Chapter 2: Secrets

(Lucy's POV)

I walk towards the parking lot, and it hits me. I forgot to ask Natsu what type of car he owns. I throw my hand on my forehead, making it have contact with a loud slap. I can't believe I forgot. I examine his car keys and see the type of car he owns. It was a blue oval shaped brand with three stars decorated in the middle of the blue colored oval. I remember now, he has a Subaru. I wonder if he has the same car as I do?! I walk towards the rows of parked cars and I press the unlock button and I hear a car make noise. I jog forward, hoping I wouldn't fall with these heels on and I found his car. HOLY SHIT! HE HAS THE SAME CAR AS ME?! Well, not really. My car is black and his is blue. I examine his Subaru and I walk around it, just to be sure it's the same model as mine. It's a Subaru WRX STI Impreza and it's the 2015 model! This guy has the same car, just that his is the base color and mine is black. That's a huge coincidence.

I smile and walk to the Subaru's trunk, locking my fingers against the button hidden under the trunk's door. I push the door of the trunk upwards and I gaze at a box of office materials. Now's my chance to see what types of stuff he has in his car. Should I? I look around my surroundings and see that there's no one coming or leaving the garage parking lot. I grab the box and removed it out of the trunk and placed it on the floor. I reach for the trunk's door and push it downwards, closing it. I walk towards the driver's door and open it. I look around quickly one last time and I sit on the driver's seat. I leave the door open and I sit there. I look at his compartments but there's nothing unusual. I go on my knees and and my knees are placed on the driver seat as I stretch towards the passenger's seat. I put my hands under the seat and I feel files of paper. This feels wrong. He trusts me, and I'm here looking through his stuff. That shows how low I am. I sigh in defeat and I make sure nothing is out of place. I climb off the driver's seat and lock his car.

I kneel down and grab the box of materials and place his keys inside the box. I walk towards the building and make my way back into his office. As I reach in front of Natsu's office, I'm about to open the door until I hear screams coming from Natsu.

"What the hell? You really think I'm going to believe that? I'm not stupid!" He inquires. I wonder who he is speaking to. I place my ear on the door and hear his conversation.

"There's no way in hell that I'm signing her over . . . For the last time, no! . . . Alright, I'll see what I can do." I hear Natsu sigh and I hear him whisper a bit, "Lucy . . ."

Lucy? My heart drops into my stomach in great shock. My legs were shaking a bit and I just stood there staring at the door. Why did he say my name? Was that conversation about me? Someone approaches me and he asks, "Aren't you going to enter Mr. Dragneel's office?"

I snap out of my thoughts and lick my lips nervously. I reply to the man's question, "Huh? Oh yeah. I was just . . . thinking."

The man nods and he walks away. I open the black wooden office door, and I find Natsu filling papers out with a hand over his forehead. I clear my throat loudly and Natsu looks over towards me, making me feel nervous. I manage to speak, "Um, I got the box. Where do I station my area?"

Natsu looks at me and he smiles a toothy grin. What made him so happy all of a sudden? He stands and walks towards me and grabs the box from my hands, brushing his fingertips with mine. He makes a "C'mon" move with his neck, and I nod. I observe his appearance, he wasn't wearing his suit's jacket. He starts to walk and I follow him. I see that he's just wearing a white dress shirt that has sleeves rolled all the way up to his elbows. He's still wearing his black dress pants though. He walks to the side of his office where he opens a door and reveals an office that has a station desk ready. I look at the size of it. It's like half of Natsu's office. I smile in amazement and look towards Natsu.

I smile and walk towards the desk—my desk. I stroke my fingertips against my desk that has a computer stationed. I look towards Natsu and I smile, "Thank you so much Mr. Dragneel! I absolutely love it."

The man with pink hair grins and sets the box down on my desk. "You're welcome Ms. Heartfilia. I'm just giving you the best station to work since you'll be working here for one year. Oh and if you're wondering why there's two doors in your office—one door leads to my office and the other door leads you to everyone's working spot, which is all the desks in front of my office."

I nod remembering what he said and keeping it in my head. I snap my fingers remembering something, making Natsu arch an eyebrow. "I forgot to hand over your keys. You have a very intriguing car, Mr. Dragneel. I have the same one for myself but my car is black."

The man chuckles softly, "Thank you Ms. Heartfilia. But I hope you enjoyed your tour in my car, too."

My eyes widen at what he just said. He saw me sneaking into his car? Oh no, I'm totally fired. "I'm so sorry! I know it was wrong of me, but I was just seeing what type of person you are! I didn't mean any harm at all. I didn't steal anything—I was just curious about you. I'm so sorry, and I understand if you want to—"

"Hey, calm down Lucy. It's fine, you were just curious, besides all my assistants have done the same and they usually get the bad idea of me. But, I understand. If you wanted to get to know me, Ms. Heartfilia, there are many ways of getting to know me. You could've just asked." The man said with a smirk on his face.

"I know, but still, I feel guilty." I answer with some regret. I do regret going through Natsu's personal items, but I don't know how to make it up.

The man thrusts his head to my direction and bursts, "Wait, did you mention me firing you? Why would I do such a thing? I'm not Sting that fires his assistant after not getting what he wants from them."

I arch my eyebrow, what did he mean by that? I dig my thoughts behind my head and ask Natsu. "Why do you compare yourself from Sting so much?"

Natsu sighs deeply, "I just—I guess you can say that I'm just irritated that he's still here. I'm not a very cooperative person when it comes to Sting. He's just—just promise me you'll stay away, please?"

I arch an eyebrow at Natsu's request. "I'm sorry for questioning, but what's so important of me avoiding Sting?"

Natsu's grin dissolved into a frown. "That is for personal purposes only Ms. Heartfilia. Please forgive me, but even you have secrets that are yet to be revealed."

I flinch at his comment. What did he mean by that? "S-Secrets?"

The pink haired male in front of me begins to speak but his phone began to ring. He answers his phone and his frown suddenly replaced with a smile. "Alright, Juvia, Send him in."

My boss then grips my wrist and he pulls me to his office. "I'm sorry Ms. Heartfilia, but we will discuss this on another day. My foster dad is coming up here and I want you to meet him, since this business will involve you as well."

I look at Natsu shyly, "Um okay, but can you please let go of my wrist?"

Natsu chuckles lightly and he lets go, "Oh please forgive me."

I kinda miss his hand on my wrist now. His hot temperature of his hands, were unbelievable. Who knew someone could have such an unusual body temperature.

Natsu chuckles lightly as he sits on his office chair waiting for the man—his foster dad. "I'm going to apologize ahead of time, before my foster dad enters the room."

I'm confused. Why would he want to apologize?

"Ms. Heartfilia, what would you do if you were forced in a marriage?" Natsu questions me with his serious tone of voice.

Then it hit me. He's being sold off into a forced marriage. That's when my thoughts were interrupted by the knock on the door. The door is then slammed open and reveals a small man with small bits of hair on each side of his head and he's oddly short. He's currently wearing a hawaiian shirt with khaki shorts. He's the guy from one of Natsu's frames placed on his desk!

The old man smiles at me and waves a hand, "Nice to finally meet you, Ms. Lucy Heartfilia. My name is Makarov Dreyar, and I'm here to discuss business with you and my son here."

I smile at Makarov and I wave back, "Hello, Mr. Dreyar."

He chuckles, "Please, call me Makarov."

I nod in agreement. Then I see Natsu in the corner of my eye and he stares at me like a hawk.

Makarov then places a document in front of Natsu's desk. He clears his throat and looks towards me. "Ms. Heartfilia, how do you feel about being forced in a marriage?"

Oh no.

A/N: That's Chapter 2. I hope you enjoyed. I'm glad I got to do this fanfic all over again and hopefully everything sounds right. Thanks for reading! I'm on Spring Break so for anyone who's on spring break, have a nice vacation!

~Lucy Heartfilia92003