Chapter 28

Welcome to the Family

Me: Today I have Reedus helping me.

Reedus: Qui, Akari does not own Fairy Tail.

Me: Thank you.

"Erza say hello to your 7lb. 7oz. 21in. healthy baby boy." Wendy said handing Erza the crying baby. "Hey sweetie mommy's here." Erza cooed to the baby in her arms. The baby hearing her voice and feeling Erza's touch quieted and stopped crying. "Looks like he didn't wanna be away from his mom." Romeo said seeing the baby stop crying. "I guess he didn't." Erza said smiling down at the baby in her arms. "So what are you going to name him?" Wendy asked smiling at the sweet scene in front of her.

"Jellal and I decided that if we had a son we would name him, Simon Robert Fernandes." Erza said looking up at the two teenagers. "Awwww that is a cute name." Wendy cooed. "Is there a reason you chose those names?" Romeo asked. "Yes Robert from the man we called Grandpa Rob, he died protecting me. As for Simon when Jellal was being controlled by Ultear a friend of ours from when we were young protected me from a deadly spell." Erza responded a bit of sadness in her eyes. "Oh sorry I didn't mean to bring up sad memories." Romeo said after seeing Erza's face and hearing her answer.

"No it's fine, without them we wouldn't have our little miracle." Erza replied her face brightening as she looked at the baby. Just then a knock came from the door before it opened and Porlyusica walked in. "I see I was a little late." Porlyusica said seeing the baby in Erza's arms. "She gave birth about 15 minutes ago." Wendy replied. "Alright just let me see if everything is alright." Porlyusica said examining both mother and child. "Well Wendy you did a great job, everyone is in perfect health so I'll be leaving." Porlyusica said as she walked out of the infirmary then out the guild doors.

"I have never heard Porlyusica say something like that before, you must have done just as good as she would have." Erza said smiling at Wendy. "Thanks." Wendy blushed. "Alright then better get up and take a shower." Erza said handing Wendy the baby. "Wait Erza you should rest you just gave birth." Wendy said handing the baby to Romeo attempting to stop Erza. "I'm fine I just want to shower." Erza said leaving the infirmary and went to shower. Her departure left both Romeo and Wendy stunned as they saw her get up and walk as if nothing had happened.

Erza was back after a few minutes and she took Simon and sat feeding him since she was sure he must be hungry. "Romeo could you bring that rocking chair out into the guild and put it near a window at the front?" Erza asked she sat feeding Simon. "Sure." Romeo replied carrying it out. "Wendy could you bring the baby bassinet and set it next to the rocking chair?" Erza asked. "Alright, should we wait for you in the guild hall?" Wendy responded. "Yes I will be out in a minute." Erza replied.

Romeo and Wendy did as she had asked setting up the chair and bassinet and then sat at a table nearby. Erza appeared a few minutes later carrying Simon in her arms his little belly full of milk he just drank. Erza sat down in the chair cradling him in her arms as she hummed softly to him. His eyes were open revealing that they were identical to Jellal's which was a very dark brown. His hair was an auburn color a few shades darker than Erza's scarlet colored hair, and on the side of his right eye he had the bottom part of Jellal's tattoo.

"Hey Erza shouldn't you be resting?" Lucy asked coming over to the new mother. "I am just resting where I can be with my friends and family." Erza replied gesturing to everyone in the guild. "Alright but if you get too tired you should go and lie down." Lucy said concerned for her friend. "I will, would you like to meet him?" Erza asked using head to gesture to the half-asleep baby in her arms. "Yes I would." Lucy responded pulling up a chair and sat next to Erza. "Lucy, this is Simon Robert Fernandes, Simon, this is your auntie Lucy." Erza said putting the baby in Lucy's arms.

"Hey, Simon it is so nice to finally see you after so long." Lucy cooed to the baby. He looked up at Lucy his eyes sparkling as if to say hi back to her. "Erza he is so handsome." Lucy said giving him back to her. "That was my thoughts exactly." Erza replied cuddling him. "He already looking like a strong person, like his parents." Mira cooed standing behind Lucy. "He does indeed." Evergreen agreed. "Wendy mentioned that you and Jellal were betting on him." Cana said her old personality bubbling up. "Yes we did would you like to hear what we bet on?" Erza asked the cluster of women surrounding her. "Yes." They replied together.

"Alright gather around the table and I'll tell you." Erza instructed. They sat in chairs around the table facing towards Erza who was sitting near the table. "So what were the bets?" Lisanna asked eagerly. "The first one was that when he was born he would little or no hair or have lots of hair." Erza said. "So who had which?" Juvia asked. "Jellal thought that he would have no hair and I went with lots of hair, as you can see I won." Erza smiled mischievously. "I didn't think babies could be born with so much hair." Kagura stated making them laugh. "He does have a lot of hair but look at his parents, Erza has hip length hair and Jellal has pretty long hair too." Bisca said gesturing to Erza's hair that had grown out since the GMG's.

"Point taken so what about the next bet?" Meredy asked continuing the conversation. "The next was on if he was a girl or boy, Jellal said girl and I said boy, so I won again." Erza smiled fondly at the sleeping baby in her arms. "I'm sure Jellal would've wanted either one." Kinana said. "The next one was whether he would have the tattoo on his eye like Jellal, he voted yes and I said no, so that bet goes to Jellal because even though it isn't in the same place as his Simon does have it." Erza said pointing to it on his face. "Well you're in the lead winning two of the bets while Jellal has only won one so far." Levy encouraged.

"The next was if he would have brown eyes like mine or dark brown eyes like Jellal. I went with brown like mine so then Jellal had dark brown like his, he won that one too." Erza said smiling. "It really could have been either way but I think that dark brown eyes with his auburn hair is the perfect combination." Bethany said sweetly. "You're right it is perfect for him, as for the next one, Jellal said that he would be born after his due date and I said before. I won that since today is May 15, x794 and my due date was May 19, x794." Erza beamed. "A mother knows best as the saying goes." Laki said in her usual way of talking.

"The next one was what his hair color would be Jellal thought it would be either blue like his, purple a mix of our hair colors, or a royal blue. I went with a dark red a few shades darker like mine, magenta, or violet blue color. I won since Simon's hair is auburn which is a few shades darker than mine." Erza smiled as she stroked her finger over his hair. "That was a lot of different choices." Sandy remarked. "Next was his weight, Jellal said that he would be over 7lbs. 8oz. and I said that he would be under 7lbs. 8oz. Simon weighs 7lbs. 7oz. therefore I won again." Erza smiled as she put the sleeping baby in the bassinet next to her. "It seems you are winning most of the bets you two made." Melody commented.

"Then Jellal said that he would be 21inches long or more, I went with just under 21 inches or less. Simon is exactly 21 inches long so Jellal won but just barely." Erza giggled. "He doesn't look like he is that long." Flare said pointing to his curled up body. "For the next bet if the baby was a girl she would be either a daddy's girl or a mommy's girl, of course Simon is a boy so that doesn't apply. But we had a similar one for if the baby was a boy, Jellal said he would be a mommy's boy, and I went with him being a daddy's boy. So far he seems to be a mommy's boy but we won't know for sure until Jellal is back." Erza said a hint of sadness in her voice.

"That would make that bet undecided then." Wendy stated. "The next was what time of day he would be born, Jellal thought early morning which would be from 2a.m. to 6a.m. or in the late afternoon which was from 3p.m. to 5p.m. and finally late at night which would be from 10p.m. to 2a.m. I said in the morning from 6a.m. to 10a.m. or in the evening from 5p.m. to 8p.m. and last I said at night which was from 8p.m. to 10p.m. Simon was born at 9a.m. exactly so I won." Erza smiled looking at Wendy who had helped her.

"Yeah he came pretty quickly." Romeo added since he had been there. "Next was how long I would be in labor before giving birth, Jellal said 12 hours or more and I said under 12 hours. I started my contractions at 11p.m. yesterday and he was born at 9a.m. today so that was 10 hours of labor, so I won again." Erza said smiling devilishly. "Man you were lucky when Romeo's mom went into labor she had to wait 22 hours before he was born." Macao said remembering the day. "The last bet was what the weather would be when he was born, Jellal said it would be clear and I said it would be stormy, that makes me the winner since it is pouring buckets of water right now." Erza said pointing to the dark sky filled with lightning and thunder.

"Well it shouldn't be that big of a surprise considering her temper so wouldn't you expect bad weather when she's in labor?" Wakaba said not realizing what might happen after he said that. "What was that you said about my temper Wakaba?" Erza asked angrily her eyes piercing him with a deadly glare. "Nothing!" Wakaba quickly amended hiding under a table. "That's what I thought." Erza said returning to her usual self. "I see that you have added another grandchild to the guild." Master Makarov said approaching the group.

"Hello Master Makarov yes I did, his name is Simon Robert Fernandes. Simon for a childhood friend of Jellal and mine's and Robert after Grandpa Rob when we were enslaved to work on the Tower of Heaven. I told you this before but both of them died protecting my life, and I know that Grandpa Rob was a good friend of yours and was part of the guild." Erza said lifting the baby out of the bassinet and into his arms. "Thank you child for honoring him by giving your child his name as their middle name." Master said choking back tears. "No it is a pleasure to know that he will carry the name of a great man." Erza said as the master put the baby back into the bassinet.

"Now with that said I have an announcement, due to the weather I request that everyone stay here until it has blown over, even if that means staying here for days." Master said leaving no room for argument. "What about clothing, Master?" Mira asked. "The guild has a storage room where we keep clothes in cases such as these." Master said going into his office. "Well it looks like we will be here for a while we better get comfortable." Lucy said. After those words left her mouth the door to the guild was blown open a soaking wet, cloaked person entered closing the door tightly as they fought the wind to close it.

"I wish there is another choice but it looks as if I am stuck here till the storm passes." The person mumbled to themselves. "MAKAROV?!" The person called into the guild making him scurry out of his office. "Porlyusica I thought you had gone home." Master said to the cloaked person. "I was but the storm worsened so I turned around since I was closer to here then my house." Porlyusica said removing her cloak hood. "I see." He replied. "The guild still has extra clothes correct?" Porlyusica said as more of a statement than a question. "Yes of course." He replied although he didn't need to. "I see, then I will grab a change of clothes and warm up." Porlyusica said going to the storage room. She quickly came out with a change of clothes and then made her way to the bathroom to shower and warm herself before dressing.

"That may have just been the strangest thing I have ever seen." Levy said expressing everyone's thoughts. "I agree that was quite strange." Juvia said nodding her head. "Who knew that the master would be scared of her?" Romeo commented. "That's nothing new, back when I had only one eye and the master took me to her to fix it she thought it was because he wanted to flirt with me when I was older. So she grabbed his ear and scolded him and he started talking like a little kid to get her to stop pulling on it." Erza said from her chair. Her statement made everyone blank then laugh at how funny it must have been to see that happen.

"Erza do you know why they are so close?" Lucy asked. "I'm not certain but I believe it is because they were close when they were young, there is also the possibility for it to be more than that." Erza replied. "I wonder what kind of relationship they do have." Mira said. "Don't go sticking your head where it doesn't belong. Our relationship isn't any of your business, but to keep you quiet I'll tell you." Porlyusica said from behind them. "Hi Porlyusica we didn't see you there." Cana said cringing at what she might do.

AN: I just had to do another cliffie because it is just too much fun to mess with you guys. Please review because even if it is one word just knowing someone is actually reading makes me extremely happy.