Chapter 7: His Old Marriage

(Lucy's P.O.V.)

"I don't care! Don't you know who she is? She's Celeste Manor, the old Sorcerer Weekly model. She stopped modeling three years ago. She would have modeling shoots that was absolutely gorgeous but, she took it far and started having shoots with different guys. She still looks like that modeling slut she was three years ago." Lisanna says rudely—now she bursted my bubble.

"Oh . . . that fuckin' word." I mumble as I grit my teeth. "I'm sorry Lisanna, but you know nothing of what occurred when I was a model. You know nothing about me or the incident, so please stop it." I say calmly.

Natsu looks at me and mouths 'Sorry Luce.' I mouthed back 'It's fine'.

This was going to be a long ride.

Mira huffs and as I look into the rear view mirror, I could see that she turned red in anger. She bursts in screams, "LISANNA COXX STRAUSS! Don't you dare say that word in front of me. Natsu pull over right this second!"

Natsu shivers in fear of the she-devil behind him. "Yes ma'am."

Natsu quickly pulls over at a gas station and parks the car. Mira turns to me and she smiles, and speaks calmly, "Lucy, since my sister rudely talked about you, I will bring up a topic to teach her a lesson."

I shake my head and my hands. "Uh you don't have—"

Mira interrupts me, "Oh, but I must return the favor for you. Lucy, did you know that Natsu and Lisanna divorced because Lisanna was jealous that Natsu had friends that were girls?"

Natsu growls at Mira, "That wasn't the only reason." Natsu loosens up and sighs, "I think it's time for you to know what happened in my old marriage—but first Lisanna, get out of the car. I won't tolerate the fact that you'll mistreat your sister and Lucy."

Lisanna snaps, "You kick me out but no that whore?!" She points her index finger directly at me but I don't react to her. I just stay put watching how she reacts.

Natsu grips the steering wheel tightly. I sighed in annoyance and finally spoke, "Lisanna why are you acting like this?"

"Shut up blonde! Everything was going fine, until you showed up! I was this close," Lisanna showed me a tiny size between her index finger and her thumb—gesturing the size of closeness, "of getting back together with Natsu!"

Natsu slams his fist onto the car's horn, causing the car to make honk. "Lisanna get the fuck out of the car right now! We divorced and we had a great friendship after! We were friends since childhood and now you just ruined everything between us. I lost respect for you Lisanna, and until you act right with Mira, Lucy, and I—then we'll talk."

Lisanna gasps at Natsu's sudden outburst and she glares at me and then gets off the car. I look at Mira and I could see her looking out the window. I sigh and clench the hem of my dress, in confusion. Why is he getting so angry? I look at Natsu and see a vein ready to pop on the side of his forehead. I look out the window and I could see Lisanna walk away from the car heading towards the bus station near. I look at the dashboard and in the corner of my eye, Natsu looks at me, "Sorry Luce, she's been getting out of hand. I apologize for my screaming. You deserve every right to know about my old marriage, but I just didn't want Lisanna to be like this—and the exact thing happened either way."

Mira looks down at the floor clenching her dress, "I'm sorry Lucy and Natsu. I . . . she's been changing ever since she met you, Lucy. I'm so sorry. I tried to reason with her but she's—"

"It's fine Mira. Natsu you don't need to apologize. We should go pick up Laxus before it gets late—It's already 5:29PM." I suggest and everyone nods. The party didn't start until 6:30, but Erza specifically requested for us to arrive thirty minutes before.

Natsu turns on his engine and swerves out of the gas station and heading into the freeway. Natsu sighs and continues driving, "Listen, I don't think Mira knows the real truth about why I divorced Lisanna . . . so I think it's time for both of you to know."

I look at Natsu and frown, "Natsu, you don't have to, no one is forcing you—and until the time is right, I think that's when you can tell us."

Natsu smiles, "This is the right time, after all I trust you two."

Mira and I nod, and Natsu continues, "I married Lisanna about two years ago and well, we were happy. We thought nothing could ever come between us and it was the most anticipating feeling. The night of our honeymoon—we did it. The honeymoon was three months after the wedding, but when I woke up, she wasn't in bed, but I saw her talking with a one her friend's, Bickslow. I thought they were just friends, no harm done. So I left the room we were staying in and went to surf. We went to Akane Beach and I we had the beach house, so it was close for us. I met with some high school friends and we caught up—that's when Lisanna came. She pulled me by the hair and told me that I had to stay away from girls. I thought she was joking and and I left it at that.

"But when we returned, she was constantly on her phone. I didn't mind at first, but day after day she was always going out with her 'friend'." Natsu stopped and gestured the quotes on the word friend. He continues, "I got suspicious so I decided to follow her one day, and I found her having a make-out session with that guy, Bickslow. The next day, I ran to you, Mira, and I asked for divorce papers. I'm a businessman and I wasn't going to go through Lisanna's bullshit, so we were only married for four months and after two months of the divorce, she told me that she didn't want any awkwardness between us, so we decided to stay as friends, but at that time I needed my space. A year later we went back to being just friends. I wasn't going to let a divorce come between us, after all she's my childhood friend and I wasn't gonna lose that friendship we had."

Mira gasped. I look at Natsu in worry. He suffered through a divorce and his ex-wife had an affair. I look at Natsu, "I'm sorry to hear that Natsu. I didn't know that your last marriage ended badly, but at least you both made it better."

Natsu shrugs and he smiles softly, "I have feelings locked away that makes me want to stay away from Lisanna, but I avoid them. Besides, I'm glad that divorce occurred."

I snort, "Jeez, Natsu. It seems like you moved on easier than I thought."

Natsu chuckles softly and Mira as well, "That's not what I meant. I got over it but sometimes I feel like I wanted to go back in time and never get married, ya know?" He pauses and grins widely, "I'm happy that we had a divorce because if I hadn't, I wouldn't be able to meet you . . . and well marry ya."

I smile warmly. Natsu's gone through so much and he treats me with kindness. I begin to fidget at what he said, and I try to hide my blush. I look at Natsu, "I'm happy I met you, Natsu. But, it only seems fair that you shared something with me, so I'll return the favor."

Mira squeals in delight, "NaLu! I'm so going to tell Laxus about this! By the way, NATSU DRIVE FASTER!"

Natsu shivers once again, "A-Aye . . ."

I giggle at Natsu's scene, we've been driving for ten minutes and we were five miles away from the airport. I clear my throat. "The amulet you got from my mom, was a test."

Natsu chokes on his own spit but he keeps his eyes on the road, "What?!"

I nod slightly and Mira answers, "Oh this is getting better and better by each minute."

"When I was twelve, my mom and I made a game up. It was called A Lover's Tale. My mom would tell me the story of how she met my father, so I decided to make a test for my future lover." I stop mid-sentence and I could see Natsu smirking and Mira amazed. I shake my head side to side. I look at the rear view mirror and I could see everything so different. I imagined finding true love in so many ways, but I hope this doesn't end badly. "I made a test that if my future lover were to do something "heroic" and something warm-hearted . . . my mom would have to witness it. If they passed the test, she would hand them the amulet and that would mean they passed. The amulet has been passed down from generations to generations. So, when Natsu gave me the amulet, well . . . he basically passed the test." I wipe a tear that fell down. My mom passed away because of cancer . . . maybe right now she's proud of Natsu, I just hope she's up there in heaven.

Natsu smiles and he speaks, "I'm honored I won—but I don't deserve it, you do."

I look at him dumbfounded, "Eh?"

Mira chuckles, "Lucy, he meant that you deserved to win because you won him."

I begin to feel my face heat up. I look at Natsu and flashed me a genuine grin. I blush a deeper shade of red, and from a distance I could see the freeway exit that heads towards the airport. My phone starts to ring once again and it was unknown.

"Hello?" I say into the phone.

"Lu-chan! It's Levy! I've arrived from Paris!" Levy yells into the phone.

"Weren't you supposed to return next month?!" I yell back into the phone.

"Tsk, Tsk, Tsk, I see when I'm not needed. You replaced me with Natsu didn't you?!" She screams into the phone and I think Natsu heard since he smirked.

"It's not like that! It's just—Nevermind." I say into the phone and put the phone on mute.

"Lu-chan! Take me off of mute right this second!" Levy screamed. But, I hung up on her.

"Well, that was unexpected." I say awkwardly.

Natsu chuckles and Mira speaks, "You do know she's pregnant, right?"

My eyes widen, "WHAT?!"

After Mira and Natsu explained that Levy was seeing Gajeel, I solved the puzzle and texted Levy why she didn't tell me, and she replied with:

Levy-chan: That's what you get for replacing me with Natsu! ;)

I roll my eyes at her response. We were only two minutes away from Mira's party, which was being held at Vermillion Mansion. Natsu was driving up a hill, but instantly started to groan—since in the back seat, Mira and Laxus are literally biting each other's neck. I clear my throat and announced, "Well we're almost there!"

Natsu sweatdrops, "Finally."

When Natsu parks his car in front of the mansion, a man parked the car for us. I gaze at the humongous mansion in front of me. It was three stories big and it had huge rectangular windows that revealed people dancing on the second floor. The first floor seemed to be the game room, since there were pool tables and people drunk. The third floor windows reveal the main room where I could see a scarlet haired woman—Erza yelling at a shirtless man—Gray.

Natsu offers me his arched arm and I hook my right onto his left. We walk in and I could see people pissed drunk and already hungover. Natsu and I walk along with Mira and Laxus, but everyone eyed us.

Natsu whispered into my ear, "Don't let anyone get near you. You came with me and I don't want no one touching you irresponsibly."

I arch an eyebrow, "You don't trust me?"

He shakes his head and whispers, "I don't trust him."

Sting.

I could see him in the corner with a cup in his hands. He was looking at us and Natsu was glaring. We walked up the stairs that lead us to the second floor where the ballroom was. I could make out everyone with long poofy gowns and I was the only one with a small frilly dress. I blush and look at Natsu.

"I'm gonna get us some drinks, Levy should be coming in 3 . . . 2 . . . 1" Natsu says and I could hear someone yell my name from afar.

"LU-CHAN!" Natsu and I laugh and I make my way to Levy. I could see a tiny bump on her stomach which was actually really cute.

"Hiya Levy-chan! Thank you for the dress and Natsu's tux." I smile at the blue haired woman in front of me. She was wearing a carribean blue dress that reached down her feet.

"It was no problem, Lu-chan. I wanted you and Natsu to have the sexiest clothes at this party, which quite frankly was a success since everyone is literally eye raping you. Your breasts aren't even showing that much so that was a good thing, but your butt is a different story." She says and points at the back of my dress.

I had to agree with her this time. The back side of the dress reveals my whole back and covers down to my lower back. "I know but it's a beautiful shade of red."

"I got it because Erza said Natsu likes red." Levy reassured. She smiles, "He's possessive when it comes to you, ya know."

"He is?" I question.

"You're denser than a rock, of course you wouldn't notice that." Levy says as she face palms herself. "I called yesterday asking if I could talk to you but Natsu said that you replaced me with him." Levy shows a fake tear coming down her face.

On cue, Natsu comes towards us and wraps his hand around my waist. "Levy."

Levy looks at Natsu and glares, "Natsu." She looks at me and back at Natsu, "You hurt her and I swear to god I will cut your balls off."

Natsu sweatdrops, "That isn't necessary. Besides, I heard Gajeel walking in."

Levy instantly ran downstairs to look for Gajeel. Natsu and I laugh at Levy. I still remember the day I met Levy.

"Hey blueberry! That was the last copy of Dragon Soul!" Little Lucy says as she sees the blue haired girl grab the last copy of New York's Bestseller: Dragon Soul.

The petite bluenette responded coldly, "Just read the author's second book, Lightning Advantage."

Lucy clenched her fist and she spat, "I had that on hold! Give it to me!"

The Librarian observed the two twelve girls fighting for a book so she walked over, "Why don't you both read it together?"

The two girls looked at each other and smiled at the idea. "I'm Levy McGarden." The blue haired girl said.

"I'm Lucy Heartfilia." The blonde replied. The two girls skipped towards a desk to read the book together.

"Don't forget to read Ms. Trinidad's new book, A Demonic Touch! I bought two copies." The Librarian yelled out. The two girls ran to get the new books and check them out. After that encounter, Levy and Lucy became friends because of that strong connection they had towards books.

I smile at my memory, but it was interrupted when I heard Natsu growl. I look at him and I could see that he was glaring at the blonde man and dark haired man that was walking towards us.

"Natsu, I didn't think you'd come—or you Ms. Heartfilia." Sting said observing Natsu and then me.

"Lucy, it's you again!" The black haired man said in all black. Rogue.

"Oh, hello. Wait, you know Sting?" I ask with an arch eyebrow.

Rogue smiles, "He's my stepbrother."

Sting smirked at Natsu, "Dragneel, can I have this dance with Ms. Heartfilia?"

Natsu growled, "She's not a Heartfilia anymore."

I look at the two males in front of me and sigh. "Natsu calm down. Sting, stop."

Natsu calms down and he clears his throat, "Lucy, do you want to dance with Sting?"

I look at him and look at Sting. But, something was off . . . especially with Natsu. I shrug, "Just one song and I'm done."

Sting offered me his hand and I took it. He walked me towards the dance floor and he held one my hands and wrapped his left hand around my waist. "Try something and I'll kick you into oblivion." I say coldly.

Sting chuckles, "Of course, Lucy."

As we dance, I could make out Natsu staring at us but I appreciate the way he looks out for me. But, what I don't get is, why does he care about me that much, if we barely met four days ago? As Sting twirls me around, my frilly dress encircles when I twirl. I look up at the ceiling and question my mom hoping she hears me. Why does Natsu care so much? I bump into something hard and realize that person intertwined their arms around my waist and hugged me close.

"I think that's enough for now, Sting." Natsu says. My ear is directly on top of Natsu's heart and I could hear it beating—quickly.

"Since when have you been in charge pretty boy?" Sting protested. Natsu suddenly hugged me tighter and held me in his arms possessively. Why is acting this way? Why am I so important to him, if we just met?

Natsu retorted, "Sting, that's enough. I'm serious."

Sting smirked at Natsu, "You're just acting all protective because you bought her as if she was a mere slave."

Natsu responded with a growl, "That's not true! I took her away from you. I never meant to drag her into anything! I never wanted Lucy to suffer under you! I've seen you do it to one company heiress, I'm not letting you take my Luce. I grew up a fucked up life because of my stupid mother and I'm not letting you take Lucy away from me like what her parents did when we were younger!"

My eyes widen, "What?"

Sting begins to laugh, "You never told her! Hah! This whole relationship that you two have is filled with secrets, mate. Lucy, you don't remember Natsu because your father never wanted you to marry him since he was just a street rat."

I look at Natsu and I could see him sweat dropping. I look at Sting, "You may be right Sting. But that doesn't mean that we could fix it. If it's filled with secrets, than so be it. We'll reveal them one day when we're both comfortable. I may not remember Natsu, but that doesn't mean he can help me. I'm not going to let people ruin this for me or for Natsu. He's gone through enough. I think he deserves a happy ending." I pause and look at Natsu, "Let's go home."

He nods and we walk to Mira and apologize. We decided to celebrate her birthday on Sunday, two days from now. Natsu and I head out and I could see Sting clenching his fists. I grab Natsu's wrist and I drag him to the entrance of Vermillion Mansion. We ask for Natsu's car back and we hop in, but we stay still.

Could it really be possible that I knew Natsu way before? Is that the reason why he formed an alliance with Jude—so he could be with me?

"Lucy, I'm sorry. I've held secrets from you that were meant to be shared, but I just don't want to scare you away. I never meant for any of this to happen." Natsu says clenching his fists.

I extend my left hand and held his right hand. "Then please start from the beginning."

Natsu chuckles softly. "This is how it began."

(Normal POV—Flashback)

Natsu and Happy were wandering around looking for a park. Makarov had barely adopted them three months ago, and they were looking for a park to play in. Makarov was currently speaking to a man that was the boss of Fairy Tail Corporations, but the boys thought it was boring so they decided to head to the park. As Natsu carried the blue feline, they finally made their way at the entrance of Hargeon Park—which was in fact a huge distance from Magnolia. Natsu put the cat down and ran towards the dragon slide that was displayed for the kids to play in. That is until Natsu heard someone crying.

He looked down at the blue cat that was following him, "Are you crying Happy?" Happy responded with a meow, and Natsu took it as a 'no'.

He heard loud sobbing so Natsu decided to follow it. He ran away from the dragon slide and ran around the perimeter of the playground. The sobs got louder as he got closer to a small hideout under the stairs to climb up the slide. He crouched down and crawled his way through the small hole and went through a red tunnel. The sobs got louder and finally, it revealed a blonde little girl that was the age of four? Natsu had barely turned eight two months ago, maybe she was older?

The pinkette got near the blonde little girl and he sat next to her. "Are you okay?"

The blonde with red irritated eyes looked at the pink haired boy in front of her, and she responded to his question. "My daddy left me at the park 'cause he said I wasn't his daughter no more. My mommy saw what my daddy told me, but she never came to get me."

The pink haired boy called out to Happy and the blue cat ran in and walked to the blonde. "How long have you been here?"

The blonde looked at him and she started crying again, "They left yesterday and I've slept here throughout the night."

Natsu's eyes widened at the blonde, "You were sleeping here in the cold?"

The blonde shook her head, "An old lady that sleeps here in the night let me borrow her blanket and before she left at dawn she needed the blanket back, so I had to give it back."

Natsu looked at Happy and back the blonde who was now petting Happy. "Do you need somewhere to sleep in? I could ask Gramps if he could take you in with us."

The little girl began to sob even more, "No, I want to go home! I want to be with my mommy, but she doesn't love me either."

Natsu hugged the blonde and he asked, "How do you know that?"

The blonde responded, "She told me."

Natsu began to shed tears, "My dad left me too. He left because he needed to do something, but my mom never wanted me. She gave my me to my dad and she left the next day. He left me by myself five months ago, but Gramps found me. He'd love to take care of you."

The blonde looked at the pinkette, "You think so?"

Happy meowed and both kids laughed.

Natsu reached his hand over to the blonde, "My name's Natsu Dragneel and I'm eight. That blue cat is named Happy. I found him the night my dad left me."

Lucy smiled at Natsu and she took his hand and shook it, "I'm Lucy Heartfilia and I'm five years old."

The pinkette helped the blonde come out of her little hideout and they both traveled together all the way to Magnolia. Natsu and Lucy got to know each other and they both fought during the journey to Magnolia, but a friendship blossomed between them. Lucy forgot everything about her parents and everything left back in Hargeon—because the only thing she worried about was the pink haired boy named Natsu and his blue companion, Happy.

When they arrived in Hargeon, they found Makarov and Natsu explained everything to the short old man, and he agreed on keeping Lucy. Two months past and Makarov was about to turn in the adoption papers. Both children had gotten along and Makarov made papers for the future that were now submitted. He had decided to make Natsu and Lucy the heirs of his company when they came to the right age. He knew that love will eventually blossom for the two kids. He was about to turn in the adoption papers, until he saw a banner.

Lucy Heartfilia

Age: 5 Height: 2 ft 9 in

Blonde hair, brown eyes

Please return her to us, Jude and Layla Heartfilia.

(xxx) xxx-xxxx

Reward: 100,000,000 jewels

Makarov decided to do the right thing and return Lucy to her parents, but it wasn't because of the reward, but because he loved his child and he wanted to do the one thing that was best for her.

When Makarov told Natsu the news, he protested many times but he decided to agree—with one condition. Makarov drove the two children towards Hargeon and they met with Jude and Layla. When Lucy saw her parents, hatred grew inside of her.

"Gramps, why'd you bring me to these people! They don't want me!" The blonde yelled as tears bursted.

Natsu held onto Lucy's hands and he smiled softly, letting his tears escape. "Luce, your dad and Gramps made a deal. We would give you back to them because they're your parents, I never wanted you to leave but it's for the best. Gramps told your dad that we'd return you back to him if he allowed you to come visit us and allow me to visit you." Natsu paused and he hugged Lucy in tight possessive hug. He kissed her forehead and he spoke again, "Promise me you'll remember me and you won't forget anything. I'll be back soon. I'll always protect you Luce, I promise."

After Makarov and Natsu said their goodbyes to Lucy, Jude took out his checkbook but Makarov smacked it off his hands, "We didn't return her for the money, we returned your daughter because that was the right thing to do. I don't want your money Mr. Heartfilia, all I want from you is to let Natsu visit Lucy when he wants to. Next time, you should watch what you tell Lucy, because the next time you hurt her, she'll never forgive you or her mother."

With that Natsu looked at the blonde thirty-year old man. "Take care of Lucy for me, old man. I'll come back and I'm going to sweep her off her feet. The next time you see me as an adult, is on Lucy's wedding day—her wedding with me." The pinkette grinned and the blonde male couldn't help but smile at the eight year old's comment.

Years past, and Natsu kept his promise. He would visit Lucy three times each month and now Natsu was fifteen and Lucy was twelve. They headed to the summer festival that was held in Magnolia, so Lucy's parents allowed her to go with Natsu. Natsu had a crush on little Lucy, and Lucy had a crush on the pinkette. They would hang out much more then they use to; Lucy would do anything just to hang out with Natsu.

Until, the day of Natsu's sixteenth birthday, Lucy had an accident that involved a certain white haired girl—but Natsu still doesn't know who was the cause of Lucy's accident until present day. The white haired girl, Lisanna, was jealous that Natsu had a crush on Lucy, so when Lucy was about to climb down the stairs and head to Natsu's little party in the living room—from heading to the bathroom. She pushed little Lucy off the second floor of Natsu's home causing her to fall off the balcony. She had bashed her skull, broken her arm and dislocated her ankle, but she survived. That is until the twelve year old lost her memory of Natsu and what happened in the past. The only thing she remembered was her mother and her father.

Natsu tried to help Lucy remember him, Makarov, and Happy; but all Lucy did was ignore him or cry calling him a names that broke Natsu's feelings. Two months after Natsu found out about the accident, he decided to call off the deal with Jude. He couldn't force her to remember anything and it made his heart break even more. He had lost his important childhood friend and the only person he truly loved. Until that day, Natsu changed. He turned into a man who never wanted love, and all he could do is wait . . . hoping he'd encounter the blonde that he saved a long time ago.

(Back To Present Day—Lucy's POV)

After Natsu explained the whole story of our encounter as kids, tears fell down. Natsu continued, "I waited for you Luce. I couldn't accept the fact that you were gone, so I waited. So the truth is, when I went to your dad's bargaining, it was because I heard that he was going to sell you. I kept records on you Luce. I never stopped looking for you. So that night, I took the opportunity and went to the event. I wasn't going to let anyone take you away from me . . . not a second time. So as much as it sounds bad, I bought you so we could be together once again. I'm sorry Luce if you don't remember but I remember everything. That important thing that they stole, was a picture of you and all the locations I had put away. I know every single tragedy, every job, and every school you went to. It may sound stalkerish, but I wanted you back and I couldn't lose you just like that. That's why I always apologize to you or thank you more than I'm supposed to, because I'm scared of losing you. I knew you way before I knew Lisanna so, even if you stayed with Gramps when we were younger, we would've gotten married either way. I'm so—"

I interrupt him by kissing his cheek. I smile and let the tears fall, "Thank you Natsu. As much as I want to remember, I appreciate everything you've done. It made me understand why you're always possessive with it comes to me and I really love that about you."

Natsu cups his hands around my cheeks and wipes the tears away with his thumb, "I love you Luce."

I tear up even more. "I'm sorry Natsu, but I can't say it back."

Natsu leans in closer, our lips about to touch, "Yeah you will . . . later on."

I lean in closer, closing the space and let our lips touch gently and Natsu kisses me passionately holding onto my back. His lips were so warm and passionate—but something wasn't right. My head starts to hurt and I pull away from the kiss and hold my head. "Sorry Natsu, it's just—my head hurts."

Natsu smiles softly and hugs me close to him, "It's alright Luce, let's go home."

Everything hits me with just one hit. All the memories I had as a child, all the memories where my parents treated me like garbage and all the memories with a pinkette, Happy, and Makarov came rushing through my head. "N-Natsu . . ."

Natsu looks at me before he turns on the engine, "Lucy, what's wrong?"

"I r-remember." Was the only thing I manage to say and my eyes slip away and close.

The last thing I heard was Natsu yell, "LUCY!"

A/N: Here's chapter 7! Oh and the titles I used in this chapter aren't real stories—yet. They're actually my novels that I plan to publish when I'm older so please don't steal my titles. Thank you! I hope you enjoyed! I was literally crying as I wrote this chapter. Anywho, please review and I'll see ya next time! Sorry I made Lisanna and Sting be such dicks and assholes, but that's just a way to entice the story. Thanks!

Next Chapter: Lucy's Past Part 1

~Lucy Heartfilia92003