Behind The Scenes

Chapter 10

The game begins

"Lucy, please. Let me explain." Natsu pleaded. I was enjoying the look on his face, the trembling hands and sweaty forehead. Oh he knew what was coming, but why not humor him?

"I'm listening."

"I-I didn't mean t-to lie. Honestly, but s-something about t-that guy gave m-me bad v-vibes! I was only looking out for you!" He defended and I thought over what he said. Yuki seemed perfectly normal to me and everyone else at that party. It was only Natsu who didn't seem to like him.

"Oh really? Why were you the only one to get such a feeling from him?" My voice was calm, yet I think that it was scaring him even worse. He gulped as he thought over his next answer.

"You can never know who to trust. Any one of those people could have been waiting for something like that to happen and would have ran to the press and everyone would have known it was a sham!" Dammit! I really wanted to punish him too. But I can't deny the logic in his words. He managed to work his way out of it this time but I wasn't going to let that happen next time.

"Fine. I believe you. Now I need to leave so that we can get ready to leave. We don't have much time till we need to be at the airport." He nodded understanding, before I walked out of the room. It would have been nice to take out some of my aggression on him, since he is the main cause of it. Sighing, I walked to my room and began packing.

After a few moments, my phone vibrated on my side. Pulling it from my pocket, I glanced at the screen to see that an unknown number sent me a text. Opening my messages, I realized that the number seemed familiar but couldn't figure out how. I read the text as my eyes widened.

Want to fall asleep on my shoulder again this time? ;)

With a red face I slammed my phone down onto my bed. Damn him! Messing around with me again! Did he not learn his lesson? Picking my phone back up, I made sure to program his number into my phone before zipping up my suitcase. I refused to reply to him. I wasn't going to give him that satisfaction.

The trip home was uneventful but I was happy to be back. After putting my bags away, I changed for bed and fell asleep quickly as the exhaustion from the so called vacation set in. I awoke the next morning with the hope that things would return to normal. My usual morning agenda flew by and soon after I found myself parked outside the studio and heading inside.

It was a hectic day with cast and crew running around and preparing for the newest season. The Grand Magic Games arc has been announced as the most anticipated season yet and I myself couldn't wait for it. The script this time around was simply brilliant and the fights were just epic. We were introduced to the newest actors and I found both Sting and Rouge to be rather handsome.

I found that I could talk easily with them, and we got along great. We had finally started filming and it felt awkward being so close to Natsu yet acting as if we were the best of friends. But at least we are on better terms than we were before. The seemingly long day had finally ended and we all packed up and were ready to leave. As I walked to my car I realized that today went by pretty well. Nothing out of the usual happened for a work day and there were no words exchanged between me and Natsu outside of what the script called for. No side glances or smirks and definitely no winks or perverted comments.

Pulling into my driveway, there was a large box sitting on my doorstep. After checking the address, I verified that it was for me but there was no return sender written on it. I became curious to what it could be so I took it inside and sat it down on the counter in the kitchen. Inside the box was a bouquet of beautiful pink roses with a yellow card stick out from the middle. I opened it and began to read.

Hope you like them.

Sincerely, A friend.

I thought over who could have sent these because there couldn't have been very many people that knew my address. All of my mail other than personal things were sent to a PO box. I put the roses in a vase in the entrance and smiled. They were really pretty and it was sweet of whoever sent them. I grabbed my purse and headed towards the door, deciding to treat myself to some shopping for surviving such a crazy week. Upon opening the door I came face to face with none other than Natsu.

"Natsu, what the hell are you doing here?" Didn't we see enough of each other during vacation?

"I came to see you." I light pink dusted my cheeks but I ignored it.

"Why?"

"Is there something wrong with me being here? Are you busy or something?" He asked, his eyes scanning the room behind him. What the hell was he looking for?

"No of course not Natsu but it's weird for you to just visit me like this. Are you trying to pull one of your tricks again so that you can laugh at me?" My eyes narrowed in suspicion. I was not going to fall for it this time.

"Look, I just wanted to hang out. That's it."

"Fine, join me if you want but I am going to the mall." I walked passed him after shutting my door. I was heading towards my car when his warm hands landed on shoulders and turned me to the direction of his car. It was the same one he drove when we went to the party together. He opened the door and let me slide in before closing it behind me.

Upon arriving at the mall, he walked with my inside and I made sure to stop in every store, even Victoria's Secret and took my time in each one. I could see that he was getting impatient and felt really uncomfortable inside the store. I smirked, proud of myself for finally being able to get under his skin. At least for once he is not annoying me but I am doing it to him.

We walked out of the mall with Natsu carrying an insane amount of bags. He placed them in the car before we took of and headed back to my place. He helped me carry them in and I told him to put them right by the door. I was planning on taking care of them later. He closed the door once he was in and I turned around to see what he was doing. He was walking closer to me, a glint in his eyes. I backed up, nervous about the look he was giving me. My foot hit against the bottom of the steps behind me and I landed rather roughly onto it. He put his hand on the steps behind me, trapping me in before leaning towards me.

"It's only been two dates and your already inviting me in? Your a naughty girl." He tsked before a smirk crossed his lips. The heat returned to my cheeks as I leaned as far back as I could.

"It hasn't been two dates, it hasn't even been one!"

"That just makes it worse. Didn't take very much to make my way in here." His voice was smooth and I found that look on his face quite sexy but I had to pull myself together. He is just messing with me like he normally does.

"I am not falling for this again!" I pushed him off me and stood up, dusting of the invisible dirt from my jeans. I quickly grabbed my bags and walked up the steps hoping that he would get the picture and just leave. And of course he didn't as I heard his footsteps following me the whole time. Walking towards my closet, I placed the bags inside and turned to see Natsu spread out on my bed. Like it was his own.

"Your bed is really comfy, it will be perfect for when you finally admit we are dating." He winked. The blush returned with more force than before.

"We are not dating! And that is my bed your laying on, don't get comfortable because your not staying. And even if we were dating, who says I would ever do something like that with you?"

"Tsk, tsk. What a dirty mind you have Ms. Heartfilia. All I said was that I would be in it, I never said what I would be doing once there. Besides, if we were dating, we would definitely be doing that." His voice was seductive and once again I found him very sexy at the moment but over confident as well.

"I do not have a dirty mind! You are the one that insinuated it! And trust me we would not be doing something like that! I am saving myself for marriage." I crossed my arms and turned to face away from him. I wasn't going to let him get to me and looking at him definitely wasn't helping.

"I can change your mind." His voice was so close that it caught me off guard. I felt his warm breath on the back of my neck so I turned around to find that we were inches from one another. Looking up at him, I found myself wondering how I never realized just how tall he was before. I tried to keep my face as stern as possible, so he wouldn't realize just how much he was effecting me.

Actually, this time I will be the one to do the effecting. I smirked and he rose a brow at my sudden mood change. I moved closer, my chest against his. I rested my hand against his firm chest and rose onto my toes. My lips grazed against his ear and I felt him shudder under my touch.

"I'm a hard headed girl Natsu, and I always get what I want." My voice came out as smooth a silk. Seductive and sexy. My lips brushing against his ear with each word. I knew that I was getting the reaction that I wanted from him. His hands reached up and grasped my waist pulling my even closer. Our bodies were flushed against one another, the feeling elicited a burning in me that felt insatiable. His warmth only adding fuel to the flame.

"Know this princess, two can play at that game. Just remember that I have more experience." He pulled away from me and winked once more before turning and walking towards the bed. I stood there, shocked that he was able to do that. He figured out what I was doing and turned it against me. For some reason I missed the feeling of his hands on me, the feeling of the heat his body produces. Oh god what am I doing to myself? I need a cold shower right about now.

"I'm going to take a shower, don't you dare peek and you better be gone by the time I come back." I slammed the door to my bedroom a scurried into the bathroom. I leaned against the door, my hand grasping at my chest right over my heart. It was beating wildly and I needed to calm it down.

Looking into the mirror I could see that my face was still red from the scene that took place just moments ago. He is smarter than I give him credit for and this was going to be interesting. After showering, I walked back into my room to see that Natsu was passed out on my bed. I tried several times to wake him but it was like trying to wake the dead. Impossible. I was too tired to try any further so I grabbed the extra pillows and placed them between us before laying down. The only thing I could think of as I was slowly drifting to sleep was what in the hell I had gotten myself into.