So many of you are going to be so mad at me...

Fair warning, this chapter won't be the prettiest when it comes to NaLu, but I promise there will be fluff.

[WARNING: POSSIBLE RAGE QUITS, LAUNCHAGE OF CELLULAR AND/OR ANY OTHER ELECTRONIC DEVICE, CUSSING, CRYING, SCREAMING, ECT.]

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My stomach sunk low as I stared at Natsu's father in disbelief. I couldn't quite catch my breath and I was having trouble pretending to not be wounded by words coming from someone I formerly would have gone to in my father's absence. Now I was biting back tears and remembering why I didn't often visit my father.

"I don't approve of her Natsu, you know this. She isn't the kind of girl you need, she runs away from her responsibilities and doesn't take much to a life of stature and status in a community. Her past has proven this well. We may know her but there are plenty of girls who are more suitable for you and will be much better than her," Igneel spoke with a voice as cold as steel. I knew he would never approve of me. His mother would love me to pieces but even she had to bend to Igneel's will.

"Dad I don't care about girls who properly suit me, I want a girl who isn't gonna look at me with money in her sights. I want Luce, she sees me as her dumb best friend and that's it," Natsu argued.

"I don't care Natsu. I forbid you to court her, understood?" Igneel's tone was final, and Natsu didn't respond. He just narrowed his eyes into a glare and yanked me from the room as he gripped my wrist a bit tightly. He lead me out of the house and he muttered for me to get in the car and just before I shut the door I heard him cursing softly to himself. He got in beside me and just as i buckled her threw the car in reverse and peeled out making me stiffen.

"Natsu calm down, it's okay," I try to reassure him but he has anger in his eyes and I sigh, knowing he needed a few minutes to cool down. We quickly got to my house and the second we got inside Natsu kissed me long and hard, leaving me panting when he pulled away. He ran a hand through his hair and sighed.

"Lucy, you and I have to pretend we never confessed. You have to keep your feelings a secret. I will go back to my dad and pretend we pranked him to make him lay off..." Natsu had his eyes closed as he tried to calm himself.

"I have to pretend I don't know," he looks at me sadly. I felt a pang of guilt in my chest, for whispering my feelings to him and for screaming them to the skies and for telling him I liked him. He looked so distressed and it was completely my fault. Every single bit of it fell square upon my shoulders, and as I came to these terms I let loose the tears that has been pressing at my eyes since Igneel first rejected me.

"Natsu," I sob, "how am I supposed to keep my crush on you a secret now?" tears blurred my vision completely but I didn't need to see to feel him hugging me tightly.

"We just have to try and keep people from finding out the truth, from knowing that we confessed. I am still clueless to you and you still just have some hopeless crush on me, and that's as far as it will go to the people around us, okay?" he whispers to me and I just nod solemnly, not wanting to break the fragile air by saying how hard it would be to hide the obvious.

"I have to go explain to dad before it gets too late," he kisses me again and leaves as quickly as he kissed me. As soon as he is gone I sink to my knees and cry harder, I was just the girl with the stupid crush again. But Natsu's father was right. I'm not qualified to be with him, but I guess that didn't stop me now did it?

That night I tossed and turned, struggling to catch any bit of sleep. I stared at the ceiling and watched the aimlessly floating clouds that passed my window outside. Everything was quiet and cool, the opposite of the way things where around Natsu. I sigh and bury myself under my blankets in hopes that the dark will make my eyes close and push me into dreams where things weren't as bad as they where out here.

The next morning when I woke up I saw on my phone that I had received a text from Levy. She had asked me if I wanted to come over to her place for a sleepover. I responded yes and got up to change and shower. As soon as I had gotten into a light blue sweater and jeans I packed my bag of things and made my short walk over to Levy's as I thought about how I could tell her what happened without making her scream in frustration. I came up with absolutely nothing and I cursed under my breath at myself.

When I arrived at Levy's I saw other people's cars and realized it was a group sleepover and smiled. We hardly got to have these anymore and they where the best things ever next to days at the mall. When I walked in I saw the girls - and guys - at the table laughing and talking. Natsu was already there too and I waved at them all as I set my stuff aside. When Natsu looked at me I blushed and quickly took a seat beside Levy.

"Okay! Now that you are all here, we can get started. The next two days are going to be crazy!" Levy exclaimed excitedly. Mirajane grinned with Levy and the others and I groaned in unison. We where all gonna die, because Matchmaker Mira and Levy had some evil plans up their sleeves, and it took no genius to figure that out. Natsu and I made eye contact and knew immediately, we are so screwed.

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