"She eventually got out of the hospital and came to school the next day. But when she showed up, she didn't quite look..well, herself." I started.

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"Hey Luce!" I waved and frowned.

"Hi..." She avoided eye contact.

"Lucy?" I asked.

"I'm still sorry. I shouldn't have done what I did." She looked at her foot that was messing with a stray pebble.

"Lucy." I pulled her chin up so she looked at my gaze.

"Hm?" She asked.

"Are you alright?" I gently asked.

"I-I guess." She then pulled her chin from my hand and started off towards school.

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"She was happy, yet at the same time, she seemed sad or upset."

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I walked into class a little later than usual.

"Mr. Dragneel-"

"I know, I'm late." I started toward the direction of my seat.

"Natsu..." Lucy spoke softly.

"Yes?" I asked her back.

"We are going to the movies tonight." She then looked back at the white-board.

"Yeah." I said as I kept walking.

"Oi, Flame-Brain give her a chance!" Ice-Princess yelled.

"Elsa, shut up. If you don't you'll be freezing everything." I mocked.

"What'd you say match-stick?" Gray yelled back.

"I said, stop yelling your makin' a ruckus!" I yelled at him.

"Uhhh, Natsu?" Lucy put her hand on my shoulder and led me to my seat.

"Now, both of you shut up and pay attention." Erza glared.

"Aye!" I exclaimed.

"Good." Erza faced toward the front.

"Gray-sama~" Juvia cooed from where she was sitting.

"Oi, cut it out! That's creepy." Gray looked away from her.

"Juvia just wanted to look at Gray-sama." Juvia pouted, then looked back toward the white-board.

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"If Lucy hadn't acted so strange, I wouldn't have known what was coming next..."

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"Natsu." Lucy dragged me, her face emotionless to my locker.

"What is it?" I asked her.

"W-We need to hurry and get to the movies." She mumbled.

"Why?" I asked her.

"Someone is looking for me. Now let's go." As she finished her sentence, I started to drag her.

"Slow down.."

"Not when someone is looking for you." Realizing what I just said I blushed.

"W-What?" Lucy started to blush too.

"You heard me." I said.

"..." Silence filled around us.

"Lucy Heartfilia~" A voice cooed.

"Sting leave me alone!" Lucy shouted.

"Never." He laughed and appeared in front of her.

"Leave Lucy alone." I shouted as I pulled her into my arms.

"Salamander?" Sting's eyes widened.

"That's right. Run Sabertooth scum." I glared at him.

"Not until I get her!" He pointed his finger at Lucy.

"Put your dirty fingers down. It's not polite." Yukino came in behind him.

"Y-Yukino." Sting stuttered.

"Yeah, I'm back. Let's go home." Yukino dragged him off.

"What did he want with you?" I interrogated Lucy.

"N-Nothing." Again she looked at the floor.

"This isn't like you. Tell me NOW!" I boomed, and pinned her against the wall.

"N-Natsu..." Lucy was wide-eyed.

"Lucy?" My eyes softened.

"S-Sting...he's my ex-boyfriend." She looked at me again.

"Lucy...I'm sorry." I pulled her into a hug.

"It's okay." She hugged me back.

"Let's get out of here. We have a movie to watch." She smiled up at me.

"Okay." I walked with her.

"What theatre are we going to?" I asked her.

"You decide. I'm fine with whatever." She smiled again.

"Aye!" I pulled her along and ran to 'Mira's theatre'.

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"Lucy looked much better. She seemed way happier." I smiled.

"What was Sting doing there in the first place?" Erza asked.

"He was looking for Lucy. His EX." I explained.

"Go on." Erza smiled.

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"So, Natsu. What movie do you wanna see?" Lucy asked.

"How about..." I looked up at the screen.

"Avengers?" I asked.

"Sure!" She smiled again and pulled out her wallet.

"Don't." I pushed her wallet down.

"I can pay for us, it's no big deal." She blushed.

"I got it." I said paying the man.

"Two tickets for the avengers." I grabbed the tickets.

"Let's go!" She pulled me into the Theatre.

"AYE!" I smiled.

"Natsu!" She jumped.

"Huh?" I asked.

"YOU SMILED!" She jumped up and down.

"I-I...s-smiled?" It was foreign on my tongue.

"Yeah!" She hugged me tightly.

"She actually did it...?" I heard a few voices behind us.

"Guys?" I looked, sure enough, there were my friends with popcorn on the floor and mouths hanging open.

"OMG! It's the first smile I've seen since..." Mira frowned.

"Lisanna?" A voice came from behind her.

"LISANNA!" Everyone but me and Lucy cheered.

She emerged from the group and pounced on me.

"OFF!" I yelled, she instantly got off.

"Lucy, what time does the movie start?" I asked smiling in her direction.

"A-A few minutes." I could tell she was confused.

'I'll explain later.' I mouthed to her.

She nodded.

"Welp, you heard the lady. Time to go." I grabbed her hand and slowly walked away from the group.

"I-I did it!" I heard Lucy squeal.

"Yeah, you did. I'm amazed." I smiled again.

"Thank you." She bowed.

"No need for bowing. I knew you could do it." I pulled her gently from her bowing stance.

"Now, to make sure you don't frown anymore." She pulled my hand and lead me into the theatre.

"Where do you wanna sit Luce?" I asked while still smiling.

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"I couldn't bring myself to frown."

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"Anywhere." She smiled back.

"The very back!" I pulled her up the stairs gently and carefully.

"Okay." She said while I pulled her.

After the movie started, we sat and watched while eating popcorn. After the movie,

"Lucy, can I walk you home?" I asked.

"Sure!" She smiled. It was light out still.

"Natsu?" Lucy looked my direction.

"Yeah Luce??" I asked her back.

"Lisanna?" She questioned.

"Ex-Girlfriend. I broke up with her since I lost the spark between us." I replied.

"I see, and why didn't you smile?" She asked yet another question.

"Because, I didn't think anyone would take the effort to love me or make me smile again. I was wrong." I smiled again.

"Wow." She had a sparkled in her eyes.

"Yeah." I looked back at her.

"Let's go to the park!" Lucy pulled me.

"Okay!" I smiled and ran at her pace.

When we got to the park, we talked about the randomest things. Like, friends, ex-girlfriends, ex boyfriends. All of that stuff.

"Time to go home." I grabbed Lucy's hand and we started to walk home.

"Aye, sir!" I heard something familiar.

"Happy!?" I asked shocked.

"Aye, sir! Happy flew there.

"Wow!" Lucy looked at Happy.

"Natsu is this Lushee?" Happy asked with fish in his mouth.

"Yep!" I smiled.

"YOU SMILED!!" Happy cheered.

"Yep! It's because of Lucy." I smiled more.

"Lushee, your a life-saver!" Happy hugged her.

"No problem Happy." She smiled and hugged him back.

I then decided to join.

"Thank you Luce. For making me smile again." I said to her.

"It wasn't anything new." She hugged me and Happy back.

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"That was Adventure Four. I will continue to Adventure Five tomorrow." I packed up my stuff again. Graduation was coming, then I would have to find a house to support me and two other people.

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