Hello there my pretties! I would like to thank everyone for the amazing reviews. I hope you guys are enjoying the story so far. Well its time to get back on track and keep the chappies coming. Which is my job and I will update SOONER from now on.
I promise. If anything happens I will be sure to to tell you all ahead of time. And another detail about the chapter. Their WILL BE a French part where the character's speak French for a short period. Please do not skip it because there are some important ENGLISH words in between there that I think you need to know. If you can speak French then feel free to read it.
If you don't please DO NOT WORRY! Luckily so some readers will not get confused I put the same dialogue at the bottom of the chapter but the part will be in English so you know what they said, if you do not know how to read/speak French. I can so... yeah...
Enjoy :)
Chapter 11: Family Issues.
Previously...
He just eyed the man who caught her suspiciously. The boy caught Lucy in his arms and carried her bridal style. He raised his head up and did his signature goofy grin. He then spoke.
"Hello there sir, Its nice to meet you! I'm Natsu, Natsu Dragneel."
Lucy shifted and tossed and turned. She was not enjoying the dream she was having. Her eyes then fluttered open. The first person she saw in front of her was her sister Michelle who was watching her as she slept.
Lucy jumped up and hugged her sister glad to see her. "Oh Michelle." Lucy said, embracing Michelle in the tightest hug. "I - I had a terrible dream. You were there a - and so was..." Lucy trailed off. She didn't ever want to mention his name again.
"Father..." Michelle finished. Lucy nodded. "Yeah and- wait... How do you know that?" Michelle sighed sadly and put her hands on her sisters shoulders. "Lucy dear, look around you." Michelle said.
Lucy looked around the room. The walls, the ceiling, the toys, the dressers, the pictures. This was her room. Lucy's eyes widened. "No way... " Lucy said. "So, it wasn't just a dream?" Lucy said. Michelle shook her head.
"What happened..." Lucy said not remembering how she got here in the first place. "I - I... I took you here without you knowing. You saw father and you started to cry. Then you collapsed." Michelle said. Lucy sighed.
"Thanks..." Lucy said. Michelle raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean?"
"You said I passed out, right?" Lucy said avoiding her sisters gaze. "Thanks for catching me... "
Michelle smiled slightly. "It wasn't me who caught you... " Lucy tilted her head. "Father caught me?" Lucy said in disbelief. Michelle shook her head no. "No. It was... Natsu." She finished.
Lucy eyes widened. "Wha - where is he now!?" Lucy yelled. Michelle looked down at her feet. "He and father are in the garden talking..." Lucy's eyes widened ever more and her mouth dropped.
"I... I gotta get down there!" Lucy yelled. Michelle put her index finger over her mouth. "Quiet now, Lucy." Michelle said. "There are other people in this mansion." Lucy bowed. "désolé, I will be more quiet." Lucy said as she dashed out the room.
Michelle smiled. "You can do it, Lucy." Michelle said as she smiled slightly.
Lucy ran and kept running until she came to the garden entrance. She could see her father and Natsu talking right over by the rose bushes. From the looks of it, they were doing okay. But you never know what they're talking about.
"Father!"
Lucy's father turned to Lucy. " Lucy, comment allez-vous." Now he was speaking his home language, French. Lucy looked to Natsu and know knew why he was speaking that way. This was a private conversation.
"pourquoi suis-je ici." Lucy said. Natsu tilted his head. Just what the heck were they saying? "J'avais besoin de te parler." Lucy frowned and scrunched up her face. Natsu took this as a bad sign.
"Eh bien, je ne veux pas vous parler." Lucy retorted. Lucy's dad just looked at Lucy. "Qui est cet homme qui vous." He said calmly ignoring her last comment. "Pourquoi voudriez-vous même les soins. "
Lucy dad then snapped. "Because I've always cared!" He yelled. "If you always cared then you wouldn't of done all those things to me! Lucy yelled. She was on the verge of tears. Natsu's eyes widened in horror of the older man abusing Lucy.
"What! What did he do to you!?" Natsu yelled. Lucy and Jose ignored Natsu's yell.
"I ne te pardonnerai jamais!"
"Je ne demande pas le pardon pour vous. Je vous demande d'oublier cette chose folle chanteur et épouser un homme décent."
"vous ne contrôlez pas ma vie, ni ce que tu me posséder."
"pourquoi? pourquoi êtes-vous si têtu? écouter ton père!"
"Je ne viens pas ici pour entendre cela. au revoir père. puissiez-vous avoir une belle vie." Lucy said and grabbed Natsu's hand and started to walk away from the garden and her father.
"Lucy!"
"No!" Lucy yelled. "Stop calling me. Don't you see? We will never have the father and daughter relationship like girls have." Lucy started to pour out tears. "I remember when I was little."
" I always use to think to myself, what happened to us? I thought that it would get better over the years but... How foolish of me, I was such an idiot to think you would ever change. You don't care about any of us." Lucy said as tear escaped her eyes one by one.
All Natsu could do was watch her as she tore herself apart as she uttered those words. "All you care about is yourself and your money. You don't even see all the wonderful things out there waiting for you." Lucy said.
Lucy turned around and started to walk further away. But in the middle of exiting his turned and stared deeply into her fathers eyes. "Mom would be ashamed." Lucy said and took of running.
Jude's eyes widened. Natsu ran after Lucy. "Lucy!" He yelled. She was long gone. Who knows where she went. There were three pathways. The one in front of Natsu, the one on the right of him and the last on the left.
Natsu knowing how Lucy always ran in a straight line when she was crying, took the pathway in front of him. But in the end he still got lost. Seconds past and he was still turning corners and walking up and down staircases.
Seconds turned into minutes and those minutes turned into one long hour. Natsu then decided to give up and rest. Lucy would come out when she felt like she needed to. But the real problem was. How was Natsu going to get back to where he was at first.
Natsu sighed and leaned back on the wall and let himself slip down and kneel down on his knees. "Damn it, Lucy. Where are you?" And as if on cue he heard a familiar singing voice.
"You'll come back, when they call you... No need to say goodbye..."
He knew that voice from anywhere. It was Lucy's. Her sweet angelic voice. He followed the sound of the piano and violins playing. He walked down the hallway and saw her in a room singing as she played on her piano and a violin was playing on a recording tape.
(The Call by Regina Spektor.)
It started out as a feelingWhich then grew into a hope
Which then turned into a quiet thought
Which then turned into a quiet word
And then that word grew louder and louder
'Til it was a battle cry
I'll come back
When you call me
No need to say goodbye
Just because every thing's changing
Doesn't mean it's never been this way before
All you can do is try to know
Who your friends are as you head off to the war
Pick a star on the dark horizon
And follow the light
You'll come back
When it's over
No need to say goodbye
You'll come back
When it's over
No need to say goodbye
Now, we're back to the beginning
It's just a feeling and no one knows yet
But just because they can't feel it too
Doesn't mean that you have to forget
Let your memories grow stronger and stronger
'Til they're before your eyes
You'll come back
When they call you
No need to say goodbye
You'll come back
When they call you
No need to say goodbye...
By the time she was done Natsu was already leaning against the wall behind her. She started sniffing a bit. "Nastu, is that you?" Lucy said. Guess she knew he was there the whole time.
"Yeah... "
"I'm sorry... you always have to see me crying, I'm so pathetic." Lucy said as she started to hit her head simultaneously. Natsu rushed to Lucy and pinned her to the ground keeping her hands still and away from her face.
"Stop it!" Natsu yelled. Lucy whimpered a little at how angry he became. Just a minute ago he was all fine and calm and now he was furious and angry. "Your not pathetic. Your the most strongest girl I know." Natsu said.
Lucy looked away from him. "I'm not strong. I completely the opposite. Weak, fragile, unable to do things without depending on others... Father was right. I am really useless..." Natsu's grasp on Lucy's wrist tightened. Lucy yelped in pain. "N - Natsu, ouch- mphmm."
Lucy eyes widened in shock. Natsu was kissing her. Lucy slowly started to give in and started to kiss him back but unfortunaetly she wasn't able to enjoy it for long because had pulled away.
"Sometimes you really need to shut up... " Natsu said. Lucy just laid there. Face flushed, lips parted, hair messy. Natsu smiled and stood up from on top of Lucy and extended out a hand for her. "C' mon, lets go home." He said and smiled.
Lucy looked at him for a moment before also smiling. She gladly took his hand and was helped up. She dusted off her hair and tried to fix her hair a bit. "Right..." She said. They walked happily up the stairs holding hands. "You know you never told me how you got here. I could of sworn we left you." Lucy siad curious.
Natsu grinned, showing of those pearly white fangs. "Oh that was easy. Well after I realized I had no pants on I went back inside and decided I'd just wait for you but then I remembered, last week when you got lost in the woods I took your phone and put a tracking device in it. Then I ran all the way here." Natsu said. Lucy nodded.
"I see... wait, what!"
"What?"
"You did what?"
"What?"
"That last part you said."
"I ran all the way here. Yup, it was a long run..."
"No, idiot! You put a - "
Lucy was cut off by a very happy looking Michelle waiting for them at the entrance. "Lucy..." She said happily. She had thought the 'talk' with her and father went better than hoped. But she was sadly mistaken.
Her face dropped when she saw bags under Lucy's eyes and the dry tears that made marks on her cheeks. She looked horrible. "Lucy... " She said again except sadder than before. Natsu spoke up. "Don't worry about her. She'll be okay as long as I'm here..." Natsu paused.
He looked at her softly. "I'll always protect her no matter what... " He said. Lucy's eyes widened as she turned her head to look at Natsu. Michelle smiled at Natsu softly. Maybe she was safe with this man after all.
"One million points added... " Michelle muttered. No, she had not forgotten about the game. She never forgets. "What was that?" Natsu said. Michelle shook her head. "Nothing important." Michelle said. "Lets go." They all exchanged smiles and walked out the door.
Michelle had already sat in the driver's seat while Lucy and Natsu were much slower. Then Lucy's father came rushing out the mansion. "Lucy!" He yelled. Lucy turned around and looked at him blankly.
He smiled a genuine smile. This time it was real. Lucy eyes widened as this was the first time she had seen his smile since her mom was alive. He said one last thing before returning into his mansion.
"je t'aime et je suis désolé..." ( English: I love you and I'm sorry...)
And we will stop right there. Thanks for reading, guys and remember to review please. Remember: 100 reviews. I know some of you probably do not know how to speak french so I put the english version of Lucy and Jude's argument below.
You do not have to read it if you do not want to but I'm guessing some of you do so here it is~
Lucy and Jude's argument. (English version)
"Father!"
Lucy's father turned to Lucy. " Lucy, how are you?" Now he was speaking his home language, French. Lucy looked to Natsu and know knew why he was speaking that way. This was a private conversation.
"Why am I here?" Lucy said. Natsu tilted his head. Just what the heck were they saying? "I needed to talk to you." Lucy frowned and scrunched up her face. Natsu took this as a bad sign.
"Yeah, well I don't want to talk to you!" Lucy retorted. Lucy's dad just looked at Lucy. "Who is this man to you?" He said calmly ignoring her last comment. "Why would you even care?"
Lucy dad then snapped. "Because I've always cared!" He yelled. "If you always cared then you wouldn't have done all those things to me! Lucy yelled. She was on the verge of tears. Natsu's eyes widened in horror of the older man abusing Lucy.
"What! What did he do to you!?" Natsu yelled. Lucy and Jose ignored Natsu's yell.
"I will never forgive you!"
"I am not asking for forgiveness. I am asking you forget about this crazy singer thing and marry a decent man."
"You do not control my life, nor do you own me."
"Why? Why are you so stubborn? Listen to your father!"
"I did not come here to listen to this. Goodbye father. May you have a nice life."
"Lucy!"
"No!" Lucy yelled. "Stop calling me. Don't you see? We will never have the father and daughter relationship like girls have." Lucy started to pour out tears. "I remember when I was little."
" I always use to think to myself, what happened to us? I thought that it would get better over the years but... How foolish of me, I was such an idiot to think you would ever change. You don't care about any of us." Lucy said as tear escaped her eyes one by one.
All Natsu could do was watch her as she tore herself apart as she uttered those words. "All you care about is yourself and your money. You don't even see all the wonderful things out there waiting for you." Lucy said.
Lucy turned around and started to walk further away. But in the middle of exiting his turned and stared deeply into her fathers eyes. "Mom would be ashamed." Lucy said and took of running.
There you go. I hope this helped if some people were confused about the whole French part. Remember to review for me plz... :)