The weeks are really starting to fly by. As I look at my calendar again to cross off the days, I notice that we only have a month left. A MONTH! I lie back down onto my bed and think about all of the things that have happened ever since we've been on tour. The girls and I got to experience our first major tour as main support, we got to meet 'All Fired Up' and DATE THEM! We got to experience going into the studio for the first time and recorded our first properly produced album that will be released soon hopefully, we got to go to an official movie premier and above all..
"Luce!" I hear someone shout bringing me out of my thoughts. I look up and see Natsu at the edge of the room. I smile as he comes in and gives me a swift kiss while sitting aside me on the bed.
"Hey to you too. What's up?" I ask
"The guys decided to go to dinner tonight. Apparently there is this new restaurant where the head chef is a friend of Gii-chan so he promised that we would go to help with the promotion since the magazine shoot went so well last week." Went so well? The magazine sells sky-rocketed off the shelves! So much so that the newsagents didn't have time to put the magazine on the shelf to restock it before it was all bought again. I had no idea that the magazine would sell so well. Who knew two bands hooking up with each other was such big news?
I smile. "Sounds great. When and where do we meet?" I ask looking at my watch. It's 4 pm currently and we are on our way to another venue to play a gig tomorrow.
"Great I'll go tell the others. Be ready by 7 pm and a few cars will take us there." Natsu explained. I looked at him in surprise. Recently his motion sickness has not seemed to have affected him so badly.
"Are you okay Natsu? For the last few weeks, you have sounded more confident talking about transportation. Are you cured or something?" It has been something that has been bugging me for a while but I didn't want to say anything about it.
He shakes his head and grins. "Gii-chan found this new injection that seems to work better than the patches which I do still wear from time to time." He lifts up his arm to show me two patches as well as two small motion sickness sweatbands with little balls on them that go on pressure points. "It's called Troia and some young doctor prodigy called Wendy Marvell invented it. It's brilliant! Gajeel suffers from motion sickness too and we both take the shot every day that we travel. I've only been using it for a week and I now feel better already on transportation. I don't even feel sick thinking about it!" He grins.
I cock my head to the side in confusion "How come I didn't know about Gajeel having motion sickness before?"
Natsu laughs "He is less obvious than I am in showing it. Believe me, without any medical help both of us would be on our asses and throwing up everywhere."
I wince at the thought. "Well, I'm glad that there is a temporary cure out there for you anyway" I kiss him again and we both know that the subject is done.
"Anyway. I'm going to go get ready so go tell the others that I will see them at 7."
Natsu pouts "But Luce!"
"No buts! Go downstairs. I want some privacy."
"Fine" Natsu moans and goes downstairs. I immediately jump up and look into my wardrobe for clothes to wear.
At 8 pm we arrive at the restaurant to the familiar sight of people outside screaming our names and photographers everywhere. Once we manage to get inside, we realise that we are the only ones here. We must be here early or something. There is a large rounded table for us to sit at so I find my chair and sit down next to Natsu and Levy.
We are greeted by waitresses who fill up our water glasses before taking our drinks orders. They came back with multiple glasses of wine, beers and champagne and it's not long before we are toasting to a brilliant tour so far. Mira-Jane and Makarov decide to stand up and raise their glasses in the air.
"One more toast brats!" Makarov shouts. We instinctively raise our glasses. "I know that there have been many mishaps that have happened throughout this tour but Mira-Jane and I discussed this and we have decided to give you all the night off since you all deserve it and we will go elsewhere for the night. Enjoy yourselves brats and be ready to leave by 11 pm. There will be two black cars waiting for you."
Before we know it, they both leave us hanging with Mira-Jane shouting behind her at us "Don't do anything I wouldn't do!" making us all roll our eyes.
The dinner was a superb idea! We all had let our hair down and were enjoying a rare night off with booze flowing freely thanks to the head barman and the food was amazing! The head chef here is going to have a great career here if the food is like this all of the time!
An hour or two later we are really tipsy. After a mass eating contest between Gray, Gajeel and Natsu which Natsu won, there was a drinking contest. We were all in high spirits but I seemed to notice Jellal sitting rather sullenly at his seat. I could tell that there was something upsetting him but I could't work our what. I know that Jellal is not one to get drunk and be involved with eating contest. He is normally a stand and watch kind of guy instead of joining in but this was not like him at all and I was starting to worry. Erza was the same. She kept asking him if he was okay and would nod and smile at her reassuring her he as fine but I could tell that she didn't buy it. I normally don't call someone out on it but because of the amount of alcohol currently flowing through my system I decide to take action.
"What's wrong Jellal? You seem a little bummed" I ask causing everyone to stop their conversations to focus on mine with Jellal.
He looks up from his gaze on his beer glass and smiles at me the same smile he has given Erza all night. "I'm fine"
"No you're not. Cheer up you miserable bugger" Gray jokes next to him nudging him in the arm with his elbow.
"Yeah, what's wrong with you Jellal?" Natsu pipes in. Jellal looks back to his beer glass and makes a deep sigh.
"Just been thinking" Jellal eventually answers
"What about?" Erza asks.
Again Jellal sighs "Well… just about how we only have a month left and it's has been amazing. I'm seriously going to miss you girls after tour and I think it's great that all of you are in relationships. You all really suit each other." We all smile in response. "But then I look at myself and realise that I have a thing not in common with the rest of you." We look at him in confusion "You all had the guts to go and get the girl that you love and I haven't done that yet because I've been too much of a pussy about it. So what I've been thinking about is this."
Everyone suddenly gasps as we see Jellal get off his seat and get on one knee next to Erza. Oh my God! Erza's eyes are wide and she clearly showing that like the rest of us, she is completely shocked by Jellal's words. I feel Natsu's hand grab mine and we intertwine our fingers and I snap my gaze to Natsu who is smiling and winking at me. Did he know about this all along? Jellal grabs Erza's hand and continues.
"Erza Scarlet. I have known you for over two months and from the moment I met you I was in awe of you. You are the most amazing woman I have ever met and I am so happy that I have you in my life. I know that for the past two months, we have been dancing this dance saying that we are just friends and nothing more, but I want everyone to know the truth. I love you Erza Scarlet and I will be damned that I didn't take my chance while I had it, otherwise I will regret it for the rest of my life, and ask you….will you go out with me?"
I watch in the background as Erza starts to cry silent tears. She just lets them roll down her shocked face as she processed what Jellal has just declared. We all know that they like each other but they were both too blind to see it. This was truly one of the most romantic moments I have ever witnessed in my life!
"Yes" We hear her whisper after many minutes of silence and to our surprise she grabs his head in her hands and kisses him! We all whoop and cheer as they share their first kiss together.
At this moment I realise that this was it! This was the moment that everyone had been waiting for and it finally happened! All of our relationships are complete and Jellal and Erza no longer need to hide their feelings from each other. I look at Natsu again knowing I had to ask what was plaguing my mind.
"You knew didn't you?" I ask.
Natsu nods. "All of us guys knew. Jellal asked Gii-chan for somewhere quiet with everyone around so he could ask her properly. He knew that she would love to be around her friends when he asked her."
I look at him shocked "Why didn't you tell me?" Deep down I was a little hurt that he didn't tell me.
"Because Jellal swore us to secrecy. We weren't allowed to tell you just incase one of you decided to say something to her by accident. It wasn't for long anyway. We only knew about 2 days ago that he was planning this"
I smile "I bet the photoshoot helped a bit"
Natsu laughed "Definitely. Don't tell him I told you this but he has the picture of him and Erza under his pillow" I giggle back knowing that nobody could hear our conversation above the loud cheering and other conversations around us.
Gray lifts his glass up in the air and we all follow. "Well it's safe to say, AT LAST! Congratulations Erza and Jellal"
"To Erza and Jellal" We all cheer together and take a sip of our drinks.
Wow Chapter 28 already! This means that there are 3 more chapter left until the end of the first book! Don't worry the second book carries on straight after the last chapter of the first book, but it is a different adventure for all of them! I just wanted to split the book up otherwise you guys would be bored reading the same story!
Finally Jerza is here! I will always route for this couple! I think out of every couple in Fairy Tail, they are the ones who deserve it the most, especially with the deep history that they have together! I still can't believe that back when Jellal and Erza (SPOILER ALERT!) almost kiss each other after the 7 year split, Jellal pushes away from the almost kiss when in the manga (SPOILER ALERT FOR THOSE WHO HAVENT READ THE MANGA) they actually do! Such a beautiful moment!
Anyway I hope you like this little chapter! Btw those motion sickness wristbands with little balls on them do exist! I even use them and believe me they work! Not sure about the injection or the patches though. Just thought it would be funny to see Natsu covered in patches all of the time. Wendy got a mention aswell! :D
I don't own anything and all that jazz - I know that I don't put the disclaimer up every week but come on... if I was Hiro Mashima, I would not have time to be writing fan fiction! I would be using ALL of my time writing and drawing the amazingness that is Fairy Tail and putting the right couples together!