Hey guys! Thanks a super million much for the very much appreciated reviews! Sorry for the kinda late update but I just got back last night from Durham. The ***** ******** School of Math and Science had their Welcome Day yesterday so I've been busy with that stuff for a bit

ANYWAYS! I just wanna thank you, again, and I hope you like this next Chapter, Intro - Erza and Jellal. Yay!

******Oh, almost forgot, just a bit of a note and I write it down there somewhere too, but it's been three years (obviously, author, duh) so I'm making them be at least halfway healed so Gray won't strip as much (pfft, yeah, sure) and Erza won't go bonkers over font sizes and Jellal will stay Jellal (hopefully) and Juvia won't cry every five seconds and Gajeel won't floss with steel wool and Levy will talk (a little) and... yeah... all that other stuff.

Lucy screamed. She couldn't help it, and she doubted anyone would blame her, really. In her hand was the blasted little plastic stick, mocking her with that stupid pink line. She'd felt bad for a few days – nauseous, dizzy, hot, tired, hungry. But she'd figured it was just her period, or a cold.

But when her period never came… and the symptoms never left… Lucy shivered. What would she tell Natsu? Hell, they weren't even married yet. Well, okay, that was a lie. Legally they were married two years ago, in a court house, on a random day, nothing special.

Because Lucy had refused to have wedding until Natsu could see, and Natsu refused to move into a house with her until they were married. That was their arrangement.

Lucy paused, they were married. Married people had kids. This was totally normal.

Lucy paused, but she was freaking out.

Lucy paused, damn she was doing a lot of that. "Okay." Lucy said to herself after taking a lot of deep breaths. "These things are wrong all the time. See? There's even two in the package! I'll prove this thing wrong in a heartbeat."

A few seconds later, that pink line was once again taunting her.

Time froze for Lucy, the clock ticked by, the birds outside the window kept singing, but Lucy just stared of into the distance. She could feel the life being sucked out, her soul floating up in the clouds, dancing around with those singing birds and the moving clouds and-

Harsh pounding at the front door shook her out of her thoughts and she glanced at the clock.

1:38.

Seven hours since Natsu had left. Seven hours since she'd found out. Two hours since she was supposed to meet Erza and Jellal/Mystogan/Who Knows for lunch.

Erza.

Lucy's eyes widened and she ran to the front door. "Lucy!" A harsh voice demanded, followed by more pounding. "I know you're in there!"

"Well," Another voice added. "She thinks you're in there."

"Shut it, Jellal." Erza snapped, pounding on the door some more. "Lucy!"

Lucy opened the door quickly, catching Erza mid-pound. "I'm sorry!" She shouted. "I'm so sorry, Erza! I totally lost track of time!"

Erza paused and lowered her fist, taking in the blonde's appearance. "Is everything okay?" She said, her fingers twitching at her sides. "You're totally disheveled and you didn't show up to work either. Is Natsu's procedure worrying you that much?"

Lucy swallowed and shook her head, finger-brushing her hair and straightening her clothes for Erza's sake. "No," She said, "Not really." She stepped back and opened the door. "Why don't you guys come in?"

Erza and Jellal followed behind the blonde as she turned the lights on. Erza sent Jellal a look which he understood and took her hand. Natsu and Lucy's house wasn't the tidiest place ever, and even Erza agreed it never could be. No matter how hard Lucy tried Natsu was and always would be like a tornado, destroying her hard work.

Lucy led them to the kitchen and went about boiling a kettle of water. "Tea or coffee?" She offered, pulling down the little tin boxes of tea leaves and coffee grounds. "I have Oolong, Black, Chai, Lady Grey, and Jasmine Tea as well as French Vanilla, Colombian, and Hazelnut Coffee."

She turned to the pair and they shook their heads. "No, we're fine." Erza said, swatting at some crumbs on the counter. Lucy smiled and shrugged, pouring the water from the kettle into a large red mug and swirling a teabag around in it. She gestured to the large dining room table just across from the kitchen and smiled. "Let's sit down." She said, and took a seat at the head of the table.

Erza and Jellal sat down on either side of her and looked at each other. "Well?" Erza said slowly, turning her hand in a circle. "Do you wanna tell us what's bothering you?"

Lucy took a sip of her tea and smiled as the flowery fragrance filled her nose. "Yes." She said. "I'll tell you." She cleared her throat and set the cup on the counter. "Two words. Pink. Lines."

Jellal paused. "Pink lines?" He repeated, glancing at Erza to see if that made any sense to her, surprisingly it did. Though, he had no idea why.

"Pink lines?" Erza said, leaning forward. Her eyes were filled with disbelief and worry. "As in... two lines?"

Lucy nodded. "Yes." She took another sip of her tea and closed her eyes. "Two lines."

Erza screamed and tackled the girl in a hug. "Oh my god, Lucy!" She shouted rather uncharacteristically. "Who have you told?"

Lucy paused, her earlier terror soothed by having someone to talk to. "No one." She said, and then corrected herself. "Well not directly. Levy-chan probably knows by now and she probably told Gajeel." Her voice trailed off. "And of course now you know."

Erza frowned. "How could Levy figure it out if you haven't left your house?"

Lucy sat up and straightened her hair. "Well," She said. "I kind of got the thing from Levy-chan. She keeps a few on hand after that scare a few months ago."

Erza opened her mouth to say something but was interrupted by Jellal. "Hold up." He said, holding his hands out. "What exactly did you get from Levy and what the hell does it have to do with pink lines and whatever the hell is wrong with Lucy?"

The girls looked at him.

Erza stood and walked over to him, holding her hand to his ear so she could whisper. He paused to listen and his face began turning shades of pink. When Erza leaned back, having finished her explanation, he was as red as her hair. "And that's that." She said.

Jellal closed his eyes, took a breath, and pointed at Lucy. "You're what!?" He shouted, and Erza face-palmed.

"Pregnant." Erza said again, "P-r-e-g-n-a-n-t. Like, with child. Honestly, Jellal."

Jellal just continued to stare at Lucy, looking her up and down. "You don't look pregnant." He said. "Those things are wrong all the time, anyway, right?"

"No." Lucy said. "I did it twice. It's not wrong." She paused and then muttered, "probably…"

Erza ignored Jellal, his face scrunched up with thoughts neither woman really wanted to know, or cared to. "Have you told Natsu yet?" She asked, crouching back to sit beside Lucy on the floor.

"No." The blonde said. "He's probably still in surgery so there's no way I could tell him anyway." Erza nodded at this and smiled.

"Wanna go get something to eat?" She said. "We haven't eaten either, and it looks to me like you need to get out of the house."

Lucy thought for a moment. "But our lunch date was two hours ago, you didn't eat?"

Erza shook her head. "Nah, we waited for you but when you didn't show we came right here." She leaned over to Lucy. "To be honest, we were late, too. Master just wouldn't let us go. Took us thirty minutes to convince him we could do the work when we came back from lunch."

Lucy just stared. The great Erza Scarlet, known for her punctuality and neatness, remnants of her half-way cured OCD, was late? She really had changed over these last three years. But really, everyone had. Gajeel no longer nibbled on nails (at least not the metal kind), Natsu had stopped trying (and failing) to eat fire (but was still blind as a bat... for now), Levy would talk every now and then, Jellal was now only Jellal (for the most part), Juvia no longer cut herself, Gray could keep his shirt on for longer than an hour (as long as Juvia wasn't around), and of course Lucy could hear. Wendy was still at Fairy's House assisting Porlyusca in the infirmary, but she was much more talkative now.

"What do you say, Lucy?" Erza asked, drawing the blonde from her thoughts. "Food sound good?"

Lucy put down her empty teacup and stood. "Yeah." She said. "Just wait here while I go change."

Erza smiled as she walked away, her hand finding its way into Jellal's. "I'm so happy for her." She said.

Jellal snorted. "I'm not too sure." He said. "Soon she'll be taking care of two children, instead of just Natsu."

Erza winced.

Sooooo... Thoughts? I made Natsu a responsible adult... and now I wonder if that's too far-fetched. Whatever. About half-way through writing this I got the very evil idea to have Lucy end up not pregnant... but that was immediately shot down by Bisca and Alzack. Asuka's off somewhere playing with it probably... though that sounds really wrong...

ANYWAY! Hope you liked it!

RANDOM NOTE~ Have you guys ever tried Aloe Water? It's amazing, but weird cuz its got like Aloe pieces in it and is anyone else annoyed that Chapter 382 hasn't come out yet?!