A/N: I am so so sorry this is so late! I've been SO busy at work, But I THINK this is a good update?! I promise to make chapter 4 come out much faster! Thank you for all the lovely reviews I SERIOUSLY appreciate them all, you make me love writing this story :)


Chapter 3

"Gray," Juvia whined. "Gray, Juvia changed her mind. She doesn't want to be pregnant anymore."

"Now I know that's not true," Gray said walking into the bedroom. Juvia who was now almost 5 months pregnant was lying on their bed, practically in tears.

"It is true," she said. "Juvia is so sick." Gray sighed and made his way to the bed, lying beside her. He wrapped an arm around her waist. He placed his hand on her slightly raised stomach.

"You know it'll be worth it in just a few months," he said. Juvia slowly turned her body around to face Gray.

"Juvia knows," she whispered quietly. It was moments like these that Juvia loved Gray the most, being so close to him, just being able to touch him and look into his eyes. She honestly believe herself to be one of the luckiest women in the world, minus the fact that she felt nauseous practically all the time now.

"What are are we going to name this baby?" Gray asked. Juvia looked a bit surprised. They still had a long time until the baby was actually born.

"We don't know if it's a boy or a girl," she said.

"Well we can choose a name for each?" Gray suggested.

"Hmm," Juvia began and placed a finger on her chin. "Juvia wants to call the boy, Gray," she said. Gray sighed.

"Juvia, we're not going to name the baby Gray," he said.

"Gray Jr."

"No," he laughed a bit. "Juvia I think we could give our son a different name from me," he said.

"Juvia thinks it's cute," she puffed out her cheeks.

"Ok so if it's a girl, is Juvia Jr. good with you?" he teased. She blushed and shook her head.

"Ok, Gray is right," she pouted a bit. "What if, for a girl, we named her Ul, after Gray's teacher?" she suggested. Sadness washed over Gray's face. "W-we don't have to," Juvia stammered, trying to catch herself once she saw Gray wasn't looking happy about the suggestion.

"I don't think that's the best idea," he said. Juvia nodded.

"Juvia understands, she's sorry for suggesting it."

"Don't be," he said and held her head. "I know you meant well. We don't have to make any decisions now."

"Maybe when Juvia and Gray see their baby, they will know what to call him or her," Juvia suggested.

"That sounds about right," Gray laughed. "What if we chose a name now and then we take one look at him or her and it's all wrong."

"Juvia agrees," she laughed. "Is Gray scared at all? Juvia is a little nervous she won't be a good Mom. Lucy and Levy make it look so easy, but Juvia never really knew her parents," she said slowly.

"Juvia, don't worry, I'm not going to be any better. I'm nervous yeah, I have no idea what it means to be a father, but we can figure this out together," he said. Juvia nodded quickly, happy to have Gray by her side. She looked down and circled a finger on his chest.

"You know Gray," she whispered. "Juvia has lots of pregnancy hormones right now," she said.

"I know," he said. "I've seen how sick you've been these past couple of weeks." Juvia shook her head.

"No, No, Juvia doesn't mean that," she said sliding her hand down his chest and slipping it into his pants.

"Woah! Juvia, I thought you weren't feeling well," he whispered.

"Juvia thinks Gray can make her feel better," she said and kissed his lips.

"Well when you put it like that," he said and kissed her back with more passion.


It wasn't that Gray felt unprepared to be a father, but he wasn't exactly sure what to expect. However, if Gajeel and Natsu could do it, Gray was convinced that he would have no trouble being a father. Natsu always seemed to be getting in trouble with Lucy, though Gray was certain that Juvia would have a hard time getting angry at him. Of course, if she DID get angry, that would be scary. Gray shuddered a bit, imaging what an angry Juvia would be like.

"Are you cold ice-boy?" Natsu teased when he saw Gray sitting in the guild by himself.

"No!" he snapped. "What do you want, Natsu?"

"Nah, nothing. Just bored. Did Juvia go with the girls shopping?" he said. Gray nodded. "Yeah, no thanks! Lucy took Cam with her and Ellie is with Wendy and Gajeel's kids, so I am going to enjoy my time." Natsu sat down and leaned back against the pole, kicking his legs up. "How's it going for you and Juvia?" Natsu asked.

"Well," Gray sighed, "Juvia is sick all the time, but she tries really hard to be excited about the baby. We talked about names the other day," he shrugged. "I think it's pretty average."

"Sounds about right," Natsu shrugged. "Being a dad is pretty cool," he smiled. Of course Natsu smiled. He wasn't the type to let anything bring him down and he rarely had a care in the world. "They can be a pain sure, but they love you and they're pretty fun. I just can't wait for Ellie to start be excited about magic," Natsu gave Gray a toothy grin. "I'm sure you'll get more excited once it happens. This is pretty much the worst part," he said. "Just ask Gajeel." Gray snorted, poor Gajeel had gone through it 4 times now.

"Just ask me what?" Gajeel said overhearing his name.

"Oi! Gajeel!" Natsu waved. "I was just telling Gray about the joys of being a dad."

"Yes, joys." Gajeel snorted. "Levy and I left the kids with Wendy today." Gajeel joined the other two mages at the table. "You're in for a wild ride Fullbuster. Just pray you have a girl, they're quieter than boys." Gray was a bit surprised to hear Gajeel recommend a girl instead of a boy.

"Juvia told me she wanted to name our son Gray Jr," he said. The two other men laughed.

"That sounds like Juvia alright," Gajeel laughed.

"Yeah well we're not doing that," Gray sighed, while Natsu and Gajeel kept laughing.

"Well, whatever happens, I'm sure you'll be a good dad, Gray," Natsu said patting his back. "No matter how nervous you are."

"Hey!" Gray yelled. " I never said I was nervous."

"You don't have to say anything," Natsu said. "We got your back," Natsu smirked and patted Gray's shoulder. Though he would never say anything aloud, Gray was happy to have his friends support.


"Buy this dress...NO WAIT buy THIS dress! Ugh but this one is cute too!" Levy said scurrying around the maternity store as fast as her body would allow her. Juvia was a bit overwhelmed with the amount of clothes there were. Since Juvia had finally started showing the girls felt it was about that time to go shopping for maternity clothes.

"Juvia does like a lot of these," she said thinking aloud.

"Try them all on!" Levy said happily. Juvia was have a hard time following Levy. It wasn't that Juvia wasn't as excited as Levy was, but lately she'd been feeling more nervous than excited. Juvia hadn't know her own parents and Gray had Ul but what if they were both the worst parents. Juvia could feel herself starting to cry.

"Juvia! What's wrong?" Lucy exclaimed noticing her friend starting to tear up. "Levy!" she snapped. "You overwhelmed her!" Levy walked up next to Juvia.

"I'm sorry, Juvia, I didn't mean to upset you," she said.

"Juvia is fine," she said. "She just is a little nervous about being a Mom. She wants to be a good Mom like Levy and Lucy, but Juvia never knew her parents, so how will she know what to do!" she said.

"Juvia! You don't need to have good parents to be one yourself," Levy said. "You're a sweet girl and you and Gray love each other. You guys are going to be fine."

"I know this sounds cliche," Lucy began," but everyone feels that way. I thought I was going to be a terrible mom! And Natsu...well he doesn't exactly seem mature enough to be a dad...even now," she said. The three girls laughed; it was true, Natsu wasn't exactly ready to act like an adult and probably never would be. "Look, it's really what everyone says, but it's true. Once you have kids, you'll just know what to do," she hugged her friend tightly.

"And what you don't know how to do, you and Gray will flail around and then eventually figure it out," Levy said shrugging it off. Juvia laughed. "Or you know you could just call one of us and we can come over and help," Levy suggested. "I like to believe I am an expert," she smiled.

"Out of all us, I'd definitely say you are." Lucy said, rocking her stroller back and forth where Cam was sleeping.

"If you're lucky, you'll get one like this," Levy said gesturing to Cam. "And not ones like my devils. Sadly they all take after Gajeel," she sighed. She placed her hands on her pregnant stomach. "I can only hope that this one is a bit more like me," she said. Levy was the mother of two high-energy boys and one extremely high energy girl. "I was really hoping that Jessica would be the quiet of the three, but I was wrong," she said. "Though Gajeel will tell you she's a perfect little angel. He obviously doesn't understand girls."

"Well Cam is only calm when Ellie isn't around. Ellie is exactly like Natsu, so the second Cam and her start giggling and fooling around, forget it," she said.

"Maybe Juvia will be happy with just one," she said patting her belly, contently.

"Maybe," said Lucy.

"But probably not," Levy said. Juvia took the dresses Levy had pulled for her and began to try some of them on. She checked herself in the mirror and twirled around a bit.

"Juvia feels like she looks so weird!" she said coming out in a long blue dress.

"You look weird?" Levy teased placing her hands on her hips. The girls laughed in unison as Juvia decided to buy a few of the dresses she had tried on. She was excited for her new clothes and she was happy she had her friends support.

"Juvia is so lucky," she said. "She has the best friends," she said and pulled the two girls into a hug. "Thank you," she whispered.

"You don't have to thank us, silly," Levy said. Juvia knew Levy was right, but she still wanted to thank them anyway. Juvia had never in her life felt so appreciated.


"Ok! What does Gray think?" Juvia said later that night stepping out from their closet and twirling around in the dress.

"You look nice," he said quietly. Juvia secretly loved torturing Gray like this. Plus he always looked so cute when he was embarrassed. "It's a good dress for you." He stood and wrapped his arms around her waist. He pulled her forward bringing his lips to meet hers. "You look so great as a mom," he said.

"Juvia isn't a mom yet!" she teased.

"Close enough," he shrugged. "You know I actually had an interesting talk with Gajeel and Natsu today. Sometimes those two aren't that bad," he said. Juvia pulled reluctantly away from Gray to go change out of her clothes.

"Interesting how?" she called out from the closet.

"Oh I dunno, just about being a dad and stuff," he responded vaguely. Juvia giggled.

"That sounds sweet. Juvia actually talked to Lucy and Levy about being a mom today too. Gray and Juvia have such nice friends," she said, emerging from the closet in her pajamas. "Juvia is so lucky." Gray couldn't help but kiss her again. He really did love Juvia as he saw her standing there, smiling.

"Well, I'd say I'm pretty lucky too," he said, hugging her. She giggled, but stopped suddenly.

"A-ah...Gray," she said grabbing her stomach, she started to sink to the ground but Gray caught her.

"Juvia! Juvia, what's wrong?" he panicked, sitting her on the bed. She rocked back and forth.

"Gray...it hurts, Juvia doesn't know what's wrong!" she said, staring at him, terrified. She was practically hyperventilating and Gray had no idea how to calm her down.

"What hurts?" he asked, still panicking.

"J-Juvia isn't sure," she gasped. "Call Levy or Lucy!" she yelled.

"Maybe we should go to the doctors!?" he said. "They probably wouldn't be there this late though..." Suddenly Juvia fell sideways into Gray's lap. "Juvia! Juvia!" he yelled. Natsu and Lucy lived down the street. Gray was trying his best not to panic too, thinking only to get Juvia to Lucy and Natsu's. Gray picked up Juvia and ran as fast as he could down the street. He banged on their door.

"Natsu! Lucy! Open up!" he yelled. Lucy opened the door.

"Gray...what's...oh my god," Lucy panicked seeing the collapsed water mage.

"I-I don't know what happened! Please," he said with desperation in eyes.

"We'll get a doctor here right away!" Lucy said, and led Gray inside, helping him rest Juvia down. He squeezed her hand and looked at her nervously. He just wanted Juvia and their baby to be ok.


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