p class="Normal"emspan class="tm5"Chapter 13 - Stalker /span/em/p
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p class="Normal"span class="tm6"They were both panting hard when Lucy tiredly collapsed on top of Natsu. He easily caught her and turned them to the side, she was now snuggling close to his chest. Their breathing slowly calming down as they both relaxed. The dinner was nice but the dessert was even better. They both seemed to have the same thought when they started to snicker lightly. Lucy trailed her finger over Natsu's chest in small circles. He hummed in tired agreement to her gesture. After having slept together now once Lucy was slowly growing more confident in everything she did, she even took his funny remark that he wanted her for dessert at word and dragged him up into the bed room the moment they came home, couldn't get out of her clothes fast enough and devoured Natsu in a way that he thought he was the dessert and not her. This was a complete new side of her but he totally enjoyed it. Her easy going way right now, in this situation first worried him but in the end he couldn't do other than except it since it was a way for Lucy to comprehend all this. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''You know that you won't get away from the talk, just because of this right?''/span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"Lucy pouted when she titled her head so she could look into his eyes. He knew exactly what he was after. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''Destroying the mood again, huh?''/span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"They both laughed, then they fell silent again. Natsu pulled her closer by wrapping both his arms completely around her, her chest pressing tightly against his. Her head was buried in the crook of his neck, he smelled like sweat and a bit of his deodorant. For some strange reason she couldn't explain she kinda liked that smell. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''Still Lucy, we shouold really talk...''br /''Ah come on Natsu, can't we just, just for today pretend that everything is normal and we just had an amazing evening and now we're saying sweet things and go sleeping?''/span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"She tried to bury her face more in his body but failed when he pulled back and held her on arms length. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''I really wish we could, but we both know that we can't.''/span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"She sighed deeply and closed her eyes for a moment. He was right. What good would that do? Their problems would still be there in the morning. Just to have one normal day in their life? What is normal anyway? When she opened her eyes she only saw his serious but at the same time calm ones. How could he be like this after what they just did? Her heart was still hammering like crazy in her chest. But all of that didn't seem to matter right now. He really wanted to, needed to talk with her right this moment. He actually wanted to talk with her before all their other activities but who could have guessed that Lucy was so eager to do it the moment they entered the house. He had to laugh at that /''What?''/span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"He faced his beautiful girlfriend yet again./span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''First you tell me we need to talk about this seriously and now you're laughing. Get your act straight Natsu!'' /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"She rammed her fist playfully into his chest to which he playfully groaned. They both snickered. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''Okay Okay, let's get it over with. What did Kate say? Does she have any idea what to do now?''/span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"Natsu thought a bit before telling her. After he brought her to school he drove to the office and talked to Kate in person. They went through a lot of scenarios, thinking about what would be a smart step, a good solution, especially for both of them to live as normal as possible, /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"They only came to one conclusion. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''Do you mean that?''/span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"Natsu only nodded. He knew that she was surprised but realistically there was nothing else they could do. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''So we just go on like before? Nothing will change?''/span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''Well, of course some things will change.''br /He carefully tucked one strand of her long blond hair behind her ear. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''First, there will be an agent who takes you to school and actually stays there until you go home where he also takes you and no one else.''/span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''So I have a bodyguard at school. That's not normal at all.''/span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"She whined playfully but at the same time he knew that it bothered her. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''He won't go inside with you. He will wait in front of school, nothing more.''br /Lucy bit her lower lip then looked at him again. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''What about you?''br /''I will work more often in the office they are actually trying to pin point his location at the moment since he called you on your phone but is seems he used some tricks there. And since he didn't contact you again all we can do is wait. Kate also talked to his brother in prison but he won't say anything so we're trying to find out his name for now. Strangely there are no documents proving that this Steiner has family. We are in contact with the German police and government and they send us everything we need but it's difficult because of certain rules and policies we have to follow. It might take some time.''br /Lucy only nodded. It was indeed strange. If there were no documents about this other man at all who knew who he really was. Was he even the brother of Steiner? But if he wasn't why did he do all that?/span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''Kate said she wanted us to try to live as normal as possible for now.''br /''Mhm.''/span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"Natsu pulled her in again, closing the space between them again. Lucy sighed contently against his chest. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''Can we actually do that?''/span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''What?''br /Lucy was hestistant for a moment but then she answered. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''Well, living /spanemspan class="tm5"normal /span/emspan class="tm6"like that?''br /Natsu laughed into her hair. br /''Dunno. We'll just have to try. For now I'll work at the office and you attend school. The rest will come naturally.''/span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''If you say so.''br /Lucy answered with a long yawn. She was pretty tired. The whole day has been much for her. Meeting new people, getting used to everything, which she of course didn't after her first day, then the active evening with Natsu, not that she would complain, it was rather fun. But still it was all very much. She drifted off to sleep before she knew it, not realizing that at the same time Natsu was already fast asleep with her in his arms. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6" /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"-o.O.o- /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6" /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"The following days were just like Natsu said. Someone would take her to school and wait there for her until the day was over. His name was Jackson one of Kate's most trusted man. For Lucy it might have seemed that he could imagine something more thrilling than taking an 18 year old girl to school, wait there for her the whole day and then bring her back home but well it was his job. Lucy couldn't do other than wonder what he was doing the whole time she was in school, maybe he had some good games on his tablet. She always seemed to realize that he was indeed carrying a gun with him. He always wore leisure clothing so no one would be suspicious and one day when she got out of the car and Mary saw her she asked who he was and he simply answered that he was Lucy's uncle. That satisfied Mary and no more questions were asked. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"School was almost the same all day. She slowly grew close to Mary and Mitchell who were actually going out. They were trying to keep it secret but Lucy saw right through them. By the way they weren't really good in keeping it secret but that was mostly Mary's fault for not being able to take her hands off Mitchell. Lucy also grew very close to Ms. Lockser from the library. When Lucy had free lessons she always spend them with her. Her first name is Juvia. She pleaded Lucy to call her that since she wasn't that much older than her just as Lucy had guessed. They had pretty much the same interests, especially books, but with boys they were worlds apart. Lucy couldn't let go of the thought that Juvia's ideal type was close to Gray. Maybe she should talk to him to visit her in school some time so they could meet. Lucy laughed at that thought. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''What is it?''/span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"Lucy looked up from the book she was reading and met Juvia's curious eyes. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''Ah nothing, something funny happened in my book.''/span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"Juvia shrugged it off after that and sat back down in her chair. She looked out of the window for a long time. Lucy watched her intently still not understanding how someone could be just as pretty as she was. Suddenly Juvia closed her eyes in discomfort. She covered her face with her hand./span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''What's wrong Juvia?''/span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''I don't know maybe some kid is playing a prank here. Something keeps dazzling me...''/span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"Lucy now followed Juvia's eyes and saw where the light came from. But it wasn't some kid. Lucy froze in her seat. On top of the tree in front of the library was a man crouched onto one of the big branches and had something that looked like a binoculars. The sun reflected on the glas and dazzled Juvia. Now the man changed his direction and looked directly at Lucy. Lucy couldn't avert her eyes, she could only see how he hurridly climed down the tree and ran away. Maybe he was shooked that Lucy saw him. But she didn't have time to think about that. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''Sorry Juvia I have to go somewhere.''/span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"Juvia couldn't even answer so fast Lucy was gone already. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"Lucy ran down the hallway to the front door in the direction of the tree. The man that ran away was long gone and he wore a hoddie with a black cap there was no way she could have recognized anything in that distance. Suddenly someone grabbed her arm. That surprised her so much she almost screamed out aloud. The man covered her mouth and turned her around. br /''It's me Lucy.''/span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"Lucy cought her breath and almost hit him. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''Gosh, Jackson. You scared the hell out of me!''/span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"He apologized directly and told her that he saw her running out of the building with such a speed he first didn't recognized her. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"Lucy explained to him what happened. Jackson scanned the surroundings for anything suspicious but couldn't find any person that matched Lucy's description. The girl crouched down next to the tree. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''Did you find something?''br /Jackson bend down next to her./span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''I'm not quite sure...''/span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"Lucy picked up something that seemed like a business card, or at least half of it. She handed it over to Jackson who put it in a small plastic bag. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''I guess it would be better for you to go back inside, I'll call Kate.''/span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''Okay.''br /Lucy went back in to the school and waited for the day to end. What the hell could all of this mean?/span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6" /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"-o.O.o- /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6" /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"Back home she was welcomed by a worried Natsu. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''Are you okay?''/span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"He hurridly expected her on any injuries in the floor not even letting her the time to explain. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''Natsu, I'm fine nothing happened.''br /Natsu scrutinized her one more time, then his look went over to Jackson who stood in the door. He handed the bag over to Kate who now joined them in the floor./span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''Good work Jackson, you can go home now.''br /''Oh Lucy found that not me.''/span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"He winked at Lucy who fast lowered her head in embarrassment. Kate smiled at that. Natsu always told her that Lucy would see the most unnecessary things no one else saw./span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''But we don't know if it belonged to him or was lying around there for longer...''/span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"Natsu wrapped his arm around her shoulder and guided her back into the living room. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''Still it's good that you found it, maybe it is indeed a clue.''/span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"That made her smile a bit. Kate talked to them from the floor while getting dressed./span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''Jackson told me everything I'll take this over to NFS and let them check it.''br /''Okay.''br /Natsu responed but the door was already closed again. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"Now he looked at Lucy. She looked at him with questioning eyes. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''Are you sure you're okay?''/span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"Lucy's lip twitched up. Of course he was worried. So much for living a normal life. Well it worked for at least 2 days. They were making progress. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''Natsu we don't even know if this man was watching me or Juvia.''br /''Juvia?''br /Ah right, she never told him about her. She did tell him about Mary and Mitchell but never about Juvia. How could she forget that?/span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''Juvia Lockser. She is in charge for the library we kinda got close you can say. I think this person was first watching her...''br /''Or he is watching people in your surroundings.''br /Now Lucy took a step back. That didn't cross her mind in any way. But Natsu was right. What if this man who pretends to be the brother of Steiner actually started doing research about her and her life. What if he wanted to not only harm her? Lucy caught herself before diving to deep into thought like that. They didn't even know the person at school was this man. She took a deep breath. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''All we can do is wait anyway. For Kate to tell us if they found something on that card.''br /Natsu looked intently at her trying to figure out what she was thinking. But he couldn't. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''Natsu?''/span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"He looked down a bit surprised to see her standing so close in front of him. She was smiling at him for some unknown reason. br /''Yeah, what?''/span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"She turned around and went into the kitchen almost singning on the way over there. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''I'm hungry~'' /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"Natsu laughed and followed her over. He leaned over her caging her between his body and the fridge that she opened to check if they had something to eat. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"And surprisingly they had nothing. /spanemspan class="tm5"Of course we have nothing/span/emspan class="tm6"./span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"She turned her head a bit and glared at Natsu./span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''Natsu Dragneel.''/span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"Oh he knew when Lucy used his full name nothing good were to happen. /spanemspan class="tm5"So no Sex tonight I guess/span/emspan class="tm6"./span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"Natsu sweat dropped. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''How often do I have to tell you if you take the last piece out you either have to buy a new one or tell me to buy it.''/span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"He ran away and she followed, fast. He tried to hide behind the couch but this time the piece of furniture was to no help. Lucy simply jumped over it. If he avoided her now and ran away she would crash onto the ground and which devoted boyfriend would let that happen. Right./span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"Natsu Dragneel would. Lucy huffed when she looked up just to see him running upstairs both laughing like idiots. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''Come back here.''br /Natsu laughed upstairs./span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''You think I would.''/span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"Not to mention that he actually checked shortly if she really was okay after her stunt. But when she looked up at him with this death glare in her eyes he knew all the better that she was doing perfect. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"Now she was also upstairs. Natsu hid somewhere, Lucy just had to find out where which wasn't hard for her. Natsu left a trail of well, Natsu when he tried to hide. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''Might explaining what you're doing there?''/span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"He was to embarrassed to say something. He tripped over his own shoes in bed room and was now lying face first on the floor. No hiding possible anymore. Lucy got faster he had to give her that./span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''I'm hiding, obviously.''br /Lucy let out one of the softest giggles he had ever heard from her. Now he looked up. She was kneeling in front of him holding her stomach because of the way he was lying there. She was wet at the corners of her eyes due to her laughing, her soft giggles filled the room and made Natsu laugh as well. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''Are you making fun of me now''br /''well...''br /She couldn't even talk straight, she had to catch many breaths./span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''You should have seen how you were lying there. Who could be so stupid and trip over something while trying to hide.''br /She kept on laughing now to the slight annoyance of Natus./span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''A good girlfriend would check up on her boyfriend if he was lying on the ground like that and not laugh at him.''/span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"He by now had sit up, his eyes closed, crossed his arms over his chest and pouted a bit. Lucy could only laugh more at that. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''And who was the one who just ran upstairs after his girlfriend literally flew through the living room.'' /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"Now Natsu blinked at her and almost fell back over when she leaned in so close to him he could feel her breathing again. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''Hm?''br /She leaned just a bit more in and lost her balance herself crashing into Natsu who then crashed onto the ground. They both snorted. Lucy titled her head up and smiled sheepishly./span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''Sorry?''br /''You still hungry?''/span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''You bet.''br /Natsu pulled her close with one arm and then pushed them both up again with the other arm. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''Let's order something.''br /Lucy leaned onto his shoulder and took in his unique smell. She couldn't get enough of him./span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''Sounds great.''/span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"They went back downstairs again. Natsu went straight in the kitchen to search for a good restaurant that also delivered the food. Lucy's attention was caught by a white envelope on the ground. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"Post/spanemspan class="tm5" at this time? /span/em/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"She picked it was no sender and no receiver. On the front side was only wirtten 'for my angel'. Lucy almost threw up at that. A bit shaky she opened the envelope it wasn't even glued. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"A lot of pictures fell out of the envelope. Lucy picked a few up and turned them around. They were pictures of her. When she went to school, in the morning in her house, pictures where she was in the bed room changing or in the bathroom undressing. Even one picture of her from her birthday when she wore those underwear for Natsu. Her shaking got stronger. She took deep breaths as to calm herself down. There were a few pictures where she was with Natsu. Natsu's face was scratched on every single picture. One picture on the ground was upsite down something was written on it. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"'You beling to me, /spanemspan class="tm5"only /span/emspan class="tm6"to me'/span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"When she turned it around there was a picture of Jackson. Lucy gasped loudly. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''Hey Lucy do you want Pasta or-''/span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"Natsu abruptly stopped his question when he saw Lucy's scared expression. She immediatly looked at him. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''Natsu what should we do?''/span/p
p class="Normal"emspan class="tm5" /span/em/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"They were both panting hard when Lucy tiredly collapsed on top of Natsu. He easily caught her and turned them to the side, she was now snuggling close to his chest. Their breathing slowly calming down as they both relaxed. The dinner was nice but the dessert was even better. They both seemed to have the same thought when they started to snicker lightly. Lucy trailed her finger over Natsu's chest in small circles. He hummed in tired agreement to her gesture. After having slept together now once Lucy was slowly growing more confident in everything she did, she even took his funny remark that he wanted her for dessert at word and dragged him up into the bed room the moment they came home, couldn't get out of her clothes fast enough and devoured Natsu in a way that he thought he was the dessert and not her. This was a complete new side of her but he totally enjoyed it. Her easy going way right now, in this situation first worried him but in the end he couldn't do other than except it since it was a way for Lucy to comprehend all this. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''You know that you won't get away from the talk, just because of this right?''/span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"Lucy pouted when she titled her head so she could look into his eyes. He knew exactly what he was after. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''Destroying the mood again, huh?''/span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"They both laughed, then they fell silent again. Natsu pulled her closer by wrapping both his arms completely around her, her chest pressing tightly against his. Her head was buried in the crook of his neck, he smelled like sweat and a bit of his deodorant. For some strange reason she couldn't explain she kinda liked that smell. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''Still Lucy, we shouold really talk...''br /''Ah come on Natsu, can't we just, just for today pretend that everything is normal and we just had an amazing evening and now we're saying sweet things and go sleeping?''/span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"She tried to bury her face more in his body but failed when he pulled back and held her on arms length. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''I really wish we could, but we both know that we can't.''/span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"She sighed deeply and closed her eyes for a moment. He was right. What good would that do? Their problems would still be there in the morning. Just to have one normal day in their life? What is normal anyway? When she opened her eyes she only saw his serious but at the same time calm ones. How could he be like this after what they just did? Her heart was still hammering like crazy in her chest. But all of that didn't seem to matter right now. He really wanted to, needed to talk with her right this moment. He actually wanted to talk with her before all their other activities but who could have guessed that Lucy was so eager to do it the moment they entered the house. He had to laugh at that /''What?''/span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"He faced his beautiful girlfriend yet again./span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''First you tell me we need to talk about this seriously and now you're laughing. Get your act straight Natsu!'' /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"She rammed her fist playfully into his chest to which he playfully groaned. They both snickered. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''Okay Okay, let's get it over with. What did Kate say? Does she have any idea what to do now?''/span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"Natsu thought a bit before telling her. After he brought her to school he drove to the office and talked to Kate in person. They went through a lot of scenarios, thinking about what would be a smart step, a good solution, especially for both of them to live as normal as possible, /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"They only came to one conclusion. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''Do you mean that?''/span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"Natsu only nodded. He knew that she was surprised but realistically there was nothing else they could do. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''So we just go on like before? Nothing will change?''/span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''Well, of course some things will change.''br /He carefully tucked one strand of her long blond hair behind her ear. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''First, there will be an agent who takes you to school and actually stays there until you go home where he also takes you and no one else.''/span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''So I have a bodyguard at school. That's not normal at all.''/span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"She whined playfully but at the same time he knew that it bothered her. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''He won't go inside with you. He will wait in front of school, nothing more.''br /Lucy bit her lower lip then looked at him again. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''What about you?''br /''I will work more often in the office they are actually trying to pin point his location at the moment since he called you on your phone but is seems he used some tricks there. And since he didn't contact you again all we can do is wait. Kate also talked to his brother in prison but he won't say anything so we're trying to find out his name for now. Strangely there are no documents proving that this Steiner has family. We are in contact with the German police and government and they send us everything we need but it's difficult because of certain rules and policies we have to follow. It might take some time.''br /Lucy only nodded. It was indeed strange. If there were no documents about this other man at all who knew who he really was. Was he even the brother of Steiner? But if he wasn't why did he do all that?/span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''Kate said she wanted us to try to live as normal as possible for now.''br /''Mhm.''/span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"Natsu pulled her in again, closing the space between them again. Lucy sighed contently against his chest. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''Can we actually do that?''/span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''What?''br /Lucy was hestistant for a moment but then she answered. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''Well, living /spanemspan class="tm5"normal /span/emspan class="tm6"like that?''br /Natsu laughed into her hair. br /''Dunno. We'll just have to try. For now I'll work at the office and you attend school. The rest will come naturally.''/span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''If you say so.''br /Lucy answered with a long yawn. She was pretty tired. The whole day has been much for her. Meeting new people, getting used to everything, which she of course didn't after her first day, then the active evening with Natsu, not that she would complain, it was rather fun. But still it was all very much. She drifted off to sleep before she knew it, not realizing that at the same time Natsu was already fast asleep with her in his arms. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6" /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"-o.O.o- /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6" /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"The following days were just like Natsu said. Someone would take her to school and wait there for her until the day was over. His name was Jackson one of Kate's most trusted man. For Lucy it might have seemed that he could imagine something more thrilling than taking an 18 year old girl to school, wait there for her the whole day and then bring her back home but well it was his job. Lucy couldn't do other than wonder what he was doing the whole time she was in school, maybe he had some good games on his tablet. She always seemed to realize that he was indeed carrying a gun with him. He always wore leisure clothing so no one would be suspicious and one day when she got out of the car and Mary saw her she asked who he was and he simply answered that he was Lucy's uncle. That satisfied Mary and no more questions were asked. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"School was almost the same all day. She slowly grew close to Mary and Mitchell who were actually going out. They were trying to keep it secret but Lucy saw right through them. By the way they weren't really good in keeping it secret but that was mostly Mary's fault for not being able to take her hands off Mitchell. Lucy also grew very close to Ms. Lockser from the library. When Lucy had free lessons she always spend them with her. Her first name is Juvia. She pleaded Lucy to call her that since she wasn't that much older than her just as Lucy had guessed. They had pretty much the same interests, especially books, but with boys they were worlds apart. Lucy couldn't let go of the thought that Juvia's ideal type was close to Gray. Maybe she should talk to him to visit her in school some time so they could meet. Lucy laughed at that thought. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''What is it?''/span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"Lucy looked up from the book she was reading and met Juvia's curious eyes. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''Ah nothing, something funny happened in my book.''/span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"Juvia shrugged it off after that and sat back down in her chair. She looked out of the window for a long time. Lucy watched her intently still not understanding how someone could be just as pretty as she was. Suddenly Juvia closed her eyes in discomfort. She covered her face with her hand./span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''What's wrong Juvia?''/span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''I don't know maybe some kid is playing a prank here. Something keeps dazzling me...''/span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"Lucy now followed Juvia's eyes and saw where the light came from. But it wasn't some kid. Lucy froze in her seat. On top of the tree in front of the library was a man crouched onto one of the big branches and had something that looked like a binoculars. The sun reflected on the glas and dazzled Juvia. Now the man changed his direction and looked directly at Lucy. Lucy couldn't avert her eyes, she could only see how he hurridly climed down the tree and ran away. Maybe he was shooked that Lucy saw him. But she didn't have time to think about that. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''Sorry Juvia I have to go somewhere.''/span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"Juvia couldn't even answer so fast Lucy was gone already. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"Lucy ran down the hallway to the front door in the direction of the tree. The man that ran away was long gone and he wore a hoddie with a black cap there was no way she could have recognized anything in that distance. Suddenly someone grabbed her arm. That surprised her so much she almost screamed out aloud. The man covered her mouth and turned her around. br /''It's me Lucy.''/span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"Lucy cought her breath and almost hit him. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''Gosh, Jackson. You scared the hell out of me!''/span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"He apologized directly and told her that he saw her running out of the building with such a speed he first didn't recognized her. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"Lucy explained to him what happened. Jackson scanned the surroundings for anything suspicious but couldn't find any person that matched Lucy's description. The girl crouched down next to the tree. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''Did you find something?''br /Jackson bend down next to her./span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''I'm not quite sure...''/span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"Lucy picked up something that seemed like a business card, or at least half of it. She handed it over to Jackson who put it in a small plastic bag. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''I guess it would be better for you to go back inside, I'll call Kate.''/span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''Okay.''br /Lucy went back in to the school and waited for the day to end. What the hell could all of this mean?/span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6" /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"-o.O.o- /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6" /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"Back home she was welcomed by a worried Natsu. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''Are you okay?''/span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"He hurridly expected her on any injuries in the floor not even letting her the time to explain. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''Natsu, I'm fine nothing happened.''br /Natsu scrutinized her one more time, then his look went over to Jackson who stood in the door. He handed the bag over to Kate who now joined them in the floor./span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''Good work Jackson, you can go home now.''br /''Oh Lucy found that not me.''/span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"He winked at Lucy who fast lowered her head in embarrassment. Kate smiled at that. Natsu always told her that Lucy would see the most unnecessary things no one else saw./span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''But we don't know if it belonged to him or was lying around there for longer...''/span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"Natsu wrapped his arm around her shoulder and guided her back into the living room. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''Still it's good that you found it, maybe it is indeed a clue.''/span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"That made her smile a bit. Kate talked to them from the floor while getting dressed./span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''Jackson told me everything I'll take this over to NFS and let them check it.''br /''Okay.''br /Natsu responed but the door was already closed again. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"Now he looked at Lucy. She looked at him with questioning eyes. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''Are you sure you're okay?''/span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"Lucy's lip twitched up. Of course he was worried. So much for living a normal life. Well it worked for at least 2 days. They were making progress. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''Natsu we don't even know if this man was watching me or Juvia.''br /''Juvia?''br /Ah right, she never told him about her. She did tell him about Mary and Mitchell but never about Juvia. How could she forget that?/span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''Juvia Lockser. She is in charge for the library we kinda got close you can say. I think this person was first watching her...''br /''Or he is watching people in your surroundings.''br /Now Lucy took a step back. That didn't cross her mind in any way. But Natsu was right. What if this man who pretends to be the brother of Steiner actually started doing research about her and her life. What if he wanted to not only harm her? Lucy caught herself before diving to deep into thought like that. They didn't even know the person at school was this man. She took a deep breath. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''All we can do is wait anyway. For Kate to tell us if they found something on that card.''br /Natsu looked intently at her trying to figure out what she was thinking. But he couldn't. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''Natsu?''/span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"He looked down a bit surprised to see her standing so close in front of him. She was smiling at him for some unknown reason. br /''Yeah, what?''/span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"She turned around and went into the kitchen almost singning on the way over there. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''I'm hungry~'' /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"Natsu laughed and followed her over. He leaned over her caging her between his body and the fridge that she opened to check if they had something to eat. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"And surprisingly they had nothing. /spanemspan class="tm5"Of course we have nothing/span/emspan class="tm6"./span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"She turned her head a bit and glared at Natsu./span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''Natsu Dragneel.''/span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"Oh he knew when Lucy used his full name nothing good were to happen. /spanemspan class="tm5"So no Sex tonight I guess/span/emspan class="tm6"./span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"Natsu sweat dropped. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''How often do I have to tell you if you take the last piece out you either have to buy a new one or tell me to buy it.''/span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"He ran away and she followed, fast. He tried to hide behind the couch but this time the piece of furniture was to no help. Lucy simply jumped over it. If he avoided her now and ran away she would crash onto the ground and which devoted boyfriend would let that happen. Right./span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"Natsu Dragneel would. Lucy huffed when she looked up just to see him running upstairs both laughing like idiots. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''Come back here.''br /Natsu laughed upstairs./span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''You think I would.''/span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"Not to mention that he actually checked shortly if she really was okay after her stunt. But when she looked up at him with this death glare in her eyes he knew all the better that she was doing perfect. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"Now she was also upstairs. Natsu hid somewhere, Lucy just had to find out where which wasn't hard for her. Natsu left a trail of well, Natsu when he tried to hide. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''Might explaining what you're doing there?''/span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"He was to embarrassed to say something. He tripped over his own shoes in bed room and was now lying face first on the floor. No hiding possible anymore. Lucy got faster he had to give her that./span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''I'm hiding, obviously.''br /Lucy let out one of the softest giggles he had ever heard from her. Now he looked up. She was kneeling in front of him holding her stomach because of the way he was lying there. She was wet at the corners of her eyes due to her laughing, her soft giggles filled the room and made Natsu laugh as well. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''Are you making fun of me now''br /''well...''br /She couldn't even talk straight, she had to catch many breaths./span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''You should have seen how you were lying there. Who could be so stupid and trip over something while trying to hide.''br /She kept on laughing now to the slight annoyance of Natus./span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''A good girlfriend would check up on her boyfriend if he was lying on the ground like that and not laugh at him.''/span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"He by now had sit up, his eyes closed, crossed his arms over his chest and pouted a bit. Lucy could only laugh more at that. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''And who was the one who just ran upstairs after his girlfriend literally flew through the living room.'' /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"Now Natsu blinked at her and almost fell back over when she leaned in so close to him he could feel her breathing again. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''Hm?''br /She leaned just a bit more in and lost her balance herself crashing into Natsu who then crashed onto the ground. They both snorted. Lucy titled her head up and smiled sheepishly./span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''Sorry?''br /''You still hungry?''/span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''You bet.''br /Natsu pulled her close with one arm and then pushed them both up again with the other arm. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''Let's order something.''br /Lucy leaned onto his shoulder and took in his unique smell. She couldn't get enough of him./span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''Sounds great.''/span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"They went back downstairs again. Natsu went straight in the kitchen to search for a good restaurant that also delivered the food. Lucy's attention was caught by a white envelope on the ground. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"Post/spanemspan class="tm5" at this time? /span/em/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"She picked it was no sender and no receiver. On the front side was only wirtten 'for my angel'. Lucy almost threw up at that. A bit shaky she opened the envelope it wasn't even glued. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"A lot of pictures fell out of the envelope. Lucy picked a few up and turned them around. They were pictures of her. When she went to school, in the morning in her house, pictures where she was in the bed room changing or in the bathroom undressing. Even one picture of her from her birthday when she wore those underwear for Natsu. Her shaking got stronger. She took deep breaths as to calm herself down. There were a few pictures where she was with Natsu. Natsu's face was scratched on every single picture. One picture on the ground was upsite down something was written on it. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"'You beling to me, /spanemspan class="tm5"only /span/emspan class="tm6"to me'/span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"When she turned it around there was a picture of Jackson. Lucy gasped loudly. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''Hey Lucy do you want Pasta or-''/span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"Natsu abruptly stopped his question when he saw Lucy's scared expression. She immediatly looked at him. /span/p
p class="Normal"span class="tm6"''Natsu what should we do?''/span/p