and to be mine. To protect her. How hard I try, I'm still in love."

Natsu feels tears streaming down his face and quickly wipes them away.

"Ever since you broke my heart, it seems like all I'm ever doing is crying."

"Natsu?" Natsu turns around to see Happy with a worried look on his face. "You haven't been in the guild for a week. Is everything alright? Everyone's asking for you."

"Yeah I'm fine. Tell them I'll come back soon." He pats Happy's head, trying to smile for him.

He debated leaving the guild for a while but he couldn't leave Lucy. She broke his heart, but he still wanted to be near her every chance he gets.

"Alright! I'll go to the guild tomorrow and face Lucy." Natsu decided.

Lucy's POV

"Lu-Chan!"

Lucy sees Levy running up to her excitedly.

"Levy-Chan! It's been forever. How was the job?"

"It was hard but with Gajeel there we managed to do it." While saying Gajeel, Levy blushed a deep red.

"Sheesh, still blushing after saying your boyfriend's name. It's been a month now." Lucy said with a hint of sadness in her voice.

With that Gajeel walked towards them.

"Hey Shrimp. I'm gonna head home, I'll be waiting."

"Actually, I thought I'll sleep at Lu-Chan's place today."

Gajeel thought for a moment but then kissed Levy.

"Be safe." He said blushing.

"Wow it's amazing how much Gajeel changed after being with you." Lucy said.

Levy just tried to change the topic. She announced to all the girls in the guild that they'll be having a sleepover at Lucy's tonight.

"It'll give us time to talk to each other, since we've all been busy for these past couple of weeks." Levy said in a excited tone.

Tonight

All the girls sat down in Lucy's apartment. This included Lucy, Levi, Erza, Lisanna, Juvia, and Mira.

"So Erza, how's it going with Jellal?" Mira asked slyly.

"It's going fine." Erza said in a relaxed tone even though she was exploding inside.

Ever since the Grand Magic Games, Erza had been seeing Jellal more than usual. Even though she tried not to show it, the girls knew what was going on.

"What about you and Gray?" Erza pointed this question directly at Juvia in an attempt to change the subject.

"Oh well, Gray-sama is amazing. Gray-sama,Gray-sama,Gray-sama." Juvia's eyes lit up as she talked about Gray.

"Look at what you've done. You broke her Erza." Lisanna said worriedly.

"She'll be fine." Erza replied knowing that this happened all the time.

"What about Lucy and Natsu? I heard he was dying to see you last week for some apparent reason."

All Lucy could think about was Natsu. The guilt eating her up. She didn't want to hurt him. She just couldn't marry him. Everywhere she looked it triggered some memory of her and Natsu. She didn't know what this feeling was. Was it

love

But she still had to say no, even if she did love him.

"I need some fresh air." Is all she could manage to say.

She didn't want to worry them. Lucy wanted to have a sleepover to forget about Natsu, love, and everything else. But it just kept coming back to haunt her.

She looked up to see it was the first snow of the winter. After that it all went downhill.