Chapter 4: Bruises

Sorry I haven't written anything in awhile, there's just so much going on right now so I don't have time or energy to write. besides I have had huge writers block :( enough about me, enjoy this chapter -_-

Lucy pushed open the heavy door to the staircase and it welcomed her with an obnoxious squeaking noise, which Lucy cringed at. The staircase itself is a wide spiral staircase. Lucy was halfway up the stairs when she heard another squeaking noise. "So I was being followed" Lucy thought as she continued up the stairs. Lucy could hear the person who was following her moving quickly up the stairs catching up to her. When Lucy got to the top of the stairs she went to pull open the door to the second floor but was stopped before she could reach for it, she felt something grab her and throw her against the railing to the stairs.

"Looks like you're cornered " Said a gruff male voice probably the voice of the person who threw Lucy into the railing. Lucy winced at the hard railing.

Lucy looked up and saw a man that was a few inches taller than her, he was where a black hoodie which hid most of his face, but Lucy could still see his nasty smirk.

The man grabbed her arms with tight grip and pinned her to the wall.

"Damn" Lucy cursed.

"What's the matter, Blondie? Yah hurt?" The man said menacingly.

"What do you want?" Lucy said as she struggled to get out of his grip

"I'm just putting yah where you belong" the man said as he pushed her further into the railing. Lucy's back throbbed from the railing that was digging into her back. Lucy tried to fight back, but the man was too strong for her.

"You think that people wouldn't know your last name? Who you are?" The man continued to press her into the railing.

"Damn it" Lucy cursed, what did I do to deserve this Lucy thought to herself.

"What's wrong in a little pain?" He pushed harder causing Lucy to cry in agony. "You rich types are really weak you know. You guys just think money makes you better than everyone else don't ya" the man continued "I bet those friends of yours are only nice to you cuz you're rich."

Of course this is about her father's money Lucy thought to herself father's money only brings trouble.

"I always hated people like you, they're all snobby pricks who only care about themselves, you really are disgraceful" he sneered

"Shut up!" Lucy yelled with cloudy eyes, she didn't want to listen to another awful comment about her from this asshole.

"What's the matter, yah gonna cry?" He laughed and he continued his insults. "You're just a weak, unwanted, waste of space" he sneered

"Leave me alone!" Lucy yelled with fresh tears running down her face.

Suddenly there was a creek from the door below. The man cursed as he let go of Lucy and fled out the door, Lucy fell to her knees and sobbed. Lucy could hear the sound of people climbed up the stairs but Lucy didn't care who it was, all she wanted to do was be alone.

"Hey I think I heard someone yell in here"

"Are you sure—LUCY!" Someone yelled as they ran to her and kneeled next to her.

"Are you alright?"

"What happened?"

Lucy whipped her eyes of her tears as looked up and saw Levy and Natsu kneeling next to her looking at her with worried eyes.

"Are you ok?" Natsu asked

"I-I'm alright now"

"What were you crying about?" Levy asked sounding genuinely worried.

"Give her some space Levy" Natsu admonished. Levy looked to Natsu with a questioning look but gave up on it when Lucy nodded. Levy and Natsu gave Lucy time to pull herself together.

"Thanks guys, I'll tell you when I'm ready Levy" Lucy was happy that they came when they did, but she didn't want them to worry about her.

"Let's get your phone and head back to gildarts before he thinks I'm ditching his class" Natsu joked as he held his hand out to help Lucy off the floor.

"Yeah, that sounds good" Lucy said as she took his hand and got up, then they headed toward her locker to get her phone.

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Natsu didn't really know what to do now, as he sat in the hallway waiting patiently outside the women's bathroom for Lucy to clean up after the incident.

Natsu didn't know how he felt about this either. Sure him and Lucy were not on the best terms with each other, but Natsu still thought of her as one of his friends.

Seeing her crying on the ground made him feel sympathetic, after all how many times has he been there too?

Natsu shaked his mine of any bad memories just as the women's bathroom door swung open.

"Finally!" Natsu cheered a Levy and Lucy exited.

"Sorry if we kept you too long" Levy said with an apologetic smile.

"Nah it's alright, just bored was all" Natsu said while getting up "We should head back now".

"Woah since when did you want to go to class?" Lucy said with a questioning look. She's back to normal guess.

"Oh by we I meant you two" Natsu corrected himself, he was glad that Lucy was back to her normal self.

"Nope you're coming with us, whether you like it or not." Levy stated firmly.

"Why do I have to?" Natsu complained. Natsu shifted his gaze to Lucy who was looking at him with pleading eyes.

"Oh, yeah I get it" Natsu assured. "They want me to stay in case whoever made Lucy cry comes back" Natsu thought silently to himself.

The three of them walked down the hallways back to Gildart's room quietly. They were all on high alert in case somebody was following them. They got to the classroom undisturbed and they all walked in like nothing happened.

"Where were you guys?" Gildarts asked still not turning away from the game of cards.

"We...umm" Lucy tried to think of a excuse but couldn't think of anything.

"Lucy got lost again. We helped her find her locker so everythings good." Natsu saved Lucy from having to tell everyone what happened.

"Gez Lucy you really need to learn where stuff is already." Gildarts ignored Natsu's chuckle and Lucy punching him, he just wanted to beat Cana at cards for once.

The three returned to their seats and were instantly bombarded with questions.

"Natsu I know that you're lying about Lucy getting lost. What really happened?" Gray asked harshly, as if he assumed that Natsu did something wrong.

"I told the truth" Natsu said shortly, and he whipped out his phone and started playing a game, silently gesturing Gray to leave him alone.

"Hey Lucy do you still want to go to the sleepover?" Levy whispered quietly.

"I will go if my dad lets me" Lucy said, then added silently "I'll tell you what happened at the sleepover". Levy mouthed "O.K" and got out a book and started reading. Now it's time for Lucy to see if she can go to the sleepover.

Lucy got out her phone and opened it so she could text her father.

Lucy: Dad, can I go to sleepover at my friend's house tonight?

Lucy waited a few seconds for her dad to respond.

Dad: Absolutely not, you need to study for your classes. School is more important than that silly sleepover.

Lucy frowned at her father's reply, but Lucy expected him to say that, so it surprise her that he disapproved of the idea. Lucy wanted to argue that all of her schoolwork was completed, but opted against the idea. She didn't want to anger her father.

Lucy: Okay.

Lucy turned to go tell Levy that she couldn't go, but she decided to lie instead.

"Hey Levy, my dad said I could go!" Lucy smiled.

"Really!? that's great!" Levy said happily. "This is going to be an awesome sleepover, I'll go tell Erza you can come." Levy went to get out of her seat and tell Erza, but before she could Cana grabbed her by the shoulders.

"Can I come to the sleepover?" Cana begged to Levy.

"Sure thing, I guess it's a slumber party now." Levy giggled.

""This weekends gonna be great!" Lucy said happily. Hopefully the slumber party will cheer her up.

I'm so glad I finished this chapter, I had it half-written for a while because I had writer's block. Please go follow me on tumblr if you want to tell me anything.

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