Lost in Love
Juvia was sitting on her bed. Her mind was wandering all over the place. Tonight at 10 o' clock the annual Fairy Tail ball is going to take place. There will be music and booze. Booze hat will be mostly drunken by Cana obviously. Everyone would dress nicely. The men will wear suits and the women will wear gowns. But there was no one that spend more time to pick out the right dress than Juvia. She had to make sure Gray would notice her tonight. Usually he just ignored her, but tonight he wouldn't. She would ask him to dance with her. When he would see how beautiful she looked and how well she could dance, he would definitely ask her out. Then he would kiss her and ask her to be his girlfriend. She would of course say yes and then he would decide it wasn't enough to just have her as a girlfriend. He would propose to her and they would get married. Followed by 34 babies. She would have his Grayby's. Ooh look at the time. She was getting a little carried away and had no time left to fantasize about Gray.
Tonight she will try to turn her fantasy into reality. Time for hair and make up. She decided it was time for a new her style. She had grown her hair lately, so now it reached the end of her back. It was almost straight, but there were soft curls in the bottom. She decided that today she wouldn't wear blue. No, she would wear that elegant, but sexy black dress with golden accessories. She finished her hair, did her make-up, painted her nails, got into her dress and completed the outfit with golden stiletto's. Juvia looked gooood! Just in time, because she had to go!
She got into a cab and reached the ball. She had never been invited to a ball before. She hoped she was dressed well for the event. She stepped inside the ballroom and feasted her eyes on the room. There was a champagne fountain, there were waiters, a band and there were little appetizers. While looking around, she noticed that it was not too crowded. She thought she arrived right on time, but she was one of the first ones in. There was Levy, the other bluenette. She on the other hand did decide to go with a deep blue dress, accentuating her blue locks. Juvia had to admit she looked great. She was starting to regret not also going with a blue dress, but she pulled herself together. Levy's date was Gajeel, who was wearing his white suit and seemed to have brought his guitar. It seemed like Levy was trying her best to keep Gajeel of the stage. There was the master who seemed to be occupied with Poluschka, the human hater. Poluschka was wearing her everyday clothes and Juvia could have sworn that she overheard Poluscha mutter why dress up for these ungrateful humans. Juvia decided to stay clear of her this night. Finally there was Lucy, who was standing behind the bar, who seemed to be in a fight with Natsu. She could only see their faces, since they were standing behind the bar. Even though Lucy was angry and appeared to be yelling at Natsu, she looked great. She was known as one of the guild's most beautiful mages and Juvia couldn't help but feel insecure around her. She tried to get rid of that thought and reminded herself that this would be her night. Just hers and Gray's and decided to stay by her self for now. It got a little more crowded, but Juvia paid them no mind. As the time flew by, she kept her eyes hopefully focussed on the door. And finally there he was. Gray stood at the entrance wearing an elegant, black suit with a white shirt underneath it. As he entered the ballroom with a bored look on his face, Juvia sighed and couldn't help but thinking about him. He was too perfect.
She was about to go to Gray, but then got stopped by old master Makarov.
'That is a nice dress you got on Juvia, the old dirtbag told Juvia.
'Thanks, where is Poluscha?', she asked, knowing the old geezer had drunk too much.
'She left by her self, but that doesn't mean that we have to, the old geezer winked.
Juvia slapped the old man, knowing that he wouldn't remember it the next day. She left Makarov behind to hit on some other younger girl and a little while later Juvia saw the old geezer receive another slap. She decided to look for Gray. She walked around the room and finally found him. As she got closer, she saw that another girl was also approaching him. Juvia walked as fast as she could, but the other girl reached him first. She was blond and wore a red, tight and short dress that left nothing to the imagination. Who was she? Juvia closed in on the two and the other girl looked behind her. It was Lucy! Lucy gave Juvia a short glance and turned her back on her again. What was she doing with Gray? Juvia told her she liked him, and still she was standing there with him in that ridiculous outfit. Juvia wondered if Lucy even read the dress code. It didn't say neglige, it said gown. Stupid blonde the bluenette thought to her self. She decided to spy on them. After an hour they were still talking, only now Gray had his hand on Lucy's waist and they were standing closer together. They were laughing together and Juvia felt as if they were laughing at her. Lucy kissed Gray on his cheek and then they moved to the dancefloor. Juvia decided she wasn't going to stand there and look at them. She would leave the guild. She walked outside and ran into Levy.
'Where are you going?', Levy asked Juvia.
'I am going on vacation', Juvia replied trying to stop the tears from rolling down. Then it started raining.
'What are you doing out here?', Juvia returned the question.
'Waiting for Gajeel. He is getting panter Lily down from one of the trees', Levy smiled.
'Give him my regards', Juvia said and ran off.
Juvia was used to feeling alone, but when she met Gray she believed she wouldn't be alone for much longer. But it was obvious he didn't feel the same way. He chose Lucy over her. She decided to leave Magnolia for a while. Nobody would miss her anyway. She went to her apartment and packed her bags. She opened her old photo book. She looked at a photo which displayed a young girl, with an old lady next to a board of Hargeon Town, het hometown. Then she walked outside and stopped a cab. She finally allowed her tears to roll down her cheeks as the cab drove of in the rain.