Chapter 3-We got to see her!
Gajeels POV.
Work was hard but I enjoyed it, I always came home tired and in desperate need of a bath, but I made good money and I would need that to support Levy and I with Lilly coming back to us. I owned an iron forge, I had a couple guys working there, I didn't like them very much but they got the job done. Manelin was the older of the two and he was bearable but Tetsu was almost unbearable, but he did really good work so I kept him around. I loved working at the forge, I could make my own hours and that was really helpful because with the case we aren't sure when the court dates will be. Today at the forge Tetsu was off for a doctors appointment so it was just me and Manelin, meaning today would be peaceful. I got to my workspace and started working on a custom ring order, after I finished that i was going to start designing mine and Levy's wedding band, I was going to buy her engagement ring because I wanted it to be perfect.
I worked hard all day and got the ring order done and designed the wedding bands by the time Levy called me. She normally doesn't call me at work unless its an emergency. What worried me even more is that she was going to the doctor today to get cleared for working, she needed a doctor's clearance since she was going to be working with the public. I answered the phone as quick as humanly possible, "Levy is everything okay? What's going on?" I answered as soon as I heard her soft sniffling that meant she had been crying. "Nothing really, I should be ecstatic but I'm so scared that this is going to mess up the case. Apparently I'm pregnant." My mouth dropped to the floor and in that instant i was so glad that Tetsu wasn't there today because out of my mouth slipped a little squeal. That was not normal for me at all, Manelin looked up at me and rolled his eyes before going back to what he was working on. "How far along are you Levy?" I asked wondering when it happened. "Seven weeks apparently, the doctor said everything looked good, the baby has a strong heartbeat and is measuring big actually. And I got the clearance to work, he even wrote a note that this is the first knowledge of the pregnancy there was, so the Library doesn't think I'm trying to pull one over them." she spilled out through small sobs.
"Levy I'm coming to get you, just try to calm down please, we will go see Jellal and decide what to do. You know I don't know how to handle tears, so please calm down before I get to you." I told her as I put away all of my equipment, I told her I loved her and bye and then looked back at Manelin. "Hey man, Levy is having a breakdown she just found she is pregnant so I got to go get her and go to the lawyer to figure out our next steps. Once you finish with what your working on you can go just make sure to lock up. Sorry about this, but I got to make sure my girl is okay." He nodded and told me it was fine and that he would see me tomorrow. I headed out and tossed Manelin a spare set of keys to the shop. I jumped in the truck and decided that with Levy being pregnant we were taking her car to a dealership tomorrow and getting something that she didn't have to struggle to get into and that she could take both kids with her in.
When I reached the doctor's office she had calmed down enough to drive so I followed her to Jellal's office. When we got there she got out and fell into my arms, she wasn't crying but I could tell she wanted to. "Tomorrow we are going to get you a new car, i'm not having you drive around in that or struggle to get in my truck pregnant. No arguing because with you working too we should be fine on money to get you a decent car." She nodded and we walked into Jellal's office and didn't even ask to go back we just walked in, and low and behold our little girl was in there with her demon grandparents. Levy shrieked and her parents turned around and their eyes were as wide as dinner plates. I grabbed Levy's waist and held her to me as Lilly turned around and recognized Levy. "Mommy! I sees you!" Levy burst out in tears and picked up the wobbly two year old and hugged her with tears falling down her face. "Levy I know you miss her but you need to put her down we don't want to mess this up for us." I whispered into Levy's ear when I saw her parents faces. Levy frowned at me but put her down and looked at her parents with pure hatred. "Jellal what are they doing here?" She asked her eyes never leaving them. "Should I tell them what you were trying to do or would you like to?" He asked them. They frowned and her mom picked Lilly up, "Come on Deanna lets go to the park like we promised you. We will see you in court." Her mom turned around and walked out with Lilly crying.
When they were gone Levy dropped into a chair and cried her heart out, I looked and Jellal silently asking for help. "Levy dear I need you to calm down, what they just did may have won the case for you two. But before I tell you what happened I need you to calm down." She nodded and grabbed a tissue to wipe her face off, and grabbed my hand and pulled me to her. I sat down beside her and waited for Jellal to tell us what happened. "So if I can pull this off you two may have the case in the bag. They were here trying to bribe me to drop the case, but as you two know I'm not the person that can do that, they would have to go to the child services department for that. But I'm going to report it to them and see if that will do what I want it to. Either way it wont hurt you guys." he finished giving us a hopeful smile. Levy nodded "We may have something to tell you that might hurt us though, I found out today I'm pregnant."
Jellal's mouth dropped when she finished, "Guys this is amazing I'm so happy for you! And I don't think this will hurt you but unless you are asked about it I wouldn't bring it up, okay?" he looked down at his papers. "Oh by the way I was looking through your files and it looks like your application for a marriage license was approved. So you guys can go get married today if you would like." Levy looked at me and smiled but I frowned. "I haven't made our rings yet. But if you really want to we can go get cheap ones to get married with and wear until I make them." She nodded, "Do we really have to have them to get married?" Jellal shook his head. "Its not required, you can get married without them." We both nodded and told Jellal bye so that he could fill out a report against Levy's parents.
We drove to the courthouse separately and when we got their Levy took my hand and we walked back to the marriage department. We told the lady at the front desk that we heard our request for a marriage license was approved and that we wanted to go ahead and get married today. She nodded and typed something into her computer while we sat down to wait. After about five minutes a man came back and called us to his office, I took Levy's hand while we walked back to his office. We sat down as the man got his paperwork straight and started writing on a few pieces. "Melany is out sick today she was the one who started your paperwork, so I will officiate the marriage today if that's okay, do you have any witnesses? If not I can go get Sicilia from the front desk to witness." Levy told him we didn't and he went to go get Sicilia. "I'm so glad she isn't here!" Levy told me giggling, I smiled at her. When he came back in with Sicilia she sat down in the third chair to wait for him to start. "Hi I'm Sicilia it's nice to meet you two formally!" We nodded and introduced ourselves to her and then the guy with no name started up talking.
We both went through the ceremony thing agreeing to whatever the guy said and finally he said "Congratulations you two! I now pronounce you husband and wife!" Levy leaned over and kissed me with a big smile on her face. I shook hands with no name and Sicilia after we signed the last of the paperwork. When we walked out of the office Levy leaned into my side and looked up at me "Our babies parents are married!" She grinned and kissed me before getting into her car. I got in my truck and called Natsu. "Hey, tell everyone to go to the house that can, there is a spare key in the lightshade of that weird lamp Levy has on the porch, we got married and I want to surprise Levy, have Lucy or someone call her to go to their house while I go pick up a few things." "Your lucky this is for Levy or I would say no metal head." Natsu said before hanging up. I head to the store to grab a cake and something to eat for everyone. Levy calls me to let me know that Erza needed her to come help with Millianna and she would be over there when I got home.
I got home and set everything set up with Natsu and Juvia's help, once everything was set up I texted Erza to bring Levy over but to not tell her why. In my back pocket I had the big surprise for everyone, it was the onesie that we used to announce Lilly, hopefully Levy would be okay with this. I would ask her before I just did it but I at least wanted to surprise her with a party to celebrate the marriage. I heard someone knock on the door and told everyone to hide. Levy walked in and when Erza got through the door everyone jumped out and yelled "Surprise!" Levy jumped and then started laughing while Millianna whimpered in her arms. "Who planned this? How did you know?" she laughed and when everyone pointed at me I just grinned. I wanted to surprise you because I know today has been a rough day." She walked over to me and hugged me. "Hey come to our room I need to ask you about something." I told her, she handed Millianna to Juvia and we walked to our room. I pulled out the onesie and started talking "I was thinking we could tell them about the baby using this? If you don't want to that's okay, but I thought it would be sweet to use her announcement too." She teared up and nodded, taking the onesie from my hands and hugging it to her chest. I grabbed her close to my chest and let her cry thinking that maybe that was the best way to go. She calmed down and walked out carrying the onesie with her.
"Hey guys can everyone sit down please?" Levy yelled over everyone talking. "Thank you guys for coming to celebrate the marriage I appreciate it so much! But, that's not the only thing to celebrate! She held up the onesie that said "Hello World I'm Coming Soon!" Erza and Lucy screamed in excitement. "We are welcoming baby number 2 in September!" Levy says. Lucy, Erza and Juvia got up to hug Levy, while Gray and Natsu clapped me on the back. "Welcome to fatherhood man, I'm terrified of it myself." Natsu said.I laughed and walked over to Levy and hugged her to my chest when I saw tears falling down, that seemed to work last time so this is what I did everytime she cried now. She wiped her eyes and put the onesie down to help Erza cut the cake and give food to everyone. We celebrated the night away enjoying each other and the fact that we have a new baby on the way.