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Chapter 14

"Business Mogul Jude Heartfilia in a car crash. Taken to hospital, status unknown." Her heart stopped and the mug slipped out of her hands.

"Lucy…Lucy… Lucy?" she felt her vision come back into focus and saw that Gray was standing in front of her. "Are you alright?" asked Gray.

"I'm sorry, I have to go." The clatter of the broken mug had gathered attention from the other patrons at the café. She quickly grabbed her purse and slapped down a wad of cash on their table, she hoped it would cover the cost of the mug.

Lucy just ran out of the café, not completely sure where she was going. She decided to call Loke, maybe he would have some clear answers.

"Hello, princess." Loke answered suavely after a few rings.

"Do you know what happened to my father?" she quickly asked, getting to the point.

"No, I just came out of a meeting, what happened?"

"I don't have time to explain, check the news." Lucy hung up, feeling more frantic.

She tried to call Capricorn, but he was not picking up. She immediately got into a cab to go to the train station. Sitting on the train, she put her phone on silent, not wanting to talk to anyone. She stared out the window for few hours, trying her best not to panic.

Back in Magnolia

Gray helped the café employees pick up the broken pieces of the mug and then left. He was concerned about Lucy and decided to walk to her apartment to check in on her.

He reached the apartment and knocked on the door, but there was no answer. He went down a floor and knocked on Natsu's apartment.

Natsu opened the door, "Frostbite, what are you doing here?"

Gray ignored the insult, "Did Lucy come back here? Do you know where she is?"

Natsu thought about it, "No I haven't seen her since yesterday. Why?"

"We were at the café, when she suddenly just left. She seemed to be distressed for some reason. I just wanted to check on her. I'm going to wait here till she gets back." Gray walked into the apartment and sat on Natsu's couch.

They played video games for some time while they waited for Lucy. When they heard the knock on the door, Natsu thought it was Lucy, so he opened without looking through the peephole. Instead he saw Loke.

"What are you doing here?" he asked Loke.

"I was looking for Lucy. She called me a while back and I was wondering if she was here." Loke sighed. He could already tell that she wasn't here, he saw the news regarding her father, she must have went home immediately. "I guess she isn't here, I will be going now." Loke was stopped from leaving by Natsu.

"What happened? Where is she?" Natsu asked. Gray was also standing next to him looking at Loke.

Loke thought about what to say without revealing too much, "She had a family emergency, so she must have went back to her hometown."

Natsu was not satisfied, "What is the emergency?"

Gray interrupted, "You're her cousin, you know what is going on right?"

Loke sighed, "You know I can't tell you. She wants to keep her family life private." He waved goodbye and left quickly not wanting to answer any questions.

Natsu was frustrated, "Why didn't Lucy trust him?" he wanted to know. He cares for her so much and is willing to do anything for her.

Gray could sense Natsu's irritation and said, "Don't worry dude, I'm sure she is fine."

Natsu calmed down and decided to distract himself with beer and videogames for the night.

Hospital

Lucy reached the Love & Lucky Hospital in her hometown. She found out what floor her father was on and ran up the stairs. She saw the nurse sitting at the desk and ran up to her.

"Hi, which room is Jude Heartfilia in? I'm his daughter." Lucy panted out.

The nurse barely looked at her, "Yeah right, prove it."

Lucy only had her fake ID that said "Lucy Ashley" on it, so she couldn't show that to the nurse. "Please you have to believe me, I'm his daughter." Lucy begged, close to tears.

"Listen here, I've had reporters trying to enter for a while now. I can't just trust you." the nurse replied.

Lucy reached her breaking point and tears began to fall, "Can you at least tell me if he is okay?"

The nurse pitied her, "I'm sorry, I can't release classified information."

Tears clouded her eyes and she went to the nearest wall and leaned on it. "Miss Lucy?"

Lucy abruptly turned her head around. It was her driver Capricorn. She walked quickly towards him and saw that he had a bandage on his head and some scratches. "Capricorn! Thank goodness! Is my father okay?"

"He just finished surgery. Follow me, I will take you to him." Capricorn led the way to the VIP rooms.

Lucy entered the room and saw her father laying on bed, hooked up to many machines. His arm was in a cast and his head was bandaged. "Papa!" she cried out. He was not conscious at the moment.

Capricorn explained, "We were driving and a car hit us from behind and luckily I was able to drive into a ditch, instead in front of the incoming traffic."

Lucy nodded, not really listening as she was focused on her father, "Is he going to be okay?"

"We have to wait for the surgeon who operated on him to come tell us the details." Capricorn said.

At that moment a man walked in, "Hello I'm Doctor Jura, I'm the one who lead the operation on Jude Heartfilia."

Lucy shook his hand, "I'm his daughter, Lucy Heartfilia. Is everything okay?"

Jura nodded, "Your father suffered blunt trauma to the head by a huge piece of glass. I performed the surgery to remove the glass from his head. It was quite close to the brain, so we have to wait until he wakes up to make sure everything is okay/"

"When will he wake up?" asked Lucy.

"We had to put him under anesthesia, so he should be up after an hour. If not, I would be concerned." Lucy thanked the doctor and Jura left the room with Capricorn following him.

Lucy pulled up a chair and held her father's hand that wasn't injured. She stared at him and after a while fell asleep.

Jude slowly opened his eyes and looked around. "I must be in a hospital room." he thought. He tried to move his hand to rub his eyes, but look down and saw his daughter sleeping while holding his hand. He gently took his hand out of her grip and stroked her head lovingly.

Lucy woke up and saw her father looking down on her. "Papa" she hugged him and started sobbing, "I was so worried."

Jude hugged her back, "Don't worry, I'm still here."

"I don't want to lose you too, I have already lost Mama." Lucy continued to sob.

Her dad patted her back and rubbed his hand along her arm to calm her down. He suddenly remembered something, "Did you see the sign of the hospital name before you entered?"

Lucy remembered the huge "Love & Lucky" letter sign outside the hospital. She nodded and her dad continued the story. "Well on the day you were born, the "k" was not lighting up so we only saw "Lucy". We were stressed out and tired but when your mom saw that sign she decided that your name would Lucy."

Lucy never heard the story and started laughing, "What's with that?" she said giggling. Her father joined in with laughter of his own.

After an hour, Doctor Jura came by and checked up on Jude. His mental functions were normal and he would be released in a few days.

Lucy had spring break in a few days so she decided to miss her classes and stay back longer. She sent apology texts to Natsu, Loke, and Gray.

During spring break, her father was ready to come home, so Lucy and Capricorn helped him around the house. Lucy also helped him with any work related manners.

After her week, she was reluctant to leave her father, but she had to get back to school. After a tearful goodbye, she got onto the train to Magnolia.

When she got back to her apartment, she realized that everything in her fridge had gone bad so she needed to go to the grocery store. At the grocery store she decided that she would cook dinner for Natsu and make his favorite foods.

After cooking dinner, she packed all the food and headed downstairs and knocked on Natsu's door.

Natsu opened the door grumpy because he was woken up from a long nap, but when he saw Lucy's face his mood perked up. He quietly breathed out, "Lucy." He rushed to give her a hug and was relieved that she was doing okay.

Lucy knew that Natsu wanted to know what happened, so she told him as much as she could without giving away her true identity. She told him that her father got into an accident and that she was terrified that her dad would leave her like her mom.

Natsu understood and said, "Don't worry. No matter what I will always be there for you."

Lucy felt her heart skip a beat.

AN: I realize that naming a hospital Love & Lucky is a little bit weird (people die at hospitals). However I wanted to include that story about how her parents choose her name. Many hospitals have VIP rooms for rich guests who want more luxury and privacy. Also I apologize for taking a long time to update this chapter.