Hope you guys enjoyed the first chapter. I might do Meredy's POV and others in later chapters but I'll stick to Jellal and Erza's for now. Enjoy chapter two and happy holidays!

Erza

I brushed bits of dirt off my blue skirt and adjusted my armor after I had been knocked to the ground. I picked up the two plastic bags that were on the ground which I guess fell with me. I stood up and lifted my head. When I looked up, my eyes locked with the person standing in front of me. Both of our eyes widened.

"Erza?" The man with the blue hair and red tattoo choked out when he looked at me.

"Jellal?" I said at the same time he spoke.

"Hi," he looked sideways when he spoke. I didn't say anything after that so he continued, "So, um. Sorry about you know, bumping into you," he scratched the back of his head nervously.

"Oh, it's okay," I said awkwardly. He kept quiet and I didn't know what to say until I remembered the two plastic bags were still in my hands after I helped him pick it up.

"Here you go," I said holding up the bags.

"Oh, thanks," he said as he reached for the bag. His fingers brushed my knuckles when he took the bags from me, I quickly pulled my hands back. When I'm around Jellal now, I get nervous and I don't even know what to say. I still didn't know why I felt like this whenever I was around him. I'm glad I don't have telepathy magic like Warren so I won't accidently spill out my thoughts.

"So Jellal," I finally spoke up after we've been quiet for a while.

"Hmm?" He looked at me.

"What are you doing in Magnolia? I thought Crime Sorciere, well you and Meredy, were going to be gone for another month or two."

Jellal took a long sigh before he spoke, "Well actually, Meredy was pleading me for a break and wanted to visit Fairy Tail."

"Oh," I said smiling, "Well, it's good to see you." I bet my face was as red as my hair by now. What was wrong with me?

"Come. First, I need to find Meredy before she thinks I just left her by herself in this town." he said taking the lead.

I followed behind Jellal but kept a distance between us so people won't be curious why I'm walking with a mysterious person since he had his cloak on. We walked for a minute or two until we saw pink hair in the corner of a small park and came behind the bench.

"Here's some food Meredy," he said stretching one arm out lifting up one of the plastic bags.

The person in the bench turned around, "Huh?"

"Natsu?" Jellal questioned.

"Oh, hey!" Natsu waved casually at Jellal.

"Hi Natsu," Jellal greeted sincerely.

"Natsu, have you seen Meredy?" I asked him immediately.

"Meredy? I didn't see her," Natsu replied. "Anyways, what's in the bag? I smell something delicious," he asked going off topic about Meredy.

Jellal looked at the plastic bags and said, "Oh this?," he looked at the bags, "This is some food for Meredy and I. We got hungry while we were walking around Magnolia. And here's some fish for Happy," he lifted a bag that was labeled as raw fish and gave it to Natsu.

"Thanks!" Natsu said looking into the bag when he received it.

"I better get going and find Meredy but I'll come visit the guild if I find her or not." Jellal said taking a step towards the cobblestone path. "It was nice bumping into you Erza, literally." Jellal turned pulling his hood moreover his face so it even covered his nose. I felt a twinge of sadness when he walked off but he managed to make me feel a bit flustered by his comment.

"I'm gonna go to the guild now," Natsu said waving.

He walked off towards Fairy tail leaving me alone in the park. I took a seat on the bench where Natsu was just sitting on. I just needed to sit down for a bit. I propped my elbows up on my knees leaning forward so I'm holding my head in my hands. My head started to hurt a little after I thought about Jellal coming here and coincedently bumped into him.

I stood up rubbing my temple. Maybe cake can help, I thought to myself. I just remembered that I was going to go to my favorite sweet's store earlier before I bumped into Jellal. The shop sold the limited edition Fantasia strawberry cheesecakes once in a year. I walked along the cobblestone road and memorized the way to the sweet's store.

I arrived at the store seeing a sign that said that the store was selling the limited edition Fantasia strawberry cheesecakes. I opened the door hearing the bell that alerted the man who usually worked at the front table that there was a customer.

"It's you again!" the man gleefully called out from behind the counter recognizing me since I usually come here when I'm not busy doing any jobs. I waved at him and started searching through the cakes that were in the cased glass. I looked at all the cakes until I saw one cake that looked like it was radiating.

It had strawberries placed on top of the cake facing up that glistened in the light that came through the windows, whipped cream swirls filled the space in between the strawberries at the top, the middle side of cake had another set of strawberries that were cut in halves placed around the cake, and the Fairy Tail guild mark placed right in the center made with dark chocolate.

"This right here is the last one," the man pointed to the cake that made my eyes shimmer.

"Okay, I'll take it!" I exclaimed wanting to devour it right when I get to the guild. I reached for the Jewels I had brought with me hidden inside my armor. I didn't find it.

"It's gotta be in here somewhere," I mumbled to myself while trying to find the Jewels. I facepalmed my forehead ignoring the headache I had. Shoot, I must have dropped it when I bumped into Jellal.

"Is something the matter?" the man asked me.

"Oh, I'm sorry. I must forgotten my wallet," I said disappointed that I couldn't buy the last Fantasia strawberry cheesecake they had left.

"Oh," the man said and turned going into the kitchen. He came back out with a pink and gold box in his held out hands. "This box has leftovers from one of the regular cheesecakes that I usually sell." He opened the box revealing boring looking slices of cheesecake.

"It's okay, I think I'm good. " I smiled but I felt devastated inside. I continued to look at the cakes just to make time fly by. Just staring at the cakes made my stomach growl. I didn't listen to my stomach and concentrated on just looking at the cakes. I didn't bother to look up when the door opened and another customer came in.

"I would like to have this cake please," a voice asked. This time I looked up because the person was pointing to the Fantasia cake.

"4,500 Jewels please." The man was standing at the cash register waiting for the person to hand him money. The person reached inside their blue cape pulling out a pouch and handing it to the man. When I actually looked at the person, they had the same cloak as Jellal's. Pink hair peaked out of the hood. Hmm, pink hair, I thought. The person turned around when they received the box that had 'my' cake. When the person saw me, the person pulled her hood down revealing her face.

"Meredy?!" I said.

"Hi Erza!" Meredy smiled.

"Wh-What are you doing here?"

"Oh, I came here with Jellal to visit Fairy Tail!"

"I know that. Jellal is looking for you right now."

"Really?"

"Yep, I bumped into him when he bought food for you and went to search for you after. I bet he's still looking for you."

Meredy looked down. "Sorry for troubling you guys."

"It's okay. Come with me to Fairy Tail. You wanted to visit the guild right?"

"Yes, thank you Erza," Meredy said nodding. "Oh, and here," she said, handing me the box, "I saw that you really wanted to buy that earlier, so I bought this for you."

"Thank you," I said taking the box, surprised that she even saw me.

We walked out the shop and thanked the man that was currently busy counting the Jewels. Meredy pulled her hood over her head so I could at least see her face. She followed beside while we walked to the guild.

Every five minutes I would take a peek at the box that had the cake I've been waiting to devour. I had promised myself that I would have to wait until we got to the guild. I've been wondering where Jellal was and hoped that he was safe.

It took roughly half an hour from the sweet's store to the guild. I saw the top half of the guild when we got closer. I opened the door for Meredy at the guild's entrance. She took down her hoodie and greeted everyone. I went in carrying the box in my hands scanning the room for a seat. I set the box down on an empty table and was about to open it when a hand settled on my shoulder. I looked up seeing Lucy with a wide grin on her face.

"Hey Erza, someone's here to see you," she said tilting her head towards the bar.

"And who might that person be?" I asked curiously.

"Just see for yourself!" She walked away giggling to herself, leaving me no choice but to see who it was.