Dancing
Month 6 of Juvia's pregnancy and Month 3 of their engagement.
The guild was having their annual Harvest Festival and the Miss Fairytale contest was today and to Juvia's surprise she was asked to compete by Mirajane, Erza and Lucy along with the other girls of Fairytail.
*Flash back*
"Really?! You want Juvia to compete?!" Juvia asked in shock, gaping at the women in front of her "Of course we do! It won't be the same without you in it too!" Lucy said, clutching the hem of her skirt hoping her friend would join her and the others. "B-but Juvia doesn't look good like this" Juvia whimpered gesturing to her swollen tummy. The three women looked at her "Juvia you look beautiful as ever! Even Mira is jealous of how good you look!"Erza smiled and looked at Mira who also smiled "It's true!" she admitted.
Juvia looked to the other side of the guild to see Gray working away at the desk near the request board "What if Gray-sama doesn't want Juvia up on stage?" she asked with a frown, Cana comes over after overhearing the conversation "Boohoo Gray should be supporting you not try'na bring you down" she said taking a swing from her beer mug, Juvia's eyes lit up "You're right, Juvia will take part!" the girls faces lit up "Thats the spirit Juvia! Now let's plan you're outfits!" Erza bellowed with the girls dragging Juvia off to go shopping.
*End of flash back*
Juvia was nervous; it was her turn to go on stage and what she was worried about was Gray. She didn't tell him she was participating in the Miss Fairytail contest and was afraid of what he would say. She peeked through the curtains and saw Gray in the crowd and jumped when she felt a hand on her shoulder, she turned around to find Gajeel. "You ready to go?" he asked, she nodded and waited for her queue.
"Up next we have the lovely Juvia Lockser!" the piano played a soft melody and Juvia and Gajeel walked out on stage hand in hand, Gajeel was blushing from embarrassment and saw Levy laughing in the crowd, Juvia looked into the crowd to see a shocked Gray. They began to dance as if they were in a ball, since Juvia could not use magic as a talent she was at a disadvantage but had an idea to have a partner to help her and use her dancing skills and Gajeel to everyone surprise was one hell of a dancer. They danced gracefully aross the stage, her light blue dress with a yellow ribbon tied right above the bump fit elegantly around her body and the baby bump somehow made it all look even more beautiful.
The pianos tempo sped up, Gajeel twirled Juvia around as he made iron sprinkles that shot from his hand and into the air and they shimmered and fell to the ground like snow. Gajeel dipped Juvia as the once small iron sprinkles merged together, rising from the ground into spirals of shiny metal, the music stopped and the stage fell to dark then a spot light appeared on them as the bowed as everyone cheered and clapped at their performance. "Wow, an excellent performance from Juvia and Gajeel! I wonder who can top that off?!" Jason the report said in excitement. Gajeel and Juvia sat at the side of the stage watching they others perform, she looked into to the crowd to see that Gray was gone.
She looked around worriedly wondering if he was mad at her "Looking for me?" she turned to see Gray standing beside her, Gajeel looked at him "There you are stripper, I was wondering why you weren't dancing with rainwoman here" Gray sneered at him and looked at Juvia "Why didn't you tell me you were performing? I could've danced with you instead of knucklehead here" Gajeel glared at him "Who you call'in a knuckle head you pervert!" Gray growled at him.
"Juvia's sorry Gray-sama, Lucy-san and the others wanted Juvia to take part and Juvia was scared to tell you because she thought you would say no and Juvia already bought this dress and Juvia only wanted to look good for Gray-sama!" she sobbed into him 'Damn hormones again' "Hey, hey easy there. I'm just... jealous that I wasn't up there dancing with you, you were excellent, Juvia!" he said cheerfully and patted her head, she looked up and sniffled "Really?" he looked down at her and smiled "Really" he said placing a kiss on her head "You look beautiful by the way" he whispered and smiled "Juvia is happy that Gray-sama finds Juvia beautiful" she nuzzled into his neck, he held her closer and whispered "You'll always be beautiful to me". "Uggh, don't do that mushy shit around me" Gajeel says walking away from the couple while making gagging sounds "He's such a child" Gray snorts making Juvia giggle.
Later on the Miss Fairytail competition results were announced, they all sat in eagerness waiting for the announcement, Jason came to the stage and opened the letter that was to reveal the winner, he opened it and everyone was silent. A drum roll played "And the winner of this year's Miss Fairytail competition is... Miss Lucy Heartfilia!" everyone stood up and applaud and Lucy walked onto the stage, her face mixed with shock and happiness "Oh my Mavis, I won?! Yay! Rent money for the next 3 months!" she squealed in happiness, everyone just stared at her 'Of course she did it for the rent but did she have to announce it' Natsu thought and everyone laughed and cheered for Lucy.
This year Erza came second and Levy came third "I guess there's always next year" Juvia smiled sadly, she got up to leave but Gray tugged her dress "Sit back down, they're not finished" he said smiling; she did as she was told and looked back at the stage. "Now we have two special rewards?! For Miss Juvia Lockser for being the first mage for not using any magic in this competition and for being the first to have a partner in this competition! Give it up for Juvia!"
The guild cheered and Juvia looked up to see Gray with a hand reached out to her, she took his hand and stood up, they made their way up the stage, Gray helping her up every step... just as he said he would. She smiled as she was handed the two awards, she could not stop crying afterwards, she was very emotional and she didn't know the real reason to why she was crying.
*Back at the house*
Gray unlocked the door and carried Juvia in bridal style and sat her down on the couch, he went to the kitchen and brought her some water which she took gratefully "Thank you, Gray-sama" he smiled "No problem". He walked over to the other side of the room and turned on the record player and soft, slow soothing music played, Juvia looked from her drink and at Gray who smirked and strode over to her, he held out his hand "Wanna dance?" he asked grinning, she smiled, setting aside her drink and took his hand. She waddled alongside him to the centre of the living room.
They danced slowly to the music "I never knew you could dance" he said nuzzling his face into the top of her head, she nuzzled into the crook of his neck "Juvia always knew how to dance and was very good but was too shy to dance in front of other people" he smirked "Well then I'm very proud of you for dancing today".
She smiled into his neck "Anything for Gray-sama". They danced for a while then decided that Juvia needed to rest so they cuddled on the couch. Juvia gasped in pain, clutched her swollen tummy and hunched over "Hey, whats wrong? Is it the baby? Do you need a doctor?" he asked kneeling in front of her and placing a hand on her bump "Juvia's fine, the baby is kicking very hard" she breathed out, he felt a hard kick from the baby then another and another.
She seemed very tired after the contest and now she was in pain "Come on, let's get you into bed" he said helping her up, he helped her to their bedroom and get into a comfortable nightgown "Thank you, Gray-sama" she said as he helped her into bed, he was surprised she was able to dance today even when she found it difficult to move around. He turned off the light, pulled up the covers and cuddled into her "Goodnight" he whispered and fell asleep.
Later that night he felt rippling under is palm, he opened his eyes to see that he had a hand on her tummy, the baby kicked. He snuggled into her hair and held her closer to his chest "Are you awake?" he whispered in case she was asleep "Yes, Juvia can't sleep, the baby keeps moving" she whispered placing a hand on top of his. The baby kicked again "I'll stay awake with you" she turned around on her side to face him "But Gray-sama-" she was interrupted "I'm off tomorrow anyway" he said wrapping an arm around her waist. She smiled and placed a hand on her tummy "Gray-sama?..." she whispered with closed eyes, he placed a hand on her cheek "Yes?" she looked at him and bit her lip, she looked worried "What would you say if… there was more than one baby?"
His eyes widened he didn't think about it, his expression softened "I think twins would be amazing" she smiled "Juvia's pretty sure there's more than one baby in there so that means we have to buy another cot" she whispered, he hoped her hunch was right they were going to buy more baby stuff and the nursery was already done up, everything was white so the room was bright. The nursery was big enough for another cot but that would mean things would have to be rearranged the way Juvia wants it, he was dreading it but then again, anything to keep her happy.
She gasped again and held her stomach; he felt another hard kick "Are you alright?" he asked holding her closer "Yeah" she breathed out "Its like they're dancing in there" she chuckled. 'Haha, already showing traits from their mother?' he laughed.