I Love You [SEQUEL TO 'MAKING A DIFFERENCE']

Lonely

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A month later
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             "What's your favorite anime?" Erza asked while I sat down in my seat. I was being crowded by Erza, Levy, and Elias. I put a finger underneath my chin. "I would have to say...hm....Seraph of the end."
              "That's a good one. But I prefer Ouran high school host club!" Levy exclaimed with excitement.
               Erza folded her arms and closed her eyes. "Well I like Fairy Tail the best. Their strength lies within their bonds and they never give up no matter what. I envy their spirits and I like to think that our bond is as strong." A smile crossed all of our faces just by hearing that.
          "Hey Luce, can I talk to you for a moment?" I looked up at him.
           "Uh sure." I slowly got up and my friends made room for me to walk through, "Just a minute, you guys." I walked towards Natsu as we stood in the corner of the class.
            "It's been a week since we've hung out! You wanna come over Saturday?" I looked at him with a frown.
            "I'm sorry Natsu. But I already promised Elias that I would help him babysit his little sister." I stared down at the ground with guilt.
            I looked so at him and he had a grin, while rubbing the back of his neck, trying to avoid eye contact, "oh that's okay! Maybe some other time." He walked away.

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Third POV

           Natsu grinned, rubbing the back of his neck. "Oh that's okay! Maybe some other time." He turned away, but once he did, his face changed into a frown and he put his hands in his pocket. He walked out of the classroom before Lucy decided to go sit back down.
          It wasn't long before Lucy was able to enjoy their conversation again. However, while Natsu was walking to his classroom, he didn't feel like smiling or laughing.

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Friday night in the streets of Magnolia
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              "Are you sure dude? These are like once in a life time tickets!" Natsu sighed, handing the tickets of his and Lucy's favorite band Funkist, to Gray.
[A/N- They are the J-Pop band that performed 'Snow Fairy' in the anime]

           "Yeah I'm sure. She's busy tomorrow anyways." Natsu just shrugged, trying to not sound devastated.

           "Thanks man! However I don't have anyone to take."

         Natsu turned around, as he waved his right hand in the air, "why don't you take Juvia?"

            Gray just stood there speechless. "I just might have to take you up on that." He whispered to himself, smirking, while turning away.
          The two walked further and further away from each other. Natsu placed his hands by his side as they shook with anger. His teeth clenched. He didn't know whether to cry or break something.
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A week later
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           "Natsu?" Lucy answered the phone.

           "Uh yeah! Hey Luc...y" Lucy didn't even realize what he just said.

         "Did you need something?" She asked.

          Natsu took a deep breath, pacing around his room, "don't you feel like we're kind of growing apart?"

         There was a silence on the other end of the phone.

        Lucy sighed, "yeah, I guess so." There was a long pause. The two had no idea what to say to each other.

        Natsu ached to see her, but she was constantly busy hanging out with Elias.

        "You and Elias....you're not starting to fall for him are you?" Natsu finally asked, as he slowly sat down on the edge of his bed, letting his hair drape over him. He continued to hold the phone up to his ear.

          Lucy's eyes widened, "what! Of course not! Have you gone mad? Natsu Dragneel! I love you! Okay! You and only you!! Don't you dare forget that."

        Natsu's heart skipped a beat but he still felt like his heart was missing something.

         "Are you....jealous?" Lucy hesitated on asking.

         Natsu sighed, "no of course not. There's just something about him I don't like."

          Lucy knew he was jealous but didn't want to push him.

        "There's nothing wrong with Elias. He is a great guy. I think you two would be great friends! You know what! Why don't we all hang out after school tomorrow. All 3 of us."

         Natsu didn't like the idea but he desperately wanted to hang out with Lucy.

          "Okay."

          "Great!" She chuckled and hung up the phone.

For some odd reason....

Natsu was pissed off