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WHEN WE WERE KIDS

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

"Hey Lucy." A voice at my window said. I woke up, startled to find Natsu, sitting on my window sill, staring up at the night sky.

"Natsu? It's the middle of the night." I said, rubbing my eyes.

"Yeah, but I couldn't wait." He said, coming in. He sat next to me, in bed.

"Couldn't wait for what?"

"To tell you. That I love you." He said, while leaning against me, getting closer and closer to my lips, which I gladly approached. The calm night breeze blew through my room, as we-

I woke up, startled. Again.

"Fucking dreams." I said, bashing my head with the palm of my hand. Could I not keep my hormones under control? Did I really just dream about Natsu?

"Get a hold of yourself..." I said, holding my head. I got ready for school, seen as it was only fifteen minutes till my alarm would ring. I missed having Obba-chan with me, she would of said good morning to me, but instead, I had to settle with telling it to myself. I went into the bathroom, to do my usual routine, but when I put my hair up, I swore.

"Damn you to hell." I said, running my finger gently on the red lump. I found some arnica, and desperatly prayed it to go before it was time for school.

I was getting my bag ready, when the nock at the door came. I rushed to open it, and found Cana and Natsu, waiting to take me to school.

"Hi Lucy." Cana said, as she walked in.

"Yo." Natsu said, walking in behind her. I gave him a death stare.

"Morning. Sleep well?" I asked, going into the kitchen, and giving them an apple ,like Obba did every morning.

"Not really, I ran out of alcohol at around two in the morning, I kept closing my eyes..." Cana said.

"Um, Cana, that is sleeping."

"Meh. How about you?"

"Fine." I lied. I decided to get vengeance. "Guess what?"

"What?" Cana said. Before answering, I gave Natsu a I'm-going-to-get-you-back stare. The smile on his face immediatly vanished.

"Natsu has a crush." I said, sitting down on the table, next to Cana.

"No I don't!" He said, turning red.

"Oh yes he does. He told me, he came round and started jabbering on about god knows what, and he told me he had a crush." I said. Cana gave him a suspicious stare.

"I know when someone is lying and Lucy's not lying. What do you have to say for yourself?" Cana asked. Natsu gave me a death stare.

"Lucy got a love bite." He said, grinning evily.

"Oh really, who from?" Cana asked, he turned red again.

"No idea. But it's on her neck, I saw it." He said, but I laughed.

"Oh really? Then why can't you see it now?" I said.

"Because you have a scarf on." He said back.

"Lucy, off with the scarf." Cana ordered.

"It's just a scarf, look." I said, taking it off. I relished at Natsu's confused expression when he didn't see anything there, not the slightest blemish.

"What?" He said.

"Told you, nothing there." I said again. Cana picked up her empty plastic bottle, and hit Natsu over the head with it.

"Don't lie about hickeys! They are a sign of love and territory! The marl of love and a special bond between two people!" She said, obviously drunk. "Back to your crush, who is she?

"A girl." He said, rubbing his head, and giving me an even deathier deathstare.

"Oh, really? I thought it was Gray for a second." She said, pretending to be surprised. "Tell us, who is she." She repeated, taking him by the collar.

"I am not going to tell you. You will make fun of her until she dies, well more than you already do..." he said. Trying to get away from her.

"Aw, that's so cute, he cares for her..." I said, ruffling his hair. He scowled at me again.

"I will get it out of him, and I still haven't found out about your secret..." she said.

"Cana, that was the day after I came here, it's been three weeks! Give it a rest already!" I said, sighing.

"Fine. I'm going to see Bickslow. I'll see you at school." She said, walking off and taking a bite of apple.

"What, your going?!" The last thing I wanted to be was alone with Natsu, who had his arms crossed and was shooting me daggers through his eyes.

"Yes. See you at school." She said, and went out the door, closing it behind him.

"I'm angry at you." Natsu said. I laughed.

"Serves you right, running of like that, without even answering my question."

"Where did the mark go, I swear, Cana would of had a field trip." He said, still being angry.

"I'm angry at you to. I used something called concealer." I said, putting my scarf back on, for good measures.

"Is that a kind of magic?"

"No, make up. I'm waiting for you to answer my question."

"And I'm still angry at you."

"It was vengeance." I said, going out of the room, and into my own. Natsu followed me.

"For what?"

"Do I seriously need to tell you?"

"If it was about last night, you didn't stop me. I don't see what's so wrong about-"

"About making out with your best friend?! Hold on, let me get Erza..." I said, miming going out of my room. He sighed.

"It was a bit of fun, it's not like it meant anything!" He said back, raising his voice.

"I didn't think that you could think like that! I didn't even think that you would know what love bites are!" I said back, raising my voice to.

"I'm not as clueless as everyone thinks, sorry I'm not a pervert!" He shouted. He was scary, shouting. He never broke eye contact, and his fang-like teeth were bared.

"I wasn't saying that! You have a crush! Don't go round kissing girls like she won't notice!" I shouted, trying not to avert my stare.

"I don't go round kissing girls! It was only you and it was a game!"

"You kissed me! An how on earth was it a game?! I don't want to be on the bad side of a girl that's in love with you!"

"How do you know she loves me!? I love her! Not the other way round!"

"Of course she would! If you love her she loves you. That's how it works!" I shouted back. He opened and closed his mouth.

"Did you love Tristan? He loved you, he wanted to marry you. Did you love him back?" He said, not shouting anymore, but he still had the same anger in his voice. The question took me by surprise. Why would he remember that? And why, of all things, would he use that against me?

"Shut up." I said, my voice lowered to.

"It's a fair question, did you love him? You pretend to be this poor runaway child, but how do I know your not lying for sympathy, after all, I've only known you three weeks." He said, his voice rising again, as he took steps towards me.

"Shut up." I repeated. He was being horrible. Of course I wouldn't lie to him.

"You could be lying about everything, I was stupid to trust you! I can't even be sure that you're called Lucy!" He said, right at me. He was standing there, right in front of me. I lifted up my head, and shouted, letting all my emotions that I had been concealing out.

"JUST SHUT UP! Do you really think I've been making up my nightmares! That the fire was made up too?! That my mom dying is made up as well?! And do you really think that I would ever, ever, lie to you! I have no idea who I can trust anymore, but I was so sure that I could always trust you! To even think I was going with you to my mothers grave!" I said, and angry tears came, as I remembered my mom, and how she was probably watching me.

"Don't give me the 'my mom's dead' act." He said. My mind snapped, along with every bit of sense.

"SHUT UP!" I yelled, as I flung my fist at him. My tears were coming fast now, and I felt weak from crying. I hit his chest, but it didn't have any effect what so ever. "Shut up! Shut up! Shut up..." I cried, hitting and hitting. My crying continued, and I ended up with just my fists against his chest. I felt his arms go around me, and hug me. I cried into his hug.

"I'm sorry. I had to. You've been acting weird lately. I hated doing that, but Gramps asked me to make you cry." He said.

"I h-hate you..." I cried.

"I know. I'm sorry." He said.

"I don't really. I'm j-just saying that..." I continued crying. He laughed.

"Hey Luce?"

"Yeah?" I said, wiping away my tears and looking up at him.

"I'm sorry about last night." He said, grinning.

"I am to. I guess I should of stopped you sooner."

"Can we still trust each other?" He asked, picking up my bag of the floor, and letting me go.

"Yeah, I mean, that's what best friends are for, right?" I said, giving him my best smile. He grinned more.

"Yep. Gimme five." Natsu said, extending out his hand. I hit it, happy again.

We walked to school, well half ran, he was carrying my bag for me.

"Lucy?"

"Yeah?"

"Are you sure you want me to come with you to your mother's grave?"

"If I could choose anyone, it would be you."

"M'kay. How are we getting there?"

"Train, I suppose. It takes a day. We can take the night one tonight, and we should be there before dark tommorow." I said. He stopped walking. "Natsu?"

"Um...I should tell you something."

"What?"

"I have a really, really bad case of motion sickness." He said. I couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"Natsu?" I said.

"Yeah?"

"Can you promise me one thing?"

"Sure."

"Will you answer my question truthfully when we get there?"

"What question?"

"The question that I shouted at you, last night."

"Oh. If you were my crush?"

"yes."

"Okay, on one condition."

"What is it?"

You'll have to wait and see :)I hope you enjoyed, there will be more on the story in the next chapter, I just wanted to clear my mind a bit, so I thought NaLu? Fuck yea! Bisous :* Roji