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Chapter 7: The festival
I sighed as the boy in front of me chatted non-stop. I tried to put a word in there, but he would just continue, babbling on and on about who knows what.
"Hey are you going to hog her all day! It's time to switch." A boy said from the ever growing line in front of my booth. I tilted my head to the side to see if I could find the end, but to no avail. I glanced over at Natsu's line to see that it was even longer than mine. I then quickly turned my head back. I was currently still pissed at him and also very heartbroken. I guess fairy tales were too good to be true.
"Excuse me Lucy-san, my name is Romeo." He said. I smiled sweetly at him. He looked to be Wendy's age. "Hello Romeo, how are you today?" I questioned. He blushed and glanced behind my booth at the blue haired girl who was currently helping Erza heat up tea and cut the cakes for the hosts to hand out.
"I'm great actually." He said not taking his eyes of the youngest Dragneel, well I guess her name is Marvel. It's so confusing. I smiled and turned around.
"Hey Wendy could I please have two cakes and two tea's?" I questioned. She piped out a happy yes and ran over to my table with the requested things.
"Wait, this here is Romeo, do you know him Wendy?" I questioned gesturing to the younger boy in front of me. She blushed and ran away.
"So you came here to see her huh?" I questioned, causing him to blush a deep red. "I guess you could say that." He mumbled. I laughed and gestured to the back. "Then why don't you go help her out?" I questioned. He perked up and ran towards the young girl. I sighed, at least everyone else is happy. I heard a loud squeal come from my right. I turned to see that Lisanna had made it to the front of Natsu's booth and they were currently making out causing all of the girls to either squeal in delight, or seethe in jealousy. I felt the pain rise in my chest and I quickly looked away. I heard Gray yell "THIS ISN'T A KISSING BOOTH! GET A ROOM!" I stifled my laughter and turned to my next guest.
"Hello! How are you today?" I questioned. I winced at the fakeness that dripped in my words. He just smiled and started to talk to me. I nodded along and answered a few questions every once and a while. After two hours of talking to so many men and drinking so much tea I thought it was going to come out of my nose, the hosts were finally free to go about the festival and do as they wished. Gray immediately grabbed my arm.
"Come on, you need to stay away from that idiot as much as possible." He said dragging me away from the couple who was currently kissing. I felt like throwing up again for the tenth time today. I grasped Gray's arm tighter and let him lead me through the thick crowd of students and parents. We stopped in front of a booth with cotton candy.
"I thought you could use a sweet." He said placing some money on the counter for two sticks of cotton candy. I smiled at him. In all honesty, my stomach was already filled to the brim with tea and cake, but I didn't want to be rude.
"Thank you Gray, but you know you don't have to hang out with me today. Why don't you go spend time with Juvia while you can?" I said. He sighed.
"Well I would love to but I honestly don't want to lead her on considering the situation. Also you looked like you needed a good friend, so I'm here for you." He gave me a tight hug and kissed the top of my head. I smiled and returned the hug. I may not love him, but he sure was a great guy, if only Juvia got to see that, they would have been a great couple.
"Here you go!" The person handed us our sticks of cotton candy. I grasped Gray's hand as we walked around the school grounds looking at all of the booths around us. We played a few games and one silly little prizes. I got a squirt gun and started to chase Gray around the courtyard shooting him with the water. We both stopped at a tree to catch our breath from all the running and laughing. I glanced at my watch and groaned.
"What's wrong?" He questioned throwing a leaf in my direction. I started to walk towards the stage where there was currently a contest going on. He followed closely behind me, not wanting to let me out of his sight.
"I have to perform with Natsu in about ten minutes, so I need to get ready." I said. He nodded. Once we reached the back of the stage Natsu came running up to us.
"I was beginning to think you weren't going to show." He said with a smile. I glared at him and just walked away to get my instrument ready. A hand landed on my shoulder but I just shook it off, already knowing who it was.
"Look Lucy I can explain." He said turning me around to face him. I just glared at him even more. "You don't need to. I can see it clearly when you're sticking your tongue down Lisanna's throat. I'm guessing everything that happened between us meant nothing! What was that you said? Oh that's right that you were going to get me out of this marriage! Well it doesn't look like you give a damn anymore." I yelled punching his chest. He grabbed my wrist and stared into my eyes sadly.
"I did it for you." He whispered. The curtain of the stage rose showing the cheering crowd. We both turned to face them and bowed. I took a deep breath to calm myself and brought my instrument up to my chin. Natsu copied my movement. (A/N: I suggest you listen to the Jupiter hymn while reading this, it will touch your heart! I swear. Also just imagine two violins playing the exact same thing, no piano part…. watch?v=hKq8xsUr5dA ) I started out playing the first few measures of Jupiter Hymn. I had my eyes closed as I swayed to the beautiful melody, my bow following my movements. I took a quick glance at Natsu who seemed entranced by me. I blushed and closed my eyes once again waiting for Natsu to join in. After we played together for a while, he took over and played by himself. I watched as he immersed himself into the music. I soon joined him again, our sound in perfect unison. Our breathing was together and our bodies swayed from one side to another. As we held the last note of the song, I could feel the tension in the air. Once we finally released the bow hair from the string, the crowd went into an uproar of cheers and whistles. We both bowed and waved to all of the people and then ran off stage. We set our instruments down and ran over to our friends.
"That was great you guys!" Erza said. Gray was next to her holding out his arms. I ran to him and gave him a tight hug. Before I could release him from my grip, Natsu grasped my hand and started to pull me away from them. Gray was about to protest, but he just closed his mouth and let Natsu drag me away from everyone.
"Natsu! Where are you going!? Let me go you bastard!" I yelled struggling to get away from him. We finally stopped in a secluded area, trees were surrounding us. He finally let me go and pushed me against a tree and pressed his lips against mine fiercely. I moaned in surprise but started to kiss him back non-the-less. When I felt his warm hand trail up my side and over my breast, I immediately snapped back into reality and pulled away from him slapping his face rather harshly.
"Get away from me! How can you do this you pig!?" I yelled feeling the tears starting to come on. I shook my head. I cannot cry in front of him, I will not show him my weakness. He grasped both of my hands gently and pulled me closer.
"Would you please just listen to me for five minutes?" He questioned quietly. I rolled my eyes. "How can I do that when you're trying to molest me!?" I questioned. He sighed and brought me to his chest.
"I really hate doing this to you." He whispered. I stood there stunned, not knowing what to do. I was about to say something until he stopped me with his finger.
"You are going to have to trust me on this Lucy." He said. I took a deep breath and un-wrapped his arms from around me. "Natsu, I'm done with this. I can't trust you after what you did. What the hell do you expect from me? I'm not going to run back into your arms after a simple apology. You royally screwed up and you're going to have to try really hard to get my trust back. I thought I knew you, but I guess I was wrong." I said turning away from him about to walk away but he grasped my wrist again.
"Natsu will you just stop it!" I asked loudly, starting to lose my nerve again. He hesitantly let my arm slip from his fingers, his arm falling back to his side. I made my way back to the festival, whispering a small 'I'm sorry' on my way out.
The next day at the host club was a very tense one. All of the girls were even being quiet, all of them whispering about the tense atmosphere. At the moment, Natsu was sitting on the couch with Lisanna draped all over him, and Gray was just sitting at his table staring at me, while I was staring at the couple. Even Laxus, the quiet one, was feeling awkward from the silence. Gajeel had his arm draped over Levy as they quietly whispered to each other on what was going on. It was Loke who broke the ice.
"Now ladies! I shall sing you a lovely song about-"SHUT UP LOKE!" All the host members plus myself yelled. He gave a pout and went to go crouch in his corner and mope. Erza finally stood up and slammed the door open.
"That's it, all the girls out NOW! And that means you too Lisanna." She said giving all of them the death glare. No one wanted to mess with the red haired girl so they quickly made their way out of the room giving farewells to the respectful host and walked away. Once Lisanna finally exited the room, she had been trying to linger just for a while longer until Erza just shoved her out; Erza slammed the door shut causing us all to flinch.
"Everyone in a line NOW!" She yelled. We all scurried into a line and faced her. "I don't know what the hell has been going on, but this is ridiculous! And I get the feeling most of this tension is from these two idiots." She said pointing to Natsu and myself. We looked at each other, and then quickly turned away.
"I don't care what happened between you two, it's your business and no one else's, but you need to kiss and make up because I think we are all sick of this happening every fucking day!" She yelled. I gulped. When Erza cursed, that meant she meant business.
"Don't make us put you in the closet again, because we sure as hell will." She threatened. My mind suddenly went back to what actually had occurred in that room and my face grew red.
"NO! We are not going back in there!" I yelled causing all eyes to go on me. I sighed. "I'm sorry for all of the trouble Erza we will try our hardest to stay-"Lucy allow me to finish." Natsu said calmly holding up his hand. I raised an eyebrow and looked over at him.
"Your debt is paid off, you don't have to deal with us hosts anymore, nor do you have to pick anyone and attend the dance. I put you through enough misery, it's about time I let you go and not have to deal with this club." He said sadly. Everyone was staring at him slack-jawed. I growled and stomped up to him and slapped his face.
"You think that I'm miserable being with this club? How could you say that!? I love you guy's, you are all like my family and you all care for me, even that idiot Loke." I said getting a loud 'hey' from him. I felt the tears start to well up.
"I like dealing with this club, but if you want me to leave then so be it." I started to walk towards the door, picking up my bag in the process. I stopped with my hand on the door knob.
"You know Natsu, I loved you, and it's because of you that I made all of these friends and gained hope again." I said, and with that I ran out of the room, leaving all of the girls and hosts behind me in shock.
I stared at the ground as my tears splashed down onto the warm cement and immediately dried up. I clutched my bag in my hand tighter and continued my way back home not really paying attention to any person that I passed. I just wanted to get away from the school and curl up on my bed and forget about the dumbass who broke my heart. I suddenly collided into someone causing my to stumble a few steps back, my bag slipping from my shoulder. I apologized without looking up at the stranger, picking up my bag and started to walk on, but the person stuck their hand out and grasped my arm tightly preventing me from walking any further.
"Oh I'm so sorry sweetheart." He said in a sickly sweet voice, I felt a shiver run down my spine at the sound of his voice. My stomach started to churn, and my heart was beating hard in my ears. My brain was screaming run away, but my legs and arms were frozen solid.
"You're coming with me." He whispered in my ear. I felt the tears falling even more. I guess I really deserved this; I was just a worthless piece of trash to everyone around me. I closed my eyes and just let Sting drag me away to god knows where, whispering good bye to no one in particular.
I heard muffled voices all around the room. What happened? Why did I feel like my entire body was numb? AND WHAT THE HELL IS THAT BEEPING NOISE?! I felt a hand squeeze mine tightly. I could barely pick up the voices around me, so many different things were happening.
"I want all the details miss." A deep calm voice said quietly. Said miss started to talk, and I think she was the one who was holding my hand so tightly. She let out a gentle sob, her grip tightening even more.
"I followed after Lucy after she ran away, but I couldn't find her. We all went to her house and her maids said she hadn't returned so we all split up searching for her." The woman paused and took a deep breath. I still couldn't quite identify who this was. She was obviously close to me.
"I eventually heard screaming in a warehouse not too far from the school and her house and came upon the scene of her being-" She stopped and started to cry quietly. The Doctor waited patiently for her to continue. She sniffed and continued. "It was the worst thing I've ever seen in my life, there was so much blood, and those nasty men didn't even flinch as they raped and beat her. They're lucky I didn't kick their asses!" She yelled. What? I was raped and beat? I shifted my legs a little and felt a sharp pain from the movement. No this couldn't be happening. "So I ran over to her, pushing the disgusting men off of her and took off my own shirt to cover her body, after that, I called the police." She finished.
"Well, her results show that she was violently raped, she is terribly torn up, and lost a lot of blood, not only that, but they broke almost all of her ribs, puncturing both lungs, and she has terrible bruises around her wrists. The skin is almost rubbed down so much that it reaches the muscle." He said reading off the injuries that I had apparently. Now that he mentioned it, I was beginning to feel sore all around my entire body. Breathing suddenly started to hurt and I could feel the aching of my entire body start to spread like wild fire. I blinked open my eyes and was met with Erza right in my face. Her gray eyes were bright red from crying and her cheeks were stained with tears.
"Oh my god Lucy!" She cried out, tears in her eyes. She threw her arms around me and bawled into my shirt. I frowned wrapping my arms around her also. Erza never cried, she was probably one of the strongest women I knew. He grip tightened and I gasped out in pain. She quickly sat up and apologized.
"Erza." I whispered. It felt like I had glass lodged in my throat as I talked. So I immediately started to cough violently, my whole body shaking, and pain running through my muscles. I groaned and un-wrapped Erza from around me. She handed me a glass of water. I took it and chugged down the glorious cold liquid.
"What happened Erza?" I questioned trying to sit up but she gently pushed me back down. "Hey take it easy there, no sitting up ok?" She said with a quiet and caring voice. Did I really get raped? Was this really happening to me? I looked around the room to see that no one else was there. For some reason I felt a pang in my heart at that discovery.
"Lucy you were-"Oh my god." A couple of people whispered. We both turned to the door to see the host club and all of the girls jumbled together. Levy, Mira, Cana, Wendy and Juvia ran over to my bed and smothered me in hugs. I felt pain shooting all around my body but I ignored it, not wanting to be released from their warmth. I gazed over their shoulders and caught sight of Natsu staring at me with wide eyes.
"Ok, give her some room she just woke up ok." Erza said pushing them all back. The guy's just stood at the door, not quite sure what to do. I frowned and gestured for them to come hug me but they all shook their heads.
"We were instructed not to come too close to you." Loke said sadly. I turned to Erza who gave me a sad look. No I wasn't going to accept this. They were just kidding, I only got hit by a car. I was never raped or beat or….
"Can you please tell me what in the world is going on?" I questioned. Everyone grew silent and stared at me, not sure what to say. I clutched the blanket in my hands and waited for a reply.
"Lucy, you were raped and beat by Sting and his friends." Erza answered quietly. I took a sharp breath and looked around at everyone with wide eyes.
"You've been asleep for a week now. We were so scared that you were going to stay in a coma forever." She said, the tears starting to build up again. I sank down into my mattress and tried to take all of the information in. How come I couldn't remember this? All I remember was running away from the club and then… what? I think I ran into someone. Was that Sting? I wracked my brain for answers but nothing came forth. Erza placed a hand on my shoulder and I jumped away from her in fright. She gasped in surprise at my sudden movement. Everything started to flow back into my brain. The pain, the harsh words, the blood dripping everywhere, the tears I shed. Every little thing was stuffed back into my brain, and Erza had triggered it by merely touching my arm gently. I brought both of my hands up to my mouth and started to cry.
"No, no it can't be." I whispered. I felt lost, broken. I didn't know who to turn to at this point. I looked up and my eyes met with Natsu who was staring at me in horror. I jumped into Erza's arms and started to scream loudly as I poured my eyes out. All of the girls started to cry silently at the pain they couldn't understand or feel. This was it, why hadn't he just killed me in the process; there is no point in me living now. I wasn't innocent anymore. I was just a piece of glass that had been stepped on, shattered, and scattered everywhere. It took a while before I calmed down and stopped the flow of tears.
"Can everyone please leave?" Natsu asked in a whisper. Erza was about to protest, but he gave her the sharpest, meanest look ever that made her shiver. The fearless Erza shivered. She started to stand up and I shook my head trying to grasp onto her harder. "No please don't leave me." I cried. God I was pathetic. She sighed and gave me one last hug and kissed the top of my head "I'll be right back Lucy, I promise." She said and gestured for everyone to file out of the room. Once Natsu closed the door behind them, the room was engulfed in silence.
"I'm so sorry Lucy." He whispered sitting in the chair next to my bed. I shuffled away from him as far as I could. My brain was screaming at me to hide from every man I see, but my heart was shouting he won't hurt me.
"It's all my fault this happened. If I had just told you the truth-" I held up my hand. "Natsu, I really don't want to hear it right now ok? I don't blame you for what happened, but I can't forgive you for breaking my heart like that. And if you can't pick up the pieces and somehow glue them all together, then I'm done with you." I said staring at him with a gentle expression. He looked at me in confusion.
"Please just hear me out-"Natsu, I've heard enough ok." I said. But he wouldn't give up. "NATSU! SHUT UP!" I yelled sitting up straight in bed. I winced at the pain, but shook it off.
"I don't give a damn about what you have to say! You hurt me! I thought I could trust you that I could love you, but instead you go ahead and stab me in the back with that bitch! Why would you do something like that?! I thought you were so much better than that?! Damn it Natsu." I yelled, the tears starting up again. He stood up and walked over to the door. He grasped the knob and opened the door.
"I'm really sorry Luce." He whispered, his nickname sounding bittersweet to my ears. He closed the door and walked away, ignoring the calls from his friends.
"I love you." I whispered to him, even though he was already gone and out of my life for good.
A couple of days passed by after I had woken up. Erza had told me how she found me, what she witnessed. I shivered at the thought of her seeing me at such a vulnerable state. I sighed and looked out the window. I felt so dead and weak. I didn't really want to go on, but all of my friends were still by my side. All of them came in constantly to give me company, to try and cheer me up. I only weakly smiled and nodded along while they talked. I haven't so much as uttered a word in three days except when asked if I had to use the restroom or take a shower by the nurse. Today, a psychiatrist was coming in to talk to me and try to get me to open up. At first I refused to tell anyone what all that had happened, but Erza insisted that this was the only way I could make it through recovery and be the same person I used to be. But she didn't understand. I could never be the same Lucy that everyone had known. That bastard took all the life out of me, leaving me to be a dead spirit to eventually drift away from the world. I wish I could just die. There was a knock on my door and I just looked over at it, not saying anything. A woman walked in, giving me a gentle smile.
"Hello Ms. Heartfilia, my name is Mavis. I'm the psychiatrist." She stated sitting in the chair next to my bed. I nodded slowly looking at her with dead eyes.
"Can you please speak to me Lucy? I'm here to help you, I don't want to hurt you in any way. I only want to have you smiling again and have you back to normal." She stated. I shook my head. She sighed and clicked her pen and started to scribble down some notes onto her clipboard.
"Ok let's take this one step at a time. What's your full name?" She questioned. I raised an eyebrow. What did that have anything to do with my situation? She waited patiently for my answer, staring straight into my eyes, almost like we were playing a game.
"Lucy Rose Heartfilia." I mumbled looking away from her and fiddling with my fingers. She nodded and wrote that down.
"Explain the school that you go to. What's the atmosphere like? What are your friends like?" She rambled on the questions. Where was she going with this?
"Um I go to Fairy Tail Academy. It's a very lively place. Most of the people are very friendly and a little crazy." I said, giving a little laugh at remembering my first day at the school.
"I'm part of the Host Club there. After classes they take time from their days to host girls and make them feel beautiful about themselves." I said, not realizing I was rambling on.
"All of the members are goof balls. I don't think any of them have a bad bone in their body though. We are all like a huge family, and I love all of them." I said giving her a small smile. She was smiling brightly at me.
"Lucy, did you hear what you said? You have people that love and care about you. People that want to be around you all the time. I want you to always remember that as we go through the rest of our sessions." She stated. I nodded slowly, not quite understanding how this had any significance.
"Ok, now come the harder questions. Are you ready to continue?" She asked. I took a deep breath and nodded. "How do you know Sting and his friends?" She asked giving me her full attention.
"We were friends in elementary school. They saved me from some bullies and took me under their wing. But I found out later that they were dared to do that and started to pick on me and beat me up. That's why I moved here to Magnolia." I said. That wasn't too hard, having told Natsu about that situation made it a little easier to share this time around. Mavis nodded and took a deep breath.
"Ok Lucy, I'm going to ask you about what happened a week ago. I will not push you to say anything that you aren't ready to say, and you can stop speaking whenever you wish. But we need to get into a little now otherwise we will never make any progress." She said. I suddenly felt sick to my stomach at the thought of that day.
"Ok."
DON'T SHOOT! *Ducks for cover* I promise that I hated doing this to Lucy, but I'm having a hard time drawling this out. I mean the story has reached the Climax and it's in the falling action about now, which means that there is only two more chapers... Yes I apologize, but that's the way it must be. The next chapter will be Lucy dealing with what happened to her. I added that into the story, this is a brand new chapter, wasn't in the original. The chapter after that will be nice and juicy and really long! I promise! And if I break that promise… Idk do whatever XD Ok guy's you know the drill! The dark side has cookies :D and if you haven't yet, check out my newest one shot 'God Damn Mcdonalds'. LOVE YOU ALL!