Here is chapter number four!
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My beloved butler
Chapter 4 – A birthday party
Natsu was stressed out of his mind.
He ran around and tried to get everything done for the evenings celebrations.
It was Lucy´s nineteenth birthday today and Jude had invited a lot of people to the mansion.
He had also hired ten other butlers to help Natsu with the preparations, but honestly, it didn't help one bit.
The other butlers were lazy and clumsy.
Natsu stopped and turned around when he heard the sound of glass breaking.
Behind him stood a teenager, looking down at a pile of broken wineglasses.
He looked really ashamed.
Natsu sighed and gave the boy a broom to clean up the mess with.
"I´m so sor..."
"It´s okay, just clean it up and get back to work" Natsu interrupted and turned around once again.
It was pretty much chaos everywhere, and the guests were arriving in under three hours.
Lucy walked down the stairs and looked at all the men running around. In the middle of it all stood Natsu, looking stressed. He gave out orders to everyone and started to move tables around.
The blond woman giggled over the chaos and walked up to her childhood friend.
"Stressful day?" she asked
Natsu turned his eyes towards her and smiled. He straightened his back and dried some of the sweat off his forehead.
"Yeah, but don't worry, it will be all done before the guests arrives" he said as he looked at his pocket watch.
Lucy nodded.
"Dad told me to report to you that the guests will be arriving an hour earlier than first said"
Natsu froze for a moment and looked at her, but realised that she was joking when the corners of her mouth started to move upwards.
"That´s so mean!" he said but couldn´t resist laughing.
Lucy giggled.
"Well, I´m going to let you keep working. See you tonight" she said before she turned and walked out of the dining hall.
Three hours passed by fast, and Natsu was finished lining up the butlers in the dining hall just as the doorbell rang.
"Okay, I want you all to do your best tonight. Make the guests satisfied" he said while he walked out of the dining hall and towards the front door.
Jude stood on the stairs final step and waited for Natsu to open the door.
The pink haired man corrected his cloth before opening the door, bowing down while doing so.
Jude walked up to the people standing there and greeted them.
Natsu had never seen him so enthusiastic about anything before. He almost seemed nice.
More people came and it didn't take long before all the guests had arrived.
There were about fifty guests, some were related to the Heartfilia family, and some were Jude´s rich friends.
Some of Lucy´s cousins recognised Natsu from when they were children, but none of them greeted him. He didn't really expect them too; after all, he was a butler now.
The other butlers started to serve drinks and behaved better than Natsu had expected.
He stood near a window, watching so that everything was going as planned.
Suddenly he saw someone that he recognised.
It was a twenty-eight year old man named Pierre De la´ Berra. He had met him when he lived in France.
He was talking to an old woman. His black hair was slicked back with some kind of hair gel, making it shine. He was tall and muscular.
Natsu didn't like that man, he was spoiled and mean.
"What is he doing here?" he thought.
His thoughts were interrupted when all the people in the room started to sing Happy Birthday.
Natsu looked up to the stairs and saw Lucy. His eyes were glued on her.
She was beautiful!
Her hair looked more golden than ever. It was worn up in a kind of messy hair due.
She was wearing a pink, long dress with a white corset, showing off every curve on her body.
The only thing wrong with the picture was her expression. She was smiling, but Natsu could see that it was forced. She looked kind of nervous and stiff…
Lucy walked down the stairs and blushed over the attention she got.
When the song was over she smiled at her guests.
"Thank you, everyone" she said and then began to mingle.
Natsu still looked at her. He knew that he wasn't allowed to talk to her, especially not now when Jude could see them.
People were hugging her, wishing her a happy birthday and kissing her hand.
Natsu couldn't hold it anymore. He took a tray with some champagne glasses on and started to offer them to the guests. He walked up to Lucy and smiled at her.
"Happy birthday mistress, can I offer you a glass of champagne?" he said and grinned at her as he bowed down.
Lucy giggled and took a glass off the tray.
"To bad that you´re working Natsu, the champagne is lovely" she said after she took a sip.
"Thanks for rubbing it in" he mumbled in response but smiled at her.
Natsu looked at his pocket watch. He signalled to the other butlers and they started to move some of the chairs out of the way. A band took their seats on the stage and started to play. It was time to dance.
Lucy looked at Natsu and smiled. She reached out her hand towards him.
"Dance with me"
Natsu was a little shocked.
"I can´t, I´m working. Besides, Jude wouldn´t allow it and the guests would think it was weird" he answered.
The blond put her hands on her hips and gave him a stubborn face.
"Yes, you are working, for me! And I demand you to dance with me" she said, a little too loud.
Some of the guests turned their heads towards them.
Natsu blushed and looked at the people before he sighed.
"As you wish, my Lady"
Lucy smiled at her victory and turned around.
They walked out to the dance floor where some of the guests were dancing.
Natsu took Lucy´s right hand in his left and placed his left hand around her body, letting it rest on her waist.
Lucy placed her left hand on his shoulder and looked up at him.
The butler took the lead and started to dance to the music.
He didn't really like dancing, but he was pretty good at it. It was one of the things that he had learned at the school.
Lucy was a little shocked. She hadn't expected that he would be so good.
He was such a clumsy child and it was hard for her to believe that he had grown up to be so smooth and elegant.
The guests looked at them, causing Natsu to blush. He didn't like the attention.
"I told you that they would find it strange" he mumbled.
Lucy looked at him and smiled.
"Just ignore them then. I ordered you as my butler, and you simply obeyed"
Natsu nodded and straightened his back a little.
He could see Jude looking at them from across the room.
Natsu was going to get in trouble for this…
The song ended and he let go of Lucy.
"Anything else, Miss?" he asked and bowed.
"No, that was all" she said and smiled towards him before she turned around and walked away to talk to her guests.
Natsu walked away from the dance floor and started to fill up peoples glasses.
A hand grabbed his shoulder, making him look back.
Behind him stood Jude and he didn't look happy.
"Can I help you, Sir?" Natsu asked.
Jude didn't answer.
Before Natsu could react, the man placed a punch on the right side of his face.
People´s heads turned towards the two, including Lucy´s.
Natsu was shocked.
Jude hadn't punished him once since he got to the mansion. Why did he do it now, right in front of their guests?
"Your services are not needed for the rest of the evening, go upstairs" he said before he walked away.
Natsu looked after him before he turned around and walked towards the stairs. He hurried to the bathroom and looked at himself in the mirror.
His lower lip was cracked and bleeding, but other than that he was okay.
He sighed when he saw that his lip was going to swell and poured some cold water on a towel. He pressed it against his mouth and sat down on the bathtub´s edge.
Suddenly he heard footsteps close by. He looked towards the door as it opened. Lucy walked in and closed the door behind her.
"Are you okay?" she said. She almost sounded panicked.
Natsu nodded.
"You shouldn't be here" he said and turned the towel to get the cold side against his lip.
Lucy gasped when she saw the blood.
"You´re bleeding!" she said and took the towel from him.
She grabbed his chin and turned his head upwards so that she could see him better.
"Luce, I am fine. Besides, I´m used to handle stuff like this by myself" Natsu said and took the towel back.
He poured some new, cold water on it.
Lucy looked at him and felt ashamed.
"If it wasn't for me this wouldn't have happen to you" she said.
Natsu looked at her and placed the cold fabric against his face.
"It´s not your fault, but if Jude finds you here it will make things worse, so you should leave"
The blond nodded and walked out from the bathroom.
"I´m so sorry Natsu… I´ll come by your room later" she said before she walked downstairs again.
Natsu sighed and stood up. He walked towards his room to change his cloth when he heard something that caught his attention.
Jude was making an announcement.
"I am proud to announce that I have chosen a husband for Lucy. Meet the man who is going to marry my daughter; Pierre De la´ Berra!"