Chapter 11
Authors Note (Please read!): Ok before this chapter continues, as it's the Prom chapter, I want to say I have no idea how a Prom actually works, so if I get anything wrong or include something that doesn't actually happen at a Prom, I'm sorry. I'm just going to do this my way. Thank you for continuing to read!
Natsu and Lucy didn't show up at school for three days. Their friends knew that something had happened, something to do with their relationship, but since neither of them were answering their calls or texts, they had no idea what. And they voted against visiting the Dragneel residence. By the end of schools on the third day, they were getting seriously worried. Because it was Prom night.
By 7:00pm, with Prom already beginning, Erza, Levy and Juvia were dressed, ready and frantically hammering on the Dragneels front door. A slightly shocked Grandine opened it to the three girls. "We have to talk to Lucy" they yelled. "And Natsu too, if he's there" Levy added. It took a few seconds for Grandine to reply. "Natsu left for Prom with Gray 15 minutes ago" she said. "Lucy's upstairs. Second door on your right -" Grandine just barely finished her sentence when she was almost knocked flying as they rushed past.
Lucy looked up in confusion as her door was almost knocked off its hinges. Erza, Levy and Juvia burst inside. "Umm…are you guys ok?" Lucy asked, her Prom dress hanging from one hand. The three of them stared at it for a few long seconds. "Uhh…" Erza began. "We came here to force you to come to Prom with us" Levy said. "We assumed you'd be…you know, crying and eating ice-cream instead of going. Since something happened with Natsu…" she trailed off uncertainly. Lucy smiled at them. "That's so sweet of you guys" she said, hugging the three baffled girls. Pulling back, she said "But there is something you can help me with"
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Natsu groaned in frustration for the thousandth time that night. He sat at a round table with a white tablecloth, watching as random couples danced across the floor of the floor. The venue that had been chosen was a ballroom form one of Magnolia's fanciest hotels. Gray, Gajeel and Jellal had disappeared off somewhere. His cheek rested on his fist as he stared blankly at the wall. He finger the collar of his white shirt, then fiddled with his red tie. Then his agitated fingers made their way to the lapels of his black suit. He sighed and ran a hand through his hair.
"Natsu!" a sweet voice called out. Natsu felt like crying. Lissana draped her arms around his neck. She was wearing a long violet and white dress. Natsu growled and jerked away from her touch. Lissana pouted and wrapped her arms back around his neck from behind. "Don't be shy Natsu" she giggled. "You know I'm so much better than that blonde bimbo". Natsu snarled and his hands formed fists under the table. He couldn't take Lissana's crap any longer. She'd been annoying him non-stop since he walked through the doors. Where the hell was- Natsu stopped dead. His eyes widened, his heart raced faster than lightening and his breath caught in his throat. Lucy.
There she was. Walking through the doors. Erza, Levy and Juvia were behind her, but he had eyes only for the beautiful girl in front of him. Time seemed to stop. Her dress was a rich red, the same colour as his tie. It had long flowing skirts, and showed off her ample cleavage. A V-shaped piece of fabric came up from the chest and joined behind her neck. It was accompanied with two red gloves that had a triangular shape at the end, passing between the fingers. Her hair was down, loosely curled and flowing. Heart shaped ruby earrings glimmered in the light, and the necklace he got her was around her neck.
Natsu's eye never moved from her as she walked slowly down the stairs. My God she is gorgeous. As it just so happened, there was a man standing at the bottom of the stairs announcing the names whoever came through those doors. As he announced the four girl's names, audible gasps filled the room. "Lucy Heartfilia?" "That's Lucy Heartfilia? The nerd?" "No way!" "I don't believe it!" "Bloody hell she's smoking hot!" Natsu growled angrily at that one. Lucy walked right up to their table, her red heels echoing across the room as the ballroom went silent. Everyone stopped to watch. Gray, Gajeel and Jellal had appeared from nowhere.
Lissana stiffened behind him. Her wide eyes and open mouth betrayed her horror. "L-Lucy?" she stammered. "Lissana" Lucy reply coldly. She folded her arms across her chest and smiled sweetly "If you don't mind, I would appreciate it if you removed yourself from my boyfriend". Lissana's mouth dropped open in horror. Grinning, Natsu darted out of her arms and made his way to Lucy's side. He intertwined their fingers and kissed her cheek softly. "You look stunning" he whispered. Lucy smiled up at him. Pulling back he asked "What took you so long?" Lucy shrugged. "Traffic".
Meanwhile the flabbergasted Lissana had regained her voice. "W-What?!" she screeched angrily. She turned on Natsu. "You were supposed to break up with her!" Natsu snorted. "You didn't think I'd actually do it, did you? She's the best thing that ever happened to me" "And I love her" he added quietly, so Lucy would be the only who heard. Smiling she squeezed his hand and whispered back "I love you too".
"You see Lissana" Lucy began. "It was a good plan. Blackmailing him. But it had two fatal flaws" Lissana puffed out her cheeks. "Natsu is far too good a boyfriend, and you talk too much" Lucy said.
Flashback
"We need to talk" Natsu said. Lucy frowned in confusion. "Ok" she said, stepping aside. Natsu walked past her and sat down on her bed. His fist clenched and unclenched nervously. "Are you ok?" Lucy asked, frowning in concern. She sat down on his lap and gently placed the back of her hand on his forehead. Natsu's warm arms encircled her and pulled her tightly against his chest. He buried his face in her neck. "I don't want this to end" he said, his voice braking.
Lucy ran her fingers through his hair soothingly. "Why does it have to end?" she asked gently. Natsu lifted his face up to her hair. "Lissana approached me after practice today" he said, burying his nose firmly in her sweet smelling hair. Her smell and her gentle fingers calmed him down, like they always did. "She said she had some information about you, and she would use it to ruin your life if I didn't tell you I hated you and never wanted to see you again".
Tears began to run down his face as he grasped Lucy's hands in his. "I don't want to ruin your life, but I can't end this. It means too much to me. I'd be lost without you Luce. I don't think I could live anymore. I love you too much" Lucy gasped softly. A loving smile spread across her face. She cupped his cheeks and wiped away his tears. "I love you too" she whispered and kissed him, hard. Natsu kissed back, hugging her closer. They pulled away, smiling, and Natsu gently stroked her cheek. "So what do we do?" he asked. "We don't have to do anything" Lucy replied. Natsu frowned in confusion. "You see" Lucy continued, "I overheard a very interesting conversation today at school"
Flashback-in-a-Flashback
Lucy was walking down a corridor at Lunch time, and as she walked past an open door and heard a familiar voice. "…ruin her life if he doesn't break up with her!" Lissana declared proudly. "Brilliant plan Lissana" Kayley simpered. "I know right" Lissana crowed. "So now all we have to do is wait until Natsu breaks up with her, and he'll be yours again!" Kira added.
Lucy's eyes widened. Natsu break up with who? They must mean her! What evil plan had Lissana came up with to get Lissana to break up with her? Was she blackmailing him? Lucy flattened herself against the wall outside the room, listening intently. "Lissana" Emma asked, "What information do you have on Lucy that will ruin her life?" Ruin her life? Lissana must have told Natsu she could ruin Lucy's life? Lucy frowned. She couldn't think of anything she had done that could ruin her life.
"Don't be stupid Emma" Lissana said. "I don't actually have any information that could ruin her life. Natsu just has to think I do. I could make something up, but even if I did my parents don't really listen to me anyway, so I have no way of actually getting someone arrested or something" "That's brilliant Lissana!" Kira said. Lissana smirked and leapt up. "I better go" she said and sashayed out the door waggling her fingers. Lucy had already sprinted to hide behind the corner. She watched Lissana leave, wondering how many people would actually be nice to her if they knew her parents didn't listen to her.
End-Flashback-in-a-Flashback
"So Lissana has nothing that could ruin your life" Natsu said. Lucy nodded. Natsu glowered in anger. "That little bitch! She blackmailed me to break up with you and she didn't even have anything to use!" he snarled. "I'm going to go and give her a good slap in the face tomorrow -" "Woah!" Lucy interrupted him. Natsu huffed. "Well we might as well just go tell her that we know what she's up to" Natsu said. "Yeah…Or…" Lucy started smiling mischievously. Natsu raised a brow at her. "We could do something to her. As revenge" Lucy said.
"I got it!" she exclaimed snapping her fingers. With an evil grin she told Natsu her plan. A smile spread across his face. "This is why I love you" he said gleefully, knocking her backwards onto the mattress as her claimed her lips in a kiss. Lucy wrapped her arms around his neck. "Are you sure your parents will let us stay off?" she asked. Natsu shrugged. "We won't be doing anything at school if Prom is three days away anyway" he said. "And if we tell them it'll give Lissana what's coming to her, I'm sure they'll be all too happy to agree" Lucy hummed in agreement as his lips descended on hers.
End Flashback
"So let me get this straight" Gray said from behind them. "You pretended you broke up, when you hadn't actually broke up?" "Yup" Natsu and Lucy replied. Lissana was fuming. "This isn't fair!" she screamed. "I'm the most popular girl in the school! I should be dating Natsu!" "You know Lissana, most of the reason why you're popular is because everyone thinks that you could ruin them if you told you're parents some lie about them" Lucy said. "That's why I found it extremely interesting that your parents don't actually listen to you"
Everyone in the room gasped in shock. Lissana turned red with anger. "You little bitch!" she screamed. She took a step forward, and Lucy yelled "Now!" Above the table they were beside, was the railing of a balcony from the second floor. On that balcony stood Erza and Levy, both holding a paint can filled to the brim with sticky green goo Grandine and Lucy had whipped up earlier that day. At Lucy's yell, they simultaneously tipped the goo over the railing. Right on top of Lissana.
She shrieked loudly as the goo splattered all over, covering her from head to foot. Natsu and Lucy had backed away from the splash zone. Lissana stood with green goo dripping from her nose and her silver hair. Her dress was completely covered with the sticky concoction. The whole ballroom was silent in shock. A snort slipped out of Natsu's mouth. He doubled over clutching his stomach as he laughed. Lucy soon joined in with his hysterical laughter, and was closely followed by Gray, Gajeel and Jellal, and then the whole room rang with laughter. Students clutched at their stomachs as Lissana's face turned scarlet. Most of the teachers present couldn't stop themselves from joining in.
Lissana marched out of the room, blushing furiously, every movement accompanied by a wet squelching noise. Soon the laughter died down, and the gossiping students went back to dancing. "You're evil" Natsu chuckled as he pulled Lucy beside him. Lucy grinned. "You love it" she said, pressing her lips to his. Natsu slipped his hands to her waist and pulled her closer. "That I do" his whispered against her lips. Turning, they saw that Erza and Jellal were already locked in a dance, Levy had dragged a grumpy Gajeel onto the dance floor, and Juvia had promptly fainted after Gray asked her to dance and was now lying on the floor while a frantic Gray fanned her with a piece of paper.
"Would you honour me with a dance, milady?" Natsu asked, bowing at the waist as he held out a hand. Grinning, Lucy took it and let him swing her onto the dance floor.
•••
Natsu, Lucy, Gray, Juvia, Gajeel, Levy, Jellal and Erza sat at one large white table-clothed table as Principle Makarov continued his speech. The students were bored to tears at this point. Lucy fiddled with the stem of her glass as she leaned against Natsu and he rested his head on top of hers. Natsu occupied himself with taking care of the many boys how were checking out Lucy. Every time one of them looked at her he would use the arm wrapped around her waist to pull her closer then send a glare hot enough to melt steel at the culprit. Needless to say they didn't look back.
Lucy smiled at how cute he was when he was jealous. She tucked her head under his chin and cuddled closer to him. Natsu nuzzled her hair in response, and stroked her hand were it was interlaced with his underneath the table. "Now ladies and gentlemen" Makarov said. "It's time to announce this years Prom King and Queen!" Cheers filled the ballroom as Mr Makarov cleared his throat and opened the golden envelope in front of him.
"This years Prom King is…Natsu Dragneel!" Loud cheers followed the announcement. Natsu reluctantly parted from Lucy, kissed her quickly and made his way on stage. A plastic golden crown was placed on his head and he waved merrily to the crowd. Several females fainted, much to Lucy's annoyance. She picked up her glass and raised it to her lips as Mr Makarov revealed the next name. "This years Prom Queen is…Lucy Heartfilia!"
Lucy spat out a spray of water over the table as she gaped in shock. Stunned silence filled the room for a few seconds. An eruption of loud cheers broke out as Lucy sat still in shock. A beaming Natsu leapt down from the stage, raced over and carried her back up bridal style, despite her protests. A plastic gold tiara was placed on Lucy's head. Natsu chuckled as she turned to him. "There's no one else I'd want as my Queen" he said. Then he kissed her, grabbing her waist and spinning her in a circle as the room rang with deafening cheers.
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For the last days of school, Lucy ditched her nerd outfit for a proper one and her popularity rocketed sky-high. It was common knowledge that her and Natsu were dating…or more that she was Natsu's girl and you do not flirt with her unless you want your teeth knocked out. Lissana, on the other hand, drastically decreased in popularity levels. During the last days, she seemed to have realized how mean she had been, and one day she apologized to the whole school for it. She had most certainly become a nicer person.
As for Natsu and Lucy, they went to the same university (Fairy Tail University) along with Gray and Juvia (after three years Gray finally came to his senses and asked her out), Gajeel and Levy, and Jellal and Erza, both couples still going strong. After 7 years of believing he couldn't fall in love with Lucy any more than he already had (and after 7 years of being proven wrong every single day) Natsu finally popped the big question, and Lucy's joyous screams of "YES!" made every dog within a mile radius go deaf.
THE END
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