Here's the weekly upload! I am also going to add another story that's a two-shot, but I might make it more than a two-shot. Please check it out, it will be called 'The Fear of Love'.
Soon enough, Jellal's car was in front of my house. I got up, forcing myself not to run to the door. I was just about to leave the house, when I suddenly remembered every little scar on my body. Quickly running to my room, I grabbed a sweater, and threw it on over my T-shirt. Then I quickly walked to the door, then ran down the front steps, and to his car. As you could tell, I didn't do a good job on preventing myself from running.
"Good morning." I greeted cheerfully.
"Good morning. Are you ready for your first day of work?" Jellal asked.
"I'm nervous, but not too nervous." I answered.
"Well a lot of the people at F.T.B.I are a bit insane, so judging by your attitude, you'll fit in." he responded.
I hit his shoulder, "What's that supposed to mean?"
Jellal laughed, but didn't answer my question.
He still hadn't answered my question by the time we got to the agency.
"Oh yeah, by the way, I'll be the one giving you a tour of the agency." Jellal stated just as we entered the building.
I smiled, "Good, I probably won't listen to anyone else."
Jellal laughed, "Well, do you want to go from the bottom up or from top to bottom?"
"Top to bottom." I answered.
"Okay." he replied as we started walking to the elevator.
When the elevator door opened, we saw Ultear holding someone by the arm. Once I actually processed who it was, I realized it was the guy I had argued with, about who the killer was, the day before.
"I still don't see how she got in and I didn't!" he exclaimed, glaring at me.
"She's actually smart." Ultear retorted, causing Jellal to give her a stern look.
"It's probably because she's dating one of the agents!" the guy snapped.
I blushed and looked away.
"She's not dating him! Although he-" Ultear cut herself off.
I looked back at them, then laughed.
"Wait, you actually came here to complain about me?" I asked, "You might be dumber than Natsu."
"Please... Nobody's dumber than him." he retorted.
"If that's what you think, then you'd be surprised if you ever met the idiot that goes to The Goldmine Bar every night." I laughed.
"Who's that? You?" he quizzed.
"I don't waste my time at bars." I retorted then muttered under my breath, "You probably do..."
Ultear and Jellal started laughing.
"Whoops... Might've said that too loud..." I mumbled.
"Okay you two go up, while I get rid of this guy." Ultear replied.
Jellal nodded in response, and we entered the elevator. Jellal pressed the button for the fifth floor and the doors closed.
"So... Why'd you glare at Ultear when she was about to say something after she said I wasn't your girlfriend?" I asked, blushing.
It was obvious why. I just wanted him to admit it.
"Uh... Um..." he hesitated, "No reason..."
Even though I knew it was a lie, it made me a little sad. Was it really so bad just to admit it?
I glanced down at my feet, "So... How long have you worked here?" I asked, changing the subject.
"Four years." he responded, oblivious to the sadness edging my voice.
"How about Meredy and Ultear?" I asked, not sure where I was going with this.
"Meredy started two years ago and Ultear started five years ago." he replied, not noticing my uncertainty.
"Huh, by the way you three act, it seems like you've known each other your whole lives." I commented.
Jellal laughed, "Yeah, I suppose it does seem that way."
The elevator door opened and we stepped out on the fifth floor.
"This floor is probably everyone's favorite..." Jellal began, "It's the cafeteria floor."
I laughed, "If you're ever looking for Natsu, check here."
"Anyways, Mira usually works here, otherwise sometimes she'll switch with Evergreen at the front desk." Jellal explained, "And yes... They do have strawberry cake."
I smiled, "Yay!"
"Jellal, you made Erza not scary for a moment!" I heard Natsu exclaim behind us.
We turned around to face him.
"Why are you afraid of her?" Jellal asked.
"She chased me with a sword..." Natsu mumbled, shaking.
Jellal glanced at me, and I nodded.
"Why?" Jellal asked.
"He bumped my strawberry cake and it fell, so I took out the sword that I may or may not hide under my kitchen table and started chasing him..." I explained, "Then Lucy came."
"Yet you don't see yourself as scary?" Jellal quizzed.
"Well..." I mumbled.
Jellal rolled his eyes, "Are you hungry?"
I thought about it for a moment, then nodded.
I'm sure you could guess what I got. Strawberry cake, obviously.
When I finished eating, Jellal showed me the fourth floor, which was where the field agents work and where I'd be working. Then he showed me the third floor, which is where agents like Mira work when they aren't in the cafeteria or at the front desk. They sit in their offices and go over the paperwork. He also showed me the second floor where the lab and autopsy room are. Finally, we were back on the main floor, which was the lobby and down a couple of halls, the interrogation rooms.
"Now, let's go back up to the fourth floor, so I can show you your office." Jellal announced.
I nodded in response and we went back into the elevator.
"Which floor do you work on?" I asked.
"Fourth." he answered.
I smiled at the thought of for sure being able to see him everyday, even after I got a new car.
When we got to the fourth floor, he led me down a few halls and eventually we were outside a door at the end of a hall. He opened the door and there was a desk with a laptop on it and a chair behind it. In the far corner was another chair that was in the style of one you'd find in someone's living room.
"I'll be in my office if you need anything." Jellal suddenly stated.
"Where is your office?" I asked.
"Across the hall." he answered, then left the room.
I sat down in the chair that almost seemed out of place. Looking to the far side of the room, I saw a bookshelf.
I got up and walked over to the bookshelf.
"So Jellal finished giving you the tour?" I jumped at the sound of Ultears voice, causing her to laugh.
"Yeah." I answered, still looking at the books.
"You know, he assumed that you liked books, and set those up just for you." Ultear commented.
"Really?" I asked, turning around to face her.
She nodded, "He's read all those books and thought you might like them."
After she left, I took off my sweater, due to the fact that it was really freaking hot in my office. I sat behind my desk and turned on the computer.
A while later, Jellal was at the entryway.
"Director Makarov wants to meet you." he informed.
"Okay." I responded and got up.
Jellal led me down a couple of halls, until we were in front of a large office. He opened the door and led me into the room.
"Director, this is Erza." Jellal introduced me.
"Hello Erza." Makarov greeted.
"Hello." I responded.
"Meredy just showed me your scores on the tests. You did very well." he complimented.
"Thanks...?" I replied, confused.
I don't care about how well I did on the tests.
"Anyways... Here at the agency, we work in teams." he changed the subject, "I want to tell you who's on your team."
I nodded in response and waited for him to keep talking.
"You are on a team with Ultear, Jellal, Natsu, and Meredy." he informed, "Dismissed."
Jellal and I left the room then went back to my office. I awkwardly put my sweater back on over my T-shirt.
"You don't need to wear that sweater..." Jellal pointed out, "If you don't want to wear it, you don't have to."
I blushed and looked away, "I just don't like showing my arms or just too much skin in general. My scars draw too much attention."
"Well it's your choice, but it does get really hot in here at times." Jellal responded.
"Don't worry, I'll try not to get heat stroke." I smiled.
He laughed, "Okay."
"Jellal, Gajeel needs your help with his computer again." a woman with short blue hair that curled on the bottom interrupted.
Jellal rolled his eyes, then turned around to face her, "Alright... I just don't see why he can't find someone else."
Jellal and the woman left the room, leaving me alone. Soon after they left, Ultear and Meredy came in the room.
"Where's Jellal and Natsu?" Ultear asked, causing Meredy to elbow her.
"We need Jellal and Natsu because we have our first case together." Meredy explained.
"Jellal is with Gajeel and Natsu is most likely in the cafeteria." I answered awkwardly.
"Okay. Meet in the lobby in ten minutes." Ultear instructed then left.
"Do you want to come with me to get Jellal?" Meredy asked.
"Sure...?" I responded.
We left my office and began walking to Gajeels office.
"You really like Jellal, don't you?" Meredy asked, not minding her own business.
"Y-yeah... But he doesn't like me the same way." I mumbled.
Meredy laughed, "You're kidding, right? You realize that, the day of the shooting and interrogation tests when you left, Jellal is the one that begged us to let you take them anyways. Jellal is also the one that tried to make sure that if your father got out of prison, that he'd be the first one to know. Sadly, he found out a few days late-" she cut herself off and put her hand over her mouth.
I looked at her curiously.
"Please tell me that you knew your father was out of prison already..." she begged.
"Yeah, I already knew." I responded.
"Oh good. Anyways, Jellal has been making sure you stayed safe for a while now. He's definitely in love!" she exclaimed, causing me to blush and look away.
For some reason, I doubted what she said.
Soon enough, we were entering Gajeels office.
"Gajeel, for the last time, your computer was dead! All you need to do is learn to plug your computer in once in a while!" we heard Jellal exclaim.
"Which cord do I plug into it?" Gajeel asked.
I laughed when I heard Jellal's response.
"The one that I showed you as I plugged it into the computer..." he grumbled.
Jellal turned around and smiled at me and Meredy.
"We have our first case as a team. Ultear is getting Natsu, we have to be in the lobby in about seven minutes now." Meredy explained, "So you can ditch Gajeel."
"Thank goodness..." he sighed, "Well not on the fact that we have a case, but um yeah... You get the point..."
We quickly left before Gajeel could start talking again. In the elevator, Meredy and Jellal were talking in hushed voices, that I wasn't really paying attention to.
"Ow! Meredy!" Jellal suddenly exclaimed.
I looked over and laughed when I saw Jellal huddled over, clutching his stomach and Meredy was turned away from him, acting innocent.
"So... What is... Our case anyways?" Jellal asked, still in pain.
"Oh, it's the Marvel case. There was a car accident and apparently someone was threatening the driver, so we're going to the hospital to talk to the victims and see if there were any witnesses." Meredy explained.
I helped Jellal straighten himself up. He even looked in pain.
When we got to the lobby, Ultear handed us each vests. They were black with white lettering across the top that read F.T.B.I. on both the front and back. We put on our vests then used Ultear's car to drive to the hospital.
Ultear started walking to the front desk, but Meredy pulled her back.
"No... Ultear, you know what happened last time." Meredy warned.
"Geez... You scream at someone one time-" she started.
"Ten times." Meredy corrected, interrupting her.
"No it wasn't ten times..." Ultear muttered, "It was more like fifteen..."
"Try twenty." Jellal suggested.
Meredy laughed and went up to the front desk to find out the room number. Once we got the room number and floor number, we went in the elevator and up to floor three. The room was two doors from the elevator. When we entered the room, I recognized the patients. It was the people I had helped. Wendy and her mom, Grandine.
I stopped where I was, then quickly started walking again. Grandine was awake while Wendy was asleep.
"Hi, we're with the F.T.B.I. I'm Meredy." Meredy greeted.
"I'm Grandine and my daughter, Wendy, is the one sleeping over there." Grandine responded.
"Alright, is it okay if we wake her up? We have some questions to ask the two of you." Meredy stated.
"Um.. Maybe we could just question Grandine first and let Wendy sleep." I suggested.
"Alright. Erza, do you want to take lead with the questions, or should Natsu?" Meredy asked.
"I will!" Natsu exclaimed before I could answer.
Meredy stepped back, allowing Natsu to go in front of her.
"So... From what I hear, the person that was in the passengers seat threatened you. Is that true?" Natsu asked.
"Yes." Grandine answered.
"Okay, what did he want you to do?" Natsu asked.
"He wanted me to drive, then abruptly stop somewhere on the highway, in front of someone." Grandine explained.
"So what happened when he asked you to stop in front of someone?" Natsu quizzed.
"I swerved off the side of the road." Grandine answered
"Do you know what the person, in the car behind you, looked like?" Natsu questioned.
"No." Grandine answered simply.
"I could answer that one." I interrupted, receiving surprised looks, "I was the person in the car behind her. After the car rolled down the small hill, I pulled over, called the cops, then went down to see if everyone was okay." I explained, "And obviously, this happened before my car was destroyed."
Natsu, Meredy, Ultear and Jellal talked at the same time.
"Why didn't you tell us?"
"Are you okay? You weren't hurt, right?"
"You should've told us!"
They rambled on about how I should've told them.
"Are you guys forgetting the main reason we're here?" I asked after a while.
They all shut up right away.
"That's what I thought..." I sighed. I looked at Natsu, "Do you have anymore questions for Grandine?" I asked.
"No, that's all I've got." he answered.
"Okay... Do you still want what Wendy has to say?" I replied.
"Yes." Ultear answered before Natsu could.
"Be quieter..." Wendy suddenly mumbled sleepily, rolling onto her side.
"She's awake." Natsu commented.
"Obviously..." I retorted.
Natsu moved away from me.
"Erza...?" Wendy asked, "Is that you?"
"Yes, I'm here Wendy." I responded.
She rolled over to face us and opened her eyes.
"I was waiting for you to come." she commented.
I smiled, "I would've visited, but during the day I was taking tests to get the job I have now and at night, I was avoiding people, mostly annoying people. In which case, I did not want to run into my roommate or any idiot that goes to a bar." I rambled, then took a deep breath, "And.., I'm going to shut up now..."
Wendy laughed, "Thank you for calming me down while waiting for the cops."
"You're welcome." I responded.
"You're part of a the F.T.B.I.?" she said it like a question.
"I am now, it's my first day." I responded.
"Well, I already know that you're a good agent." she complimented.
"Thank you." I responded, "Would you mind telling us what happened?"
"Jellal, you can question Erza, Meredy can question Wendy." Ultear announced before anyone could speak.
Jellal nodded in response, and he brought me into the hall.
"Okay, can you tell me what you saw?" he asked.
"The most I saw when it happened was, their car swerving off the road. When I went to see if they were okay, the guy in the passengers seat was holding a knife towards Grandine and he was dead, Grandine was unconscious, and Wendy was in the back, crying." I explained.
"Alright..." he started, "Where were you going and where were you coming from?" he asked.
"I was driving home from the diner." I answered.
"Okay." he responded, "One last question... You weren't hurt at all, right?"
"I wasn't hurt. I was farther behind their car." I assured him.
"Good. I'm glad you weren't hurt." he replied.
I smiled.
Why does he care so much? It wouldn't cause any damage to him if I got hurt... Right?
I sighed. He was confusing.
Moments later, Meredy, Ultear, and Natsu came out. They shared the information that they found, with Jellal. I went back into the hospital room.
Wendy smiled at me, "Hi Erza!"
"Hi. I'm going to be leaving soon, but I'll try to find the time to visit you. It'll be a little harder because I currently do not have a car, but I will see what I can do. Anyways, if I end up not having time, once you get out of the hospital, I want you to come visit me." I informed.
"Okay, what's your address?" she asked.
"Just come to the F.T.B.I headquarters, I'll be there." I responded.
"Alright! Bye!" she smiled.
I waved to her then left the room.
"You ready to go?" Ultear asked.
"Yeah." I responded and we went back to the elevator.
When we got back to Ultear's car, they started being loud again.
"Why didn't you tell someone that someone else apparently planned to get you killed?" Ultear snapped.
"What do you mean that you currently don't have a car?" Meredy asked.
"How have you been getting to the agency? Did you walk?" Natsu asked.
"Didn't seem important. Someone destroyed my car. Jellal has been driving me places for a couple of days now." I answered their questions in order.
"Didn't seem important?" Ultear exclaimed, "You could've gotten killed!"
"But I didn't get killed..." I mumbled.
"That's not the point! Don't you care about your life?" she shouted.
Not that much...
"Ultear, calm down." Meredy ordered.
"Why sh-" she started.
"Shut up, would you?" Jellal snapped.
"I expected you to be more concerned about this." Ultear retorted.
Natsu had himself pressed against the car, while Meredy was leaning against someone else's car, Ultear was very close to busting the mirror off the car and Jellal was standing next to me.
"I never said that I wasn't concerned, and she never said that she didn't care about her life." Jellal responded calmly.
We got into the car, but as soon as we were in the car, Ultear continued the argument.
"I don't see how you could possibly think that something like that isn't a big deal." she pointed out, anger edging her voice, which caused me to start shaking.
"Ultear, shut up, and calm down before you talk again." Jellal retorted when he noticed I was shaking.
"I am calm!" she snapped.
"No you aren't." Meredy pointed out.
Nobody said another word the entire way back to the agency. Once we were at the agency, Ultear apologized.
"I'm sorry that I snapped at all of you. I didn't mean to get pissed about it... It's just-" she cut herself off then shook her head, "I don't expect you guys to understand..." she mumbled, then walked away.
"Ultear wait!" Meredy called and quickly followed her.
Natsu had run off right away too, mostly out of fear of me and Ultear. If he had sat in the backseat with me and Jellal, instead of Meredy, he would've only been scared of Ultear.
"Well... I guess we get to go do the reports on our own..." Jellal muttered.
I smiled, "Well that's fine, then we get to spend more time together, instead of arguing with the others."
After realizing what I had said, I blushed and looked away. I did wonder though, what Ultear was about to say.
Jellal and I walked in the building and went up to my office, to finish the around ten minutes of reports, I was already bored. I groaned in annoyance, causing Jellal to laugh.
"Do you want to take a quick break and go upstairs to eat?" Jellal asked.
"Yes." I answered enthusiastically.
Jellal laughed again and we made our way to the elevator.
"Do you know what Ultear was talking about earlier?" I asked, "Before she walked away from us."
"No clue..." Jellal responded. He seemed a little... A little out of it.
I quietly stood in the back corner of the elevator. I always felt safer when standing against walls. I had no clue why. When I was a teenager, I always got slammed against or through them.
When I go back to the day that I actually had the guts to call the cops on my father, it was a hell hole compared to the other days.
I had run to my room and into my closet while calling the cops. I don't remember exactly what I had said, but it was short and choppy. Mostly because I knew my father would find me quickly.
Almost five minutes after I had gotten off the phone, the closet door swung open. I cringed and pushed myself back against the wall.
"Stand up, wimp!" my father yelled angrily.
I slowly and shakily pulled myself up off the ground.
"Quit shaking already!" he snapped.
When I flinched, he laughed. He grabbed me by the shoulders and slammed me against the wall as hard as he could. I gasped in pain and my legs buckled below me. My father kicked me in the ribs, knocking me over. He kept kicking me after I fell.
By the time he had no desire to kick me, I was gasping for air. I sat up so I was on my hands and knees, still trying to catch my breath. I coughed up blood onto the floor.
"Erza... Are you okay?" Jellal asked, breaking my thoughts.
I jumped, "Y-yeah... Just lost in thought..." I muttered quietly.
"I could tell that you were lost in thought... I had to pull you out of the elevator. We've been in the Cafeteria for five minutes now." he explained.
"Oh... Sorry..." I mumbled.
I got a piece of cake, while Jellal just got a plate of fries.
"When we're done eating, I could take you home, then just finish the reports on my own." Jellal offered.
"It's fine, I'll help you." I replied.
There was suddenly a loud crash on the far side of the cafeteria. I looked over to that Gray had just thrown Natsu into a table.
"Ice Princess, what was that for?" Natsu shouted.
"Shut up Flamebrain!" Gray retorted loudly.
"Who are you calling Flamebrain?" Natsu yelled.
I rolled my eyes and walked over to them.
"Shut up and quit fighting." I ordered.
"No way!" they both yelled, then they glared at each other.
"Natsu... You're an idiot..." I muttered then punched him in the stomach.
I turned to Gray, "Do you want to stop fighting now?"
Gray nodded and quickly walked away. I smiled and went back to Jellal.
"They were being annoying..." I mumbled.
Jellal laughed, "I'm sure that now, there's more than Natsu to think you're scary."
I nodded in agreement, "Weirdos... They don't have to be afraid of me, they just need to shut up once in a while."
"I think the reason they are afraid of you is that they don't know how to shut up." Jellal commented, "And when they don't shut up, they end up like Natsu."
I looked over and Natsu was huddled over on the ground, clutching his stomach and Mira was crouching down next to him.
I looked back at Jellal, "Isn't that how you were earlier when Meredy punched you?"
"Uhh... Yeah..." he mumbled.
I laughed, "So how's your stomach doing?" I asked.
"Doesn't hurt as bad as it did before."
After we ate, we went back to my office and finished the reports. By the time we finished the reports, it was 9:00pm and I was half asleep.
Jellal and I went down to the lobby, and sat in the chairs by the door.
"You look exhausted." Jellal commented, "Do you want me to go get the car, and I'll pick you up right outside."
I nodded, "Please..."
He got up and left the building, only to arrive again a few minutes later, in his car. I walked out to his car and got in the passengers seat. As soon as I shut the door, I leaned my head against the window and closed my eyes.
"How'd she get injured so badly?" the nurse asked.
It was my fourth time at the hospital this week.
"She told me that some kids at school beat her up." my father lied.
"Poor thing..." the nurse mumbled as she bandaged my wounds.
I flinched when she bumped the large cut running down my arm.
"Erza, we're here." Jellal announced, lightly shaking my arm.
I opened my eyes and stretched.
"Thanks for the ride." I replied, then got out of his car.
I shut the door and waved goodbye, then went inside my house. I went straight to bed, not even bothering to change into pajamas.
To me, this chapter was really sucky, and I apologize for that. Please leave a review and let me know what you thought about it. Yes, I realize it was quick too.