Ruby must have read the same line in her pregnancy book at least ten times, he thoughts were with Laxus. He seemed so conflicted, she could see the grief in him and wanted nothing more to comfort him, but how could she? She could never be his real daughter, she was gone, all she could do was be there for him like he promised to be for her.

Deep in thought she never heard footsteps approaching.

"Hey."

She almost jumped out of her skin. "Damn it Gray! You scared me."

He laughed as he sat down next to her. "Sorry." He said as she slapped him on the back of the head.

He smiled so widely that it looked painful, he took in her appearance, her long red hair was tied back in a ponytail and she wore a light grey dress with a pale blue flowered pattern, she looked adorable.

"How have you been, while I was away?" All he could think about right now was kissing those full pink lips again.

Putting her book to the side she turned to face him. He always looked so nervous around her and she supposed she couldn't blame him.

"Natsu took me to the Guild and they had this insane party to welcome me, kinda put the Edolas Guild to shame." She laughed.

"What's so funny?" He moved a little closer to her and wound his arm around her shoulder so she was resting against him.

"It was Natsu..." She couldn't finish because she was laughing so hard.

Gray rolled his dark eyes and sighed. "What did that moron do now?"

She managed to collect herself long enough to tell him. "He was drunk off his ass, dancing on top of a table with a giant panda strapped to his back."

"Where the hell did he get a giant panda?" He asked slightly confused.

She looked up at him about to answer when he realised he couldn't hold back anymore. He cupped her chin in his hand and softly kissed her plump pink lips, becoming more passionate and heated, he forced his tongue into her mouth and was met by hers. She sucked on his tongue causing him to moan loudly into her mouth. He had to stop this before it went to far, she had the same idea.

"Maybe not the best idea." She said parting her lips from his, breathing heavily, burning desire in her green eyes.

"Yeah." He said clearing his throat, trying to adjust his throbbing erect cock so Ruby wouldn't notice how turned on he was. "Anyway, ummm, yeah, where did he get the panda?"

"Hmmmm, oh yeah the panda, he got it for the baby at a toy store. When I left he had fallen asleep on top of it."

They both took a few moments to calm themselves down. Gray smiled as he thought about his baby. He wanted a daughter, he would love the baby no matter if it was a boy or girl but he didn't want his son to grow up to be like him. He didn't want to pass on the darkness that lived in him to an innocent child, at least of it was a girl, she would be like Ruby.

"I met Laxus." She said breaking in on his thoughts.

"How did it go? Gramps told me before I left that Laxus wanted to see you."

"He's still grieving for his daughter. I though we were young but being fifteen and raising a baby on your must have been so tough on him. He gave me her baby blanket for our baby, he kept it all those years it must have been special to him."

"Did he? Wow I don't know what to say, that was really good of him." He said running his hand through his dark hair. "Laxus's girlfriend abandoned Ruby when she was born, Gramps said that Laxus spent weeks trying to convince her not to have an abortion, he was ready to take care of both of them. He was devastated when she left but he had his daughter to look after. Her mother never went to her funeral..."

Sadness overcame him, she hadn't noticed that he had stripped off his T-shirt and was sitting bare chested next to her. Watching the father of her child being consumed by grief made her remember that Natsu told her that Gray never went to the funeral either.

Trying to put the memories of the past behind him and look towards, he routed through his messenger bag and took out a neatly wrapped package and handed it to the girl next to him. Taking it from him and ripping open the paper, revealing a white leather book with a sleeping teddy bear and there embossed was BABY FULLBUSTER.

"It's beautiful, Gray!" She exclaimed, throwing her arms tightly around him.

"You don't mind that it says Fullbuster?" He asked with a nervous tone in his voice.

"Of course not, after all it is going to be a new member of the Fullbuster family."

It made he happier than he had ever been that she wanted the baby to share his surname. He held her tightly.

"There's something I need to know." She said, finally plucking up the courage to ask as pulling away from his embrace.

His face fell, he turn away from he and stared at the river, his chin resting on his clasped hands, a darkness passed over his face and he would no longer look at her.

"I'm going to fucking kill that little bubblegum haired punk! Look Ruby, that has nothing to do with you, it doesn't effect anything that is happening now."

His sudden burst of anger scared her a little, she had already guessed what had happened. She rested her arm on his and squeezed gently.

"I don't want her to know what I did." He said quietly.

"Her?"

His expression softened a little. "Our daughter. I don't want her to know that I lost control and..."

"You tried to kill yourself." She finished for him.

He guessed that he should explain to her.

Taking a deep breath he began. "She was gone and nothing I could do would bring her back, I had failed to protect her, I broke that promise and now she being lain in the ground while I lay in a drunken stupor mourning the loss of the girl loved. I didn't want to live without her. I took a lot of painkillers washing them down with whisky and then I made an ice knife and slit my wrists. Gramps and Natsu found me in a pool of blood and close to death, they got me to the hospital just in time and I was pissed. I wanted to die and for so long I felt like that, until I ended up in Edolas. There I met a girl who seen the hurt and darkness in me and made me feel love for the first time in a year. And now she is sitting here with me, and growing inside of her is my child."

"Gray..."

She was interrupted by someone.

"Hey, you were supposed to meet me for lunch." Moaned Natsu.

"Sorry." She giggled looking at the huffy expression on his face, Gray could help but smile.

"Well I'm done waiting on your ass, let's go I'm starving!" He picked her up and threw her over his should in a fireman's lift.

She was in fits of giggles. "Put me down!" As he started to spin her around.

"Pyro be fucking careful, she's pregnant!" Shouted Gray but hearing Ruby laugh with such joy made him unbelievably happy.

She looked over Natsu's shoulder at Gray watching them acting like big kids with a smile on face. Smiling back she managed to wiggle free and run to Gray, they stared into each other's eyes for the longest time.

She tiptoed so she could whisper into his ear. "I'm falling in love with you."