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Erza didn't come last night.

Which was okay, because Lucy didn't want to talk to anyone.

When she got into a fight with her father, Lucy would talk to Natsu.

She scoffed ruefully. 'Can't talk to him,' she thought.

She had cried until she fell asleep. Now, it was morning. And she didn't want to get up at all.

But she managed. She got up, showered, changed. Even without Erza's fashion help, she managed. A black shirt tucked into a pleated plaid skirt with warm leggings. She put on some fur lined ankle boots and a coat.

Because now, she was going to face what she didn't want to: Natsu. She was going to talk to Natsu.

She tucked her phone into her coat pocket and tied a bow into her hair. She was going to work things out today.

So Lucy left the dorm and crossed the university to Natsu's dorm building. His building was smaller, and the door knobs were gray metal, instead of gold metal like Lucy's. She went up the stairs to the second floor and counted doors off until she got to the fifth one on the right. Natsu's.

And ever so hesitantly, she knocked.

But it wasn't Natsu. Sting opened the door and smiled. He was still in his night clothes, plaid pants and a white tee.

"Hey," he smiled.

She didn't smile back. She just tried to peer around him into the room. "Where's Natsu?"

"I dunno. He never got back last night," Sting shrugged. "You okay? You seem upset."

"I don't want to talk about it," she folded her arms, and didn't meet Sting's blue eyes.

They stood in silence for about ten seconds until Sting understood anyway.

"Ohhhhh," he realized. "You came back, but he didn't. Ugh. That doesn't sound good."

Lucy simply swallowed. Holding it in all night, someone talking about it was slightly a relief. Even if that person was Sting. And he was the only one talking.

"Do you know who it was?" he asked.

"One of his friends," she finally said quietly.

"That sucks," he agreed softly.

"It's not like they actually...you know," she said uneasily. "They just kissed. And I saw them."

"Did they know you saw?"

"No. And no one else saw, either," Lucy recalled the image.

Another silent moment.

"You know," Lucy finally said. "I'm sorry. I don't want to bother you."

"It's cool, I don't mind," Sting said quickly.

"Luce?" Lucy heard Natsu's voice behind her.

She froze and tried to turn around.

"Sorry to ditch you, but this isn't my problem," Sting whispered to Lucy, then turned to Natsu. "Hey, asshole," he said and slammed the door shut.

"Natsu," Lucy said quietly, not meeting his eyes. "Where were you?"

"Where were you?" Natsu asked. Lucy could feel his eyes burning holes into her. "You left, like, after ten minutes."

"I'm sorry," Lucy crossed her arms, then finally looked up defiantly. "You kind of left me for Lisanna, anyway. I didn't realize you were paying attention to me."

Natsu furrowed his eyebrows. "...What?"

Lucy simply looked away.

"Oh..." Natsu said quietly, slowly realizing why. "Lucy, I...I didn't know you were there."

"And if I wasn't there, you would have done that anyway?"

"No, I-I was in the moment!" Natsu exclaimed.

"I don't care!" Lucy exclaimed back. "You don't even...ugh!"

Suddenly, Sting opened his door and poked his head out. "Um, I can hear you guys right now. And I'm pretty sure the whole dorm can hear you, too." With that, he closed the door.

Natsu and Lucy simply stared at each other. Lucy could feel her face growing redder in anger, until she finally just turned and walked away.

She thought that she could deal with all this, but she couldn't. She didn't want to.

But the worst part was that Natsu didn't even come after her.

[LINE BREAK]

Lucy decided to take a walk. There was no chance of her going home until the second week of break, so she had time to waste.

The weather was warmer than yesterday, so she could walk comfortably. She didn't even bother listening to music, she just let her mind wander. She started thinking about her novel, and the new character she was planning to put in. He wasn't going to be a main character, but she wanted him to be amiable anyway.

Lucy kept walking until she heard shouts and laughter. She looked to the right, and noticed that she was walking by Mira's.

Should she go in?

With hope that Natsu was not inside, she walked in.

It was delightfully warm, compared to the outside, and the majority of the crowd were students.

Mirajane immediately waved to her from the bar.

Lucy smiled for the first time that day and walked over.

"Hi, Mira," she said.

"Lucy!" she exclaimed cheerfully. "Where did you go last night? Natsu was looking everywhere for you!"

Lucy's smile turned into a sad one. "I'm sure he was."

Mira didn't seem to notice, as she kept talking. "You missed the cake, too! And we even had little speeches for Lisanna."

"That's nice," Lucy said. "I'm sorry I didn't get to congratulate Lisanna."

"It's okay," Mira brushed it off. "You don't really know her yet, do you? I'll introduce you, she's right over there."

Mira went around around the counter and led Lucy to a table near the center.

Lisanna was sitting across a tall man with brown hair and stubble. He had friendly eyes, but a powerful aura.

"Lisanna! Gildarts!" Mirajane interrupted their conversation. "Have you met Lucy?" she asked.

"Yes," Lisanna said, making room next to her for Lucy. "We met at the party. Come, sit."

Lucy sat down.

"Hi," the man across said and shook her hand. "I'm Gildarts."

"I'm Lucy," she smiled.

"We were just talking about school," Lisanna said. "Gildarts is a teacher."

"Really? Where do you teach?" Lucy asked.

"At the middle school around the corner," he said. "All the kids go there. How come I never saw you?"

"I was home schooled," Lucy said.

"Oh," Gildarts nodded. Then, he looked at Lisanna.

"So where's Natsu?" he asked. "I haven't seen him in a while?"

"Natsu," Lucy repeated accidentally.

"Yeah, Natsu. One of my favorite students. Not the smartest, though," Gildarts said, then to Lisanna, "So has he asked you out yet?"

"Gildarts!" Lisanna exclaimed. "Lucy is Natsu's girlfriend."

Gildarts looked at Lucy, who kept a neutral expression.

"Yeah, we've been going out for a couple of months," she explained.

"You don't say," Gidarts seemed amazed. "I never would have thought. He had a big crush on Lisanna before."

"Oh...um, ok," Lucy said. She didn't really know what to say.

"That was then, anyway," Lisanna brushed it off. "It just wasn't meant to be. But I've never seen Natsu this happy, so it's good that him and Lucy are going out."

"Thanks," Lucy smiled a little.

"Yeah, well," Gildarts started getting up. "I better go. But I'll see you later, Lisanna and Lucy."

"Bye, Gildarts," Lisanna smiled and Lucy waved. She couldn't help but think that her and Lisanna were actually very similar. They were both cheerful and happy, but Lucy could see a little sadness in the other girl's eyes. It was a mask, just like Lucy's. No wonder Natsu fell for both of them.

"How are you, Lucy?" Lisanna said.

Lucy found it a little difficult talking to the girl she had seen kiss her possibly ex-boyfriend, but she managed.

"I'm good," she smiled. "I'm sorry I left early, by the way, I was a little sick- But I'm better now!"

"It's all right," Lisanna said. "At least you're better now. It wasn't in the food, was it? Because Elfman cooked, and he's usually very good."

"It wasn't the food, don't worry," Lucy said.

She didn't know what to say after. The image just kept flashing through her mind. Natsu's tortured voice was still in her ears. She felt like there were still tears in her eyes. But she didn't know why this was bothering her so much. In TV shows, girls who were cheated on would be planning revenge or meeting their friends to have sleepovers. But Lucy wasn't like that. She wasn't the kind of person to seduce another guy just for revenge.

But was bothering Lucy was that she had to be nice to Lisanna, who was being so nice to her.

Until Lisanna finally broke the silence.

She said quietly, in a lower tone, "I know you saw us kiss."

Lucy looked at her sharply. "W-what?"

"Don't lie," a sad look overtook Lisanna's face. "I saw you running away."

Lucy just looked away.

"We didn't do anything else, I swear. I don't know why, we just...got in the moment," Lisanna continued. "I know you can't forgive me, but at least understand. I didn't-"

"Don't blame him," Lucy blurted out. She then blushed, and added quietly, "Don't blame him."

"I won't blame him," Lisanna agreed. "But I can't blame myself either. It was us."

Lucy suddenly felt anger at hearing Lisanna say 'us.' Lisanna and Natsu. 'Us' used to mean Lucy and Natsu.

She shook her head and got up. "You two are really meant for each other, huh?"

"No, Lucy, wait-" Lisanna got up, too.

"No," Lucy said. "Natsu really likes you. He used to talk about you a lot, and now he seems to wants to stay with you, too. I don't want to get in your way."

Lucy started walking out. All she heard was Lisanna say sadly, "I'm so sorry."

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I love Lisanna, so I'm trying not to make her the bad guy

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