High School Reunion

Chapter 10

Get together

Lucy lay on her bed, staring at the ceiling. With Sting now out of her life, she really had nothing to do. She found herself constantly thinking over the friend request that Natsu had sent her. She neither approved nor denied it. What did she want with him. Part of her yearns to run to him and wrap her arms around him but the logical side of her keeps saying that she will get hurt again.

She didn't want that. Not again. She wouldn't be able to handle another heartbreak. She recalled the determined look that shined in his onyx eyes as he announced his love for her. Each time she thought of it, her heart would flutter. She never thought that she would hear him say something like that ever again. As if it was one of those once in a lifetime deals. But he had said it so easily and there was no denying the truth behind his words.

It was evident on his face that it wasn't a lie. The man was never a good liar anyway. She wondered how she didn't see the lie about Lisanna when he spoke it. Maybe her own feelings clouded her judgment. But what did he expect of her? Was he expecting her to to just accept him back into her life like nothing ever happened? She could never trust him that easily again. Thanks to him, she would never trust anyone that easily. The fear of being hurt once more will always remain with her.

She heard the sound of her door bell ringing and for a moment, thought over just letting it go. But with a groan she got out of the comfort of her bed and walked to the door. Peeking through the hole, she saw a man standing there with a tan uniform on and she recognized it was the local delivery man. But she didn't order anything so why would UPS be here?

With a snap of the lock, she opened the door and saw the brunette standing on her steps. A large box was held in his hand with a electronic pad in the other.

"Lucy Heartfilia?" When she nodded he handed her the large box and she sat it down before quickly signing her name. She thanked the man before walking back inside. She sat on her white love seat in the living room and open it. A floral scent reach her senses and she closed her eyes to take it in. It was her favorite scent. Roses.

Once she glimpsed into the box, she gasped lightly to see the beautiful two dozen of pink roses that resided inside. She pulled them out and read the card attached.

To my sweet Luce,

Hope these find you well.

N.D.

No matter how much she wanted to just throw it to the side, she found herself smiling lightly at the card. He really has changed. She remembered his awful writing skills when they were in school and knew that this was no where near that. Either he had someone else write it or he improved that much.

She placed the flowers in a red vase she owned and put it in the center of her dinning table. It's funny how after all these years, he remembered something so simple as what her favorite flower was. And here she thought that he hadn't heard her when she said it.

She remembered that day well. It was only a few days before valentines day and she was hoping, well more like praying, that Natsu would finally get her something. Anything. So she had sent hints his way, commenting about her favorite chocolate, what she thought was romantic and even her favorite flower. He had done nothing that year and she held back her jealousy as she looked around at her friends that each had someone special they liked. Even if they weren't together yet. It wasn't like she didn't have admirers. Each year, plenty of boys would approach and confess their feelings or ask her on a date but she always found herself waiting for that one special guy to sweep her off her feet.

Unfortunately for her, the sweeping never occurred. And that same guy had crushed her hopes of ever being truly happy. Life was a mystery to her. Falling in love at such a young age to only have your heart torn to pieces and then many years later to only find out that it was all an accident. That he never meant for any of that. It was hard to believe, it truly was.

And I thought you'd feel the same as me.

It's time that I come clean but,

But for now can we, just both pretend to sleep?

Sometimes the one you want, is not the one you need.

But what goes around don't come around.

You should know me by-

"Hello?" Lucy's ringtone had brought a sour taste to her tongue once she realized that she should have never picked that song. No matter how much she loved the band Marianas Trench, the song itself was pretty sad.

"Lucy?" The sound of her old friend on the line brought a smile to her lips.

"Hey Levy, how are you?" Lucy asked, her cheerful side reemerging at how much better she felt now that she was back in touch with her friends. She could never describe how much she missed them.

"Oh I'm great! What about you? How have you been feeling?" Levy's voice dimmed slightly at her last question. She was worried about how Lucy was taking Natsu's sudden confession. No one, not a single one of their friends was expecting something like that from him. It was like the old Natsu had finally come back. The fire had returned to his eyes, the determination in his voice and all the feelings he kept pent up inside.

"I'm okay, I guess. But let's not worry about that. What's going on, something up?" Lucy asked. She had to admit that she was still surprised to hear from her friends. Even if they all exchanged numbers at the reunion.

"Oh that's right! I called because we are having a girls day out and would love for you to come. What do you say?" A girls day out huh? Just like the old days. They used to get together all the time to talk, shop and find a cute little restaurant somewhere to satisfy Erza's crazy obsession for strawberry cakes. Most of the time though, their topics tended to stay on boys.

Erza's everlasting dilemma with Jellal, about how she could never seem to get close enough to him before he would start to push her away. Levy and her problems with Gajeel and how he would never stop teasing her and she always denied the fact that they liked each other. Juvia and her obsession with Gray that never seemed to have went anywhere. She had to admit that she felt really bad for the blue haired girl and her one-sided love since she herself had experienced the same feelings. Cana seemed to have more problems with running out of alcohol rather than boys but then again, for awhile there, she always had some other man there drinking with her.

"I say, that sounds great!" Lucy couldn't stop the large grin on her face, nor did she want to. Maybe with her friends back in the picture she would be able to be happy once more, even if not fully.

"Awesome! Do you know that new mall that was just built over on the west side of town?" Lucy hummed in response before Levy continued. "Meet us there right at the food court entrance in about an hour. This is going to be so much fun!"

Lucy laughed at the overly excited blunette. She sounded the same as all those years ago. They spoke for a little longer before each hung up. Looking down at the pajamas she was still wearing, she cringed when she realized what she must have looked like to the delivery guy. How embarrassing.

She rushed up her stairs and into her bedroom before she began to steadily throw clothes out her closet and onto her bed. She just couldn't decide what to wear. So many choices. Maybe she should go through her closet more often. After a long time, she finally figured out something before running in and taking a quick shower.

She hummed merrily to herself as she ran the loofah over her petite body and quickly washed her hair. She didn't want to be late for their first get together after all these years. She threw on her dark skinny jeans with a white tank top. A gold belt wrapped around her waist and matched with the bracelet around her wrist. She applied a little bit of make-up then rushed out the door.

She was excited and elated to be making plans with them again. These were her friends from so long ago and they still cared for her just like she did them. She blared her music as she traveled down the road, allowing herself to only listen to the upbeat songs on her iphone. She didn't want anything to bring down her mood right now. Pulling into the parking lot, she immediately noticed the group waiting at the entrance. The smile grew upon her lips. Man she missed this crew!