Hello readers! So I want to take a moment to explain a few things before we get started. Firstly, this is a NALU FIC. Which means, yes, Natsu and Lucy are the main couple in this. (I'm literal Nalu trash.) People are getting confused, but this whole dating situation is part of the plot. Secondly,There will be cute, fluffy Nalu to come. And I'm not going to lie, this chapter is a good 90% Nalu because I felt like this fic was lacking. Your welcome. Thirdly, I know that the plot is going slow, but its all part of the plot, so just go with it for now. Anyway, I hope that cleared some stuff up, if you have any questions feel free to leave it in a review or PM me.

One more thing. Thank you all for leaving your reviews! I love getting them and it helps me out a lot. Now, lets get on with the chapter.

Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail or its characters.


Chapter 11

Natsu's POV

Seeing the girls walking out of the burger place was surprising to all of us. But it was a pleasant surprise nonetheless. I was happy that I got to see Lucy, and I knew that she must have gotten her dress because her face was lighting up with happiness. Also because she had a big bag, but I liked looking at her face better, so I looked at that more than the bag. I started to wonder what type of dress she got. Although, it didn't really matter to me because I think she looks good in everything.

When I looked over to her and smiled, she had a big smile back which made my stomach do flips. Seeing her smile, usually ended in me smiling as well. Then Juvia came over to me and began a conversation.

We talked about a few things. I began to tell her that I've noticed that Gray seems to be getting jealous. Which he most definitely has. Whenever me, or someone brings her up I can see in his face that he likes her. I can also see an annoyed look when I talk about her, and that's most likely because he thinks that we are a couple. Juvia has even told me that she too has noticed that even Lucy seemed to be getting jealous. Which I had a hard time believing. I have a hard time believing that Lucy likes me that way. But I just had to trust what she said.

When they left, I saw that Gray went in and gave Lucy a hug. Which made me angry. And I wanted to just go up to him a punch him, but I decided against it and tried my best to keep my cool.

During the meal me and Gray were constantly giving each other glances from across the table. Which is not an usual thing. We give each other death glares all the time, but this time is different. But other than that, the night went fairly well. Me and the guys just went out to eat and then we all just went home. It wasn't too bad hanging out with all of them, but none of us would admit to that.

And with that, the night ended.


The next morning started as any other Saturday morning. I woke up late in the morning, practically noon and I wasn't planning on doing anything. I walked downstairs and notched that I was feeling hungry so I was going to start to make something. But then, I heard my phone buzz and I went over to go get it. I grabbed it and saw that it was a text message from Lucy, which made me smile.

Are you free today? I wanted to know if you would like to hang out.

-Lucy

I smiled and her message and quickly responded.

Let's hang out. If you want we can meet up for lunch.

-Natsu

It took her a minute but she soon responded.

I'll meet you at the dinner in 30 minutes.

-Lucy

I responded with a simple okay, and ran upstairs to get ready. I took a quick shower and got dressed. I then got in my car and drove over to the diner. I waited for her outside of the place, not wanting to go inside without her.

As I was waiting I realized how nervous I actually was. I don't know why I was nervous, me and Lucy go to the diner all the time together. The owners know us by name there, that's how much we go. It's never weird when we go, we always have a lot of fun when we are together. I don't know why I'm feeling this way now.

Soon enough, I saw her walking to the diner. She walked over to me and greeted me with a hug. I graciously returned the hug, and I could even smell some of the sweet perfume that she had when we touched.

"Good afternoon, Natsu."

"Good afternoon to you too. Shall we go in?"

"We shall." She giggled. I never realized how cute her laugh was until a while ago. Lately, I've been noticing more things about her. Now every time I hear her laugh, It makes me smile both on the outside and on the inside.

We walked in and the waiter sat us down at a table and we ordered some drinks. I was the first to start conversation.

"So, you girls had fun last night?"

"Yeah, we all had a really good time. And we were all able to find our dresses. How was your night?"

"It was good. Me and the guys just went to grab something to eat and then I went home."

She nodded her head and changed the subject. "So, we have exams starting this week."

My face dropped. "Don't remind me." I cried. "I'm really not excited for these exams. There's one in almost every class."

Lucy laughed. "You will do fine, don't worry. It's just a test, nothing to worry about."

"Yeah but they are big tests. And they count for a lot. But thanks, Lucy." At least she was trying to give me confidence for the exam.

"Have you been studying lately?"

"Actually, I have." And I wasn't lying. I mean, I wasn't doing a lot of it. But some studying is better than nothing. "More like trying to, but yeah I've been doing some studying." Lucy looked surrounded that I was studying.

"Really? That's good. Maybe you can be responsible at times." she said, sounding surprised.

"I am responsible!"

"Sure you are. Keep telling yourself that." And she took a sip of her drink.

We finally ordered, and we both ordered a plate of pancakes. I got the double chocolate, and she got the strawberry ones. We both got these pancakes all the time. It's our favorite food from this place, even when we were 's tradition to get them. And you can't break tradition. When they finally came to or table we both digged in. They were delicious.

We both told some stories and laughed as we ate our pancakes.

"Natsu." Lucy said.

"What?" I asked, looking up at her and she threw the whipped cream that was on her pancakes on my face. And she burst into laughter.

"Lucy!" I yelled, trying to wipe the cream off my face. If she wanted to play this type of game, then I'll play. I got some of the chocolate syrup from my pancakes and tossed it right back at her.

"Natsu!" She yelled in distress. "That's not fair!"

"Hey! You started it!" We both looked at each other and laughed. We were getting some strange looks from the people around us, so we decided to stop.

After we were done eating, we got the bill and we split what it cost, neither wanting the other to pay. I always tried to pay for both of us, but she wouldn't allow it. On of these days, I'll pay for both of us.

We walked out shoulder to shoulder and we started walking around.

"Did you drive here?" I asked.

"No, I walked." She replied, and I gave her a look of disapproval. "What? It's a small town, no need to waste gas when I can walk."

"You need to start driving places. It could get dangerous to walk everywhere."

"I'll be fine. I can take care of myself, you know."

"I know, I know. I just want to make sure you're okay."

She turned her head slightly, and then asked "So, what do you want to do now."

I thought for a minute. And I wanted to say anything. As long as it was with you, I'd do anything. But instead I said something less weird. "Let's go to the arcade."

She looked at me and smiled, It's been awhile since we've been there, hasn't it."

"We haven't been there is years." I said. "We used to go all the time."

"Okay, let's go."

We walked back to my car, and I opened the door for Lucy and once she was in I closed it. Once I got in, we buckled up and drove to the arcade. It didn't take long to get to the arcade, we do live in a small town so places aren't that far away. And I was getting excited. I remember that when we were younger we would go and play all the time. We would go in and play the games for hours on end.

We walks into the arcade and we were flashed by shining lights and buzzing noises. There were so many different types of games, and we both looked around wide eyed. It was like we were little kids again. We Bought some game cards and we thought about what games to play.

As we were walking we played a few games here and there, but there was a certain game that we both played all the time.

Skee ball.

We looked at each other and ran over, laughing and making a lot of noise. Some of the parents in there were probably looking at us like we were crazy, but I didn't care. When we got to the skee ball I told her that I would totally beat her in a game.

"Your on, Drageneel!" Lucy said and she grabbed her first skee ball.

We counted to three and started the game. Lucy took her time going, but I quickly tossed all of mine, so I waited for her to be done.

"No!" Lucy said as her ball missed again.

"Seems like you're out of practice." I laughed, and she stuck her tongue out at me. "Here, let me show you."

I walked up to her, and I grabbed a ball, and I put one hand around her waist and put one arm on her arm.

"N-Natsu?"

"Just follow my movements." I said shyly, and I tried to teach her by showing her the movements. I realized how close we were, my body against hers, and I could smell her shampoo in her hair. It was a good thing she was looking away because I was blushing like crazy. I did the movements for her a few times. "Do you get it now?" She nodded. "Okay, let's let the ball go this time." She nodded again. As we both swung together, and let the ball go, we actually manage to get it in a nice spot, and we got a good amount of points.

"Good job , Luce!" I said with a grin, and I slowly began to let her go, which I was disappointed about.

"Thanks, Natsu." She smiled and looked up at me. As she was looking up, I was moving my body so our heads became very close. Like other times, we were an inch apart, looking at one another. Neither of us saying a word. There was noises and music and kids in the background but I barely noticed it. At this moment I didn't want to pretend anymore. I needed to tell her how I feel.

"Lucy…"

"Natsu…"

"Look, Lucy I-" I was cut off by a ringing. It was her phone. She looked at it sadly, and then picked it up. When she saw he caller id, she had a look of surprise on her face.

"Hello." I heard her say.

"Gray?"

"yeah."

"Got it."

"I'm out right now."

"Natsu." Although I had no idea what they were talking about, at the mention of my name I tensed up. What were they talking about me? And why was Gray talking to Lucy?

"Okay. Mhm, okay." She said. Although, she sounded disappointed. Then she said good bye and hung up the phone.

"Is everything alright?" I asked.

"It was Gray." She said. I already knew that by the way she said it that it wasn't exactly good news for me. "I'm going to have to go, sorry. Gray wants to talk to me." I got angry and more confused as to why he needed to talk to her. What did he want to talk about anyway?

"Okay. Okay, yeah, that's fine." I said, but I said it more harshly than I was expecting to. "Go ahead, I'm sure Gray had something really important he wants to say."

"Natsu." She said, looking hurt. "I'm sorry, we can always come back another time…"

"Yeah, yeah. It's fine. Go to Gray."

"Are you okay…? Natsu?"

I cant hold back anymore. "Look I get it, okay. Go to Gray. He's more important to you, anyway. You two are dating." Then there was silence in the air that was defining.

"What?" She said hurt.

"I mean, did you guys really think I wouldn't find out. You two have been hand and hand for a while now. It's only time before you tell everyone."

"Natsu…"

"And I'm fine with it, really. Okay, maybe not fine. But why didn't you tell me? I thought we were best friends. I thought we told each other everything."

"Oh, you're mad that I didn't tell you? What about you? What excuse do you have."

"What are you talking about?"

"You and Juvia. Don't even deny it, it's all over school. You two have been acting closer than ever. Why didn't you tell me about her, then?" So she did know about Juvia.

"What about her?" I snapped back.

"Oh? The fact that you and her are together. That you've been dating." I wanted to yell, scream at her that it was fake. That all I wanted was her. I was just doing it for her.

"How do you feel, if I am?" I asked.

She paused. Her eyes filled with so many emotions that there was no way for me to see what she was feeling. It took her a few moments but she finally did respond. I didn't realize I was holding my breathe until I finally breathed again. "It's your life. You can date who you want." I almost heard pain in her voice.

"Fine." Was all I said.

"Fine." She said. "I need to go, Gray is waiting."

"Can't keep Gray waiting." I said, trying not to sound mean but it definitely came out a lot meaner than I wanted.

"How about you call Juvia. Can't keep your girlfriend waiting." She said harshly. And then stormed off. All I wanted was to run after her. But how was I supposed to run after someone, when they're running after someone else?

Lucy's POV

I started running. I didn't know where I was running to. All I knew was that I needed to run.

Hearing what Natsu said hurt me in too many ways. Ways that I didn't think could hurt me. I was hurt. I was sad. I didn't know what to think or feel.

It's true, that I want nothing more than to see Natsu happy. So if being with someone else makes him happy, I would support him in that. But knowing that he would want someone else over me hurts. Maybe I've been fighting for someone who isn't worth fighting for.

Maybe I'm fighting for someone who's fighting for someone else.

So I walked to my house. More like ran, but either way I ended back at my house. Gray said that he was going to meet me at my house. And when I got there, he was waiting outside next to his car. He saw me walking up, and probably saw how distressed I looked.

"Lucy? Is everything okay" he asked worriedly.

I walked up to him quietly, and he asked me again what was wrong. I mumbled things, I don't even know if he heard me, but he heard me say Natsu and knew something was wrong.

"Come on. Let's go inside." He brought me into my house and we sat on my couch.

"What happened?" He asked again. "Does it have to due with Natsu?" I nodded my head. Then I took a deep breathe.

"We got into a fight."

"A fight? What about?"

I told him what had happened. And he was actually a really good listener. I told him what Natsu said to me, and what I said to him. After I was done explaining what happened we were both quiet for a few moments.

"So that's what happened?"

"Yeah." We both took a deep breathe.

"He didn't deny it." I said. "Dating Juvia. He never said that he wasn't."

"But he never said he was, did he."

"No. But he didn't say no."

"No, he did not."

There was silence once again.

"I think we have bigger things to worry about, Lucy." He said, and I looked up to him. "Exams."

I hated that word more than ever right now. "Oh, right. Exams. They start on Monday."

"Yeah, they do. We need to study to make sure we get good grades. After the exams are done. That's when we'll worry about the whole relationship situation. Let's just get through exams."

"Okay. That's a good idea." It really was. Besides, focusing on studying and the exams can get my mind off of other things. I can't have this whole prom thing ruin my grades. I just need to focus on getting good grades for right now.

"Thank you, Gray." I said.

"No problem. We're in this together, aren't we."

"Yeah." I laughed. "We are."

Me and Gray actually then studies for a bit together and then he left. I studied for the rest of the day, taking breaks in between to check my phone. Every time I checked my phone I was hoping there would be a message from a certain someone. There never was. I don't know if that was a good thing or bad thing.

Me and Natsu haven't had a fight like this in as long as I remember. We never really fought all the time. We would get into little arguments, but nothing more than that.

I knew that I was going to have to fix this somehow. I'm just hoping it's not going to as hard as I'm expecting it to be.

End of chapter 11


There we have chapter eleven. I think I did pretty well writing some Nalu moments in there. I also felt it needed some tension and drama so I put some in there as well. Well, I hope you all enjoyed reading, and please leave a review. Thanks for reading!