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"Come on Luce, why don´t you just give up and admit that you want to go." Natsu yelled after her as he had followed the blonde around the whole day, making her go slowly insane.
"First, stop following me." She said back, as she entered her favorite store, the little bookshop outside the city. Having not that many visitors but enough to keep it going, they always ordered in different books from all over the world.
"Morning Lucy- san." The old lady gently said behind the counter, little Mary was the owner of the shop and got used to having the blonde girl around. "And you got a friend with you today, your boyfriend maybe?"
"Of course not Mary." Lucy said, glaring at the dragon slayer who took his time around the shelves. "He´s an obsessive stalker that can´t take no for an answer."
"Oh my, that doesn´t sounds good." The old lady smiled. "But I got it now, just arrived a few minutes earlier."
"You mean…" Every bit of annoying feeling vanished when she saw the old book that Mary had placed on the desk. It was beautiful, just like she remember it to be. "How much?"
"80 000 jewels." Mary said. "This is an original copy and I can´t low the price any more than that."
"80 000! That's more than my rent." Lucy sighed. "I can´t afford it right now…" damn that money, she needed a mission soon and a good one.
"I´m sorry dear, I will try to restore it as long that I can, but I can´t hold on to it forever."
Lucy nodded and sighed again, this was not her day.
"I can lend you some money." Natsu suddenly said behind her as he been eavesdropping their conversation.
"No thanks." Lucy answered cold. "I will pay with my own money, thanks."
"Don´t be so difficult all the time Luce." He said. "Just accept my help, that's what friends are for right?!"
Lucy swallowed all the mean things she could think of, this wasn´t the place to started arguing about that or what. She instead smiled for Mary. "I will come back soon." She promised the old lady, then turned around and walked outside again. Not knowing if the dragon slayer would follow her or not, but she was pretty sure that he would.
"Lucy look…" as he catch up to her, making her stop. "I bought it."
He held her book in his hands, she almost panicked when she thought about that he could burn it in a second.
"Why?" she didn´t take the book just stared at it. Why did he come back just to destroy everything.
"You wanted the book, and I figured that I could buy it for you. You get the book for free like the awesome friend I am, and all you have to do is come to the S- class trial." He laughed easy, like he had thought out the most brilliant plan of all.
"Are you really that desperate to get me in that stupid competition that you´re trying to bribe me? Is everything a game for you?" she asked him low, trying to keep her voice steady, not get angry but it was almost impossible.
"Lucy before would never back down at an opportunity like this, she would accept my help and not act like a spoiled child." Natsu said annoyed when he realized his plan backfired.
"You don´t know me, maybe you did knew the old Lucy like I knew the old Natsu, and he would never try to force me to do anything I didn´t want to do. I guess people do grow apart." She said, angry now.
"I don´t know what to do, you act like I betrayed you or something. I was away on a mission, I had to go alone, what more can I say?"
"You were away for a long time Natsu, and then you came back and trying to get everything back like it was. But you must see that more have changed than just us, we´re not the same!"
"I know." Natsu nodded with cold eyes. "Because old Lucy was fun…"
Lucy snapped the book from his hands, afraid of him destroying it. "I will pay you back for this, every single jewel I promise." She started walking home but stopped and turned around to meet his dark eyes. "But one thing Natsu Dragneel, never speak to me again if it´s not simply business. We´re not friends anymore!" she explained slow, not leaving a single mark on her face when she said it.
"Seems fine with me. Goodbye then Lucy Heartfilia!"
She nodded and without thinking she started to sprint home, taking her just some minutes to enter her dear apartment just to collapse on her floor with the book tight around her chest and trying to hold back her tears. But how sad she was over their friendship she felt more anger, it lifted her up and made her stronger. She would show that stupid dragon slayer, if she became S- class then she could take stronger missions and most of all, she could beat that arrogant bastard once and for all.
"Get ready guys." She whispered with her hand tight around her keys, feeling the warmth from her spirits support.