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🔑Lucy's P.O.V🔑

When Natsu said that people were coming, my mind went straight to Erza, Gray, Levy, Gajeel, Juvia... And Lisanna. If she came, then I wouldn't be screaming out of pain, I'd be screaming out of anger.

"They're coming in now." Natsu said as the door creaked open. One by one, everyone walked in. Everyone except for, luckily, Lisanna.

I screamed, yet I knew everyone could see my smile. 

"How much longer does she have on the machine?" Erza asked. After I screamed, Natsu said,

"About 30 minutes left? Right Luce?" He asked me. I nodded, the screamed again, wishing that those 30 minutes would just speed by. Everyone surrounded my bed, agreeing to wait until I finished my breathing to ask questions, or to talk to me.

As the time passed, everyone looked miserable. Juvia was silently crying on Gray. Erza sat on a chair, crossing her arms and having her eyes closed tight, holding back tears of her own. Levy's eyes were red from crying, but she gained enough composure to tell me a story, pausing every time I screamed. Gajeel stood behind her, rubbing her shoulders in comfort. Natsu was still next to me, holding my hand and rubbing it with his thumb. He had small tears that fell, but he turned away when one did so I wouldn't have to see it, but he was horrible at hiding.

Those 30 minutes passed by, and the doctors came and disconnected me. I took deep, but still painful, breaths as I squeezed Natsu's hand out of relief. And I had to do this until I made a decision on what I wanted to do.

"Can we talk now?" Levy whimpered.

"Y-yeah. I-it's fine n-now." I panted, still trying to breath.

"How long do you have to use the machine for?" Erza asked.

"Until I m-make a choice. Explain p-please." I said, nudging Natsu.

"Basically, until she chooses if she wants the surgery that takes a month, but has a chance of killing her, or she can choose to live like this for a maximum of 5 years before she absolutely dies." He elaborated.

"So, a month long surgery that can save her, but also kill her in the process..." Gray started.

"Or live in pain for the rest of her life." Juvia finished. I nodded and slowly sat up in my bed.

"You should do it Lucy! You want to stay alive! You can't die on us!" Levy shouted, grabbing my open arm and crying on me.

"I don't know. I will die without it, but I can die doing it." I said, gaining my breath back and talking normally.

"You can't loose hope Lucy! We all love you and want you to live. At least try it!" Erza said, loosing her composure and grasping onto the end of my bed.

"There's no trying. Whatever she chooses is final. It's dangerous both ways. How long do you have before it's too late to choose?" Gajeel asked.

"A month. After that, my lungs will be to damaged to fix. It doesn't help that I need to be on this machine for an hour every three hours." I complained.

"Please Lucy. Live for us. Live for yourself. Live for Natsu!" Juvia now said, breaking out of her shy, quiet shell and running up to me and hugging me, making Natsu slip out of my hand. I felt Juvia's tears fall on my shoulder. Levy's tears on my arm. I heard Erza's tears hit the ground. I noticed Gray and Gajeel walking away to a corner to hide their tears they were letting out.

Natsu's tears though. He had wiped them away. He sat with a grim look on his face as he stared intensly at the ground.

"I'll do it." I said bluntly. Everyone turned and faced me. A eager look in their eyes as they hoped that they heard me correctly.

"You'll do the surgery?" Levy urged.

"What choice do I have? You guys forced my hand. Besides, the sooner I can not use this machine the better!" I laughed, yet deep down, I was terrified to the bone, and Natsu saw.

"Guys, it's getting late. Why don't you get home." Natsu urged, ushering everyone out. They got the message and said their goodbyes to me and left.

Once the door was closed, I let out my tears of fear that I hif while everyone was in here. Natsu walked up to me and held me. I wrapped my arms around him and nuzzled my face into his chest as I cried.

I cried.

And cried.

And cried.

I was terrified at what I had told them. I just told them that I would do the surgery that could kill me. I didn't know if I wanted it, but their faces made me feel like everything was my fault.

"Shh. Calm down Lucy. You don't have to do it of you don't want to. They were too worried to realize how terrifying a surgery like this is." Natsu reassured me as I tried to cry silently so I could hear him.

"I don't want to die Natsu. I know I did before. I know that I've tried over 28 times to kill myself. But now I have a reason to live. I now know that I have people who love me and care for me. I'm scared! I don't want them to accedently kill me while they're trying to save me!" I said, gripping onto his shirt as I slowly stopped crying.

"I know. Like I said, you don't have to do the surgery-"

"But I want to live! I want to grow old with a family surrounding me! I want to be a mother and I want my children to have the father that I only had for the first few years of my life. I want to die from old age. Not because I just didn't take a stupid pill!" 

"So you want to go through with it?"

"Yes. No, but I'm ready to do it. I'm just terrified from shock."

"When do you want to start?"

"As soon as possible. Go get a doctor. I'm sure they have a place ready and waiting for me to say yes to it." I snickered to myself as he got up and left to find one.

He came back with the doctor in charge of me.

"You're boyfriend here tells me that you're ready for the surgery. Is this true?" She asked.

"Yes. I want to start as soon as possible please." I said.

"Alright then. Let's get you out of this room then and into the room waiting for you." She said. Natsu helped me get into my wheel chair and rolled me out the door. We followed my doctor through many hallways and we past by many rooms, most of which we empty.

"You do know that you can't visit her until we're done with the procedure, right?" She asked Natsu. He looked hurt, but he knew this was coming.

"Yeah. I know. But in return, you can't go and let her die in the process. I want her alive and well after this." He said. I smiled to myself as the doctor nodded to his condition.

We came upon huge, double doors and my doctor led us into a lab looking room. Bottles of anti's everywhere. Needles laid neatly on a tray. My bed in the center of the room.

"You're doing this by yourself?"I asked in shock, knowing that there was normally a team of people for a surgery.

"Sadly, yes. All of the other doctors said that they didn't want to be a part of this if you die. I promise you Ms. Lucy. I will not let you die. You have my word." She promised. I looked up at Natsu, who simply smiled, yet I knew he was scared to.

"OK. Get me on the bed. I want this month to go by fast." I smiled, letting the doctor take my wheel chair into the room. Natsu wasn't allowed in, so as I stood up, I quickly ran and hugged him.

"Don't go falling for Lisanna this month, or I'll come back and haunt you, got it." I teased as I buried my teary face into his shoulder.

"Come one! You know me better than that. I'll try not to go insane from not seeing you though." He said, giving me the last kiss we would both have for what would feel like a very long time.

I let go of him and sat back down at the bed in the room. The doctor closed the doors and returned to me with a sedative.

"This is a very strong sedative. It works for five days, but it's going to feel like less. Don't worry, nothing will hurt if you wake up during this. I'm using a bunch of numbing while I do this, but let me know when you wake up." She said. I simply nodded. She took the needle from the tray, and injected it.

Everything was lost to me from then on.

🔥Natsu's P.O.V🔥

The doctor closed the doors on me, and I couldn't move. I was stuck to that one place, straining to see if I could hear anything before they sedated Lucy.

There was nothing but the doctor talking.

I slumped away from the door. I walked out of the hospital and found everyone waiting for me in my car. I totally forgot that we came together and kind of felt bad for leaving them out here like that.

They all noticed me walking up and came out to comfort me. First it was Levy, who was still crying. Erza came and placed a hand on my shoulder in reassurance, but she was also hurting. Juvia was next in the group hug. Gray and Gajeel tried to keep their cool, but they both broke and joined in us. Everyone in tears, either out loud, or silently.

"What happened up there?" Gajeel asked as he gained back some confidence.

"She's starting the procedure now. As we speak, she's getting the surgery done, but I can tell you that she is scared." I managed to laugh out, it was pretty weak though.

"Come on guys. We should get home. Standing here isn't going to make time go by faster. We have to live each and every day now for Lucy." Gray said, breaking away from the group and walking back to the car. As we all hoped inside, the air was filled with intensity that scared everyone.

First to be dropped off was Gajeel and Levy.

"Live for Luce!" They smiled before they walked off. I started up the car and drove the next few miles to Erza's house. As she got out, she said the same thing.

"Live for Luce!" She beamed brightly as she walked inside her house.

"Did you guys do something while I was inside with Lucy?" I questioned Gray and Juvia as I took them to their house which was farther from everyone else, but closer to me.

"You'll just have to wait and see." Gray stated bluntly.

I slowed down at their house and they hopped out and repeated those words.

"Live for Luce!" They said in unison as they turned and walked inside their house. I turned around and drove to my place. Not Lucy's place. I went to my home. Just to update my parents and sister about Lucy. Then I would go home.

I drove into the drive way and knocked on the door. Wendy opened the door, and jumped on me when she saw me. None of them knew anything that had happened, so I tried to smile, but my teary eyes and red face gave everything away. My parents came in with a smile, but those died the moment they laid eyes on me.

"Wendy, it's way past your bed time. We let you stay up, now got to bed." My dad said.

"But Natsu's finally here! He's not with his girlfriend! I finally get some brotherly love and time with him!" She pouted. I bent down to me her eye level, and she saw the tears that we forming in my eyes.

"Why are you crying Natsu?" She asked, scared that it was her fault.

"Wendy. Please be nice to Lucy. She loves you a lot and she's not feeling we'll right now." I tried to explain without telling the full truth, but Wendy is pushy.

"It's OK if shes sick! She'll get better, but until then, you're my brother!" She pouted. (A/N Yeah, bad timing to mention this, but in the first book, Wendy was 7. Second book she was 8, and she's still 8 here, so she acts childish. I know, bad place to mention)

"Wendy..." I said, grabbing her by the shoulders. My parents noticed my pain, but just stood and listened.

"Lucy's in the hospital right now." I finally said, a few tears slipping through. Wendy gasped in shock and nearly stepped back.

"W-why? I didn't mean to be mean to Lucy, I just wanted my brother! What's wrong with Lucy?!" She asked, her body shaking.

"She can't breath, so they're trying to help her, but Wendy... Lucy might die. She's going to be in the hospital for a very long time and she might die and I won't know for a very long time." I explained, my arms shaking as I tried hold my posture.

"I'm sorry Natsu. I love Lucy! I don't want her to die!" She said, hugging me and crying. After a few minutes, mom sent Wendy up to bed and we sat in the living room. I explained everything from then on. I explained Lucy testing me. I explained how she was rebellious against her medications. I explaiend how she even got there in the first place. I explained her options and what she had chosen. Tears were still slipping, but I never let the waterfall fall.

"I'm so sorry Natsu. I wish that there was something we could do." My mom said, rubbing my back in comfort.

I stayed for a while, loosing my mind, in a good way, by playing a few games with my parents. Just like I used to. When it grew really late, I hugged them both goodbye and walked out to my car. I drove to Lucy and mine's house and walked inside. The house now seemed haunted without Lucy here to cleanse it.

The living room seemed bare. The kitchen smelled rotten. The dining hall seemed empty. The stairs looked like they would collapse. Upstairs was even worse. Lucy's room was dark and still plastered with her blood. The other rooms seemed the same.

The house was not the same without Lucy. And neither was sleeping there. I felt so lonely and out of place.

When morning came, I pulled on something quickly, noticing that I was going to be late for school, though I didn't feel like going. I got into my car and drove towards the school, but it looked different. I couldnt tell want it was and didn't put any mind into it as I parked.

I walked up to the entrance and couldn't believe my eyes. I saw nearly the whole school wearing the same pink shirt. On it in very curvey handwriting was,

"Live for Luce!"

I walked down the sidealk, people cheering me on and wishing me hope and food will. I kept walking and saw the entrance covered in pink banners, with one large one that said,

"Live for Luce!"

It didn't stop there though. I walked inside, and there were even more people, teachers now, wearing those pink shirts and cheering me on, telling me everything was going to be OK.

Everywhere I went, it was the same thing, but better! If only Lucy could see this! If only she had all of this love when she truly needed it, but at least she has plenty now.

The bell rang, but instead of going to class, everyone started pushing me towards the auditorium. Chairs were set up like an assembly, and on the stage were Gray, Juvia, Erza, Levy, Gajeel! They all had a smile on, and now I knew what Gray was talking about.

Everyone took a seat, but Erza brought me up to the stage and sat me in a seat.

"How did you do all of this in such a short time? And how'd you get everyone?! Half of them hated her!" I exclaimed.

"You'll be surprised how easy it is to soften a heart when you say someone's in the hospital and possibly on their death bed." Gray said.

The principle walked up and everyone fell silent as they took a seat.

"Hello everyone. As you know, we are gathered here to think about a girl that we paid no attenrion to a year ago. These nice people have befriended her and helped her through very tough times as they say. This young women we think about is Lucy Heartfilia. You most likely know about to death of her father. It was on the news for quite a while."

Murmuring began to stir the room, but not for long.

"Remember, that no matter what, we love each and every child that walks through those door, including the ones that don't think highly of themselves. So, we would like to take this time to think and pray for her to live through this rough obstacle. We all will promise one thing for her though, and that's to-"

"Live for Luce!" The whole auditorium rang with the voices of everyone. Nothing but a smile stayed plastered across my face as I saw everyone, one by one, come up to me and leave a present at my feet. There were flowers, cards, chocolates, books, stuffed bears, and so much more! I looked at the gang behind me, but they simply smiled. I loved this and I promised.

I promised to not give up on Lucy.

I promised to wait for her.

I promised to live each day to the fullest!

I promosed to Live For Luce!

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I told you it was going to be long! And I hoped you liked it! See you next chapter!