Chapter 3: Am I...
*BEEP BEEP*
The blonde wakes up to the sound of her alarm. 9 o'clock, an hour till he picks her up. Lucy gets out of bed and heads to the bathroom to take a shower. After 30 mins of showering, she already knew what she was wearing, so she takes the outfit she wanted and puts it on. 20 minutes till he arrives. She decides to make breakfast before he arrives, the blonde makes some toast, egg and some juice on the side. 5 more minutes. Lucy wonders what he actually got in mind for this, I mean it isn't a date or anything just friend with friend or something. 'I bet he'll fail this challenge' the blonde thought to herself as she gives a small evil laugh.
*DING DONG*
The front door opens, "Your ready to-" the salmon haired teen couldn't finish his sentence as the blonde dashed outside passed him twirling.
"So, what are we doing today?" Lucy says smirking evilly.
Natsu walks to the car opening the door for the blonde and walks on to the other side and gets inside the car. "Right now we're going-" he gets cut off as she finishes the sentence for him.
"to the studio, since you have to record a song right?" Lucy sighs as she looks out the window disappointed.
"Y-Yeah..." Natsu mutters as he turns the car on and drives them to the studio.
While they were driving off to the studio, Lucy was humming away with the tune of the song playing on the radio(Brave by Sara Bareilles). Natsu smiled as he listened to her humming the song. 'She loves singing, but why does she not want to tell anyone?' the salmon haired teen thought to himself, as he glances to look at her. After a few minutes they arrived at the studio, Natsu shows the blonde around so she could be comfortable. As they both enter the room, there was two people already there waiting with everything set up for him.
"Yo! This is Lucy." the salmon haired teen says as they both look at her, then he turns to look at her, "You can wait here, it won't be that long." He enters the room and puts on the headphones.
"Anytime you're ready Natsu." the lady says in the mic giving him the signal, starting the music. (Demons by Imagine Dragons)
"When the days are cold
And the cards all fold
And the saints we see
Are all made of gold"
"When your dreams all fail
And the ones we hail
Are the worst of all
And the blood's run stale"
"I wanna hide the truth
I wanna shelter you
But with the beast inside
There's nowhere we can hide"
"No matter what we breed
We still are made of greed
This is my kingdom come
This is my kingdom come"
Lucy rolled her eyes. Then she felt a vibrate in her bag, it was Levy calling. She left the room so Levy wouldn't know that she was with Natsu.
"Hey Lu-chan! I've been trying to reach you." Levy shouted on the other line.
The blonde sighed, "Sorry, I left my phone on vibrate...Guess I didn't realized. So what's up?"
"I just wanted to asked if you wanted to hang out with me and Erza today-ACHOO" Levy asked as she sneezed.
"Sorry Levy-chan, I can't I'm busy all day today. Maybe another time." Lucy answered as she leans against the wall.
"Aww, alright." Levy says in disappointment.
"I'll call you later!" the blonde shouts trying to cheer her up before ending the call.
As Lucy hangs up from her call she walks into the room quietly and hears that Natsu is almost done the song. the blonde sighs a little before sitting down on the chair.
"When you feel my heat
Look into my eyes
It's where my demons hide
It's where my demons hide
Don't get too close
It's dark inside
It's where my demons hide
It's where my demons hide"
"Alright that's a rap." the man says giving Natsu a thumbs up.
Natsu walks into the room and heads for the other door, "I'm just gonna go to the bathroom."
"Okay." the blonde replies as she watched him walk out the door.
"Hey, Lucy if you want we can record a song for you. You look like a person who can sing." the lady mutters as she winks at her.
"No, I think i'm-" Lucy was cut off by the guy.
"C'mon we'll love to hear you sing. Sing anything you want." the man says smiling at the blonde as he sets everything up for her.
"A-Alright...If you insist..." the blonde stutters as she showed them the song she wanted to sing, then enters the other room. She puts on the headphones and slide the left side off her ear.
The two of them grinned, looked at each other, then nodded. "Whenever you're ready." the lady says in the mic giving her the same signal, then turning on the music. (Nightcore Hero, I just love this song, so I felt like it. Plus she's like expressing herself or whatever)
"No one sit with him,
he doesn't fit in,
But we feel like we do
When we make fun of him"
"Cause you want to belong,
do you go along?
Cause his pain is the price
paid for you to belong"
"It's not like you hate
him or want him to die,
But maybe he goes
home and thinks suicide,"
The blonde was getting into it. She was enjoying singing, so she continues.
"Or he comes back to school
with a gun at his side,
Any kindness from you
might have saved his life..."
"Heroes are made when
you make a
Choice..."
"You can be a hero,
Heroes do what's right,
You could be a hero,
You might save a life,"
"You could be a hero,
you could join the fight
For what's right, for
what's right,
for what's right..."
The man and the lady looked at each other and smiled. They loved her voice, plus this song was perfect for her.
"No one talks to him
about how he lives,"
"He thinks that the
choices he
makes are just his"
"Doesn't know he's a
leader with the
way he behaves,"
and other will follow
the choices he's made,"
"He lives on the edge,
he's old enough to
decide,"
"His brother who wants
to be him is just nine,"
The door opens slightly and it was the salmon haired teen peeking. As he stands behind the door, he listens as she continues the song. 'Beautiful' he thought. Then he decides to walk in quietly and just stands by the door.
"He can do what he
wants because it's
his right,"
"The choices he makes change a
nine-year-old's life.."
"Heroes are made when
you make a
choice..."
As Lucy finishes the song, she looks up and notices Natsu standing by the door. 'Oh crap...W-When was he there?' she thought to herself, then looks down as her cheeks feels like its burning. The blonde walks out of the room as the lady gives her a thumbs up.
"That was great amazing, Lucy. You could probably be better than Natsu here." the man says smirking at the salmon haired teen who looks likes he's pouting.
"I'm just kidding pink head!" the man says laughing as he smacks his head.
Natsu rubs his head in pain, "Ow... W-Well we should be going. Let's go Luigi-"
"Lucy! L-U-C-Y! Jeez at least get it right for once." the blonde scolded as she walks out the door waving goodbye to the two behind the dumbfounded pink head.
As they head out, Lucy wonders where Natsu would be taking her this time. The salmon-haired teen opens the door for her, then rushes to the other side and starts the car.
I wonder if she would like to go there... Maybe she'll enjoy it there! Then again, I don't like these kinds of things and who knows if fans could be there. Ugh such a pain! Well lets give it a try...
"Hey Lucy..."
"Yeah?" she replied casually without turning to look at him and stares out the window.
"A-ah never mind!" the salmon haired teen stutters as he kept focusing on driving with his cheeks turning to a light rose color.
Natsu takes a turn and starts looking for a parking spot. As for the blonde, her eyes widen in surprise, gleamed with excitement. But trying to hide that excitement for the pink-head.
"A c-carnival?" the blonde hesitating as she fiddles with her hair trying to hide her excitement.
"Yep! I just thought you might like these kind of things...Plus I thought it would be fun!" Natsu smiles as he found a parking spot and turns into it.
"Ohhh, Natsu can we go on that ride?!" Lucy suggested pointing to one of the big roller coasters, smiling brightly.
"Y-yeah...Sure!" The pick-headed teen stutters as his face starts to go a bit pale just looking at it. As the blonde picks the front seats, Natsu got a bit more paler than usual, "L-Luce...Y-you sure you want to be in the front?"
"Of course! Its funner that way...Natsu? Are you okay, you're getting pale." Lucy tilts her head wondering why he was pale.
"N-No! I'm fine! Front seats it is!" he shouts, trying to not get sick on the rides.
After going on most of the rides Lucy wanted, Natsu felt like he was dying just by going on all those. They make their way over to a bench to chill out for a bit till...
"Hey, yo Natsu!" A voice yelled out calling out to the paled pink-head.
They both turned around and was surprise to see who it was, "G-Gray?!" the blonde shouts out as her eyes widen in surprise. "Why are you here?"
"For one, that's my line. I should be asking why are you TWO here. And for starters, I'm surprised you remembered my name, blondie."
"W-well... It's just that I-"
"No worries, I don't mind." Gray says creepily getting closer to Lucy, putting his arm around her shoulder, "I just heard that there was a carnival in town so I thought I should check it out, since I got nothing else to do..."
"Gray!" Natsu shouts out as he shoves him away from Lucy, "Thought I should check it out my ass! You should leave, air head."
"Oh? Is bubble head getting jealous?" Gray says teasingly leaning forward, as Natsu face and ears get red.
"N-No! It's just that-"
"Just that what? Hmh? Well I was just passing bye so I'll take my leave, see ya. Bye miss Lucy" Waving to Lucy smirking at her, while the pink-haired teen turns in disgust.
"Ugh! I hate that guy." Natsu mutters as he sits down on the bench pouting.
The blonde sighed, then she smelt some food just a few meters away. "N-Natsu?" she stutters as she points towards the food stands, "Mind if we can get some food...I haven't ate anything since breakfast."
"Sure," he agreed standing up and heading to the food stands with Lucy.
The both of them headed down to get some food, Natsu trying not to stuff his face with a bunch of food while Lucy casually tries to ignore it. The salmon-haired teen glances to the blonde and he wonders if she was enjoying her time...with him. As he blushes in embarrassment he casually turns slightly so she doesn't notice. The day goes by as they enjoy most of their time spending at the carnival then sightseeing around Magnolia.
As the both of them were finishing up their meal, Lucy felt bad that he took her to a fancy restaurant. Sitting outside having a perfect view of the city. The salmon-haired teen felt a vibration coming from his pocket. It was his phone, he checked his phone and apparently he was getting a unexpected call. "I-I'll be right back...I'm getting a call."
"Okay, take your time." The blonde turns to enjoy more of the view of the city with all the lights shining.
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"Why are you calling-"
He gets interrupted by a girly voice coming from the other side of the line, "Well cause I felt like it silly! I can call you anytime since we are dating, remember? Why don't you come over and bring the guys with you, I'm having a small get together with some of my girls here."
"We aren't dating anymore! I broke up with you weeks ago, and I'll decline to that invitation as well." Natsu gets irritated from getting calls from her, thinking that she can do whatever she likes.
"Hpmh! That's rude I-"
"Enough Lisanna. I'm serious the relationship you thought we had is done and gone, so stop calling me and leave me alone, byee~" He ends the call with a big sigh, looking to his side glancing to see the blonde admiring herself.
He notices that she jumped a little to see that she got an unexpected call as well. Her face dropped and looked displeased.
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"Dad! I told you, I'm not lending you anymore money. You're always obsess with money, just give it a rest! I don't care what you need it for, I worked hard for the amount I have from working and I still have to pay my rent of my house in just a few days." the blonde mutters half of the things in a serious tone, then sighing.
"But Lucy I-"
"Just enough dad! I don't want to hear anymore excuses." Lucy ends the call leaning back and sighing once more. 'Ugh! I can't believe him, just calling to ask for more money?! Life is such a pain sometimes. ' She thought to herself.
She took her phone once more then started dialing a number.
"Hey Levy-chan? Its me." She says trying not to sound so depressing, taking a sip of some water that was on the table.
"Oh! Lucy-chan, is something wrong?!" Levy shouts making Lucy pull the phone from a safe distance to that shouting.
Lucy couldn't find any words to what she wanted to ask, "W-well...U-umm..." Then the blonde finally found some excuse to say, "about that night when we were having Bar-BQ..."
"Oh yeah... I wanted to talk to you about that. Erza and I were going to see if you were okay, but you weren't home..."
"Y-yeah... I was just taking a stroll to the park...I just wanted to say sorry for storming off like that." the blonde rubs the back of her head as her cheeks turn to a light pink.
"Well that's okay! You've been having a hard time with family issues so I can understand that." Levy tries to sound a bit cheerful for Lucy.
"T-thanks...Well I should go now, bye~" She hangs up the phone sighing in relief that she almost spilled the beans of her whereabouts.
Natsu began to walk back towards the table that Lucy waited at, "s-sorry that took a bit long!" he rubs the back of his head.
"That's fine..."
"W-well...Isn't the view very lovely at night? I know its a pretty fancy place but I thought you would like the view ya' know!" He tries to act casual, "u-umm...Wanna leave? We're pretty much done eating."
Lucy looks down at the table, "o-oh! I didn't even notice." She starts giggling making her cheeks turn to a pink color. "Let's go."
The both of them head to the cashier to pay for their meal. The blonde still felt bad since it was pretty much expensive. As they head out it was already late, the salmon-haired teen checked his phone, he was checking the time till he got an unexpected text message from Gajeel;
"Yo, have you heard from Gray? He hasn't been answering any of my messages or calls, no one here can't reach him."
Natsu started to text him back with "When did this start?" His phone vibrated;
"Started out an hour before our recording for the music which was like at 4:30 pm."
The salmon-haired teens sighed and face palmed himself then started to text back, "Well I saw him a few hours before that..."
"Natsu...Is everything alright?" the blonde start poking at him trying to get his attention.
He looked up at her, "well Gajeel is saying that Gray is missing or something."
"What do you mean?" She tilted her head in confusion not understanding what he was talking about.
"He isn't answering his phone, it started at 4:30...A few hours from the last time we saw him." Natsu's phone vibrated once more;
"Mind checking his place if he's at home or something?"
The both of them headed to the car and Natsu began to drive them to Gray's house. Feeling flustered Natsu found it annoying that he had to help find the "air head" but even tho he doesn't like him their friends. Lucy started poking at the salmon-haired teen.
"N-Natsu..? I thought we were heading to-"
"Sorry Luce, but this doesn't involve you...I know you want to help, but I can handle this situation myself." Natsu takes one of his hand putting it on her hand that's on her lap. "So it's best if you-"
"Natsu." The blonde was being serious, "I may not be involve, but I HAVE to help. Like it or not I'm coming with you."
"There's nothing I can do to stop you is there?"
The blonde take her other hand and puts it over his hand that's on her hand then grins, "Nope nothing."
He was surprise that she was serious about this, he glanced to look at her and her expression was soft and relaxing. His heart skipped a beat as he saw her face...What is this feeling? Am I...
Note: FINALLY this took me forever to figure out half of it. Sorry that it took a bit long I got busy with Christmas and New Years stuff. I was about to make it short, but I was like nah might as well keep it going. :P
Hint: Next chapter Natsu realized that he's in love...Lucy finds Gray and...
(Muahaha I'm evil/weird :D )
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