Chapter 5

Previously

At this point he had both hands pinned around her head and he was nearly laying on her, he wanted more but he knew he shouldn't. He didn't want her to think that sex was all he wanted, he wanted her. He wanted Lucy and every part of her, not just her body. He needed to stop before he went any further, that was when Lucy suddenly pulled his shirt up and started roaming her hands around his back and abdomen. "Luce," he growled "We need to stop."

"Why?" she asked, suddenly feeling hurt, thinking that he didn't want her.

"I don't want to do this. Not on the first date. I want to prove to you that I want more than just your body. I want all of you Luce, and I'm determined to show you that I mean that." He stared down at her chocolate orbs waiting for her response.

"Okay Natsu. We'll wait then. Until you think you've proven yourself to me, we'll wait." She smiled up at him amazed that he was so caring and that he didn't just want her body.

"Good," he grinned at her. "I'll walk you home. It's late."

"Okay." She couldn't get the smile off her face. He actually cared about her. Maybe this relationship will go deeper.

As Natsu walked to Fairy Tail to work on his album he couldn't stop thinking about last night.

Last night was deep and passionate, yet cool and relaxed, and everything just felt so...right. Lucy wanted him just as much as he wanted her.

It was not something Natsu had ever thought could happen, not just the part about actually taking an interest in a girl, but the part where a girl would exist that would want him too.

It was all so new and so different to him that he didn't really know what to do. He figured out that being around Lucy gave him a sense of bravado and semi-false confidence, he didn't know why though. It was just Luce, so why did she make him act this way and feel a different way? He knew he liked her, he wasn't that stupid, but he's never gotten this worked up over a girl before.

"What's wrong with me?" he said out loud.

"I bet it's the fact that you keep talking to yourself flamebrain."

"Huh? What'd you say popsicle stick?" Natsu said.

"You keep talking to yourself. If you don't talk to an actual person you're going to lose it."

"Tch. Yeah right, like you can talk about losing it, stripper. Put some clothes on already, you know there's always paparazzi around since you never seem to have any clothes on."

"I don't even know when I lost my shirt."

"How about your pants icehead?"

"Wha-?! Where're my pants?!"

"This is why you need to lose the habbit not the clothes. I wouldn't be surprised if tomorrow's headlines read: "GRAY FULLBUSTER TAKES IT ALL OFF YET AGAIN! Will he ever gain control of his most swoon worthy habbit? Or will he continue to let it go on?""

"Shut it ash-for-brains. I've got my pants on, which reminds me, I heard you kept it in yours."

"EEEEHHHHH?! What're you goin' on about?"

"I heard you had a date last night but didn't get laid. What went wrong, she not your type or something?" Gray asked.

"Where'd you hear that I went on a date?"

"Does it matter?"

"Yeah actually, it does. How'd you find out?"

"So you did go on a date," Gray smirked. "Lucky for you man. Who was she? She must not be all that important if you didn't bang her. Then again you never really have taken a girl seriously."

Natsu was silent for a moment. "She's different Gray. I want to prove that I really want her before I allow myself to have her. She was plenty willing, but it seemed that she was used to having sex on the first date and that's kind of when I knew for sure that I didn't just want to have sex again. I really like her, a lot."

It was Gray's turn to be silent for a moment. "You're serious about this girl….How long have you known her?" he asked.

"Uh...heh heh...heh...a couple of days?"

"A couple of days?! How do you know if you'll even like this girl Natsu? Honestly, you never do think things through. I just hope to whoever's up there that Lisanna hasn't found out."

"I know I like Luce and nothing will change that! And I may not always think things through, but at least I know what I want. Unlike some people. *cough cough* Gray."

"Hey, I know what I want! I just haven't made my move yet is all…"

"Keep telling yourself that ice princess. Juvia practically throws herself at you, so I don't know what you're waiting on. I think it's just because you're too much of a chicken to admit how you really feel."

"I'm not a chicken, and don't stray from the topic! Does Lisanna know?" Gray asked hypocritically.

"Does Lisanna know about what?"

"You and this girl ya matchstick."

"Oh. I don't know. She was there when Luce and I left, but I don't think she knew we were going on a date."

"I highly doubt that she didn't know it was a date." Gray said knowingly.

"Why do you say that?" Natsu asked.

"Lisanna has a thing for you, and she's known to have….stalkerish tendencies."

"Again with this talk of Lisanna."

"Again?"

"Yeah Bix told me to watch out for her, literally. He told me to watch the crowds when I'm with Luce because Lisanna might be watching us."

"Bixlow would know better than any of us, what with their past relationship and all. It still makes me shudder to think about it. I don't shudder either because I don't get cold or easily freaked out, but the things she did man….straight out of a horror story. He's right, you do need to watch out for her. She has one of the craziest jealous streaks I've ever seen, and since she's been obsessed with you for years as opposed to that year and a half with Bixlow I could only imagine how much worse she would be," Gray exclaimed worriedly. "Man now that I think about it, you're screwed bro. I would keep a close eye on this girl of yours otherwise something might happen to her."

"I think you're overreacting Frosty, but I'll watch out for her. How come I never heard about all of these things that Lisanna has supposedly done? Why don't I know about them?"

"I would guess that she-"

"And don't you say that she threatened everyone to secrecy to keep me from knowing because that's just ridiculous." Natsu said cutting Gray off, also shutting him up.

Gray didn't know what to say. What Natsu had just said was ridiculous was exactly what he was going to say had happened. Although ridiculous was an understatement, it was something that Lisanna would do in a heartbeat. People would listen to her too, because everyone has a story that they want no one to know about and she knows almost all of them.

Not Gray's story though, Gray was not exactly the most open book and he didn't trust people to keep his secrets, so almost no one knows his deepest, darkest secrets. The only person that does know is his brotherly-like frenemy named Lyon, and he's off somewhere with a lesser rival company called Lamia Scale.

Now that Gray thought about it he realized that he hadn't seen Lyon in quite some time, not that he felt like seeing the guy anyway. He was annoying and was part of his rival business, what business did he have visiting him?

Gray realized he was straying off the topic of interest and quickly told Natsu the first thing that came to mind. That way it didn't seem like he wasn't listening, he reasoned with himself. "That's just the thing, she would do that. I don't know if she did it, because she didn't do it to me, but I'm positive she did something."

"I'm going to have to see some of this for myself."

"You said Lisanna showed her around?"

"Yeah."

"Then you've already witnessed the beginning stages. Sorry Natsu, but Lisanna probably already knows more about this girl than you do."

"Her name is Luce, and I don't think so. I know a lot more about Luce than anyone in Magnolia, maybe even all of Fiore. Okay, not all of Fiore, but I know a lot about her. For example, she enjoys the simpler, yet more beautiful things in life. She likes being treated like a princess, although she would never admit it. She doesn't like spicy foods like I do, and is completely infatuated with the stars because her mother taught her about them. She doesn't realize how beautiful she is and she's more amazingly gorgeous because of it."

"You can stop there, I get it. You obviously know the girl, and seem to really like her as a person to get in a serious relationship with. What I mean though is that Lisanna probably knows things like her address, number, where and how she grew up, who she grew up with, what her past jobs have been, any and all violations on her record, stuff like that. Give her a little bit more time and Lisanna will know her favorite restaurant and her favorite meal at that restaurant."

"I think that's taking all this nonsense pretty far don't you think? I highly doubt Lisanna would do any of the stuff you're saying she would."

"If only you knew...anyway I have to get to work. I'm working on a duet with Gajeel."

"Gajeel? Magnolia's best mechanic? He sings?"

"Not a lot, but yeah. He's got a good voice and kills it on the guitar, drums, and surprisingly the piano. He doesn't plan to make it a habit though, or into a daily thing. Just every once in a while."

"Oh, okay….I have to get to Bix anyway. See you later Popsicle head."

"Flamehead."

I can't believe he was the one to stop things last night. The guy stopping things from going further was a first for Lucy, usually the guy went on even after she told them to stop. Not that she wanted to stop last night, but he stopped it and she didn't mind not going any farther for a change.

It was a change she liked. She wouldn't mind getting serious with Natsu, and she hardly ever took a guy seriously.

Not only that but he said he wanted to prove to her that he was serious about her before taking things further. How often did that happen?!

Speaking of things that don't often happen...her identity was revealed by that white-haired, blue-eyed, supposedly innocent, short stack, sickeningly sweet, stalkerish, anger inducing, prodding, poor excuse for a nice girl. When, was the question, since Lucy started work the next day. She couldn't do it that day because she was still fuming about it, a calm conversation wouldn't happen with the way she was now.

Maybe next weekend, Lucy thought. Right now though I need to get some errands done and get ready for my first day tomorrow.

"Yo! Bix! I got some progress on the song!"

"Nice! Let's hear it then."

"This girl she came 'round the corner, looking like a model

Magazine figure, she was shaped like a bottle

Long straight hair, she was fly as a bird

First time ever I was lost for words

Felt so right, it just couldn't be wrong

Love at first sight if that exists at all

I couldn't move, felt like I was stuck

And then baby girl looked up

And I said hey there pretty brown eyes

What you doin' later tonight?

Would you mind if I spend time with you?

And I said hey there pretty brown eyes

What you doin' later tonight?

Would you mind if I spend time with you?

This girl she was a little hottie…"

"And that's all I've got so far but I'm working on it."

"It's pretty good man. I approve your songwriting skills. They could almost be compared to mine."

"Anyway Bix...about Lisanna…"

"Yeah?"

"Could you tell me what she did to you? I've been warned twice now about her and I'm thinking that maybe I should take what you guys say into a more serious consideration."

"Who else told you about Lisanna?"

"The Ice Pick."

"Gray… How much did he say?"

"Just that she's stalkerish, threatening, crazy jealous, so basically like a psycho ex-girlfriend."

"Well that's exactly what she is Natsu. I don't know what you want me to say. Gray seems to have covered it all."

"But I want to know specifically what she did. What made her threatening? How did she act jealous? On what level was she stalkerish? How did she do all these things that she's being accused of? I want to know Bixlow, because it's really hard for me to see my childhood friend as some sort of crazy person who has it out for Lucy just because I'm into someone else besides her."

"I see. I'll tell you, but you have to promise me something."

"Anything."

"You can't bring it up with Lisanna. You can't say that I told you and I highly recommend that you don't bring Gray into it either. You'll see her differently for sure after I tell you everything, but you need to act as if you know nothing. You can try to pull the information out of her yourself, but I doubt you'll get anywhere with that. Am I clear?"

Natsu hesitated. Did he really want to know? Was he really ready to be told that Lisanna wasn't the person he thought she was? "Yes," this was for Luce's protection. Just in case Lisanna really is all of the things Bixlow and Gray said she is he needed to let Luce know and protect her using whatever forces necessary. "I want to know Bix. No, I need to know."

"You may want to sit down, oh and shut the door. This is going to take a while."

Natsu left the studio in a stunned daze. He didn't want to believe it, but they were right. Lisanna was, for lack of a better word, crazy. She was a stalkerish psychopath driven by her insane levels of envy towards other women. Natsu didn't believe Bixlow at first when he said that he would see Lisanna differently, he was wrong. He was wrong yet again. He would never look at Lisanna the same way again, ever. No matter how she appeared on the outside, he knew the truth now and she would never be the same.

What am I going to tell Luce? That Lisanna burned a girl's car to send a message to stay away from her man? That she literally follows you everywhere and watches your every move just to find a weakness and use it to break you? How could he tell Luce that she was in danger without saying it was Lisanna? How would he keep her away from Lisanna? Lisanna seemed to be one of Luce's only friends right now. He didn't want to separate her from her friends, but he had to.

"I guess I could find her at Fairy Tail tomorrow and talk with her," he sighed. How am I going to do it though? Just walk up to her and say "Hey Luce! Guess what? Lisanna is a crazy psycho, and I really think you shouldn't talk to her anymore because she kind of likes me and will try to kill you if we make any passes at each other."

No, he couldn't do that. He would just freak her out and she would probably just call him crazy. Natsu sighed again. I'll just figure it out when the time comes.