A/N: sorry, this was a tad late, I wrote this at 2:30 in the morning. So if there a several spelling mistakes, gomenasai.

Sheesh, I'm tired. But it's so worth it! Enjoy! That's for all the reviews, follows and favorites! Remember, keep at it! It makes me so happy when you do!

You can't choose the person you will love. You can't fall in love on purpose. You can't choose love. It chooses you.

Erza's POV

My eyes opened. Early morning sunlight was streaming in, landing on my face. I looked at my clock. 7:45. " Crap! " I exclaimed, shooting upright and a dumping a blue haired young man off my bed. I blinked in shock. What the? What's going on?

The young man groaned and opened his green eyes, hazy with fatigue, and stretched out his muscular limbs.

"J-J-Jellal?" I stuttered, my face turning red. I frantically patted my hair down and straightened my shirt. Oh my god, my inner school girl squealed. Jellal spent the night!

His eyes opened wide, realizing where he was. He sat up cautiously. His burning eyes locked onto my own, his face turning a lovely shade of red.

" E-E-Erza," he gasped. He looked around, his movements jerky. " Oh crap, oh god, oh my-"

"Jellal, " I said, before he could go into hysterics. He paused, looking at me with wide eyes. I almost had to laugh at the situation. Jellal and I, passing out in my room. It was quite hysterical, despite the fact that we were in deep if we were caught.

"We'll figure something out, " I said, putting on my council president attitude. The last thing he and I needed was to freak out-well, we could do it internally ( I know I was ). We needed to remain calm.

That is, until someone began to knock frantically at my door, calling out for me. My eyes widened. It was Lucy.

Jellal's head whipped around, his nostrils flaring and his eyes wide,full of panic. And of course, my alarms went off, and I frantically jumped out of bed. I grabbed Jellal's arm urgently, getting his attention. " In the closet!" I hissed, pulling him towards the small door. I flung it open. Inside tons of clothes were hanging or shoved inside the small space. I shoved Jellal in, his face full of confusion.

"Erza-"

"Hide!" I hissed. "And be quiet!"

I slammed the door and took a closer look at my face in the mirror, which was attached to the closet door. My face was bright red, and I hoped to god Lucy would think that it was from the heat.

I raced to the door, and threw it open. Lucy stood there, a wild look in her eyes,waving her phone around frantically. "Erza," she gasped. "What were you thinking?"

I blinked. "Excuse me?"

She fiddled with her phone for a second, then hurriedly showed her screen at me. I took the device and peered down at it, my eyes widening in disbelief.

It was a photo of me. And Jellal. Sleeping in the hall. My head was on Jellal's shoulder, his cheek resting on the top of my head. Jesus Christ, that was not good.

"Where the hell did you get this?" I asked,my voice deadly quiet. Lucy sighed. " Freaking Evergreen snuck into the hallway and found you two. She took a picture of you, and ran before a hall monitor caught her."

I snarled, and turned towards my desk, grabbing for the phone that I barely used. Damn Ever, I thought to myself. This girl was a pain in my freaking ass, ever since freshman year. Immediately, she saw me as a threat for most popular, prettiest, athletic, yada yada yada. Such bull. Like I care about those trivial things.

I snatched my phone and turned it on. I had a text from- yup, you guessed it- Evergreen. Clenching my teeth, I opened it.

CAUGHT IN THE ACT-NOT SO FLAWLESS NOW, EH, SCARLET? It read, showing the picture Lucy had just shown me.

I chucked my phone across the room. It landed perfectly on my bed.

"Is it true," Lucy said. "Are you cheating on Gray?"

"NO!" I half screamed. "Ever is just trying to make me look bad. Yes, Jellal and I fell asleep in the hallway. He was playing a couple songs for me, since I'm like his only friend. But that's it!" Well, there is the part where he's hiding in my closet, and how he spent the night, but I decided not to give Lucy that juicy, but otherwise, unnecessary piece of information. That'll probably make the situation a heck of a lot worse. Not that it wasn't already.

Lucy sighed. "You gotta find Gray,and clear everything up. He's probably pissed."

I sighed. "You're right," I murmured, heading to the closet. I froze, my heart pounding, hand on the door.

"Erza, what's wrong?" Lucy asked. " O-oh nothing, " I said lamely. If I could tell how badly I was lying, chances were, Lucy did too.

"Yeah, and you're probably pissed, " Lucy said, surprising me.

I looked hard at my closet door, willing my thoughts through the thick wooden barrier, to the poor guy behind it. Please, please, I begged silently. Jellal, please be hidden!

It's now or never. I said a quick prayer and flung the door open. Clothes, shoes, and no Jellal. I sighed in relief, pulling out an extra uniform. I silently thanked Jellal and closed the door quickly.

Lucy closed the door behind her. "I can't believe Ever. That nerve! Like you'd want to date anyone else but Gray!"

I flinched. Little did she know how false she was. I wanted Jellal. Badly.

I ripped off my old clothes, running to the dresser and pulling out a bra and panties. "Lucy," I said. " Can you run to your room and get me your mascara? I'm out!"

She nodded. "Sure, be right back!"

She turned and opened the door, slipping out into the hall. I quickly changed, pulling on my uniform. "Jellal, get out here!" I hissed, sitting on my bed and pulling on my thigh highs.

I heard a few thumps, a couple muffled curses, and then Jellal emerged, his hair ruffled, clothes disheveled, and a t-shirt hanging off his shoulder. He plucked it off of him and gently tossed it onto my bed.

"How good are you at climbing?" I asked, raising an eyebrow.

He blinked, realization dawning in his eyes as he realized my intent. "You're kidding, " he began. I shook my head, turning towards the window next to my bed. "You're lucky I have a fire escape outside," I warned, opening the glass panes. I gestured to him. "This is the best I can do. Unless you'd like to explain to Lucy what you're doing in my room."

" Who's Evergreen?" He asked, striding to my window. I sighed in exasperation. "She's a desperate girl who hates my guts. She took a picture of us sleeping last night and sent it to the entire school."

Jellal looked mortified. "Crap," he said, "What do we do?"

"Breathe, Jellal. I can handle this. You worry about getting out of here."

He looked at me uncertainly, but climbed out the window. Before he descended, he took one more look at me. "Thank you," he murmured.

I smiled and waved him on. He disappeared down the ladder, just as Lucy popped back in. "Here you go," she said, placing the container in my hand. "I had an extra one, so you can have it."

Quickly, with a long developed skill and a practiced hand, I put the mascara on. Finally ready, I turned to Lucy. "Let's go," I muttered.

I straightened my shoulders, grabbed my door handle, and stepped outside. Several other girls were wandering abiut, shooting glances at me and whispering. I glared at all of them evenly. "I truly hope that none of you believe this nonsense. Ever is being a coward, attacking me in this lowly manner. I will have a word with her. You can bet on it."

I slammed my door and walked briskly forward, brushing past girls frozen in fear, reverence, whatever, Lucy followed closely behind. I reached the stairs and too them two at a time, heading up to the boy's floors.

When I reached their designated living quarters, there was no one in the halls. Everyone else was pretty much off to class, only seniors today got to start at ten. Yay for seniors

I reached Gray's door and slammed furiously on it. I heard some rustling, and a "God damnit, I'm coming!"

The door opened, and Gray was revealed, wearing a pair of dark gray sweats. His cross shaped necklace gleamed on his bare, muscled chest. He eyes me catiously.

"Are you here about this?"He asked, reaching into his pocket and pulling out his phone, turning it on and showing me the photo. I glared. "Jellal was showing me a song he wrote. We fell asleep. We woke up, I went to bed, he left. That's all." I sighed. "I cant believe that Ever would stoop this low."

Gray sighed, and leaned against the door frame. He sighed. His eyes traveled to Lucy, who was standing awkwarld, some distance away. "Lucy," he said. She looked over at him. "Can you do me a favor and go get Natsu up? I need to talk to him, and you know what he's like on a sleep in day."

Lucy snorted. "No need to remind me. Please, the guy would sleep the day away if he could. I'll get him up," she said, trudging away.

Once she was gone, Gray turned his attention back to me. "Erza," he began gently. "I know I might've seemed a bit hard, I'm sorry. I just got jealous. I'm sorry."

I sighed. "I'm sorry too. I know it seems like Jellal and I have been way too close, but I swear, I'm only his friend. He's still getting used to the new setting. He lost, Gray, so lost. He had a terrible past, and that's what caused him to close up. I'm just trying to help."

Gray bit his lip. I stood there, awkwardly rubbing my arm. After a minute or two, Gray gave me a hesitant held his hands out to me. "Come here," he murmured. I blinked, and held out a hand to him. He took it gently and pulled me close, wrapping me in a warm hug. I breathed in his scent, smelling the familiar odor of his colone.

"Ok," he murmured against my hair.

I laid my head against his chest. After a minute just standing there, Gray finally broke the silence. "What are you going to do about Ever?" He asked.

I jerked away from him, anger returning to my eyes. "I almost forgot. Thank you for reminding me. Now if you'll excuse me, I have a very important matter to take care of," I snarled, heading back down the hall. "Just don't kill her. I don't think Elfman will be too happy with that," Gray called to my retreating back.

"Elfman can go shove it up his ass," I replied. "I don't care!" Elfman was Ever's boyfriend, a gigantic guy on the football team. Who cares? I'll just kick him in the place where it counts.

I raced down the steps, murder on my mind, looking for a particular senior with long, dirty blonde hair and glasses.

She was gonna pay for this.

Jellal's POV

I was able to catch up with Juvia today. She was in the school library, in study hall.

"Hi, Jellal!" She said happily. I smiled and sat down at the table she was at. A calculus textbook sat open in front of her, however she abandoned it immediately.

"Hi Juvia, how have you been? How's Wendy? I'm sorry I don't see you girls as much."

She chuckled. "Wendy is doing fine. She's made several friends, and caught the eye of a young boy, Romeo Conbolt. She's very happy."

"And you?" I pressed.

Juvia sighed dreamily and put her chin in her hands. "Oh, Juvia is wonderful. Juvia met this amazing, handsome, young man yesterday. He was so funny and intelligent. He was a gentleman too, walking Juvia to her room and even giving her a hug. Oh, he was so handsome."

"Who is this dream guy?" I asked, interested. It's not everyday your sister meets a decent guy.

"Gray Fullbuster," she smiled, then suddenly froze."Wait a second! What's this rumor about you and the class president? You're stealing Gray's girlfriend?"

I shook my head frantically. "No, nothing, I accidentally fell asleep. I swear, it was accidental. I was showing her my music, since she's only one who's accepted me here." The lie was so smooth, I almost believed it.

Except my heart was completely, irrevocably, fully, head over heels for this girl.

Just that, you know, she's with another guy. Typical love story.

A guy that got a little too close with my sister last night. I narrowed my eyes. Juvia cocked her head, her blue hair falling gently down her back. "Jellal, are you alright?" She asked, concern in her voice.

I smiled. "I'm sorry. It's nothing, Juvia. I just realized that I need to ask a teacher something. I'll see you later." She smiled. "Sure thing. Live you, big bro!" She called. I smiled at her.

I walked out of the library, into a hallway, heading for the common room. I needed to find Erza. I rounded the corner, and froze.

Gray was leaning against the wall, his school jacket slung over his shoulder. His white shirt showed off his bare collarbone, showing part of his necklace. His dark eyes, fierce and narrowed, burned into mine. He pushed off the wall and strode towards me. My heart fluttered, a bit nervous. From his body language, he was upset.

"Listen, Fernandes, I understand that you're still getting used to the new setting, but you steer clear of my girlfriend. Got it?" He hissed. He sounded threatening, but under the bravado, I could hear his reluctance and sense his hesitation. He didn't really mean it. I wondered why.

Suddenly I felt confident, confident enough to to stand up for myself. An image of Erza, with her steely eyes hard, her determined mouth set, her red hair flying about her.

"Oh yeah, Fullbuster? Then keep your hands off my sister!" I shot back.

He staggered back, like he'd been shot. "I-I," he began, his eyes wide.

"Listen, Gray, I'm sorry that Erza and I got too close," I said, trying to be cordial. "But I swear, I'm not trying to infringe on your relationship. Please, I-" I broke off suddenly, looking hard at Gray. He had slid against the wall, holding his head in his hand. "I-I can't," he murmured. "I can't do that."

I blinked. "Excuse me?" He paused and looked at me, his eyes pooling with anguish. "Jellal, I-"he gulped, his eyes scared, "I think I'm falling for your sister."

I felt my blood draining from my face. "W-what?" I spluttered. Was I hearing this correctly?

Gray sighed, seemingly almost relieved that the truth was out. "I try not thinking about it. I love Erza, but when I met your sister yesterday, something just clicked. I don't know how to explain it."

I had lost the ability to speak, still shocked at Gray's sudden confession. A third of me was saying, "whaaa..?" Another third was celebrating, and another third was still afraid to love out of fear. I was very torn up. Welcome to the wonderful life of Jellal Fernandes, everyone.

"Please, don't tell Erza!" Gray said. I shook my head. "That's something only you can say. Only you can talk to her about this." When the hell did I become this knowledgeable about love? I was the last one who should, with the smidgen am out of experience I had.

Gray looked over his shoulder. "Yeah, your right." He suddenly looked at me. "She loves you, you know that?"

"What?" I asked dumbly, my mind still processing everything. My heart began to pound.

"I hear it in her voice, when she talks about you. Her voice is full of passion and yearning. I see it in her eyes, the way they linger on you, and when they fill up with emotion when you're near. I see it in her body language, the way she tenses when you pass by, like she wants to chase after you. I know she loves you. It was inevitable, Erza and I are not meant to be. We may love eachother, but her love for you goes beyond anything. We were not meant to be. I think she was meant to be with you." His eyes glittered, sadness welling up. I could tell how hard it was to accept the fact that he and Erza were no longer working out.

He sighed. "I've been dreading this. We've had our ups and downs, which have just pushed us further and further apart. I tried to bury this, but the outcome would be the same. We can't fight Fate."

I was dumbfounded. Gray was giving me his permission? But it gave me hope. Hope for the future. My fear was slowly dissipating.

Gray smiled at me, and held out his hand. "I'm sorry about being so against you. You're a good guy, Jellal Fernandes. Thanks for opening my eyes."

I offered him my hand. "I didn't exactly do anything though, Gray." I murmured hesitant. He chuckled, and grasped my hand firmly. "You did a lot more than you realize. Thank you. Now I have to find Erza. We have to talk."

He released my hand. "See you around, Fernandes," he said.

I watched him disappear. My shoulders relaxed, and I felt my heart filling with happiness. My only thought was of Erza.

We had had a chance.

It's futile to fight back against love. No matter what you do, it's like fights against Fate itself. You can't choose who to love. Love chooses for you, and you can't fight it. There is no fighting the inevitable. Love is love, it knows no boundaries. Let it lead you, and it will always guide you in the right direction.

A/N: well, I hope you enjoyed it. And I'm possibly gonna change this to an m rating-try out my first lemon. Eep! What do you guys think? Yes, or no, leave it?