xXx
"If you leave here, promise me no more threats?"
"I promise..." Lucy sighed she held up a sign from the hunger games and whistled softly.
"Get out of here." The officer said with a stale and bitter face.
Lucy grabbed her things and headed out the door.
"Thanks for coming on such short notice, I know you must have been busy." Lucy said to Sting, who was waiting for her.
"Never too busy for family. I'm just glad you finally called me for help, although this isn't what I had in mind when I offered." Sting chuckled.
"Yeah well, I wouldn't have had to call you at all if they hadn't booked me for no reason."
"I'm pretty sure threatening to kill someone in front of an officer is very much a reason."
"But Hikari the dumb ass burns the whole building down and he's still unleashed in the world? I mean causing a fire, isn't that arson or something?"
"I think only if he meant to burn it down, but with the statement he gave he doesn't even sound like he knows what day it is today."
"Well if not jail then a psychiatric ward." Lucy said sarcastically.
"You really are related to me," Sting laughed before they both got into his convertible.
"So where to?" Sting asked as he started the car.
"Back to the crime scene I guess." Lucy said as she put on her seat belt. Sting chuckled as he did the same before reversing out of the stall.
Minutes later, Sting parked his car by the curb just like he did the other night.
There was still smoke fumigating through the air and fire fighters were now patrolling the area and helping people gather some of their things.
"Hey, are we able to grab things from our apartments yet?" Lucy asked as she walked up to a guard.
"Oh you're back I see, well unfortunately if you lived on the third or fourth floor then you won't be able to gather anything. Everything from that floor on has been completely ruined by the flames."
"What? No that can't be I really need to just check it out for myself please..." Lucy begged him.
"What's your name?"
"Lucy, I lived on the third floor apartment 317!"
The man ushered over a fire fighter who then brought over a small box. He handed it over to her.
"This was literally all they could manage to salvage..."
Lucy sorted through the box and found that there were only her journals in here along with a few pictures.
"No, no, no...this can't be happening!" She emptied the box, leaving all of her items to fall to the ground.
"Lucy!" Sting almost shouted as she fell to her knees.
"It's all gone...all my hard work..." She looked at the mess before her. Sting wondered if his cousin was finally about to cry. In all the years he's known her she had never shed a tear before. Not even for her father when he had passed.
"What do you mean all your hard work?" Sting squatted down next to her.
"I had all my money saved in a box and now it's all gone!"
"Are you really upset about money right now?"
"Well I'm sorry, to you I guess money comes so easily right? But for someone like me, it's harder to come by." Lucy turned the box over and began to place her things back into it slowly.
"Not to make you feel any differently but you come from that world too..." Sting said as he helped her grab her things.
"STOP!" Lucy shouted. He pulled back his hand and looked at her with concern.
"Just...just stop helping me okay? I'm fine on my own, I have been for a long time now..." She said before picking up her box and walking off.
"Where are you going to go?" He yelled after her but she didn't turn back to give any answer. He sighed while putting his hands on his hips and looking at the ground at a journal she had left behind.
"Lucy you forgot something..." Sting said as he picked it up but Lucy was already gone. He opened the journal and was amazed at what he saw.
xXx
Lucy and her box of useless things had taken their way down to the bakery where she worked.
"Hi welcome, can I help you?" Mira looked up as the door bell rang open. She saw Lucy walk in instead of a customer, "Lucy what are you doing here? You don't work today."
"I just came by to ask you a favor..." Lucy bit her lip.
"What's wrong, are you okay?" Mira looked worried now.
After an hour of talking it out, Lucy sighed.
"I can't believe that idiot set the whole place on fire." Mira shook her head in disappointment.
"I can't believe he didn't get arrested for doing that." Lucy rolled her eye while doing the same.
"Well you can stay with me until you sort things out," Mira smiled.
"Thank you Mira, you know you're the best right?" Lucy hugged her.
"I know." She smiled while hugging her back.
xXx
Juvia waited at the restaurant, sitting alone at a table made for two.
As the sadness tried to escape, there he was...finally.
"You're late...again." Juvia tried to say it as calmly as she could with a forced smile.
"I'm so sorry, traffic was just terrible." He gave her a hug before he took his seat, "so did you order yet?" He continued with a rushed tone while searching the menu.
"So I ran into a girl from your work today, and she mentioned a charity event happening on Friday?" Juvia sidestepped the question.
"The specials look good here,"
"Lyon..." Juvia tried to get his attention.
"I think I'll get the salad."
"Lyon." She almost shouted.
"Huh?" Lyon looked up now to see a very pissed off Juvia.
"Babe, I sent you a text about the event." He put down the menu to say.
"Well obviously I didn't get it if I'm just finding out about it."
"I remember sending you a text telling you about it..." He took out his phone to check, "Oh...I guess I got distracted and didn't press send. I'm sorry honey, it's just been so crazy at work and my boss has been on my ass lately."
Juvia rolled her eyes before looking elsewhere.
Lyon grabbed her hands with a smile, "I'm sorry okay? You know I want you to come to the event with me."
Juvia looked into his sparkling eyes and couldn't help but melt. Her frown turned upside down and just like that everything was forgotten.
xXx
After only three days living at Mira's, Lucy found herself in front of Fairy Tail Studios. Mira lived in a small apartment with her two siblings. It was just getting way too cramped in there for her.
After looking up at the huge skyscraper building, which looked so luxurious. Lucy finally got the courage to move her feet and enter the building.
As soon as she entered through the door, posters of many different artists were plastered all over the walls. Music echoed throughout the place, and she suddenly wondered who it was that was trying to serenade her ears.
"Hi can I help you?" A woman asked as she smiled behind her desk.
"Is Sting Eucliffe here?" Lucy asked as the woman whispered into her ear piece.
"Name?"
"Lucy." The woman nodded before telling her to have a seat in the lobby.
"Thanks." Lucy gave a slight smile before taking a seat in one of the red cushioned chairs. She then turned her attention to the monitors on the wall that was showing part of a music video.
A guy with unusual hair was in a bedroom with some girl. He starts to touch on the girl but she stops him and pushes him towards the bed slowly as he sings...
"It's not like me to feel bothered by a sin now.
But when I see her all I wanna do is sit down."
The girl pushes him onto the bed but suddenly the bed changes into a chair, where he is now tied to. He starts to struggle while singing his lyrics...
"She got me sitting on the sidelines unusual.
It's so bad, and no one can stop her,"
With a wicked look in her eyes the girl gets close to his face and runs a finger under his chin, along with a smile to match it all. The guy starts to fall under her spell and starts to yearn for her...
"I love, I love..!
Oh damn, my heart's in trouble!
Cause I never said these words before...
She's like a virus that, INFECTS ME!
And there's no cure to help me through the pain..."
The girl exits the room and leaves him in there alone. Then it cuts to a dance scene where he's suddenly out of the chair dancing and singing with back up dancers...
"Ohh!
She's got me.
Ohh!
I'm begging.
Ohh!
I Can't speak!
She's so bad I can't even think anymore..!
Someone call the doctor, cause I'm going crazy!
Someone call a hero, cause I might need saving!
Someone call someone call someone!
Can you help me?!
This girl she got she got...
[In a techno voice]
She got me so good!"
The scene ends with the girl walking into the room that is now empty, and cuts to the guy with his shades on walking to his fancy car and getting in it with a sly smile.
"Get out of here, you need to rest."
"What I need, is to get back to rehearsal."
Lucy got up when she heard Sting and went over to him. She noticed the guy he was talking to.
"Well I just don't see that happening, considering you've royally pissed off Erza for the day."
"She'll get over it, at least let me record a song or something?"
"Natsu, just go home and rest. You deserve it and-"
"Hey," Lucy said as she approached them.
"Who is this?" The guy Lucy didn't know, asked.
"Natsu, this is Lucy. Lucy this is Natsu," Sting introduced them to each other.
"Oh hey you're-"
"Dragneel, I know." Natsu smiled triumphantly.
"Who?" Lucy looked at Sting who suddenly wanted to laugh.
"Are you serious?" Natsu looked at Lucy then back at Sting, "Is she serious?"
"I was just going to say you're from that video I just watched..." She said slowly.
"Wait...do you not know who I am?" Natsu looked at her seriously. Even the front desk assistant tried to hold in her laughter.
"Am I...supposed to know him...?" Lucy looked back at Sting again.
"Excuse her, she doesn't really keep up with the latest hits these days. Anyways be here on Saturday for your next rehearsal. Lucy we can head up now." Sting ushered her towards the elevators.
"Chandra who is that girl?" Natsu asked the assistant.
"I'm not too sure, I just met her today as well."
"Something about her looks familiar." Natsu watched Lucy and Sting enter the elevators before putting his shades on and heading out the door.
xXx
"So I'm guessing you found a place to stay temporarily?" Sting asked as he closed the door to his office and sat down on one of the sofa's as Lucy took a seat across from him.
"If staying in an overcrowded apartment with four people and one bathroom...then yes?"
"Oh well that's not too bad then." Sting gave a teasing smile before pouring a glasses of water.
"You're really going to make me beg for it aren't you?" Lucy's expression turned flat.
"Hey, I'm only waiting for you to make your move." Sting kept his smile as he picked up his glass and sat back while taking a sip.
"Alright fine...but just until I can get back on my feet again. And you have to let me work it off for you, anything you need is fine."
"Luce, we're family so don't sweat it." Sting placed his glass back down before standing up and going behind his desk. He opened one of the drawers and took out a white envelope.
"Here," Sting handed her the envelope.
Lucy opened it up to reveal a set of keys and some big bills.
"There's no way I could accept this much money without working for it myself. I don't even make this much in a week." Lucy looked through the bills before looking back at her cousin.
"Hmm...well I know this is last minute but, I need to attend this charity event tonight. And honestly I hate going to these things alone, will you go with me?" Sting sat back down.
"Firstly, me and fancy events don't really go together. Secondly, wouldn't going with your own cousin almost be up there with prom dates?" Lucy winced for a second.
"If you're worried about how to dress up, then don't worry about it. Hello, you're at Fairy Tail Studios, our building is huge for a reason. We have make up artist and stylists here for our disposal. And I was home schooled during high school and never had a prom. So I'm not too sure how that works for people who bring their cousin as dates." Sting chuckled.
Lucy rolled her eyes before looking back at the cash she was now sporting, "fine..." As soon as the word came out she regretted it.
