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So how is everyone doing this fine evening Or whatever the time zone is in your country/area. I've done 2 out of 5 exams and I have one in the morning...Don't worry guys, I HAVE been studying religiously. These grades are important to me, but at the same time, so is my writing.
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Cinderella's best friend
Chapter two
"Ugh, how did Juvia get on this bed?"
"I brought you here, isn't it obvious? Couldn't leave you out there." Juvia looked up to see red eyes staring at her, amusement being evident in those crimson orbs. She scoffed as she stood up. "I thought you were going to be light, but I guess I was wrong. Surprisingly, you eat well for a woman who was locked in a dungeon." His eyes followed her as she stood up from the bed and smoothed out her dress, rolling her eyes at the same time.
"It wasn't a dungeon. It was Juvia's room." Gajeel snorted claiming it wasn't much different and she just sighed, not having any time for this right now. Her head was still pounding a little bit.
"So why did you faint when I told you who I really was then?" She raised an eyebrow at him as he started to lead to way down the palace hallways and she rubbed her arm, not knowing how to reply.
"Well...Juvia was just shocked-"
"More like traumatised."
"Will Gajeel shut up and listen? Juvia was shocked that Gajeel would have chosen someone like Juvia to get married to. After all, Juvia isn't the best looking woman out there, she's a slave in her own house and there are most definitely many other nicer people out there, women more ladylike than Juvia." The whole time that Juvia was talking, Gajeel was nodding his head in agreement.
"Yup, you know what, that's all true." Juvia looked down at the floor. Maybe Gajeel had finally come to his senses and was going to call the whole thing off. "But that's the thing. I don't care about that in a woman because I know those kind of women would hate me and just stay with me because I'm the fucking Prince-" Juvia then put her hand over his mouth, two emotions swimming in her eyes. Gajeel stared back at her.
"As much as Juvia appreciates what Gajeel is saying, and Juvia is honoured, Juvia still doesn't like Gajeel's profanity. Keep it to a minimum." She could feel him smirk against his hand and he grabbed her waist and swung her around before dipping her body down low.
"Oh yeah? Is that a law made by the Princess Juvia? You should know, I don't take orders." Juvia held onto his arm in slight panic, but when she did, she could feel the amount of muscles that he was packing under his suit.
She couldn't help but squeeze it a little bit and that made Gajeel smirk even more. "Feeling my muscles?" She blushed before hitting him, feeling how firm his muscles were once again.
"Let Juvia up. Gajeel is too strong for her to fight off." Gajeel laughed at her before lifting her back up and she pushed him away from her.
"Now take Juvia to wherever Gajeel was taking her." She crossed her arms as she walked behind him. He couldn't help but smile to himself and wonder about Juvia. She was acting like a bossy Princess already. When they rounded the corner, there was a short blue haired woman, maybe the same age as Juvia heading their way. Juvia couldn't really tell how old she was because her body looked quite...Undeveloped.
"Oh Gajeel! I thought you were going to come back like yesterday or something! Didn't expect you to want to stay with your cousin for an extra day!" Then she saw Juvia standing behind him and her face tightened very quickly before smiling at her.
"Hey! My name's Levy and I'm a good friend of Gajeel and Rogue! What's your name?" With Lucy and Ultear being her only friends, Juvia had never really trusted anyone who didn't know what she went through all her life and was quite skeptical of her. Plus, she had also seen the way that she had been eyeing Gajeel and her, almost as though she was jealous. Juvia quickly understood the situation.
"This is Juvia Lockser and she's my fiance." A pained look passed through Levy's face before she actually brightened up.
"Wait, did you just say Lockser?! Ju-chan?!" Juvia's head snapped up. The only people who had ever called her 'Ju-chan' was Lucy and sometimes, Ultear. Only her friends had called her that. She looked at Levy suspiciously, trying to remember her.
"Erm, is Juvia supposed to know Levy-san?" It was like Levy's face fell and even Gajeel was confused here.
"Ju-chan, you don't remember me? You still speak with your third person and you love the rain. Your mother taught you how to sew at an early age and you used to sew your own dolls! Ju-chan!" Juvia was surprised that Levy knew so much about her and Gajeel was staring at Juvia as though to ask, 'is this true.'
Juvia wracked her brain as though she were ready to explode. A short little blue haired girl who always used to read books was there somewhere in her memory. Levy... "Mcgarden-san?!" Levy jumped up and down and started clapping her hands.
"Yes, yes! Ju-chan you remembered!" Juvia blushed seeing as she didn't remember her at first. Gajeel just scratched his head in confusion. Levy elbowed him.
"What, you don't remember her either?" Gajeel and Juvia locked eyes with one another, clearly having no memory of each other. Levy then smirked and Gajeel couldn't help but feel scared. "I still have that picture that you drew for Juvia." Gajeel gave her a weird look.
"What picture?" She grinned.
"A certain picture." Juvia and Gajeel looked at one another before shrugging.
"Anyway bookworm, I gotta go to my Dad. See you later." Gajeel started walking and Juvia followed on. She turned around to Levy with a sad look.
"Juvia is sorry Levy...For everything..." Juvia knew that Levy knew what she was talking about. She was sorry for forgetting her and sorry for taking Gajeel away from her, but still she managed to smile a little bit.
"We can talk later!"
~x~
Gajeel threw open the door to the throne room and Juvia almost jumped out of her skin. "Gajeel!" Gajeel groaned at the sound of her voice. The way she said it made him agitated yet again, but to Juvia it sounded like he was annoyed with her. She huffed at him before they walked into the room where there was a black haired man and woman. They both sighed when they saw their son and they saw a different blue haired woman with him.
"Mum, Dad, good to see ya! The wedding went well and I got myself a fiance. Meet Juvia." His parents looked at one another before walking forward and Gajeel's mother sighed.
"Gajeel honey, you can't just pick a random woman off of the street, no matter how beautiful she may be. What if this isn't what she wants?" Gajeel rolled his eyes and Juvia nudged him.
"Be kind Gajeel."
The woman smiled. "What's your full name honey? You might do him some good!"
"Juvia's full name is Juvia Lockser."
The Queen and the King shared another look before Gajeel's mother stepped towards her with a huge smile on her face. "Juvia! Of course!" Juvia then found herself in a hug and she had never felt more loved before. Her mother hadn't hugged her in maybe over ten years. "So this is what it feels like to be in a motherly hug."
The King then spoke up. "How's your father, Juvia?" Juvia pulled out of the hug before frowning at the man in front of her.
"Erm, Juvia's father is dead and has been for the past seven years..." She watched as his eyes widened and he looked thoughtful, as though he knew her father and that they were good friends.
"Your father is dead? But...How?"
"He died of pneumonia. Juvia is sorry, but do you know of Juvia's father, your highness?" He waved his hand.
"No need for formalities, and of course I do! He was my chief advisor and my best friend! I knew that he moved to Fiore because his wife wanted to be closer to her parents but we lost contact over the time. I never knew he was dead."
It was like there was something within Juvia's memory that was triggered. She always had random flashbacks of playing with three other children her age, but because she was so young, she couldn't remember it well enough. Now she knew that this was her childhood place! The two black haired boys and Levy were her friends back when she used to live here. There was also a red haired girl who was friends with her brother.
"Anyway, you guys can go now, we'll see you at dinner." Gajeel led Juvia out as she was still deep in her memories. There was a boy...One who was never nice to her but he was always the first defend her if Jellal wasn't there. "No way! Metal head!"
Without even turning around to her or hesitating, Gajeel immediately replied with, "Shut your fucking trap water girl." Juvia gasped and Gajeel stopped to look at her in surprise. They both stared at each other wondering how they knew each other's nicknames.
"Well whaddya know? You're watergirl." Juvia blushed heavily in partial anger.
"Juvia's not so surprised that metal head turned out this way anyway. Gajeel was always rude when he was younger." He grinned at her wickedly before slinging an arm around her shoulders.
"I'll take that as a compliment! You have shitty memory, for a girl."
Juvia grabbed ahold of Gajeel's hand and took it off of her before the same arm wound it's way around her waist. She knew that she should have gotten used to these touches by now, but she hadn't yet and it was really annoying her. This was her childhood friend/bully! She really didn't hold a grudge to him seeing as she got back at him in ways people would have never thought the shy girl would have been able to get back at him, but it was weird to suddenly get married to your childhood friend that forgot you and you forgot him too.
"I don't really see the point in us having different room, so we'll be sharing mine, it's big enough." Juvia remembered his room slightly, and it was very big. She saw the familiar hallway that led down to where her family had spent their time. It wasn't that they hadn't had their own house, but Juvia's father was the Chief advisor, basically second in command to the King, so it was mandatory for him and his family to live there.
"Juvia wants to see her old room." She slipped out of his hold, feeling quite grateful for that as she headed down the hallway. Gajeel watched as she gracefully moved down the hallway as though she lived there, which she did at one point and will very much be doing again too.
She passed her parent's old room and Jellal's room before she stopped in front of hers. She opened the door to find that most of her childhood toys were still there. The same white bed framed bed was in the corner underneath the window. Her mother had always wanted for her to move her bed because it was never safe, but Juvia had quite a temper if things didn't go her way back when she was a child.
A picture caught her eye. She didn't remember that...When she walked up to it, she saw in her handwriting, Metal head marrying watergirl. It truly was a kiddy picture of her getting married to the man that was standing behind her. She blushed at the picture before crumpling it up and she turned to see Gajeel smirking at her.
"What was that?"
"Nothing."
"I beg to differ that it was nothing."
"Since when did Gajeel beg?"
"I don't. Let me see that." Juvia saw his hand swoop in and her reflexes quickly kicked in. She moved it up above her head and when he stumbled, she quickly stuffed it in her bra with a smirk.
"Now Gajeel will never be able to get that." He smirked back, equally as evil and Juvia found that her confidence was being drained away. Gajeel had the ability to do that and it angered her to no end.
"You think that will stop me?" She saw his hand edging to her chest area and she squealed before punching him.
"Pervert!"
"Not when I'm your fiance!" She quickly ran around him and down the hallway until she ran into Levy.
"Levy-chan! Let's go to your room quickly!" Before Levy could answer, Juvia grabbed her hand to run away from the burly black haired man. Surprisingly enough, Juvia remembered her way to Levy's room, much to both of the girl's surprises.
Just as they both got in there, Juvia slammed the door in Gajeel's face and locked the door quickly. "I'll get you later watergirl!" Juvia rolled her eyes as her heart was racing so fast, and it wasn't just from the running. As soon as both her and Levy had caught their breaths, she sighed.
"Levy-chan...Juvia is sorry for forgetting you! You were Juvia's first ever friend and she forgot you!" Levy laughed and shook her head.
"It's fine. I mean, I've been stuck here the whole time with just Rogue and Gajeel so it's boring being the only girl. So how have you been? How's Jellal and your mum?"
Juvia's face went twisted as she it darkened. Levy knew that Juvia wasn't going to say something nice at all. "Well Jellal-nii has left home now. Juvia thinks he finally got married to Erza-san. Juvia also has a 13 year old sister called Wendy...Juvia's mother hates her." Levy scowled.
"No she doesn't! Your mother loves you! She doted you so much that you could have been called a spoilt brat! I bet it was an argument." Juvia shook her head and smiled.
"No. Let Juvia explain. Juvia's father died 7 years ago because of pneumonia. Since then, Juvia's mother has hated her. She locks Juvia in the cellar, Juvia hasn't had a warm shower in 7 years and she treats Juvia like a slave."
Juvia kept on talking about her experience and also her friend's experience. Levy wiped the tears that spilled from her eyes. "That's...so shocking! How could she do this to you?!" Juvia shrugged her shoulders. All she knew was that she would never treat her children like that. Her face went aflame as she realised she would have to have children with Gajeel.
"Anyway...Juvia can tell that Levy-chan has a crush on Gajeel and Juvia is so sorry! Juvia never meant to come in ruin this!" Levy shook her head and grabbed Juvia's hands.
"Juvia! You haven't ruined anything! Both of you used to love each other a lot back then, even if it was childish crushes! You should have seen how upset Gajeel was when you left, he wouldn't talk to anyone for ages! Then when his mum asked him why he was sad, he said that you were supposed to be his bride!"
Juvia gasped as she heard this. That was so...cute! Gajeel really thought of her that way, even when they were kids. She couldn't deny it either, that he was probably her crush interest at the time, but they were young, they most probably didn't know what love really was. But for it to now become true after not seeing each other for over ten years...Wow...
"I guess it was because of what you said that I fell in love with him." Juvia tilted her head in slight confusion and it made Levy elaborate. "Your last words to me before you left were, 'look after metal head for me. Make sure he doesn't get into any trouble and make sure he doesn't bully you. Stand up for yourself, but be his best friend in my place.' That was what you said to me. Thank you for that confidence boost too, because I was able to stand up for myself above other people too."
They both hugged each other before a bell sounded. "Oh, dinner time!" Juvia followed her.
"Well, Levy-chan should know that Rogue-san has his eyes on you." She started giggling when her friend paused in shock.
"Ju-chan! That's not funny." The shorter woman huffed as she walked in step with her friend. They walked down the grand stairs of the palace and it took them a long time before they got to the dining room. Levy sat down with her family and Juvia had to go and sit her with her new family.
Gajeel smiled evilly at her and patted the seat next to her. She cursed as she still had the drawing in her bra. She looked around and found a bin. She knew this would be embarrassing, but she didn't want paper crumpling around in her bra. She turned her back to everyone before quickly getting the paper and stuffing it in the bin. She turned around and made her way to Gajeel who was smirking the whole time. She rolled her eyes and sat down next to him.
The meal came in front of them and Juvia had never seen anything so nice in her life! She made sure she wasn't drooling over it and she watched as everyone tucked in. Then there was some champagne going around and the King stood up, clanging his glass in process. "I would like to perform a toast! To my son, Gajeel for finally finding a woman and settling down! And to Juvia, for being able to handle his antics."
Everyone raised their glasses, smiling at the couple while Juvia was blushing at all the attention and Gajeel couldn't care less about it all. They all took sips of their drinks before quiet chatter started. Juvia didn't know why she randomly had this thought, but she did. "Gajeel, what is Juvia going to wear? She has no clothes!"
"Well that's your problem then isn't it? I guess you still have some clothes left here form when we were kids...Kidding! You have a wardrobe in my room, geeze!" Juvia gave him a strange look.
"Why does metal head have a wardrobe full of women's clothes in his room? How do you know it's the right size for Juvia?" He sighed and gave her an up and down look which made her squirm before he smirked again.
"Trust me, I know. Besides I bought you that dress didn't I?" Juvia bit her lip and nodded, trusting his words. She couldn't believe that she was already going to have to spend her time in the same bed as him!
"Juvia doesn't feel comfortable sharing a bed with Gajeel tonight...Juvia will just sleep in her old room." It was like Gajeel barely cared about what she did because he kept on shrugging her off as he ate. She huffed and ate her own food, not knowing what was going on in Gajeel's head. He had wanted her to be with him. When he bumped into her at the market, it was like he had found what he had been missing all these years. His dad was always stressing him that he had to let his childhood crush go and that she would have probably been married by now-something that he had to do himself-but something spoke to him when he bumped into her.
Only to have Levy confirm his thoughts when they got here. He had known that she had reminded him of someone! He was embarrassed by the photo that Levy was talking about. He had drawn a picture of him getting married to Juvia. He knew that boys didn't do that sort of thing, but he wanted to show it to Juvia at the time. Instead, he had to go and visit his cousin Laxus and Sting in another country and Juvia had left by the time he got back.
He may have acted like he didn't care that she wasn't sharing his bed, but he damn well did.
~x~
Juvia was staring at herself in the full length mirror in Gajeel's bathroom as she bit her lip. She was wearing a nightgown that was mid-thigh length and it was so silky and soft. She knew that Gajeel was just on the other side of the wall, whether he was asleep was a whole different story. She slipped on some slippers and she knew that she would have to grab some clothes from the wardrobe to take to her room so that this wouldn't have to be a daily occurrence.
She counted to three in her head before she opened the door and walked out. She looked over to Gajeel and noticed that he was snoring lightly. She laughed. Some things don't change. Usually, within ten minutes, Gajeel was already asleep and it would take him forever to wake up in the mornings too. She couldn't help but walk up to see his bed and watch him sleep.
His tanned face was angelic as it could be while covered with many piercings. His mouth was opened just slightly and Juvia was impressed that there was no drool. His arm was around his pillow and Juvia could immediately tell that he was sleeping topless. She had to take deep breaths in order to calm herself when she thought of how his chest would look. Her finger reached out, and as though she were a ghost, she outlined his biceps so lightly. She smiled when she saw a slight smile appear on his lips. Then she came back down to earth and remembered what the hell she was doing.
She removed her finger from his skin before walking away. She then stopped and looked at him. His hair was now limp and shaggy as it was sprawled all over his pillow. She walked back over to him and laid a peck on his cheek before making her way out with a smile on her lips. "Goodnight, metal head."
As soon as she left, she never got to hear when Gajeel replied in his sleep. "Night watergirl."
Rogue and Levy were talking with one another over breakfast. Levy hadn't realised how sweet and funny Rogue was. She wouldn't use him as a way to get over Gajeel, but she can definitely see that within due time, she will definitely fall head over heels for him.
"I knew that Gajeel was lazy, but Juvia too? Maybe they got off or something..." Levy shook her head as she set her orange juice down on the table.
"Nah, Juvia went to her old room to go and sleep. I guess she didn't feel comfortable with sleeping in the same bed as Gajeel." After a moment of silence, the duo both burst out laughing. As soon as they calmed down, they saw Juvia walk in with all her morning glory, messy hair, glazed eyes and droopy expression.
"I hate mornings."
Levy and Rogue looked at one another in surprise before looking at Juvia. "Ju-chan? Are you okay? You just said the word 'I'." Juvia huffed and turned around to glare at her friend.
"I'm just fine!" She sat down and grabbed some breakfast off of the huge tray that was situated in the middle of the table. Rogue sighed.
"Great, another person who's grouchy in the mornings."
"What was that?"
"Nothing."
Gajeel then strolled right in with only a pair of white trousers and his hair was everywhere along with Juvia's. "I fucking hate mornings." The two who were already perfectly awake wanted to laugh, but they knew that they would get roasted. If only they could tell them it was actually noon right now.
"Juvia, you look like shit." His fiance glared up at him.
"Look who's talking. Gajeel is a mess."
They both growled at each other and Levy and Rogue decided to move further down the table.
"Gajeel, don't even talk to me, I don't want to be more angrier than I already am this morning." Gajeel rolled his eyes saying something about women PMSing and that made Juvia kick him under the table. He kicked her back and then it was a kicking fight under the table. Gajeel's last kick was with so much power that Juvia fell back off of her chair.
She landed with a thud on the ground and after some hesitation, Gajeel burst out laughing. "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! SHE FUCKING DROPPED!" Levy felt sorry for her friend as she picked her up from the floor. Juvia rubbed her head and her back. She seemed to have snapped out of her morning phaze. The fall was so painful!
"I think I'll just finish breakfast in my room now..." She took her plate and a small tray with her and left her head hanging down low. She didn't even look at Gajeel as she left. He was still laughing a little bit until he realised that Juvia was being serious and he stopped.
"WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU?! YOU JUST LET HER FALL AND YOU LAUGH, NOT EVEN CHECKING IF SHE'S OKAY!"
Gajeel stared into the angry face of his midget friend. He had never seen her get this angry before! But he knew she was right. It was as though when he watched Juvia hit the floor with a thud, his stomach dropped as though he was on the wildest right in an amusement park. He was about to get up and go talk to her when Rogue shook his head.
"I think it would be wise if you go and see her now." Levy nodded in agreement and Gajeel sighed before stuffing his face with the remains of his breakfast and left the dining room the way he came. He wasn't going to listen to what they say to him. He had to at least say sorry before he forgot.
He walked up to her room and knocked on her door. "Levy-chan, please just go away." Gajeel smirked. She said Levy-chan, not Gajeel or metal head. It was safe for him to go in. She sighed when she heard the door open and when she saw who it was, she grabbed up the closest thing to her, which was her hairbrush.
"Juvia definitely doesn't want to see you! GET OUT!" She threw it at him, expertly aiming for his head, but missed due to Gajeel moving in time. He noticed the hot and angry tears that was spilling down her face. He had seen her cry that one time back in Fiore, but he never thought that he would see her cry again, talk less of him being the cause of it.
"Wipe your tears rain woman!" Juvia did just that, but the anger was still evident in her eyes. "Now, I'm going to come and hug you okay? Don't hit me or bitch slap me okay?" Juvia nodded her head and when Gajeel's arms wrapped themselves around her, she leaned into his chest. She sighed deeply, her anger diminishing slowly as she actually enjoyed being in his arms. Gajeel on the other hand was more than happy to stay in this position. It was better when the both of them didn't speak.
"That fall really hurt Juvia." Gajeel didn't say anything, not really actually knowing what to say about that. He knew it hurt. The way her head slammed the floor was shocking to watch and he would have killed himself if something bad happened to her. His hand dug around her hair to find any lumps, but luckily, there were none.
"What is Gajeel doing?"
"Checking your head for bumps." Juvia blushed, seeing his sweet side once again. She liked this side of him, because it did show that maybe he actually really and truly loved her, the same way that she was now falling for him. But he was fun when he showed his bad side. Juvia loved all sides to him because they made him Gajeel. Then suddenly, Gajeel got up and left her there and because she was leaning on him, she fell onto her bed where he sat.
She heard Gajeel laugh and she looked up to glare at him. "I'm going to take a shower and you should get ready too, we're going out for the day." He left her room and she didn't know why, but her heart rate had increased considerably and her blood had flowed right to her face. She never thought that she would fall in love with someone that she was crushing on when she was a child and they hadn't seen each other in ten years. She knew that she had to marry him because his parents were basically making him get married, but did he love her the same way she loved him?
Surprisingly, she really hoped that he did.
Soooo, how was it? I don't know why I thought it would be funny to try and make them forget each other, but that's the way it planned out to be written, and I don't regret it lol! I'm pretty happy with that. This is one of the few stories of my own that I can read without cringing. I actually like this story of mine, unlike a good majority that I've written lol.
I think that on my tumblr, I'm going to be doing a few sneak peaks of stories, or outline rough ideas of what I have. This is not then an invitation for people to come and try to steal my story ideas and pass it off as their own. I had that problem with someone who wants to write a version of my story USING my OCs and the whole concept, but in a different way. Well sorry pal, but that's my trilogy.
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