A PRINCE AND HIS MATE-chapter 14

Author's note:

As promised, here is the next chapter

Lucy's POV

I had just bumped into a girl in disguise. When that happened, her disguise fell off and the one I saw was none other than Natsu's fiancée, Princess Lisanna.

She stood up, undusted herself and offered me a hand. I hesitantly took it and stood up as well. She smiled at me and with a gentle and graceful tone, she said

"I'm sorry for bumping into you, I was just a little upset about something"

"It's okay...You're princess Lisanna, right?" I asked hesitantly.

"I guess you found me out" She answered playfully "Just don't tell anyone or I will get in trouble"

"Don't worry, I won't" I assured her.

She picked up her disguise and put it back on. She was about to say something and leave, but me being myself and also her fiancé's girlfriend, I was interested in her and cut her off.

"I don't want to be rude, but what were you upset about?" I asked her, knowing I probably won't get an answer.

Her smile suddenly faded and it instead bacame a frown. "Nothing serious, I'm just having some love problems" She answered me saddened. And that's when it hit me, it's about Natsu.

"You seem like a nice person, normally nobody really cares about how I feel" She said with a small smile forming back on her face.

"Don't say that, you're a princess, how can people not care about your feelings?" I asked surprised as I was trying to comfort her however I could. She seems nice, so this is Natsu's fiancée?

"Well, I don't know about kind people like you, but to some people I am just a spoiled princess and to my parents I'm just their heir"

I didn't know what to answer her. I never thought princesses had such concerns, but of course they would. It was just me being stupid.

"Anyway, I forgot to ask you name" She said and I quickly replied.

"My name is Lucy"

"Well Lucy, you really made my day today. How about we go have some tea in the castle and I will give you a tour as well"

"W-What?, No I couldn't, you just met me and I didn't do anything special. I'm just a normal girl, I can't go in the castle, I-" I was babbling around, confused and embarrassed, when she cut me off with a giggle.

"Don't worry, it's fine if you're my guest. It'll be for just a little while, so please come" She said and I couldn't help but feel bad about her treating me kindly when I'm in a relationship with her fiancé and she doesn't know it.

I couldn't refuse her pleading eyes though and I ended up accepting her offer. She seemed like she needed someone to talk to and although I'm certainly not qualified to be that person, I want to help her.

We started heading towards the castle and when we got there, we approached the main gate. There were a lot of guards, but when they saw Lisanna, they let us in without a word.

The courtyard was huge and beautiful. We went our way towards the gate to the inside and I couldn't help but be amazed with the place. She had understood that and was silently giggling.

"I see you like it" She commented

"Y-Yeah" I answered her, while I was taken aback when we entered the inside. It was even more beautiful and bigger. There were maids here and there, portraits and paintings on the walls and huge carpets in the even more huge floors.

She started walking again and I silently followed her. We stopped in front of a door and she opened it. It had some couches and a table in the middle.

"This is one of the tea rooms" She announced

"Why don't you take a seat?" She offered as she sat down on one of the couches. I sat in the one opposite to hers. Shortly after, a maid brought us some tea.

I started sipping some tea and it was so good..."This is fantastic. I've never tasted tea like that before!" I said fascinated.

"Well, I'm glad you like it" She replied. At first she had a smile on her face, but it soon became a frown.

"You can tell me if there's something troubling you" I knew I wasn't the best option, but still...

"Thanks, well you see..." She was silent for some seconds, probably thinking what to say.

"I will start from the start if you don't mind. When I was back in my country, my parents announced to me that I was going to marry prince Natsu. I was really delighted, after all I really loved him. I had met him when I was little, and even though he wasn't interested in me, I fell in love with him"

She started talking about Natsu, and I had to admit, I felt jealous.

"I had met with him a few times after that, only to fall even deeper in love with him. He was the only one I would ever want to marry and of course I was happy beyond compare when I learned I would really marry him. When I moved here as his fiancée, I was really excited, but I soon became very disappointed"

I was feeling bad about her and didn't know what to think.

"I found out that Natsu didn't want this marriage at all. He had been forced into it. The man I loved so dearly wouldn't even turn to look at me. I felt bad when I found muself thinking that I was going to marry him anyway and that he was going to accept me eventually"

My heart was beating really fast, she really loves Natsu. There's someone else besides me that loves him so much...

"I was thinking things like that, until I..., I recently have been having the feeling that Natsu has been seeing someone. He's going somewhere almost everyday, and I think he's with another woman" Lisanna started crying.

I'm the reason she's crying. I'm the one Natsu is seeing. I was about to cry as well, but I had to stop myself.

"That's why I was where I was today. That's where Natsu is going, somewhere around that park. I'm not sure where exactly though, I had just seen him around there once, I might even be wrong. I was looking for a clue about where Natsu is going and who he's seeing, but I didn't find anything"

Oh, god. Lisanna knows, she knows...Of course I couldn't say anything, I was speechless and she was weeping silently.

"I'm going to the restroom, so if you'll excuse me for a minute" She stood up.

"S-Sure" I answered her, although she had already left.

I stayed there, thinking about everything she said over and over again.

When she came back, she had stopped crying, although her eyes were still a little red.

"I'm sorry for talking so much about myself, I just needed to tell somebody"

"It's alright, I understand" I hesitantly answered her.

"Well, enough about me. What about you, tell me about your interests" She changed the subject.

"Well, nothing special, I like cooking and reading and stuff"

"Oh, you like reading, well, how about we go to the library then? It has a lot of books there. I'm sure you'll like it" She offered.

"Okay, it sounds interesting" I replied and she stood up. She motioned me to follow her and I did.

We exited the room and were making our way to the library through the big and many hallways. How can somebody not get lost in here?

I was thinking stuff like that, when I saw someone heading in the opposite direction from ours.

"Ah hello Natsu!" Lisanna called happily and I stiffened. Natsu is here!

"Hi, Lisan-"Natsu started saying uninterested, but then he noticed me beside her. Natsu was definitely more than just surprised.

"Oh Natsu, this is my friend Lucy, Lucy this is Natsu" She quickly introduced us.

"Y-Your friend?" Natsu questioned her.

"Yes, I met her today and she seemed nice, so I invited her"

"Well then, it's nice to meet you" Natsu approached me.

He offered me a handshake and I awkwardly accepted it.

"Lucy was it?" He asked and I nodded.

We stopped the handshake. "Well Natsu, me and Lucy were going to the library, you can come if you want" Lisanna offered Natsu.

"I can't, I have stupid paperwork to do" Natsu said, took one last look at me and left while saying "see you later".

After that we continued our way to the library and when we got there, I swore to god that that was the biggest library I had ever seen and definitely the biggest one I will ever see. I was so excited, I almost forgot what had just happened and was looking around, dazzed by the amount of books. Meanwhile, Lisanna was giggling while looking at my excitement, before she too went to take a look at some books.

We were there for about an hour, when a maid came.

"Princess Lisanna, the king wishes to speak to you" She told Lisanna and Lisanna quickly turned to me.

"Sorry Lucy. I will be back shortly" Lisanna said and left.

Having nothing else to do, I continued looking books.

Soon after, the door opened and I thought it was Lisanna, but was surprised to see it was actually Natsu.

"Hey there, Lisanna's friend" He said ironically.

I blushed. He approached me and gave me a quick peck on the lips.

"What are you doing you idiot?! Lisanna might come any minute now!"

"Don't worry, she won't, my father has her pretty busy"

"B-But..."

"But nothing, it's rare to have you here. I'm done with work, so do you wanna see my room?"

"Your room?! Natsu no, I have to stay here"

"No, you don't"

"Plese Luce, pretty plese, oh Luce, please come to my room" Natsu was quite literally pleading me with his puppy dog eyes. You know, the ones I can't resist.

"Fine" I puffed out.

"Yay! Let's go!" and he drugged me to his room.

When we got there, he let me inside and closed the door behind us.

"So how do you like it?" He asked me

"It's nice...and big" I replied him. It's definitely a room fit for a prince.

"Glad you like it" He said and then suddenly pushed me against the wall.

"H-Hey, what are you doing?!" He didn't answer me, and instead started kissing me quite fiercely.

I pushed him away. I was surprised I actually managed to do it, considering he was a lot stronger than me.

Natsu was surprised too."Why did you do that?" he questioned me.

"Natsu...Lisanna, she told me that she loves you and that she suspects you're seeing someone" I pretty much whispered, but I know he heard me. I started crying. Natsu came closer and hugged me, trying to comfort me.

"Everything is going to be okay, I promise" he whispered to me, while hugging me tightly. I think I saw him cry too.

How are we going to get out of this? Natsu is engaged, he's forced to marry Lisanna. I feel bad about Lisanna, she loves Natsu, but Natsu doesn't have any feelings for her. I love Natsu very much, he does too, but we're simply not supposed to be together...

Author's note:

I hope you enjoyed this chapter! I'm going to update in a week again. Please review to let me know what you think! Bye for now : )