I woke up the next morning feeling a bit guilty for not being truthful to Natsu. He did have a right to know Nashi is his daughter. On the other hand, he did cheat on me with Lisanna right around the time I found out I was pregnant. I decided against my better judgement and would continue the lie as long as I could. I rolled over on the couch and almost fell off in the process.
"Crap!" I said a little too loudly.
"Luce, are you up yet?" Natsu groggily asked from the bed. I pulled off my blanket and began to walk toward the bed.
"Yeah. I'm up."
"Once I get up we are going to the beach!" he declared.
"You mean before or after you consume all the food in the hotel?"
"After. Duh? We'll be at the beach all day and we needed a lot of energy." Natsu popped up from the bed and grabbed a pair of pajama pants and a shirt. He put them on and then ran to the door.
"Coffee with sugar and creme, Belgium waffle with syrup, and a fruit salad?" he asked. My mouth dropped to the floor.
"You still remember?" I asked.
"Of course. We're nakama." he said like it was not even a serious answer.
"What's Gray's favorite food?"
"Sorry Luce. I've gotta go downstairs before all the food runs out." He opened the door and bolted outside so I would not be able to question him further. My phone began to buzz and I saw that Nashi was trying to FaceTime me.
"Hey Nashi!" I said cheerfully into the thing. My daughter's bright green eyes and pink hair were the only things that were noticeable.
"Hey mama! I have the portrait I drew of you and me." She held it up to the screen and I giggled when I saw the picture. It was scribbles, but you could make out three stick figures, two considerably larger than the other.
"Is that Auntie Mira on the right?" I asked.
"No that's papa. Auntie Mira told me he has fangs and pink hair. I really want to meet him because he is a dwagon." I loved that she pronounced dragon wrong, but my stomach was now in knots.
"That's great sweetie, but me and Papa aren't exactly on speaking terms," I lied through my teeth.
"Auntie Mira said she'd call him for you." Nashi pressed her mouth up against the camera and started licking the screen. I did not see Natsu walk in with my breakfast or even see him hang over my shoulder.
"Luce? Who is this creature licking the screen?" Natsu asked. I jumped up from my seat and screamed. Nashi pulled her tongue and mouth away from the camera and peered at Natsu curiously.
"Mama? Why are you with some man!"
"Lucy why does this girl look like you and why is she calling you mama?"
"Nashi, this is my friend Natsu. Natsu, this my daughter, Nashi," I said. The last thing.I wanted was for Natsu to make the connection. I was more concerned about Nashi finding out. If either figured it out, I'd be screwed.
"Wow. You're a mother?" Natsu asked. I nodded my head.
"Nashi! Time for breakfast!" shouted Mira.
"Bye Mommy and Mister Natsu. It was nice meeting you and I love you mama." She kissed the screen and hung up.
"Who's the father?" Natsu asked.
"Huh?"
"Don't be dumb, Luce. Who is the father."
"I need to eat," I said plainly.
"Tell me or I'll eat your food."
"I'm hungry."
"You know something Lucy."
"I think I was drugged so please. I don't like talking about it."
"I'm eating your food."
"Goodbye Natsu." I walked to the door and pushed it open. He ran up to me and grabbed my arm.
"Am I the father?" he asked. I tried to pull away from him, but his grip tightened.
"Am I the father!" he yelled. Tears were no forming in my eye as I turned and faced him and said the one thing I would regret.
"Yes."
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"Luce. Why didn't you ever even attempt to tell me?" Natsu asked. I hadn't even made it out the door.
"God. I'm so weak. I should've told you, alright. I just didn't want to barge in on your relationship with Lisanna. What was I supposed to say. I still love you and I'm pregnant with your child?" My vision was blurry and my shirt was soaked with tears.
"Lucy. That is kind of big deal for me. I missed out on the birth of my own child. I missed her first laugh, her first word, her crawling, and her walking. I would have liked to have been told about her at the least. Does she know?" I shook my head.
"Lucy. This just keeps getting worse. Does anybody like Ezra and Gray know?"
"Of course everybody knows! Even Lisanna. I told everyone to keep there fat mouths quiet because I honestly did not want you in my life!"
"Everybody knew! Everybody knew!" Natsu stood up, "I should have custody over my own daughter or at least visitation rights. How could you deny me of that?" I stood up now.
"You should not be blaming me! I was the one who lost in our relationship! You were the one who got me pregnant! You were the one who cheated on me with Lisanna! You were the one who broke up with me! And to top it all off, you were the one who left Magnolia for Crocus, a month after I found out. Your name is absent from Nashi's birth certificate! Everyone else made sure that my pregnancy ran smoothly. Even Lisanna who you also broke up with! You should blame yourself Natsu, because I had nothing to do with this." I slumped back onto the couch. He sat down after a few minutes. He leaned forward and started running his fingers through his hair.
"This has literally been one of the worst days of my life," Natsu said plainly.
"I agree."
"How do you plan on telling her?" Natsu asked.
"I have no idea. She won't understand. I was only sixteen when I was pregnant. I was judged so harshly. The biggest crap I got was probably about you leaving me. Thankfully our friends were able to pull me out off my depressed state. Nashi's four now. I am so glad that she happened because she is the brightest light in my life." I pulled out my phone and started showing Natsu various pictures of me and her. When I was finished, he put his face into the palm of his hand.
"I'm just so jealous of you right now."
"That I got fat and had a baby pop out of me."
"What? No! I'm just jealous that you have a relationship with Nashi and I'm just invisible." He latched onto me and started crying.
"She's been talking a lot lately about who her papa is." Natsu released me and started looked up.
"Really?" he sniffled.
"Really. I think she called you a dwagon." Natsu began to smile.
"That's cool."
"I know. How about we get into our bathing suits, Natsu, and I'll show you my mad surfing skills."
"You're not even athletic." I threw a pillow at him.
"Yes I am. No hurry up and move because I want to leave."
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After a long day surfing, me and Natsu went to the nearest Chipotle.
"So, is, uh, Nashi coming out here?" Natsu asked between mouth fills of his everything burrito. I on the other hand had ordered a barbacoa burrito bowl.
"Yes. She is. I guess we're going to have to tell her then."
"That's going to be difficult."
"Yeah. It will be. It won't be as difficult as asking you to be my dance partner," I recalled.
"We were terrible."
"No, you were terrible because you didn't come in on the day of the competition."
"I had to do a book report."
"Oh please. That's such a lie and you know it. You just didn't think you were a good enough dancer.. I was heartbroken when you didn't come in. I almost had to go home."
"That was in the eight grade. Move on. I would like to!focus on your daughter. Now what are her intrests?" Natsu asked. I thought about it for a few minutes before replying.
"Definitely dragons, Star Wars, Disney's Cars, princesses, Barbies, and dress up."
"I've got half of that."
"Cool."
Tonight was the night I used the bed. Right before I fell asleep, a sudden realization swept over my body.
"I still love Natsu," I whispered. Little did I know that on the couch, the same feeling swept over Natsu.
"I still love Lucy."
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Yay! Another chapter written. I lI've this one so much more than the old one because even though they still love each other, it hasn't actually been anything physical.
I love when an innocent bystander is just sitting on the bench when a kickball comes abd hits there nose and makes then fall off. I've been having an off day today.
Just an fyi, Lucy has forgiven Natsu. Although he did cheat on her, she had Nashi and she loves her so much. It was also around five years ago, so she has been able to mend her broken heart.
Anyways, Follow, Favorite, Review, and that's it.
Have a great weekend!