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: Juvia has to babysit her best friends little sister as he goes on a date. And she has to do it with her long time crush?!

"C'mon, please?" Gajeel begged over the phone. Looking into the other room and seeing his girlfriend all dressed up for him, he was pretty desperate, "I'd do it for you!

"Juvia doesn't have any siblings. So you couldn't do it for Juvia."

"You know what I mean!"

"Ask Natsu, she's his litter sister too."

"I would have, but the idiot left this morning and won't pick up his phone." He was SO getting Natsu back for this.

"Sigh..Juvia guesses she has no choice."

"Thank you! I promise I'll repay you!" Gajeel had to make sure the two girls in the next room didn't overhear him.

"Gajeel better."

"You can count on me water woman. 'Sides, you ain't gonna be alone. Aunt Ur and Ma are out shopping, so Gray's over here too. Was gonna hang out with him until Levy called." He glanced over and saw Levy and Gray talking. Wendy was doing her homework.

"G-Gray?"

"Huh? Yeah, why? That a problem?" All Gajeel could hear on the other line were things like 'will my darling want to spend a day with me?' 'i wonder if my beloved will like the dress I'm wearing', "So you'll do it?"

"Juvia will be right there!" The line cut off after that. Gajeel just stared at his phone.

"Are we OK to go?" Turing around, he saw Levy smiling up at him.

"Gihihi, sure are shorty." Levy huffed. Even though they had been dating for a few months now, he still called her that. She glanced back when she heard a knock on the front door.

"She's already here?" Gajeel asked himself as he went to go let her in.

"Who's that?" Levy glanced back over at Gray who had leaned forward to help Wendy with her homework.

"That would be Juvia, Gajeel called and asked her to babysit Wendy for him."

"I'm 13 years old, I don't need a babysitter." The young blunette crossed her arms. Deciding that she needed to speak to her parents about her constant need of a sitter, "And Gray's here, he didn't have to call her."

"J-Juvia?" The look on Gray's face was a mix of dread and something Levy couldn't make out.

"Yes Gray. Juvia." Levy laughed.

"Do you not like her, Gray?" Wendy turned to her step-cousin, Ur was Grandeeney's adopted sister.

"No, I do like her, she's just.." Gray never got to finish.

"My darling!" Juvia had thrown herself onto Gray from the back of the couch.

"What luck! Juvia was going to spend the whole day at home until Gajeel called and asked for Juvia's help. And now Juvia gets to spend the whole day with her darling!"

"Man, I'm going to KILL Natsu." Gray thought as he was put into an almost choke hold by the girl who was desperately in love with him.

"Ye-Yeah."

"Gihihi, well we're off. Call me if you need anything. Later Wendy!" Gajeel grabbed Levy and drug her out of the house to avoid the love fest going on in front of his sister.

Wendy finished her homework and watched TV before starting on her chores. Gray helped her with her homework and watched TV with her. Juvia went around cleaning the house and waiting for Wendy to leave her and her beloved Gray alone.

Wendy was cleaning the bathroom that adjoins both Gajeel and Natsu's rooms, she was prepared, she had on a mask and rubber gloves even. Juvia saw this as her chance. Gray was standing in front of the Dragneel's impressive bookshelf, filled with many types of books, when he felt two small arms wrap around him.

"We are alone, my darling," She lost her 'fangirl' voice, and was now being very sweet and shy.

Gray blushed. He liked Juvia, he did. The only thing he wished would change was her desperate fangirl side. When she was like this, she was hard to say no to.

"Wendy is still upstairs Juvia."

"Juvia knows, but she is cleaning out Natsu and Gajeel's bathroom. Juvia thinks it will be a while," she kissed his bare shoulder blade, that Gray just now realized was bare. He blushed more.

"You're probably right," he loosed up her arms and put some space between them, "Listen, Juvia, we need to talk.."

Before he could say more Juvia launched herself forward and kissed him. Gray stumbled back into to the bookshelf. Normally Juvia isn't this bold, but today was the 4th year anniversary since she had first met her darling. She wanted it to be special.

"Ju-Juvia?! What-What are you doing?!" Was this the same timid girl he knew? Who always looks so sad when it rains? He knew she was a little crazy, but this was a little more than a little crazy. She looked so seductive! Was she starting to take off her clothes?!

"Juvia, Juvia wait, Juvia!" She pushed him onto the couch, all of Grays clothes were gone, and the top of her dress was at her waist.

"Darling, let me show you the extent of my love," she leaned forward to kiss him.

"Juvia, wait, Juvia WAKE UP!"

Wake up? She was about to make love to her darling, she wasn't asleep.

"JUVIA! WAKE UP!" Gajeel's voice broke through her thoughts.

"What?"

"Ya spaced out on me water woman, can ya do it?"

"Do what?"

"Jeez, what ya on? I asked if you cared if Gray was with ya, ya ain't said anything."

"Oh, of course! I don't mind! If he doesn't, that is," What Gray thought in her little daydream was true, Juvia is NOT that bold. She would never do that in real life. Only in her dreams is she bold enough to tell Gray of her feelings, even more to make a move of that caliber.

"He don't mind. Said he's got a paper to write anyway."

"Juvia will be there soon," She hung up the phone and stood there. Why couldn't Juvia be that bold? Why does Gray never see her attempts to show him how she feels? She went into the kitchen and got a bowl of cookies she made the previous night. Wendy always liked her cookies, maybe Gray would too.

She made it to Gajeel's house much slower than she did in her dream. She knocked on the door. It was a sad and lonely trek, the rain was coming down pretty hard too.

"Hello Juvia!" Wendy opened the door to see her, unneeded, but favorite babysitter.

"Hello Wendy, I hope you don't mind that I have to come and watch you," She walked in and put the cookies on the kitchen counter.

"Oh I don't mind. Natsu is out with Lucy, she wanted to go shop in the city, so he won't be back until late. Levy wants to go out to dinner with Gajeel, she just got here. And Grays here too. He's pretty boring though," the 13 year old didn't know the distress the older blunette was under.

"Oh well, we can have a girls day then. I love you're new haircut! Short hair really suits you!" Unfortunately, Natsu and Wendy's cats got into a fight one day when she was lying on the floor and her hair got caught in their claws. It was too damaged to fix, leading to the new style she had.

"Thanks. I like i too."

"What does Romeo think?" Juvia decided to forget her own man problems and tease hers.

"I don't.. He hasn't said.. Juvia!" She put her head in her hands to cover her blush. Juvia could only giggle at the young girl.

"Hey, we're leaving," Gajeel came in the kitchen and stole a cookie.

"Gajeel! You'll spoil your dinner!" Levy followed him and tried to take the cookie out of his mouth.

"Nah, I ain't," he picked her up and carried her under his arm.

"Put me down! You caveman!"

"Call me if ya need anything Wendy, you too Juvia." He waved as he walked out the door with his girlfriend under his arm.

"Can you help me with my math? I asked Gray but he's too absorbed with his paper," Wendy finally asked after the girls quit laughing at Levy's misfortune.

"Sure."

The girls walked into the living room and found Gray in the floor with what looked like a mountain of papers. He looked at them.

"Hey Juvia."

"He-Hello Gray." She sat behind him on the couch as Wendy ran upstairs, "What are you working on?"

"Professor Bob. I can't believe I have to write a frickin' essay in a college history class. It's a hard one too. He told us to think like it was an Literature essay."

"At least it's not a research paper. Erza took his class last year and it almost drove her crazy, the only things that would calm her down were her strawberry cake and Jellal. Better if she combined the two."

"I'm not even gonna ask how she combined cake and Jellal. But yeah I know, Lucy is in his other class this semester, she has to do one too. My class got lucky."

Juvia looked at her lap. These were the only kind of conversations she could have with Gray. When they were in high school, any girl who liked Gray always made a claim on him to her, since they knew she liked him but would never say anything. They always intimated her. So when they were all together in a group, she tried her best to steer clear of conversations about who she liked, of course Lucy and Erza knew, but they kept quiet for her.

Now in college it wasn't as bad. Any girl who asked Gray out got turned down. He's never really dated. Natsu and even Lyon don't know why. But Juvia can't shake the feeling of being completely shy around him to the point where all their conversations are simple and impersonal.

She looked up when she felt him sit beside her. He put his arm behind her head smirked at her.

"So, what's new with you?" Gray watched as a blush spread on her cheeks.

"Oh, um, well, Juvia is sure she passed her mid-terms. The chemistry portion was by far the hardest-"

"No, stop talking about school. That's all we ever talk about. What's new with you. With Juvia," He leaned in a little closer to her.

Juvia just stared at him, unaware he was moving closer. She didn't know what to say. The last time she told Gray something personal about herself when he didn't over hear her tell someone else was over 3 years ago.

"Oh.."

"C'mon. You can talk to me. You never do," the arm he had on top of the couch came around her and brought her closer to him, her chest was up against his.

Juvia's blush darkened. Was this another one of her fantasies or daydreams? Gray didn't like her this way. She was sure of it. He liked girls who were like sunshine, who were bright and happy. Not someone who was dreary and sad like the rain. Like her.

"We've been friends for years, why don't you ever talk to me? Heck, you've told Natsu some pretty deep stuff. I can't figure out why you don't talk to me."

"Juvia doesn't wish to bother Gray.."

"You could never bother me. You've listen to me vent about my problems before, I know once or twice you helped me get away from annoying girls who don't understand that no means no. I feel bad that I've never returned the favor." now Juvia noticed that Gray was getting even closer to her.

Juvia put her hands on Gray's chest, to put a little distance between them. For once he did have a shirt on. It hardly happened now-a-days. It was more amusing as children.

"Juvia doesn't share with Gray because, well because.." Juvia was cut off by Gray, who kissed her.

Short, sweet, and to the point. He broke away before she could register that it happened. Her face was the color of Erza's hair, maybe even darker.

"You want to know the reason I don't date? It's cause I like you. I always have. It's always bugged me that you leave me out of everything. I know why now. What I want to know is why you think I like girls like that?"

"How-How do you know all that?" Her voice was like a whisper due to her shock.

"Ultear overheard a few girls talking about about you a few weeks ago. They were laughing about some of the things they told you in high school. She and Meldy made them talk. As for the other part.. Lucy is a blabbermouth when she's drunk."

"Drunk? When did Lucy get drunk?" Gray blanched. After everything he's said, that's what she focuses on.

"Me, her, and Natsu were playing dice, to make it more interesting we took shots if we lost the round. You know she sucks at dice. Cana taught her how to drink though. And I know for certain that Nastu got laid that night, I frickin' had to see a part of it too.." the end of his sentence was trailed off and his face got pale. That night he heard and saw things from his best friend that he never wants to see again, he can't look at Lucy the same way either.

"Lucy! I can't believe you!" Juvia couldn't believe that she would spill all her secrets like that. Drunk or not! Her thoughts were brought back to reality when Gray lifter her chin to look at her.

"I like you. And you like me. Let's make it official, yeah?" He sealed the deal by kissing her again, a tad longer this time.

The moment was lost when Wendy came back downstairs and telling them of her presence by dropping her book bag.

"I'm sorry! I didn't mean to interrupt!" She scrambled to pick up her books off of the floor.

"Don't be Wendy. It's your house anyway," Gray brought Juvia's legs into his lap and her head into his neck. He wasn't going to let her get away before he got what he wanted.

"Yes I know but, Natsu always gets mad, he's chased me around the room before when I've walked in on him and Lucy!" her face turned red just thinking about it.

"Natsu wanted to do more than kiss her and you stopped him, which is probably a good thing," both Gray and Juvia laughed when Wendy's face got even redder.

"Excuse me!" Wendy ran out of the room to the sound of her phone ringing, taking her bag with her. It must have been Romeo, she looked excited.

"Now, back to what I was saying," Gray turned to her with that smirk back on his face as the blush returned to hers.

"I.. I.. I'm not.." she looked down again, unsure of what to do, "I don't know.."

"Why are you talking like that? I think it's cute when you talk the way you do," he kissed her nose and got a squeak out of her.

"Juvia is not a pleasant person to be around. Juvia only brings sadness to those around her. Juvia is like the rain, no one can be happy in the rain," she tried to explain to him the downside of being with her, although it was what she wanted, she didn't want to be the one to make him sad.

"That's not true. 'Anyone who says sunshine brings happiness has never danced in the rain.' Rain is just as needed as the sun, sometimes even better. The sun brings light, but the rain brings nourishment. It can bring a wilting flower back to life. And that's what you are Juvia. You're my flower that blooms in the rain." Gray smiled and placed his forehead on hers and gazed into her beautiful blue eyes, two blue gems that he could get lost in.

"Juvia is.. you're flower?"

"If you want to be, of course." Juvia gave him a small shy smile.

"Yes, Juvia would like that," she gathered her courage, and was bold for the first time. She kissed Gray, the love of her life.

A month later Gray and Natsu were sitting in Lucy's kitchen, waiting on their girls for a double date. The news that Gray and Juvia were together was happy news amongst their small gang. Gajeel said he saw it coming. Levy and Meldy were ecstatic. Lyon had mixed feelings, he was happy for his brother, and slightly sad for himself, not as much as he would have been had he not started to like Meldy. Ultear was happy for them. Lucy and Erza told Gray if he hurt their friend they would feed his balls to Gray's own dog, Deliora. Jellal told them he was happy for them and that he would try to butter up Erza if they ever had to tell her any bad news. Natsu.. Well Natsu said..

"You get laid yet?" Ever since he found out, he'd been pounding Gray about his sex life, which was nonexistent before Juvia.

"For the last time flame brain, it's none of your business!"

"I'm just asking, you knew when me and Lucy did it the first time."

"Yeah, you told everyone. You were giddy all day and finally shouted it out loud to everyone that night at Erza's for movie night. Lucy still hasn't forgiven you for that."

"Yeah she has. I got a scar on my neck to prove it."

"Man, I'm sick of hearing about you two."

"Just tell me if you've hit that yet. And I'll stop."

They were sitting at Lucy's kitchen table staring at each other. Natsu had his feet propped up on the table, he practically lived in Lucy's new apartment. Her father and Natsu got along, somewhat, but she was a daddy's girl, so it was uncomfortable. Now that she was on her own, he pretty much stayed here with her. His parents were just happy he found a girl who could handle his wild nature, so him staying at his girlfriends didn't bother them much. Gray was more respectful of his friends home.

Gray was contemplating on what he should say. He couldn't really lie..

"Fine, Yes."

"Yes?"

"Yes. Me and Juvia have had sex."

Natsu jumped across the table, "Really Ice Princess? You have? When?"

"You're sounding more and more like a girl every day."

"Just tell me man!"

"Two weeks after I asked her out. After our 2nd date. We went back to her apartment, had a few glasses of wine, it was really... romantic."

"Now who sounds like a girl."

"Shut it flame brain!"

"Make me Ice Princess!"

"Natsu! Get off my table!" The boys looked over and saw a pretty pissed off Lucy and an embarrassed Juvia.

"Lucy! I'm sorry babe, sorry!" Natsu jumped off the table and brought her into a hug and kissed her.

"Stop it- Natsu- Quit it!" Lucy was trying to knock him off her but was unsuccessful.

Juvia walked over to Gray, being with him had helped with her confidence. Hearing him talk about their sex life with Natsu of all people wasn't helping though.

"Juvia, I'm sorry, don't get upset," Gray stood and wrapped his arms around her and kissed her nose.

"Juvia isn't upset, Juvia is just.. embarrassed."

"I'm sorry, blame him. He won't shut up." He hugged her close.

Juvia hugged him back. She was happy. And for once, it was the rain that had brought her her happiness.

The quote that Gray says about dancing in the rain is my most favorite quote of all time.