A/N: Hello guys! I am so sorry for the late relpy, but even though my exams were finished, inspiration couldn't get to me. But now it's back and I will probably have the next chapter ready within the week ^^ I also want to thank the people that reviewed, followed, favorited the story and the silent readers. Thank you for everything, you are giving me inspiration! ^^ sorry again for the wait and enjoy ^^ see you at the bottom of the page!

Juvia was anxious to try the nth wedding dress. After trying so many dresses, she thought that maybe this would be the one but she didn't let her hopes get too high. Her bridesmaids (Lucy, Levy, Erza, Cana and Mirajane) and her maid of honor (Lisanna ) sighed for the nth time as she rejected the dresses the one after the other. There was no doubt, every single one of the dresses looked great on her, she was like a princess coming from a rich and prosperous kingdom but Juvia didn't agree. She thought that the white wedding dresses made her look too pale, or made her look fatter, or uglier. So many images into her head and Lucy couldn't help but facepalm at these thoughts. Only Erza seemed to understand her so she didn't get frustrated after so many changes. Even the employee of the story sighed impatiently when Juvia told her to bring another dress to try. They had come to the best shop for wedding dresses in Magnolia, imagine what it would be like if they had gone to the others first.

"Just hurry up and pick one already, I want to return to my barrel sometime soon." Cana complained and Mirajane looked at her with her Satan look.

"What? We are here for almost 6 hours and only Mavis knows for how long we will continue to be."

"Cana-chan, please understand Juvia. She wants everything to be perfect for her wedding with Gray-sama." Old habits really die hard, so with her friends Juvia continued talking in 3rd person and with the sama honorific about Gray, especially when she was anxious.

"Yes, but the girl glares at us. If we don't decide anytime soon, I guess she will kick us out." Lisanna mentioned.

"If the girl wants to glare, she should know that there are other wedding shops in Magnolia!" Juvia shouted a little bit too loud for the girl to hear and she stuck the smile on her face again in response.

"I think you should take the best dress Juvia. You deserve it. So don't worry, we'll wait as long as it takes for you to decide."

"Thank you Erza-chan for the understanding." And just like that Juvia got inspired and instantly knew what the next wedding dress to try would be.

"Employee-san, please bring me your finest blue wedding dress." Juvia asked politely and the eyes of every girl in the room glowed. "How we hadn't thought of that sooner?" Lucy whispered and Levy nodded in agreement.

"I think I have the perfect one for you Miss Lockser." And the young woman disappeared behind the piles of dresses. After a few minutes of searching around, the brown-haired woman appeared in front of the girls with a blue plastic case.

"Miss, please accompany me to the changing room." And the water mage did as she was asked to. The moment she pulled carefully the wedding dress out of the plastic case, she got stunned by its beauty. She hadn't seen a more beautiful wedding dress, it was the best among those she saw today, she was sure of that. But she still didn't let her hopes get too high. The beautifully sewn fabric was stunning by itself but what if it didn't fit on her? She wore it carefully and called for Lisanna to leash tightly the corset. After Lisanna finished with the corset Juvia wore her pair of light blue high heels that had brought with her from her apartment (or should I say her and Gray's apartment?) and completed the outfit.

"You look gorgeous Juvia." Lisanna told her as soon as she had a chance to eye the complete outfit.

"Juvia is sure you are exaggerating Lisanna-chan." Juvia answered blushing even though she had the feeling that this would be her final choice.

"I don't! Ok, I will close your eyes and I will guide you out of the changing room and towards the mirror. You'll see for yourself how beautiful you are."

"Alright Lisanna-chan. Juvia will follow you with closed eyes." The blue-haired beauty did as her friend asked her to and closed her eyes firmly. When Lisanna was sure that Juvia didn't peep, she grabbed her hand and guided her towards the main room where the others were waiting.

When the rest of the maidens laid eyes on Juvia, they couldn't utter a single word. Their shock because of the water mage's extreme beauty didn't let them to talk. Mirajane, Levy and Lucy were so moved they shed some tears as they watched Juvia follow Lisanna towards the mirror while Cana and Erza smiled approvingly. This is the one, they all thought and Lisanna couldn't help but agree.

"Open your eyes now Juvia." the maiden did as she was told to. And the dress had the same effect on her as it did to the rest of the girls. Her image was breathtaking, she couldn't say a single word. She took a moment to appreciate her form in the mirror and finally started shedding some tears. It was like the dress was made for her, it was meant to be. The light blue color of the fabric made a perfect contradiction with her pale skin, the strapless corset was tied tightly enough to compliment her already slim waist and the bust of the dress highlighted her plethoric chest. Gray-sama would want to rip apart the dress the moment he would see it, Juvia thought and smiled sneakily. The fluffy skirt of the dress fell gracefully onto her legs with a line of blue lace following a spiral pattern around her. Juvia felt like she came out of a fairy tale, her dress reminded her so much the one Cinderella wore, at least below the corset. She turned around to see her back and saw how the corset let her beautiful back exposed with only her hair covering it.

"This is the one."Juvia declared and the rest of the girls agreed in unison. "Juvia will take it." No more words were needed to be said. The employee wrapped the dress and placed it carefully into a light blue box. Without any further delay, Juvia grabbed the box into her hands not letting anyone else to hold it and got out of the shop with the rest of the fairy tail mages following her. Only Erza stayed a little behind because she wanted to talk to the exhausted girl.

"Can you please keep this dress for me? I will come and buy it later."
"Sure." The girl replied and Erza got out of the shop content.

On the other hand, Gray had finished with his choice of clothing in half an hour. His only delay was Natsu who burned down two shops so they had to leave running and hide into the city until the hunt by the furious shop owners against them subsided.

"Why you have to be so stupid flame brain?" Gray asked him panting.

"I didn't know the suits were so flammable."

"You set them on fire! Of course they would get burnt!" Gray shouted and Natsu got all fired up again.

"Don't yell at me! Do you wanna go?"

"Shut up you idiot. I don't want to ruin the suit orelse I would show you!"

"Chicken mc-frosty!"

"What did you call me?" and with that another fight began between the two fools. Thankfully Happy had already flown away with the suit so it would be safe, at least for now. The same thing couldn't be said for the rest of the city though.

The moment she reached the apartment, Juvia fell onto the bed being exhausted by the shopping. She didn't know she would need so much time to find a dress. But that was not any dress. It was the dress she would wear the happiest day of her life. So it needed to be perfect. She lazily got up from the bed and went to take a bath. The hot water would surely calm her down, it was what she needed at the moment. As she let the warm droplets fall on her sensitive skin, she felt a hand covering her mouth. Juvia was so shocked she didn't even think of turning herself into water and slip through the intruder's hand. She was ready to do that and then trap him with her water lock when a voice whispered into her ear "I want to join you." and made her shiver. She immediately recognized the voice and didn't feel scared anymore.

"Gray-sama wants to join Juvia?" she asked seductively and teasingly and turned to see Gray standing already naked next to her.

"Yes I do. But if you don't want to then it's fine…"

"No, I want to." And Gray got into the bathtub hugging Juvia from behind.

"I don't think we are gonna bath so much." Gray smirked and Juvia blushed. "I missed you today."

"I missed you too." She admitted and turned to kiss him. Their lips engaged into a passionate kiss while the hot water was falling upon their heads. Juvia could feel Gray's member erect and she knew what would follow. So she let herself completely free to enjoy the moment and what was about to come next…

They continued their love session to their bedroom onto the messed up sheets. Everything felt perfect, Juvia was the happiest woman ever. As they were giving their self and body to each other once again they could feel the ultimate bliss. Nothing felt more right than this moment.

By the time they finished, Gray collapsed onto Juvia, hugging her figure with his strong arms. The moment he found the strength he stood aside, still his arms wrapped around her waist, and Juvia leaned her head on his firm and muscular chest.

"I love you so much Juvia."

"I love you too Gray."

They stayed into each other arms and Gray caressed Juvia's hair as she rested her hands onto his chest.

"Juvia can I ask you a favor?" Gray asked hesitantly.

"Of course. Whatever you want, Gray."

"I miss you calling me Gray-sama." He finally admitted and Juvia grinned.

"So you want Juvia to call you Gray-sama again?"

"Just for these days." He teased her and she gave him a peck.

"Juvia will think about it."

"So you'll think about it huh?"

"Yes, I will."

"Let's do something that will make you decide faster then." And Gray started his way down Juvia's body. This would be a long night…

The next day Gray left early for a job he had to do with the Natsu team and Juvia stayed behind to finish some of the details for the wedding. She arranged the reception, the decoration of the church and … Wait a minute, the bluenette thought suddenly glooming.

"I don't have someone to deliver me to Gray-sama…" she thought, sad thoughts clouding her mind. Her father was dead, her mother was a dragon dormant. Who will deliver her down the aisle? Surely it would be an honor if master Makarov would agree, but she felt that there was someone closer to her that should take her down the aisle… But how could she forget! Gajeel, her almost brother, her dearest friend would accompany her. He was the one for the task, who would be better than him? But she had to tell him! They were only a week away from the wedding and she hadn't told him yet.

Juvia rushed out of the apartment and towards the guild. If she was lucky enough, Gajeel would be in the guild sulking into the corner of the build being bored to death and eating iron. And she was! The moment she entered the building she spotted Gajeel sitting to the bar with Panther Lilly and talking about some new techniques of battle.

"Good morning Gajeel-kun." Juvia smiled brightly and Gajeel knew immediately she wanted something to ask him.

"What do you want sprinkler?"

"Well, why don't we go out for a walk first?"

"I am not in the mood." Gajeel spitted and continued chewing his iron bar.

"Oh, come on Gajeel-kun. I want to talk to you about something important." Juvia pouted and Gajeel knew that he couldn't resist any of his best friend's requests. No matter how crazy she was! And he knew she was crazy!

"Ok, ok. Let's go or else you'll keep pissing me off."

"Thank you Gajeel-kun!"

They got out of the guild and started walking around Magnolia with Gajeel scaring away the pedestrians and Juvia walking next to him with her hands behind her waist.

"So Gajeel-kun, I was thinking…"

"No." Gajeel answered abruptly.

"Why?"

"It must be something crazy. You always ask for something crazy you Rain woman."

"But Gajeel-kun!" Juvia stopped in front of him blocking him the way.

"Juvia thinks of you as her brother and she wants you to do it." She demanded her eyes glowing because of the tears that threatened to be shed all over her rosy cheeks. Gajeel couldn't say no to her and he knew it. And he also knew she knew it and she took advantage of it.

"What do you want me to do?"

"I want you to deliver me to Gray-sama on my wedding day." Juvia finally said and Gajeel fought the urge to laugh.

"Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaat? You want me to deliver you to the stripper? You must be joking." And he burst off laughing but Juvia didn't follow him. Instead she lowered her head and huge clouds covered Magnolia's sky. She turned around and started to walk away when she felt a firm like iron hand grabbing her own.

"Ok, ok I am sorry. I was joking. I will give your hand to the ice-pants. There is no need to cause a fucking storm over this. "

"Really? You will?" Juvia turned around again, the clouds immediately disappeared, and looked at him with a huge grin on her face and no hints of tears in her eyes. This woman sure knew how to fake it, Gajeel thought but he didn't care. He would back Juvia up no matter what.

"I said I will, didn't I? Now, don't bother me too much, or else I will change my mind!" Gajeel spitted angrily. He barely finished his sentence when he felt two hands wrapped around his waist and a blue head buried in his chest.

"Thank you Gajeel-kun. Juvia is so glad you will do it."

The iron dragon slayer didn't say a thing at first. Instead, he patted Juvia's head in agreement. Sure little sis, he thought and broke off the hug returning to his usual self.

"Don't mention it sprinkler. And stop the unnecessary hugs."

"Ok Gajeel-kun! Oh, did I mention that you'll wear a suit? I already picked it for you!"

"Why do I have to wear a suit? I hate suits!"

"You have to Gajeel-kun! Everyone else will be wearing a suit!"

"Even ice-pants? I want to see that!" and he started laughing again with Juvia accompanying him this time.

When they stopped laughing, Gajeel got his serious look again and turned to face Juvia.

"You know I'll hand him down and kill him if he'll break your heart right?"

"Yes I know that Gajeel-kun but it won't be necessary."

"Whatever…" and they continued their walk back to the guild.

A/N: You know the drill right? One thing I want to explain, I don't have a mental disorder and you'll know why I say that :P I wanted to make Juvia talking in first person and without the sama honorific (it was clear in the first chapter) but let's be honest: a Juvia talking in third person and calling Gray-sama all the time is so adorable I couldn't resist. So I decided to make her talk however she wants depending on the scene and her mood. So there will be first and third person talking. And as you saw Gray asked his honorific back ^_^ I hoped you enjoyed the chap! Until the next chapter :D

P.S. : my university's lessons for the next semester started again (I didn't have the time to rest properly!) anyway, I am sorry for being a pain but university is one of my top priorities so I am sorry about the possibly late updates (I am talking about the chapters after the next) I will try to update as soon as I can.