Chapter 2
Levy's POV
When I left the doctor, she gave my printouts of the ultrasound with one that had "It's a Girl!" written on it, and I took a picture of one of the ones without it and sent it to Lucy and Rogue, and told them how far along they said I was. I got a text back from Lucy asking if she could come see me when I got home so I asked my mom and she said that was fine so I told that to Lucy and then sat in silence thinking about what was going to happen from here. "Hey, Lev when Lucy gets to the house do you want to go buy some things for the baby?" I looked over at her in shock, "You're not going to make me get a job and get everything on my own?" I asked in disbelief, she shook her head and laughed, "No you don't need that extra stress while you're pregnant with already having to go to school, as long as you stay in school I will support you and the baby, My job is flexible and I make good money I can support a baby too." I smiled and thanked her repeatedly, we pulled up to the house and I saw Lucy's car waiting in the driveway. I got out holding the pictures, Lucy got out of her car and ran over to hug me, I smiled and hugged her back. Mom hadn't gotten out of the car, so I pulled Lucy back to it and told her what we were doing, of course Lucy was excited to go shopping and had no complaints.
I sat in the back seat with Lucy and then I got a text back from Rogue, I pulled out my phone and looked to see what he said. "I'm so happy your mom took it well, and I'm glad that the baby is healthy. Do you think you will be at school tomorrow?" I smiled at the last half of the text but then frowned because I was going to have to go with my mom to the lawyer. "Hey Mom, could I ask Rogue if he wants to come with us, he is disappointed I won't be at school tomorrow." She grinned and said of course and if he wanted to just send his address, we would pick him up on the way, I grinned and texted him back that I wasn't but if he was up for baby shopping we could pick him up to go with us. I surprisingly got a text back quickly and he said, "Please I'm still at the school waiting for Sting to stop kissing Yukino and I will take anything over seeing this!" I laughed and told mom he was at the school, and so she started driving there to pick him up. I texted him that we were going to be there in a couple minutes and when I looked up from my phone, I saw Lucy staring at me with a sly grin. "What?" I said trying to hide my blushing "Oh nothing but I'm going to sit in the front with your mom!" I giggled and then started getting nervous, I had never seen him out of school and today was the first time I had ever talked to him and now I was inviting him to go baby shopping with me. We pulled up at the school and saw Rogue waiting with his bag at the front of the school, we parked the car and Lucy got out while I rolled down the window and told him to get in. Lucy sat in the front with my mom and Rogue came and sat beside me in the back seat, I grinned at him and then said "Rogue I'm not sure if you have met her but this is my best friend Lucy and this is my mom, Mom Lucy this is Rogue!"
Rogue said hey to everyone and then turned to me and started talking which honestly shocked me. "Fourth period was so boring, Juvia blabbed to Lisanna the entire time about something Gray said to her during lunch, and then after class Sting was in a bad mood because Gajeel wouldn't talk to him and ignored everyone, I can only imagine why, but then Yukino showed up and then I didn't hear another word from him. I didn't even try to tell him where I was going, I just texted my dad to let him know, if he can't find me, he will text me." I grinned and started talking to him about everything that happened after I left school, I told him about the text from Gajeel and watched his face get red with anger and even Lucy turned around and questioned me about it. "Oh, hey guys I forgot but I found out that the baby is a girl! But please I do not want everything to be pink, I was thinking about a lavender theme for everything." Lucy groaned when she heard no pink, I chuckled and then started talking again, "And give me your honest opinions, I was thinking about the name Willow?" Rogue looked over at me and I saw my mom grin in the review member and Lucy went "Aww, I love it!" I smiled and listened to my mom say she thought it was pretty, and then Rogue said, "It's really beautiful Lev!" I smiled and then saw my mom and Lucy smile at each other, I started blushing and then we pulled up to the baby department store.
When we walked in it was overwhelming, but I decided I wanted to look at the cribs and bedding first, so we walked through the store looking for them. Rogue followed close behind me as I talked to Lucy about what I had in mind, I turned to look at him and saw him watching me closely I smiled shyly and told him if he needed a break from it he could sit at the front of the store or in the car for a bit. He shook his head and said he had never gone out with a friend like this and that he was enjoying it. I was so happy Mom let him come with us, number one it was time to spend with my crush and number two I didn't realize how little friends he had, and I was happy he was enjoying going out with friends. When we got to the cribs I didn't even know where to start, there were so many but I decided that the first thing to do was find the ones that were the color I wanted which was a grey or beige color. "Okay so I want a grey color mostly so I guess we can find the grey ones and then pick from that." I told everyone and so Mom and Lucy started looking and Rogue followed me while I walked through a row of cribs.
"Lev, can I ask you a question without upsetting you?" I gave him a confused look but nodded. "Do you really think you can raise the baby alone? I don't doubt you at all, but I have heard kids are hard." I knew I would get asked that question, but it sucked hearing it from him. "Well I don't want to do it, but I don't want to raise her with Gajeel, so I don't really have a choice. I have basically given up on the idea of a relationship with anyone because no one will want to date a single teen mom." I told him while looking at a dark grey crib, I didn't like the color so I moved on from it and then he said "That's not true you know, being a single teen mom doesn't make you any less special it just means you have had it a little harder then others in life. And your going to be a great mom for Willow, I can already tell any guy would be lucky to have you Lev." I smiled but wasn't sure how to feel because I didn't want any guy, I wanted Rogue to be the one guy. I felt Willow kick and put my hand over it and felt her kick again, "She's kicking, do you want to feel?" I asked Rogue who has stopped beside me, he nodded with a small smile and gave me his hand, I placed it over the spot where she had just kicked me and felt her kick yet again but a little harder this time. I smiled and watched Rogue's face turn up in a smile of wonder, his face lit up as she kicked again, and I giggled at him.
"Hey Lev, come look at this one" I heard my mom say a couple rows over and Rogue slowly pulled his hand away and followed me over to find my mom. My face was on fire from the moment we shared but then I saw the crib my mom was looking at, it was a light gray and the bottom of the crib lowered and raised up and the front part lowered for easy access. It was perfect, "This is the one you guys, and it will look perfect with lavender bedding!" I turned around and smiled at Rogue, mom went to get someone to get use one of the cribs out of the back while Rogue and I went to look at the bedding for the cribs.
I walked around looking at all the sets they had and finding all the light purple ones they had and looking through them. "Hey, look at this one Lev, it's got little birds and weeping willows on it!" Rogue said pointing to a lilac bed set, I looked at it and looked closely at the pattern on the blanket, it was really pretty. "I like that one! Do you mind carrying it for me?" I asked him shyly, he shook his head with a smile and took it. I looked around trying to find Lucy and my mom, but I couldn't find either of them, I sighed and looked around one more time still not seeing either of them. I began to walk towards the clothes and then I saw my moms head pop up and saw her holding several different onesies she smiled when she saw me and waved me over. I walked over to her with Rogue following me and found her trying to decide between two different dresses, one was purple and one a pale blue. "The blue one is cuter" I said and watched her put down the purple dress, I asked Rogue to show her the bedding and asked her what she thought. "Its really cute and matches her name" I nodded and watched as she showed me all the different things she had picked out, and then Lucy walked up with an arm full of different things for Willow. I laughed as I watched her struggle and realized we hadn't gotten a basket to put stuff in, so I turned to Rogue and asked him to get one.
He walked away and as soon as he was out of earshot Lucy started questioning me, "So how is it going with him? Have you told him? Do you think he likes you back?" I shook my head and smiled at her, "No Lucy I haven't told him yet and its going fine, I mean I want to tell him I do but I don't want to ask him or let alone anyone to commit to raising a baby that isn't even theirs." I finished and sighed as she shook her head and went on about how I needed to tell him until we saw him walking back over with a basket. Lucy dropped all of her things in the basket and started sorting through the pile and showed me everything she had picked out for Willow, I knew she loved shopping but I didn't think she would like shopping for someone else so much. "I really only have a couple more things I want to look at today, I want to look at a diaper bag and some pacifiers and maybe a couple blankets for her." I looked around at everyone and they all nodded in acknowledgment, so we all walked over to the diaper bag area and started looking around at all the ones the store had. There were so many to pick from I was having a hard time picking one that I liked best, I was torn between a soft grey one with flowers on it and a lavender one with swirly lines on it. "Hey Mom, can I just get both of these? I can't decide which one I like best." I asked as my mom was going around and picking out a couple pacifiers that she thought would be safest. She looked up and told me yes and that it was probably a good idea to have two because she knew I was pretty forgetful.
With that we went to check out and my mom sent us to the car so that a worker could load up the crib while she paid for everything. After he got it put in, we thanked him and stood against the car waiting for my mom, when she walked out she was carrying a couple bags and before I knew it Rogue had walked over to her and taken the bags from her. When he turned around to walk to the car my mom gave me an impressed grin and a wink, all I could do was shake my head and smile, my mom was easy to please. When we got in the car mom turned around in her seat to talk to us and asked "Do you guys want to go get something to eat? I was thinking we could stop and get an early dinner before going back to wherever we all need to go, Rogue do I need to take you home after this or are you going to go back to the house with us?" I turned to look at Rogue and he said, "I need to go home after because I have homework to do." I nodded kind of disappointed, but I understood, he still had to go to school tomorrow, so he had to get it done. We all agreed to go get something to eat so my mom drove us to a little dinner close to our house and we all went in and sat down at a table and waited for a waitress.
The waitress came and took orders for our drinks and while we were all looking at menus trying to decide what to get I heard Lucy's phone go off, I didn't pay it much mind until I saw her hand fly up to her mouth and she gasped. "What's wrong Luce?" I asked watching the blood drain from her face, I had no clue what text could have made her react like that, she then handed me her phone with a text open. The sender was Gajeel and I knew as soon as I saw that it was not going to be good. "Has your little friend decided to listen to me and get rid of that thing? She better does it if she knows what's good for her, I don't want her to give birth to a child of mine, and she better listen. I will know if she doesn't." I dropped the phone on the table without thinking giving Rogue and my mom the opportunity to read it, Lucy grabbed the phone back her face still ghostly pale. "Mom what do I do, I don't want him to hurt Willow." I said tears filling my eyes, but then the waitress walked back to take our orders I quickly wiped my eyes and told her I just wanted an order of fries and then listened as everyone else ordered what they wanted. When she walked away my mom got up and came over to hug me, "Lev he is not going to hurt Willow, we are going tomorrow to get a restraining order and I'm going to have Lucy send me the text he sent her and we are going to show them what he sent you and he wont be able to do anything." I nodded through the tears and then heard Rogue talk through what sounded like clenched teeth. "He is definitely not going to hurt you or Willow, Levy, no one is going to let him." I nodded again and tried to calm my self down.
The rest of the meal went normal we all got our food and left and then after that we dropped Rogue off at his house, and I managed to get the courage to give him a hug before he got out of the car. After we dropped him off Mom, Lucy and I all went back to my house, but as soon as Rogue was out of the car Lucy started bombarding me with questions. I tried to answer them without getting irritated, everything seemed to be magnified and I just wanted to lay down, but I couldn't be mean to my best friend. Lucy went home about an hour after we got to my house because she had to do homework too, after she left, I laid down and just stared at my ceiling until my mom walked in my room. "Hey, Levy I got you something in the store today, it's a couple maternity shirts for you to wear since little Willow isn't a secret anymore." I looked at the shirts, they were really pretty but I was exhausted from the day, I thanked my mom and then told her that I was going to go ahead and lay down because I was worn out.
Rogue's POV.
After Levy's mom dropped me off, I let my dad know I was home and went to my room to start on my homework, it was hard to focus though. I didn't expect my day to turn out like this when I woke up this morning, I never expected to talk to Levy and then find out she was pregnant and then go baby shopping with her after school. It had been a long time since I had a friend ask me to go somewhere with them, I definitely wasn't expecting the next time to be baby shopping. And what the hell was Gajeel's problem, how could he talk about his own child like that, how could he threaten Levy to make her get rid of it. Every time I thought about it my blood boiled, I knew what it was like to have a parent not want you, but at least my mom hadn't gotten rid of me, at least she just left me to my dad to raise. But then my dad married Stings mom, Stings dad has passed away and then his mom met my dad and they fell in love. They got married when Sting was 4 and I was 3, Sting is just barely older than me, but it was enough to separate us by one grade level, he was only 3 months older than me. I had never known my mom and Stings mom was really sweet and had always treated me like her own, so I have always called her mom because she was my mom figure since my actual mom left. I eventually got the homework done and decided I would go see if Sting has heard anything from Gajeel,
I walked to his room and saw him laying on his bed playing on his phone, "Hey Sting, got a moment?" I said trying to get his attention, he looked up from his phone and nodded. "Has Gajeel said anything weird to you today?" he gave me a weird look and said "Not really, he's mad about something to do with his ex-girlfriend Levy but he didn't say exactly what. Why?" I nodded and said, "It's not really my place to say but she is pregnant, and he is telling her she has to get rid of the baby." Stings jaw dropped when he heard it, "Dude are you serious, that's not even cool, are you sure that's true and she isn't just bad mouthing him?" I shook my head, "I'm positive, he even texted her friend Lucy asking if Levy was going to listen to him."
Sting gave me a look of disbelief, "Wait how do you even know about all this? I didn't know you were friends with her, let alone anyone in your grade?" I nodded and said "Well, this morning I had to wait in the library because I didn't have a first period, when I got there there was only one table that had seats available and it was one she was sitting at, so I asked to sit with her and we walked and she said that she couldn't really hangout with her friends anymore because Gajeel was always with him, so I asked her if she would like to hangout with me since I don't really have friends. After second period I gave her my phone number so we could talk or figure out a time to hang out, she went to see Lucy after class. When I got to third period, she was crying and when I tried to figure out what was wrong, she said Gajeel had found out she was pregnant and that he had called the baby stupid. She left halfway through third period and then during fourth period I got a text that she had just told her mom about the baby and that her mom was taking her to a doctor's appointment. After the appointment she asked if I wanted to go shopping with her, her mom and Lucy, and I was tired of seeing you and Yukino suck faces so I went with them. Well after we left the store her mom took us to get something to eat and Gajeel texted Lucy while we were there asking if Levy was listening to him and getting rid of the baby." Sting had a blank expression on his face when I finished, "Damn I never expected that from Gajeel, I'm not going to talk to him about it unless he brings it up first though, I don't want to be in the middle of it." He said and with that I decided I was just going to go back to my room.
The next morning when I got to school, I did my normal thing, went to class and sat in the corner away from everyone and everything else. I got my stuff out and just waited for class to start, I watched as everyone walked in and went to their seats. When Gajeel walked in he went to sit beside Gray, they both were loud and obnoxious, and I wished I could block them out. "I found out yesterday that Levy is pregnant, but I'm not going to have anything to do with it. I told her she had to get rid of the thing." I heard from across the room, and that's when I lost it, I don't even remember what happened until I felt someone pulling my arms and then found myself being held back by Sting. "What the hell Rogue?" I heard Sting say from behind me, and then I realized what had happened. After I heard Gajeel talking about Levy I got up and punched him, he must have hit me back because I felt a dull sting in my left eye. I felt Sting pulling me towards the door and realized that the teacher had seen everything, and I knew I was going to get suspended. "He was bragging about telling her to get rid of the baby. What kind of person does that?" I said as I slumped down against the wall and put my head in my hands, I heard the door open and watched the teacher walk out. "Rogue what was that?" He asked, I shook my head and said, "He was bragging about telling his ex girlfriend to abort his baby, I'm friends with her and she is really hurt by it. I couldn't stand hearing him brag about it." The teacher shook his head and frowned, "Rogue while your reasons are reasonable your still going to get suspended for starting a fight, I know it made you mad and that's reasonable that's a horrible thing for him to do but you can't just go around punching people at school." I nodded and took the paper from him and went to the office, I gave it to the lady at the front desk and waited for the principal to come get me.
I waited until I saw the short stubby man walk out of his office and wave me back to the room, I walked back and sat down in a chair across the desk from him. I watched him sit down and listened to him as he started talking, "Rogue your teacher told me everything that happened, I understand why you did what you did but it's like he also told you, you can just go around punching people. Now because you have a good record of behavior and your reasons weren't ridiculous, I'm only going to suspend you for two days starting today. I have already called your dad to come pick you up." I nodded when he finished talking and then thought of something to ask him. "Mr. Makarov what happens if a student gets a restraining order on another student here? My friend is going to get a restraining order on someone today." I watched him scrunch his face up at the question and then he started talking. "Well we have never had that happen here before, but I assume we would make sure they don't have classes together and there would have to be teachers around to make sure the other student doesn't come around your friend. I'm assuming this has something to do with what happened this morning?" I nodded at his question and said "She's keeping the baby and is scared that when he finds out he is going to try to hurt her or the baby, and he has been sending her and her other friend threatening texts. Her mom is going to get a restraining order put on him to keep her safe." He acknowledged me but was then interrupted by the receptionist knocking on the door to say my dad was here, I was not looking forward to this.
When I got in the car my dad, he turned in his seat to look at me and I could tell he was disappointed, "Rogue what is going on, you have never acted like that before?" I looked down and started to explain everything to him "He threatened to hurt my friend and her baby that hasn't even been born yet." My dad shook his head and said "Son I don't even know how to address this situation because I think I would have done the same thing in your position. Next time just try to control your anger okay? I know it's hard to see your friend hurting but you just have to be there for her without getting yourself in trouble." After he finished talking, he started the truck and we drove home, while drove I texted Levy to check on her and see how she was handling everything. "Hey Lev, just wanted to check on you with everything going on today I hope it goes good with the lawyer. Don't expect me to be at school tomorrow I got suspended for two days starting today, I kinda got into a fight. But don't worry about it everything's okay." I sent the text and then ran my fingers through my long hair, it was greasy and definitely needed to be washed but I just wanted to lay in bed when I got home.
I felt my phone go off, so I pulled it out and saw a text from Levy, "Oh my gosh are you okay? What happened? We are on the way to the lawyer now." I smiled at her concern and texted her back and said, "Don't worry someone said something that really pissed me off, so I punched him." I put my phone back in my pocket as we pulled up to the house, I got out and walked in to see mom in the living room. When she saw me, she gave me a sad smile and got up and came over to me, when she got right to my face she reached up and touched my cheek below my left eye. "Does that not hurt sweetly? Let me get you some ice and medicine and then you can go lay down, your dad already told me everything." I nodded and said, "Thanks mom, I'm sorry for disappointing you guys." When I said that she turned around from what she was doing at the freezer and said, "Rogue we are not disappointed in you, I wish you had handled the situation a bit better but we are very proud of you for standing up for someone you care about." I smiled and took the ice and medicine from her and grabbed a drink and walked to my room to lay down.
