Dreams are in italics and thoughts too!
Yelling is in BOLD
Gray P.O.V
I opened my eyes to see absolutely nothing. I was surrounded by darkness and everywhere I turned there wasn't an ounce of light. I could feel the fear begin to creep up on me and in a terrified frenzied state I began twisting and turning around in all directions with rushed movements.
"Gray, don't be afraid. Mommy's here, darling..." I felt relief crash down on me like a tidal wave as I turned around and my mother stood in front of me in her white night gown on as she stood in a beam of light.
"Momma?" I felt myself revert back to a child as I felt a sense of longing for my mother.
"Yes darling, I'm here. I wont ever leave you..." She held her hands out for me and with tears in my eyes I ran into them as I tightly held onto her.
She was a safe haven in the dark. She was my light. She was my own angel. She was my mother.
"Momma, I love you." I felt a sudden compulsion to tell her. As though she was going to be torn away at any moment.
"I know, darling. I love you too..." I snuggled closer to her as I felt complete surrounded by her warmth.
"Gray... GRAY... GRAY!" She suddenly began yelling in pure terror as she clawed at an unforeseeable enemy. She tried to reach out for me as a look of sheer panic took over her features.
"MOM, MOM!" I desperately tried to reach out for her but to no avail, she was dragged into the darkness. I stared to sob as I once again was abandoned in the nothingness. I lost my breath as my chest began heaving rapidly as it strained to pull air into my chest.
"Gray?" A gentle voiced called me from behind and in a surprised gesture I swiftly turned around and came face to face with Juvia.
"Juvia?" She was wearing a baby blue sundress and her hair was curly and in loose waves.
"Don't cry Gray, I'm here to stay. I'm here for forever." She reached forward and held onto me as I collapsed into a fit of broken cries.
"Juvia..."
"Gray..."
"Gray, Gray, wake up..." My eyes snapped open and took in my surroundings. I was laying down next to Juvia, who was sitting up and running her hands through my hair, with the lamp on the night stand on.
The darkness was gone.
"Juvia?"
"You were having a nightmare Gray, are you okay?" As she spoke she wiped at the tears that were on my face and I began to sit up as my thoughts became clear.
"Yeah, I'm okay now..."
"If you don't mind me asking, what was it about?" My first instinct was to lie. To tell her I couldn't remember. But instead I went against the grain of who I was and as I looked into her eyes I knew that there was no way I could ever lie to her. She was an open and honest person, she deserved me to be the same.
I think that she half expected me to blow off her question because when I finally opened up to her eyes widened in surprise before she masked her expression.
"It was the December of my eighth birthday. I had been at Natsu's house for a sleep over and I remember I had left the next day after we had gotten in a stupid fight for a stupid reason. The ambulances and police cars were everywhere when I got home that day." I took a deep breath that shuddered on its way in as Juvia reached for my hands and held them tightly in her own.
"My dad was standing outside next to an ambulance when I walked up. He tried to stop me but it was too late. I saw her. I saw my mother laying on a stretcher. There was blood everywhere and she was so pale. My mother was so beautiful, but in that moment I couldn't even recognize her. That's the last memory I have of my mother, Juvia. If it weren't for pictures, I don't know that I could remember her the way she was before." I looked up at her as I spoke and she only watched me with sad eyes.
"December 22. The anniversary of my mothers death. The anniversary of my mothers murder."
"Murder?" Her voice was nothing but a shocked whisper.
"Yeah murder Juves. My mother was killed by a man named Deliora. No one knows his motive. No one even knows where he is. We only know his name. Deliora Cursey."
"Was he ever caught?"
"No, never. He just disappeared."
"Is that what your dream was about? Your mothers death?"
"Eh, yes and no. I dreamt of her. She was wearing the same white night gown that I last saw her in except it wasn't bloody and she wasn't dead. I was in the this endless void of darkness and she suddenly appeared in front of me, and light was surrounding her; she looked like an angel. But then she was screaming and she was being dragged back into the darkness. And I was alone once again."
I looked up and my heart stopped in my chest. She was crying.
"Why are you crying?" I sat forward as I reached out and wiped away her tears.
"I'm crying because it breaks my heart to know that you were going through this on your own for so long. Gray, it hurts me knowing that you felt like that, like you were all alone."
"Don't be silly. I never truly felt alone. I mean how could I with the friends that I have?" We both laughed lightly.
"Yeah, your right."
"Besides you didn't let me finish. Anyway, I was standing there and then something amazing happened. You appeared." I could hear Juvia's breath hitch as she stared at me with wide, curious eyes.
"You appeared and told me that everything was gonna be okay, because you would be here for forever, and then, I woke up."
"Really?"
"Really."
"Oh Gray!" She threw her arms around me and buried her face in my neck.
"I love you so much."
"And I love you Juves. Thank you, for saving me..." And as I spoke I leaned in and kissed her with everything that I had.
Juvia P.O.V
"So the anniversary of your mothers death is Friday?" Gray was laying on the bed with his hands behind his head as I was getting ready in the bathroom. We had made plans to get breakfast at a local café called Do Re Mi.
"Yep." I exited the bathroom and leaned against the door way.
"Are you gonna go to the cemetery?"
"Yeah, I was actually hoping you would go with me."
"Of course I'll go. I want to meet her."
"She would have loved you. But anyway lets get going." He got up and grabbed my hand before dragging me out the door.
Time skip~ four days (Friday)
"Is it silly that I'm just as nervous as when I met Ur and Ultear?"
"No, I'm glad. My mom is important to me and I want her to be just as important to you." Gray and I were standing hand in hand in front of the cemetery.
"Ready to go in?"
"Yeah, come on." As we walked past the many graves he didn't spare them a second glance. He knew his way around and he knew exactly where he was going. That simple face broke my heart. He shouldn't have a cemetery memorized.
He suddenly came to a stop in front of a beautiful grave with sculpted doves on it.
"This is her?"
"Yeah. Momma, I'd like you to meet my wife, Juvia Fullbuster."
"Hi, its nice to meet you."
And we just stood there the two of us and we talked to her. It didn't matter if she was there or not. Alive or gone, it was important for both of us that I meet her. I don't know how long we stood there, telling her everything.
Minutes. Hours. Who knows.
We just talked.
And that was enough for both Gray and I.
Time skip~ Later that day
Come on, you can do this Juvia! Man up! Just go ahead and tell him!
Gray and I were driving back from his mothers grave and the sun was already setting. Finally summoning courage I opened my mouth.
And closed it again.
Come on! He wont be upset! Maybe he'll even be happy!
But what if he isn't?
He will! You know him, you love him he loves you!
Oh alright! Stop yelling at me Juvia 2.0!
And once again I gained courage and opened my mouth...
Before closing it once again.
"Juvia is there something you want to say?" He looked over at me with an eyebrow raised with an amused expression.
"Uh, yeah."
"The floors all yours."
"Well, actually, I wanted to know..."
"Yes?"
"Do you want to have a family Gray?"
The car was silent for a few moments and he pulled the car over to the side of the road before he spoke.
"Juvia, I love you more than I can even comprehend. If it were up to me, we would be trying for a baby right now." Tears filled my eyes and my heart felt like it was floating.
"Really?"
"Really."
"I'm so glad!" I unbuckled my seatbelt before I crawled out of my seat and threw my arms around him as I climbed into his lap and we began to kiss. Hands began to move around and breath began to come out in pants.
"Juvia, we need to stop or-"
"Nu uh, I'm holding you to your word. We're gonna start making our family right now." I smiled down at him wanting nothing more than to kiss him to try to show him how much I loved him.
"I have no objections if you don't." He unbuckled his seatbelt as he reclined the seat and we laid down together and began working on making our own little family.
Later that night
Gray P.O.V
Juvia had a happy secret little grin on her face that no one understood but me. My insides were warm at the sight of her practically glowing. I pulled up to the house and we both got out and began walking up the steps when I stopped in my tracks and put my hands out in front of me not allowing Juvia to walk any further.
"Gray what's wr-"
"Shh." I simply pushed her farther behind me as I slowly walked towards the front door. I stood still for a few moment in my ice make position as I looked at the open door before I slammed it open and stood in the entry way of our dark house
"Somebody was here. They were in the house and it wasn't anybody that I know."
