Spoken {Sequel to Unspoken} ON HOLD

chapter eight

Previously...

"How close will they be to me?" I whispered. A shudder ran through my body. The same room was too close, but there was no way around that.

"They won't be close to you, I can promise you that. There is no way they can get near you. You'll be safe, but if at any point it becomes too much I can ask for a break."

"Okay. Thank you. What if they try talking to me?"

"They won't be allowed to. If they attempt to, there will be consequences. It will look incredibly bad on their part if they try anything like that. They would have been severely warned not to."

I let out a deep breath. Thank God.

"How long are we looking at them getting?" Natsu asked, frowning angrily.

"I'm going to ask that the judge considers the maximum sentence."

"Good. Just a shame we don't still have the death sentence." I squeezed Natsu's hand. He was getting angry.

Once Karen had explained everything, we stood up. I was relieved to be leaving. "I'll be in touch soon if anything has changed. You can call me if you think of anything else."

"Thank you."

"Thanks," Natsu replied.

We stepped out of the building, and I felt more scared than before. It was getting way too real now. I could no longer say it was months off or ages away: it was soon. I turned to Natsu, and he wrapped his arms around me.

I gripped hold of him and buried my head in his chest.

"It's going to be okay. I'll be with you; I promise." His lips pressed against the top of my head. "I never stopped loving you, Lucy," he whispered into my hair.

I smiled and gripped him harder, needing to be closer. "I never stopped loving you."

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Natsu

'I never stopped loving you'. 

Those five words made me feel a thousand feet tall. I knew she hadn't moved on or met someone else, but hearing the words meant everything.

She pulled back and gave me a weak smile.

"You gonna be okay?" I asked, trying to hold off kissing her.

"I'll be fine," she whispered, still gripping onto my T-shirt.

Her actions contradicted her words.

"I need ice cream. Do you have to get back to work or do you have some time?"

"I'm yours all day."

Lucy smiled, and that playful glint returned to her eyes.

"They fired you, didn't they?"

"Why would they fire me? I'm a fucking legend!"

She laughed, quickly covering it up with a cough. That was what I wanted though, to make her laugh.

"I took a day's holiday, actually."

"You took a day off work so you could come with me?"

I'm not sure if I should be a little insulted that she was surprised. Of course I took the day off to go with her.

"Yeah," I replied

"Thank you."

"Any time. Now let's go get some ice cream." I grabbed her hand instinctively and led her towards my car. Her hand in mine felt so natural. When we were together like this, it felt like we'd never been apart.