"What? Are you you hurt or something?" Natsu kneeled down examining me making sure I  didn't hurt myself too bad from the little fall.

"No, I'm fine." I wiped the dust of my shirt, "I was just a little suprised."

"Suprised by what?" He tilted his head confused.

I stood silently trying to figure out another exscuse I can make. I can't tell him about it. Not until I know that I can trust him. I know, I know, it sounds like I have trust issues, but I think in all honestly, I do have trust issues. Every time I become close to someone and give them the benefit of the doubt they always find a way to crush that little trust I had in them.

"Um, it's just that-"

"Wait!" He yelled. A little sparkle in his eyes glowed as he stared across the room, "Hold that thought!" He ran to the other side of the room cutting me off.

Great! At least I don't have to explain myself now.

"Look at this!" He held up a small painting that looked like lines scribbled all over the canvas. He smiled as he stared at it, "this was my first painting! I'm surprised, it's still in great condition."

"Wow really?" I said, pretending to be at least a little interested.

He nodded, "I remember my mom painted this with me." He laughed to himself reminiscing the times he had with his mother in this house, "any free time we used to get we would always spend it on painting and my mom would spend hers on teaching us." He sniffed the air again taking in the foul smell he somehow can stand, "the memories in this place."

I glanced around at my surroundings taking in all these cherished memories that I wish I could have experienced, "hey Natsu?" I whispered.

"What's up?" He turned to me a little concerned at my tone.

"W-Why are you showing me this?"

He chuckled, "What do you mean? You're my friend."

"You don't just show your friends something like this. You show people who are really close to you, who you consider family, who you love!" I laughed, "for god sakes we only met like a little more than a week ago!"

"I know, I know, but it's just I never met a girl like you."

I scoffed, "I've heard that line in every cliché romantic comedy movie I've ever seen."

"I'm serious." He grabbed my hands pulling my body closer to his, "It's just..." He sighed, "have you ever had a gut feeling? Like when you meet a new person and you get to know them you get that feeling like you were supposed to meet this person."

I raised my brow, "like destiny?"

"Yeah! Kinda like that."

"I can't say that I ever got that feeling."

"Not even about me?" He asked.

"I don't think I have. And besides, I don't belive in destiny. I believe you can make your own path."

"I do too, but sometimes I have to go against my beliefs." He leaned in closer. I could feel his warmth radiating onto me making me want to lean in closer to him.

"I still think you could have waited to show me this. When we get to know each other a little better and trust each other more."

He chuckled, "I don't know if I'm jumping to conclusions or not but it seems like you don't trust me."

"I-I trust you."

He clicked his teeth, "you just hesitated saying that sentence."

I huffed, "all right, it's not that I don't trust you completely-"

"Completely?!"

"I just can't trust someone I met a week ago. I'm not the type of person who can trust so easily. I've been hurt too many times and I don't want to experience that feeling anymore. That feeling when someone breaks your trust, it's a feeling I never want to feel again."

"Hey..." He lifted my chin so I was now staring him in the eyes. The way his eyes lit up in this light sent chills down my spine, "I will never do that to you. Not in a million years, or in another lifetime. You are special to me Lucy, you were my first friend here, and I'll always be grateful for that."

There he goes again saying my name. I can't get enough if it. I can't get enough of him.

What are you saying Lucy?! You just met this man a week ago! Calm your hormones woman!

"I will earn your trust Luce, even if it takes me a year or even a thousand. I want you to know that you can trust me to tell your secrets to or when you just need to talk to me about something that's bothering you. I want you to trust me with the little things too."

I chuckled, "you must really care about me to say something like that."

"You're just now figuring that out?" He chuckled, leaning in a little closer.

The closer he got the more intoxicating his scent was to me. The more he closer he got to me the more I wanted to lean in and close the gap between us. The more closer he got to me the more I realized that maybe he isn't like other people, maybe he does truly care about me.

I closed my eyes, leaning, slowly, toward him. I could feel our lips grazing each other's making me shiver a little. I could feel his grip tighten around my waist the closer we got to each other.

This was it, my first kiss.

With a guy I only met a week ago.

Yeah that kinda sounds bad, but he's just so sweet, caring, and loving that I don't even want to think about that. I just want right now.

We were milimeters away from mouth to mouth contact until we both heard a creaking noise from under our feets, "did you hear that?" Natsu whispered.

"Yeah." We both stared at the floor, wondering what the sound was. Snapping our heads back up looking at each other, we finally realized what the sound was. Both screaming, we fell through the floor, free falling until we landed on one of the old couches.

Dust flew in the air when we both landed, causing both of us to go into a coughing fit, "my head," he said.

My coughing soon turned into this uncontrollably laughter that I couldn't explain where it came from. Yes, if you were wondering, I do sound like a madman.

He stared at me confused to why I was laughing at something that could have killed us, "What's funny?"

I wiped the stray tears that left my eyes, "I don't know!" I started laughing uncontrollably again.

"Luce, are you ok? Did you hit your head? Do you need to go to the hospital?! Oh my god, do you need to go to the hospital!" He lifted up his hand, "how many fingers am I holding up?!"

"I'm fine Natsu," I giggled, "it was just that was so convenient for a moment like that."

"Yeah," he stratched the back of his  head, "how convenient."

"Like I almost kissed you!" I laughed, "I almost kissed Natsu Dragneel! One of the hottest guys in school!"

"What's that supposed to mean?" He said, "did you not want to kiss me or something?"

"Of course I did! It was the heat of the moment and I just did what anyone else would do. Go with the flow."

"Luce, what are you talking about?"

"Oh come on Natsu, you didn't think you me could be a thing right? I mean look at you and me, we're nothing alike! You're the artistic guy with a soft side that all the girls love and me... well I'm a loser!"

"Luce, you're not a loser," he whispered.

"Yes I am, I accepted that I am and you should accept it too. We just can't be together!" I laughed.

Natsu nodded, "if that's how you really feel then I guess it's true. We can't." He started walking to door, grabbing his keys out of his back pocket, "I'll see you in the car."

"Natsu," I said, staring at him suprised, "did I hurt your feelings?"

He sighed, "you know what Luce, yes. Yes you did hurt my feelings."

"All I said was what is true."

"No it's not!" He yelled, "you don't think we can be together because we're a little different and not because Y'know maybe we actually do like each other?"

"It would never work out Natsu! Can't you see that?"

"How do you know? You didn't even try!"

"I don't have to, I already know."

"No you don't!" He grabbed his head frustrated, "I wish you could hear what you sound like because it's idiotic!"

I sighed, "I don't want to argue with you Natsu. I just want to go home right now."

He scoffed, "Yeah me too."

I followed behind him as we were headed back to his truck. I sounded idiotic huh? Well all I said was what was true. Natsu is the most sweetest person I have ever met, but it wouldn't work out between us. This isn't your the jock gets with the nerdy girl story this is real life.

I'm just saving him from the embarrassment of being with the biggest loser at the school. I know it's sad to think about yourself like that but when you are told that you're a loser for most of your life you start to believe it. You start to believe nothing you can do can change that.

The ride back was so awkward and silent I wanted to actually jump out the car. I really didn't mean to hurt his feelings, that wasn't my intention, but I just... I don't even know what I was doing. I just feel the wave of guilt drowning me and I just want to die.

He pulled into his driveway. We sat there, silently, for a minute until I unbuckled my seat belt wanting to leave the dreaded situation, "Wait," he said, "I don't want us to end the day mad at each other. You're still my friend and I don't want you or me to go to bed angry at each other. So, I'm sorry for yelling at you."

"You don't need to say sorry Natsu." I felt as my tears were dropping on my lap, "I didn't mean to hurt you. It's not that I don't want to be with you, it's just that I-" He inturrupted me, crashing his lips with mine.

The feeling of his soft lips on mine sent me into a daze. It made me feel loved. The warmth of his lips on mine and the taste of cinnamon invaded my mouth. I melted into the kiss, wrapping my arms around his neck.

I really couldn't believe it. We actually kissed. I can't shake off this feeling. It feels so wrong, but it's so right.

Needing to breathe we backed away from each other, panting, "What just happened?" I asked.

"I kissed you," he said, a little too casually, wiping off the lip gloss I put on my lips earlier.

"That's what I thought." I could feel my body heat rise to about a thousand degrees. I felt like I was actually on fire.

"I kissed you because I wanted to, because I like you Lucy for who you are. You're nowhere near a loser in my book."

I laughed, "you really think so?"

He smiled, wiping some of the tears from my eyes, "I know so."