So, I mostly got positive feedback on the sixth chapter (Yay!) but I did get a guest review on the first chapter about the book I mentioned, Eleanor and Park. In the first chapter I did spoil the ending of the book (Oops! It's been a while so I don't remember everything I wrote lol.) so I wanted to apologize to that guest and anyone else who I ruined the book for. I have gone back and edited the chapter and wrote a disclaimer about the book so I don't spoil anything for anyone anymore! (Woah, that was a lot of "anys" haha!) I hope you've all had a wonderful week and continue to have a great weekend. Enjoy the chapter! :)

Lucy felt broken, inside and out. Her father had burned the last bridge she had with im, and his wife had literally broken her arm. She wished they would both just leave to some far off land and never come back.

All that she could remember was Madeline screaming before she blacked out. When she woke up, her arm was bound in a cast and her head was pounding. She was in the infirmary with Wendy looking over a book with Carla sitting on the desk next to her. They both looked exhausted.

"Wendy, you look tired, you should go home and sleep." Lucy said through a rough voice. The small tween jumped at the blonde's voice, but immediately ran over to her after the initial shock had worn off.

"Lucy!" She cried, "We were all so worried!"

The celestial mage chuckled cynically, "Yeah, Madeline was brutal." Lucy shivered at the memories of last night.

"Speaking of which, where is she..?" Lucy said slowly, a slight tinge of fear in her words.

"Erza turned her over to one of the guards in town. I wanted to heal some of her wounds before we handed her off, but Erza wouldn't let me…" Wendy replied.

"Why would you have healed her in the first place?!" Lucy yelled, outraged at the naiveness of the girl. "That woman broken my arm!" Lucy's head was hammering from her own outburst but she ignored it. She was truly infuriated with Wendy. How could she want to heal the woman who had done so much to hurt her?

Wendy looked at her with wide eyes.

"Lucy," Carla started, "It's not what you think-"

"Then WHAT?" She yelled, "Then what is it..?" The last few words came out barely audible. Lucy was more hurt than anything at this point. She knew that Wendy had a pure heart, but this situation was just too personal for her to let this go.

Lucy was about to speak when Natsu came bursting in the door. He stopped halfway between where Lucy was laying and the doorway.

"Natsu." Lucy had to force his name out of her mouth.

Natsu looked at her with eyes full of fervor.

Lucy felt she couldn't breath.

"Wendy, I think we should give them some time." Carla coaxed Wendy out of the room. Wendy complied and wordlessly followed Carla out of the room and into the main hall.

Lucy and Natsu never took their eyes off of eachother. Lucy was about to speak but realised she had no idea what to say. She stared at Natsu, wanting him to come closer.

Natsu closed the distance between him and Lucy in two strides as if he read her mind. He sat down on the bed and pulled her into a surprisingly gentle hug.

"Natsu-"

"Please, don't speak," Natsu interrupted, "just let me hold you…"

After a few minutes, he pulled back and looked her in the eyes. He gently pushed a piece of her hair behind her ear.

"I got your call and I thought something was wrong so I ran over to your apartment and when I got there you were on unconscious and I-" Natsu choked on his own words as a tear fell down his cheek. He put his arm up over his eyes and slumped down. Lucy watched him with concern.

"I," He tried to control his emotions but failed. He spoke between broken sobs, "I thought you were, Oh Mavis I can't even say it. I thought you were-"

Lucy pulled him into a hug where his face was resting against her collarbone. Natsu wrapped his arms around her torso and gripped her shirt. He sobbed silently into her chest, his worry pouring out in salty tears that dripped onto the sheets.

"Natsu, I'm here, I'm fine, everything's okay…" Lucy comforted him, still not fully sure what exactly had triggered this kind of response from him.

"Shhh, you're okay, we're fine…" She continued in a soft voice.

Natsu gripped her shirt tighter and continued to weep to the soft tranquility of Lucy's voice.

Once he had gotten himself together, he pulled back and looked at Lucy in the eyes. Lucy's breath caught in her lungs from the intensity of his stare.

Before she could comprehend what was happening, she felt herself moving forward until her lips met his. He was tentative at first but then pushed back with passion, his feelings directly translated onto his lips. She grabbed his face with her hand, and pulled him closer, not once letting his lips straying too far. Natsu put his arm around her waist and grabbed her hand.

Nothing was going through his mind but how much he loved the girl in front of him. There was no other way but to describe her as perfect. He pulled her closer, leaving no space in between them. Lucy let him explore her lips but pushed back, wanting to explore his too.

Lucy's heart was beating out of her chest. She could feel Natsu's body sending off waves of heat, making her feel like she was burning. She shoved her lips onto his harder, her hand leaving his face and traveling down to hold his neck, deepening the kiss.

Natsu let out a low grunt before he pulled back, panting.

"Natsu," Lucy started before he could speak, "I think I'm in love with you."

"I love you." Natsu replied without hesitation. "I love you more than anything in this world. To me you are perfection and I will never let anyone put their hands on you again."

Lucy nodded and pulled him into the kiss again, but this time it was slow and less needful. Natsu grabbed her cheek and kissed her slow. When they pulled back again Lucy giggled.

"Thank you." Lucy said.

"For what?"

"For saving me."

I had fun writing this because I wanted to make Natsu seem weak and I feel like I did a pretty good job of portraying that (Leave a review if I did or not! :D ).

Hope you had a good weekend.

Until next time! ~