Wow, I apologize that this chapter too forever to make, but I haven't gotten any inspiration for a while. But now it is finally written and I am feeling good about this chapter. Enjoy!

P.S. This story does NOT follow the original story line by Hiro Mashima. All credit for characters goes to Hiro Mashima!

Chapter 3: Day 2

The sun was shining the next morning. It was such a beautiful day, but Juvia felt terrible. After seeing Gray talking to another girl, it felt like someone was clutching her heart and squeezing it in their palm. He looked happy with that girl. Happier than Juvia had ever seen him since joining the guild.

Juvia was standing at the front doors of the guild hall, her spirits way down. She had debated all morning on how to approach Gray, but once she made it to Fairy Tail, she was hesitant to go in. Juvia is scared to see Gray-sama. Juvia thought to herself. She was pretty sure he knew that she was spying on him and she knew that he would be angry at her. Taking in a deep breath and letting it escape as a sigh, Juvia walked away from the guild and headed into town.

She wasn't sure how long she was walking when she made it into the small town inside of Magnolia. Juvia looked at the town's clock, which read 12:00. Gray-sama is probably at the guild right now. Juvia thought. She couldn't help but wonder if he was looking around the guild hall for her, or if he went to hang out with his usual crowd. Maybe he went on a job? It never failed, whenever Juvia was alone, her mind wandered to whatever Gray could be doing at that precise moment.

While walking into the guild hall, Gray took a good look around. He was expecting Juvia to be waiting around for him to show up, but she wasn't there. Thinking that she was on her way, Gray went to the bar where Mira was cleaning up.

"Good Morning Gray!" Mira said with a smile, watching as Gray took a seat on a bar stool.

"Hey Mira." He responded.

"You look a bit down. What the matter?" She asked. Mira always had an ability of reading a person's attitude and she also had a habit of being somewhat of a busy body.

"Nothing really. Just a little tired recently." Gray said, trying to brush the white haired girl away. Gray wasn't one to sprout his feelings to anybody, everyone knew this. Mira gave him a slight nod and went back to cleaning up behind the bar.

He wasn't sure when he started to feel this way, but he constantly found himself thinking about Juvia. Questions like: What was she doing? Where was she? What would I say to her if she were sitting with me? Gray shook his head to clear it from all the burning questions. He glanced over at the request board thinking he need to do something to bring his mind off of reality.

Gray got off of the stool he was sitting on and made his way to the board. He looked through all the different jobs that were pinned on the large cork board. Without reading the description, he plucked one of the papers off the board, making sure it was something that required fighting, and walked out of the guild hall.

It felt like hours since Juvia started walking through the town. She wasn't aware that the sky was now nearly stripped of its lighting. Her brain was jumbled with millions of thoughts and feelings.

Without watching where she was heading, Juvia felt her body bump into something hard and then she fell backwards, leaving her sitting on the ground looking stunned. Looking up, she seen a towering building standing before her. She stared at the building, knowing instantly where she was; her tears finally falling down her cheeks as she looked back on the memory from when she first met Gray. She remembered it like it was yesterday. There on the roof of the building standing in front of her was when Gray and Juvia first met. At the time, she was pretty sure that he was going to be an enemy, until he saved her from falling from the large height.

"Geeze, don't act like such a baby when you smack into a wall." A voice behind Juvia said, snapping her from the memory.

Juvia jumped up and turned around to where she was facing the very girl she didn't want to see. "J-Juvia doesn't want to see you!" Juvia said as she whipped around and started to walk away from the scene; leaving Veronica to stand there all alone.

"I'm sorry." Veronica said in a small voice, but loud enough for Juvia to hear it. She stopped in her tracks and turned back to the girl that now had her head cast downward.

"S-sorry for what?" Juvia asked, feeling a hint of anger well up inside her.

"You're feeling sad because of me, right?" Veronica said looking up. Her eyes were serious and misty, and Juvia felt a little regretful for snapping at her. Juvia couldn't find anything to say so she looked down and nodded her head slightly.

"Honestly, it was just a small, friendly chit-chat. Nothing more." Veronica said. "I wouldn't want to ruin anything for you guys."

Juvia's head shot up at the words, and she stared right into her eyes. "What do you mean?" Juvia asked, curious about how Veronica saw Gray and Juvia. Veronica looked up, a smirk plastered on her face.

"It's a secret!" She said, placing her index finger over her lips as she continued to smile. Veronica started to walk away from Juvia; her parting words left Juvia standing there wide-eyed and shocked. "I'm rooting for you two!"

With that, Veronica was gone. Juvia couldn't help but allow a small blush come to her cheeks. Her heart was pounding in her chest. Was it all a misunderstanding? Juvia thought, feeling a little happier about the whole situation.

If veronica was rooting for them, then she would be after Gray, right? This question made its way into her mind as she walked happily through the town. She had decided to make her way to Fairy Tail and see Gray.

Juvia was excited to see Gray's face for the first time today. She walked happily, again not paying attention to her surroundings. Before she knew it, she found herself sitting on the ground for the second time today. But instead of a wall in front of her, there was a group of large, delinquent looking guys.

"Watch where you're going, girl!" The leader, Juvia assumed, said while grabbing her arm and pulling her closer him. The group of men smelt like alcohol and the leader was gripped her arm tightly that it hurt.

"J-Juvia is sorry." Juvia said in a small, scared voice, hoping that her would let her go and leave. But this only made the grip tighter around her arm.

"You're pretty cute." Said the man, while licking his lips. "I'll let this go if you become my girl." He said, moving to where he was only a few inches from her face.

Juvia tried to struggle away from the man, but before she could try, he already had a hold of her other hand, pushing her to the ground with himself on top of her.

"Stop it!" Juvia yelled. It was dark outside and nobody was around anymore, but she hoped that her cry for help was loud enough for at least someone to hear it. But unfortunately, no one heard.
Juvia still struggled as she tried to escape from the man's grasp. She could hear the other men laughing behind him. At this point, Juvia's hands were pinned with one of the man's hands, while his other hand made his was to her thy. Gray-sama, help me!

"Get the hell off of her!" a voice yelled in rage. After a brief moment, Juvia was freed. She sat up and saw the man lying on the ground through her tears. Looking up at her savior, her heart thudded. Gray was standing before her, getting ready to hit anyone who dared to get closer.

"What the hell is your problem?" One of the men asked while bending over and picking up their beaten leader.

Gray's eyes flared with anger as he looked at them. He looked like he could kill them at any moment. Seeing his face, the group of men pulled their leader up to his feet and ran with their tails between their legs.

"Are you alright?" Gray asked as he turned towards the dumbfounded girl sitting on the ground, tears still streaming down her face. He bent down and took both of her cheeks in the palms of his hands and stared into her eyes. His thumbs reaching to wipe her tears away. "You're not hurt, are you?" He asked in a calm voice. All Juvia could do was nod her heard up and down. Gray felt relief wash over him as he watch the girl nod and he gave her a small smile. He stopped smiling when Juvia jumped into his arms and wrapped her own arms around his waist, her face buried in his exposed chest.

"Juvia was so scared!" Juvia said, letting lose a fresh set of tears. Gray could feel her shaking slightly, and he did the only thing he could think of doing.

Without hesitation, Gray brought his arms around the girl and embraced her in a protective hug.

I think that went well, no? I want to thank everyone who has followed this story so far! I really appreciate it! Keep an eye out for chapter 4! Until then, Bye-bye!