Mira was working at the guild serving drinks out to all the wizards in the guild. The masters had gone to another council meeting so things at the guild were rowdier than ever. She wiped down the counter top as Erza came over with Cana. "Two drinks. Strongest you have." Erza said. Mira nodded turning to make up the drinks. "Busy days girls?" she asked. "Yeah. It was quite a day. Cleaning up the sleeping quarters usually is." Erza said. Mira nodded again passing over their drinks. Erza took her having a sip. Cana downed hers in half a minute asking for another. Mira passed her another leaning on the counter. "So you'll be calling off early?" Mira asked. "Yeah. Been too busy to stay." Cana said and Erza held Mira's hand. "We'll hang out tomorrow for a while. Been a while." Erza said smiling. Mira smiled brightly. "Sounds great." Erza and Cana finished off their drinks before leaving. Mira sighed softly watching her other guilds mates as they talked and drank till they eventually left. Mira was then alone in the guild. Mira cleaned up the mess and washed up before putting it all away for the next day. She then headed downstairs to all the archives. She had to sort all of this out before the masters got home.
She spent two hours going through the files. She was getting tired of it though. She sighed softly before hearing a voice upstairs. She got up heading back to the bar. She stopped hearing the voice crying. "What on earth is going?" she muttered. She looked over at the doors to see a basket on the ground with a small crying baby inside. She walked over and looked at the baby before pushing one of the doors open seeing a figure disappear into the night. "Hey! Wait up!" Mira called grabbing the basket and running after the figure. They never stopped to acknowledge her or listen. Mira kept the baby close to her as she ran. "Wait please! I'm begging you, please stop. I need to talk to you!" she called. She put the baby down and reached out grabbing the edge of the coat. But it caught them both by surprise. The person jerked as she grabbed it making Mira stumble and fall. She shrieked as she fell back. She opened her eyes feeling a strong arm around her waist holding her from the ground. She looked up to see a pair of blue-grey eyes staring back at her. Neither of them moved. She slowly moving her hand till it meet their cheek. Her fingers skimmed over their cheek feeling a scar above and below their eye. She stopped when the figures free hand rested on top of hers holding it gently. Then they spoke.
"You know who I am Mirajane. Just take the kid and go back to the guild." He said softly. "Is that...?" "Don't ask questions Mira. Just do as I tell you." he said pulling her upright. She nodded slightly keeping her eyes on his. "I'll be back in a month or so." And with that, he gave her a brief goodbye kiss and then ran off. Mira turned and walked back to the baby lifting the basket up again. She glanced back into the darkness before walking back to the guild to finish her chores.
By the following morning Mira was back at the bar. The guild was full of people but it was unusually quiet. Lucy was slightly confused so went over to the crowd of people at the bar to see them all staring at Mira who had a small baby in her arms and a bottle feeding it. "When did you have a baby?!" Elfman asked eventually. "Never." Mira said softly. "Then where did that come from?!" he snapped. "Elfman, it's a baby not a 'that'!" Lisanna said and Mira smiled softly. "It was left at the guild. I found her last night." she said. "She's so cute!" Lucy commented smiling at the white haired bar girl. "Are you going to keep it?" Mira shrugged but deep down she wanted to. "I guess I'll have to. At least till Master comes back and I can check with him. The person who left her trusted us to care for her." she said looking at the baby in her arms. "What are you going to name it?" Lisanna asked looking at her big sister. "Laxajane Strauss." she said and Lisanna stared at her. "I've never hear that name before." she said. "Because I just made it up." Mira said walking over to the tables sitting down. Lisanna sat beside her looking at Laxajane. "Big name for a small baby." Elfman muttered. "So was Mirajane but it suits me fine." she said and Lisanna giggled. "I don't think he's impressed." she said and Mirajane smiled.
After a while she passed Laxa to Lucy. "Here. You look after her for a while since I have to work." Lucy nodded holding her close so she wouldn't wake up Laxa. Mira went back to the bar watching Lucy and Laxa. "She's such a sweet little thing." Lucy said softly as she stroked her cheek. "If she wakes up, just bring her over." Mira said and Lucy nodded. Levy, Lisanna and Erza sat with Lucy watching Laxa closely. "Isn't she simply adorable." Erza said and Levy smiled. "I hope you aren't going soft on us Erza." she said smirking. Erza shook her head. "Never." she said and Lucy looked up at Mira. "Does she seem a little upset?" Lucy asked. "I thought that too. But Elfman and I tried asking her but she wouldn't answer us." Lisanna said. "I'll talk to her about it later." Erza said glancing back at her friend.
Mira was serving drinks to her guild mates while they were talking to her but she wasn't paying much attention to them. She was busy thinking about last night's encounter. She barely noticed anything going on around her. Why did you come back like that? And where did that baby come from? I have so many questions and you aren't here to answer them. I don't know if I should believe you're coming back or not. How could you do that to me? Kiss me and run like that. You've stirred up feelings I've never had before. Oh why are you like that Laxus? She sighed softly looking at the counter again to see everyone with a drink. She wiped her hands before starting to clean up out the back. Laxus still wasn't in Makarov's good books and so usually came in the night when Makarov was asleep to get jobs but he came and left without saying a word to anyone. Especially her. And now he just dropped a baby and ran only this time she caught him only to have him kiss her and then leave.
She had so many mixed feelings building up inside her since then. Anger. Confusion. Sadness. Longing. Longing for his arms to be back around her and his lips back on hers.
She mentally slapped herself trying to get her mind back onto her work. She sighed sitting down on a stool in the corner staring at the floor. Maybe she should try and contact him. Sort these feelings out and get one thing straight. Where had that baby come from and did she have to take her back at some point.