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Natsu said into her hair, "I haven't seen you in so long!"

She said back into his shoulder, "An entire year!"

Lucy stared at them, and thought sullenly, 'This is going to be a long night...'

They finally pulled away from each other.

"Oh, we'll be going to the same school, too!" Lisanna said ecstatically.

"I can't wait!" Natsu grinned again. Lucy subtly kicked Natsu's foot.

"Oh, right!" he said and pointed at Lucy. "Lucy, my girlfriend."

"Hi, Lisanna!" she smiled and stuck out her hand.

Lisanna shook Lucy's hand and smiled genuinely. "Hi, Lucy! So nice to meet you."

She looked back at Natsu. "Wow, Natsu. I never thought YOU of all people would be in a relationship. You've really grown up in this past year."

"Yeah," he shrugged modestly.

"So, have you said hi to everyone? And Gildarts said that he would come, too!"

"Really?" Natsu's eyes lit up.

"Yeah! And Romeo's here, too. Come say hi."

"Luce, you wanna come?" Natsu asked.

Lucy didn't really want to be in any more awkward situations, and she trusted Natsu. "I think 'll go talk to Gray and Juvia."

"See you later, then," he said and went with Lisanna.

She lightly waved to their departing figures.

She shouldn't worry about Natsu and Lisanna...right?

So Lucy made her way over to Gray and Juvia. "Gray, Juvia!" she said to greet them.

"Lucy-san!" Juvia beamed and hugged Lucy. "Hey, Luce," Gray nodded.

"So," she smiled. "How are you two?"

"Ya know, pretty good.," Gray shrugged.

"Isn't it so exciting that Lisanna-san is coming to Vermillion?" Juvia clapped her hands together.

"Yeah, definitely," Lucy forced a smile. She didn't really know Lisanna.

"Oh, right, you don't know her," Gray said.

"I just met her, like, a minute ago."

"That's okay. It's so sweet that Lucy-san came anyway," Juvia said.

Lucy smiled. Gray and Juvia kept talking, and they asked Lucy questions every so often. "

She found herself looking around. A lot of the people she had seen at Mira's were here. There were also some people who attended Vermillion, as well. Erza was with Levy, Jet, and Droy. There were streamers hanging from the ceiling, and a large sign that congratulated Lisanna.

"Have you eaten yet, Lucy-san?" Juvia asked suddenly.

Lucy thought for a second. "Actually...I haven't."

"There's a table over there," Gray pointed at a decorated table by the hallway. "I'm pretty sure Natsu hasn't eaten everything yet."

"Oh, okay. Thanks, Gray," Lucy said and walked towards the table. She picked up a paper plate and began to observe the food. If Mirajane made it, it must be good.

But before she could take anything, she noticed something else. Natsu and Lisanna were in the hallway by themselves. At first, she assumed they were just talking. But there was something weird about them.

She stopped paying attention to everything else to focus on the two in the hallway.

Natsu and Lisanna were facing each other, each holding each other's hands. Lucy wasn't exactly comfortable with that. She gripped her plate tighter, staring at them. Natsu was definitely going to hear about this later.

But that wasn't the worst of it. The two stopped talking and just stared into each other's eyes. Then, in what seemed like an hour, they leaned towards each other and landed a perfect kiss.

Lucy felt the empty plate fall from her hands. She backed up, not thinking, and bumped into someone. That someone was holding a glass, which spilled the contents all over, which elicited a scream from the person. Lucy hurried away, not even bothering to apologize. She couldn't think. Because she just saw. Natsu. And. Lisanna. Kiss.

The image was stuck in her mind. She didn't want to go to Natsu. In fact, she didn't want to go to anyone. She just wanted to go home.

Without saying goodbye to anyone, and with the image still stuck in her head, she left the house, and sped walk back to the dorm. Tears were on the edges of her eyes, but she managed to hold them back. She didn't want people to see her in her moment of weakness. Especially since it was late.

As quickly as she could, she went to the dorm. She hurried up the stair, ignoring the people who were staring at her. She fumbled for her keys and opened the door, and as soon as it was shut, she felt the tears spill finally.

It was kind of a relief to cry. Despite the mascara stinging her eyes, she felt comforted knowing that she could let go.

After a while, she finally stopped crying and washed her makeup off. Then she curled up in her bed still in her dress.

Lucy didn't feel like getting up at all. She just thought about Natsu and Lisanna kissing. What had happened after she left? Did they keep kissing? Did they stop? Did Natsu pull away, or Lisanna? Why were they in the hallway in the first place?

Suddenly, she got a text.

[Hey Luce, where are you? I can't find you anywhere]

Natsu.

What a liar.

She began to cry again, with tears pouring from her eyes and sobs racking her body. She tossed the phone to the floor and pulled blankets up to her neck.

Lucy hadn't cried since that fight with her father.

She never thought that Natsu would be the one to make her cry.

Yes, I know. It's short.

Fear not! There will be eventual NaLu!

eventually.

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