After deciding to end Everyday Lives, I think it'll be easier to find certain chapters this way. I hope you don't mind :)
Fairy Tail and it's characters belong to Hiro Mashima.
Summary: Gray joins the new gym for its olympic size swimming pool and almost drowns because the lady-life guard is that beautiful? Or is Juvia just dreaming?
Pounding could be heard on the door of Gray's bedroom.
"Gray."
The voice was getting louder as he woke from his slumber.
"Wake up, Gray."
He could very easily tell who was on the other side of the, purposely, locked door.
"Now, Gray."
His midnight blue eyes opened slightly, the voice was getting annoying.
"Gray!"
The reason this voice was so persistent on getting Gray out of bed was because he had promised his step-siblings, Lyon and Ultear, to go to the new water park across town.
After accepting to go, he found out that they planned to go on opening day. Which meant that it would be crowded. Very crowded.
Gray Fullbuster doesn't like crowds.
"Fine. You leave me no choice."
He could hear the voice walking away, which didn't mean a good thing. Gray pulled the covers over his head, willing this day to pass.
"GRAY YOU GET UP AND OPEN THIS DOOR RIGHT NOW OR SO HELP ME!"
A new voice had joined. A scary voice. One that didn't like to be disobeyed.
"Ugh," Gray got up and before he opened the door put on his boxers that somehow ended up on his desk chair in the night.
"I'm up already, jeez." Gray looked up to see a grinning man and woman. His father, Silver, and step-mother, Ur.
"Good, you're up. Breakfast is on the table when you get ready." Ur said with a big smile. Then she ruffled his hair and kissed his cheek before heading down the hall.
"How come you always get her to do the dirty work?" Gray asked his father, who he looked up to more than anyone, who just so happened to suck at disciplining his children.
Silver laughed, "Did you know I was knocking on your door for at least thirty minutes?"
"Man, Dad, just barge in next time." Lyon piped in as he came out of his room, directly across from Gray's.
Silver just laughed again, "Come on boys, let's go eat. I'd rather not put your mother's temper to the test this early in the morning."
Silver and Ur met when Gray was two. His mother, Mika, died in childbirth. Ultear was born when Ur was in high school to her first boyfriend, who they haven't seen in years. Lyon was born to Ur and her first husband. He died in a car crash not long after Lyon was born. The three siblings know of their real parentage, but none care. They love their family the way it is.
But that doesn't mean that Gray wants to go to an over crowded water park with the overly cheerful Ultear and the hopeless romantic Lyon.
"Yes, and Gray, when we get there I want to show you my flower."
"...you're what?" Gray stared at his brother. Not knowing if it was a literal flower.. or if this was a silent message about something else...
"He means the girl he's been in love with forever and a half." sitting down at the table doing her nails was the last of the Fullbuster sibling.
"It has not been forever and a half! It's only been a few months since I even met her!" Lyon, the hopeless romantic as Gray likes to call him, falls for girls easily. He also becomes rather flustered when speaking of them.
"You mean you stalked her at the grocery store? Or the pet store?" Ultear never looked at Lyon as she spoke to him, choosing instead to finish her perfect manicure before she eats.
"...neither. It was at the mall." Lyon turns away and goes to the fridge.
Ultear sighed. When would her little brother get it? It was bad enough he fell for any girl who smiled at him, she just felt bad for her best friend, Meredy, who has had a crush on him for a while now.
Gray sat down beside his sister and just watched the interaction between them, and then at their parents. Who even after being together for a long time, still had the hots for each other. While a good thing for them, bad for the three teens in the house.
Gray looked at his father in envy. Unlike his fathers warm and fuzzy one, his personality was cold. Every girl he liked or went out with complained about him being distant. And he's probably been on a date with every girl in school. Except Lucy and Erza, both his friends and both taken by his best friends, Natsu and Jellal. One girl, Daphne, only wanted to go out with so she could learn more about Natsu. Something about his family that no one really understood. He really was the odd one out. Lucy helped him get out of that one.
His parents were happily married. Ultear was dating someone from another school, he couldn't remember his name. Then Lyon had a different date every weekend. Gray wasn't much about dating and relationships, but he didn't want to be alone the rest of his life.
Gray looked down at his plate as Ur set it down in front of him. Egg and bacon smiley face. Well, at least one man in this house was getting laid in the near future.
"Come on, come on. You have to see her! She's transferring to our school this year, she was the captain of the swim team and co-captain of the volleyball team. She's just made for the water and was probably a mer..." Lyon was going on and on and on about this person he wanted to fawn over all day. Ultear ignored him by looking around for someone she knew, Gray tuned him out as they walked to the entrance into the park.
"Jeez, cool down man."Gray had to grab Ultear and steer her into a chair before they were all taken. The park opened about a half hour ago, had they gotten there any later, no floor space, let alone chairs, would be available.
"So where is this girl, Lyon?" asked Ultear.
"She's hear, I saw her car."
Gray looked around, half listening to their conversation, half ignoring them, wishing he was still in bed. That is, until he saw her...
A woman was in the kiddy pool helping kids put their floaties on and had a large smile on her face. Her hair was the prettiest blue he had ever seen, her figure was divine, mile long legs and her swimsuit was barely containing what it should. It was a red lifeguard uniform bikini. Her name was on her left breast.
Juvia.
Before he knew what he was doing, Gray was walking towards the kiddy pool, ignoring cries from his siblings. The woman was so beautiful he was in a trance.
The next thing he knew was he was completely submerged in water. Now he knew why they were yelling, he was headed straight for the deep end of the pool. Before he could even think of swimming up to the surface, a hand reached his and yanked him up.
Immediately he started to cough up the water he swallowed. And when he looked up he saw the beautiful aqua eyes of the lifeguard he so wants to be acquainted with. Except for one thing..
"JUVIA! My darling! You saved my brothers life! How can I repay you?!"
Lyon had grabbed her and was hugging the life out of her..
Gray felt an emotion he didn't feel very often: jealousy.
He grabbed the woman's shoulders and yanked her to his chest.
"Hands off, Lyon. I saw her first!"
"What are you talking about? This is Juvia! My water flower who I am going to marry!"
"W-wait, wai-"
"Marry?! You're 17!"
"Yes marry! I'll be 18 in a few months and the ceremony will be then!"
"Hold on a mo-momen-"
During the fight, the blue haired lifeguard was begin jerked back and forth between the men. Not to mention they weren't even listening to her.
"No way!"
Gray took Juvia by the arms and turned her to face him.
"The only man suitable for this woman is me."
Then he kissed her.
Then he woke up.
Gray bolted out of bed and fell to the floor. That dream was so realistic. But why did he have it?
"Gray? Darling are you OK?" Juvia came into the room only wearing one of his older shirts. She stopped when she saw him on the floor wrapped all in the blankets off their bed.
"Yeah, just a weird dream." He got up and kept the blankets around him. He and Juvia had only been living together for a few weeks, it was still awkward, no matter how many times she'd seen him butt naked.
"What about?" She came up to him and wrapped her arms around him and snuggled into his chest.
"About how we met, only the end changed.." He was uncertain if he actually wanted to tell his girlfriend or not.
"How so? Did you not fall into the pool?" Juvia loved thinking of that day, it changed her life.
"No, I feel in, it's just what happened after was different, Lyon and I started to fight over who would marry you.."
Juvia stared at him and then started to giggle. Lyon did have a crush on her for a while before she met Gray. But she fell head over heels for him that day, so Lyon really never had a chance. He was happy with Meredy now. Realizing her feelings for him not long after the pool incident.
"It's not funny, little Missy" Gray looked down and smirked at the giggling blunette.
"Juvia thinks it is, because Juvia knows the truth." She got on her tip toes to kiss the man who saved her life that day.
~*~ WHAT REALLY HAPPENED ~*~
Before he knew what he was doing, Gray was walking towards the kiddy pool, ignoring cries from his siblings. The woman was so beautiful he was in a trance.
The next thing he knew was he was completely submerged in water. Now he knew why they were yelling, he was headed straight for the deep end of the pool. Before he could even think of swimming up to the surface, a hand reached his and yanked him up.
Immediately he started to cough up the water he swallowed. And when he looked up he saw the beautiful aqua eyes of the lifeguard he so wants to be acquainted with. Except for one thing..
"JUVIA! My darling! You saved my brothers life! How can I repay you?!"
Lyon had grabbed her and was hugging the life out of her..
Gray looked down to hide his disappointment. Of course the one girl who he a genuine interest in, and sexy to boot, was the 'flower' that Lyon saw first.
Juvia could hardly breathe Lyon was squeezing her so tight. Trying to get loose she accidentally pushed him towards another pool, The Love Slide. It went all around the park so fast it was best to hold onto someone to slow down.
Lyon let her go just as she was falling onto the slide, being on it alone wasn't a bad thing, just a lot scarier, and Juvia had gone down alone once before when her fellow lifeguard, Gajeel, dared her too since he did. But he is a bit bigger than her, something she didn't factor til she was already on it. She didn't want to do it again.
She tried to regain her balance only to make her fall faster, when she felt someone put their arms around her waist as they both fell onto the slide. A few minutes pass before she looks up and sees the boy she saved from drowning. Lyon's brother, he said?
"It seems like we both need saving today, huh lifeguard?" The dark-haired boy smirked down to the blushing girl as the ride continued. But thanks to his added weight, it was much slower than her first trip.
Juvia giggled, "Yes. It would seem so."
After they got off the ride, Lyon was livid to find out that during the 20 minute ride, Gray asked her out before he even got a chance.