"When the world says, 'Give up,' Hope whispers, 'Try one more time.'"
"What isn't today might be tomorrow"
"Fall seven times , get up eight"
Chapter 1 : Trials & Tribulations
November - December
Juvia and Gray Fullbuster had been married for three years and were finally ready to expand their family , Juvia and Gray had been trying for three months to conceive and to their disappointment the tests constantly read negative. The frustration was wearing on Juvia's happy spirit , since the third negative result Juvia became sad and began to contemplate giving up on ever being able to conceive. As much as Gray tried to make her feel better Juvia always pushed him away , constantly blaming herself for not being able to give Gray the happiness that she felt he deserved to have. Gray couldn't help but to feel sad he wanted to just be able to give his wife the only thing she wished to have , he remembered asking her what she wanted for Christmas being that it was the end of November .
Flashback
"All Juvia wants is to be able to finally see a positive pregnancy test" said Juvia beginning to cry
Gray began to tear up , seeing his wife extremely sad was the hardest thing for him to endure he never ever wanted to see her cry.
Gray grabbed Juvia into a tight hug
"Juvia were going to get through this together , I just don't want to see you crying and upset anymore" said Gray wiping the tears that left his wife's eyes.
"Juvia is sorry for making Gray upset , I just feel like maybe this is sign that I am not fit to be a mother" replied Juvia more tears falling
"Hey don't say that , Juvia you will be an amazing mother to our child don't even worry about things like that" said Gray hugging her tightly
Juvia said nothing , all she could do was cry against the shoulder of the man she loved.
Present Time
Today was December 13th , 12 days until Christmas and Juvia's hopes of becoming a mother was slowly dying.
Juvia told Gray that she needed to be alone , of course Gray tried to talk her out of it but after her constant pleas he finally gave in and went to the guild.
The girls of fairy tail all knew about Juvia's trouble with conceiving and felt horrible when they wanted to visit Juvia , Gray always told them it wasn't a good idea . The girls understood and instead would call and talk to Juvia trying to raise her spirits.
Gray walked into the guild and sat at the bar
"Hello Gray" said Mirajane smiling
"Hi Mira" replied Gray with a smile that wasn't as bright as it usually was
"Is Juvia feeling alright today ?" asked Mirajane wiping glasses
"She's not doing to well it's getting so close to Christmas and still no luck she's losing hope" replied Gray sadly
"I know it will happen for you guys when the time is right , Juvia will be an amazing mother" replied Mirajane
Gray gave Mira a reassuring smile
After a few hours of being at the guild , Gray decided to head home he needed to be with Juvia .
He knew Juvia wasn't a person who did well with being by herself especially with what she was going through.
When Gray walked into his house , all the lights were off the only light was the light of the Christmas tree in their living room. Juvia was sitting on the couch crying , he knew that this Christmas would be the hardest for her all she wanted was to be pregnant . Gray walked over to the couch and sat next to Juvia wrapping his arms around her as she cried , after weeks of trying to comfort her she finally gave in.
"Juvia" said Gray looking at his wife
"Yes" replied Juvia still crying against his chest
"Tomorrow lets try again" said Gray rubbing his wife's back as she cried
"Is Gray sure he wants to even keep trying , it seems like every time we try the tests always are negative ?" replied Juvia
"Yes I'm very sure about this , we can't give up on having a child now we have come too far for that so tomorrow we will try again OK ?" said Gray tearing up
"OK" replied Juvia still crying
Gray hugged his wife tighter than he had ever hugged her before , he knew that the only thing she wanted was a child and he knew he had to help reach that goal.
Christmas Morning
Juvia woke up early that morning to take a pregnancy test , she was never so anxious to know if the constant trying last week was worth it.
Juvia walked out of the room without waking Gray up and walked down the hall to the bathroom shutting the door behind her.
"OK Juvia don't get your hopes up , Gray says we can't give up so if this is not the right time it's not the right time" said Juvia to herself
Juvia opened the cabinet and found her box of pregnancy tests , she felt her hand shake as she opened up the box to the test she was about to take.
"OK Juvia you know this whole process Juvia can do this" said Juvia getting nervous
After Juvia took the test all she could do was wait two to three minutes , that two to three minutes always felt like eternity for her.
She decided to leave and come back , so that the two to three minute wait wouldn't feel as long.
After the what felt like an eternity of waiting Juvia walked into the bathroom , picking up the test not looking at the result yet.
Juvia counted to three and then opened her eyes , tears began to stream down her face and this time they were happy tears.
The test read positive , she couldn't believe that she was pregnant something she had been wishing for finally came true.
Juvia decided before telling Gray she would take another one a little later just to be sure , but she couldn't help but to feel excited.
Gray woke up to the smell of breakfast , he walked downstairs and found his wife flipping pancakes.
"Morning Juvia" said Gray walking over to her kissing her cheek
"Good morning Gray" replied Juvia smiling something she hadn't been able to do lately
"I see your happy this morning , I am so glad to finally see a smile on your face again" said Gray smiling setting the table
"It is Christmas after all who can be sad on a day like this" replied Juvia placing the pancakes on a plate
"Very true" replied Gray smiling at his wife
Juvia walked over to the table with the pancakes and placed three on both of their plates
The couple sat down and enjoyed their breakfast talking about the Guild's Christmas party that night , and how good it would be for Juvia to see all of her friends again.
About an hour later Juvia decided to get ready , she also wanted to take another test just to make sure she was officially pregnant.
Juvia smiled so brightly seeing another positive result , she couldn't help but to smile after finally being able to see the result she had been hoping to see for quite some time.
Juvia decided to place the test in a box and wrap it while Gray was getting himself ready , she couldn't wait for Gray to open the box.
Gray walked into their bedroom
"Gray Juvia has something for Gray to open" said Juvia handing him the box
"I thought we were going to wait until the party tonight to open our gifts to each other" replied Gray confused
"Juvia thinks Gray will want to open this one up now" said Juvia smiling at her husband's confused expression
"Alright then" replied Gray smiling untying the bow on the box
Gray sat on their bed and opened the gift , he couldn't believe his eyes when he saw what was in the box.
Juvia began to tear up seeing the excited expression on her husbands face , she was so happy she could finally give him the happiness he deserved.
"Were going to be parents ?" asked Gray excited
"Were going to be parents Gray finally we will have a little one of out own" replied Juvia tears streaming down her face
Gray kissed Juvia , he couldn't believe that he was finally going to be father .
He had finally been able to give Juvia what she wanted a gift that couldn't be bought , they were finally going to be parents.
Thanks for reading the first chapter of this story !