Chapter 3: Love is for those who deserves it

Through his window he saw her. From his window he saw that Ms. Supetto had realized who the confident girl was. Now Ms. Supetto was making a huge ruckus and ran towards the girl, hcrying to her heart extent. Soon after the rest of the servants came running towards the girl, like ants towards sugar. They all were hugging her and greeting her with tears in their eyes. The servants probably had lots of questions to ask her. Suddenly a pink haired boy full of muscles caught his attention. He could feel a deep fear in his heart, and as the girl walked towards the door, he was thinking about why she approached him.

He could hear the sound of her steps, as she slowly walked up the stairs towards his office. Behind her was a lot of noise, probably the servants following right behind her. She stopped outside his door for a second, and right afterwards he heard a tiny polite knock.

"Come in".

He answered just as polite. He could feel a bobbling feeling inside as she opened the door and stepped in.

"Did you regret your decision?"

He looked at her, and had already the marriage papers in his hand, even though he knew she had come for another reason. Or rather another marriage.

"I'm sorry to disappoint you Jude Heartfilia, but I'm here because of some stolen rubies, and I'm not intending to marry anyone at this age".

Her voice was proud, and you could understand that she was from a wealthy family, only by listening to her voice. He felt relived by the fact that he didn't have to try to make her marry anyone.

Her appearance was exactly like her mother's, if it wasn't for this proud or rather stubborn look. She had the look in her eyes that you only found in the eyes of a Fairy Tail member, real stubbornness with this wannabe hero factors.

"Does the name Gary the Gray tell you anything?"

The girl looked straight at him, and he felt like he had to answer. He hated this feeling of lack of power. Only this girl had any power over him. He hesitated before he answered in his tired voice.

"Not heard of him, a friend of yours?"

He could she how she rolled her eyes, and almost started walking towards the door again. But stopped and turned around.

"He has stolen some rubies, he's a thief. They say it's the purest rubies in the world, and the owners thought he would sell them to you".

Her voice was clear and pushy. She knew she had the power to make him tell her anything she wanted to know.

"I know nothing about that Gray guy you're talking about. But the rubies, of course I know a lot about them. They're a mystery, they have powers you see. Magic powers, really strong magic power sealed inside the rubies. From my point of view I've always thought only one of the 8 is real, of course I have no interest in these rubies".

The girl started pacing round in his office, back and forth. He could she how her brain was on high speed.

"He wants to use them for something! Something that requires more magical power than him himself can produce. Or! Maybe If he uses his own magical powers it will vanish!"

He couldn't follow her anymore, he knew perfectly well that magic didn't "vanish". He had once been a mage, but he had forgotten how to use magic. But he still remembered the basics. He knew that magic didn't vanish, so you would always gather more, which of course was the reason that mages didn't dry out, and died of overuse.

Then the girl stopped, as sudden as she started her pacing. Once again looked him straight in the eye, and once again he could feel her spirit touching him.

"Thanks Jude! It really helped! Take care!"

He felt like someone had stepped on him, and suddenly he raised from his desk and walked towards her.

"You sure you want accept the fact that you're a true Heartfilia! You could get power, you wouldn't need all this hard working! You could have a social life in the high class society! Visit other countries than Fiore! You sure you want to say goodbye to this once again?"

The girl looked at him, he could see her disappointment. She felt sad for his sake. Not that he felt pitiful because of that or anything.

"Thanks for the offer, but as I said, Heartfilia will always be my past, my future is Fairy Tail. So I'll probably have to see you again sometime. So I'll say Goodbye for now!"

Her voice was filled with disappointment. She turned on her heels, and walked out of his office.

Her voice filled the residence as she talked with the servants. His own disappointment was big, and he just wanted to sit down and drown in his own work again. But instead he looked out of the window. Watching as the girl went back to the pink haired boy. Followed by the servants who cried even more than before. She was hugging them once again before she walked towards his passed wife. He could see how she showed her respect to her mother, and placed a rose on the grave. Then they left.

He sat down with his work again, thinking only about what he had to do. Even though he could feel how much he missed Layla. The girl had once again reminded him of her. He felt sad, but he knew his only happiness could be in the work of the Heartfilia corporations. He had to look up and out of the window once more. He couldn't resist the faint hope of seeing her running back. Seeing Lucy coming back home.