Chapter 13. Mistakes
As the night went on Lucy had a few drinks and had been mingling with everyone else while Laxus had hardly taken his eyes off of her.
Damn she is hot she should fight like that once in a while she probably wouldn't need to use an ounce of magic she'd be too much of a distraction she could pick 'em off like flies. I don't know how much longer I can sit and wait stupid Natsu said she had wanted to talk to me but she's taking her sweet ass time.
Just then a slow song began to play Lucy had been sitting alone at her table when someone pulled her chair back from it.
"Whaaa!" Lucy squealed she felt a hand on top of hers and she heard a voice from behind her
"you know your date is being a jack ass while he's stuffing his face a beautiful girl like you is sitting alone. Will you dance with me?"
Lucy stood and turned around to face Laxus
"Laxus!"
She let herself be lead out to the dance floor, she started to dance with him, he was holding her very close.
"Laxus I wanted to apologize to you" Lucy whispered to him.
"Lucy you don't have to..."
"No I do everything I said to you was cruel and this whole time you were looking out for me."
Laxus held her tight and brought her closer if it were possible.
"Laxus I can't forgive myself for betraying you like that."
"Your being too hard on yourself blondie."
"Laxus?"
"You were forgiven before you even came her tonight, I meant everything I said that day. That jack ass manipulated you" Laxus gritted his teeth "I wanted to tear him apart that wannabe thought he could come in here and just seduce you."
"Laxus."
Lucy was finding it hard to tell him she couldn't be with him not only because he had been the one talking mostly but it was the way he was holding her. he was warm and he smelled so good everything about him felt right to Lucy, he was strong that was unarguable and she knew he cared for her even though she really didn't deserve it. Not wanting to go back on her decision she just blurted out.
"Laxus I...I can't!"
He looked at her "can't what?"
She sighed it's probably best I don't tell him the reason I'm saying this is because of Natsu I don't want to come between them "I can't be someone close to you."
Laxus loosened his hold on her, in his head he was thinking that he knew there was a good chance she wouldn't feel the same way he had actually been expecting it at one point but all the same nothing could prepare him for hearing the words out of her own mouth. Laxus stared at her then at her lips he remembered how she had tasted he was hurting slightly more than he thought he would and twice as much as he would ever admit. As the song ended Laxus needed a breather he left the party as soon as he and Lucy parted. Lucy watched him leaving she took a step toward the door wanting to tell him how she really felt. Feeling guilty and terrifyingly heart broken instead she turned around and walked back to her seat hoping no one would notice the one tear that managed to escape from her eyes. She sat there alone for a bit until another slow song started playing once more. Natsu came over to her
"Luce did you talk to Laxus?"
"Yes."
Natsu saw she looked devastated and was confused as to why, so he had asked her to dance. As they took to the dance floor Natsu asked
"what's going on? Your not as upbeat as when I left you."
Lucy looked at him "Natsu will you be honest with me?"
"Sure anything."
"How do you feel about me?"
Natsu almost froze mid step oh no there's no way Lucy likes me that way he looked around the hall Laxus was no where in sight oh no did Lucy turn him down for me he had to ask "why do you ask all of a sudden?"
She sighed "Natsu do you like me?"
"Luce you know I do."
"Not like that do your feelings go beyond friendship?"
Natsu had to be honest with her he had said he would he put his hand under her chin and tilted her head so he could look her in the eye "no Luce I'm sorry."
Lucy was awestruck she stared into his eyes
"really?"
"Lucy I love you but only as a guild mate and as a friend."
Lucy was so confused "but I remember you saved me from him and then held me, you brought me back safe you saved my life. Loki said you were keeping something from me I had assumed it was your feelings for me if not that then, what have you you been keeping from me?"
"Luce it wasn't me."
"Huh?"
"It wasn't me, it was Laxus he stopped you, he stood between you and Kane until we got there. Lucy" Natsu sighed "Laxus was the one who held you and as I heard it even stole a kiss, he was the one who brought you back, but he wanted me to keep that from you because he didn't want you to feel guilty or cause you any stress while you were still recovering."
At the news of having been kissed Lucy's actual memories all came back to her and she started to cry.
"Oh Natsu my feelings for Laxus go beyond friendship I've known that, somewhere deep inside for a while now and I just told him I couldn't become close to him, I thought you liked me and I didn't want to hurt you." She cried on his shoulder still hugging him.
"Lucy!" Natsu couldn't believe she'd just give him up although he was touched it would have been for him.
"Natsu what am I going to do? I don't want to be apart from him."
"You need to go. Go now out that door." Natsu pushed her away from him and took her by the shoulders, "Go after him and beg him!" He gave Lucy quick instructions to Laxus's house before she took off out the large doors of Fairy Tail.
