This job was supposed to be easy -considering Lucy has been feeling bad for a few weeks now- they were supposed to be in and out, boom done. But of course something had to happen or go wrong. When Lucy wakes up at the hospital she finds out some very surprising news that will change her life. For better or for worse.
**Note that I am bad at explaining.**
Hellooo there. How is everyone's school year going so far? Because mine is shit. I hate it. I have so much stuff to do and I hate half of my teachers. And my PE classes ugh. I live in Florida, The 'Sunshine State' yeah it sucks, the heat is horrible and the humidity is even wose. I have it for the last period of the day on my A days. So I get it when the sun is at it's highest. Yeah kill me. Anyway this is chapter 3? Yeah chapter 3, enjoy. Review, favorite, follow, knock yourself out.
"Don't worry Lucy." Wendy told me. "Knowing Mira she'd want to return as soon as possible."
"I hope you're right."
"Did you need her for something?" Master asked.
"We needed to ask her about some stuff but It'll have to wait 'till she's back." I told him. "When did Mira leave?"
"This morning."
I sighed. 'Things just keep getting better and better.'
It's been 5 days since Mira left and my patience is wearing thin. Natsu and Gray are fighting every day, Wendy and Erza are fussing over me and Master is getting suspicious. Not my idea of fun.
I was tired, confused and kind of angry. I never noticed it before but my eating habits have changed. Normally I would never snack or anything but now I've been eating more. I've also been sleeping in more but ever since I came back from that mission I've made it a priority to wake up early every morning, I've been going to the guild, waiting, hoping that the takeover mage would be there but so far no luck.
The suspense is killing me, it feels like I'm in one of my books where the main character is trying to find out the identity of the killer, or in this case, the father.
'Speaking of books...' I looked across the guild from my usual seat at the bar, I haven't really talked to Levy lately. It's been killing me not being able to tell her, she's my best friend, we tell each other everything, but not this. I want to wait before I tell her, but I doubt she'll have to wait long considering the looks Gajeel has been giving me ever since he returned from his mission.
Wendy told me a couple days ago that I smelled different, she noticed it before but ignored it thinking it was her nose acting up. But Gajeel is older and more experienced, he probably already knows the reason my scent has changed.
Natsu noticed the change too, he came up to me the other day asking me if I was wearing a different perfume. I doubt I'll have any trouble with him since he is the most dense person I've ever met but it still worries me.
'If they find out then I am totally screwed.' I was thinking about how to tell Levy when I heard the guild doors open. I was so lost in my thoughts I didn't notice who it was until I heard Wendy and Erza calling me.
"She's back!" I heard Wendy yell. When I turned I saw Wendy and Erza coming towards me.
"Who's back?" I asked.
"Mirajane has returned." Erza said.
"What? Really? Where?" I looked across the guild trying to find the takeover mage.
"She just went into masters office."
"Okay, when she gets out tell her to come to my home," I told them. "I don't want anyone overhearing our conversation."
"Do you want us to come too?" Erza asked me.
I thought about it for a second then nodded. "Yeah, I'll have to tell you guys anyway so sure."
"Alright we'll meet you there."
With that I left the guild and made my way home. When I saw my building I quickened my pace, I wasn't paying attention so I didn't notice someone was blocking the stairs until I bumped into them. I was about to fall when a hand grabbed my shoulder to steady me. When I looked up to apologize I saw the last person I would have expected.
"Bunny girl," Gajeel said. "It's time we had a talk."
'Why was he here?' It was obvious that he wasn't going to leave so I nodded and moved to opened the door to my apartment.
'Crap he knows doesnt he? Shit, out of all times he had to come now?'
'No, maybe he doesn't know, maybe he wants to talk about Levy or something?.' I thought desperately.
I unlocked the door and let him in. He entered and sat down on the couch, didn't say anything, just stared at me. After a good 10 minutes of awkward silence I cleared my throat.
"So..." I started.
"So." Was his reply.
...
"Well," I said. "you wanted to talk...?"
He smirked. "Yes, I did."
"...About?"
His smirk grew into a full blown smile. "No need to play dumb, you know exactly what I want to talk about."
I shifted in my seat. "No, i'm afraid I don't."
He looked at me for a few seconds then humphed. "Sure you don't."
After another moment of uncomfortable silence I sighed. "Please Gajeel, I don't have time for this. Just spit it out."
He smirked. "... So... when is the baby due?"
... 'Crap.'
Meanwhile at the guild.
Erza and Wendy were waiting for Mira to finish talking with the Master.
"It has been over 15 minutes what could possibly be taking so long?" Erza asked.
"She was getting important files from Era, they probably have to discuss that if it's so important." Wendy tried to calm her down.
"Lucy is waiting," Erza was getting impatient. "we have to find out who the male that went with Lucy is so I can strangle him."
Wendy gulped. "There will be plenty of time for that later," She squeaked. "besides, Mira might not know who Lucy left with."
Erza stopped pacing. "That's true." Then she resumed her pacing. "But there is still a chance."
"Erza-"
"Oi!" They heard someone yell. "What's going on?"
They turned and saw Natsu and Gray heading towards them.
"Yeah," Natsu agreed. "why are you so anxious Erza?"
Wendy and Erza looked at each other, both not knowing what to say.
"We are, uh." Wendy started. "Waiting for Mirajane."
"What do you need her for? You guys planning on taking a job or somethin?" Gray asked the two.
"We have some business to discuss with her, that's all." Wendy nodded, agreeing with Erza.
"What kind of business?" Natsu asked. Both Natsu and Gray have been watching the three ever since they came back. The way Lucy always watches the doors, Erza and Wendy's reaction when Mira came back and the way they were acting right now. They were getting really suspicious by their actions and wanted to know what was going on.
Erza and Wendy didn't know if they should tell the two. Lucy didn't want it to become public knowledge, but what if Natsu or Gray knew who the man that left with Lucy was?
After a moment of hesitation Erza made a split decision to ask the two.
"Do you guys by any chance remember the party a couple weeks ago?" Wendy's eyes widened in disbelief. She started shaking her head at the re-quip mage.
"Erza what-" Erza raised her hand to silence the young dragon slayer.
"Someone took Lucy home that night and she wanted to know who in order to thank them." Wendy's mouth opened in a 'oh' motion seeing where she was going with this.
"That's right." Wendy said. "Do you guys by any chance know who it was?"
Natsu didn't question the explanation, -being dense as he was- and walked out the guild mumbling something about Lucy.
Gray however wasn't so accepting of the story. He felt there was more the two female mages weren't telling them.
"Yeah I know who it was." Gray stated, crossing his arms. "But there's something else isn't there?"
The two female mages were surprised that Gray knew who it was but didn't know how much they should tell him. After a moment they both shook their heads.
"Not really, Lucy just wants to thank them for bringing her home safely." Wendy smiled at Gray doing her best to look convincing.
"So," The red haired mage began, trying to act nonchalant. "Who was it?"
I didn't know how to respond to Gajeel. He was staring at me waiting for me to say something. I wanted to deny it but I knew it would be pointless. After a really short 5 minutes I finally sighed.
"There's no point in denying it is there?" I asked myself tiredly.
"Nope." He responded.
"I figured you would know, Wendy told me I smelled different."
"The kid was right. When I returned I noticed your scent changed, it was a subtle change but I still noticed. So I narrowed it down and came with this conclusion. Bunny girl got knocked up." He smirked.
My eyes narrowed at his choice of words. "Have you told anyone? Levy?" I asked, scared of the answer.
"Nah, figured you'd tell Shrimp yourself."
I sighed in relief. "Thank you for not telling her. Now the only problem is that I don't know how."
"Aren't you two all buddy-buddy? Shouldn't be too tough, even for you."
I grimaced at that. "Yeah it should be super easy." I said sarcastically. "Hey Levy, guess what? I'm pregnant" I snorted. "She'd probably have a heart attack."
"You never know, that bookworm is stronger than you think."
"That's true but I think i'll wait until I find out who the father is."
At that he started laughing. Once he managed to calm down a bit he asked in between laughs. "How many... poor souls... did you... did you sleep with?" The big oaf was wiping tears from his eyes.
I threw the nearest thing at him which happened to be a metal paperweight but he just caught it and started munching on it.
"Only the one, asshole." I glared at him. "And what do you mean poor souls?!"
"Wait, but then how do you not know who this son of a bitch is?"
I hung my head, embarrassed. "You weren't there, but two weeks ago we had another party at the guild. Cana got me to drink with her and Natsu, after that I don't remember much. I know I talked to Mira and then left soon after with someone. The thing is I don't remember who."
Gajeel looked deep in thought. His elbows were on his knees and his chin in his left hand while his right was across his lap touching his left knee. "You said this was two weeks ago?"
"I think it's more like three now actually."
"Their scent should still be here, very faintly but here."
My eyes widened. "Do you smell anything?" I asked. "Go to my room maybe you can smell them!" I stood up pulling him out of his chair.
"I'm going, don't get your panties in a bunch." Then he stopped. "Oh wait." And gave me a knowing smirk.
If I didn't need him I would have kicked him out of my house. "Keep. Walking." I said through clenched teeth.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah."
As we entered my bedroom Gajeel immediately started sniffing around. His nose wrinkled once he got closer to my bed.
"It reeks of you and salamander." He said disgusted.
"Well duh," I rolled my eyes. "That's my bed, and Natsu tends to sneak in and nap every once in a while."
"That's not all," He sniffed a bit more. "I smell someone else too."
"What do you smell?" I asked. "Or more like who do you smell?"
"It smells like... water, kind of. Or something like ice. I've smelled this before."
"Water?" My eyebrows drew together. "Ice?"
"Yeah, it's faint so I can't exactly describe it. But I think I know who it is." He turned to look at me.
"Who?"
AAND Back to Erza And Wendy.
"So," The red haired mage began. "Who was it?"
"It was me." Grey responded. "Mira asked me to take Lucy home and make sure she got there safely."
"... Wendy," Erza said slowly. "it looks like we wont be needing Mirajane anymore."
Bringin it back to Lucy.
"Who?" I asked.
"Your friend that always walks around naked," Gajeel informed me. "Gray Fullbuster, I think he might be the father of your kid."
What they didn't know, was that a certain fire mage was outside Lucy's window and heard everything they just said.
MUAHAHAHAHA! Is Gray the father? Is this going to be a GraLu fanfic? All will be reveiled, revieled, DAMMIT I STILL CAN'T SPELL THAT STUPID WORD. Revealed, okay. All will be revealed next chapter. Maybe. I don't know yet. We'll see. I made this one longer. And by longer i mean like 50 words. I tried. Anyway, leave suggestions and if I like them then i'll try to include them in the story. The next chapter will probably be posted in a week or two. I have a French exam this week so I gotta study, and I have my Art homework. And my Algebra homework, blah blah blah. So much stuff but I will try to post it by the 27th the latest. So yeah. Deuces.
Mira G. ~