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Chapter Three: Eavesdrop
"Lucy-san you're pregnant"
"WHAT?!" Charle and Lucy both shouted.
This can't be! How am I going to tell them who the father is?! Heck how am I going to tell Natsu?! Lucy thought. Wendy and Charle just looked at Lucy waiting for her next reaction. Looking at her face, you can clearly see that she is panicking and afraid of something that the two can't place. To break the awkward silence, Charle spoke up.
"Lucy, um congratulations," Charle said Though I don't think it's what she wants to hear from us right now, who could the father be? We don't know anyone who could possibly be his boyfriend, though Gray is a candidate and there's also Loke and Natsu, but I highly doubt Natsu would be the father since he's an idiot on these sorts of things. Charle added as a thought.
"umm Lucy-san congratulations you're probably very happy right now that –
"NO! this can't happen! I'm not happy, not happy at all, what will I do? What will I do? How can I tell him? No one should know, what would they think of me then?" Lucy continued to panic not caring that Charle and Lucy are both in her apartment hearing everything she's saying.
"Lucy calm down, just relax and tell us what's wrong?" Charle spoke again trying to calm Lucy down. Wendy then approached Lucy and with a comforting hand placed on her shoulder, she sent a wave of calming light to soothe her nerves.
"That should make you feel better Lucy-san, now tell us what's wrong? Why aren't you happy with this news?" Wendy asked. After receiving the calming aura from Wendy, Lucy started to calm down.
"Thank you Wendy. Sorry if I lost my head for a moment there. If it was a different situation I'd be happy that I'm pregnant right now but it's not. If I tell you this will you promise not to tell anyone?" Lucy asked from both Wendy and Charle. The two nodded and Lucy continued to tell her tale.
"A few weeks ago after the victory party, something happened between me and a fellow mage in Fairy Tail. He followed me here in my apartment but I didn't notice until I went out of the bath and went to bed. He was already sleeping on my bed and I told him to get out but he insisted to stay because he said he was comfortable here and because we were drunk we just lost ourselves after he made the first move, things just got out of hand I guess," Lucy finished with her explanation and she continued, "back then, I thought that maybe he had feelings for me just as I had feelings for him to, and I just realized that after giving some thought on what we were talking about back at the guild during that night, but I guess I was just hoping too much. Now this happens, how will I be able to tell it to him and what would the guild think of me then?" Lucy's eyes were already starting to water; tears were running down her face while she kept her face hidden behind her bangs. Her hands were tightly fisted on her dress while her tears hit the back of her palms. Wendy and Charle can't help but feel sorry for what she must be feeling by now then Wendy was suddenly alarmed at what Lucy just said earlier. after giving some thought on what we were talking about back at the guild during that night – wait! Does she mean- ?
"Um Lucy-san are you telling us that the father is Natsu-san?" Wendy asked. Charle then looked at Wendy with a disbelieving look on her face.
"Don't be ridiculous Wendy, Natsu is too dense on these things, I would rather suspect Gray or Loke to be the father –
"It's Natsu," Lucy cut Charle off which made both Charle and Wendy's jaws drop to the floor. Lucy then started to cry more after seeing their reactions thinking that maybe by now they think of how stupid she must be to do a one night stand with her best friend who doesn't even know how to feel intimate love let alone use it in a sentence.
"This is unbelievable. Who would've thought Natsu would be the father of Lucy's baby," Charle said.
"Babies," Wendy corrected Charle.
"What did you say?" both Lucy and Charle asked Wendy.
"Um you see… Lucy-san you're pregnant with twins," Wendy explained to both of them.
Lucy's face was ashen after Wendy's statement. I can't believe this; I'm pregnant with Natsu's children. I don't even know how to explain one child but now it had to be two. How will he react? Will he even accept them? I don't know what to do now. Wendy then looked lost. She wanted to comfort Lucy but she's afraid that anymore from her would probably stop Lucy's heart from beating. Good thing Charle was with her and made pep talk with Lucy to ease her a bit.
"Lucy, don't be so hard on yourself. Let's sort things one at a time. Do you like Natsu?" Wendy asked Lucy.
"Yes" Lucy answered.
"Does he look like you?"
"No"
"How did you know? Did you ask him?"
"No, I just think so."
"What made you think that?"
"Well, you know how he is with Lisanna, right? And lately I've noticed that they seem to hang around a lot."
"Lucy listen, if you won't tell him how you feel towards him he wouldn't know and if you don't ask him how he feels towards you, you wouldn't know too. Basically, unless you tell each other how you feel, you'll both be clueless. You can say that you both were under the influence of the alcohol but now that you're pregnant, you have to think about the future of your children. You can't continue to hide that forever and Natsu has the right to know since he's the father."
"But what if he rejects them, even if I tell him I love him and he tells me that he loves Lisanna or any other girl for that matter then we wouldn't be able to raise the children properly. I want my children to grow with loving parents on their side, just like what my Mom and Dad did to raise me. Five years after I raise them, how will I tell them that I gave birth to them because of an accident? That their parents were drunk when they did it? That their father loves another woman and not their mother and that I just gave birth to them because I had to?" Lucy was nearly shouting now, her tears were still running down her cheeks and her fists clenched even tighter on her dress.
"That's why you need to confront Natsu and tell him. What you're doing wrong here is that you're assuming things, which is not good for you. You have to know first how Natsu feels, by how he treats I can tell that he's being more than just a friend, and her bond with Lisanna will never change but that is only because they treat each other like a real brother and sister. Loving someone is really hard especially when you think that you have no chance at all, but think about it. On the night that that happened, you thought that maybe he did have feelings for you too, because you believed in him, because you never thought of the 'what ifs' back then. That's what you should also do now. Just believe in him. Believe in Natsu. Love is about trust and believing, remember that," Charle said to Lucy sounding like a mother.
Just like what Mom would probably say to me. Silly me, had to be lectured by a talking cat before I realize, Lucy thought to herself. She then started to smile and slowly wipe away her tears.
"Thank you Charle, you're right, I should confront Natsu first before I jump into conclusions. He has to know, he's the father after all. Maybe I'll tell him tomorrow." Lucy said with resolute eyes.
"That's the spirit Lucy-san, we'll be cheering you on" Wendy cheered giving Lucy a bright smile that helped warm Lucy a bit.
"Don't worry we'll be keeping your secret until you decide to tell it yourself. You can count on us if anything goes wrong," Charle offered to Lucy giving her one of her rare smiles.
"Thank you," Lucy felt a bit more relieved now that she had it all out in the open. I just hope that I won't regret what I will do she thought for a moment.
The next day.
Lucy was anxious to be in the guild. First thing she did after arriving was to go straight to Wendy and Charle and told them that she wants to back out already but after another round of pep talk from Charle she was now walking outside the guild looking for Natsu after asking Happy who told her that he saw him with Lisanna earlier headed to the barn house but not after teasing Lucy and rolling his tongue to her saying "You lllliiikkkkkkkeeee him"
That Happy, if I were in a lighter situation I would've smacked him in the head already. Now where are those two? Happy said they went to the barn house. Lucy then heard voices coming from inside the barn house but she barely understood what they were saying because of how hushed they were talking with each other. She then went a bit closer.
"Wow Natsu it's beautiful!" Lisanna said with glee while looking at Natsu's hand.
"I know, I had a hard time looking for it though, " Natsu said while holding what looked like a precious gold ring with a red ruby crafted intricately shaped like a heart.
Wait is Natsu proposing to Lisanna? Lucy thought. She refused to believe it for a moment thinking that maybe, just maybe she still had a chance and that she's just jumping to conclusions again like what Charle said last night. Calm down Lucy, you haven't heard everything yet. I'm assuming again that's all, I just have to listen more. She mentally convinced herself and continued to eavesdrop on them.
"It's really beautiful Natsu"
"Not as beautiful as the girl that I am going to give it to. Here put it on," Natsu then took Lisanna's hand and placed the ring on her ring finger. It fit perfectly to her finger. Lucy couldn't take it anymore, she ran while suppressing the tears flowing from her eyes. She went back to her apartment and cried her eyes out on her bed after locking her door shut and closing her windows and curtains.
Back at the barn house.
Natsu suddenly looked from where Lucy stood earlier. He couldn't explain it but he felt like someone was watching them from there before.
"Natsu, something wrong?" Lisanna asked Natsu.
"Nothing. I just thought I saw someone earlier." Natsu said.
"Well here you go," Lisanna handed the ring back to Natsu, "you better think of a good proposal to Lucy before you give to her," Lisanna teased to Natsu. Natsu had asked her help for a couple of days now. He had already decided that after what happened between him and Lucy that he wanted to be with her forever and the best way to do that is that he has to marry her. But of course, he wanted to know first if Lucy loved him too. For him, her behavior towards him during that night was enough sign that Lucy felt the same way too but after the following days where she looked guilty and became awkward towards him, he thought otherwise. So he asked Lisanna to help him propose to Lucy in a way that will make her say yes.
"Listen up Natsu," Lisanna interrupted Natsu's thoughts, "You need to tell her first that you really love her and that what happened that night is not an accident, it's what you really feel for her, if she does love you, and I know she does, she would've felt that from that act, the way she acted afterwards was just normal since she is still trying to come in to grips on her feelings. That's where you have to work up on, you need to make her realize that she loves you too and that you are being completely honest that you love her very much. You need to make her feel like she is the most special woman in your life. Then when she becomes completely honest with her feelings, that's when you kneel in front of her with one knee on the ground and show her the ring. Our fingers match size so I know it will fit hers," Lisanna said to Natsu.
"Thanks Lisanna, but do I really have to kneel?"
"Of course! That's being romantic, which you rarely possess by the way," Lisanna retorted.
"Hey! I can be romantic if I wanted to!" Natsu screamed. Offended by what Lisanna told him.
"Fine, just don't forget what I said, be romantic," Lisanna further teased Natsu.
"Whatever, I'm off and thanks again for your help Lisanna." With that, Natsu ran off back to the guild to look for Lucy and have a talk with her.
Do your best Natsu. Lisanna thought while walking back to the guild as well.
In the guild.
Wendy and Charle were sitting in the bar together with Erza, Levy and Mira. They wanted to talk with Lucy and find out if she already told Natsu, but since Natsu just asked them earlier where Lucy was meant that the two haven't spoken yet.
"Hey Charle, you think Lucy-san backed out?" Wendy silently asked Charle.
"Maybe. Let's just go check up on her lat –
Suddenly, flashes of Charle's visions occurred on her. Not again! The cliff, rain, the black keys and the tombstone with Lucy's name on it. Does this mean she's going to die?
"Charle are you okay?" Wendy asked Charle who suddenly stopped from her statement.
"I-I'm fine. Let's just ask Lucy when she comes back here about what happened."
"Okay then."
Wendy then started talking to Levy about the book that Levy found about dragons. Charle, on the other hand, couldn't get her mind off that image. Why won't it leave me alone? What does it all mean?
A/N: Phew! Glad to be hyped up on working with this chapter. I want it to progress immediately since many of you are starting to like it already. Thank you to those who follows this story I really appreciate it since it's my first one. Please send me reviews so I would know what else I need to work up on and if you have suggestions. Thanks!