Jellal had just finished his 10 month long S class mission from the Magic Council, honestly he thought it would have been a mission that was 5 months max but the council proved him wrong this time. Jellal was a free man but he did his best to do Council missions just in case the Magic Council changes their mind about letting him wander free. He doesn't complain and does his work as flawlessly as he could withouth breaking laws or damaging anything when out on missions. So when he finished this tiresome mission, he was worn out but feeling giddy, he was excited to see his wife Erza. After all, he spent a lot of time without her. So when he got a train to Magnolia and opened the doors to the Fairy Tail guild, he was taken aback, because he didn't expect to see Erza.
Well, not Erza. But Erza holding a blonde haired little boy and kissing his cheek, while cooing at it. At first he thought it was Natsu and Lucy's baby and she was taking care of him since Erza wasn't pregnant when he left and the baby was blonde, so it couldn't be his. Well, that's what he thought. He was proven wrong, however, when Lucy approached the redhead and said, "How's your cute little baby? I hope he didn't mind what his Uncle Natsu did."
Erza looked at Natsu, Gray, Gajeel and Laxus who were snickering in a corner and glared daggers at them. "Little Alex over here doesn't mind, do you?" She said cooing at the baby, Alex. "But her mommy minds, oh she minds very much, and she's also very angry." continuing in a voice loud enough for Natsu and the others to hear.
Jellal gaped at the scene unfolding before him and stood motionless, his thoughts were a mess. "Had Erza cheated on me? With a blonde guy? Wait, who has blond hair? That guy from Blue Pegasus who always flirt with her. Wait there were two of them, what are their names? Habeki something? Oh that's right, Hibiki the incredibly flirty guy who was part of the Trimens. And the other boy, Eve. No, it can't be Erza don't like guys like them. Hmm, from the guild maybe?" He looked around as he thought and when his eyes landed on the Lightning Dragon Slayer his eyes widened and he gaped in disbelief, he was screaming in his head. "Laxus! Laxus that's right. Laxus is strong, Laxus is part of her family. Master Makarov probably approves, yeah. And the baby has his blonde hair!" He muttered, a dark aura surrounding him, "I see. My bestfriend and Erza huh."
Just then, Lucy spots him, and waves, "Jellal! Welcome back." Erza looks at him and smiles as she moves towards him. "Jellal, I missed you." She says as she kissed his cheek. Jellal stays rigid and still as he observed the baby. He didn't look like Laxus though. "What's wrong Jellal?" Erza says, noticing the tension in the air and Jellal's lack of affection. He looked around and saw that the whole guild was staring at them now, puzzled at Jellal's reaction. Jellal breaks the silence his voice shaky, "Erza, did you ch-cheat on m-me?" Erza's expression changed from worried to that of horror and disbelief. Jellal took this for a yes and said, "Was it Laxus?" At the mention of his name, Laxus roared in laughter then the whole guild joined him too. Finally, Erza laughed with them. Jellal was confused. Why were they laughing? Were they laughing because he was so pathetic to believe that Erza would fall in love with someone as evil as him when he could have Laxus? Laxus was Markarov's grandson, he wasn't a wanted fugitive. He was accepted. He was thinking of many other reasons when Alex started crying. Erza calmed down and tried to pacify him but Alex kept looking at Jellal with his wide and watery eyes. Alex reached out his pudgy fingers at Jellal and Erza chuckled. "I think he wants you to hold him Jellal." Jellal stared in disbelief, why would he hold Laxus' son. But then, Erza said something he couldn't believe.
"After all, this is the first time he gets to see his father." She smiled softly at Alex then looked at Jellal who had his mouth wide open. "A week after you left, I found out I was 3 months pregnant. I wanted to tell you but I didn't know how to find you since the Magic Council decided the mission was confidential and prevented you from telling anyone the details, so I waited. And here you are." By the time Erza finished explaining, Jellal had tears in his eyes while reaching out his shaky arms and saying, "May I?" Erza smiled and explained how to hold the baby. Jellal was cradling Alex- who stopped crying the moment Jellal held him, in his arms as Erza said, "You always told me that you liked the name Alex. So when I found out I was pregnant, I thought Alexander for a boy and Alexandra for a girl." Jellal smiled with a teary face at Erza and said, "I'm sorry for doubting you Erza." Erza chuckled as she wiped Jellal's tears.
The guild watched in silence as Jellal had his daddy moment. Finally, Jellal spoke up, "Wait, Erza, I'm sorry, but why is he blonde?" Again, Natsu, Laxus, Gray and Gajeel burst out laughing. Erza glared at them and Jellal raised an eyebrow curiously. "You see, earlier this morning, these idiots thought it would be funny to dye my son's hair blonde when I asked them to look after him while I go back to our house and get him a change of clothes. Levy was just about to change his hair color back when Lucy spotted you." Jellal laughed at this. He was being so paranoid that he should have known Erza would do nothing of the sort he accused her off. Jellal placed a kiss on the baby's forehead then said, "I'm sorry son, Daddy loves you and your mommy very much."
Levy approached the couple and uttered a spell which immediately cleared the blonde dye on Alex's hair and revealed a beautiful cerulean mop of hair just like his dad's. "He's got my hair." Jellal said, beaming with pride. "He looks so much like you. The only thing missing is the tattoo. The only thing he got from me is longer lashes." Jellal nodded in agreement. After awhile, "I wanna take him to Ultear and Meredy's house, then after that to Erik's, oh I'm sure Richard would love to see a baby too, then I'll go visit Macbeth and Sawyer too. Oh, Sorano might like babies. She may be a meanie but she's a woman. And women like babies, right?" Jellal demanded.
Erza chuckled, "Yes, yes, but let's let him nap first, ne?"