I've realized I won't be updating as often as I would like. Writing on three different stories isn't easy, and I often feel like I want to write on all of them at the same time, which means I end up writing nothing at all. I have ideas for all of my stories, I just need to write them down. I have two half finished chapters for my other stories and I will update them soon. Here is the third chapter of Becoming a family.

Last night had been pretty weird. When Rogue came to Gajeel's and Levy's place they asked him if he wanted to go to Fairy Tail and celebrate. He wasn't sure if him moving in was something to celebrate, but then Levy told him that she was pregnant and that they had gotten engaged. She wanted to celebrate that, and that he was becoming a part of their little family.

Levy didn't seem to mind that he was going to live with them, she actually seemed very encouraging. Gajeel on the other hand seemed a little unsure. Rogue knew that Gajeel had said those words without really knowing what he said. It was an impulse, and maybe he was starting to regret it already?

They didn't really know each other yet. What if he changed his mind and didn't want him to live there anymore? What if he decided he didnt't want to be a part of his life after all? And what if Levy decided that the apartment was going to be too crowded with him living there, that he was only going to be in the way when the baby was born? Would it be weird with him sleeping on the couch? How long would they be okay with that?

Maybe it was because of the alcohol he had been drinking, but all those thoughts were running around in his head and made it hard to sleep. He had had a good time, though he had said yes to go out even though he didn't really feel like it. Levy's friends had been nice. He mostly talked to Natsu and Gray, and he kinda got used to their bickering. Apparently it was their thing, but Levy assured him they were best friends.

They all tried to involve him with their conversations, especially Natsu and Gray since he had been sitting next to them, and they had all been a little curious about the brother no one had heard of. Rogue was actually surprised when Gajeel told them he was his brother. He didn't say much about it, and neither did he, but they talked about it briefly.

And now Rogue was lying on the couch trying to sleep with all those thoughts as company. It was the second time he spent the night here. The first time he was sure it was a one time thing, but here he was. For as long it would last. He wasn't going to have any expectations, but he couldn't help but wonder, to hope that things would turn out okay after all.

But feeling so insecure about it made him crazy. He hadn't sleept much and even though he tried he couldn't fall back asleep. Gajeel and Levy was still sleeping. They wouldn't notice if he disapeared for a while, he needed a walk to clear his head.

The walk made him feel better and when he got back to the apartment building he decided to take things one day at a time. He was used to doing that, especially after his father left him. He didn't take much with him to Gajeel's and Levy's apartment, he still had most of his stuff at the center, and he could always go back there if he wanted to. He would spend most of his time there anyway. Sting was becoming a really good friend, and he was getting to know some of the other guys a little better too. But for the moment it felt kinda nice to know that he didn't have to live there.

Rogue walked into the apartment, closed the door, stopped and stared. Levy and Gajeel was making breakfast. They both turned around when they heard him.

"There you are," Levy said with a small smile.

Gajeel crossed his arms and glared at him.

"Where the hell have ya been, kid?"

Rogue winced against his will. The words triggered a memory of his father being angry at him for coming home late. Gajeel was actually reminding of him as he stood there in the kitchen waiting for an answer. A similiar memory echoed in Gajeel's mind and he let his arms fall to his sides.

"Calm down, Gajeel," Levy said and put her hand on his arm. She turned to Rogue.

"We were just wondering where you where," she said.

"Out... I was just taking a walk..."

"Well, next time you could leave a note...or something..." Gajeel said. "Levy was worried."

Levy just looked at him. He did not just do that. He was the one who noticed that Rogue was gone and had wondered why the hell the kid wasn't where he was supposed to be. Like he hadn't been worried. Of course he would never admit it.

Levy looked at Rogue again and asked him if he wanted breakfast. He nodded and she told him to take a seat. She put a cup of coffee and some scrambled eggs and bacon on the table and he ate it knowing that Gajeel was still glaring at him. The whole thing felt really weird.

"Where have you been, kid?"

Rogue's father was leaning at the door frame with his arms folded over his chest and a mean look on his face. Rogue had known this was waiting for him when he got home, and still he had stayed out longer than he should,. Maybe he wanted to postpone it somehow. It was useless, he knew that.

"I was out with some friends."

"I didn't ask you who you were with, I asked you where you were."

"I was at the mall."

"And what where you doing there?"

Rogue knew it would make it worse, but he didn't feel like answering. Hewalked past his father, waited for the smack on the back of his head, and then walked into his room and closed the door.

Gajeel glanced at Rogue. He had seen the look on his face when he asked him where he had been, and he had heard the words spoken by different voices inside his head. The kid had barely moved in. Was he already turning into his father? Or one of the bastards in foster care? Then what would happen when the baby was born?

He watched Levy talk to Rogue. It was so easy for her. He doubted it, but somewhere deep inside he hoped it could be like that for him too.