The Red String of Fate [ NaLu ]

Chapter 18

The sudden call of "we're home" rang through out the house. I snapped awake. Shiori was home.
"Make me some coffee would you?" So was father! This was a nightmare. I shook Natsu. He groaned
"5 more minutes" slurred from his slumber.
"No Natsu! Shiori and my father are home!" That made him shoot up. I pulled the blanket up slightly to cover my chest. "She thinks I'm at yours...we should sneak out."
"How we're on the second floor?"
"I dunno just-"
"I guess she's not in" Shiori commented. I quickly jumped up throwing on my underwear. Natsu leaped over the bed and began dressing as well. "Wait she must be, her bags still here" shit! "I'll go see if she's awake yet" I turned to Natsu how still only had his trackie bottoms on.
"Hide!" I mimed. As he slid into the closet in dove back into bed.

The door creaked open and my eyes shut. "Lucy? You awake?"
"G-good morning" I pretended to get up. "I ended up not going to Natsu's, he just came here for pizza and then left"
"Oh, he should of stayed" she laughed, if only she knew. "Anyways-"
"Who's are these clothes"
"What honey?" Shiori went back to the door.
"There's another school bag with a boys uniform?" Shiori turned back to me scowling
"Oh really? It's cause I told Natsu to drop his stuff off as I'm mending it" there was no reply after that. "Lucy Heartifilia where is he" Natsu suddenly burst out of the wardrobe. "I honestly don't have a problem with him being here, just don't lie to me okay" I nodded as she left. "Oh" she stopped "there's a weird smell in here, mind tidying up?" We both blushed as she closed the door.

I grabbed a black polkadot skirt with a white blouse and pulled them on. I sat in front of my mirror as I did my hair when Natsu came up behind me. "So" he wrapped his hands around my shoulders "last night was fun" in a split second I turned red "'not even wearing make-up and you're going red"
"Shut up"
"You aren't in pain are you?"
"A little but it's fine, not as bad as I expected" he smiled kissing the side of my head. "But" I turned to face him "how come you were prepared?" He let got and scratched the back of his neck.
"Well since that night when we...almost did I've kept some with me, renewing them every so often obliviously" I laughed at him.

"So this party is to be tomorrow night?"  I nodded at him. "Sunday night party?"
"It'll be extremely formal so dress for the queen" my phone suddenly buzzed so I grabbed it to check. It was levy.
"Morning lu! Erza, Juvia and I are going dress shopping, want to join?"
"Eh you're going to leave me? After or night?" I hit him on the arm as I stood up.
"You need to go home anyways, your mother will be missing you."
"What go out like thi-" Shiori bust in with his bag
"Hey Lucy give this to nastu next time you see him" she winked and left again.
"No complaining!" I ordered him and he grabbed his shirt out of it.

In town we met by the water fountain. Levy wore a floaty white top with denim shorts, Erza had her blue skater skirt and white cropped button up shirt, and Juvia wore a blue summery dress. They were all so cute. "Lucy!" Erza waved me over. "I love the skirt"
"Thanks, Shiori is giving me some of her old clothes"
"Juvia thinks it suits you very well, oh levy have you heard from Gajeel"
"..." She was silent "no"
"I did" Erza piped up "he groaned about it but there was something about it being put on"
"So he's coming?" Levy brightened up
"Yes, when he turned away I could of swore I seen him smirk" levy went all shades of red. "So Lucy you've been to this style of party, what's the attire?"
"Dress for the queen, it's very high class" I began to flick through my phone. "Ah here's a picture of me before our spring ball" I was dressed in a violet dress which was tight around my torso and then domed at the waist.
"We get to be princesses!" Levy cheered.
"Not exactly" she appeared.
"Kani?" I questioned.
"Things have changed, you forgot you've been gone for a yes right?" I nodded even though I didn't think that much could change in a year. "Here this is me at the Christmas formal after you had left" it was a picture of her in a very tight and short dress. "And here's Alison, indi, and Limo" they all wore very modern dresses "so it's fine. The guys also wear what they please but usually turn up in suits anyway"
"Is Kani-Sama also here to shop for the party?"
"Hah! You're kidding now, all my clothes are labeled! I wouldn't be caught dead in a high street shop" she laughed. "I'm waiting on my daddy to pick me up, he's taking me into the city to shop" she waved at us before leaving
"She gives me the chills" levy commented. "Were you ever like that?"
"I was labeled but never bitchy, my mother used to donate the clothes which I had out grown to charity, that's one of the reasons she bullied me" I shook it off "anyways lets start!"

"IM SO TIRED!" We fell into Doan's store. "Need food" Levy grunted.
"Hi table for four?" I asked the waiter.
"Sure come this way" we sat down.
"Is that Lucy I hear?!" There was a crash in the kitchen as he burst out of the doors. "Luce!" He was covered in flour.
"Hey Doan" I waved him over.
"What you doing here?"
"We were out shopping and got hungry"
"Starved" levy was almost dead. He laughed at us.
"Well I'm Doan, Lucy's..." He thought on it "fathers girl friends brothers husband" he listed it out.
"Ah Shiori!" Erza remembered her
"You've met her! Excellent well I'm her brothers husband like I said"
"Doan hurry up they want your pizzas by 4!"
"Sorry! Got a party of 30 wanting 30 different pizzas! Nice meeting you" he ran off again.

"He's very handsome" Erza commented
"Him and Shiori have been friends since high school, I think" I opened the menu up.

After we finished ordering we began talking. "Anyways so my parents found out about Jellal and I"
"And?" We questioned
"They were surprisingly okay with it since his grades are good and they know his family" we sighed. "So what did you guys do last night. I instantly went an obvious red. "Lucy? Why are you so- WAS NATSU OVER"
"Shh!" I hushed her, glancing at the kitchen "yes he was" i whispered as they ooed again
"What happened?" Levy hyperly asked
"We...had...sex..." I slowly said it. It was a chorus of screaming. "SHH!" The laughed at me "you guys don't think it's too soon?"
"No I've done it with Jellal"
"And Juvia and Gray...were magical" we turned to Levy
"Have you and Gajeel?" I teased
"WE ARENT DATING!" She screamed.
"Ehm a pulled pork sandwich?" The waitress had arrived.
"HERE!" She snapped "oh I'm sorry I didn't mean that. She laughed at her. I was so happy at the out come of today. Next up was the dance