My first Fairy Tail story! I needed an outlet for my Jerza obsession because well, let's be honest it's quality not quantity with those two meaning it'll be awhile for another moment. This story is rated T but if it does well I'll add a chapter that's M because I have one planned hehehe. Hope you guys enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy Tail because if I did Jellal and Erza would have 33 babies by now...

Chapter 1

"It was another normal day at the guild, and in Fairy Tail, normal meant pure chaos. Natsu and Gray were obviously fighting, Gray sans clothing. Juvia admired Gray off to the side, Cana was three sheets to the wind, and Lucy just watched it all trying not to get involved with the madness, per usual.

It had seemed today as if there was something missing though, A certain miss Erza Scarlet breaking up the fight in the most brutal way possible.

Today was different. Lucy noticed Erza sitting by herself staring off with a glass of wine, something she wouldn't normally be doing in the middle of the day while all Hell broke loose around her. No, this wasn't like Erza at all, and Lucy was unsettled.

Erza had a lot on her mind, well make that one thing in particular, Jellal.

She thought back to not that long ago where she and her comrades were riding in the carriage. She remembered confronting Gray about his sudden strange behavior that day.

"Gray, What happened back there? you looked like you saw a ghost." She questioned, concerned about her guildmate.

"Not exactly, but close. It was Ultear, I think she sacrificed herself, that's how we..I'm alive." Gray spoke softly.

"Are you sure about this, how do you know?!" The scarlet mage questioned.

"It's hard to explain, you just gotta trust me on this one Erza." He looked off in the distance with a certain pain in his eyes. She simply nodded and placed her arm around him.

So if Ultear's gone, that means Meredy and Jellal are on their own now, she thought, suddenly saddened.

"Jellal." She said under her breath as she tightened the grip on the stem of her glass. She knew he had been in good hands but that didn't mean she didn't worry about him still, and now with Ultear gone, her concern grew. She wondered how he was going to continue not only surviving on his own, but also being the only guardian of Meredy.

She felt deep in her heart he would be ok, but it was just like Erza to worry over the ones she loved. He'll be fine, she tried convicing herself, and with that she tapped on the counter in an agitated manner and tossed back the rest of her wine as she suddenly came back into reality.

"ENOUGH ALREADY" Erza scolded. The whole guild went silent and looked at the woman with fear.

"Hey Erza! Glad to see you aint mopin' anymore!" Natsu remarked.

Idiot, Lucy thought as Erza responded in the only way she knew, with her fist.

"HEY WHAT WAS THAT FOR!" The dragonslayer was fuming now, ready to take on Titania.

Lucy laughed from a far. Well, looks like Erza's back to normal, The celestial mage thought as she sighed with relief. She figured she could finally relax as everything was back to normal, but then she heard a cheerful voice speak.

"You know Lucy, I bet I know what Erza is upset about." Lucy looked up to see Mira smiling down at her from behind the guild bar.

"Yeah, I think I know too...it's Jellal, isn't it?" Lucy replied. Mira just smiled and nodded back.

"Well, then why don't we get the two of them together! You know, like get them to go on a date!" Mira suggested with the happiest of expressions only Mira had when she was plotting to bring two people together.

"WHAT?! You can't just casually suggest we put them together on a date, you do remember he's a runaway convict right?! We can't just bring him to Magnolia, everyone would notice him!" Lucy knew Mira had the best intentions but this was just crazy.

"Well what if it wasn't in Magnolia!" Mira said. Lucy just looked at her confused, but willing to hear more.

"Well, there's a small seaport a little ways from Magnolia! Not many people know of it because it's residents are mainly retirees and honeymooners, but it's where I do most of my photo shoots for Sorcerer Weekly. I'm there a lot so I always have free passes to stay at this cute little inn right in town!"

"And you think no one would recognize Jellal there?" Lucy questioned.

"Not at all! All of the residents are so old there, most of them can't even remember my name, and any young couple there are way too distracted with each other to even notice who else is around!" Mira added.

"Still sounds risky..." Lucy still wasn't sure about the plan.

"Awe, c'mon Lucy! Erza deserves a break, and some.." Cana chimed in, suddenly right next to the blonde.

"Stop right there, I think I get the point." Lucy blushed as she cut the brunette off.

"Yeah, maybe if Erza got some, she'd be a little more well, less Erza-like." Gray commented.

"WHERE DID YOU COME FROM?" Lucy barked. "AND WHERE ARE YOU CLOTHES?"

"What's Erza gettin? I don't get it." Natsu added. Lucy blushed once more. Where did they all come from?!

"Oh you wanna know do you, Natsu?" Cana responded to the naive dragonslayer. "Well..." She leaned over and whispered something in Natsu's ear that made him turn bright red. He just sat there dumbstruck trying to rid his brain of the very descriptive image Cana just verbally painted for him. He wouldn't be able to look at Erza for a while after that.

"It's official, operation get Erza laid is underway!" Cana proclaimed, jolting her cup in the air and spilling booze on everyone surrounding her.

"Wait, what's getting laid?" Suddenly everyone's smug expression changed into horror when they heard a young girls voice. No one knew how to respond to a very confused Wendy waiting for an answer.

"I don't know, beats me!" Happy replied. Carla rolled her eyes at the blue exceed.

"Wellll, sometimes a woman gets these urges.." Cana started, but was cut off once again by Lucy. "STOP RIGHT THERE. It's nothing you need to worry about Wendy!" Lucy assured the young girl. Lucy glared at Cana.

"What she's a woman too! She's gotta know how to deal with men." Cana shrugged and took a swig from her drink.

"She's twelve! We'll save that conversation for another day, you know like 10 years from now!" Lucy cried out, but Cana was too busy looking for a new bottle in her bag to even care anymore.

"Ok ladies, back to the plan!" Mira jumped back in. "I'll go make up a fake job for the request board and make sure Erza is the only one who takes it! This is going to be great!"

Erza looked up at the request board. A new mission was exactly the distraction that she needed. She skimmed over one very neatly written request, but before she could read the job description and location she gasped at the reward.

"ALL THE CAKE YOU CAN EAT..FOR A YEAR?!" And before anyone could even bid her a farewell she was off.

Meredy looked down at the letter from Fairy Tail in front of her and smiled over at Jellal who was still sleeping. In the letter Juvia explained the entire situation and how Meredy was welcome to hide out with her and visit Fairy Tail for a little while during the rendezvous.

It was still early in the morning but she was excited for Jellal to wake up so she could help with the plan. She knew he had been on edge lately now that their team was only down to two people. He had done such a good job taking care of her on his own, but she was starting to worry. He hadn't shown any emotion to her, but he had always been such a terrible liar, this she knew. She could see the pain in his eyes when he said he was alright, or when he said that they would be fine just the two of them, but she could tell he wasn't confident in his own words.

He was always so easy to read. She would notice this when she got a new issue of Sorcerer Weekly and would find him trying to discretely look at it while she was "sleeping". She knew exactly what he was trying to look for. She would see him smile when there was an interview on her, the one and only Titania. The young girl would mock him when she saw a new article falsely claiming the Queen of the Fairies was taken, and while he would smile and say things like "Oh, good, I'm glad she is happy.", his eyes would say something completely different. Her personal favorite was the time she and Ul left one particular issue where a photographer caught the Scarlet beauty clad only in her bikini hanging around. Before long the too were laughing at the poor man as he turned bright red from head to toe upon finding the picture. Point was, no matter how much he denied it, he loved her, but unfortunately he would never act on it.

This letter though, it could possibly change everything for him. He and Erza were both very stubborn and she knew this was the opportunity they both needed, especially him, her brother, the man who had been through so much pain against his own will, yet sacrificed everything for the one's he loved, including his own happiness.

She noticed he started to stir and couldn't hold in the excitement any longer.

"Jelly looks like you have a request to go on a mission!" She said while handing him the fake letter fairy tail had sent along with her own.

The man groggily took the letter and skimmed it over. "Ok we will leave shortly."

"We? this job is just for you! Besides..I can't go." She lied, not quite sure how to get out of it.

"We're a team Meredy, I'm not leaving you, especially now." He stated, she could tell he wasn't accepting no for an answer.

"It's fine Jellal! I'm almost an adult now plus it's not far from here at all, I can take care of myself for a day or two!" The young girl argued.

"You're coming, it's not an option." He asserted as he rose from his sleeping arrangements and started packing.

Meredy sighed. Fine, he leaves me no choice then...Time to pull out the big guns.

"Well, it's uh, kinda that time of the month, so..." She lied, trying to act embarrassed. She knew it worked instantly when she saw his face go as red as his beloved's hair.

"FINE, FINE, I'll go alone, you just stay here! Uhh need anything before I leave?! Um, crap I never had to deal with this, this was Ultear's job, what do I do?! Can I leaver her alone like this?!" Jellal was rambling out loud, completely flustered.

"Jellal!" Meredy yelled, breaking him out of his panic. "Just go, or I'm going to get really angry then sad, then I'll start crying from the hormones.." Now she was just teasing him for enjoyment.

"OK, OK LEAVING!" The man yelled as he started racing away.

Poor Jelly, Meredy laughed, all this time traveling with us and he still doesn't know how to handle girls. "Good luck!" She yelled off to him in the distance. "You'll need it." she said quietly as she laughed again.

I hope it's alright so far, this won't be too long of a story, well I say that now but that could change but I'm hoping to update frequently! Let me know what you think! Thank you!