At dinner Jellal, Erza, and Wendy all ate silently without saying a word. This was because Jellal and Erza felt very guilty about cancelling the plans they had made with her today and they didn't know what to say to make up for what had happened. They had just finished their meals when Erza finally broke the silence and spoke up.
"Listen Wendy your father and I are very sorry that we had to work today but we have off tomorrow." She said.
"Do you have to work from home?" Wendy asked.
"That doesn't matter because tomorrow we're going to do whatever you want."
"Really?"
"Yes we'll go into town and buy you some new clothes to wear to school and we'll also get the stuff for gardening."
"And it'll be just the three of us?"
"Of course."
"And no working?"
"None whatsoever. Right dear?" Erza asked turning to Jellal.
"Uh-huh. Tomorrow will just be about the three of us spending time together."
"You promise?" Wendy asked.
"We promise."
"Okay. I can't wait."
Hearing this lifted Wendy's spirits up greatly. She couldn't wait for tomorrow to come, a whole day of just her and her parents spending time together. It's just what she needed and she didn't want anything to ruin tomorrow for her or her family. So before going to bed that night she had a little chat with her undead friends.
"Mom, Dad, and I are finally going to spend some time together tomorrow. A whole day of no work, just the three of us together having fun."
"That's wonderful dear." Juvia said.
"Yeah but I don't want anything to go wrong. So can you guys just not cause any trouble. Don't scare my dad or unleash anything supernatural into the house. Don't cause any disturbances okay?"
"We'll keep everything quiet and peaceful." Lucy said. "Right boys?"
"Right!" They agreed.
"So no tricks?" Wendy asked.
"No tricks." Gray and Natsu assured her.
"And no scaring my dad?"
"Absolutely not." Gray said.
"Well maybe just one harmless scare." Natsu said only for Gray to nudge in the arm hard. "Ow! Okay we won't scare him."
"Thank you. Thank you so much. You have no idea how much this all means to me."
"Well you better get some sleep Wendy." Juvia said. "You have a big day tomorrow."
She then left the flat where they lived and returned to her bedroom.
"She looks so happy." Juvia said with a smile.
"Why shouldn't she be?" Lucy asked. "She's finally getting a chance to spend time with her parents."
"I wish I could remember my parents."
"So do I."
"I don't." Natsu said. "At least not my dad."
"I thought you did remember your dad." Gray said.
"I met him in the afterlife but I don't remember what he was like before that."
"I bet he loved you very much." Juvia said.
"He thinks I'm a lowlife loser."
"I'm sure that's not true. What gave you that idea?"
"He told me so."
"Oh...Well maybe he didn't mean it."
"He meant it. He probably put me down my entire life. But he praises my big brother even though he kills people on a daily basis."
"Technically Zeref doesn't kill anybody." Gray said. "He just leads them to the In-Between after they die."
"Whatever. He's death and my father likes him better."
"I kind of don't blame him."
"What?"
"Well Zeref does a public service, he helps the deceased take up residence somewhere until they find peace, heck he even helps with making bodies for ghouls. What do you do?"
"Wow and just when I think I can't hate you anymore than I already do."
"I'm just saying your dad has a point."
"Oh yeah? And what does your dad say about you?"
"I don't know. I don't remember him and I've never met him over here."
"Well I secretly hope that he treats you worse than how my dad treats me."
"Oh I'm deeply hurt." He said sarcastically.
"I'm not listening to this." Lucy said walking away.
"Me either." Juvia said following after her.
The two then disappeared into the nearest room.
"Those two are impossible." Lucy said as she pulled a book off of a shelf to read. "They're always bickering, always trying to annoy each other, and always driving me nuts. They're idiots! Both of them!"
"Yes but cute idiots." Juvia said as she sat up in the air to do some embroidery.
"Cute?"
"Well you have to admit they're not bad looking. Especially for corpses."
"You mean you like them?"
"They get on my nerves sometimes but yes I like them. I like them very much."
"Why?"
"Well they're both awfully sweet when they want to be, Natsu is hysterically funny, and Gray is wonderfully charming. You know he thinks I'm beautiful?"
"He does?"
"Yes he told me so."
"He probably says that to every female ghoul. He is a gentleman after all."
"Oh...So I'm not beautiful?"
"No! That's not what I meant. What I mean is he's charming but don't expect him to be caring toward you. Him or Natsu."
"You know you have a very low opinion of men. Why is that?"
"Looking at those two can you blame me?"
"No but you only look at their negative traits. You don't try to see what's positive about them. They're not monsters you know."
"How can you be so sure?"
"Lucy we've been with them for a hundred years and we've never once seen do anything outright malicious. Not intentionally that is. For goodness sake, you saw Natsu defend Wendy from bullies and later Gray saved her life. After that you can't honestly believe there's no goodness in them."
"Don't you think you're being a little too trusting?"
"I think being together for a century entitles them to some trust and the benefit of the doubt so no I don't think I'm being too trusting. But you don't trust them at all. Why? They've never done anything to you."
Lucy stared at Juvia with a raised her eyebrow.
"Okay so Natsu does act a little perverted with you but he's never hurt you and I don't think he would. What do you have against them?"
"I don't know Juvia. But ever since I had first risen I've always felt like men are just horrible and that if I trust one sooner or later he's going to hurt me. Don't ask me why I feel this way because I don't know. I think it might have something to do with how I died." She said.
"I see." Juvia said trying to be understanding. "Still I don't believe for one minute that Natsu or Gray would ever hurt you or anyone for that matter. Can't you just try to give them a chance? Please?"
"Alright I'll try but it won't be easy for me."
"Hey you think it's easy for me to trust them? Natsu tries to look up my dress every chance he gets."
The two then laughed at her comment.