Here we go Angels. The is the second to last chapter I have. So lets get stared. I hope you all like it.

I do not own Fairy Tail nor any of its characters. Hiro Mashima does.

Enjoy.

With the officers gone, the nights events finally took their toll on Lucy. With an audible sob her body fell apart on the floor. She cried and sobbed letting the fear, pain, and disgust wash off her. A hand attempted to comfort her.

"Lucy."

She yanked herself away, "YOU. You're the reason he did this." She stood up and directed all of her anger and rage at the battered man. "You said he could have me? Fuck Sting! Did I mean so little to you that you just decided to rent me out to everyone! You couldn't at least attempt to be a decent human being! Was it not enough that you treated me like shit for the past couple of years?!"

The blonde male stood up and held his hands up in surrender. The look of desperation and hopelessness in his eyes tried to convey his message. "Lucy just listen to me"

"NO! I have nothing to say to you! Do you not realize how much you've already hurt me?! What else do you want?!"

"I'M SORRY!"

She stopped. Tears steaming down her face.

Sting looked back up at her, staring into her tear soaked eyes. "I'm sorry. For four years you've been great to me and I treated you like shit. There were so many other guys, guys I thought were my friends, who kept asking me to let them have you or give them a picture. I thought that if I made you start wearing baggy clothes or try to make you less attractive, they'd leave you alone. But… I was wrong. I hurt you and I made you cry." He reached his hand up, wiping her tears "I pushed you in the arms of someone else." She looked away, just enough to wipe her own tears. "I don't ever expect you to forgive me, but please just let me say I'm sorry. I'll never stop apologizing for all that I did. Lucy Heartfilia, I'm so so sorry."

"Why are you apologizing now? You just said that I'm someone else's. That's true."

"I know, but, I just want you to let me be there for you, for the last time. You've got to go to the station and to court. So please just let me help you for right now, then I promise to leave you alone."

She was tired. It was all too much. The only thing she could manage to do was mumble a reply to walk to her room. She closed her door and locked it, still not feeling safe. Laying down in her bed, the last thing she thought in her mind was when she would next see Natsu. 'I wish you were here.'

The next morning, Natsu was fed up. He hadn't heard from Lucy all night and was now beyond worried. He decided that she might need time to herself after breaking up with someone she'd known all her life, so he gave her time, but something didn't sit right with him. He strongly felt that something was wrong.

Getting dressed as quick as he could, Natsu made the short yet familiar drive over to Lucy's apartment. He didn't know what to expect when he got there. However, seeing both Lucy and Sting exiting her apartment was not one of those things. Natsu watched as the two of them walked from her building towards Sting's car. Before they got in, the pinkette pulled up and jumped out.

"Lucy!"

She turned around, obviously surprised at his sudden visit. "Natsu! What are you doing here?"

He quickly looked over her appearance. Her face was covered with heavy makeup but most of it was hidden by large sunglasses. Although it was in the middle of May, she had on a long sleeved t-shirt and a jeans. Her hair was ratty and a bit disheveled. All in all, her appearance worried him.

"Are you okay Lucy?"

She wanted to lean into him, accept his affections. However, Officer Macco told both of them to keep the details of the case confidential for now.

"I'm fine."

"You don't look fine". Natsu finally took in Sting's appearance "Neither of you do. Luce, what's wrong."

"Natsu, it's fine." But it wasn't.

"Why are you lying to me?"

"I'm not." But she was.

"Lucy."

"Lulu, we've got to go." Noticing her dismay, Sting tried to intervene.

However, this only agitated Natsu even more.

He turned back to Lucy "So he can help you but I can't? Lucy what is going on?"

She couldn't. No matter how much she wanted, she knew that she wasn't allowed to talk to him about the case. Not yet. The only thing she could do was keep quiet. The moment she tried to talk to him would be the moment the dam burst. So keeping silent was all she could do.

However, the silence was not what Natsu wanted. "I see." With nothing more he turned and started walking away.

"Natsu! Wait!" However, he did not listen. He did not turn around. He did not even acknowledge that she spoke to him. He just kept walking back towards his car.

She stared to run after him but was stopped by Sting's voice "Lulu, we've got to head to the station."

That stopped her. Of course, how could she forget that most crucial piece of information. Watching as he got in his car, Lucy could feel herself getting weaker and weaker. Turning around, she got in the passenger seat of Sting's car and stared out the window. 'I have to talk to him when I get back'.

Once Natsu drove out of Lucy's apartment complex, he drove home and packed a bag. Nothing big, but a bag nonetheless. 'I've got to get out of here.' A trip was what he needed. To get away from it all and compose himself again. After he was done, he got back in his car and headed to his other home. Even if he was going on a trip he had to make sure that his family knew.

Up next is the last chapter...

Heaven***