Walking up to the rooms in awkward silence, I almost want to giggle since with the fast paced run to the limo and all of the photographers, plus the cold midnight air, the alcohol had really gone to my head. Walking along the corridor towards our rooms, I start to giggle at the thought that this is what it really like when you are famous!

"What's so funny?" I hear Natsu ask me while he is still holding onto me.

"Is this really what it is like being famous?" I slur

Natsu just looks back confused "What do you mean?"

"We were just invited to a high class premier and we just had to run away from photographers in our own personal limo! That really is not normal is it?"

Natsu laughs "No it's really not. But yeah….. it is normally just like that. Running away from people becomes part of your job" I laugh at the comment.

Natsu takes out his key card and swipes when we reach his door. "I keep all of the good stuff in my room. Only Gray knows where I hide it." I nod my head and follow him into the room after the third attempt of opening his door with the key card, now walking for myself since I have no need to run. Surprisingly I liked the feeling of Natsu's arm around my waist and I was actually missing his touch right now.

As I sit myself down on Natsu's bed, I see him rather sloppily taking off his jacket and tie. He looks REALLY sexy in a suit I never really got to see it tonight since I was so caught up in all of the events with Laxus and it's taken me until now to realise…Natsu is just as wasted as I am!. I look at the time and realise that it is in the early hours of the morning but I really don't care. I am just happy to be in the room with Natsu, both giggling from drunkenness. Once we calm ourselves down I try to talk to him. I figured I need to be sociable with him if I'm going to be heavily drinking with him.

"Thank you for coming with me today. I really needed the support"

"It's no problem Luce. You know that I would do that for you anytime" I smile knowing that I would do the same for him. He suddenly turns up with a large bottle of whiskey and two glasses. He pours me a large glass and passes it to me. I take a sip while he pours himself a glass and I cough on the taste. It is delicious but wow it burns the back of your throat.

"Sorry. I forgot to mention that it come with a real fiery kick." Natsu laughs. I laugh with him giving him a 'no shit sherlock' look.

Natsu sits on the side of the bed next to me, clinks his glass with mine, takes a swig and looks in my direction.

"So what really happened tonight with Laxus?" He asked.

I feel the warmth of the alcohol calming me and making my brain go a little foggy, so in my drunken state of mind, I let my barrier down to this beautiful pink haired man next to me and reveal the one thing that keeps me from being with Laxus.

I take a deep breath in while Natsu sits next to me patiently "Laxus was my first love. We had been friends since school and started dating not long after we graduated. We were together for quite a while and things were going great, but my Father never really approved of us being together. I didn't care either way because I thought that he couldn't break us up. We just wanted to be happy together. So much so that we talked about moving in together and one day getting married and having kids. I loved him so much and I thought that he was all I ever needed.

One day, just after one of our yearly anniversary, Father called me into his study and told me that he had an announcement for me. Apparently he had been talking to another company that was not far from where I lived and he planned to marry me off to the owner's son Hibiki." Tears started to fall down my face but I did nothing to stop them. Natsu just gestured me to go on as I sat there in silence for a moment.

"Of course I was mortified. I was with Laxus. I was so angry with my Father that he would just marry me off like that without any consideration to how I felt. I did the only thing that I could do at the time. I screamed at my Father saying that I declined the offer. He told me that there was no way out of it and it was final. I had to marry Hibiki whether I liked it or not. So I ran to Laxus and told him everything. Naturally he was as crushed as I was and he promised me that we would still be together despite it all. I didn't have the nerve to run away from home at the time. I just wanted to stay with Laxus hoping that my Father would reconsider.

I stayed with Laxus for a few days, but my Father found us and forced me back home. After about a week or so of trying to see each other and carry on as normal, Laxus turned to me and told me that he couldn't live with the fact that this marriage was still going ahead, no matter how hard I tried to convince my Father. Laxus apparently even went to him and tried to convince him for us to get married instead but my Father was adamant that my future husband was to be Hibiki. I only met him once and we both agreed that we didn't want this marriage to go ahead. Hibiki's hand was just as forced as mine was. Despite this, my relationship with Laxus was going downhill after it because I couldn't stop it. We would constantly argue and eventually he shouted out that he couldn't be with someone who was already promised to someone else." The tears were fully flowing down my face now as my face dropped down to almost a whisper.

"We broke up after that and I never saw him again until now. My Father died not long after that and the contract was broken. I didn't have to marry Hibiki anymore and the company was taken over by my uncle who luckily didn't agree with the arrangement. After the engagement was broken off, I created the band with the girls. I was always good at music at school and I wanted to make something of myself one day. I wanted to prove to my Father that I was more than just a silly little housewife who would cook and clean for her husband and raise his children. I wanted more than that. Luckily, we caught a break and I never got a chance to prove to him that he underestimated me." I sighed as I finish my story. "Now… here I am. But despite it all, I feel lonely. I don't have someone that will love me, hold me and kiss me just because he can. I look at Juvia and Gray and I get jealous. Despite the fact that I am immensely happy for them….I want what they have back."

"Luce….." Natsu says putting an arm around my shoulders leaning my head into his shoulders as I let my tears fall. "I'm sorry that you had to go through that."

"It's okay Natsu." I say finishing my drink and pouring myself another one "I'm just glad that I got to do something that I've always want to do. Laxus and I are okay now and everything is hopefully going to be fine. Tonight just shocked me that's all."

"I don't blame you" Natsu said just holding me. I took a deep breath taking in his scent as I felt my head mould to his shoulder.

We stayed like that for a while before Natsu breaks the silence. "You know, you and I are not all that different" He pours himself another glass of whiskey and takes a large gulp.

"How do you mean?" I slur

"We both created these bands not for our own material gain. It was for someone else."

I lean off his shoulder and look at him taking another swig of his drink. "So why did you create the band?"

Now it was Natsu's turn to take a deep sigh. "Well if you are going to admit something personal I might aswell. Only ice-freak knows this reason. I don't want the others to know."

I don't interrupt and let him continue finishing my drink again and pouring yet another. This heart to heart was just what I need - and with alcohol involved? Perfect! It meant that we were both opening up and as I stare at the wonderful pink-haired man next to me about the share his deepest secret to me as I just did to him, I let me feelings come out and I sympathise with him since we both have a real reason for being here.

"I was abandoned as a child" Wow I was not expecting that! My eyes shoot open with amazement and I concentrate on listening as much as I can as I subconsciously place a hand on Natsu's back and start drawing small circles for comfort. "Techincally I have had two sets of parents." He laughs at my shocked expression. "My real parents died when I was young and I was brought into care under this guy called Igneel. He was awesome and to me he is my Dad. I was only a baby when my real parents died so Igneel looked after me from a very young age. He taught me to walk, talk, read and write. I even got my inspiration for playing instruments from him….He was my hero. I would call him Dad and he would call me his son. The paperwork said that he was my adoptive Father so there was no one to question it. He never hid the fact thought that he was not my real Dad from me. In a strange way I thank him for that since he used to take me to see my real parents' grave since I was little."

"He was my best friend as well as my Dad. But….one day, I woke up to find that he had left me. I was about 13 at the time and he had left a note to me saying that I was a man now and that he had taught me everything I needed to know to get around in the outside world. For the first month or so I was furious with him. He had left me in an apartment on my own to fend for myself. But as time went on, I matured. I know that I am not now but I really was mature for a teenager. I had to be to survive. I still had to go to school and I carried on like nothing had happened. I had a job that paid the bills and I lived there for a good few years. Gray had been my best friend since school and after him badgering me asking me why I never talked about my Dad anymore, I confided in him what happened. I had all of this anger that I was letting out fighting with Gray at school and now he understood why. So, trying to convince me to let my anger out in another form, we started a band, brought Gajeel and Jellal in and…. the rest is history as they say…

…I mean, I know that I created this band as a way of letting out my anger against Igneel, but truth be told, I wanted to get as famous as possible so that we could travel the world so that I could find him. I wanted to him to see me on billboards, on the radio, anywhere that he looked so he could see that I was okay and doing well for myself. I wanted to show him that it was a big mistake to run out on me but to be honest, it probably was one of the best things that he ever did for me. Otherwise I don't think I would be here now."

I just sat there in silence, tears were trickling down my face as I try to imagine Natsu as a young teenager trying to fight to survive while still going to school and pretending that his Father was still around. I couldn't comprehend it.

I face Natsu looking deep into his eyes as I can see him looking at me as deeply as we did in the studio not long ago. I could see into his soul. I could see the lost boy abandoned at 13 left to fight for himself and all I wanted to do was take that 13 year old boy and hug him and tell him that everything was going to be okay. I placed my hand on his face cupping his cheek.

"I know that you will find him one day Natsu" I whisper to Natsu still letting my tears fall. "You will prove to him what an amazing man you have become"

"And I will make sure that you never have to cry again about what happened to you. You won't be sad anymore I promise you." Natsu said wiping a tear from my cheek.

I smile. "Thank you" I whisper and I move to kiss him on the cheek. I give him a quick peck but I end up lingering there enjoying the proximity while I still have it and the jolt of electricity when my lips touched his cheek. I feel Natsu's breath on my cheek and along with the amount of alcohol that I have consumed and the fact that I have had a long unusual day, it makes an overwhelming comforting smell. I can see Natsu moving his head to face me more as I move my head slightly away from his cheek to face him. We are now face to face searching each other's faces for any sign of breaking this silence. The heat in the room rises as I feel my face start to turn bright red. I see Natsu doing the same as his eyes move down from mine to my lips looking at them eagerly. I unconsciously bite a small bit of my lip and I feel a pull as Natsu's face falls towards mine. We are mere millimetres from each other's lips. I know it. There is no turning back now. No one to stop us.

Oh what the hell. You only live once.

Dont hate me readers but I have to stop it right there! Woah things were heating up there! What did you guys think of their back stories? I know that Igneel left Natsu when he was about 7/8ish in the anime/manga but I had to make him older so he could be left alone and could somewhat fend for himself.

Right! Now my dear readers, here is where you lovely people come in! You can guess what scene comes next but you get to make the choice! I have written a lemon scene and a non lemon scene for chapter 17 and I need you all to decide whether you read it or not! The one with the most votes will be released next week. I will change the rating of the story to 'm' if the lemon scene wins! You have until 9pm (GMT) next Monday so GET VOTING!

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