Elizabeth spent the entire day constantly waiting for time to freeze. She was worried about Erza. Hanging out with Jasper at recess was something Elizabeth looked forward to so she could tell him her worries.
"Hey Jasper." Elizabeth greeted.
"Oh! Hi Eliza!"
"Jasper, Fairy Tail."
"Okay, what happened now?"
"Ugh, I don't even know. I made it to the resort with everyone-"
"Oh, cool! Did you have fun?"
"Um, no. Everything happened so fast and the lights when out and Erza was gone and...guess who's back to say hello, by the way?"
Jasper sighed internally. Ever since finding out his friend's secret, he had become like a counselor to her. He didn't mind, though, at least she had someone to talk to. A horrible thought crossed Jasper's mind. Before she was able to talk to anyone about it, did she keep all her feelings about it bottled up inside herself? What about the Galuna Island arc? Or the filler Changeling episode? And...oH GOD THE PHANTOM WAR! Did she really keep the pain of a WAR hidden?
"I have no idea, but I bet you're going to tell me. All right, who came back?"
"I'll give you a hint." Elizabeth put on her best Juvia impression and said "Gray-sama! Love rival! Love rival! Gray-sama! Drip drip drop, Juvia is the rain woman! Juvia is obsessed with Gray-sama! Hikari is a love rival! Gray-sama, love rival, Gray-sama!"
"Seriously? Juvia's back?"
"At least she's on our side now..."
"Fairy Tail's side or Gray's side?"
"Not my side, that's for sure. She still thinks I'm a love rival for no reason!"
"Well, Gray did say-"
"Are you defending her?"
"No!" Jasper said quickly. "I mean, I was just trying to help you. You seem to find her pretty annoying, so..."
"Really, Jasper? You know as well as I do that she gets on everyone's nerves."
"She doesn't! I bet she doesn't annoy Gray that much!"
"Oh come on! You really think Gray likes her, too?"
"Who knows?"
"Well, he doesn't."
"How do you know?"
"Well...I don't."
"Well, then, there you go."