Hello, I'm back! Yay! Sorry it took so long to update. I was busy writing other stuff, and I was also busy with schools, then just recently, I got sick due to sleep deprivation and dehydration. Anyway, now I'm better, and I should be writing more.

I admit that I've had this chapter done for a while, but I kept forgetting to post it. I honestly don't remember what's all in this chapter, so I hope it's not too terrible.

I entered the interrogation room with Jellal close behind me; we both took our seats across from Cobra. The figure of my past had an amused smile spread across his face.

"Were you too afraid to interrogate me for the past month, Erza?" Cobra chuckled.

"No, I had different reasons," I retorted, glaring at him.

"If you're going to ask if I'm the one that put Ultear in the hospital, I'll tell you now that I'm not. However, I am the one that told the other guy where she lived, and I'll have you know that I'm the reason her life was spared," Cobra informed.

"What's the other guy's name?" I asked.

"That's information I can't tell," he smirked.

I leaned closer to him so Jellal couldn't hear and whispered, "Damnit Cobra, just tell me, and I'll make sure he takes the brunt of the punishment."

"I advise that you stop trying to get answers, Sweetie, or I'll tell your fiancé here that you're pregnant and the baby isn't his," Cobra whispered back, an evil glint in his eye.

"If you tell him, I'll make sure that you're punished for every little thing you did," I growled quietly.

"That's fine by me," he responded.

I glared at him and clenched my fists. Eventually, Jellal grabbed my wrist and pulled me back.

"Don't let him get to you," Jellal murmured.

Taking a deep breath, I asked again, "Cobra, who is the person that put Ultear in the hospital?"

We got the same response from him, "I'm sorry, I can't tell you. However, I can tell you one thing..."

Cobra leaned forward, smiling in amusement, "Jellal, did you know that your fiancé is pregnant?"

Jellal looked as if he wasn't sure how to respond. He looked at me quizzically, "Erza?"

"I meant to tell you-" I started.

"Wanna know an even bigger twist? The baby isn't yours," Cobra laughed.

Of course, Jellal knew that the baby wasn't his the second he found out I was pregnant.

Jellal looked hurt and slightly angry. Meanwhile, I felt like crying.

"Why didn't you tell me, Erza?" his voice cracked. Before I could respond, he went on, "Did you think I'd yell at you or abuse you? Did you think I'd blame you?"

"No, it's not that," I whimpered, "It's... It's..."

I didn't finish speaking, I couldn't.

"I'm sorry you don't trust me enough," with that, he simply got up and started to leave, probably to keep himself calm.

"Jellal?" my voice was quiet.

The only response was the door shutting behind him as he left.

"Oh... Poor, poor Erza... Looks like he doesn't love you anymore," Cobra cooed.

"Shut up, he never said that," I felt tears pierce my eyes.

What if Cobra is right?

No! He lies! Why would I even think that?

"Are you sure he ever loved you? Think of all the people that walked out on you after saying they loved you," excitement shone in his eyes as he spoke.

Tears slid down my cheeks, and I heard the door open. Soon, Meredy was standing by me.

"Cobra, leave her alone," she growled, unusual anger in her voice, "You've done enough already."

"Hey there, Mer," Cobra greeted with obvious fake cheerfulness, "I see you have some fight in you now! Too bad you didn't have it earlier..."

Meredy glared at him, "You know why I didn't fight to escape! If I did, you would've-"

She looked down but quickly glared at him again.

"I really wish you had fought more. That would've made things a lot more fun, just ask Erza," he smirked.

That comment made me snap. Within seconds, I was on my feet with my hand tightly gripping his throat. Cobra gasped for air, but I didn't dare to let go.

Meredy screamed, "Erza! Let go of him!"

Tears poured down my cheeks as I tried to block out Meredy's voice. Soon, I felt my hand get pried off of him, and I was pulled into the tight embrace of a hug. As soon as I felt his hand on mine to pry me away from Cobra, I knew it was Jellal. I leaned into his embrace and cried against his chest.

"I'm sorry... I'm so sorry... I-I don't know-" I started.

Jellal cut me off, "Let's not talk about it now, okay? Just calm yourself down."

He led me out of the room while Mira and Meredy checked to see how Cobra was doing. We sat down on a couple of chairs in the hall, and Jellal patiently waited for me to calm down.

"Jellal?" I timidly looked up at him, "I was going to tell you, I really was. It's just... When I first found out, I thought you'd blame yourself... And then I didn't want you to feel like you needed to come home. I-I don't know what else to say. I guess, in a way, it's my faul-"

"Don't you dare blame yourself," Jellal growled, causing me to flinch.

"But if I hadn't insisted on walking home that night, nothing would've happened," I argued.

"This all happened before I left, right?" Jellal quizzed. I nodded, and I could feel Jellal tense up, which made me nervous, "So you're saying that, during that week you were gone and unconscious, some bastard got you pregnant?"

Biting my lip, I looked down at my hands. Eventually, I tasted blood.

Jellal lightly lifted my head, so I was looking at him, "Erza, I'm not mad at you. I wish you had told me sooner and that you were the one to tell me in the first place, but I most certainly am not mad at you."

"There's one more thing," my voice came out as a whisper, "Something about my past that you don't know yet.."

He tilted his head in confusion, but he didn't say anything for awhile.

"You don't have to tell me now if you don't want to," he sighed.

"But I feel like I need to now," I argued.

"Okay then, I'll listen," he responded.

I took a deep breath, "W-When I was younger, I'd believe it when someone said they'd help me. I'd go with them. However, that's what mostly destroyed my trust. Cobra came to me after I had taken a beating from my father and Rusty Rose... At first, I was scared, but he told me that he'd help me. After I believed him, he took me to his room and said I could hide in there until my father and Rusty Rose went to the bar. But then he... he..."

The tears returned to my eyes, and I hid my face behind my hands.

"He took advantage of your trust?" Jellal guessed. I nodded and cried more.

"Once I left him," I wiped my eyes, "and went to my room, I cried until I threw up. When I left my room, he was there waiting for me."

Jellal hugged me tightly as I cried even more.

"You better not blame yourself for any of that," Jellal whispered, "because it's not your fault at all."

I heard footsteps, and soon after, I heard Meredy's voice, "No, you get out of here. He's already had enough of a punishment from Erza. Speaking of which, go check on her."

"But-" Natsu protested.

"Go check on her, or go see if Ultear can come back from the hospital. Your choice," Meredy retorted.

Natsu walked over to me and Jellal, and he sat down next to me.

"Hey Erza, how are you feeling?" Natsu asked.

"I've been better," I responded.

We were silent for a few minutes; we just simply sat there.

Suddenly, I found myself quietly muttering, "Should we go see if we can save Ultear from— I mean, get Ultear out of the hospital?"

"Sure, if that's what you want to do," Jellal responded.

"But is it what you want to do?" I looked up at him.

"Right now, what I want to do is be by you," Jellal replied while standing up.

I nodded and looked over to Natsu, "Do you want to come with?"

"Sure," he nodded.

We left FTBI and made our way to the hospital. The ride there was fairly silent, and I really didn't mind it. I didn't feel like talking to anybody about what happened in the interrogation room, not yet. Honestly, I didn't want to talk to anyone about what happened to me.

When we got to the hospital, we nervously made our way to Ultear's room. We were only nervous because we had no idea what mood Ultear would be in, and if she was in a pissy mood, we didn't want to be instantly shouted at.

"Hi Ultear," I greeted as we entered her hospital room.

She looked at me and smiled, "Am I getting out of here now?"

"It depends on what the doctor says," Jellal responded and entered the room behind me.

"Jellal! You're back!" Ultear exclaimed happily.

"I got back this morning, and I'd say it's a good thing I did," Jellal glanced at me but quickly looked back at Ultear, "Natsu is talking to the doctors right now."

Ultear stayed silent for a few minutes. She suddenly looked at Jellal and said, "So Meredy took my advice and called you, Jellal?"

"Yeah, I guess… Meredy did call me," he replied.

"Good," Ultear nodded, "Erza, I hope you can relax more now."

"Yeah, I can, and I'm sure I'll get more sleep now," I murmured. Jellal put his arm around my shoulders and held me close; he kissed the top of my head.

After a while, Natsu shakily came into the room, "Hi Ultear. Um… You have to stay here for another hour."

"What?" she snapped, "I've been in here long enough!"

"I-I tried to get them to let you out right away, but they wouldn't," Natsu replied.

"Why not?" I asked before Ultear could respond.

"I don't know. They didn't say," Natsu shrugged.

"I'm going to go talk to them," I grumbled, turning around and starting toward the door.

"I'm going with you," Jellal followed me out the door.

Jellal and I walk over to where we saw a couple of doctors. They seemed busy talking about something, so we patiently waited for them to finish. It was only a matter of time before I lost my patience though.

"Excuse me," I started, "Would you mind telling me why my friend, Ultear, isn't allowed to leave the hospital yet?"

"We just want to be sure she's healed enough," one of the doctors' responded, not even glancing in my direction.

My eyes narrowed, and I growled, "I can tell you right now that she's healed enough."

"Calm down, Erza," Jellal put himself between me and the doctor.

"But-" I started to complain, but Jellal gave me a stern look. I settled on muttering, "You and I both know Ultear is ready to leave the hospital."

"I know, but getting pissed off won't help," Jellal responded, kissing my forehead.

He started to lead me back to Ultear's room, but just as we were about to enter the room, I stopped and leaned against the wall just outside her room.

"Are you okay?" Jellal asked worriedly.

"Yeah, I'm fine. I'm just... thinking," I nodded reassuringly.

Jellal walked over to me and put his hands on my waist; he lightly kissed my forehead and whispered, "What are you thinking about?"

"Everyone's going to act weird around me when they find out I'm pregnant..." I mumbled.

"That's what you're worried about?" he asked.

"I don't want to be treated differently because of that. Especially since the baby won't biologically be your child," I frowned.

"Everyone will just worry about you more, and what's wrong with that?" Jellal shrugged.

I looked down, "I don't want people to worry about me."

Jellal lightly grabbed my chin and lifted my head. He looked me in the eyes and just stared at me for a minute, "Erza, I will always worry about you, and there's nothing you can do to keep me from worrying."

Sighing, I nodded, and we walked into Ultear's hospital room. She looked at us hopefully, and just as Jellal was about to speak, I quickly spoke up, "Great news! You get to leave!"

Jellal looked at me, clearly confused; I gave a guilty look then looked back at Ultear and Natsu.

"Does anybody have a plan on how to sneak Ultear out of here?" I slightly smiled, "I mean… I have an idea, but there's no way Jellal will let me do it."

"You don't know that for sure," Jellal responded.

"Oh, so you'll let me force myself to have a panic attack just to make a distraction so we can get Ultear out of here?" I quizzed.

"No, you're right. I won't let you," he replied quickly.

We sat and thought for a few moments. Ultear suddenly smiled and screeched in excitement. Natsu, Jellal, and I looked at her expectantly and waited for her to calm down enough to tell us what she thought of.

"Call Gray and tell him to come here immediately," she stated. Natsu quickly pulled out his phone and dialed Gray's number.

"Hey Ice-Freak, get to the hospital right now," Natsu grumbled into his phone. After a few moments, he spoke again, "It's Ultear's orders."

Within about fifteen minutes, Gray was in Ultear's hospital room trying to catch his breath.

"Hey Ultear..." he greeted, "Sorry I took so long."

She glared at him then smirked, "You're going to help me get the hell out of here. You and Natsu need to go somewhere else in the hospital, and you start an argument with him."

"Never! I don't want to work with him!" both boys shouted at once.

Jellal, Ultear, and I glared at them, "Too bad, you're going to."

"You can argue about how you have to work together," Jellal suggested.

The two boys left the room glaring at each other and shoving each other.

"I can't believe I have to work with you,"

"You took the words right out of my mouth, Flame Brain."

"What'd you call me, Ice Princess?"

"You heard me, Ash Tray!"

"Shut up, Icicle!"

With that, they left.

I leaned against the doorframe and looked into the hall, waiting for enough doctors to leave to try and break up the fight. Soon enough, a handful of doctors headed to the east side of the hospital.

Smiling, I turned around and faced Ultear, "You get to leave now."

Jellal and I helped Ultear out of her hospital bed; then Jellal had to exit the room so Ultear could change into her clothes. I stayed in the room just in case Ultear was more injured than we thought. As soon as Ultear was dressed, we left the hospital. Luckily, we had taken Jellal's car to the hospital, so we didn't have to worry about not having keys.

"We can assume Gray will take Natsu back to FTBI, right?" I mumbled to myself as I got into the passenger's seat of the car.

When we got back to the agency, we could tell we were already in trouble; we found out Makarov had to go pick up Natsu from the hospital and make sure Gray left. All too soon, the five of us were standing in Makarov's office.

"You five are a bunch of troublemakers," Makarov grumbled, "Natsu, Gray... This is your second time disrupting a hospital. Erza, I'm not sure how many times you've disobeyed hospital rules. Ultear, anytime you're in a hospital, you get up and walk around even when you're not supposed to. When you had a broken arm, you refused to have a cast on it until Meredy recovered. And Jellal... Well you rarely do anything wrong other than cause a ruckus here."

"Sorry sir," we all bowed apologetically.

"Alright you brats, go help the others solve this case. Let's make this guy regret making an enemy of us!" he ordered.

We worked until 10:00 that night and all went home barely able to keep our eyes open. When Jellal and I got home, I didn't even bother changing out of my work clothes; I just simply collapsed on the bed. Jellal also laid down right away after turning off the lights; I cuddled into his side and wrapped my arm around him. We fell asleep only a couple minutes after.

I ended up waking up screaming due to a nightmare a few hours after falling asleep; Jellal held me tightly as tears poured down my face.

"Erza, it's okay; you're safe now. I won't let anything happen to you," he murmured.

I dug my fingernails into his arm, causing him to gasp in pain and hug me a little tighter. Jellal lightly stroked my hair as he tried to calm me down. Once he finally did calm me down, his arm was bleeding from me scratching him, my face was red, and my eyes were puffy. I wasn't anywhere near worrying about myself though; I was worried about the fact that I had made Jellal bleed.

"Are you okay?" he asked, making sure I wasn't still panicking. He always worried about me more than he worried about himself. In fact, he barely ever worried about himself.

"Are you?" I countered, my eyes round with worry as I looked at the blood on his right arm.

Jellal nodded and carefully got up so he could clean the wounds, "It's not as bad as it looks. I barely even felt it."

Giving him a disbelieving look and following him, I muttered, "Quit lying."

"I'm not lying," he responded calmly as he rinsed off the blood.

I rolled my eyes and turned him so his wounded arm was facing me, "At least, let me clean up your wounds. You can barely see them."

Without letting him refuse to let me help, I grabbed a washcloth and put it in some warm water; Jellal winced as I put the washcloth on his wound. As soon as I cleaned up the blood, I put some bandages on him then lightly kissed his cheek. I could see a slight blush form on his cheeks as he smiled down at me. However, I could also feel myself blushing as well.

Jellal suddenly hugged me, taking me by surprise. He shakily whispered in my ear, "Do you want to talk about what happened in the interrogation room with Cobra? I know you'd prefer not to... I'm sorry, but I'm not going to let you go with not talking about it."

He pulled me away from his body and looked me in the eye, but as soon as we made eye contact, I looked away. I wanted to look anywhere but at him. Eventually, I sighed and gave in; my response started out quiet but gradually got louder, "I told you what Cobra did to me when I was younger… I-I don't care what he says to me. I don't… But- But he had no right to say that to Meredy!"

A few tears rolled down my cheeks, and I stubbornly wiped them away; Jellal pulled me back into another hug and held me tightly against him.

"Be careful not to stretch your wounds open more…" I mumbled against his chest, causing him to lightly laugh.

I hugged him tightly and softly cried into his chest. He stroked my hair with his hands and lightly kissed my forehead, "Erza, we should get some more sleep. It's like two in the morning."

"It took that long to calm me down?" I whispered more to myself than to him.

He nodded and led me back to our room, and we laid down once again. I laid on my side with my back to Jellal as he laid on his back, staring up at the ceiling. I allowed myself to get lost in thought about the events of the previous day.

I'm so pathetic to have let Cobra get to me like that… Or even just allowing him to tell Jellal the thing that I was supposed to tell him, not somebody else.

When I assumed Jellal was asleep once again, I allowed tears to roll down my cheeks as I reminded myself how pathetic I was. I let out soft sobs - although I tried to hold them back. Jellal rolled over and put his arm over me, pulling me slightly closer to him.

"What's wrong?" he murmured.

"I'm scared," I whispered, wiping away my tears.

"It's alright," he mumbled, "You can be scared. I'll be here for you. No matter what."

We were silent for quite some time; I almost thought Jellal had fallen back asleep. However, he spoke again after a while.

"I'll always love you, Erza,"

Aw! Well, that's a cute ending! XD I hope you liked this chapter, and I'll hopefully have another one posted next weekend. Well,please leave a review and let me know what you thought of the chapter.

Have a nice day/night!