L U C Y
Recap:
I open my mouth but no words come out. "You...are you okay?" He asked genuinely.

I nearly choked no one and when I say no one I really mean Not a single soul has ever asked me and fucking cared.

My tears started up again and that's when it all hit me again...

I need to tell someone...
{PRESENT}

"No. No. I'm not okay."  He stares at me for a long moment, his onyx eyes looked as if they were glowing with interest. I'm pretty sure they were.

"What's your story?" He asked his voice husky, it created tingles all over my body. I feel a pull towards this man...why?

I turned away from those eyes with a lot of self control that I didn't even know I had, and opened my mouth to say something but it wouldn't come out.

His eyes don't plan on leaving my face any moment do they? I can still feel them burning into me. The worst part of it all is...I love the feeling.

Finally getting the courage I begin to tell him my story.

"I was in love. Or so I thought." I let out a shaky breath and tried to hide the tremble in my hands.

"We were happy at first...he was my best friend. From childhood to high School. I fell in love with him in 9th grade...didn't start dating until 11th. Everyone loved us together... we were a power couple." I let a sad smile fall on my face thinking back to those days, where everything was so simple.

"I still remember when he finally admitted to me that he fell in love with me. I was so happy. I ignored all the warnings I had from his ex's about him being...rough."

"What a fool I was, Our relationship was perfect until college, when he became famous for his music and becoming a star athlete. He wanted more and more from me. I had given him all he asked me for, I even tried applying for a different college but he only wanted me to stay with him. He claimed I didn't love him and that there was someone else."

"He wouldn't let me have friends of the opposite sex. I was only allowed to have girl friends. When ever they wanted a study group I had to bring them to our home. Not much studying was happening with those other girls around. He always brought out the vodka when I had friends over, they would go out on the terrace while I did the work for us." I felt the tears start to prickle my eyes.

"When I finally got tired of him and his flirting with all these other girls, I confronted him. I skipped class that day because I knew he didn't have class on Thursdays. He got mad at me because I yelled at him and Punched me. For the first time in my life, I didn't know what to do. You see..I-I..." a sob broke through me before I could stop it.

"I wasn't always broken...." I said.  That was all I could get out of the story..I wasn't ready to tell someone the whole story just yet. The details of the second half is gory.

When I turned my gaze back to The man, I almost flinched at how close he got to me.

His eyes held me captive. They looked so mad. I felt my heart jump a little.

Did he...did he feel that way because of what I told him sting did to me?

"He beat you." He spoke with a hard voice, almost like a demand. I just nodded my head not bothering to correct him. More like torture.

He nodded and clenched his jaw, turning his head away so he was facing the window.

While he was looking elsewhere I took a good chance to take him into detail, his face has a nice tan. A scar on his left cheek, pretty fucking sexy. My cheeks burst with color but I'm sure you couldn't tell behind all the bruises on my face.

"Are you hungry?" I shook my head 'no'.
"When was the last time you ate?" I paled and thought of something quick to reply.
"Uh...last night...?" I said unsure and he nodded still not looking at me.

Good job Lucy. He can't even stand the sight of your fat face, just go back to sting. You know he will show you the extra care you need.

I squeezed my eyes shut and looked away from him.

"My name is Natsu." He stated. I opened my eyes to looked to him, surprised to see he's starring at me.

Natsu...huh? That name...it's unlike anything I have ever heard. Beautiful.

"My name is Lucy." I said in a shy voice, he began to stand up and sent me a small smirk.

"I know." Oh?

" I have to know who comes into my city. Luce." He started to walk toward the door,

"By the way...don't lie to me again. Let's go get you some food." And with that he opened the door then came to where I was still seated on the floor by the way, and grabbed my hands pulling me up.

"You will have an appetite once you see how Lis cooks." I didn't bother protesting because I couldn't find my voice.

Only one question kept nagging me in the back of my mind for some reason.

Who the hell is lis?