"Don't forget to write me letters," Lisanna reminded Lucy. "I love the letters you write and I expect lots when I get to Edolas. I like your vintage stationaries with pink hearts on the bottom."

"I won't forget," Lucy laughed. "But you need to call me and video chat with me every once in a while when you're not busy."

"No promises," the other huffed then grinned. "But I will."

And just like a contract, the two girls seal their deal with a hug before Lisanna says her goodbyes to the rest of her siblings. With that moment they were having, Lucy suddenly felt out. She realized how lost she was going to be now that Lisanna was gone, her closest friend, so close that if anybody ever asked if they were close, she would say no and that they were sisters instead.

Lisanna was heading to the checkpoint before she turned and called out to Lucy.

"What?" She asked from the outside.

"Don't fall in love yet!" Lisanna yells. "Focus on school!"

I was in love, Lucy thought as she says yes. But it's not like the feelings were mutual.

On the way home, Lucy was silent. Mirajane and Elfman exchanged sad glances before they shook their heads.

"Hey Lucy?" Elfman called out. "I'm really glad you're with us."

Lucy knew they were being kind and comforting because Lisanna was gone and that she was the one that was going to miss her most, besides Natsu. But she was grateful that they were trying to lighten the mood. She was thankful that at times like these, she wasn't alone. She had company.

"I'm glad I have you guys," Lucy says softly. "I wouldn't know what to do if you guys were gone too."

Honestly, she really wouldn't know. Even though she clearly convinced herself that she didn't belong with the Strauss once Lisanna was gone, she didn't want to leave. There were so many things they've done together as a family, and they became more family than she and her father was every since her mother passed away. With them, she had the siblings she thought she'd never have, and family doesn't necessarily mean they're blood.

Once they got home, Natsu was leaning on the porch. He was half asleep with his arms crossed to his chest and his legs crossed on the grass. Every once in a while his head would slowly drop then perk up, drop then perk up, and Lucy walked closer to him with a giggle. She took her phone out and took a picture of him. But she forgot to remove the flash and it was too late when she shot the photo. The flash was so bright and her phone wasn't on mute so the shutter was loud and clear. Natsu was fully awake a couple of seconds after that and his eyes widened.

"Did you just take a photo of me?"

Lucy gaped. "I-I didn't!"

"Delete it now!"

"I didn't take a photo!"

"Luce! I heard it. Delete it!" He reaches for her phone.

Lucy swats his hands away. "It was just one photo!"

"So you did take a photo! Delete it!"

The two of them were struggling over the phone. Lucy was trying to move away from Natsu but Natsu was stronger, taller—and at one point he was able to take the phone. Just as he was about to delete it, Lucy was watching him with a pout on her face. With a sigh, he returned the phone without doing anything to it. The girl's head went up.

"...Just don't show it to anybody," he mumbled before he walked inside the house where Elfman invited him over by the door. Lucy smiled wide in accomplishment.

"Why didn't you see Lisanna off?" Lucy asked, walking beside him.

"I don't think I'm the last person she wanted to see," Natsu replied sadly but grinned. "But that's okay. I wished her the best. She called me when she was on the plane."

Lucy was surprised. "She did?"

"Yep. Didn't expect it though." Lucy didn't expect it either.

While the others were preparing dinner, Lucy decided to go to Lisanna's bedroom. Lisanna sat on the of the bed, her eyes darted around, tracing the edges of her drawer then the picture frames she had by her lamp. Then she noticed the drawer was half open; Lucy reached out to open it all the way to reveal Lisanna's journal.

She knew she shouldn't have opened it, but by the time her conscience got the best of her, she was at the end of the page, and her eyes widened when she opened the letter.

Lisanna,

I know why you broke up with me, and it's not because you don't love me anymore. You can't hide the truth because I know the real you.
Don't think I haven't noticed the distance you've given ever since we had sex. After the things we did, I know you don't want me around.
But you're leaving and there's nothing I can do about it. The one thing I'm going to say is that I'm not going anywhere.
We're over, but I'm still doing what we used to do, with or without you. I lost you, but I'm not going to lose Lucy too.
If I lost Lucy, then I don't know how I'm going to have the hope I have left to look for Him.

Natsu

Shoving the journal back to where in belonged, Lucy ran to her room with tear-filled eyes with her heart full of guilt. She could hear Mirajane call her name out for dinner, but Lucy said she lost the hunger she thought she had on the way home.

She was unaware of why she hurt so much over that letter. Maybe it was because Natsu and Lisanna did it, or maybe it was something more.

Maybe it was because she still liked Natsu.

She stood up, wiped her tears away before she opened her closet. She moved boxes on a side and reached for a black box with purple swirly vintage patterned all over it. It was filled with envelopes filled with letters; the white ones, which filled up most of the box, were embedded with an L, and there were two red envelopes. Taking her chances, she opens one of the red envelopes and her eyes lit up. It was her love letter for Natsu.

Dear Natsu... she read through. The feelings that she thought she lost were creeping back to her. It was just wrong.

But when she took out a pen, she started to write on where she left off years ago.

PS. After what I found out, I'm really hurt. But I might still love you after all...