To Mend A Broken Heart

Chapter 3

Natsu sat in the doctors office. The doctor had told him devastating news. Natsu left out with a solemn look,but decided to mask it with his usual and cheerful grin. It had been 3 days since he had last seen or talked to Lucy,but he was gonna see her, before it was to late.

He walked through the woods until he came to a clearing, with knee high grass and only one small cottage sitting on the far side from where he was standing. He needed to see Lucy now, to comfort her, to help her get over her painful past. Whatever it was. He was gonna sit there and listen. Give her a shoulder to cry on.

When he arrived at Lucy's small cottage, he gently knocked on the door. When no sound came, he tried knocking again, still no reaction.

"Lucy?" he called. But all he heard was silence. "Lucy, are you here?"

"Go away."He heard a small but familiar voice.

"Lucy can I come in,please?" Natsu asked on the other side of her door.

Even though Lucy wanted to decline, she said yes anyways. Natsu was also one of the people, besides the elderly,that she couldn't be mean to.

When Natsu entered her noticed Lucy looked pretty bad. She had bags under her eyes. Her hair was a mess,and her eyes were also red and puffy, probably from crying.

Lucy turned her head away from Natsu's when he sat beside her.

"W-Why did you c-come?" Lucy asked sniffling.

Natsu looked at her with soft eyes. "Because I was worried about you." He put his hand on her shoulder. She slightly flinched at the contact.

Lucy looked at him. "Do you...care about me?" she asked hesitantly

Natsu nodded a yes and showed her a warm smile.

"Do you really?"she asked again. Natsu chuckled. "Yeah,I do."

"He...cares about me..." Lucy whispered to herself. Then she shook her head. "No you don't! How could you care about someone you haven't even known for a week?"

Natsu sighed and looked down. " I really don't know myself. I guess I'm just attracted to you. Your like a huge magnet, and every time I try to run away, you always pull me back.

Lucy looked at him with a small smile as a few tears slipped down her face. Then she looked sad again. "Thank you Natsu. But I know you'll eventually leave just like everyone else. And I just don't want to get hurt again."

"Lucy, I promise I won't ever leave you."

Natsu looked at her with a sympathetic look. "Tell me what's wrong. Tell me what's bothering you. You'll feel a whole lot better."

Lucy looked at him. And saw his beautiful green eyes. Looking deep into them, she could see he truly cared for her. She felt safe and warm when he was with her.

"Okay... I'll tell you.." Lucy took a deep breath and began.

It all started when my mother, Layla Heartfilia died...

Lucy looked into her mothers casket and let out a sorrowful howl of pain. She couldn't believe her mother had left her so early. She couldn't believe it when her dad had told her that her mom had died of a rare illness. She stared down at her mother. She was beautiful even while she was sleeping.

After the funeral, Lucy's father became engrossed in work. He couldn't take the pain of loosing his wife, so he shouldered all the burden on Lucy. When he was frustrated he vented out all his emotion on her. Sometimes beating her, or locking her in a room for hours or even days without any food. Maybe a pice of bread and water if he was generous.

"Papa! Papa! Please let me out!" Lucy cried beating on the door. "I promise I'll be good!Just please let me out!"

Lucy continued months and months of the continuous torture. She slowly began to break inside.

One day, Lucy's father came into her room. "Lucy, you will be inheriting my business, when you become of age. Since you have not been going to school, I will enroll you in a private one."

Even though Lucy didn't want to inherit the business, she was happy anyways. She could finally get out of the house!"

After Lucy became accustomed to school she had made many friends. And many people, she could call her best friends. She was invited to parties, they hung out, and talked in school, they were always together. They were people she could depend on.

Or so she thought.

One day, Lucy's friends came up to her and asked for money. Lucy looked at them, and apologetically said," I'm sorry,but I do not have any money."

One of the friends in the group spoke out. " I thought you were Jude Heartfilia's daughter. The man with one of the biggest businesses in the world!"

"I am. But he doesn't give me money..." Lucy tried to explain wondering why they wanted money anyways.

Then the girl looked at her disgusted. "Well, lets not hang out anymore. We only pretended to be your friends because we wanted some money." the girl shrugged her shoulders. "But since you don't, your no use to us anymore." She turned around and walked off, leaving a heartbroken Lucy.

Lucy started to cry. "I thought you were my friends..." she whispered silently sobbing to herself.

When she got home, she got angry at her father. "I'm quitting school! I hate it! she yelled crying."

"Lucy you have to go to school if your going to inherent my business." Her father said.

"Im not going to inherit your business!" Lucy shouted

Jude walked up to Lucy and slapped her hard across her face. Lucy sat there shocked,but quickly recovered. "Your going to inherit the business wether you like it or not." he said sternly.

"No, I'm not." Lucy said stubbornly. Her father looked down at her angrily. He picked her up, carried her to the door,and threw her out the house.

"If you dont want to then don't! But I never want to see your dishonorable face again!" He yelled at her.

Lucy looked back crying but quickly ran away from home. Leaving all her good and bad memories behind.

Lucy went to many relatives homes. Telling them the story and asking if she could stay with them. Each one told her the same things.

"I'm sorry for the loss of your mother, and what happened with your father, but we cannot take you in."

She heard that numerous times, more than she could count. And the funny thing was, is before they used to always try to talk to her, or get her attention some way. They even said they loved her.

Turns out they were just using her just like her friends. Now, that she was no longer going to inherit the Heartfilia fortune, they had no use for her.

From then on, Lucy had to survive anyway possible. Stealing, eating from trashcans, and begging people for food. She did this for 6 long years, until she finally got a job when she was 16.

Now, she was able to buy her own food, clothes, and shelter. Once she had saved up enough money, she moved away from the city and to the country into a small cottage. Away from all her old memories. And she restarted anew.

But, she vowed never to trust anyone ever again,and never to get to close to anyone.

...

Natsu gently patted Lucy's back as she let all her feelings out onto his shirt. He didn't mind though. After all, he was the one who told her to do it.

Natsu listened to Lucy's wails and sobs until they died down. She had fallen asleep.

And like that, they slept the night away.

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