Jellal couldn't sleep.

It wasn't something new to him though. After all, being one who had spent thousand nights in his thirty years of life up to this very moment either in a cursed tower as a slave, or in jail as a prisoner, or in the wild as a fugitive, sleep had always been something luxury to him due to the harsh living conditions.

But the reason for his current insomnia had nothing to do with the conditions of his surroundings. In fact, he was lying on the comfy bed in his bedroom of his house which had allowed him to have some good sleep finally in the past two years after he was acquitted of the charges from the Magic Council.

He was getting married tomorrow. He was apparently feeling a little bit too excited and also nervous about it that he didn't feel sleepy at all. And there was also this fear that everything was only from his imagination but not real which haunted him. Somehow deep in his heart, he still found it hard to believe that Erza, the woman who had the most beautiful heart in his eyes, would love and marry a sinner like him.

Getting up, he switched on the bedside lamp which instantly illuminated the room with soft yellow light. Turning his head to the right, his eyes met his three pieces white wedding suit being hanged up straightly and tidily on the clothes stand. His lips naturally curved into a smile before he averted his gaze to his bedside drawers, eyes meeting the miniature communication lacrima placed on top of the wooden furniture. He wished to hear the voice of his fiancée, to hear the sound of her laughers, which always had the power to calm him down. However, he suspected that she was still occupied with the bachelorette party and he certainly didn't want to interrupt her.

Crossing his arms in front of his chest, he closed his eyes replaying the wedding procession they rehearsed briefly in the castle yesterday in his mind, trying to remember every detail. He was a little bit worried that his mind might suddenly go blank and that he would forget one or two steps of the ceremony when he truly stood in front of the officer tomorrow to get marry for real. He was almost certain that he would be flooded with mixed emotions when the moment came. How could he not when he was already feeling equally excited, happy and nervous in the rehearsal?

But before he could finish running every step of the procession in his mind, the communication lacrima vibrated and brought a stop to his train of thought.

Opening his eyes he quickly grabbed the device, and grinned when saw who the caller was.

"Hey, Erza."

Erza couldn't help smiling when hearing Jellal's cheerful and loving voice again after not talking to him for one whole day. All the preparation for the wedding had been finished yesterday, and they had agreed to spend the last day before the wedding separately with their own guild and friends.

"Did I wake you up?"

"No, I haven't slept yet. Has your party finished?"

She had spent most of the day in Fairy Tail's guild building on partying with her guild mates and some friends from other guilds. But at night, she had chosen to spend some cozy time with her bridesmaids only at Fairy Hills.

"Yes. I decided to call it a day and asked the girls to go to rest. I didn't want all of us to stay up late at night to get eye bags on my wedding day. And how was your day?"

She was amused when Jellal answered her with a sigh, knowing that his guild mates who all had distinctive character must have given him some hard time, and listened patiently to him retelling the events of the day. She learnt that he had spent the morning on listening to Richard reading a book on how to have a perfect marriage while having Macbeth at the side kept throwing discouraging comments on marriage at him in-between. That he was dragged to the spa centre by Meredy and Sorano to receive massage and facial treatment in the afternoon. Also that at night he was kidnapped by Erik and Swayer to a pub to have drinks and men's talk which ended up with he taking two drunken men back to their respective home.

"You had a rather busy day."

"I did." Hearing his tiring tone, she pictured him wearing a bitter smile on his face when replying her in her mind. "How was your day then?"

She then gave him a detail report on what had happened in the parties at the guild and at the dormitory.

"Your day certainly sounded much better than mine." A soft chuckle could be heard from the other side of the lacrima. "I'm happy to know that you had a great day, Erza."

"But tomorrow will be an even more wonderful day, for both you and me." She told him softly.

This time he didn't say anything in return.

"Jellal?"

"Erza." The suddenly serious tone Jellal used in saying her name made Erza's heart jump. "We are getting married tomorrow, or more precisely…ten hours from now, am I right?"

She turned her gaze to the clock to read the time before answering. "Yes."

"Everything is real and is not from my imagination, is that true?"

Erza felt her heart clenched a little after hearing Jellal's question. She could understand where his insecurities came from.

"It's all reality."

It had taken them a very long and hard time to be finally able to remove the obstacles between them to get together, which involved a lot of reasoning and persuasion from her and also a lot of struggles from him to overcome his guilt and self-loathing. Sometimes, she also felt it kind of surreal that they were actually going to get married. But then again, never before had she felt her life being as fulfilled and as completed as in now that she knew every moment she was living now, was indeed real.

"I am going to marry you tomorrow, Jellal. And I will allow no one and nothing to stop me from doing so." She paused and inhaled deeply, hesitating a little about what she was going to ask him for. "Promise me you wouldn't run away from me anymore."

"Never will I leave you again."

Shaking his head slightly Jellal buried half of his face into his palm; tears welled up in his eyes as Erza's reassuring words rid him of his insecure feelings while making him feel ashamed of making her worry.

"Thank you, Erza. I'm sorry for asking those stupid questions."

"Your questions weren't stupid. I know how you feel. And I'm always here for you."

There she was, being all understanding and considerate with him despite of his foolishness.

"Erza, I love you." He didn't know a better way to express how thankful he was to have her in his life than telling her that he loved her.

"I love you too, Jellal."

"I can't wait to see you tomorrow."

"Me too. And we must show up in our best shape in our wedding tomorrow. Maybe you should go to sleep now, Jellal, you need some good rest after having a busy day."

"Your wish is my command." Jellal answered with all sincerity. He did hope that after talking to Erza he would be able to relax and fall in sleep finally. "Good night, Erza, have a sweet dream."

"Good night, Jellal, have a sweet dream too."

But they both knew that no dream would be sweeter than the reality of them getting married.