Chapter 3

Levy's POV

We were on the way to the lawyer's office when I got the text from Rogue about him getting suspended, I didn't see him as someone who would get into a fight. He wouldn't tell me who he had gotten mad at or what had happened other then someone pissed him off and he punched them. But I wasn't able to find anything else then because we had gotten to the lawyer's office, I put my phone on silent and put it away as we walked in. I sat down while mom told the receptionist what we were here for and then she handed mom papers for us to fill out.

Mom walked back to me and said, "We have to fill this out explaining what has happened and why we want the restraining order." I nodded and took the clipboard from her and started writing everything that happened with him yesterday. I felt Willow kick as I wrote and I smiled and rubbed my belly where she had kicked, I was wearing one of the shirts mom got me yesterday and I hadn't realized how much I was showing until I put it on this morning. I had been wearing big shirts and leggings to hide it everyday since I realized my bump was showing so I hadn't really given it much thought how big it was. I guess my small frame didn't help much because even the smallest of bumps would look big on me, I'm not sure how I had gotten away without anyone realizing it.

I finished filling out the paperwork and then I had to write his name and date of birth down so that they could pull his information up to serve the restraining order. I gave it back to my mom and she took it back up to the desk, the receptionist told her that we would have to wait a few minutes while the lawyer looked over it to make sure it was a valid reason for a restraining order and then he would be with us.

We waited for ten minutes and then saw a man step out of his office and call us back, we stood up and followed him into his office. Mom and I sat down in front of his desk and waited for him to begin talking, "Good morning ladies, I'm sorry to hear about what your going through but I want to help make things a bit better for you. This case is very valid to get a restraining order, I will need to get printouts of the text messages you referenced and if he ever abused you while in the relationship that will be helpful as well to know about, you will need proof though pictures of any marks he left on you would be enough. Now we will go ahead and get a temporary restraining order filed today and then we will a court date and a judge will decide whether to give you a permanent one or not. But seeing as he is threatening you and the unborn child, I believe he will give you the permanent one. We would also like to hear from any witnesses of the verbal threats if you have any." I nodded and felt a sense of relief that after this he wouldn't be able to contact me or hurt Willow.

"I can get you the texts now and I have a picture from a time he left a bruise on my arm, that's all I have though, it's in the shape of a handprint though so it can't really be mistaken for anything else. I also have a friend who witnessed it, she was the receiver of one of the texts I have to send you." He nodded and told me to send them to an email address on a card he handed to me and he would get them printed off as well, I got everything sent to him while he oriented off the paperwork for the temporary restraining order.

After he got everything filled out, he sent us to the police department to have a police officer take the order to serve it to him. We told him that we were also going to the school to talk to the principal about it and ask what they were going to do to handle the situation. When we left the station, we drove to the school and told the receptionist that we needed to speak with Principal Makarov. She told us to sit down and she would let him know we were here to see him, after about five minutes he came out to call us to his office.

We followed him in and sat down, and the after he asked what we needed my mom started talking. "We just went to see a lawyer this morning because we had to get a restraining order against a student here for Levy, he has threatened to hurt her and her unborn child. We wanted to talk to you about what would be done at school to enforce the order." I watched the confusion on his face and then he asked, "What's the students name that the order is against?" "Gajeel Redfox" I told him and then watched as his face turned to realization. "We actually had to suspend Mr. Redfox today because he got into a fight with another student, from what I heard from both sides, he said something about you and the other student attacked him. He won't be an issue at least until after tomorrow."

After he said that I knew exactly why Rogue got suspended, "It was Rogue Cheney that hit him wasn't it?" I asked looking down at my lap waiting for his response. "It was, but let's not worry about that right now, what we can do is have a teacher or counselor always near her to make sure he does not get in close proximity with her and make sure he isn't contacting her and we will make sure they do not get put in classes together. That shouldn't be too much of a problem with the grade difference." My mom seemed satisfied with his response and so we thanked him and left the school.

When we got in the car, I pulled my phone out and texted Rogue, "What did Gajeel say that made you hit him?" "Sweetheart you seem upset is everything okay?" I heard my mom ask, I shook my head and felt a tear roll down my cheek, I quickly wiped it away and said "I'm just a bit upset I dragged Rogue into all of this, he got into a fight for me. I didn't want that to happen." Mom rubbed my back while she drove, "Sweetheart you didn't ask him to fight Gajeel for you, and he only did it because he cares about your well being."

I felt my phone go off but before I looked at it, I asked my mom "Can we go to his house? I want to check on him." My mom nodded and turned around and started driving to where we dropped him off yesterday. I pulled out my phone and saw that he texted me back, "I'm sorry Lev, I was going to tell you I just didn't want to worry you before you went to see the lawyer. He was bragging about how he told you to get rid of Willow to Gray, I just couldn't take it." I put the phone down and saw that we were pulling up to his house, I got out with my mom and walked up to the front door.

I knocked and when the door was answered it was a tall man that looked slightly like Rogue and I realized that this must be his dad."Hi Mr. Cheney, um I'm Levy, I'm friends with Rogue, I heard about what happened today and I wanted to come check on him." He smiled and told us to come in, "You can have a seat if you want Ms.?" He started talking to my mom, "Oh I'm Amelia McGarden, it's nice to meet you." She said realizing she hadn't introduced herself. "Ms. McGarden you can take a seat, my wife is in the kitchen she should be back in a minute, I will show Levy to Rogue's room." After that he started walking through the house, so I followed him, he stopped at a door and then knocked on it and said, "Son someone is here to see you." I heard him mumble a come in and so his dad opened the door to let me in and the walked away.

I walked in and saw Rogue laying on his bed, I felt really awkward so I cleared my throat quietly and said "Hey Rogue, I just wanted to come see how you were doing, if it's not a good time I can go." When he heard me speak, he rolled over really quickly and sat up and started running his hands through his hair. "Levy, I wasn't expecting you, I thought I had made you mad, I figured you probably weren't going to talk to me after that." I shook my head in disbelief, "Rogue, of course I'm going to still talk to you, we just started talking yesterday and you defended me and my child today. I'm not going to stop talking to you because of that."

He smiled and then moved his hair from in front of his left eye and that was when I saw the huge bruise on his face. "Oh my god is you okay? Did he do that to you?" He gave a sad smile and said "Yea I guess that's what happens when you punch one of the popular guys, he punched back. It doesn't really hurt Mom gave me medicine and is having me ice it, so it doesn't swell up. Hey, I just noticed your not wearing your normal baggy shirt today! So, you're not going to hide it from everyone at school anymore?" I smiled and said "Yea, Mom got me a few maternity shirts yesterday and I decided it was pointless to hide her from the world anymore, the people that matter knew about her. Although I didn't realize how big my bump was until I put it on this morning, but I guess when your as small as I am and you five and a half months pregnant your gonna have a decent baby bump." I rubbed my hand over my belly as I finished talking and felt Willow give a little kick in response.

After Rogue and I talked for a while I told him that I was going to let him rest some since he had a rough morning and gave him a hug bye and went back to find my mom. I thanked his parents for letting me see him and then we said bye and drove home, on the way home I texted Lucy and told her about everything that was going on.

It wasn't very long before she texted me back with a screenshot of a text she had gotten, it said "That little bitch filed a restraining order on me, now I have to go to court because I have to "defend myself" and listen to them tell me I can't communicate with her or come within a certain distance of her. She better be lucky her stupid self thought of it, I guess that means she is keeping the stupid baby too." Lucy had texted him back and said "Stop texting me about your problems with Levy, she is my best friend and I don't want you hear you trash talk her, she is keeping the baby because it is completely her choice, this is her life not yours, she has already told you she doesn't want you in the baby's life and she doesn't want any help from you either."

I frowned and then read her text to me, "I'm glad you got the restraining order, and I heard about Rogue is he okay, it's nice that he stood up for you, Natsu is pissed at Gajeel, so is Gray, they told him that he shouldn't be telling you to get rid of the baby. Natsu also asked me out today! I said yes!" I grinned and texted her back telling her that I was happy for her and then we pulled up at the house.

When I got inside, I went to my room and pulled my laptop out and started researching what I could to keep Gajeel away from Willow after she was born. Everything said that the best thing to do was not put him on the birth certificate and that me having a restraining order against him would be the best help. After I finished doing that, I realized that I forgot to ask Rogue and Lucy if they would be witnesses for me at the hearing, I pulled out my phone and texted them both about it. They both agreed to and told me they would do what it took to make sure he didn't hurt me or Willow.

1 Week later

Rogue's POV

It was the day before the hearing for Levy's restraining order and I was confusing myself more each day, after my suspension was over and I went back to school I sat beside Levy in every class we had together and we talked all the time, we had even hung out together outside of school a few times. I felt like I was starting to like her, and I had never really dealt with this before, I mean I had always thought she was pretty, but I didn't expect myself to start falling for her.

After school I asked my dad if he could talk to me for a little bit, so he came and sat in my room with me to hear what I had to say. "Dad, I need help, when I started talking to Levy, I didn't expect to start liking her, and it's even more complicated now with Willow on the way. Is it okay for me to want to date her even though she is about to give birth to another guys baby?"

My dad chuckled and started talking, "I could tell that was happening son, yes it's okay for you to like her even though she is pregnant with Willow, and the only thing you have to think about there is do you think you can be a father figure to her if you stay with Levy for a long period of time. It's just like with your mom, well stepmom, we both knew we had children before we started dating and I knew that I was willing to be a father to Sting and she knew that she was willing to be a mother to you, we don't treat the others child any differently just because you have a different mom and in Sting's case a different dad. We love both of you boys equally, and that's what you have to think about here son. Levy is a really sweet girl from the few times I have seen her, she was very polite when she came to check on you after the fight and she seemed really worried about you. And your mother and I will not be upset at you for dating a girl with a baby, if that's what your worried about. You have to make the choice that's going to make you happy though son, if you think that your going to stay with Levy long term then you have to be able to commit to being a father figure for Willow."

After that my dad left me with lots of thinking to do, I pulled out my phone and looked at the picture of Willow Levy had sent me the first day we started talking as friends. She was so small and innocent, she didn't deserve what her biological father was trying to get Levy to do and I was thankful Levy didn't listen to him because I knew she would regret it. But could I be a dad to Willow knowing she wasn't my daughter, I already felt protective over her, I have since I heard Gajeel talking about making Levy abort her. I felt like I wouldn't know for sure until I talked to Levy so I called her and asked if I could come over to her house and talk to her for a few minutes. She told me I could, so I walked out of my room and asked Dad to drive me to her house.

My dad drove me over and, on the way, he asked why I was going to her house. "I feel like I won't know the answer about being a dad for Willow until I talk to Levy and see if she even feels the same way about me and if she wants me to step up and be a father figure to Willow when she's born." I told him and then realized I hadn't even brushed my shoulder length hair, I grabbed one of mom's hair ties off of the gear shift and pulled my hair into a ponytail to at least make it look presentable. And then we pulled up to her house, my dad told me to call him if or when I needed a ride home and I told him I would.

I walked up to the door and took a deep breath and then I knocked and waited to see if Levy or her mom would answer the door. It was her mom and she looked stressed out, "She's in the bathroom having a breakdown, she is literally dying her hair bright blue you can go talk to her." I nodded and wondered what had happened to cause this, I walked back to the bathroom, the door was open, so I walked in and said, "Hey Lev, what's going on?" Her hair was very blue, but it actually looked really pretty, but I was still worried about what was making her have a breakdown.

"Well I'm freaking out because I'm scared the judge isn't going to approve the restraining order, and I'm worried Gajeel is going to be able to come near me and try to hurt Willow again." She said after turning to look at me, it looked like she had just finished putting the color in her hair, so I asked if she wanted to go to her room to talk. She walked to her room and I followed behind her, we both sat on her bed her at one end and me at the other. "Lev I actually kinda need to talk to you about something serious, it may help you feel a bit better or it may make me feel like the biggest asshole on planet earth." Her face twisted in confusion and concern but she told me to go on.

"Levy this past week I have had so much fun hanging out with you and talking to you, but I have realized something else is happening, I'm not sure how to handle it though. Levy I'm starting to like you, a lot, but I'm worried that I can't be a father figure for Willow if we were to start dating and be together long term. I wanted to talk to you and get it off my chest and ask you what you think or wanted." I told her watching the way her face changed emotions a few times, I was getting really worried. It took her a couple minutes before she started talking, "Rogue, I have liked you since not long after Gajeel broke up with me, but I never wanted to ask you to commit to being a father for a child that wasn't even your own. It hurts me to ask you to commit your life to a child that isn't even yours even though I would love to be with you. I would love to be with you and have you as her father figure, but only if you are sure that's what you want."

I could feel a sense of relief wash over me as I listened to her, she actually felt the same way about me. "Levy if you feel the same way then I know I can commit to being Willows dad, I just couldn't convince myself that I could without knowing how you felt. This past week has been one of the best yet, well except for my eye but I wouldn't change what I did because I was defending you and Willow. I want to be with you Levy, and be here for Willow, if that's what you want too?" I waited anxiously for her answer, I was so nervous, but I knew I couldn't push her I had to be patient.

"I do want that Rogue, I'm not going to lie to you last week when you talked to me in the library I thought I was going to burst because I was so excited you were talking to me." She said yes! I didn't even know what to do, did that mean she was my girlfriend, or did it mean she just felt the same way I did? "Does that mean you want to be my girlfriend?" I asked still confused, she grinned from ear to ear and said "Yes! I do want to!" I got up and hugged her, I was so happy to have figured out the craziness that was going on in my head.

Levy's POV

I could not think straight, Rogue had just asked me to be his girlfriend and told me he wanted to be Willows father figure. Before he got here, I was having a breakdown worrying about what was going to happen tomorrow, I needed to do something, so I asked my mom to take me to get the stuff to dye my sandy blonde hair blue. I still had the dye on my hair, but it was supposed to stay on for forty minutes, I had only been talking to Rouge for about ten minutes. I had thirty more minutes to wait to take this stuff off my hair, but I couldn't have been happier, Rogue was my boyfriend now! I pulled out my phone and texted Lucy "This girl is no longer single, and someone just said they wanted to be Willows dad!!!"

I smiled as I sent it and looked back up to see Rogue watching me. "Oh I decided that I'm going to keep Willow in the room with me, Mom said I could set up the guest room for her, I probably will at some point but while she's still a newborn I'm going to keep her with me. I have to get her crib set up; I only have three months until her due date."

It felt like time was flying even faster now that everything was out for everyone to know, my bump was getting even bigger and more people at school were realizing that I was pregnant. "After you get the dye washed out of your hair you can tell me where you want it and I can work on it for you. By the way I like the color you picked out, it really suits you." He said making me blush and smile, I then felt my phone go off and picked it up to see a text from Lucy. "OH MY GOD YES! I thought that was going to happen soon!! But oh my god he actually said he wanted to be Willows father figure?!?" I giggled at my phone and texted her back yes, Rogue looked to see what I was laughing at and I saw him grin.

After thirty minutes of us talking I told Rogue I would be right back and that I was going to shower and wash the dye out of my hair. I left him sitting on my bed and then quickly ran to my mom to tell her everything. "MOM Mom quick! Oh my god Rogue just asked me to be his girlfriend! And he said he wants to step up to be Willows father figure!!" My mom jumped up off the couch and came to hug me, "I'm so happy for you sweetheart! I know he will be good for you and Willow!" I hugged her back and then told her I had to go wash the dye out of my hair. I got in the shower and washed my hair a couple times and then made sure I didn't have any random blue spots on me and hoped out and got dressed and then blow dried my now bright blue hair. I walked back to my room and when Rogue saw me his jaw dropped, I giggled and said, "Does it look okay?" He nodded and said, "It looks amazing Lev!"

I laid down and dropped my head in his lap and put my hand on my belly to try and find where Willow was laying at. I found her and rubbed where she was causing her to kick, I grabbed Rogues hand and put it where she was and let him feel her kick. He smiled and rubbed his thumb up and down, I felt content right there with Rogue feeling Willow kick, "I still don't have a middle name for her, and I haven't decided what to do about her last name. There so much to decided there and I don't even know what I'm going to do." I saw Rogue's face twist in concern or confusion, I couldn't tell, "What about Makenzie? Willow Makenzie?" Rogue asked, it was so pretty, that was it! "That's so pretty! I really like it; I just have to decide on what I'm gonna do about her last name now. But I still have time to decide that." He nodded and then asked, "Where do you want her crib?"

I looked around at my room, I had plenty of room, but I was trying to decide if I wanted to move my bed so that I could have her crib right beside it. "I think I want to push my bed against the wall and then put the crib against the wall at the head of the bed. Does that make sense?" He nodded and asked me to get up, when we got out of the bed, he pushed it against the wall and then asked where the crib was. I told him it was in my closet, so he went and pulled it out and started setting it up.

After a while my mom came in and asked if we wanted anything for dinner, I told her yes because Willow has been making me hungrier recently, Rogue said yes as well and so she went and started cooking dinner. It took Rogue about an hour to get the crib fully set up, by the time he was done Mom had gotten dinner ready, so we went and sat at the table and ate dinner together. My mom was giddy the whole time, she had grown to really like Rogue over the past week, I tell my mom everything, that's why it was so weird for me to hide the pregnancy from her. My mom had heard all about Rogue and how sweet he was from me; I think she was as excited as I was about it.

After dinner Rogue and I went back to my room and I lowered the front of the crib so that I could get the bedding put on. Once I got the bed set up, I sat back down on my bed and realized my back was extremely sore, all that was going through my head was great so I'm getting to this phase of the pregnancy.

Rogue sat down beside me and asked, "How do you feel about tomorrow?" I looked down because all I could feel was nervousness, I was going to ask the judge for one of the terms of the restraining order for him not to be able to see Willow after she was born. I was really scared about that and I was worried they were going to deny it, but my mom thought they would agree to it. "I'm really nervous about asking for one of the terms to be him not seeing Willow after she is born, I'm scared that they are going to reject it, I'm also scared that its just going to go terribly but the lawyer keeps saying that they are going to give me the permanent restraining order." Rogue put his arm around my shoulders and I laid my head against him, "Lev everything is going to work out I promise, I'm not going to let anything happen to you or Willow regardless of what happens tomorrow."