HERE WE GO!

I'v been writing this for a while now, my first multi-chap fic where I have more wrote than I'm posting, hahah. I just wanted to try something different and this is what we get!

This fic will actually have a posting schedule. Crazy, right? I'll update once a week on Sunday.

I won't give anything away right now, i'll give more notes in later chapters. So...

Fairy Tail and its characters belong to Hiro Mashima.

"Congratulations, you're pregnant."

"Eh?"

The kind elderly doctor smiled, "Your test results came back positive. You're going to be a mom."

Her heart pounded a little more, her lips quivered as she held back a smile, "Juvia is so happy."

25-year-old Juvia Lockser truly had never been more pleased with her life. One thing she had always wanted since childhood was to have a baby. Although, one part of the equation wasn't right…

"I'm glad," her doctor handed her a few pamphlets, "I'll schedule an appointment when you're a little farther along. Will the father be joining you?"

"Um," Juvia hesitated, she lowered the pamphlet on vitamins to her lap, this was the part of the equation she wasn't happy with, "I will ask. But… he may not be as happy as Juvia."

"I see, well don't push him. It takes men a little longer to accept an unplanned pregnancy then women. If you do need any help, we do have a full support staff."

"Juvia appreciates it," the blue haired mother-to-be listened closely as her doctor discussed other things she could do to stay healthy for her little one.

About an hour later, Juvia stepped out into the late winter day, finally finished inside the medical building. The weather was warming up nicely in late March. And it wasn't the sun shining that made her want to skip. How she couldn't wait to hold that precious little life in her arms!

Sliding into her car, she leaned back fully against the seat, "A baby for Juvia."

A smile would not leave her face no matter how hard she tried. She thought of tiny clothes and bows and trucks and diapers and birthdays and hugs and slobbery kisses. What a wonderful adventure she was starting.

The smile dimmed when she started her car. There was just one problem she saw… would her boyfriend be just as happy as she?

The moment she got home, Juvia started cleaning and cooking. She wanted this evening to be perfect so she could tell the good news.

She huffed when she put away the last load of laundry. He had gotten into the habit of leaving his clothes around wherever he was at the moment. The oven beeped, alerting her to the lasagna that was finished.

She slid in her socks to her kitchen, she loved being silly while home alone. She was only in sleep shorts and a large t-shirt that she stole from Merudy. Well, technically it was Lyon's, but he wasn't about to say anything. She was his fiancée's best friend after all.

"Lovely," Juvia breathed in the sauces and spices, "this will be great."

A few months after they started dating, her boyfriend had asked her to move in with him. He was the overly protective type, and while at first Juvia found it cute, it was exhausting now. Juvia tried to ignore it as much as she could.

She loved him after all… she did.

"It's alright," Juvia patted her flat stomach, "daddy will come around for us both."

She hoped, anyway.

"Now, let mommy get dressed up for daddy!"

She was placing the cover over the lasagna when the front door swung open, startling Juvia.

"Juvia! I'm home!"

"Oh, you're early," she swore, "We-welcome home!"

"I had such a shit day," he kicked his boots off, slamming them into the wall, "why don't you come and give me a good massage?"

"Juvia is working on dinner!" she grit her teeth, not wanting to upset him, but she wasn't ready!

"Oh, come on! I'm more important that dinner, come here," he plopped down in his recliner, waving at her.

"Juvia wants to make sure dinner won't be cold!"

"Fine, don't make me happy then," he growled, he switched the television, "bring me a beer, if you can spare your precious time."

"Oh," Juvia bit her lip to hold back frustrated tears, he always acted like that.

She had set the table in a romantic, yet elegant ambiance. She wasn't dressed for it though, and neither was he. But he had never cared what she did to set the mood, not even when she asked.

Sighing, she took a beer out of the fridge and walked over to his chair.

"Bora," she began, she held the beer out to him, which he took and opened without even looking at her, "Juvia has some exciting new."

"Did you get that raise?"

"Huh? Oh, no. Juvia has not heard about that yet…" it seemed all he cared about sometimes was her job, but she overlooked it since they had been together for a few years, "but Juvia feels her news is even more exciting!"

"Doubt it," Bora sneered, still glaring at the screen, "what?"

"Um…" this wasn't what she imagined as a child. She always thought her lover or husband would be just as happy as her. But she never counted on Bora. He wasn't her dream guy, but he cared about her, she knew he did.

"What is it? Spit it out already."

"J-Juvia is… um.. she is… going to have a… a baby."

A few moments passed and Bora didn't budge. Then he sprang from his seat, in what Juvia thought was going to be excitement, she hoped for that with all her heart.

"You're what?!" but his demeanor crushed her childhood dream, "I thought you were on the pill?!"

"J-Juvia is-!" she flinched when he grabbed her arm.

"Then how the hell are you pregnant?! Huh?!"

"They- they don't a-always work…"

"Well do something about it! Like hell I want a damn kid!" he let her go and quickly laced his boots back up.

"B-Bora? What… where are you going?"

"OUT! I won't be back until that kid is gone, you hear me?!" the door slammed in her face.

What was supposed to be a happy memory in their lives turned to be one of the most awful. Juvia's heart dropped faster than the rain outside, the water sliding down the window matched the water falling from her eyes.

"W-wait!" Juvia ran out the door and looked down the hall, but he was gone.

"What… what is Juvia supposed to do?" her hands automatically went to hold her stomach.

Even in distress, Juvia was graceful as she shuffled back inside and shut the door. She was just about to fall to the floor when she heard her phone sing a happy tune.

Wiping away her tears on her shirt sleeve, Juvia rushed to answer.

"H-hello?"

"Hey, Juvia! How are you?"

"Hello Lucy," she sniffed as quietly as she could, "Juvia is fine."

"I was going to ask if you and Bora wanted to go to dinner with me and Natsu," Lucy paused, "are you OK?"

"W-why would Lucy ask a-again? Juvia is f-fine," she placed a hand over her mouth so her friend wouldn't hear her sob, "J-Juvia made d-dinner…"

"Are you crying? Juvia what's wrong?"

"Nothing is w-wrong…"

"Are you sure? You sound- hey! Natsu, stop!"

Juvia heard a thump and some rustling noises before a loud voice echoed in her ear "WHAT THE HELL DID HE DO?"

"Natsu?" Juvia sniffed, more tears falling. She couldn't stop crying, couldn't stop her heart from breaking.

"Oh shit, yer crying. Lucy! Juvia's crying! WHAT HAPPENED?!"

"You aren't helping!" she heard Lucy yell before more struggling, "Juvia, can we come over?"

"J-Juvia would l-like that," Juvia kept crying, one hand on her belly as she slid to the floor, her back against her freshly shined refrigerator. Her whole apartment was spotless, all for Bora…

"We'll be right there," she heard Lucy say before the call ended.

Dropping her head into her knees, she covered her stomach with both hands.

"Mommy… is here," the word made her heart to skip a beat, creating more tears, "we'll be OK…"

Not even ten minutes passed when a pink monster mostly shred her door apart trying to get in.

"BORA! GET OUT HERE SO I CAN KICK YER ASS!"

Lucy sighed, she tried closing the door, but her boyfriend made that impossible.

Juvia was sitting on her couch now. She huddled into the blankets, thankfully her tears had subsided into sniffles.

"Juvia!" Natsu ran over, his scarf hitting him in the face when he stopped in front of her, "What happened? Where's Bora?!"

Lucy sat next to her distressed friend, taking one pale hand in hers, "You OK?"

Juvia nodded, she was OK now. It may not be ideal, but if Bora wasn't happy, then she'd be happy enough for the both of them. Her heart was broken, but not for her. But because her child's father didn't not want him/her.

"Juvia… told Bora…" why was it easier to tell Bora then to tell her friends? "that Juvia is… pregnant."

"What?!" Lucy jumped, "Oh, congrats, Juvia!"

Lucy hugged her blue haired friend, how exciting it was to be expecting! "Natsu, isn't that great?"

Natsu nodded, but he stared at Juvia with murder on the mind, "Where did Bora go?"

His calm demeanor was much, much scarier than seeing him mad.

"Natsu," Lucy wanted, "don't go after him."

"She was crying! That means he did something!" Natsu stood and paced the living room floor, growling as he did. Muttering all kinds of torture techniques he could do.

"Juvia, did something happen?" Lucy asked.

"Y-yes, he…" Juvia gulped, she had both Natsu and Lucy's undivided attention, "he said… he said he… would be back… when the baby is… gone."

"WHAT?!" both Lucy and Natsu jumped this time, startling the mother-to-be, yet they had different reactions.

Lucy wrapped her arms around Juvia in a tight hug, "I can't believe he would do that! I'm so sorry, Juvia."

"THAT BASTARD! LET ME AT HIM!" if he could have, Natsu would have been shooting flames out of his mouth he was so fired up.

Juvia giggled a little, "It's OK."

"Huh?" Lucy leaned back, "but what are you going to do?

"Juvia wants the baby," she smiled and held the blanket closer to her in a protective embrace, "even if Bora doesn't."

Lucy placed a hand over Juvia's, "You're a lot braver than I am."

Juvia shook her head, "Juvia is not brave. Juvia is very scared to do this alone."

"What are ya talkin' about? You got us!" Natsu grinned.

Blinking slowly, Juvia smiled as well. She did have her friends, didn't she?

"But besides that," Natsu grumbled, his hands going to his own stomach, "I'm starving and whatever it is you made smells freaking amazing. Can I have it?"

"Natsu…" Lucy sighed.

But Juvia giggled, loving that she was no longer in tears, "Help yourself, you may need to warm it up, though."

Running to the kitchen, he yelled a "Thank you!" over his shoulder.

"That boy," Lucy giggled and turned back to Juvia, "He is right. You have us. And Gajeel, Levy, Erza… we'll all be there for you."

"Juvia really appreciates it," she was going to say more, but she felt her lap vibrate. She dug under her blankets for her phone, she had a text message.

"Juvia?"

"It's from Bora," Juvia unlocked her phone, not caring Lucy was eavesdropping.

From Bora:
-Brat gone yet?

"That! That… ugh! That jerk!" Lucy slammed her fists on the couch.

Juvia's lip quivered, "B-brat?"

"That's it!" Lucy jumped up, "Natsu! Go get some boxes!"

"What?" Juvia felt the tears fall from her eyes as her head shot up to meet Lucy's stare.

"Huh?" the women heard Natsu's muffled response from the kitchen.

Standing proud with her hands on her hips, her boyfriend was obviously rubbing off on her, Lucy said, "You'll come live with us!"

"N-No! Juvia couldn't possibly-! Wh-What about B-Bora?"

"Juvia," Lucy leaned over and took her friends hands in hers, "do you really love Bora?"

Juvia automatically when to say yes, because it was what was expected from her. But, she didn't really. She felt like she did in the beginning, but now… it was like she had to stay. And now she had a baby, and it was Bora's baby too. Shouldn't she stay with him to give him a chance?

Looking into Lucy's supportive eyes made her choice waiver.

Bora had never wanted kids, he said so on their second date. But shouldn't he still be given a chance to be a father?

"Juvia wants to give Bora a chance," Juvia whispered.

"Nope. Stop right there," Natsu ran in and stood next to Lucy, holding the pan in one hand and his fork in the other.

"Huh?"

"If you wanna give him a chance, fine," she scooped some lasagna out and stuffed into his mouth, swallowing before saying, "but ya ain't doin' it here."

Juvia and Lucy just stared at him, waiting.

"If Bora started yellin' from you just bringing it up, you ain't gotta deal with it when the kid is actually here," he pointed at Lucy, "if she got pregnant and I wasn't ready I'd tell her, but I wouldn't leave. She'd need me."

Lucy blushed. Natsu then pointed his fork at Juvia.

"You gotta take of yourself and little Juvia. Bora can be a dad if he wants, but you ain't gotta stay here if you don't want to be."

Juvia looked back into her lap. Bora had sent her a new message.

From Bora:
-Well? I wanna come home. Is it gone?

He was stupid, for one. You couldn't 'get rid' of a baby in a day.

"Juvia… wants her baby," she glanced at her friends, "but she does not love Bora. Not the way she should."

Lucy smiled, hugging Natsu tightly. He just grinned, "And?"

"Juvia will come with you until she can find her own place."

"Yosh!" Natsu cheered.

"I'm glad," Lucy said, then poked Natsu, "look at you being all mature and responsible."

"Thanks," he was about to lean in and kiss her cheek when he let out a large belch.

Lucy crinkled her nose and stepped away, "Ew. Really, Natsu?"

He was laughing at himself, his cheeks a little pink at having just burped on his girlfriend, "S-sorry!"

Lucy sat next to Juvia and wrapped an arm around her, "Sorry about him. You'll be hearing that more for a while."

"That's fine with Juvia," the mother-to-be laid her head on Lucy's shoulder, tired all of a sudden, "Juvia used to live with Gajeel."

"Oh yeah," the blonde snorted, "poor Levy. Anyway, what are you going to tell Bora?"

"What should Juvia say?" she asked, "Should… should Juvia break up with him?"

"That's what you're doing, isn't it?"

"Yes…" Juvia lifted her phone, but before she could type anything she handed it to Lucy, "you do it. Juvia can't…"

Lucy understood. Juvia was the type to make herself miserable to keep others happy. Lucy grabbed the device and typed a message to Bora.

From Juvia:
-This is Lucy. Juvia is going to keep her baby. She is going to come and live with me and Natsu. If you want to see Juvia, you know where we live.

"How's that?" Lucy asked before hitting send.

Juvia nodded. Lucy sent the message that would end her three-year long relationship.

Natsu had wondered back into the kitchen when the girls started talking but now he was back carrying two warmed up plates and two glasses of water. Working as a waiter for a few years paid off sometimes.

"Here," he put down the lasagna and waters, "you two eat and I'll go get some boxes. I may call Gajeel and Jellal to help, if that's OK?"

Juvia couldn't help but feel a warmth spread over her whole body. Growing up, she had no one until she met Gajeel in middle school and everyone else in college. She didn't know what love was as a child. It made her happy that both she and her child would always be surrounded by it.

"Juvia doesn't mind. Levy and Erza can come too."

"Great! I'll be back soon," he leaned over the coffee table to kiss Lucy before leaving.

Juvia didn't mean to watch. A sudden feeling of loneliness washed over her. It was likely she would never had a loving relationship like that, not anymore.

"Well," Juvia held a hand once more to her belly, "I'll have you little one. That will be all the love that Juvia needs."

A few hours later, the three couples and Juvia had every bit of Juvia's belongings into 4 vehicles. Juvia was making a final walk through with Erza when Bora came home.

"Hmph. Choosing a baby over me," Bora huffed, "great choice."

"It is a great choice," Erza scowled at him, "she will be bringing life into this world."

Bora stood there with his arms crossed, an angry frown on his face, "If she stayed with me she'd never have to work for anything."

Digging through the closet, Juvia scoffed. If she didn't have to work why was he bothering her so much about a possible promotion?

Erza stood in front of Juvia, blocking Bora's line of sight. If she had a sword it would be pointing at his heart, "Juvia will be happy."

Bora snorted, he was about to go on a tangent about how happy he made Juvia when a large, rough hand clamped onto his shoulder.

"Problem?" Gajeel bared his teeth. He was beyond pissed at how his surrogate sister was treated just because she was having a baby. Levy stood at his side, a fuse just waiting to go off. Jellal, Lucy, and Natsu stood behind them in the living room, watching his every move.

"Tsk. Whatever, get all her crap then leave," he stomped into the bathroom attached to the master bedroom.

"We can go. Juvia has all her things," she didn't want to be here anymore.

"Are you sure?" Levy scooted around Gajeel and stopped Juvia from rubbing her arm raw, she was scratching it rather fiercely. She had long red marks down her left arm.

"If anything is missing, Juvia can replace it," she clasped her hands together, not wanting to scratch herself anymore. It was a bad habit she had whenever she was nervous.

"Alright," Levy smiled, pulling the taller bluenette into a half-hug.

"Then let's go," Jellal came in the room just in time to stop Erza, whose anger had peaked and she was making her way to the bathroom door. He easily lifter her off the floor, "all of the boxes are packed up."

"He's AMAZING!" Natsu whispered, Gajeel nodding comically. They both watched Jellal with stars in their eyes as he calmed the beast.

Once they made it out of the apartment building, Juvia turned to them all and said, "Juvia wants to thank you all. Juvia will treat you all to dinner tomorrow!"

Lucy shook her head, "You don't have to do that. That's what friends are for!"

Levy agreed, "Exactly!"

Tears welled up in her ocean-like eyes. This is all Juvia ever wanted in life, friends. Love.

"Oh, don't cry," Lucy giggled, she lead Juvia to her car, "you OK to drive?"

She nodded, "Juvia wants to take you all out, will you let Juvia?"

"If it'll make you stop crying, then yes," Natsu said quickly. He grunted when Jellal's elbow collided with his stomach, "ow!"

"We'd be happy to go to dinner, Juvia," Erza smiled, her voice calming Juvia, "but you don't have to treat us."

"But-"

"You can buy dessert."

"Gajeel!"

The group snickered when Gajeel's petite girlfriend started to mumble and beat up his stomach.

"Juvia can do that," she looked at all of them again, "Juvia doesn't know how to thank you."

"You don't need to," Lucy smiled.

"Ok! Let's get going! We don't need all these petty ladies out so late at night!" Natsu pulled Lucy into his chest, "Onward to the Drag-filia house!"

"Stop calling it that!" Lucy yelled, bonking him on the head as she was drug to Natsu's truck.

"We're right behind you!" Levy tugged on Gajeel's hand and they headed to Gajeel's monster of a vehicle.

"Be careful," Erza called to them, "you too, Juvia."

"Juvia will. You too," she looked one more time at the apartment building that had been her home for three years.

"It'll be alright," Jellal called to her after he closed the door for Erza.

Smiling at him, Juvia nodded, "Yes, it will."

She sat down in the driver's seat, much more light-hearted than she did this morning, "Juvia will make it alright. Juvia has her friends. They will be our family."

The next nine months were all planned out in her head. But she wasn't expecting on how icy the road she was taking would become.

I hope you all enjoyed this and will look for chapter 2 next Sunday, this will be an exciting ride I can assure you. Please review and tell me what you think!

XOXO - Smile