Chapter 12: Unanchored

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"GRAY!" Camilla felt like she couldn't breath, like everything stopped. It took a split second but then her hands moved and she was performing CPR. She tilted her head back, opening his mouth and pinching his nose so she could press her mouth over his. After two breaths she started compressions, whispering under her breath as she did so.

"Please no, please no! Come on you have to wake up Gray!" She was whispering, taking moments for mouth to mouth before doing compressions again. Her breaths came in pants, her chest heaving as she continued through burning tears. She could hear his ribs crack as she kept the compressions going.

(I learned from an ER nurse that if you are doing CPR right, you should hear ribs cracking)

It seemed like forever and it wasn't working. Gray still lay lifeless, not breathing, and Camilla was shaking.

"Please Gray! Please wake up!" She choked out, doing mouth to mouth one more time before something happened.

Gray's eyes flew open and he inhaled with a gasp, his chest finally rising and falling on its own.

"GRAY!" She cupped his face, making sure he was actually awake before she helped him sit up. He groaned in pain, his cracked ribs most likely causing him pain.

"Camilla?" He croaked, voice raspy and he held a hand to his ribs, she was still knelt by his side, one hand on his back,

"I'm here." She whispered back, hurriedly wiping her tears as he came fully to his senses.

"What…. what happened?" He asked slowly, eyes slightly glazed from the pain.

"Doctor Steven… he's a ghoul….. he…. he got you pretty good. Gray your heart stopped.. I thought you were dead, you WERE dead! I didn't know what to do, I started CPR but it wasn't helping? It didn't look like-" Gray put a hand under her chin, stopping her from talking by gently pressing his thumb to her lips.

"I'm okay Camilla… I promise. You saved me. You saved my life." He said, pressing his forehead to hers, eyes closed.

It was silent as they sat there, noses brushing and foreheads pressed together. Her tears dried slowly and her sniffles died down. Before she had come back to Fairy Tail when she was a ghoul, she would've laughed at herself now. But now she was just grateful he was alive.

He cupped her face with one of his hands, his other supporting him. His fingers seemed to burn her skin and trail fire in their wake. She felt the little bubble of urge well up in her stomach and she pressed closer, connecting their lips in a kiss.

He seemed to come alive, his hand cupping her face sliding up to tangle in her hair as he let out a shocked inhale. Her fingers threaded their way through his hair and she pressed as close as possible to him. She leaned back for a minute before pulling back into a kiss she knew drove him crazy.

They could've done that for hours but their lungs screamed for oxygen and they were forced to break apart. He opened his eyes and their gazes met, deep blue meeting golden bronze in a loving look.

"I love you." She whispered before she could stop herself and she felt his breath catch before he was kissing her again, almost desperately, hands cupping her neck and mouth moving against hers. She had to pull away from him to give them both a chance to breathe.

"Say it again." He whispered against her lips,

"... I love you."

"Again….. please say it again."

"I love you, I love you, I love you." She whispered over and over again, Gray breaking each 'I love you' with a kiss.

Gray's head lay in her lap as the train rattled closer and closer to Magnolia. Shortly after her proclamation of love, his body had shut down from the pain to recuperate. She ran her fingers through his hair, trying to calm the mess as she allowed a forcefield to form just under him and mold to his body, levitating him a few centimeters off the seat so the jostling train wouldn't jar his cracked ribs. He looked so peaceful now, the furrow between his brows lessened and his normal frown softened. His breath was shaky but at least stable.

She threaded her fingers through his hair and between his brows, over his nose, and over his mouth and chin where it settled flat on his chest over his heart. It thrummed steadily beneath her hand and she could help but smile. He groaned slightly as he felt her fingers and shifted, eyes opening and he looked at her silently, lips quirking up.

"How far are we?" He rasped and she traced patterns on his chest.

"Not very far. You should sleep some more, your ribs probably hurt." He put his hands over his ribs and his magic made his palm glow as he cooled down his chest.

"I'll be fine." He said, reaching up and interlacing their fingers together over his heart.

He shifted and frowned, looking down and seeing her free hand in her lap glowing.

"What are you…?"

"Forcefield and levitation, it's my magic, so the train doesn't jar your ribs."

"But will your magic hold out?" He asked worriedly, he always worried about her and she smiled, leaning down to press a gentle kiss to his lips and stopping his worried rambling. He inhaled and his fingers brushed her jaw before she leaned away again.

"I'll be fine, my magic will hold out long enough for us to get home."

It did hold out but just barely. She got him to the Fairy Tail infirmary, floating him on her forcefield like a stretcher. He had fallen asleep again some time along the way and with a wave of her hand he was lowered onto a bed and the blankets covered him from the waist down. She brushed hair from his face and pressed a kiss to his forehead, fingers brushing against the growing stubble on his chin before she left to find Wendy.

The girl was sitting next to Romeo, talking as the couple nursed their own drinks.

"Wendy," She called quietly and the bluenette looked over to see the older woman.

"Yes?" She stood and approached Camilla who was now leaning on a doorway, exhausted from the magic use.

"I need you to heal Gray." She said and almost immediately Wendy beelined for the infirmary.

"What happened?" She asked, matching stride with Camilla.

"We went back to my old home, the one I lived at while I was gone. We were attacked by a Ghoul…" Wendy stiffened and Camilla continued,

"Gray took a pretty hard hit… it stopped his heart but I got it started with CPR.. but his ribs are cracked and I'd-"

"I'll heal him don't worry!" Wendy said with a grin and pushed the infirmary door open.

Camilla sat by Gray's side as he slept peacefully after Wendy healed him. It was dark and Annalise was sleeping at Porlyusica's so the older woman could keep an eye on the girl's fluctuating magic levels. Camilla reached out and entwined their fingers together and held his hand with both of hers.

"We normally switch places don't we?" Came a tired voice and she looked up from her hands to see him looking at her with a small smile.

"Gray! Holy shit- ah sorry. How are you feeling?" She stammered, scooting closer on her stool, he gave a tired chuckle and squeezed her hand.

"I feel fine, I assume Wendy healed me?"

"Yes, she came right after we got back. Do you need me to get her again?"

"No.. no I'll be fine." He said, squeezing her hands again and laying back in his pillows. She leaned her elbows on the hospital bed and stared at the blanket.

"I'm sorry Gray..."

"For what?"

"For this…. for getting you hurt…. for stopping your heart…. for everything….."

"Hey, look at me." Gray whispered and she did, his other hand coming to touch her chin, he sat up and leaned over. He pressed his lips to her in a feather light kiss, tracing his thumb under her eye and cupping her face. He pulled away and stared her in the eye, eyes blazing with determination.

"It's fine, it wasn't your fault. We'll get through this all. Together."

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CRANBERRY (Camilla's and Gray's ship name) HAS SAILED ONCE AGAIN

HOLY CRAP THIS WAS HARD TO WRITE

I SUCK AT FLUFF

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Until the next update!

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