Chapter Two

These New Feelings

I can't believe I did that. When I thought I was going to confess to Lucy, I never thought it was going to be that way. Natsu you're such a fucking idiot. I cursed myself. I wonder if she will ever talk to me again. I know I can't face her now. I'm too embarrassed and pissed off. I've always cared about Lucy and I would do anything she ask me to, so why can't she feel the same way about me like I do her. What does assholes like Gray have that I don't that attracts Lucy.

"Hey Natsu, wait up please!" I could hear her calling after me but I kept walking I just can't face her. Why would she come after me like this though, is that some sort of sign? Maybe I do have a chance. I stopped in my tracks and I felt her run into me knocking us both on the ground. I fell face first and she fell on top of me.

"Damnit Lucy get off, you're hurting me." I grumbled.

"Oops sorry! You shouldn't stopped like that you idiot." She yelled at me. She's fussing at me but she's the one who ran into me knocking me on the ground.

"You sure got a way of apologizing to someone." She got up and she offered me her hand to help me up off the ground.

"You're right, I'm sorry it was an accident." She said pulling me off the ground.

"So what do you want? You came to reject me?" I asked brushing myself off. I wouldn't be able to handle rejection if that's what she's here for.

"No, that's not it. I wanted to apologize. I didn't mean to make you upset, it's just everything was moving so fast, and you did dropped a lot on me. I had no idea that you felt that way about me Natsu." She said looking down.

"You're right and I'm sorry, I did unload a lot on you at one time. I'm sorry for getting mad at you." I said grabbing her hand. She looked up at me surprised by the touch. She smiled a little and I smiled back.

"I know that you have a lot to think about so I will give you some time okay? But don't make me wait too long Lucy, I'm done with waiting." I said.

"Okay Natsu, I understand. Thank you so much for understanding as well." Her smile got bigger and she reached up to give me soft kiss on the cheek. I could feel my face turning red again. Damnit I need to learn how to control that.

"I'll you see you later okay? You just head to the party with Cana and Mirajane and I will just meet you there then okay?" I asked.

"Aye sir." She giggled and with that she turned to walk off back to her room. I can't believe that this just happened. It's definitely giving me some new found hope. I walked off smiling bigly feeling like I just won a grand prize.

GPOV (Gray)

I can't believe what I just saw. Did Lucy really just kiss Natsu on the cheek! What the hell was that all about? Is that why she broke up with me? She said I couldn't make her happy but does she think someone like Natsu could do any better? What the hell; and that idiot was supposed to be my damn friend! I mean he was the freaking one who set me and Lucy up in the first place! So what the hell is going on right now?

"Gray, darling!" My train of thought was lost and I looked up and saw Juvia walking towards me. She wanted to go with me to pick up some last minute things that I was going to need for the party tonight and she was hanging out in Ezra's room so she asked me to come pick her up.

"Hey Juvia." I said forcing a smile.

"You wasn't waiting long were you?" She asked grabbing my hand, we both started walking out.

"No not really." I said holding her hand.

"Well that's good. I'm glad you managed to get Erza to come out to the party tonight." She said smiling.

"Yeah I'm sure she's going to have a good time being that it's her first party at Fairy Tail Academy and all." I replied.

"Can I ask you something though, and don't take it the wrong way." She said looking down. Oh boy here it comes. When I was with Lucy she never was jealous of some other girl being with me. It used to drive me crazy because I think some jealousy is hot in a girl. But with Juvia, it seems that's all she feels and drives me insane.

"What is it?" I asked.

"Well, um, did you invite Lucy to the party as well?" She asked softly.

"No I didn't, but Natsu did. So she will be there tonight." I said rolling my eyes. That still pissed me off, who the hell does Natsu think he is to just be inviting people to my party especially my ex-girlfriend who I clearly didn't want at the party.

"Erza said that would happen." She said sounding disappointed.

"Don't worry about her Juvia, even if she does come we are going to have a good time." I said. I wonder if Erza know anything about Lucy and Natsu since she predicted that he would invite her knowing I wouldn't.

"Okay sweetheart, if you say so!" She said sounding a bit more assured of herself now.

"Did Erza said anything else about Lucy and Natsu?" I knew I probably shouldn't have asked her that knowing she would freak out inside about it.

"Not really, all she said was that she found it strange that Natsu was so attached to Lucy." She replied looking quizzical about it herself. Why haven't I've noticed that? It would explain why he invited her to my party knowing that I would be upset about it.

"Let's get going, we have a lot to get done before the party tonight." I said shaking it off, I don't want Juvia to worry, and plus Lucy doesn't bother me anymore. I'm over her. At least that was what I kept telling myself over and over again as I walked out with Juvia holding her hand.

(LPOV)

When I got back to my room Lisanna Strauss, Mirajane's little sister was standing by my door. She's a junior here at Fairy Tail Academy. They also have a brother named Elfman who is the same age as Mirajane and I but he can be a bit obnoxious so I don't like hanging around him. But I've always enjoyed being around Lisanna, she's such a sweetheart.

"Hey Lisanna, what's up?" I asked smiling at her.

"Oh hey Lucy." She looked up at me startled with a sad look.

"What's the matter?" I asked her.

"Can I talk to you about something?" She asked. Something must be really bothering her because I think she would go talk to Mirajane before she come talk to me.

"Yeah sure, come on in." I said unlocking my door and opening it up. She followed behind me and closed the door. She sat down on my bed taking her shoes off, and pulled in her knees resting her chin on them.

"What's up?" I asked sitting in front of her crossing my legs.

"Well, I can't talk to Mirajane about it because I don't know how she would react to it." She said softly.

"Well you know you can talk to me about anything. I'm always here for you Lisanna." I smiled softly at her. She smiled back.

"Well, it's about Natsu." She said.

"Is he okay?" I asked alarmed.

"Yeah he's fine." She shook her head.

"Then what is it? You're starting to freak me out girl." I said calming down.

"Well I kind of have feelings for him. And, I tried telling him yesterday but he told me he already have feelings for someone else." She looked like she was getting ready to burst into tears. Oh wow, I always thought she admired him because she thought he was a strong wizard, not because she harbored romantic feelings for him like that.

"Oh wow, did he um say who the person was." I asked even though I know that person is me. I feel awful.

"No he didn't. I mean he was nice about it but it really crushed me. It took a lot of courage to confess to him like that." Tears started pouring down her face. I felt terrible. Should I tell her that I'm the person that Natsu haves feelings for? I don't want her to be upset with me though.

"I'm sorry Lisanna, I really hate that that happened to you. At least he wasn't a jerk about it." I said trying to soothe her but I felt so awkward about it. I really didn't know what else to say.

"I don't know what to do Lucy! Should I give up on him? Or should I wait and just hope that his heart reaches out to me?" Her voice was shaking.

"Calm down girl! It's going to be okay. I think you should do what you feel what's right. If you want to wait for him then do so even though I don't think that's the best option to choose though. You're a beautiful girl Lisanna and I believe you can be with anyone you want to be." I said grabbing her hand to soothe her.

"That's not true, because if it was I would be with Natsu right now." She continued to cry.

"I'm sure if Natsu wasn't into someone else you would be the one he would choose no doubt about that, so cheer up Lisanna! I promise you that everything is going to be okay. You may feel like it's the end of the world right now but wait, you're going to meet that special guy who is going to sweep you off your feet and Natsu would be a thing of the past." I said pulling her into a hug.

"Thank you Lucy, I knew talking to you would make me feel better." She sniffed as she held on to me. I sighed heavily. I can't help but feel a little bad. I should have told her, but I just don't have it in me to do so. Does this make me a bad friend? I thought about this as I held on to her a little tighter.

(NPOV)

"You did what?" Gajeel and I were hanging out in his room. I decided to go over to talk to him about everything that happened with Lucy. I knew I couldn't talk to Gray about it. I know he still have feelings for Lucy even though he keeps telling himself that he doesn't. I'm no fool, because if he truly was over her, then he would have invited her to this party of his.

"I kind of told Lucy how I felt about her." I repeated myself.

"Wow, you finally grew some balls." He chuckled.

"Don't you start with me! It was just a spur of the moment. I didn't even mean for it to happen it just did." I said rolling my eyes.

"So how she take it?" He asked.

"Of course she was shocked. She said she had no idea that I felt this way about her." I said leaning back in the chair he had in his room.

"She must be the biggest bimbo I've met in my life if she had no idea that you liked her. Like come on Natsu, a blind man could see that you're head over heels for that girl. Which I don't know why, there's girls with better racks than hers around her." He was really pushing my buttons today.

"Don't you go talking about her like that unless you want to die asshole." I growled.

"Cool it hot head, I was only saying. You make it real obvious that that you have feelings for her and everyone sees it, so I don't know why she didn't see it." He replied laughing a little.

"I don't even know why I'm even talking to you about this." I rolled my eyes.

"Obviously because you're scared of Gray wiping the floor with your face, so I'm the next best thing you got!" He was still laughing.

"I'm not afraid of that damn popsicle! If I wanted him to know I would tell him!" I yelled.

"Yeah right Natsu, that bonehead is obviously not over Lucy neither. And I even bet that he's only using Juvia to make her jealous. But there's no doubt that I will kick his ass if he hurts Juvia, I promised myself this." He finally stopped laughing.

"Dude, what's your deal with her?" I asked curiously. He always felt the need to protect her when Juvia never once gave him the time or the day. He's barely spoken five words to the girl.

"It's just not fair to treat people like that." He said turning to red, looking like he wanted to change the subject

"Yeah man whatever. Gray may not be over Lucy but Lucy is definitely over Gray that I know for sure." I said crossing my arms,

"And what make you so sure?" He asked.

"Why don't you just mind your business you jerk." I rolled my eyes and got up I was tired of being in here.

"Hey listen man, just some real advice if you want Lucy then let her come to you. Don't go chasing after her." He said.

"Yeah whatever." I said and then I left. I walked down the hall from his dorm, wondering what I should do next. I have so much time to kill before the party. I can't go hang out with Lucy because things are just too weird right now and I rather drown in a damn lake than go hang out with Gray. So I guess I will just go hang out in my room.

(LPOV)

I called Mirajane over because I really want to talk to her about the conversation with Lisanna. I felt so bad after she left my room. I couldn't tell her about Natsu's feelings for me because but I didn't want her to hate me. Maybe Mirajane can break it down to her.

"Hey Lucy, are you in there?" Mirajane called knocking on my door. I got up to go open the door and when I did, I saw Mirajane and Cana staring back at me.

"Cana? You're here too?" I asked looking shocked. Well I wasn't expecting her.

"Hey Lucy, I hope you don't mind. I was bored and since we're all going to the party together I thought I would just come over with Mirajane too. I hope that's cool!" She said walking into my room. Well it's not like I can object to it now.

"What's wrong Lucy?" Mirajane asked walking in as well.

"Well, um I was kind of hopping to tell you privately. Are you sure you want Cana around for this? It's about your sister." I said softly. Cana shot me an offensive look.

"No offense Cana." I said quickly.

"What about Lisanna, is she alright?" Mirajane was immediately alerted.

"Well, not really." I said closing my door.

"What's going on Lucy?" Cana asked interested now.

"Well, she was afraid to talk to you about it because she isn't sure how you would react to it." I continued.

"Lucy you're starting to freak me out, what's going on with her?" Mirajane asked.

"Well her feelings got hurt recently. She has romantic feelings for Natsu and she told him about it." I started.

"She what? Lisanna likes, likes Natsu?" Cana asked shocked.

"Well I kind of already knew that." Mirajane admitted.

"Did you? Well she kind of told Natsu about those feelings yesterday." I said. Mirajane eyes bugged out.

"Really? Now that I didn't know! Well what did he say?" She asked. Cana leaned in too, they were both extremely shocked about it.

"He turned her down, and she said he was nice about it. He told her that he already have feelings for someone else." I said, I could feel my heart jumping. I'm not sure if I want to tell them that, that person is me.

"No way! Well who is the other person, do you know?" Cana asked.

"Well yeah I do." I said looking down.

"Well who is it?" Mirajane asked.

"Well, um, it's um me." I whispered.

"It's who!?" Cana asked again.

"It's me you guys. The girl that Natsu have feelings for is me. He confessed to me today." I said again.

"Oh my gosh." Mirajane said.

"No freaking way!" Cana added.

"Did you tell Lisanna that?" Mirajane asked.

"I couldn't bring myself to do it." I whispered.

"Oh I see, and now you're calling me here to do it for you. Correct?" She asked.

"Yes." I said still looking down.

"Wow Lucy seriously!" Cana piped in.

"I just didn't have the heart to do it. She was already hurt from the rejection. Like she was in tears when she came to me. I just couldn't cause her anymore pain." I added.

"I understand Lucy, thank you for coming to me about it. I will talk to her and straighten things out don't worry about it." Mirajane said with a smile. I felt so relieved when she said that.

"Thank you Mirajane, thank you so much." I said smiling.

"So the next question Lucy, do you feel the same way about Natsu?" Cana asked. Crap I knew that question was coming up next.

"Well I don't know." I said.

"What do you mean you don't know?" She asked.

"I mean, I like Natsu as a close friend. He's always there for me even when I don't want him there. But, I just got out of a relationship with Gray and I'm really not looking forward to jumping into anything else anytime soon." That I knew for sure.

"Oh wow, is that what you told him?" Mirajane asked.

"Well I kind of just told him that I needed some time to think about everything. Everything just happened so darn fast." I said looking down.

"Oh my gosh, what do you mean moving too fast? Did he try to kiss you?" Cana asked excitingly.

"Well um, kinda sorta like that." I said still looking down messing with my fingers.

"Oh wow! I guess his feelings are something serious! Poor Lisanna, kiddo don't have a chance." Cana said smiling.

"Don't say that. I really wanted to tell her Mirajane but I couldn't do it. I couldn't be the one to break her heart, and I didn't want her to be upset with me." I said quietly.

"I understand that Lucy, don't worry so much about it okay? Yeah she's going to be upset about it at first but I'm sure she will get over it with time." Mirajane said softly. I smiled at her with so much relief and she smiled back. There was a knock at the door, and we all looked at it. I wonder who that could be.

"Come in!" I yelled and when the door opened up Erza came strolling in.

Hey guys." She said smiling.

"Oh hey Erza, what's going on?" I asked with a half-smile.

"I'm sorry and I'm interrupting something?" She asked.

"Um not really." Cana piped up. I really hope she didn't hear any of that conversation going on.

"What's up Erza?" Mirajane asked smiling at me.

"Oh nothing, I was actually coming over to ask Lucy to help me pick out an outfit for the party tonight." She said shyly.

"Yeah sure Erza I would love to help!" I said smiling brightly at her. She smiled back as I got up.

"I will meet up with you guys later for the party okay?" I said looking at Mirajane and Cana.

"Sure thing, in the plaza okay?" Mirajane replied as she got up, Cana got up as well.

"Okay no problem! I will see you guys then!" I said walking out the room with everyone following behind me. I locked up my room and we all parted separately. Cana and Mirajane went right and Erza and I went left towards her room.

"So Erza do you have any idea what you're going to wear?" I asked her.

"Actually, I already know what I'm going to wear." She said with a straight face. I looked up at her confused.

"Then why did you say you needed my help?" I asked confusedly.

"I just used that as an excuse to get you out of your room without Cana and Mirajane being suspicious. There's actually something else that I need to talk to you about." She said.

"What about?" I asked.

"We will talk about it when we get to my room." She answered.

"Is it something bad?" I asked feeling panic.

"It's about Gray." She mumbled. My heard dropped. Why does she want to talk about him? I got a very sick feeling in my stomach as I followed behind her. Whatever it is she have to talk to me about I hope it doesn't drastically change or mess things up. I prayed for this as we got to her room. Crap. What else could go wrong?