Of course! Just my typical fucking luck! I told my ex-boyfriend no to another go at our relationship because I had feelings for a guy, I sleep with said guy and now his ex-fiancee shows up the night after I sleep with him! As soon as Natsu explains who Lisanna is to him, I remember reading about it in the papers! He had told me about an ex-girlfriend and the papers knew that they were together, but not an ex-fiancee! I could see that Natsu was not happy to be telling me this. He looks…. rather upset really. Too right he should! I am so angry with myself right now! I know that it is not either of our faults. It is just a coincidence. But still! I'm just angry about how today has turned out. As soon as he said about Lisanna, something dropped in my stomach and my heart stopped. Just typical! I have had previous bad experiences with men and this really has to be the cherry on top!
But I don't show this. I just smile and say ok and carry on drinking my coffee. He continues to give me the odd concerned stare as we both sit there in silence while we listen to the others about what they are planning to do when Lisanna gets here. Apparently she doesn't live far from here so she doesn't want to do anything drastic. None of us can really go out anyway because we don't want to be followed and apparently she was more than happy to just hang with us in the rooms today which, after last night, is what I was planning to do until the talk tonight at 5 anyway.
As soon as I could, I run straight up to my hotel room. I know that I showered and got changed this morning before I came down for breakfast but I feel like I need to rub as much of the memories from last night out of my head. I fiddle with my key card trying to open the door when I see Juvia, Levy and Erza behind me.
I fake a happy smile. "Hey guys. Everything okay?" I finally sort out my key card, slot it in and open the door to let everyone in before I shut the door behind me.
"I think we should be asking you that right Lucy?" Erza asks
"Juvia knows what happened last night between Natsu-san and Lucy-san"
"We all do. We all kind of worked it out this morning when Gray and Juvia came out of your room this morning and told us that you two had been together since last night." Levy explained.
I just perch on the bed and put my head in my hands. Immediately I feel someone rubbing my back and I am reminded of Natsu doing that to me last night. I shoot off the bed in protest, shocking Levy, who seemed to be the one comforting me. I need to explain myself.
I shoot her an apologetic expression. "I'm sorry I-.. Doing that reminds me of last night"
"What actually happened last night? It's obvious you two got close last night. Natsu could not keep his eyes off you at breakfast. Especially when he mentioned about Lisanna." Erza asks
"Well…first off…Laxus wanted to talk to me after the movie last night. He wanted to see if we could have another chance….and I shot him down because of my feelings for Natsu, and because of his career and mine, we would never have time for each other and it would never work. I was feeling really upset about it since really I wanted to say yes to Laxus since we did work when we were together, but I knew it was the right thing to do. I got quite drunk on the free champagne and needed to go home. Natsu was tipsy himself, was bored and decided to take me back here. He took me into his room and he found a bottle of some specific whiskey that only he likes out of the four of them, we had a few shots, we both had a very serious heart to heart and told each other why we made the bands in the first place. One thing led to another, more spicy strong whiskey was drunk and…..we wake up in the morning not remembering a thing."
The girls just look at me with surprise. Erza and Juvia were standing up opposite me and Levy was on the bed. They all had the same look on their face….sympathy.
"So…when Lucy-san saw Natsu-san in the morning, what happened?" Juvia asked
"I'm not going to lie to you it was quite a shock. Eventually, we managed to piece together most of the night and remembered that we did actually have sex. After a while of talking, we decided to stay friends…."
There was collective 'oh no' and 'are you okay' interrupting me. "…but Natsu said that since we did sleep together, there must be something there…so he asked me out on a date"
The girl's eyes immediately open wide and the collectively pull me into a group hug congratulating me.
I just laughed. "I wouldn't be so happy about it."
They all let go of me showing me confused looks. "Why?"
"Natsu is just asking me out because he slept with me. It's taken something that drastic to do something about our relationship. I don't even know if he does have feelings for me."
They all look at each other as if sharing their own conversation and then look back at me. "Lucy. We love you and all but what you just said was silly. Of course Natsu likes you! Can't you tell? It's so obvious!" Erza answers
"Exactly Lu-chan. Take our advice and go on this date. If you are not sure if Natsu has feeling for you, one - he would not be asking you out despite what happened last night and two- he would not spend as much time as he does with you in the first place." Levy continues
"Juvia agrees. Lucy-san should go on this date and figure out how things are with Natsu-san."
I just look at the girls one by one as I weigh up my options. Eventually I come to a decision.
"I already said that I would go anyway but sure…I'll go on this date."
They all squeal with delight and hug me tightly again as I laugh at their enthusiasm.
"Hold on…" I hear Levy say making us all be quiet. "What about Lisanna?"
I freeze at the name. '"What about her?"
"Well….you and Natsu aren't exactly dating but she is coming in a few hours. What are we going to do?" Levy asks looking concerned at me.
"We are going to be nice to her and that is it. She doesn't need to know that Natsu and I slept together. It doesn't even need to be said." I explain.
"But what about the papers? Surely she must have read one and thought something of it." Erza asks
"If she has then… fair enough. She was with Natsu for quite a while. They were even going to get married! So surely she would know about the papers exaggerate things anyway. Like I said. I am going to be perfectly polite to her and if she asks, I will tell her that Natsu and I are not dating. Simple as." I smile liking the idea of my plan.
The others nod their heads in agreement. "Okay Lucy-san. As long as Lucy-san is happy, we all are happy" Juvia answers.
"I'm glad. So Juvia." I ask trying to change the subject "Are you glad that you are Gray are now out to the public?"
Juvia turns bright red "Juvia is very happy. Juvia loves Gray-sama so much. Juvia is worried that Gray-sama's fans won't like her and Gray-sama together." We all laugh at Juvia.
"Juvia. Honestly you have nothing to worry about. At the end of it all, you are the one dating him, not them. You are the one that needs to be happy, not them. From what we can tell, you are very happy. Am I right?" Erza asks, forever the wise one in our group.
Juvia plasters a grin that covers her face as she lights up "Juvia is very happy."
"Then that is all that matters." Erza answers.
"Speaking of being happy…." I start giving a look to Levy that makes her face grow very pink. "Anything happen with you and Gajeel last night?"
Levy's face somehow turns an even brighter pink and she starts to shuffle in her seat. That girl is hiding something! "Well.. you know how Gajeel and I have been getting quite close lately?….Well….I kind of told Gajeel that I liked him last night."
"What!" We all scream out loud.
"Guys! Calm down! I basically told him that I liked him….and he kind of admitted that he liked me back."
Before we got really excited for Levy, I noticed the tone. "Wait! What do you mean kind of?"
She shuffled more in her seat. "Well…. I said to him that I really liked him and he replied saying that I should stay by his side from now on because he might lose sight of me and he doesn't like that."
"Awww" we all say collectively "That's really sweet. Especially for Gajeel."
"I know… but we never really sorted out where we stand. I mean are we together, are we not? It's just confusing."
"I know Levy-chan. But it will all work itself out eventually….it has to" I comment bringing myself into my own thoughts for a second wondering what it would be like if Natsu and I worked. I smiled at the thought of how happy I could possibly be with him if it worked out.
"I'm sure that it will Lucy" Erza agrees "Everything happens for a reason."
"So what about you and Jellal? You guys were hitting it off last night as far as I was aware." Levy asks playfully nudging Erza in the arm.
Erza just blushes as red as her hair. "Nothing has happened. I'm quite traditional. I'll wait to see if he admit that he likes me or not. I'm already giving him signs that I like him so…you never know."
Juvia grins and claps her hands "Everyone is loved up! Juvia hopes everyone will get together then everyone will be happy"
I laugh inwardly. Yeah you and me both Juvia.
Yay finally some proper girl talk! I think I may need to rewrite a few chapters and add some more girl talk in! To start off with I loved the comments you guys made about the cliffhanger on the last chapter! They all made me laugh! I'm glad you all liked it and I hope this chapter didn't disappoint! For the record I will not make Lisanna into a bitch. I don't like that some people do in fanfics (I know sometimes it is necessary for stories but remember - in the manga/anime she is a NaLu supporter!) So I vow to make her as sweet as she is in Fairy Tail!
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