The Things She Never Spoke Of

Chapter 22

Lucy looks over at me, her face shows confusion and excitement.

I offer my hand and smile as I say, "Come on!"

She takes my hand.

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Lucy POV:
"Where are we going?" I ask as we get back in the car.

"You'll see." Natsu replies with a smirk.

"Aw, come on tell meeee!" I beg.

"Nope." Natsu refuses with a snicker.

We both begin to laugh.

"Okay, wherever is fine as long as I'm with you." I admit, my cheeks slightly warm.

He puts the car in reverse as his cheeks turn a bright shade of red.

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After about twenty minutes we arrive at our destination.

"Okay, close your eyes." Natsu childishly says.

I giggle a bit before meeting his demand.

Natsu opens his door and gets out of the car, and soon appears on the other side to open mine.

Grabbing my good hand, he leads me outside and stops somewhere along the way.

Natsu places his hands over my eyes and says, "Okay, open your eyes."

I open my eyes to see ten fingers, as excepted.

"Natsu..." I whine.

"Okay, okay now open your eyes." Natsu says as he removes his hands from my field of vision.

In front of me is a faded green building with an old, light up sign that illuminates "Madeline's Memories".

"What is this place?" I ask in amazement.

"It's a vintage bookstore; you said you like books, so I thought you'd like it here." Natsu explains with a grin.

Grabbing his hand, I run inside with excitement.

Inside was a wonderland.

Thousands of books of many shapes, colors, and sizes scoured the walls of this nirvana.

I pick up one of the books; I could feel all of the memories and experiences this stack of paper has been through.

"Natsu, th- this place is amazing!" I exclaim.

His smile grows bigger as he replies, "Good, I'm happy."

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Natsu POV:
I watch in fascination as Lucy frolics around the bookstore.

She looks like an eager child in a candy store.

Her eyes aren't clouded by despair anymore; no not at all. Her eyes shine bright with passion and love.

"Natsu! Look at these!" Lucy called from somewhere in the store.

Locating her in the back of the store, I'm not surprised to see her attempting to balance a stack of books with only one hand.

"Do you need some help?" I ask with a laugh.

"Please," She answers and give me half of her stack, "and look at this."

Lucy steps closer and presents a book to my eyes.

"It's about the constellations! Look at all these fantastic drawings!" She exclaims as the pages flip forward.

My eyes move from the book and onto her.