Just Add Water

Chapter 6

Lucy sighed in a very melancholic way as she looked at the picture frame on her night stand containing a photograph of her deceased mother. Today was the eighth anniversary of her mother's death and it was on this very day that her father spent all day in his office with the door locked. She knew that he wouldn't come out but she still went up to his office door and gave it a knock.

"Leave me alone." She heard him say.

"Dad it's Lucy. Can I come in?"

"If you must."

She opened the door and walked inside to find him at his desk. He looked like he was finishing up on some last minute work but she knew that once she was gone he would pull out the bottle.

"What do you want?" He asked.

"Listen Dad tomorrow is a Saturday."

"I'm well aware of that Lucy."

"Well I was wondering if maybe you wanted to do something tomorrow. We could go out for lunch or maybe take a walk by the beach."

"Lucy you're much too old to have me entertain you whenever you're bored."

"Dad it's not like that. I thought...I thought that tomorrow you might like something to cheer you up. Cheer us both up considering what today is."

"Lucy I don't have time for your foolishness. Now leave me."

Lucy sighed and reluctantly left her father's office. Before leaving for school she sat down and had some breakfast of cereal and toast with orange juice to drink.

"Miss Lucy." Her house keeper Spetto said. "These were delivered to you."

It was a boquet of tulips, daffodils, and irises. Her favorite flowers, all perfectly arranged together held by a ribbon.

"Oh my." Lucy said. "Who sent them?"

"The delivery man didn't say. Shall I put them in a vase with some water?"

"Yes Spetto and thank you."

After finishing her breakfast, Lucy went to school where she met up with Erza and Juvia.

"Hi Lucy. How are you feeling?" Juvia said hugging her, understanding what day it was.

"I'm fine. Thanks for asking."

"How's your dad?"

"Miserable just how he usually is on this day."

"I'm sorry."

"It's okay. You know this morning was pretty unusual for me."

"How so?" Erza asked.

"Well while I was eating breakfast the delivery man came by, someone had sent me flowers."

"That's so sweet." Juvia said. "Who sent them?"

"I don't know and you know what's really weird, they were all my favorite flowers. I've never told anyone what my favorite flowers are except for Dad, the staff, and you. At first I thought that you had sent them."

"No I didn't." Juvia said.

"Do you think that you might have a secret admirer?" Erza asked.

"Me? No. No way."

"Well why not?" Juvia asked. "Lucy you're a very pretty and a very nice girl. I'm sure that lots of guys like you."

"I don't have time for a boyfriend. I have to work on my studies. Speaking of which we better get to Miss Stellar's class, you know how she is about punctuality."