I sat across from him on the couch in his home. The stressful atmosphere is not helping. We sit in silence, one of us taking a glance at each other. A bead of sweat rolls down slowly down my face. Our parents are in the den discussing "things." So here I am with Natsu in a room all by ourselves. I decide to glance at him only to notice the hurt in his eyes. Something tells me that what happened tonight was all part of Lisanna's big scheme. I tell you, she's something that deserves to go into the trash. I twidle with my fingers and I hear a sigh escaping from Natsu's mouth. He got up and I somewhat felt obligated to know where he was going.

"Where are you headed." He just barely glanced at me and walked away, his hands inside of his jean pockets, heading to the kitchen.

My eyes follow his every move, I couldn't let my guard down around him, especially after tonight. As my mind aimlessly tried to solve this mystery called Natsu, a walking emotional bomb, I started to reminisce about earlier this afternoon, when the wedding took place.

[Earlier today:]

I was in the dressing room in a chair, letting people do my makeup and my hair for the wedding today. I had to sit in the chair for about an hour before they were done. The girls started to head in to change into their bridesmaid dresses when I was just getting into my wedding dress.

"Woah, Lucy you look beautiful," Wendy says as she circles me admiring how I look. Erza nods.

"She's right, wow if they guy wasn't Natsu, they would be lucky to have someone who looks this good," Cana says as she creeps towards me with a smirk.

"Whatever you're about to do, stop before I hit you." She laughs and Juvia smiles.

"I wonder if I would look good in a sleeveless dress?" Levy ponders for a moment before sulking. "...nevermind." She says as she looks down at herself. We all laugh, as suddenly the door opens.

White hair entered our view as her sharp blue eyes stared at us in disgust. "You call that beautiful, I would look better in that dress." She places her hand on her hip as she cocks her head to the side.

"Well, hello to you to Lisanna..." I say as I crack a small fake smile. She walks towards one of the makeup tables, pushing Juvia and Wendy out the way, giving them a small glare as she passes.

At that moment, the room almost became a battlefield, as the girls were ready to pounce on her and beat her until she was blue. As she looks into the mirror, applying another layer of dark red lipstick to her already clown looking face, the girls put on their dresses as I help them with their hair. Lisanna is still at the makeup table, probably putting more layers on her face to hide that she looks like one of those ugly witches.

The girls were finally finished, admiring how they looked in the long mirror attached to the wall. But as Lisanna entered our view through the mirror we wanted to gag. The bridesmaid's dresses were supposed to reach a little above the knee, flowing like a waterfall, but Lisanna's dress was the exact opposite. Her dress was very short and looked like it was going to strangle her any minute. She must've had the dress altered at the last moment. And the makeup didn't help at all, she looked like she splattered paint all over her face. We ignored her as we sat down and chatted with each other until it was time. I wondered how the boys were doing.

There was a little war going over there in the men's dressing room. Natsu and Gajeel got into a little brawl over why Sting and Rouge were here. And Gray found out who was getting married at the last moment, leaving him in a corner to think. It almost got worse until Dad and Igneel walked in and scolded them.

The pews become full of relatives from both sides and friends as well. They chatted with each other, expressing how they felt about the wedding or how they were doing. But as the clock chimed twelve, the large bell ranged throughout the sanctuary. It was time.

I take a deep breath as I feel the anxiety creeping up my bones. My heart thumps hard against my ribcage as at any moment, it would explode. It was beating uncontrollably, I thought it was going to grow wings and fly out of my chest. As the girls and boys make their way down the aisle thanking their respective spots. Natsu walks down the aisle with his mother by his side, she leaves him in his place with a smile and heads to Igneel. That only leaves me.

I sit on one of the stools, trying to get my breathing under control as the time comes closer. Suddenly there is a knock at the door. I get up quickly and swing it open.

"You alright there?" Dad stands tall in a nice tux. I go in to hug him, taking him by surprise.

"Is everything alright." When I bury my head, he pulls me away, his face painted with a more serious expression.

"Do you want to call it off? One word and it will disappear." He looks me in the eye. He was dead serious. I bite my lower lip as I try to figure out an answer.

"Jude, what's wrong?" Mom comes over as she sees that I'm not well.

"I asked her if she wanted to call off the wedding." Her eyes widen.

"You can't just do that now." "Layla, look at her. She is suffering because of us don't you see." I feel his grip tightened around my shoulders. "I followed enough of what you wanted. I want to hear her choice."

Mom gritted her teeth in guilt. She was being selfish, and she hated that feeling. Every time she swallowed, there was a bitter taste of guilt.

"Well, what do you want to do?" My mind was filled with choices.

I could just end it, move on like nothing happened or I could continue with this. God why is it so hard to pick, it's a simple answer. The right choice was in front of me, but it wouldn't come out. It was like something holding it back. I was running out of time, chose one. But why was it so difficult? Why am I so weak, goddammit. But then something clicked, it was strange, it was a door. Mom or Dad didn't hear it. Only I did. In the distance, I see Lisanna and a guy. They were talking, no something else. But as I was trying to figure it out, she kissed him.

Words came flooding out without me noticing. My only thought was how heartbreaking that scene was, not for me, but for the person who was going to be my husband. No matter how bad someone was, how they treated you, I wasn't going to turn a blind eye for someone who was going to hurt. As those words echoed in my head, I held my head high. I don't know if this was guilt, pity, or something, but I felt this was the right move.

I am given a bouquet as they are about to count me in. My fears are no longer there. There was only mixed emotion. The door opens and all attention is on me. But my focus was on him. I took my first step, I made up my mind. I was going to see this through, I don't know when this happened, but I became intrigued with him. Not in a romantic way but, I guess you could say pitied him.

The music plays, and every step I take, the music drowns out as I make eye contact with Natsu. His onyx eyes widen a little as he lays his view on me. Suddenly he feels his heart beat faster as I make myself down the aisle. He brushes the feeling away under the category of anxiety as he gives me a blank stare. Levy takes the bouquet as I stand face to face with Natsu. It was super weird since we're on not good terms. Also that there were strangers I didn't know staring at us.

His lips part slightly, unconsciously, like he was going to say something but was replaced with a small irritating smile only I saw. But it wasn't the harsh smirk or glare he normally gave me. It was different.

As we said our vows, it was on to the after-party. All of us changed into some casual, comfy clothing and went to socialize. Natsu and I had to stay close together as we're now the newlyweds. Of course, that made us extremely uncomfortable, as a little now and then, when no one is watching, we would take turns glancing at each other, unconsciously. The most annoyed person was Lisanna as she kept trying to embarrass me. Natsu and I finally agreed on something, which was to hang with our parents to get away from each other for a while. I walked towards Mom and Dad as I saw Cana talking to them.

"Yo, how's everything." Mom nudges me. "Manner child!" I apologize and I chat with them. That's when I notice someone familiar.

"Loke!" Mom yells as he runs over to him. She envelops him into a big hug as he returns the gesture. 'That's our math teacher, why is he here?'

As if Dad read my mind, he answers me. " That's your mom's brother or brother-in-law."

"What really?!" I look at him surprised. "He's my math teacher. Who would've known he was related to me in some way."

"He's your teacher?" I nod my head. "So he did get the career he wanted."

"Lucy come, I want to introduce you to your uncle." I make my way there. "Hello, Mr. Loke. Who would've known that you were my uncle?"

Mom looks surprised. "I'm her math teacher." Loke fills her in. We chat until it's time to party on, and I mean party on.

We hit the dance floor, dancing, singling, just practically enjoying ourselves. I hang out with my friends, laughing and cracking out our best dance moves we got.

But as some of us danced on, there was one person who wasn't having the time of their lives. He excused himself from the party, dragging Lisanna with him.

"What the hell were you doing?" He looks straight at her, not amused.

"What do you mean?" She looks at him, rolling her eyes as the now married boy.

"You know what I mean!" She gives out a little chuckle before smirking.

"Oh, you mean that kiss, you see I moved on from you." He felt something spark in him, something that he only faked. He was angry, sad, frustrated. He only acted angrily because it allowed him to distance himself.

"I thought-" "Woah there before you say some cheesy bullcrap line, I had fun playing with you." She smirks as she leaves him, outside frustrated, heartbroken. He knew, god he knew, he could sense it from his friends, everyone. But he wanted to be obvious to the fact.

He walks into the garden, sitting on one of the benches, where he knew no one would come, well he thought. He rests his head on his clamps hand, feeling something warm run down his face. He was good at hiding his feelings, he hated this side of him. This weak side, he would never show to anyone. But too bad, it doesn't work out that way.

After some time dancing our lungs out, I excuse myself out and head out to the garden. As I open the doors, the fresh air hits my face, dissipating all the sweaty body aroma around me. I walk out, passing the arch entrance to the hedged off garden, to a little wooden bench facing part of a pond I remember seeing when visiting. But as the bench came into view, there was someone already here. I could hear sniffles. I got closer to see it was Natsu. I was debating either to leave and act like I saw nothing or comfort him. The second option felt a little out of place so I decided to leave. As I tried to leave, my feet landed on the crunchiest set of leaves on the floor. My body freezes as I mentally curse myself.

He sniffs and looks up before his face turns into a scowl. "Shit, why are you out here?"

"I was just leaving." He looked at me as I began to leave. "You know, I always wondered if you could cry, since you were all high mighty." I turn around and walk back.

"I thought you were leaving." He watches my every move. He would never have thought that someone would see him cry, especially me.

"Oh I was, but then decided I could leave someone crying," I say, sitting down right next to him.

"I don't need your pity." His eyes were filled with sorrow as he tried to act tough.

"Yeah I know," I look towards him. "But it's not illegal to cry. Let it out, it's the only way you'll get past this."

He looked at me, his eyes wide. "Plus you looked a little lonely."

"Why are you saying this, to me of all people. Didn't I hurt you." He looks away.

"Yeah you did, but hey I figured out why." I slightly smile and hear him sniff again. "Take your time, I'll be here until you stop."

[Present:]

A glass is put in front of me as I snap out of my thoughts. Natsu sits back down, sipping his drink with his usual expression on his face.

"Thanks." I pick up the glass. I hear a little hum in response. He was acting differently, it was weird but a nice change.

I take a sip and see our parents walk in. "I don't like this..." I say low, he looks in my direction.

"Congrats on your wedding you two!" Grandine says as she stares at her son. "Now I want you Natsu to get down on your knees, head all the way on the ground and apologize for what you did to her. And I want it done now." I was expecting an outburst from him saying "Why the hell do I need to do that" but that didn't come. He did exactly as she said.

"Lucy I apologize for what I did, it was unthinkable and I know I was wrong. I'm sorry." I was lost for words, he actually apologized.

"Now that's done, let's talk family-wise," Igneel says as all parents take a seat. "Also I want you to apologize every day counting for how many you hurt her." He says, Natsu nodding in the process.