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A Thanksgiving To Forever Remember

Chapter 14 - recap

A small amount of blush covered my cheeks. Finally I murmured, "Why are you staring at me you dork?"

He smirked and chuckled before pulling my close to him. "Because, I never want to forget your beautiful face Lucy Heartfilia. And I never want to forget how much I love you."

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Chapter 15 - A Thanksgiving To Forever Remember

I pulled myself from the bed, my tiredness shedding off me as I moved to the kitchen. I yawned and stretched my arms up, letting out a soft moan as my body unstiffened.

"You really shouldn't act so seductively, Lucy," I looked over my shoulder to see Natsu, leaning on the bedroom door frame. I raised an eyebrow in his direction.

"I am not acting seductively you perv," I tease him. A dark smirk played across his lips.

"You are very vulnerable right now Lucy, I could easily overpower you," He began to step closer to me. I stayed still, standing tall.

"I can defend myself," I huff, fold my arms over my chest and look away from him for a moment. When I turn back he is right in front of me and I shriek. He grabs my hands and roughly presses his lips to mine. He pulls me back into his room and presses me against the wall.

"See Luce? Don't tease me, I'll eventually have to take what I want without waiting," he murmurs into my ear, his warm breath tickling the sensitive skin. I was absolutely breathless. He had my heart racing, and he had hardly done a thing! He kisses me again while I'm still pinned against the wall.

"Natsu!" We heard Wendy call. Natsu pulled his lips from mine and sighed.

"Yes Wendy?" He replied to his little sister.

"Can I have poptarts?" She calls her question.

"Yes Wendy, you can have poptarts!" He grants her permisson, all while I watch his face. I'll admit, he's pretty attractive when he is serious. Then his serious eyes turn to meet mine and my breath catches again. His hands release mine and move to my waist as he kisses me again. It's different than any before, and it sent mixed emotions through me. When he pulled away he leaned his forehead on mine.

"I love you Natsu," I tell him and rest my hands on the back of his neck.

"I love you too, Luce." he kisses my forehead. Then he steps back and walks out to the kitchen where Wendy was packing her gym bag.

"I'm going to swim practice!" She sang as she walked out the door. I went into the kitchen and began pulling things out to get them ready for dinner tonight. I turn on the oven and place the turkey inside and begin putting ingredients for stuffing together. Suddenly there was a loud pounding on the door. Natsu opened it, and was jumped by two men. I immediately recognized them as the two drunk men from before. I grabbed the phone and dialed 9-1-1. I rushed information to the lady on the other end.

Natsu struggled with one and the other ran gasoline around the living and dinning room. I scampered into the bedroom and grabbed Natsu's old baseball bat. I ran out and whacked one guy in the back, causing him to howl in pain.

"You bitch! This is only the beginning of our payback!" He yelled and threw a lit match onto a pool of gasoline. They bolted and Natsu leapt from where he was at me. Fire already engulfed over half the room and Natsu threw open the balcony door. He helped me down to the neighbors balcony and then climbed down himself. Then we safely dropped to the ground.

That's when I heard the loud bang and Natsu fell forward, blood forming around him. The two guys ran, and I heard the clatter of the dropped gun as police and firemen showed up. I dropped to Natsu's side.

"Natsu? Natsu! No, no please!" I begin to cry. Some officers come and remove me from his side.

"Natsu!" I screamed his name. "Natsu! Please! Answer me!"

Officers held me back as tears ravaged my face. "No! Please!" I gasped, reaching my arms past the men. "I have to see him! Please!" I sob slipping into hysterics.

"Ma'am please, calm down. Now tell us who did this?" One officer tried calming me.

"It was them! Those damn men who tried to take me!" I gasp. "One's name is Ripper! Please, oh god those bastards!" I scream without much thought as panic flooded over me.

Natsu was lifted onto a gurney and rushed to the nearest hospital. I called his mother, while sobs still racked my body. I was given a ride to the hospital by one of the officers. Wendy was dropped off at the hospital. I stood out front waiting for her. When the cab she took drove away she charged across the road and slammed me with a hug, tears rimming her eyes.

"I don't want him to die!" She cried heartbreakingly. I sobbed with her then, losing control. Her mother showed up and embraced us both, keeping her tears silent. We all headed inside to wait, and I couldn't stop replaying the things he had said this morning.

Wendy fell asleep on her mother's lap who fell asleep on a arm chair in the waiting room. I stayed up, biting my thumb nail. A nurse came in. "He's out of surgery," she said softly. I leapt up and hurried to the room the nurse directed me to. I opened the door and saw him lying there, bandaged chest wrapped tightly. Even his head was bandaged from the fall. I made it to the side of his bed before sinking to my knees and leaning my head on the mattress.

"Natsu, I love you okay? I really love you," I whisper.

"I... I love you too... Luce."

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Chapter 16 - She Is Only Evil

"He might have a slight lapse in memory, otherwise he should recover fully. It will depend on him how fast that recovery is, but considering he made it this far... It should be speedy," the doctor said.

I sighed, he would be okay. Now it was time to find those two-

"Hello?" Someone peeked in.

"Lisanna?!" I squeak.