A couple streets away from The Dragon's Head
Natsu was running at top speed down the street; he turned to a corner on his left and took refuge behind a wall. "I think I'm far enough away" He peered round the wall then added "and it doesn't look like that crazy blonde guy is trying to follow me either."
He slid down the wall and sat on the floor, slowly catching his breath. "I should've just ran home if he wasn't even going to follow me. This is annoying, but Lucy… she looked like something was troubling her in there. I should've just gone in and asked her what's up; I'm such an idiot!" Natsu slapped his hand on his forehead.
After a few minutes, Natsu got up and started to take the long route to his house; the shorter route would've gone passed the Dragon's Head. Natsu shoved his hands in his pocket and started to kick a random empty coke can he found on the ground. "I made quite a mess back there, didn't I?" Natsu mumbled quietly to himself. "I wonder if Lucy has to clean it up? She already seems to have enough on her plate. Maybe I should go help her."
Flashbacks of his childhood came flooding back to Natsu. All of the times he wrecked stuff at school, got into fights and vandalised. Not once had he ever even thought about cleaning up after himself, why should this time be any different? Then multiple pictures of Lucy wearing her maid costume, blushing after being called 'Luce' and her smiling popped up in his mind. The last image that came up was her being frustrated today.
Natsu abruptly stopped walking, and viciously shook his head.
Natsu: Erza! Erza! Erza! Your mind should only contain the thoughts of one woman Natsu!
He tried to fill his head with the woman he loved, the one he wanted to marry but only Lucy came to mind, she was like a plague. He grabbed his head and fell to his knees. "GET OUT OF MY HEAD!" Natsu clenched his teeth together, digging his fingers into his head, then he saw it. Only for a split second he saw Erza with another man drive pass him in a taxi, laughing together.
Everything went blank in his mind. All the tension he felt left his body without a trace. He lowered his hands, got up and started to walk to the nearest shop that sold alcohol.
One bottle, two bottles, three, four, five bottles. Natsu bought as much as his money in his wallet. After leaving the shop with a blank expression on his face, he walked to the closest park and drank to try and heal his heart. To fill the hole that was in it. And to fill the hole it had just created in his life.
Outside Natsu's house
Erza sat on Natsu's porch and repeatedly checked her phone. She had been there for a good 30 minutes before she realised Natsu hadn't just popped down to the shop. She got up and dusted herself off however before she left she got a piece of paper out of her bag and wrote on it and slotted it into the mailbox in the front door.
Erza: Where the hell is he? Oh well, I guess he's trying to get a caterer or something, I just wished he could've told me that he wasn't going to be home. I might as well go straight to the flat… that's boring though. I KNOW! I'll go to the 'Cake le Crepe' the place where Natsu proposed to me. Hehe I can't wait to eat that delicious strawberry shortcake.
Erza quickly called a cab and drove away.
The Dragon's Head
"Who's this with you Lucy? Another crazy guy that leaves trash in his wake?" Leo said with snide. Lucy tried to keep a smile but irritation was emitting from her face.
"No Leo. This guy here is someone who can give us some business. So either keep your trap shut or be respectful." Lucy smiled. Jellal stood awkwardly, he didn't know anything about the wedding so didn't have a clue about what to say.
"Business you say?" Leo's interest peaked.
"Yes, it's a wedding too."
"A wedding too. Though I would've preferred if the bride had come to sort this stuff out but I can deal with the groom." Jellal face flushed red and blurted out "NO!"
Leo looked at him in confusion. "No, I'm not actually the groom. Just a friend of the bride." Jellal explained.
"Either way: come into my office sir and we can discuss business there." After leading Jellal to his office he opened the door and indicated for him to sit down.
Before Leo could say anything Jellal spoke "I don't know when the wedding is, though I think it maybe next week sometime. Also I don't know where the venue is either… actually I do know it's in a hall that usually does fashion shows and I don't know if they have a caterer already or not."
"… Why the hell are you here then?" Leo said unimpressed.
"I genuinely don't know."
Lucy then broke into the conversation by saying "Well I brought him here because they MIGHT not have a caterer. I said he could book it and cancel it if they already had a caterer."
"Are you an idiot Lucy? This guy doesn't even know when the wedding is!" Jellal started to slowly back away from the two of them.
"Well I didn't know that he didn't know where or when the wedding was going to take place! But since business is kind of slow right now I thought that should try and capture a potential deal." Lucy argued.
"Well I guess that's true." Jellal was just about to leave the room before getting caught by Leo. "I'll tell you what mister… you know what I don't really care right now, I'll give you our number and you can give it to the couple that's getting married and they can sort out if they want us to cater for them ok?"
"Yeah erm thanks. Sorry about that. And my names Jellal." Leo gave Jellal his business card and ushered him out so that Lucy could get back to serving the customers.
A/N- I am genuinely making this up as I go along. I have certain events that I want to happen and an ending for this story but it's SO FUUUUUUN. coming up with new situations to put them in. I'd like to know how you guys think of the story so review as I like reading them. Oh and if your happen to be following my other story Ninja's and Fairies unfortunately i haven't been able to update it this week and it will be unlikely I'll be doing so any time soon so think of that as a temporary hiatus for the next 2 weeks. I honestly only have time to write one chapter and I really enjoy writing this story so thanks for reading the latest chapter of The Right Time to Fall. ADIOS AMIGOS. AU REVOIR. SAYONARA. KHUDAHAFIZ... Do i know anymore languages to say goodbye? I guess not, oh well. SEE YA LATER!