See You Again
Chapter 10
Sting was able to catch Lucy before she hit the ground. He carried her over to the couch where Wendy was able to check on her. Lucy fainting caused their new acquaintances to panic, not knowing what to do.
Once Gajeel and Gray were off the couch, Gray went to pour a glass of water for the unconscious doctor while Laxus looked through her medical bag for anything to wake her up. Wendy was checking her pulse, making sure that all she had was a simple fainting spell.
"I never figured Bunny-girl to be the fainting kind," Gajeel said, trying to lighten up the mood.
"My sister isn't and Bunny-girl?" Sting replied with a raised eyebrow.
"She reminds me of a Bunny, rushing around all the time" Gajeel simply shrugged his shoulders.
"Lucy-san has had a very overwhelming work load these past couple of weeks, the news her brother just dropped took it toll on her. It's understandable that she would react this way," Wendy defended.
A frustrated Laxus came over to the couch with Lucy's medical bag, hoping it would help Wendy treat his cousin. By the time they found something to wake her up with, Lucy began to stir.
"She is waking up" Sting stated the obvious.
"Mmm… what happened?" Lucy mumbled.
"Well… you got so excited about finding out that Natsu is your new neighbour that you passed out!" Sting tried joking. This earned him a slap upside the head from an annoyed Laxus.
"You really are an idiot sometimes" Laxus reprimanded his cousin.
"Hey!" Sting took offence.
"Would you two jerks behave?" Lucy shouted at them.
"Lucy-san, you should try to keep calm, your blood pressure is a bit high" Wendy tried to easy Lucy's stress.
Lucy was having none of it; she sat up and walked over to her cousin and brother with pure anger in her eyes.
"How could you both keep that from me?" She asked.
"Lucy we didn't know, we only found out tonight, if I didn't go feel your dog, I never would have known that your boyfriend is also your new neighbour" Sting defended.
"Don't call him my boyfriend…"Lucy began to tear up. All eyes were on her.
"What are you saying Lucy?" Sting asked.
"Sting, it's been 10 years, a lot of things have changed. I am not the same. Mom is gone. Dad is dead. I have a restraining order against my high school bully. I am an emotional mess. Nastu has been back for who knows how long and he didn't bother to contact me. Instead, he contacted you. We went through 10 years of zero communication and the minute he comes back, he completely ignores me? Why?" Lucy tried fighting back tears.
"Luce…" Sting didn't know what to say.
"Lucy, I know we have just met, but I know Natsu and you are the only woman for him. The moment we got off the plane, he wanted to rush over to see you but we needed to keep a low profile and it was too much of a risk. Aside from three people, no one else knew we were back in town. Now everything has been blown out of the water." Gray tried to calm her down.
"Lucy-san, you should sit down. You still look a bit pale" Wendy chimed in.
"I am fine Wendy, thank you for the concern. I am just overworked and tired," Lucy explained.
"Lucy-san, we all appreciate the hard work and commitment you have towards your patients, but you need some time off. It's affecting your health. You have probably done a year's worth of ER Rotations a doctor is supposed to do in the same of 3 months. You need to take a break."
Lucy sighed deeply. She knew that the intern was right, but she couldn't let her patients down.
"Wendy, I appreciate your concern and I know you are right but I just can't abandon my patients."
"I am not saying that Lucy, just make take a step back. I am sure Dr. Fernandez would be more than happy to take over a few cases for you, at least for a while." Wendy answered.
"Lucy, Wendy is right, you need to take a break. Look you just fainted; I don't want to know what might happen next if you keep pushing yourself. Lucy, you are all I have left aside from Laxus and Gramps. I can't loose you." Sting had tears in his eyes.
"He's right Lucy, if you don't take some time off, take a lighter work load." Laxus added.
"Alright, alright, you win. I will speak with Jellal and Porlyusica about work." Lucy replied.
This seemed to calm down the tense mood in the room. Her brother, cousin and friend looked relieved.
At that moment a knock was heard at the door. Gray, since being the closest, answered it and was met with a beautiful pair of ocean blue eyes, he slightly blushed and this didn't go unnoticed by his business associate.
"Gi hi, can we help you with something?" Gajeel asked the nurse.
"Um… Yes, I am here for Dr. Heartfilia" the nurse replied, paying no attention to the attention she was receiving from Gray.
"I'm here Juvia, how can I help you?" Lucy walked over to her.
"The patient, Mr. Dragneel has been moved to the room you assigned for him. He is also awake and asking for a "Luce""? Juvia answered, smirking at the last part she said. She noticed Lucy's slight blush.
Once she composed herself, she informed the nurse that she would go visit the patient momentarily. As Juvia turned on her heels, she caught Gray winking at her. Juvia just ignored him and walked out of the office. Once she was gone, Gajeel burst out laughing. Sting couldn't help himself either and Laxus lightly chuckled. Gray glared at the three men and flipped them the bird.
"Real mature" Lucy rolled her eyes.
Lucy readdressed her coat and pulled up Natsu's file from the tablet she was carrying, the nurses had finally finished updating it with his most recent vitals.
"So, it's safe to assume that you will all be coming with me to check up on him?" Lucy asked.
"Well, he was the victim of an attempted murder, we need his testimony" Laxus said, Sting nodded in agreement.
"He's our cousin" Wendy spoke for herself and Gajeel. He nodded.
"Gajeel and I are his associates and friends, there is no way we are leaving his site, not with a lunatic on the loose" Gray commented as well.
"Well you all have to take turns. He is first and foremost my patient, and I need to check up on his health. He did get out of surgery a few hours ago. Once I am done, you will have you chance" Lucy said.
"What about your talk?" Sting innocently asked.
"That will happen once I am done with my rounds. While I am at work, I am his doctor and he is my patient. As for your relationship or whatever it's called, we will cross that bridge when we get there." Lucy had gone into full doctor mode, all seriousness and her voice sounded slightly emotionless.
Lucy walked out of her office only to be followed by a party of five. She walked down the hall and stopped in front of Natsu's room. She turned to look at the group.
"If you don't mind, I will go in alone. Please wait here and I will let you know when it's ok to see him." With that Lucy took a deep breath and walked into the room.
Natsu was currently drinking a glass of water and watching TV. The door opening startled him. He knew Lucy would come to see him but he didn't expect to see the blond angel in front of him, so soon.
Natsu took the vision before him. Lucy looked more beautiful than he last saw her, not believing that it was even possible. Over the year, she matured beautifully. He noticed that she was slightly a bit taller and she developed quite nicely. She had a tiny waist, full hips, long slender legs and a very voluptuous chest. Natsu's heart monitor started going on the fritz.
Lucy rushed over to him to check on the machine monitoring his heart.
"You sure do know how to fire me up Luce" Natsu said with a smirk before her pulled he down to him and passionately kissed her.
Well, what do you think?
I hope you liked the chapter, sorry if there are any grammatical or spelling errors. I just got in and wanted to type this up while it was still fresh in my mind. Let me know how you like it.
See you soon!