There should be nothing awkward about meeting your friend's ex-fiancee right? Surely? Even if you slept with the guy a few hours ago? I'm currently waiting in the cafe downstairs in the hotel with the others while Natsu is grabbing Lisanna from reception. I kind of feel bad for him. It's his ex-fiancee. They must have broken up for a reason, so why is she visiting? Natsu has never mentioned her before except this morning. Something doesn't seem right. I guess they must have stayed friends if she is visiting today, but for some reason, even though I haven't met the girl yet, she is getting my back up already. It must just be because of how I feel about Natsu. I can not afford to get jealous! Absolutely not! This is Natsu for heavens sake! We may have shared a connection last night, but I can not flaunt that in front of his ex-fiancee! I will be polite and civilised with this girl and treat her like a friend.
"You okay Lucy?" Gray asks pulling me out of my inner debate.
I give him a smile "Sure. Why wouldn't I be?"
"Well, this is Natsu's ex. Surely after last night this has got to awkward for you."
I immediately feel a pull in my stomach when he said that. I feel myself frown and I shrug my shoulders. "I'm not going to let it concern me. It is just bad timing that this happened. I'm not going to be horrible to the girl because of it. It just happens like that"
"Wow. I'm surprised" Gajeel retorts. I give him a suspicious look
"What makes you say that?" I ask
"Well….. if it was me, I would want to show that the girl is now with me and stake my claim if you will." I look back shocked. That was so not like him at all!
"Natsu and I slept together. It's not like we are going out." I state, feeling a little downhearted at the fact that it was sadly true.
"Either way, Lisanna and Natsu were together for quite a while before things went sour." Jellal responds
I look at Jellal with curiosity "Can I ask what happened?"
They boys all look at each other before agreeing that Gray would speak next. "Natsu and Lisanna…were together yes, but the plan to get married was not their choice"
"What do you mean?" Erza asks listening in
Gray hesitates again before continuing, clearly trying to pick his words carefully. "Lisanna's father wanted the marriage and they clearly were not ready for it. Natsu and Lisanna were actually together before the band took off and her father was against it. But since Natsu became famous, his father could not get enough of them two together. He insisted to Lisanna that they had to get married as soon as possible for her own financial security and to deter Natsu from cheating on her with other people while on tour. Natsu agreed to it, both for her sake and also because he was planning to ask her anyway. But after a month or so when we all started going on long tours, it wasn't working. They were constantly arguing and everything became sour. It didn't help the fact that Lisanna became pregnant within the first few months we were away. They were both over the moon about it and quite rightly so. They bought a place so they could both raise the baby and everything. But….they kind of spoke too soon…." Gray suddenly stopped and looked at the others as he realised that he had said to much.
"I'm sorry. This is not my story to tell. Natsu should say this not me." Gray apologises.
"No it's fine. Tell us" I urge. Gray hesitates, looks at the others again who give him a nod to carry on and he takes a deep breath to continue.
"Lisanna lost the baby. It was nobodies fault, but it put an awful lot of stress on them both since they were both grieving. Eventually they both snapped, words were said, they blamed each other for the loss of their child and they broke off everything. I had never seen Natsu so broken before. He thought he was going to be a Dad and get married to the love of his life and all of a sudden that was taken away from him. In the space of a month or so, he lost a child and his fiancee. It took it's toll on him a lot. So much so he was not fit to play in the band for a while so we had a hiatus for him to recover"
We all look back in complete shock. Poor Natsu. I knew that him and Lisanna had a bad break up. I read that All Fired Up took a small hiatus after the break up but no one knew that it was because Natsu was having to deal with two loses instead of one.
Right in that moment, all I wanted to do was run to reception and envelope him in a massive hug. No one should have to go through that. Even with what he went through before with his father, I am not surprised he reacted the way that he did.
I shake as I say the next question wondering how I would feel in his position right now. "Are him and Lisanna okay now?"
Grey smirked "I figured you would ask something like that. Yes they both are fine. They agreed to be friends since it didn't work out. I think that Natsu is still very dear to Lisanna and the same with Natsu but I don't think that they would both go through that again. I remember Natsu telling me that if given the opportunity he probably would go there again with Lisanna, but it would be slow after all that they went through, he doesn't want to have to experience that again."
"Lisanna!" I hear Jellal shout out interrupting us all.
With that, the room goes silent. We all turn around to hear footsteps coming towards us and we see Natsu walking towards us with a small, petite, white haired girl wearing a pink strapped top and jeans. I look between them and after what I have been told I can see how they could suit each other. Lisanna is waving her arm in the air for us to see and is sharing a private joke with Natsu. She looks really sweet. I hope I do get along with her.
Jellal is the first to get out of his chair and greets Lisanna with a hug. "Lisanna. How are you? I'm glad you could make it."
"Hey Jellal. I'm great thanks. Me too! I'm only here for the day but I just wanted to say hello to you all since I had the chance. I miss you all!" I grin at her. Of course, it must have been a while since they all saw Lisanna. I look to Natsu who looks at me sharing silently some sort of expression. I think it is discomfort. As Lisanna is greeting the others, Natsu shoves his head to the side signing that he wants to talk to me. I walk to where he gestured with his head and keep my voice low.
"What's up?"
"I know that Lisanna is my ex and all, but I feel like I need to explain everything to you-"
"No need." I butt in. "Gray explained what happened with you and Lisanna. It's fine. I understand."
He looks a little angry and connects eyes with Gray for a second to give him a 'I'm going to have a serious word with you later" look to him.
I look down in embarrassment "Don't blame him Natsu. Blame me. I asked him what happened between you and Lisanna. I was curious."
Natsu sighs. "It's ok. I'm not mad at him. It was just poor timing after last night"
I grin at him and look over to Lisanna who is currently talking to Gajeel. "Lisanna seems nice."
He smiles "Yes. She is." His head suddenly snaps to look at me and I do the same. "Listen, I know we have that talk at 5 tonight but after that, can I take you out somewhere?"
I retort back "What about Lisanna?"
"She is only here for a few hours. Tonight won't be for long. I still want to take you out on a date, I want to show you somewhere that I found while I was here last year before we are on the buses again. It's not far. We can take security with us if you think we will get caught."
It doesn't take me long to think up my answer. "Sure"
His signature grin appears in response. "Great. Be ready by 9pm. I'll come knock on your door then."
With that, our conversation is done and Lisanna walks up to us. "I'm sorry, am I interrupting?"
"No you weren't. I'm glad to meet you at last. I'm Lucy" I say holding my hand out to shake it
"Me too! Natsu told me so much about you and your band while we were walking down here. I love your music! I managed to catch one of your singles on the radio last week!" Lisanna answers shaking my open hand. I blush
"Thank you! That's great to hear." I answer. "So what's the plan for today?"
"Well I was hoping that I could hang with you guys today in your room. Natsu explained that you all have a meeting at 5 this afternoon, but I need to go about 3 anyway."
"Shall we go upstairs then?" Natsu asks leading the way with an excited Lisanna next to him. I walk with Erza who gives me a subtle hug and a wink. I wink back to show her that I am okay. I take a deep breath. This is not as bad as I thought it would be!
here we go again with another chapter! Dont worry guys Lisanna is not a bitch in this story! Like always let me know what you think! Love to all!