AN: HOLY SHIT, YOU GUYS! Thirty-three reviews in chapter one? Are you guys trying to give me a heart attack or something? :O

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What to Expect When You're Expecting

Chapter Two – Big Girls Are Allowed to Cry

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"Gave me 2 different tears, after all these years. Tears of joy, tears of pain, like sunshine and rain" – 2 Different Tears – Wonder Girls

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Gray called Juvia for the hundreth time that day and for the hundreth time he got her voicemail.

'You reached Juvia. Leave a message and she'll call you back as soon as she can.'

"Shit!" Gray swore and earned some mean looks from some people. "What? Didn't you ever swear before?" The people who were staring looked away while Gray ended the call. He didn't leave a message. What he had to talk to her about couldn't be done by the phone and when he was in his college's hall. "Why doesn't she answer me?"

He was walking towards the room he was supposed to have his next class and since the moment he arrived he was calling Juvia.

It had been two days since she left his house. It was Monday already. He had two days to think what tell her and he had come up with nothing. Zilch. Nada.

Gray's cheeks became red as he remembered pieces of the night they spent together. He still didn't recall the whole thing, but the important event was clear in his mind. The way she moaned his name, the way her body felt touching all of his, her very responsive actions and the bliss to be inside her.

Truth be told, Gray wanted to remember it all. If the pieces he recalled were that good, all of it would be even better; and since they already done it, the memory wouldn't hurt much.

He would take Juvia's advice and forget about it, but for that, he needed to talk to her and see that she was fine, because he knew that friendship was not the only thing the girl felt for him.

Since when she was transferred to Magnolia University three years before, Juvia had always been around him, trying to get him out on a date and eventually, they became friends. But Gray knew she felt more towards him than friendship.

That's why the reaction she had, about forgetting all about the night they spent together, was so difficult for him to understand.

Gray glanced to his watch and groaned. He had an important class, he couldn't miss it, otherwise he would've gone search for her. Calling her one more time, he went toward the classroom and when it was voicemail again, he cussed loudly, making some people look in his direction. He ignored them and walked to his class.

During lunch time he would find her and talk to her or his name wasn't Gray Fullbuster.

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Maybe he needed to change his name afterall: he didn't find Juvia. Usually, they had lunch together with the rest of their friends at the cafeteria, but that day, she wasn't there, as he could see once he reached their usual table and realized that none of the five people there was the blue haired woman.

"Have you seen Juvia today?" He asked once he stopped by the table. No 'hello' or 'how are you guys doing?'.

"Didn't see her." Natsu shrugged. And kept eating his sandwich.

"Me neither." Loki said, without stop looking to a blonde woman across the cafeteria and raising his eyebrow to her, making the woman giggle. "Oh, I love freshmen."

"Sorry." Levy didn't even look up from her book.

"Today she was supposed to have classes with Lisanna, right?" Lucy asked the white haired girl and Gray also looked at the girl.

"Yeah. But she didn't come today." Lisanna's eyebrows got together as she thought. "Next week is our exams, she shouldn't be missing classes."

"Damn it!" Gray say next to Lucy and sighed in defeat. "I really need to talk to her."

"What happened?" Lucy asked and Gray eyed her in confusion. Hadn't Juvia called Lucy? He thought she was going to.

"Didn't she tell you?" He frowned.

"Didn't she tell me what?" The blonde was confused. "I haven't talked to her since that silly soccer party you guys made us go." She rolled her brown eyes.

"Really?" Gray kicked Loki under the table, and the man finally moved his attention to what was happening. At their table. "Juvia did not call you Saturday morning?"

"No." Lucy answered and Gray stared daggers to the orange haired man.

"I don't have a crystal ball, dude." Loki mumbled while massaging the spot Gray kicked –quite hard, if he may say.

"Lisanna?" The white haired girl shrugged and shook her head. "Levy?" The girl looked up in question after hearing her name. "Did you hear from Juvia these past few days?"

"Yeah." The petite girl nodded. "I went to her apartment Saturday evening."

"Really?" Gray frowned. "Was she alright?"

"Yes." Levy shrugged. "She even made an apple pie."

"Then why doesn't she answer my calls?" Gray asked. Everyone knew that Juvia would answer a breath Gray would take; her not taking his calls was out of that world, actually and now everyone had his attention, even the one who had no idea what happened between the two of them a few days before.

"Now that's strange." Lucy said and took her own phone from her purse to call the other girl. Everyone was looking at her with expectation. After a few seconds, the blonde girl sighed and shook her head. "Voicemail." Gray groaned. Man, what had he done to her? She was probably crying her eyes out while they were talking! Why he had listened to Loki? The shit-head couldn't keep a woman for more than- "Have you tried calling Gajeel instead?"

-a one-night stand and… Gray processed what Lucy had just said, blinked and wanted to kick himself for a moment there.

Of course! Gajeel! They were roommates! And since Levy was at the University it meant that he was probably aware of any weirdness about Juvia, his focus not on his petite girlfriend.

Stupid Gray. Stupid.

The dark-haired man was about to grab his cellphone to call Gajeel, but Levy already had her own sparkly blue phone out and was already dialing her boyfriend. After a few seconds, she talked.

"Hi, sweetie!" The petite girl said happily and everyone at the table laughed a little: Gajeel Redfox was anything but sweet. If anything, he was scary as shit. And he probably told her exactly that, because her next words were: "Yes, you are my sweetie-pie and you know it." A moment of silence and then she smiled softly. "No, everything is fine, Gajeel. Don't worry." She heard whatever he said and giggled. "I know that I said 'no phone calls during college hours unless it's an emergency', but I am alright. No need to worry." Another pause. "Aw, really? You say the nicest things, sweetie. Even though I'd rather not have you barging in at the University with a baseball bat to shove in someone's ass." Natsu laughed loudly, gaining some attention while Gray was growing impatient with the conversation between them. He just needed information about Juvia's whereabouts! He waved in front of Levy's face and she nodded. "Listen, did you see Juvia today? We're worried because she didn't show up for class and isn't answering her phone." Levy let out a few 'hm' and was nodding while Gray just stared, waiting. "And was she alright?" She nodded. "I see. And why isn't she answering her phone?" The blunette's lips made a perfect 'o' as she heard her boyfriend on the other line. "Okay, I get it. My place tonight?" Another pause and she laughed, blushing a lot. "I know. Love you, sweetie. Bye."

The petite blunette girl hung up and looked up. "Gajeel said that she was getting ready to go to work, some emergency happened at the store, so she won't be coming to the University today. When he left for work earlier today, she was taking a shower and she seemed fine as far as he could tell. So, she's alright, no need for worry." She shrugged. "And she's not answering her phone because she lost it somewhere and she checked their apartment a few times and couldn't find it anywhere." Levy stared to Loki and then to Gray. "Since she didn't leave the apartment during the weekend, it's probably at your place. You two should look for it."

"Yeah, we will." Gray frowned. All that sounded reasonable enough.

And that scared him: Juvia was everything but reasonable. If she was her usual self, everyone at Magnolia's University would know they had sex. Not only that, they would know details even Gray, who was there, didn't know about. The fact that everything was normal was scaring the shit out of him.

He could deal with crazy: he had been dealing with crazy for a very long time. He was an expert, really. Gray's gut was giving him the highest of the alerts after everything that happened. It wasn't Juvia-like to not tell people about any progress in their crazy and unbalanced relationship. He had to go see her and talk things through or he would lose his mind, really.

He didn't even notice that his friends started to talk about something else, because his mind was planning his next move. And if he heard right, Gajeel was going to Levy's place that night. Everything was going well. He just needed to know what to tell her.

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"Coming!" Gray heard the voice from inside and knew that it was Juvia. He sighed. The confrontation was finally gonna happen. When she opened the door, her expression was one of surprise. Her cheeks were red in a second. She was wearing light blue sweat-pants and a white tight t-shirt that was a little too tight on the chest.

"G-Gray-sama!" She said, surprised. Instinctively she passed her hand through her hair to make it more presentable. "Hi! Juvia was not expecting you."

"Yeah, I know." Gray said passing a hand through his own hair; it was his way of showing anxiety. "Can I…?" He looked pass her, to the apartment.

"O-of course!" She opened the door enough so he could pass. "Sorry about the mess." Gray rolled his eyes: even though Gajeel lived there, the place was spotless. The only thing out of place was the popcorn and soda at their center table at the living room. "If Juvia had known that she would have guests…"

"No guests. Just me." Gray shrugged and took off his satchel and put it close to the door. He was wearing his usual white coat, but left it on, even though for him, the temperature was equally balanced to an oven's. If the conversation took more time than he imagined, he could always take it off. "We need to talk."

Juvia laughed without humor and pointed to the couch. "This is never good to the person that hears it."

Gray sat on the couch and waited for her to join him at the opposite side of the couch. A week later, Juvia would sit so close to him that it could've been better to make her sit on his lap and save the trouble. Yet, it wasn't as uncomfortable to have her away from him like that instead of so far away. After some awkward minutes, he spoke.

"I tried to call you a few times."

"Juvia can't find her phone." The blunette sighed. "It's probably…"

"Back at my place. I know." Gray completed and she nodded.

"The battery must've died." Juvia mumbled.

"It happens after three days." He looked to her, but Juvia was finding the walls of her apartment quite interesting that night. They were both in awkward silence again for a minute. "We have to talk about what happened eventually, Juvia."

The woman closed her eyes and sighed. She knew that they had to discuss what happened between them that night so their relationship could go anywhere, or even stay at the same point as it was before.

"I know." She mumble but neither spoke for some time.

"Fine, I'll go first." Gray took a deep breath after not bear the silence anymore. On his way over, he thought a bit about what he was going to tell her, it wasn't much, but it was all he got. "I don't know what came over me that night. I didn't drink that much, but somehow I did and I wasn't myself. I am sorry for taking advantage of you."

Juvia's head snapped towards him and she was surprised. "What? Take advantage? That's what you think happened?" Juvia shifted a little from her place on the couch. "If anything, Juvia was the one taking advantage of Gray-sama. She also doesn't drink that much but that night was strange, and what happened between us, it was probably Juvia who made you do it! It's all her fault."

Gray snorted. That was funny: a pretty girl like Juvia, whom Gray was already attracted to (he didn't have to be in love with her to think that she was hot), 'making' him have great sex. "Trust me, Juvia. What happened that night: I was as much into it as you were, as far as I can remember."

Both blushed hard at that comment.

"D-do you remember?" Juvia asked shyly and Gray nodded.

"A little. It's kind of blurry, but…" He started to take off his jacket; the room was hotter than before. "I can remember that we did have sex. No doubt." Juvia nodded. "And you? Do you remember?"

"Parts of it." Her face was so hot at that moment, she was so embarrassed. "It is like you said, Gray-sama. 'No doubt'."

"So, why did you run away from my place so fast?" Gray asked. "We could've talked things through then." His tone was a little accusatory and she lowered her head in shame.

"Be-Because Juvia was so… overwhelmed. She is not the kind of girl who wakes up naked with a random guy." The blunette said. And Gray raised an eyebrow.

"A random guy?" He thought she had feelings for him and now he was some 'random guy'? Maybe Loki was right: now that she had him, she would stop the stalking.

"N-No!" She said fast after realizing her mistake. "It's just… Juvia is not the kind of girl to have one night stands and it was surprising to wake up on… top… of… you." With each word, her voice was getting lower and lower, until the last word was barely a whisper. "Juvia talks a lot about these things, you know, doing all of that with, well… with you," She was as red as she could be, but they needed to put everything in the clear and it wasn't like Gray didn't know. "but the truth is that she had only one boyfriend her whole life and it had been years since…"

Juvia stopped talking, but Gray caught what she meant. It had been years since she was single and since she wasn't into one night stands, it had been some time since she had been intimate with a man. At the end, Juvia was all bark and no bite.

"I get it now why you ran." Gray nodded. He also had been alone for quite some time. He never dated anyone seriously, but he had some lady friends. Thinking about it, he stopped seeing his special friends since Juvia arrived in Magnolia and fixated on him. He could've chuckled with the coincidence if that wasn't a serious conversation. "It was a surprise for me as well. We are friends." He passed his hand over his face. "And I'm afraid that what we did can change what we have. I don't want to lose your friendship because a night we got drunk and…"

"Never." Juvia said with such conviction that Gray looked surprised for a moment. "No matter what happens, Gray-sama, you'll always have Juvia to help you with whatever you need." Her face was resolute. "It may be weird for some time, but it will pass and everything will go back to normal. I mean, it's not like we remember it all, right?"

Gray stared at her and saw the resolution on them. She meant it. He was confused again. Wasn't she supposed to be asking if it was going to happen again? Wasn't she supposed to be arranging the band to play at their wedding?

"Things will never be normal again, Juvia." Gray sighed. "We slept together…"

"And we don't remember. No one needs to know." Juvia took a deep breath. "We happened to be drunk and did something stupid. It happens." She shrugged. "It could easily have happened to another guy." She tried to sound nonchalant about it and Gray didn't like the sound of it. Not at all. He felt pain in his stomach and preferred to think that it was because he was hungry, nothing else.

"Does that mean… we're good?" Gray asked and Juvia smiled widely.

"Sure." The blunette nodded slightly. "Oh, if you find Juvia's phone, could you…?"

"I'll search back into my place." He got up from the couch, getting his white coat and so did she. "If I find it, I'll give it to you. It's probably hidden somewhere in my room. Don't worry."

"Thanks." She said and he nodded. There was a moment of awkward silence as they walked towards the door. Gray grabbed his satchel. "Before I go, can I ask you something?" When Juvia nodded, interested in whatever he was about to ask. Gray hesitated a little: he was going to be too direct. "I thought you wanted to have my attention in that way…" Gray mumbled. "Why didn't you take the opportunity to…?"

"Juvia still does want your attention." No need to lie, since he was very aware of her feelings. "But… not when we were both drunk. Not when it was a mistake that we regret." She shook her head slightly. "It doesn't matter anymore, Gray-sama. Juvia assures you that she's alright and there's no misunderstanding of about what happened." He nodded. "But… would it be okay if we saw each other less this week?" He eyed in confusion and she smiled sadly. "Juvia's not that strong, you know? She needs time to… put it all together."

"Juvia…" Gray started, but she raised her hand and he stopped.

"It has nothing to do with you, Gray-sama. Juvia's focus need to be in something else. Next week will be the finals, then your graduation and even though we agreed it isn't a big deal, and we agreed that would be awkward for a while, for Juvia it will be a little more difficult to really get over it." He opened his mouth to protest. "It will and you know it. We'll meet every day with our friends, don't worry. One week, it's all Juvia's asking. If things are too awkward after a week, we can talk again, okay?"

Gray hesitated, but agreed. She knew herself better. He opened the door and waved good-bye and she did the same. She waited until he was gone inside the elevator, before entering the apartment she shared with her friend. Once she closed the door, she closed her eyes and thought of all the half-truths she had to tell Gray that night. She was not an adolescent anymore, fairy tales were beautiful but she was not in one; she knew when to back off and when to go further. Gray just wanted to make sure she was alright, because he didn't want to lose her friendship.

"Well, Juvia," She mumbled to herself. "If even after sleeping together he still wants you only as a friend, you just became the mayor of Friendzoneville. Yay me!" Juvia rested her head on the door and let the tears fall. She would cry that night, but the next day, she was going to put her usual smile and do her usual fan girl role. Things were not going to change.

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AN: Juvia was friendzoned hard. And yes, Levy calls Gajeel sweetie because he is cute and she has the balls to do it.

Ages (The relevant people for the story right now)

Juvia, Lucy, Levy, Lisanna and Natsu: 22 years old

Gray, Loki, Cana, Elfman: 23 years old

Mirajane, Erza, Gajeel, Lyon: 25 years old

I searched, and the average age for a person to graduate from College is 23, and Gray is graduating in a few weeks in this story. In the manga Gray IS older than Juvia: he's 18 while she's 17. Mira and Erza were the one that I added a year just because. ;)

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Thank you all who wished me happy-birthday! *_* You guys are awesome! And for those who are wondering about The Duchess, I am having a major block, but I'll try to sit down and write it this weekend, okay? I mean, I do have a lot of the next chapter written, but then the block comes! Anyway, thank you all for the support!

01/17/13 ~ BonneyQ