Chapter 8: Out of His League


LUCY

He added, "And happy birthday, Luce," and handed me a red box with a yellow ribbon on top.

I was taken aback by his greeting. I processed everything in my mind.

"I...forgot..." I started to say. I was so focused on living my life that I didn't notice the days passed by.

I scolded myself. 'Silly, Lucy!'

He laughed at my expression.

I joined him, too.


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When our laughter died out, we sat beside each other under the lighted tree and gazed at the clear, night sky. Thousands of stars scattered across it, twinkling down at us.

Natsu took out a basket full of delicious food and we started eating them. He even bragged about cooking all of them.

"You did not!" I challenged him and laughed.

"I did! It took me the whole day to prepare that," he countered.

The cold night breeze blew past by and Natsu took off his coat and gently wrapped it around me.

"Thanks," I mumbled.

Taking his cellphone from his pocket and with a series of clicks, a soft hymn of a song filled the air.

He stood up and offered his right hand.

"May I have this dance?"

I only stared at him...

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and laughed.

"Natsu? You're joking, right?" My eyes begged him to agree with me. "I can't dance. I..." I stopped, unable to finish it. Of course I can dance. I took dancing lessons. But I can't dance with him because my knees would surely wobble.

Add the possibility of holding hands, I can't be sure I could do it.

"There's a first try in everything," he told me, then lifted me up and guided me.

He placed my right hand, palm facing down, on top of his extended left hand. He did the same to our other hands, his palm facing down, this time. He gently led me the way.

I don't want to describe what I felt right now.

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It's her hair and her eyes today

That just simply take me away

And the feeling that I'm falling further in love

Makes me shiver but in a good way.

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I realized, only by then, that it was my first, real dance. I looked at him and smiled.


NATSU

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All the times I have sat and stared

As she thoughtfully thumbs through her hair

And she purses her lips, bats her eyes as she plays,

With me sitting there slack-jawed and nothing to say

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Occasionally, she laughed and looked at me like saying, "This is crazy, right?" Then she would stare at the colored lights and the stars above us.

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Coz I love her with all that I am

And my voice shakes along with my hands

Coz she's all that I see and she's all that I need

And I'm out of my league once again.

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I could see the colors playing in her eyes. Her face was glowing. As I stared at her, everything around us seemed to disappear. I only saw her, her beauty radiating inside and out. I slowly spun her around.

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It's a masterful melody

When she calls out my name to me

As the world spins around her she laughs, rolls her eyes

And I feel like I'm falling but it's no surprise

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I loved the way she looked at me, the way she smiled when she was happy, the way she blushed when I teased her, the way she scolded me but forgave me afterwards.

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Coz I love her with all that I am

And my voice shakes along with my hands

Cause it's frightening to be swimming in this strange sea

But I'd rather be here than on land

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For now, I decided to keep inside me the feelings I had for her.

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Yes she's all that I see and she's all that I need

And I'm out of my league once again.

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Writer's Note: In this chapter, I featured the song entitled "Out of My League" by Stephen Speaks. I love this song! It gives me the impression of a fairy-tale-like setting and I think it would perfectly fit for this dance. This is one of the chapters that I was looking forward to write, for obvious reasons. ;-)

I hoped you enjoyed. :-)