High School Reunion

Chapter 13

Plots

Lucy stood up from her bed and yawned. Today was another day, and today also made it two weeks since she spoke with Natsu. She hoped that he took the hint that she wasn't ready to see him. The scars from all those years ago were just reopened with the reunion and she needed time for them to heal over before she can truly figure out what it is that she wanted to do.

She has been spending some time with her friends, enjoying having them back in her life but what she hated was the fact that they always bring him up at least once. Each one of them seem convinced that he wouldn't hurt her this time but how could they be so certain? All those years ago she was certain of that same thing yet it still happened.

How could they know that it won't happen again? She couldn't risk her heart like that once more.

Just yesterday she was surprised when she received the phone call from Lisanna. She invited Lucy to her restaurant for dinner and Lucy couldn't have been happier. Her and Lisanna were getting back to being on good terms and that's the way she liked it.

She had yet to find the perfect home, and wasn't very happy about that so most of the time she spent in her house lazing about. Which is pretty unusual for her since she used to always be so busy. Was it having Sting in her life that made her so busy?

Either way she had spent hours doing nothing but rereading certain books and flipping through channels. The day just seemed to drag by. How did her life become so dull? With a sigh she walked over towards her large closet to find what she wanted to wear to the dinner. Lucy knew that Lisanna's restaurant was rather upscale so she needed something formal. It's been a while, Lucy thought, since she had to wear something like this.

She pulled out a pale pink dress that fell to her knee's and hugged her curves. The strapless dress showed off her bust and she wore a gold necklace with a key charm around her neck. She applied light curls to her hair and a light amount of make-up. She felt funny wearing all this once more but brushed the thought aside knowing that if she wanted to get into Lisanna's restaurant, she was going to have to dress up.

She strapped on a pair of white pumps before taking one last look in the mirror. Pretty good job for not having done this in weeks. She grabbed her white clutch bag before making her way towards the door.

She was happy to be able to spend some time with Lisanna but she had this strange feeling in her gut that she just couldn't place. Why she would feel such a way when meeting Lisanna was beside her but she just shrugged and continued out the door. There was nothing she could do about it.

Walking down the road, she hummed lightly to herself. She remembered that the last time she was here at this restaurant she didn't have the chance to try their food and that night didn't end in the best of ways so she was happy to have another chance to eat there. She has heard nothing but good things about the place.

The walk didn't take long and soon she found herself standing out front, staring at the large sign above the door. The Strauss. Interesting name, Lucy thought to herself as she opened the door to be greeted by one of the employee's.

"May I help you mam?" The young man asked of her. His brown eyes scanned her over before meeting her own with a slight smirk upon his face.

"Yes, I am here to meet with Lisanna Strauss." Lucy responded. The man nodded before ushering her towards a both not far from the entrance. She noticed that Lisanna wasn't there yet so she took a seat and ordered a glass of wine. Once more the waiter nodded before stalking off to fill her order.

She sat there and glanced around at all the other patrons that were here. Most were couples of all different ages. Older couples sat while holding hands, more than likely celebrating their anniversary, younger ones talked and laughed while enjoying the others presence.

She sighed.

Yeah, she missed that sort of thing. The constant companionship of having a close relationship with someone. The warmth and comfort that having a partner provided. Finally the waiter returned with the wine and she took another glance around wondering just what was taking Lisanna so long. She has been here for ten minutes, and yes she couldn't complain yet because she wasn't technically late yet. There was still five more minutes until the time they said they would meet.

She swirled the ruby red liquid around in her glass, her mocha brown eyes watching as people came and went. This definitely didn't feel comfortable for Lucy for the fact that others were looking upon her with sympathetic eyes, each thinking that she had no one to eat with. If only Lisanna would hurry up.

Little did she know that a set of deep blue eyes stood not far away and were watching her every move. Lisanna cursed when she glanced at the clock, unsure of what would happen if things didn't go according to plan. She would give it just five more minutes and if it didn't work than she would have no choice but she go over.

The front door opened quickly and Lisanna smiled once she noticed who had walked in. The man stood there wearing a gray suit with a white undershirt and black tie. He smiled nervously at the man who greeted him before announcing that he was here to meet with Lisanna. She silently cheered once the waiter nodded and began walking him towards the very table that the blond was currently sitting at.

Lucy looked up when she noticed that the waiter had returned, he smiled down at her before her eyes traveled to the man standing next to him. Her brown eyes met with widened onyx ones before she herself shot out of her seat, almost tripping in the process.

"Natsu?!" She asked, receiving several strange looks from the surrounding tables. He himself wasn't expecting this when Lisanna called him. All he knew is that he was here to speak with her about Lucy, not actually meet her and to him, it seemed she didn't know either. Apparently, match making was a family gene.

"Uh, h-hey Luce."

"What are you doing here?" She asked. Was this the bad feeling she was getting all this time? Because she was being set up? Did Natsu know that Lisanna was doing this, did he have a part in this scheme? All these questions circled around in her head and she felt slightly dizzy from the shock.

"Look, I had no idea you were going to be here. All I know is that Lisanna said she wanted to talk." Lucy narrowed her eyes wondering what could Lisanna and Natsu possibly have to talk about now. Yes, she felt guilty for thinking such things but a pang of jealousy worked it's way in her. Why would he come here to talk to her when he was supposedly trying to woe her?

Natsu had to admit that this definitely didn't look good in Lucy's eyes. Simply being that the last time he had spent with her was ruined in such a way. Then the moment he tries to get the blond back, he is found trying to speak with the very girl who had caused the rift between them. Well, she wasn't the one at fault, he was but still he knew that this couldn't look good to Lucy.

"It's not what your thinking Lucy, we were supposed to be talking about you." Her blond brow furrowed in confusion, neither one of them had taken a seat. The waiter had excused himself as he felt the tension rising in the air. Lisanna had warned her staff that such a thing could possibly happen so they were well aware that this might not end well.

"Why would you be talking about me?" Lucy questioned. She was now officially glaring at the man in front of her and could care less that most of the restaurant was staring at them. He adjusted his tie in a nervous gesture causing her eyes to narrow. Now she understands.

They were here to plot.

She scoffed before grabbing her purse and walking towards the exit. She heard Natsu calling out to her but ignored it. The blue eyed girl gasped when she noticed the blond leaving and ran out to cut her off. "Lucy, wait!" The blond stopped and turned with hurt filled eyes towards Lisanna. She felt betrayed for what she had done. "Please, just wait." She panted out.

"Why? So you two can plot against me once more? And here I thought that you wanted to actually be my friend." Lucy crossed her arms over her large chest and huffed.

"It's not like that Lucy. I do want to be your friend but I am Natsu's friend as well and when I see you both so hurt and lonely that I just can't stop myself. I have to help you."

"Why would you want to? I wasn't the only one hurt all those years ago, you were too so why would you help him?" She questioned. The silver haired girl confused Lucy.

"Yes, I was hurt too but I know that Natsu never intended for that to happen. We both know that he didn't intentionally hurt us." She defended. Natsu stood several feet away watching the scene. He hoped that Lisanna could convince Lucy to give him a shot, even if it's just sitting down for dinner. He would be grateful for anything.

"Even if it wasn't intended, it doesn't take away the fact that it happened."

"Yes, it happened Lucy. But that was ten years ago, he wouldn't make the same mistake twice. It's been two weeks since you even so much as talked to him, you wont listen to any of your friends and you wont even give him an answer let alone become his friend on a social network. Now you are the one being hurtful."

"Lisanna st-" Natsu was about to interfere when Lucy raised her hand to stop him. She sighed out, one filled with the frustration and sorrow she was feeling. Yes, Lucy knew what she was doing and maybe, just maybe, Lucy wanted to make Natsu sweat over the idea that he doesn't have a chance with her. She herself wasn't sure what she was going to do about the situation and it seems that she was taking too long to decide for her friends. No matter how meddlesome they were, they meant good. So she couldn't stay mad at them for long.

But what will she do about Natsu?

Everything was just so confusing and yes she would love to have the relationship with Natsu that she had dreamed of all those years ago but couldn't they understand that it's not easy making the change? But here stood one of the ones that was also hurt during that incident all those years ago and she had forgiven him and moved on but for her, why can't she?

Is it because she is actually in love with him? Lisanna had thought she loved the pinkette all those years ago but found that it was just nothing more that a crush but Lucy knew from the start that it wasn't something so simple. No, she knew she loved Natsu from the moment she met him and only fell deeper with each passing day.

And even after all these years, she still loved the man. Even after all the pain and torment she had been put through, she still loves him. Maybe that was her answer, that she would never truly be able to forget him. He was her first in so many things and she had a feeling that her love for him wouldn't stop. It would just lay there in her heart, dormant until she could no longer contain it.

Lisanna looked at the blond beauty with pleading eyes. All she wanted was for Lucy to give him a chance, that's all she was asking for. And that's all that would be needed. Once Lucy did that, she would see just how good for her Natsu truly is.

"Fine, I will stay for dinner, but please don't expect too much."

So sorry about how long it took for this update. In all honesty, I was stuck. I wanted to continue with the story being different but it's extremely hard at this point to not turn to cliches so unfortunately, that's how it turned out. Sorry about it becoming so common but I still hope that you all enjoyed the chapter. Please let me know what you think and I will try my best not to disappoint or take too long with the next chapter!

Thanks so much, you guys are awesome!

Angel.