Chapter 3

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…. "Erza!" The Jellal said to himself aloud. Said red haired woman just smiled gently towards his direction and averted her gaze to her feet shortly after, never fading the slightly sad smile during the process. Then the room was quiet, the feeling of the tension was practically crushing and awkward at the same time. No one dared to speak until the master cleared his throat once more, breaking the silence so that everyone gave their attention to the man.

" I think we better leave the two of you alone now..." the Master announced, as he walked towards the doors. Without looking back, he led the rest of the girls back outside the entrance of the master's office and closed the large doors slowly. As soon as the doors were closed, Makarov's serious face instantly switched to a more curious one and pressed his ear against the door, hoping to hear something good with the company of Lucy listening too, wanting to know the conversation between the two was talking about.

"So..." The Blue haired mage started, not daring to steal even a peak at Erza's eyes.
"So..." The mage across him repeated. "Look Jellal, about what happened earlier-"

"Wait." Jellal cut off Erza, "Before you say anything, I would like our conversation PRIVATE."He then walked past his childhood friend and stopped immediately at the arrival of the door. He pulled the doors wide open quickly, only to see the old master and Lucy falling in front of Jellal's feet. Jellal's bangs lowered and covered the expression of his eyes, making everyone unable to see the mage's face. He lifted his face up enough so that only the two eavesdroppers could see. His facial expression remained calm though his eyes sent daggers at the two. There was something significant about his eyes that made anyone back off from him and run away.

"WE'RE TERRIBLY SORRY!" the two said in unison, as they got up and bowed low as possible and ran away. Mirajane only smiled sweetly and walked away after the rushing people.

"Alright, that should take care of them." Jellal said triumphantly. All of a sudden, as Erza saw the trio leave she felt a sudden emptiness inside her.

'Lucy! NO! Don't leave me alone with Jellal! You said you'd be with me the whole time!' Erza thought to herself while Jellal had his back turned to her. The blue haired man then started to turn himself around, but the female mage just didn't want to see him just yet, even if she made up her own mind to face him, she finally regretted coming to talk to him. So she moved her gaze from Jellal's back to the sight of her own boots.

Jellal noticed Erza's distress and only smiled to himself about it. He then walked towards the nervous mage and held out his arms to hug her. Erza didn't notice the man's actions; she only heard the sounds of Jellal's boots hitting the floor as he walked. Every step he took, Jellal was closer to her. Her face only flushed a healthy, ripe red and squeezed her eyes shut tightly as possible.

"Erza…" the man mumbled to himself again. The stepping noise finally stopped, but Erza didn't dare open her eyes. She wanted to believe that being unable to see meant that you couldn't see and know all the fears of the world, so that she didn't have to face this problem with her old friend. She was then pulled into a firm embrace, filled with warm kindness and love. She instantly shot her eyes open in complete shock, not expecting the hug Jellal was giving her now. She didn't know if she wanted to return the hug or not. It was the same, she didn't know if she loved Jellal the way she did back when they were kids. Of course there had been admirers of Erza, but she always ends up turning them down, only because they were complete strangers. But this time was different; this was a good friend of hers. She doesn't want to reject him because it can affect the relationship between them, but if she does say that she loves him, that would only be lying to herself because she doesn't know how she really feels towards Jellal right now.

"Jellal…" Erza said his name quietly.

Jellal only gave out a long sigh of stress and of slight bliss. He nuzzled his face in the crook of her neck and smiled against it. "We're finally alone…" His rich, toned voice spoke up, "It's been a while since we were like this…Since the Tower of Heaven…" He whispered in her ear. Jellal's breath had made contact with Erza's sensitive ear and it made her shiver a little bit. The blue haired mage only smiled with a small chuckle at the nervous girl and kissed her forehead and put his own against it.

"A-about e-earlier t-today…I just wanted to say sorry for running away…"Erza stuttered. Jellal only lifted his head up and stared at her in mild shock with his mouth gaping slightly open. He didn't expect an apology from her. He then closed it quickly, smiled after and his eyes then softened at her.

"It's alright, I understand, you were nervous and the whole guild was watching. Who wouldn't be scared?" He assured Erza.

The armor-clad woman smiled back sweetly, "Thanks, I feel a lot better now, but I don't think you'd feel any better after I tell you this…Listen, Jellal, I'm not sure about becoming your lover just yet, I want to get to know you more, since you changed and all, I want to know the new Jellal after coming out of prison." Her face then changed to a very grim one, she then pushed herself out of Jellal's Arms. His face directly changed from happy to displeasure. He knew what that meant, Erza doesn't love him.

"I see…Is this your final answer?" Jellal asked while trying to hide the sadness within him. Erza knew him too well; she can already see the pain-filled face Jellal was attempting to cover.

"That's not exactly true, I didn't say 'No,' but I said I wanted to get to know you more. But there still is a chance where the two of us can be together" Erza said smiling, giving hope to Jellal. Erza's hand held Jellal's and gave it a reassuring squeeze. His face warped back to happiness and small enthusiasm, knowing that he could possibly be with Erza.

But there was one question, how?

"But in what way can I win the way to gain your love and heart Erza?" Jellal asked determined.

Erza turned from Jellal's view, showing her back to him. "To that question, I don't know…I'm not sure actually..."

Jellal just stood still in confusion, "I don't understand Erza, what do you mean 'there is no way'?"

"Back then, I used to think that no one can take my heart. If I don't give my heart to anyone, there will be no one to hurt me emotionally. I can live happy single for the rest of my life; I don't need anyone to take care of me or the other way around, it's just too much trouble." Erza turned her head and smiled sadly. Jellal was speechless, did that mean she couldn't she accept his love? She's known him for a long time, she knows that he'd never hurt her feelings! "Don't think there's an exception for you either, just because I've known you since we were kids doesn't mean that I willfall for you. I only want the two of us to be friends again, I want to live a clean life as your friend and forget about what you did to me at the tower of heaven just for now. In the future, my heart may open up even, though I'm unsure what to think of you now."

" I see..." Jellal averted his gaze to the floor, away from the female mage. He didn't want to let Erza see his disappointed face again, but Erza could tell that he was making a face she wouldn't like.

Erza didn't want Jellal to feel that way, so she came up with a plan. "We may not be able to be a couple that can be together all the time, but I did say that we can be friends that can hang out" She smiled sweetly at him.

Jellal's eyes brightened again immediately and looked up at her, "really?" He asked hopeful once more. Erza only nodded happily because he cheered up right away.

"I'm actually free tomorrow; do you wanna do something together?" Erza asked suggestively.

Jellal's was surprised; he never thought that Erza would ask him to do something with her right away, "I'd love to. Besides, hanging out can catch the both of us up from our past experiences." He smiled, he was happy that he can be with Erza.

"Good, we'll meet up at the 8Island at seven PM." As that was said by the Scarlet mage, she bid her goodbyes to Jellal and she walked out of the room, leaving a silently excited Jellal behind.

After Jellal had chased out Mirajane, Lucy and the master, the three had moved to the bar. Mira had been cleaning glasses while she was talking to Lucy who was sitting on one of the

stools and the master sitting on top of the bar. "I wonder how Erza is doing with Jellal..." The celestial wizard sighed.

The bartender only chuckled at the blonde's curiosity and continued her job and the master only nodded and said, "We all know that Jellal and Erza are childhood friends, so there's
nothing to worry if Erza is going to get hurt."

Lucy slumped her body against the bar surface and sighed again; she hasn't been this worried about the red haired mage in her life before. Let alone being worried about Erza at all! "Lucy!" A familiar voice came behind her as the body of the voice pressed against her back. Muscular arms wrapped around her and pulled her back into contact to a firm chest.

"Natsu!" Lucy said in surprise when she caught view of the pinkette's happy face.

"Lucy, do you want to go on a spying mission tomorrow at seven?" The enthusiastic dragon slayer asked.

"Sure!" Lucy grinned back. "But why?"

"Well, because of my awesome dragon hearing skills, I overheard Jellal and Erza talking about going on a date! I never knew Erza would be the type to go on a date with a guy! So I decided to spy on them, with the company of my girlfriend of course! Just make sure to meet me at the front of 8Island tomorrow, slightly earlier so that we can't be found out." The dragon slayer said as he let go of Lucy to turn her around to face him.

Erza then came out of the Master's office; the whole group talking at the bar stopped along with the rest of the master and turned their heads to the ex-quip mage the rest of the guild was also worried for Erza so they secretly listened in on them. She walked towards them and she smiled, "So what did I miss while I was gone?" Everyone got the message that Erza was acting normally and that Jellal didn't do anything bad to her, so they went back to what they were doing.

"Nothing really! Natsu and I were just planning a date, that's all!" Lucy nervously said. She wasn't exactly lying to her… After all, Natsu and her are going to spy on her together so that basically can be called a date right?

"Yeah! That's exactly right!" Natsu widely grinned.

"I see…I hope the two of you will enjoy your date then." Erza then grabbed Lucy's hand and dragged her away, "Speaking of dates, come with me Lucy. I need your help." The scarlet mage then dragged her to another table, "Tell me Lucy…How do first dates go?" She wasn't exactly going on a date with Jellal, but a hangout with him. Though she should know what can happen to two people when they go and "hangout" because anything can happen when two people are alone.

"Hmm…I'm not sure how shouldfirst dates go, but I can tell you how my first date went with Natsu!" Lucy offered, the mage sitting across Lucy only nodded to let her talk about her first date, " Well it started off with Natsu coming by my apartment to pick me up to where we're going. We then walked together holding hands to a fancy restaurant close to the guild. We talked about things until the food came. We ate and then stayed another hour in our seats. Though only talking for about 45 minutes, the rest of the 15 minutes were just the two of us looking at each other's eyes and saying nothing. It felt like we were communicating to each other, as if we were connected, but we weren't talking at all!" Lucy blushed happily as she remembered the unforgettable night she spent with Natsu. Erza only looked at the blushing Lucy with eyes big as saucers; she never knew Natsu could be the romantic type, "Oh Yeah! After we left the restaurant, he brought me to the grand tree at the center of Magnolia! It was Christmas at that time so there were colorful lights decorated on the tree. As the Grand Clock tower's bells rang at the sound of Midnight, he silently whispered to me that he loved me and kissed me!" Lucy then writhed in happiness and joy in her chair with the thought of Natsu kissing her on the lips.

Erza was now thinking hard now, 'is that how Jellal and I are going to be tomorrow night?' She nervously thought. There was only one way to find out, to meet up with Jellal tomorrow night on their so-called 'date.' "Lucy, help me pick out a dress for tomorrow."

Chapter 3:End

(A/N!): SO SORRY FOR NOT UPDATING FOR MONTHS! SCHOOL JUST GETS IN THE WAY OF EVERYTHING, AND I'M ALWAYS STAYING UP LATE DOING HOMEWORK!(I'm a Procrastinator) Y'all been there before right? Thanks to bubbleboss1022, i was for some reason, motivated to update... and nickychua telling me to update back at school.

Anyways to those who check out my profile and read the part about Fairy Tail, and wonder why I'm even writing a Fairy Tail fanfic, it was supposed to be a short story with a cliff hanger to my friends I wrote on email where I stopped at where Jellal asked Erza out. But they told me to continue haha. I guess I like Fairy Tail now! But Fairy Tail will probably be the only STRAIGHT pairings and only fanfics I write because I have innocent friends who are reading! Plus I can't think of any yaoi stories when I just LOVE to read them…especially Blue Exorcist