Hey Dark Gothic Lolita here!

So...I'm still alive! It's been CRAZY in the life of Lolita! Like dudes, I've been having exams left right and centre, I started a new part time job as well and I've just been a busy person in general! Plus, all the stories that I updated on last time got literally no views and reviews so I was wondering if people gave up on me? Kinda knocked my confidence a bit lol.

But I'm still here regardless of who is still reading or not. I have so many stories that have been piling up for like the past two years so I'm trying to polish them up as well while I still update these stories. This story in particular should be over in the next one or two chapters, so then I can release a new story as well!

But yeah, that's been my life! I apologize for any spelling and grammatical errors, I've been in a rush to get this out! I also don't own any of Fairy Tail's characters!

ENJOY!

Cinderella's best friend

Chapter six

Gajeel sighed as he stepped out of the shower. Dinner had been an extremely loud one with the Lockser's reunion with one another and Erza being more dominant than she had actually looked. Gajeel laughed when he thought back to what had happened and he removed his towel before placing on some boxer briefs to sleep in. Just as he was about to jump into the bed and sleep into a new day, he quickly had to hold the female that had launched herself into his arms. He grinned as he spun her around.

Then she kissed him. It was sweet and passionate as Gajeel's hold on her tightened. He had never really thought that Juvia would have this much courage to do this to him so early on in their relationship, but hey, he wasn't complaining at all. They dropped on the bed, not even pulling away as Gajeel hovered over her and kissed her jawline.

"Not that I'm complaining or anything, but what was that for?"

Juvia gave him her softest smile and he could feel his heart stop and freeze as he realised how beautiful she looked. She ran her hand slowly down his cheek and he closed his eyes, enjoying the feel of her hands against his skin. "Juvia just loves Gajeel-kun soooo much because of what he's done for her. He brought Jellal-nii back and brought Wendy-chan as well. Juvia thanks Gajeel-kun."

He couldn't help himself, he just wanted to kiss her again and do more to her. They were wrapped up in each other's arms. Juvia giggled as she found his huge arms around her and she couldn't help but feel so safe and secure. It was just her and him. There was no mother of hers to ruin this peace. Lucy's mother wasn't here to be horrible as well. Gray wasn't here to treat her like second best as well. She felt like she found somewhere she truly belonged. She was Gajeel's number one and he was her number one.

"I hate this."

Juvia frowned when his lips left hers and looked at him. She could feel something poking at her leg and when she looked down, her face turned to a nice shade of red. She caused that?! He pulled away from her and swore under his breath lightly and Juvia sat up while watching him. She had never really thought that she would cause a guy any arousal, so feeling Gajeel's up against her legs was so shocking.

"I hate that I just can't take you the way I want to. I'm respecting your wishes as well as my parents, but Kami knows I don't follow rules, so it's kind of hard." He looked at her fiercely, his red eyes falling upon hers with a stern look in his eyes. She gulped as she didn't know what she was supposed to do in this situation. Man she wanted to break her own rules too! But she was scared. She wasn't ready for that sort of huge step in their relationship. Plus, wouldn't it be a bit too fast? Yeah sure, they knew each other like 15 years ago, but there was still the 15 year gap from when they last saw each other as well as not knowing each other so well. She didn't want to rush things when they have literally their whole lifetime together.

"Juvia is sorry, is Gajeel-kun mad at her for wanting to wait?"

He closed his eyes and breathed in deep before shaking his head and looking at her once more. "No, it's not your fault and I ain't mad either, so don't you worry, alright? Deep down, I find it kinda cute that you wanna wait until after. Don't find a lot of women like that these days. Plus, I know that either way, you're mine. I guess I can wait." He shot her a smirk and it sent a lot of pleasurable shivers down her spine and she couldn't say she didn't like that feeling.

She then frowned when she thought of something. It wasn't one that would make her angry when he tells her the answer, but she will definitely have some competition. "Has Gajeel-kun, erm, you know, er..."

He barked out a laugh which made her pout when she realised that he knew what she was trying to say, but just couldn't. "Have I had sex before? Is that what you're trying to ask me? Well, if you really want to know the truth..." He leaned closer to her face and stared into her eyes deeply. Juvia found herself lost in those ruby red eyes.

"I'm a virgin too."

Juvia reeled back in shock and she honestly thought that Gajeel was just joking. There was no way a handsome Prince like him would still be a virgin! She thought that 'bad boys' like him would sleep with every girl he meets, start smoking when they're done and tell her to get the fuck out! He looks like the sort who would never let a girl sleep in the same bed as him. Sex yeah, stay until morning, no.

"What, you surprised or summin'?"

Juvia started spluttering and Gajeel watched her, one eyebrow raised as he watched her have a comical fit. He found her reaction quite amusing, rather than insulting.

"Y-yes! Juvia thought that Gajeel-kun would have had so many girls and Princesses waiting on him! Juvia would have been upset if Gajeel-kun wasn't a virgin, sure, but she would have never thought that he was still waiting for the right girl or something. Juvia wouldn't have been surprised if Gajeel wasn't a virgin!"

It didn't even seem to bother him as he just smirked at her before using his arms as a pillow when he rolled onto his back. A few seconds later, Juvia laid her hand on his bare chest and looked up at him, waiting for him to explain himself as to why him above all people was still seen as pure.

"It's easy being a virgin really. Most girls usually piss me off, so I don't bother with them really. It got so bad that I wasn't really turned on by any of them, so I thought I had some sort of issue. Then when I did date a girl, it was always because I was a Prince and they just wanted my status to show off to their friends. Or they found out how scary I was when I was taken on a blind date planned by my parents. Apparently, I take the whole bad boy act to another level."

He was about to say something else as well, but he never did and Juvia threw him a questioning gaze, wondering what he might have wanted to say. When he didn't say anything again, she prodded his abs making him flinch. "Well? Go ahead and finish then!"

"Nah, it's too sappy."

"Gajeel-kun is talking to Juvia here. She likes sappy. It's not like she's going to run her mouth to Rogue-san and Levy-chan in the morning. Sappy Gajeel is for Juvia only." She grinned up at him and she was waiting for him to crack. She knew that he would eventually anyway. She was his weakness.

He paused once more before sighing and turning off the light. They lay there in the dark and Juvia knew that Gajeel was going to crack soon and give in. "I kept on hoping that I would meet you again, even if I didn't remember what you would look like. You ended up being so beautiful," he said in a small voice. Juvia could feel her heart beating erratically when she heard that and she snuggled up closer to him, making him move his arm around her body. She smiled, her face glowing along with the warm feeling in her chest. When Gajeel was sappy, he did it well.

"Although Juvia didn't remember you when she first came face to face with Gajeel-kun, she knew that there was someone in the back of her mind, waiting for her. Thank you, Gajeel-kun." She planted a light kiss on his jaw which made him laugh his weird and crazy unique laugh. That in turn made Juvia laugh.

They both listened to each other's steady breathing before falling into a deep slumber.

~x~

Everyone was already having breakfast when the couple came down for their own. They all shook their heads at how late they slept in, but they didn't care. Juvia was just grinning up at Gajeel as he held her around her waist, showing that she was indeed his. Everyday they got closer and closer and even Gajeel had to admit it, he enjoyed falling in love! He was just glad that this was going to be his first and only wife.

"Good morning everyone!"

Wendy almost spluttered and everyone turned to look to see if the youngest at the table was okay. "Juvia-nee, you're not tired?!" She knew her sister better than anyone, probably even better than Jellal knew her and Juvia was not a morning person.

"Yes Wendy-chan. Juvia no longer has to get up early to do all the chores that mother makes her do. Juvia can sleep in till whenever she wants, provided that she doesn't have anything to do that day. It's okay, Juvia really does have a better life here. If Wendy-chan thinks that big ol' scary Gajeel-kun is torturing Juvia, then she's wrong."

They both giggled and Jellal wore a warm expression on his face when he saw his little sister's enjoying themselves. Erza squeezed his hand and he grinned at her also. He knew that it was wrong just to up and leave like that without saying anything to anyone, but he had met someone great along the way and for that, he was happy. At least his sisters didn't seem to hate him.

Juvia sat down next to Gajeel as they filled their plates with bacon, egg, sausages and whatever they could see on the table. "Juvia, how are the Fullbusters? I remember Lyon trying to get you to love him." He laughed and so did Wendy, but they were soon silenced when Juvia threw them both a heavy glare.

"That is something we don't talk about."

That grabbed Gajeel's attention as he looked up at his fiance. "Why, what did he do?" Juvia sighed as she knew that it would have come to this, but instead of replying, she threw him a glare, as though to remind him that she was being serious and that he should drop the subject. Gajeel just so happened to conveniently ignore that look before looking at Wendy for some answers.

"Lyon is the KING of sappy love and serenading, so he used to hire things like blimps to confess his love and pop out of nowhere with flowers, claiming that she was his wife. That kid's allowance was way too much." Juvia ran her hand over her face as everyone burst out laughing. She sipped on her orange juice and glared at her younger sister. She looked down to see Carla at her feet and she sighed before stroking the white cat who in turn nuzzled her hand.

"ANYWAY, from what Wendy-chan has told Juvia, he got married to Kagura. Juvia doesn't like the fact that he had a secret relationship behind Juvia's back but continued to annoy Juvia just so that people didn't know that he was actually seeing Kagura. How annoying." She huffed and Levy who was on her other side patted her arm and gave her a bright smile.

They heard a clap and they looked over at the redhead who had a glint in her eye. "I've just decided, let's have a girls day out! It will be fun! Shopping and what not, plus, I heard that the strawberry shortcake is to DIE for in this side of the country. I must get a slice!"

"Or twenty," mumbled Jellal while looking down at his food. He soon realised his mistake and looked up at his wife who was giving him a dangerous look. "I was talking about the amount that you will be sharing with me."

"I don't share my cake, Jellal."

"I know honey." The man sighed and Erza grinned before he kissed her forehead. Juvia noticed that Raios and Levy were talking quietly amongst themselves and Gajeel was then talking to Wendy. She smiled softly and leaned on his arm. It made Gajeel pause in what he was saying for a little bit before he carried on. He smiled down at the blue haired woman and held her tightly.

Juvia couldn't help but finally be apart of a real family. Hers had been broken up since seven years ago and she thought that she would never be the same again. Her father died, her brother left home, trying to make sure that he wouldn't grow up hating his sister, her mother treated her like shit, but only Wendy was the real sweetheart, but even then, she wasn't allowed to see her sister all the time. School was the only way for Juvia to get away from home, but ever since she had finished school, she was a full time servant in her own house.

Now here she was with her old best friend from fifteen years ago, her old crush, her brother was back with his wife and now she could see her sister freely. It was just a dream that finally came true and Juvia couldn't have asked for anything better.

"Come ON Juvia, stop making googly eyes at Gajeel and let's go! Go get your purse, put on a coat and I'll tell the carriage that we're going out for the day. You'll let me take her right, Gajeel?"

Juvia blushed as she was caught out staring at Gajeel. The said Prince just laughed and kissed Juvia.

"Go ahead, don't try anything on my fiancée though."

Juvia wanted to shoot herself as she stood up from the table as Erza just laughed. She followed then three other females as they all went to go and get their jackets and what not. Wendy was chatting happily and Juvia smiled down at her sister. As she went to get her purse, she turned to find Gajeel standing in the doorway. He leaned into it with his arms crossed.

"Girls day out yeah?"

"Hmm, looks like it. Gajeel will be a good boy without his precious Juvia, right?"

She stood in front of him and he grabbed a strand of her hair to start playing with it. "I dunno. I'm already a bad boy and with you, I just wanna do bad things with you."

Juvia laughed and tiptoed to give him a peck on his lips. "Then Gajeel-kun won't have that problem when Juvia isn't here. Juvia will see Gajeel-kun later." She went around his huge frame before finding Erza, Levy and Wendy waiting for her at the end of the corridor. She grinned at them before they headed out.

~x~

"So how did Erza-san meet Jellal-nii?"

That seemed to make the woman go up in flames. If her hair wasn't red already, then her face definitely was. "We met in university. We had mutual friends and we just seemed to come together as a bigger group. We met from there and I've been told by people that Jellal just seemed to have a soft spot for me. I basically had a crush on him ever since I laid my eyes on him. We just got together you know?"

She went silent as the three of them giggled at her face. She pulled a dress from the hanger and held it in front of her face so that we couldn't see her blushing anymore than she already was. She then fired a question at Levy.

"And what about you? Are you going to become Mrs Redfox as well by finding your soulmate in Raios?"

Levy bumped into a rack of dresses, almost sending it tumbling to the ground, had it not been for Juvia's quick reflexes and caught it. None of the store members even bothered to look up which made the four girls sigh in relief and Levy glared at Erza who shrugged innocently.

"Nothing is going on between us. We've just been friends for a really long time, same with Gajeel and Juvia."

Juvia interjected. "Um, well everyone saw Juvia and Gajeel's relationship coming. Remember when we were young and we all played kissy chase? Levy would always run after Raios before Juvia could even say 'go'." That made Levy turned as red as Ezra's hair as well. She had thought that Juvia would have forgotten that, but it's almost like coming back here reopened all their memories.

"So basically, we're waiting for Levy's love story to play out now, correct?"

Juvia nodded at Erza, a glint in her eyes. "Correct. After all, the chief bridesmaid has to be partnered up with the best man when you all walk in, right?" Erza snickered along with Juvia as the bookworm wanted to do nothing more than faint. She tried to ignore them as she was looking for a dress to buy. Juvia jumped onto her back almost knocking the two of them to the ground.

"Aww, Levy-chan, we're just joking!"

Levy sighed with a smile. "I know you both are, it's just sort of embarrassing to remember that. Anyway, you're heavy! Get off!" Juvia laughed as she jumped down.

"Say Wendy, have you ever played kissy chase?"

The youngest shook her head at the oldest. "No Erza-san, there was never really any boy that caught my attention or to even be friends with. Besides, mother never really wanted me to hang around with boys, she said that at that age, they're too messy and that they'll just ruin the nice things that she bought for me."

Erza nodded her head, keeping silent. She really wanted to go over to the next country and give that woman a piece of her mind. It seemed like she tore the family apart instead of trying to keep it together. She thought back to her husband and how cut off he was from everyone. All because of his mother. Juvia was shut out from the family, all because of their mother and Wendy was just too sheltered, all because of their mother. She was the root of all their problems.

"At least you still have a few years before you can think about boys. How old are you, 13?"

"Yes Erza-san."

"Please, we're basically sisters, drop the -san! Even you Levy, you can drop the -san as well, makes me feel old. Now, let's find that cake shop!" The three of them followed Erza as she was acting as though she knew what way to go. Levy and Juvia didn't say anything as they snickered. Wendy didn't get it until her sister whispered it into her ear and she ended up giggling as well. Erza soon caught on.

"What's so funny?"

"The bakery is that way."

Levy and Juvia both pointed over the little bridge in the opposite direction of where Erza was walking to. The older girl blushed before holding her head high and stalking past the three of them once more. "I knew that."

"Of course you did Erza-chan." Juvia snickered at Levy's little sly comment and Erza's blush deepened.

"Of course, while we're at it, I can always order a wedding cake in advance right? How about Raios and Levy, very catchy."

It was soon Levy's turn to turn a light shade of pink as she felt like punching Erza for saying such an embarrassing thing. The four of them finally fell into step and many people stared at them. Not because they knew about their status, but because they were beautiful women, except from Wendy who was still a young teenager, but she was cute.

They settled in the cafe and Juvia watched a man who was staring at her. He was with his friends, but he didn't really listen to them talk. He had blue hair much like her own, but he looked extremely cocky. Even if she wasn't with Gajeel, there was no way that she would have wanted to date him anyway. He was the type of man that she hated. At least when Gajeel was cocky, it was attractive in some way.

She ignored him for the rest of the time before looking back at her friends and discussing what cake they were going to be eating.

"Well I think it's obvious what I'm going to be getting. Strawberry cheesecake for me!"

"Juvia-nee, can I just get the pineapple and mango frozen lemonade?"

"Yeah sure. Juvia will get the red velvet cake with the pink icing and sprinkles!"

"Hmm, I think I might just get a belgian waffle with icecream then."

Just as Erza was about to stand up and go tell the front counter about their orders, the same blue haired man that had been watching Juvia came over to the table, halting the older woman to stay sitting down, wondering what the man wanted. He smirked at ran his hand through his hair.

"Hello ladies, how are we today?"

"We're just fine. In fact, I was about to order. Excuse me now."

Erza moved off of her chair and walked past him, looking over her shoulder occasionally at him. He shrugged before smirked down at Juvia who shrank in her seat. "I know this may seem extremely forward of me, but I couldn't help but notice you when you were walking in. My lady, you look ravishing."

Juvia didn't even blush. His words meant nothing to her. She felt no attraction whatsoever for this man and she was going to have to let him down in a nice way.

"That's nice. Erm, your name is?"

That question startled the man as though he hadn't been expecting it at all. Juvia raised an eyebrow at his weird reaction. What, was he some player that all girls should know or something?

"You don't know me?"

Levy took the reigns on this one. "She has just recently moved back to this country after leaving 15 years ago. This is Bora Titan. His father is a Count." Levy looked at her with wide eyes as though she was trying to tell her something. Juvia's eyes then almost popped out of her own head when she registered the name in her head. He was Bora?! Oh, yuck that's so gross! Gajeel was mean to her because they were best friends, but Bora bullied her every time he came over! She HATED him from the bottom of her heart!

"Oh, Bora huh?"

"Yes, Bora. So, what beautiful name do you have to match your beautiful self? You also look familiar though..."

"Oh, Juvia's name is Juvia."

They waited a few minutes to sink into his head and his face slowly fell when it finally clicked. There was nothing but horror now as his eyes widened. "J-J-Juvia?!"

"Hello Bora."

"B-b-but you're HOT! And you're BACK?! What the fuck man?! Damn, I guess this is what the old man meant when he said be nice to girls. Puberty definitely did you some good."

Juvia might have cracked and blushed, but she knew what he meant. He would only want to sleep with her and she had kept herself pure for this long, she wasn't about to have casual sex with someone like Bora, whether she was getting married or not.

"But yeah, seeing as you're back in town, how about I take you out then?"

"Juvia would LOVE to, but Juvia is taken."

"Bullshit, you just think I'm the same rude kid from all those years ago."

"Ding ding ding, we have a winner. Bora is probably worse than before."

"I see you still talk in third person though. Old habits die hard huh?"

Juvia threw him a dirty look. He had no right to say that to her at all. "Juvia could say the same about that ego talking."

"Oh come on, just one date?"

"What part of 'Juvia is taken' did Bora not seem to understand? Juvia isn't a single girl and she is going to get married soon. See?" She held out her left hand and his eyes almost fell out of his head when he saw the size of the diamonds. Being of high class, just by looking at something, it was like he had been innately programmed to see the value of it. This ring was out of his budget by far.

"Whoa, to get that sort of ring you must be getting married to Gajeel or something..."

"..."

"..."

"..."

"Shit."

Levy burst out laughing when she heard that monosyllabic word and Juvia threw him a glare before looking at Wendy. She knew that she was 13, but that didn't mean that people could swear in front of her sister. She never did, so other people should refrain from doing so as well. Her little sister was too cute to be tainted by such words.

"Yes, Juvia is getting married to Gajeel-kun."

"I should have known. Childhood sweethearts, how cute. Okay, so what about the redhead babe?"

"She's Juvia's sister in law."

"She married Jellal? Crazy shit man. Levy? Would you like to accompany this man to a fancy restaurant tonight then?"

"No."

"Ouch. Hey kid, when you're 18-"

He was cut off sharply when Juvia uppercutted his jaw, shocking everyone in the shop. She heard the baker mutter something like 'not her again' before everyone looked at the man on the floor. Wendy had the biggest blush on her face while Erza stood there confused with the tray in her hands. Juvia quickly decided to explain the situation.

"He was hitting on Juvia's little sister who is 13."

Everyone looked disgusted as there were mutters.

"How gross."

"He's like ten years older than her. Plus, she's not even 18!"

"Isn't he Count Titan's son? You know, the family of Prominence?"

"He was always a wild one. I thought Prince Gajeel was off the rails."

Juvia almost laughed at that comment. Gajeel is off the rails. He was crazy, but she loved him and there was no guy on this earth who she would ever come to love before Gajeel. Even Gray would have no place in her heart if he was to suddenly show up at the doorstep of the palace and asked for her hand in marriage.

"Anyway, Juvia wants her cake!"

When the girls had gotten in, they hadn't seen the guys. That would then mean that dinner might have to be later than usual because if the guys weren't there, then they would have to wait for them to eat.

"I'm going to have to leave you here girls. We should do this again some time!"

"Wait, were are you going?"

"I'm a General knightess. I am in charge of the military, so I must attend to the paperwork I brought with me."

Juvia and Wendy blinked at the bit of information, surprised. She waved at them before disappearing down the corridor. Even Levy was leaving them.

"I have to get going as well you guys. I'm an author so I have to continue with my book. Got a few ideas that have been bubbling in my head!"

Juvia's face fell when that reminded her of Lucy. Her friend had always wanted to be a writer. She had been educated thankfully, before her stepmother came into the picture so she was able to read and write in that sense.

"That reminds me of Lucy! Oh I mean Princess Lucy."

Levy nodded at Wendy, knowing who Lucy was. Maybe that was why Juvia's face fell. "Cheer up! Surprise her about the wedding, after all, she will be coming to that, won't she?" Juvia nodded. "Okay! Well, I'll see you guys tomorrow!"

"Juvia-nee, I made a friend! His name is Romeo and he promised me he will look after Carla for me while we were out for the day. He lives at the house near the stables. Can I go and see him?"

"So Wendy-chan is ditching her aneki huh? Oh well, go ahead, Juvia will watch some lacrima TV."

Wendy smiled and raced off before Juvia turned around to head down to the entertainment room. She had come across it not too long ago and she found it a good hangout. Of course Gajeel will have that sort of room in his house.

She saw the Queen and she bowed her head.

"Juvia darling, how are you?"

"Juvia is good! We ran into Bora today and he asked Juvia out on a date."

"That silly boy. He was always such a troublemaker wasn't he? Gajeel never liked him much. Don't tell him about meeting Bora today, he might go and roast him."

"But he didn't know about Juvia being engaged."

"You think Gajeel will care? You will give him the perfect reason to go and start a fight with him. Knowing Gajeel, he will make it public as well. Poor Bora will never be able to step out of the house again because everyone will know of how he got beaten up it. It will be put in all the papers as well as lacrimanet."

Juvia nodded with a sheepish look on her face. "You do have a point there actually. Do you know where he went?"

"The guys just went out. They didn't say anything at all. Even the King is gone as well. That reminds me, come with me. Because you're going to be apart of this family, it's time for you to pick out what jewels you would like to wear to the wedding. Seeing as we have the dress sorted out, it will just be shoes, hair and jewellery you'll need."

Juvia followed her, feeling excited about it. The Queen unlocked some golden gates and there they were, standing in the family jewels. Juvia stared in awe as she looked up and around the place. It was certainly big and full of riches that could pay a whole nation 30 times over. It was absolutely magnificent.

"What do you think Juvia?"

"What does Juvia think? That this place is amazing! Juvia can't pick from here, surely."

"I said the same thing to Gajeel's father. It's just so crazy, living like this. Don't worry, it took me a bit of time to get used to it too, only in your case, you've been around money for a good majority of your life. Well before your mother treated you like a slave."

Juvia looked up from a pure white diamond tiara that she was looking at with a confused face. "Didn't you live around money as well?"

The Queen laughed a little bit as she shook her head, taking a hold of the golden sceptre that was seen on extremely special occasions, like the royal wedding and the knighting or coronation of one. "No, I was the baker's daughter. You see that bakery that you enjoy so much? My family ran that and they still do, only now it's gone to the side of my cousin. That man who must have been rude to you and Gajeel is probably a new worker from outside of the country."

Juvia was shocked. That was so amazing! So the Queen herself wasn't one raised from a high social class! It's probably why they were so easy with Gajeel picking his own bride, regardless. They didn't have an arranged marriage and they didn't expect their sons to have one either.

Just as she was about to say something, a piece of jewellery caught her eye. She turned her head to look at it properly. It was a standard tiara, with all the diamonds, but it was the huge blue topaz gem that sat in the middle of it, surrounded by diamonds shaped like hearts.

"This one," she whispered.

"Oh that is gorgeous! Suits your hair and your eyes, very lovely indeed. I shall reserve this for your special day then!"

She both put it behind one of the cases along with the matching earrings before the Queen remembered something.

"Gajeel told me to tell you that there is a dress hanging in your room for when you go back and that you should try it on before he gets back so that he knows whether to return it or not."

Juvia nodded her head as the Queen locked the gates and they walked down the long corridor, nodding at the guards who Juvia had never seemed to notice. It was only now that she was seeing them in all honesty. It must have been because all the men were out of the palace and the women would have needed more protection.

"Well I better get going. There are some things Gajeel's father hasn't done and I need to do the paperwork myself. I'll see you tomorrow, have a good evening now." The Queen waved at her and Juvia grinned and waved back. The woman was so down to earth and she treated everyone like a real human, even though she was the Queen. It was so different from her own mother who treated her own daughter like trash.

She walked into the room and noticed the dress that the Queen was talking about. It looked extremely simple, but judging from the material, it was something that wasn't cheap. It was a navy blue skater dress with the top half in blue floral and the bottom was a rich navy velvet material. They seemed to compliment the blue heels that Juvia bought during the day on their shopping spree and she grinned.

She tried on the outfit and when she gazed in their mirror, she heard a knock at her door.

"Madam, Gajeel has requested that you come and see him immediately in the galleria gardens. If you don't know where that is yet, please follow me whenever you're decent."

It sounded pretty important, but Juvia had to change. At the same time, she didn't really want to take off the outfit. In the end, she just decided that she will go with what she's wearing and go to see him. She didn't even know that he was here!

"Juvia is coming out now and she will need your help sir."

She opened the door and the old butler smiled simply and she followed him in a comfortable silence. "Do you know what Gajeel is doing sir? Juvia didn't even know that he was here."

"Nope, he wouldn't say a word. All the men were doing something today actually, while you ladies all went off to go and have fun flittering your other halves' money."

Juvia laughed at his words and the way that he put it. "Regardless of how well we were brought up, most men didn't understand women's constant need to shop. It was something that we were made to not understand."

"Well then, Juvia can't wait to see what he...has...planned."

Her jaw dropped when she saw that there was a waterfall placed there in the back of the gardens. The butler smiled. "I'll leave you to it, Princess."

She would have told him that she's not yet a Princess, but the beautiful imagery just got to her. Under and behind the waterfall, there were blue lights and Gajeel was standing in front of it, casually wearing a suit with his hands in his pockets, looking so cool. She walked towards him and he grinned.

"Gajeel-kun, did this for Juvia?"

"Of course I did, only the best, for my best."

His hands found her hips and he pulled her slowly towards him. "You look sexy as always too. I knew I did a good job picking out that dress for you." He kissed her lips and she grinned at him.

"So what's next? Surely this isn't all you've got planned."

"Well I just wanted it to be us two having dinner tonight, but at the same time, I didn't exactly know where to take you, so I thought of the galleria gardens. You haven't been to this part before. Actually, I think we should go for a tour of the palace tomorrow."

Juvia looked up at him and his red eyes peered down at her and she blushed. "This is perfect, Gajeel-kun. Such a big softy."

"Mention this to anyone and the wedding is off."

"Suuuuure, but Juvia won't say a thing. Remember, this side of Gajeel-kun is for Juvia only. So what makes this the galleria gardens?"

"Human shaped hedges and stuff like that. My mum puts all her priceless statues here I guess. Like some sort of walking art museum."

"Okay then, let's go look around."

"What?! I'm starving!"

"Juvia doesn't care, let's go!"

He grumbled before grabbing about three rolls and shoving it into his piehole and Juvia rolled her eyes, a smile on her face. She looped her arm with his as they were walking around.

"Can't believe I chose a girl over food."

"Hmm, but Gajeel-kun loves Juvia."

They caught each other's eyes and Gajeel smirked. "Yeah."

So how was that? Am I going to get feedback this time around? Maybe not lol. But how did you take the news when Gajeel said he was a virgin?! I don't know why I thought that would be a funny thing to add in there.

Why has Juvia's crown got a topaz gem in it? Easy, that's my birthstone! Just thought I would throw that in there subtly.

But please, don't forget to rate or hate, flames or floods! I love reviews guys as I found out it boosts my confidence. But yeah, I hope it was good!

Lolita-chan