Natsu woke up to Lucy shaking him. "Natsu. Natsu!" "Hm? What?" He mumbled. "Natsu it's time for school, get up!" Lucy was already dressed in what Natsu thought was the cutest dress, her hair was up in pig tails and she was wearing contacts to try avoiding broken glasses. She had tights on and a black dress that stopped a little above the knees. He had seen this outfit before, but she was covered in wounds.
"Oh yeah, school." Natsu said, rubbing his face. He got up and stretched. He looked at Lucy. "Cute outfit." He smiled and went into the bathroom. Lucy blushed when he said that. She had never been called "cute" before, unless the students from school referred to her as cute in a bad way, and then she would get beat up for it. She realized this and immediately jumped back when Natsu walked out of the bathroom.
"Woah, what's wrong Lucy?" He said, putting his hands up. She took her arms down from her face. "The only time anyone's ever called me 'cute' they beat me up for it. So, naturally, that's what I expect from a popular kid like you when you call me that." She said. "Popular kid?" He asked. "Your one of the most popular people in the whole school. And yeah, everyone hates me but only the popular kids beat on me."
"I don't hate you. You still think I'm gonna hurt you or something? What would I get out of that?" Natsu asked, kind of impatient. "I don't know. The only other person I ever trusted besides my dad was a kid that used to go to our school. He treated me like you do, but my dad was still alive so he never slept over. But in the end he..." She tugged on her skirt. "He did something bad, let's just say that. Something that most of the kids won't do."
"And you think I might do that?" Natsu asked, walking towards her. She stepped back. "I don't know what to think. But when you called me cute it sounded like when he said that and then he, did the thing." Tears started dwelling in her eyes, remembering what had happened. She looked down at the ground and a few tears fell.
"Hey now, don't cry, ok?" He put his hand to her face and wiped her tears. "You don't have to tell me if you don't want to. You don't have to trust me either, but I'll always be here for you when you need it." He hugged her, grabbed his stuff, and left. "Wait, Natsu." Lucy stopped him right when he was about to step out the door.
He turned around. "Yes?" "Don't leave. I don't want you to go." He closed the door and walked back in. "We have some time before school. I could try and make some pancakes and we can watch tv." She said, grabbing the pancake mix out of the cupboard. "How about I cook?" Natsu suggested. "No, you always cook." Lucy said, reading the instructions on the box. Natsu sat back in his chair. "Ok."
"Ok, all done." Lucy said bringing over a plate of pancakes. "Pancakes are the only thing I ever learned to cook. And they've kept me alive so far." Natsu took one and took a big bite out of it. "Wow! This is really good." Lucy sat down next to Natsu on the couch and they watched the kids show while they ate.
Lucy checked the time. "Oh shoot, we gotta go." She said, turning off the tv and putting away the plates. "Oh, yeah, we do." Natsu said, getting up and grabbing his backpack. "What classes do we have together?" Natsu asked. "I don't know, let me check." Lucy said, locking her house and continuing to walk with Natsu.
"We have these classes together." Lucy said showing him her classes and his. "Oh cool, so geometry, economics, and biology." Natsu said. Lucy nodded. They continued walking until they reached the school. Lucy walked in front of Natsu and turned to him. "I have statistics first." Lucy said. "Oh, I have chemistry." There's was an awkward silence.
"Ok, well um, I'll see you in geometry." Lucy said, turning around to go to statistics. "Bye." Natsu said, going the opposite direction for chemistry. Lucy went on to class. She hadn't even thought about how since Natsu wasn't with her anymore, she was exposed. She walked into the classroom and sat down at a desk. She straightened her dress and got out her books.
She went through the class without knowing, and nothing happened. No one jumped her or beat her up. But two minutes before the bell rang she realized it. No Natsu, no peace. But it was too late, she was surrounded. She watched them snicker as she trembled in fear.
First they went for her hairbands that were keeping her hair up. Then they went for her dress, they started pulling down the top and pulling up the bottom while others held her back. They had never done this before, usually they just beat her up. But she spent so much time with Natsu they've begun to call her a whore and now they're doing this.
She didn't want to take this anymore. It brought back too many terrible memories of the boy before Natsu. She kicked the guys at her legs and punched the guy holding her back. They all dropped her and she ran away. She decided to go to chemistry since Natsu was there and they could walk to geometry together.
She sprinted to avoid people. When she finally got ther she burst through the door. She saw Lisana (who had a huge crush on Natsu) kissing Natsu. It was so sudden and then Natsu pushed her off, wiping his lips. Natsu saw Lucy behind Lisana and freaked out. Lucy stepped back a little. "Lucy-" She put her hand up and looked away to stop him.
Natsu noticed her messy hair and ripped dress. He knew something happened. Lucy slowly turned around and walked out. Natsu angrily looked at Lisana and ran after Lucy. Lisana smirked and grabbed her backpack.
"Lucy!" Natsu yelled. People starting staring at them. Natsu fumbled with his stuff while trying to run. Lucy just kept walking, tears dwelling up in her eyes. Natsu finally reached her. "Lucy." He turned her around and scanned her. He saw her tears and messed up outfit.
"Lucy what happened?" Lucy took a deep breath. "They didn't like me hanging out with you. They um, called me a whore and tried to take off my clothes. And it just brought up memories of the boy I told you about and I-" She stopped and looked at him. "I just couldn't do that again." She shook his hands of her shoulders.
"And then you-you kissed Lisana. She has been the worst of everyone to me. And then you kissed her. It's like you excuse her just because she's a pretty girl and I'm not." "Don't say that!" Natsu said. He had only just realized that they had gained a crowd. "First; I didn't kiss her, she kissed me. Second; you're beautiful. Don't ever say that you're not." Lucy blushed almost as hard as Natsu.
"Let's go." Natsu said, puting his arm over Lucy and walking with her to geometry. They got to their class and sat next to each other. The rest of the week, nobody messed with Lucy, especially not when Natsu was around. They knew that even if they were to mess with her when he wasn't there she would tell him and he would kill them. When Natsu was with Lucy, he claimed her, or just had his arm around her constantly and didn't let any other living soul touch her.
Natsu crashing at Lucy's house had become a regular thing at that point. Most of the time he would have slept over at a friend's house before or sleep at a hotel, but now he basically just lives at Lucy's. After school they went home and had dinner. They sat on the couch, eating and watching tv.
"Hey Luce." Natsu said. "Yeah?" Lucy said, not looking at him. "So, since everyone already think you are, and you basically are, you wanna be my girlfriend?" Lucy almost choked on her food and looked at Natsu who looked so chill. She was blushing like crazy. "Your what?" She said in a shaky voice. "My girlfriend." Natsu said. "Ummm..."
Natsu looked confused. "So is that a no?" He said, tilting his head to the side. "No! I mean yes! I mean, no I am not saying no. I'm saying yes." Natsu smiled his big toothy smile. "Great!" Natsu already had his arm around Lucy and he was pulling her closer. He pulled her closer and closer until their lips reached each other.
They kissed for a long time, Natsu put his hand on Lucy's cheek and Lucy put her arms around his neck. Natsu and Lucy were kind of leaning at a certain angle and were about to lose their balance. Suddenly they lost their balance and Natsu fell on top of Lucy. They just looked at each other, surprised. Natsu was hovering above Lucy, his arms on either side of her head.
Lucy looked at Natsu, waiting for him to kiss her. After a while she couldn't take it anymore, she grabbed his head and started kissing him, giving him the cue to do the same. Natsu placed his hands on her waist and pushed into her lips.
Some of the less popular people who had beaten Lucy up once or twice had come to apologize to her. They knocked on the door a bit but Natsu and Lucy didn't notice. They knocked once more and invited themselves in. They saw Natsu on top of Lucy with his hands on her hips and Lucy's hands on his neck, making out.
Lucy opened her eyes for a second and saw them, she almost screamed and pushed Natsu off. He got annoyed of the sudden stop and turned to see the people. "What are you doing here?" In their shock they blinked to look at Natsu. "I think the question is, what are you doing here?" They said. Natsu stood up and cracked his knuckles. "Ok, ok! We came to apologize."
"What? Lucy said, sitting up a bit. The group looked back at Lucy. "Yeah." They stepped forward towards her a bit. Natsu stepped closer to Lucy, protectively. The group bowed their heads. "We're dearly sorry for what we did. We thought about it for a while and we wanted to ask if you wanted to be friends."
Natsu looked at Lucy, and back at the group. "Luce?" Natsu said. Lucy looked at Natsu's impatient face. "I-I guess so." They lifted their heads. One of them sighed. "That makes me feel so much better. I felt so bad." "U-uh, yeah, no, it's fine. Can you go now please? I um, need to get to bed." In a single file line they walked out and Natsu shut the door.
Natsu looked at Lucy who layed back down. "Really? You just forgive them? Weren't you yelling at me earlier because of Lisana?" Lucy looked at Natsu. She stood up. "You kissed her." She walked upstairs. "Damn it!" Natsu cupped his face in his hands. Natsu hit his leg and ran up the stairs after Lucy.
"Lucy!" Lucy was laying on her side facing the wall. "Luce..." Natsu walked over to the side of the bed and knelt down. He put his hand on her arm. She nudged it off. "Luce. I'm sorry, I know I shouldn't have brought it up. And-" "I'm trying to forgive people who haven't done as much as others. They did beat me, but once. Lisana was consistent. So yes I was pissed earlier, because it's Lisana." Lucy said.
She looked at Natsu. "I'm trying to get over it and it seems like you want to cling on to every bit and piece of the shit they put me through." Lucy said. "I don't mean to hang onto to the past, I just- I don't know if I'm ready to forgive them." Natsu sighed. "Natsu, if you hated it so bad then why did you just watch it happen all these years?"
"What do you mean?" Natsu asked. "You said, the first time I met you, that you had seen me in the halls before, new wounds every time. You had always known. So why didn't you do anything?" Lucy asked. "I-I don't know. After my dad left, I know this sounds terrible and it makes me feel terrible for even thinking it, but, it kind of made me feel better that other people were having a worse day than me. And I'm not saying your pain made me feel happy, I just-"
"Natsu, stop talking. Just stop. I get it, ok? Whenever I was used as a punching/kicking bag, it made me feel better to see other people's pain." She chuckled a bit. "And it is terrible, yes, but human beings are terrible, I should know more than anyone." She moved onto her other side to get a better look at Natsu.
She tapped the bed. "C'mon." Natsu climbed in next to her. She snuggled up to his chest. "Let's just go to bed." Lucy said. "Yeah." Natsu said. He closed his eyes and fell asleep. Lucy scooted closer to Natsu and fell asleep.
Hey guys! I have been making chapters to my stories a lot longer unintentionally. I hope you guys are having an ok time readin the paragraphs. I did make a couple paragraphs to long.