A/N: Hey guys! Back with another chapter!
And still having writer's block on Lucid ;-;
I haven't gotten much progress on that in a while...
Anyways, y'all aren't here for Lucid, you're here for this!
8 months (32 weeks)
Lucy was on her way to guild hall, trying not to topple over onto her pregnant belly. Natsu was currently on a job, although he was due back sometime this morning. He'd been having to go on a lot of them lately in preparation of Layla, and it was very safe to say that Natsu and Lucy missed seeing each other with his absences. But they knew this was necessary so that they could give Layla everything.
"This last month cannot go by fast enough! I'm sick of having a giant pumpkin for a belly! And I'm sick of being stuck at home and away from Natsu!" She rubbed her belly. "Oh Layla, I just want you out of me!" she wailed. Lucy pitied the women that went through the summer months while being this pregnant. Even in February, Layla made for a very hot and sweaty Lucy often times.
Lucy turned to face down a road when she heard skipping feet and gleeful squealing from it. She grinned when she saw Juvia skipping towards her, spinning around and clutching her hands to her heart as happy tears threatened to form a river in the street.
"Good morning, Juvia! What's all the excitement?"
"Hello, Lucy! I just- I mean, I've guessed, but I just now- just this morning-" Juvia stopped her spinning and jumping and breathed out to calm herself. Lucy just smiled patiently at her friend. "I'm sorry, I'm just so excited! I should really tell Darling first, but with him off on a job with Natsu I can't right now and you know how I get overexcited and I would never be able to keep this a secret even for just a little bit and I've suspected for a bit but I-"
Lucy giggled, interrupting the bluenette's rambling. "Just tell me what it is!"
"Ah! Sorry! Anyways, I'm pregnant! Gray and I have a baby!" Juvia placed her hands on her abdomen and spun again as Lucy squealed and afterwards tried pulling Juvia in for a hug, proving difficult thanks to Lucy's own pregnancy.
"Juvia, that's so exciting! There's gonna be two little babies running around the guild! Come on, we have to go tell the girls!" Juvia nodded eagerly as she allowed Lucy to drag her in the guild hall's direction.
Once at the bar with the other girls, namely Erza, Levy, and Mirajane, Juvia's eager rambling and excited announcement were repeated.
"That's so great!"
"I'm very happy for you!"
"Now you've gotten started on those 33 babies you always wanted!"
Juvia scoffed at Mirajane's reference to her love-crazed imagination of the past. She'd really grown since then.
"I don't think we'll be having 33 anymore. Maybe just two or three," she laughed.
Before anyone could comment any longer, the doors burst open.
"Hey guys! We're back!" Natsu and Gray cried as they entered. Natsu was then immediately by his wife, his arms wrapped around her as they shared a kiss.
"So the job went well?"
"Yup! Made lots of money! How's Layla?"
"Layla's fine, just making her mommy tired," Lucy laughed. "But speaking of babies..." The girls all pretty much simultaneously nudged Juvia in order to get her to share the news with her husband. Juvia just placed her face in her hands as her cheeks reddened and she squealed in happiness again.
"What?" Gray questioned.
"Gray Darling, I-" she looked around to see the company staring at her, and with a flush, she decided to stand up, lean to her husband's ear, and tell him. "I'm pregnant!"
Gray, for lack of better word, froze at the whispered news. His eyes were wide and his expression went slack-jawed as Juvia giggled at her husband's reaction.
Finally, Gray managed out words. "You-you are? You have a baby in there?" he asked, pointing to Juvia's abdomen. Natsu gave a loud 'oh' of realization and a grin as he figured out what everyone was freaking out about.
"No," Juvia told him as she clasped his hands. "We have a baby in here."
Gray grinned and kissed her forehead. "Holy shit, that is scary." He gave a shaky laugh. "But... dare I say it... Natsu was right. It's so, so exciting. I couldn't be happier. Wow, we have a baby!"
"'Natsu was right'?" Lucy repeated as a question to her husband.
Natsu laughed sheepishly. "We had a talk a few months ago. Don't worry about it," he told her with a grin.
Lucy leaned into his chest. "Alright. I won't. But I'm glad you're happy enough to admit it to Gray." She leaned up and kissed his cheek.
"Of course I am! Layla is our daughter! A little baby that we made!" Natsu put his hand on Lucy's belly, earning a couple of kicks from Layla. Anytime Natsu touched the baby bump, Layla kicked right where Natsu's hand was.
"But can we?" Lucy and Natsu heard Juvia ask her husband.
"I don't know, ask the couple that's been dealing with a pregnancy."
"What?" Lucy questioned.
"Ah..." Juvia started. "We wanted to know if we could go, you know, have a 'private celebration'."
Lucy and Natsu laughed. "Yeah, you can. Just don't be too rough with her, Gray!" Lucy said.
Natsu snorted. "More like Juvia can't be too rough with him." Gray rolled his eyes at the jab.
"Just hurry back so you can tell the rest of the guild! It's your turn to be bombarded with questions from our overexcited guild!" Juvia just chuckled shakily before her husband dragged her out.
Lucy smiled and kissed her own man. "I'm glad Layla will have someone to play with."
"Nah, she's not playing with that slanty-eyed bastard's kid," Natsu joked.
Lucy playfully whacked her husband's head. "Whatever you say."
A/N: And there you have it!