Erza woke up that morning feeling extremely nauseous, made her way into the bathroom, and threw up…again.

"Again?" she heard her husband ask as she felt her hair being pulled back. "Erza, you should see a doctor about this. This is the third time in a row."

"I'm fine, Gray." She flushed her stomach's contents and stood. "I must've eaten something bad, that's all…" she trailed off, grabbing her toothbrush and toothpaste, intent on washing the filth out of her mouth.

"For three days in a row? Come on, Erza, you know that's not the case here. You only ate soup last night to calm your stomach and it happened again." He wrapped his arms around her waist, leaning his forehead on her shoulder. "I'm just worried about you," he confessed softly.

She couldn't help but feel a little guilty about making him worry. She had an idea of what was wrong with her, but she didn't want to bring it up unless she knew for sure. She'd have to discuss her suspicions with the women of Fairy Tail later.

She rinsed out her mouth and wiped excess paste from her face, turning around to face him. "Gray, I'll be fine. I promise."

He placed a light kiss on her forehead before leaving the room. "I hope so."


"So, you've been throwing up every morning for the past three days?" Mirajane inquired.

"Yeah."

"And you didn't eat anything that would upset your stomach."

"Yeah."

Lucy scratched her chin in thought. "Have you been feeling tired lately? Sluggish?"

Erza paused, her brow furrowed in thought. Now that Lucy mentioned it, she had been feeling tired all the time, going to sleep at an earlier hour than usual. "Yes, I suppose so."

Levy narrowed her eyes. "Erza, when was the last time you got your period?"

"Uh…a month ago?" To be honest, she wasn't really sure. She hadn't gotten it for a while now…which could only mean one thing.

Lucy gave her a knowing smile. "Erza, I think we'd better go get a pregnancy test."


She was restless. Five minutes her ass! She felt like she'd been pacing the hallway for hours.

The possibility that she could be pregnant with Gray's child made her anxious, yet extremely happy. Were they ready to be parents? They were twenty-four and twenty-five respectively, and had been married for two years. They hadn't really discussed starting a family, the topic only coming up once in a blue moon, and each time Erza didn't know how to answer him. She had never really given it some thought; was she ready to be a mother? Would she even be a good mother?

Erza fanned herself, trying to calm down. She was being unreasonable and she knew it, but she couldn't quite squash the panicky feeling in her chest. It wasn't like she didn't want to start a family with Gray—she really did. She had no reason to question their potential as parents, seeing how they've interacted with Wendy in the past and even now. She was psyching herself out.

Erza's thoughts came to a halt when she heard the door open. She glanced at the clock— it was only seven in the evening. Usually Gray would've stayed longer at the guild, talking and fighting with everyone. Why had he come back so early?

"Erza?"

She panicked and ducked into the bathroom, practically diving for the pregnancy test. She scrambled to pick it up, reading it just as Gray walked into the bathroom.

"Erza? What are you doing?"

She didn't answer.

"Erza?" She heard him walking over to her. She took a deep breath and turned to look at him.

"Gray, I'm pregnant."

He instantly froze, his eyes widening. She watched as his shocked expression slowly melted into a huge grin. Her heart almost burst at how happy he looked, feeling a smile form on her own lips.

"You're pregnant?" She nodded, her smile getting wider. "Oh my god…I'm going to be a dad."

"And I'm going to be a mother…" she said, feeling giddiness fill her body.

"We're going to be parents!" He lifted her into his arms, spinning her around as he laughed. "This is amazing!"

She giggled along with him, his happiness rubbing off on her. "Yeah."

He set her down, grabbing her by the shoulders. "How far along are you?"

"I don't know, I just found out now." She poked his cheek affectionately. "Are you happy about it, though?"

Gray gave her an incredulous look. "Happy? Are you kidding me? Erza, I'm ecstatic! We're going to have a family of our own!"

Her smile faltered as she came down from her high. "Yeah, but we've never talked about this before. Well, not in detail, at least. Are we ready, Gray? Are we ready to raise a child?"

His eyes softened. "You tell me, Erza. I've been ready, but every time I've brought it up in the past, you just avoid it." He brushed a stray lock of hair out of her face. "What's bothering you?"

She bit her lip nervously. "I…I'm just scared. What if I'm not a good mother? There's so much I don't know, it's overwhelming. I don't want to mess up," she confessed.

"Erza, I've seen you with Wendy and Asuka before. Seeing you interact with them is what made me think about bringing up starting a family in the first place. You don't even realize how motherly you are." He engulfed her in a hug, placing his chin on top of her head. "You'll be fine, I'm sure of it. And if you don't know some things, you can always learn." He kissed her hair. "We'll take this step by step. How does that sound to you, Mrs. Fullbuster?"

She smiled into his chest, kissing his guild mark. "Sounds good to me, Mr. Fullbuster."


I...I don't have any excuse why I didn't update yesterday. I'm sorry?!

and as as side note (i.e. complaint) I really hate how ff seems to automatically correct any excess punctuation. Like no I meant to put extra question marks there in my A/N LET ME DO IT ugh