The past
At the door way stands a very surprised Juvia and Gray, and on the floor lays a cake, that I assume the brought to make amends with Jellal.
Jellal and I quickly pull away from each other, both Juvia and Gray look at what were wearing. Oh crap, I'm in only a shirt and Jellal is only in pants. Juvia is the one to break the awkward silence, "Juvia thought Erza was married?" she says in a low voice.
"Erza is married" Gray answers, I am about to explain but Jellal beats me to it. He quickly stands up and walks to Juvia, "Juvia this isn't what it looks like-" he gets cut off when a clean crisp slap is heard.
Gray and I are surprised as we look at Juvia and Jellal, Juvia just slapped Jellal. "Erza is married Jellal...what is the matter with you? Do you want to be like mom?" she says as tears gather in her eyes she walks away, we hear the front door slam close.
Jellal snaps out of it, and goes after Juvia. Im still on the ground, I look down. I hear Gray sigh, I hear his footsteps walking toward me. Then I feel something cover my shoulders, I look and see Grays jacket. I look up at him, he smiles at me.
"Oh Erza, Im not going to ask about what I just saw now because I see you don't want to really talk about it...but I will like an answer someday" he says. I smile at him, "Thank you Gray" I say. "Out of all the guys, Jellal really? Im sure you can do better" he says.
I chuckle, he stands up, I do also. "I should leave" I say, he nods his head. I walk to the back screen door and leave. I open the alley door and walk next door to my home and take a very needed shower.
When I get out of the shower I go down stairs and see Jellal sitting in the living room. I walk toward him, he's wearing fresh clothes. When he sees me he looks up at me, "I brought your stuff back" he says.
I sit down next to him the couch, "What happened with Juvia?" I ask him. He looks at me and chuckles, then looks down. "Nothing really..." he says while looking at his hands.
He keeps his eyes down, I lean against his shoulder. "Were a mess aren't we?" I whisper. He chuckles, "Yeah we are..." he whispers. He puts his hand around my back, "Do you want to tell me why you decided to get drunk yesterday?" he asks looking ahead.
I sigh, "I saw Laxus on a date with his ex" I say, "Ouch" he says. "That wasn't the bad part...its what he said to me after words..." I whisper feeling tears gather in my eyes. Jellal notices, "What did Laxus say to you?" he asks.
"He brought up someone very precious to me" I say, "Simon?" he asks. I shake my head, "No not Simon" I say. "Then who?" he asks generally interested.
"Someone that never got to see the light of day..." I whisper Jellal stops looking ahead and turns to me. "S-Scarlet you..." he starts understanding exactly what I meant. I look at him, "Laxus was talking about my child that I miscarried..." I whisper.
Jellal still looks at me surprised, "You never told me you and Laxus had a child..." he says. I shake my head, "It wasn't with Laxus it was with Simon...It's the main reason he left me..."I whisper. A single tear goes down my face, I wipe it away.
"Simon was so happy when I found out I was pregnant...I was happy too, but..." I sigh, "I wasn't ready for a child, we were college students we could just afford to take care of ourselves, we couldn't afford a child...we weren't ready" I say.
"I was under a lot of stress around that time...in result I lost the baby, after that Simon and I fell apart" I whisper. Then I smile, " But I remember feeling so excited...I had a small baby bump, since it didn't really stick out I always assumed it was going to be boy" I say.
"Simon always thought that I did it on purpose so we couldn't have a child...if only he knew...I cried every night for months after I miscarried, I still do sometimes...when I see kids playing in the park that would have been his age" I say.
I look back at Jellal, he's looking at me with a sympathetic look in his eyes. "You believe me...right?" I say worried. He smiles and pulls me into a hug, "Yeah Scarlet I believe you" he says, I breath a sigh of relief.
When we pull away, I wipe away the tears that were on my cheeks. "Why was Juvia so mad?" I ask, he sighs. "It's our mother..." he says, "She wasn't exactly faithful to my father...Juvia and I have different fathers thats why Juvia has our mothers last name instead of mine and my father" he says.
"When mom was pregnant with Juvia my father found out she had cheated so he didn't allow mom to give Juvia our last name...Juvia grew up being bullied for being a result of an affair...she's very against cheating..." he says.
"She just doesn't want anyone els to feel the pain she had to feel..." he whispers. I nod my head understanding. "You know what were doing is wrong right?" he says. I nod my head, "Yeah its wrong but Laxus has cheated on me multiple times...besides this is more a contract rather then marriage" I say.
He stands up suddenly, "Contract?!" he says in an angry voice. I look up at him, "Yeah, it was a deal, the reason that we got married was to make our grandfathers happy" I say and stand up also. "What the hell is the matter with you!" he yells.
I start to glare at him, "What is wrong with me?!" I yell. "Marriage is something sacred between two people that care about each other, not some business contract!" he yells in rage. I walk closer to him also mad, "Marriage is just an agreement that last until two people get tired of each other, you of all people should know that" I hiss, aiming right for his Achilles heel.
He fumes, he raises his hand and for a second I think he is going to hit me. But instead he grabs the table lamp behind me and throws it to the ground in rage, I look as the glass breaks into pieces.
He walks out slamming the front door behind him, I kick the side table were the lamp previously was, in rage successfully denting it. I walk to the kitchen and decide to get a beer to ease my nerves, but when I open it I decide against it and throw it away. Its what got me in this situation in the first place anyway.
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