Nalu: The Playboy's Ex

Chapter eighteen

Me: HELLO!
Everyone: HELLO!
Me: I hate writing the word eight...
Mira: whys that?
Me: I always put the T and H the wrong way round...
Natsu: HA! You can't spell!
Lucy: Natsu? How do you spell my name?
Natsu: um....L...U...S...E?
Everyone: ...
Me: let's start.

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I turn around just in time to be knocked to the floor by a girl, probably younger than me.
"It's so good to see you again!" The girl exclaims. After her embrace we get up and I stare at her. She has long, dirty-blond hair in waves down to her lower back. Her blue eyes shone brightly and her porcelain skin, almost like a doll's, looked perfect. She wore a long, light pink dress and a matching pink sun hat, despite the cloudy weather. A dog approaches her side and begins sniffing my leg. A husky crossed German shepherd.
"Don't you recognise us?" The girl asks, almost pouting. "It's me! Michelle!" Upon hearing my sister's name I tackle her to the floor and Plue begins licking my hands.
"I'm so glad to see you!" I exclaim as my face is covered in her hair. I hear Levy giggle a little way off.

After we once again regained our composure, I'm hit by a sudden wave of fear...

What if they're targeted too?
"Where's aunt Ashley?" I ask, trying to hide the panic in my voice. I look at Levy and her eyes widen as she catches on to what I'm afraid of.
"She's back at the hotel!" Michelle explains. "We saw Levy's car, or you and Levy in a car, and ran after you."
"I think...we should get you back home." I say, trying to sound steady.
"Why, is something wrong?" Michelle asks, worry evident in her tone.
"I just need to talk to our aunt." I reply. I turn to Levy. "Do you mind giving us a lift?"

We soon arrived at the hotel. Throughout the journey I was shoving a lump back down my throat and trying to quench the sickening feeling in my stomach. I already lost my parents to this madman, I couldn't lose them too...

Michelle leads us to her room and opens the door. The room was relatively small, containing a small sofa with a 1990s TV. The bedroom, with no door separating the two rooms, was further at the back, and only one bed was visible. A small, very small, kitchen was to the right of the door, by a small window that overlooked the city. Another room was off to the left, which I assume is the bathroom.
"Ashley! Ashley!" Michelle calls as soon as we enter. "I got Lucy!" Plue runs in ahead and barks excitedly. He looks back at me with excitement in his eyes then cocks his head to the side when I appear worried. I hear voices from further in but my mind is in other places.
"Want me to wait outside?" Levy asks, placing a hand on my arm.
"No...please stay? I don't think I can do this on my own..." I plead with her. Levy nods once and we move further into the room, closing the door behind us.

"Lucy! It's good to see you again dear!" Aunt Ashley exclaims as soon as she sees me. The last time I saw her was when I was six, then she moved to America to pursue a career of cooking. Her long blond hair was scooped back into a messy bun and her brown eyes were brighter than ever. Wrinkles had appeared on her face and bags were under her eyes. She wore an oversized black top and brown-green jeans with a pink apron on. She smelled like honey.
"Something smells nice." I say as we embrace.
"I was making honeycomb." Ashley explains. "Wow you've grown, and you look as beautiful as ever." I smile and shrink back a little, a small blush on my face.
"What are you doing here?" I ask her. Last I had heard, she had become a head chef at a fancy restaurant in New York, why would she come here?
"I managed to get a break, and Michelle and Plue wanted to see you again." Ashley says. "You ok Lucy, you seem..distant."
"Can we talk? In private?" I ask her, discarding the niceties and just wanting to send them on their way, away from here, away from him, away from danger.
"Of course." Ashley says. "Michelle, go play in the hall a minute." Michelle pouts but leaves.

Ashley and I move onto the bed while Levy waits by the sofa, looking encouragingly at me.
"So what's wrong?" She asks, her cold hands on my shaking ones.
"You need to leave." I tell her. She looks taken aback.
"Why?" She demands. A look of hurt crosses her face and my stomach twists at her words.
"There is...a man." I say, trying to explain. I don't want to say too much, if he's listening he might go after them, if he isn't already. "He...I think it was a few days ago that me, Mel, Lucas and Natsu were kidnapped, I can't be sure how long we in there. We were kidnapped by the mother of mum and dad's murderers' mum and an accomplice. Long story short, the person who made them doing it seems to want me for something, and is doing anything possible to get me. I'm worried that it might mean he hurts you." My voice breaks at the end, in fear and sadness of what he might do to them. Ashley opens her mouth to speak when Michelle screams outside.

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Everyone: ooooooooh O.o
Lucy: if you hurt Michelle-
Me: heh heh...everyone say bye!
Everyone: byieeee!