Stay With Me

Grays dedication

Chapter 43

Erza walked in the cold the snow still pouring her boots covered in white her beaning hanging low her nose red from the cold. Christmas had passed and all and she did not notice today was actually a day she went out she been in her house for the past few 4 weeks recovering. Jellal and her had gotten closer but there was still that gap between them. The snow was still here and it still keeps falling this year had been the coldest winter ever. She walked into Mira Cafe she was so busy taking orders and freed delivering orders she knew she shouldn't bother her right now. She slowly turn to walk away and that's when she saw booth Gray and her meet and where they always sat.

Erza was working on her laptop making the appointments for pictures to be take when she feels a movement and then two mocha frappe are on the table with a strawberry cheesecake . Erza didn't bother looking up . "Hey " gray said . "What do you want ?" erza coldly replied . "Well I came to apologize for spilling your coffee on you yesterday so I bough you this " gray said and handed erza the coffee and strawberry cheese cake . Erza continue to look down but this turn at the strawberry cheesecake she was pretty shocked since no one ever bought her nothing but she just took it . "And I also want to thank you for getting me a job .." Gray said . "What is their to thank I just gave you the card , Mira was the one who recommended you to me , so I theirs anyone to thank that be her not me " erza said  "True but you also are to thank and if I were you I just accept the thank you " gray said . "Fine " erza said . "Your welcome " erza said finally looking up which shocked gray . Her cheeks started growing a pink tint . "What are you looking at ?" erza said . " I though since you didnt look up that you were hiding your face because it was ugly but your beautiful such a shame you don't look up " gray said . Erza grew red . She grabbed her stuff and began leaving . "Why are you leaving ?" gray said . "Because I don't like wasting my free times with flirts " erza said .

Erza sadly smiled she walked to
the bench and touched it with her fingers sliding gracefully over it.

Erza and gray walked hand in hand into Mira's Cafe . They entered that's when Mira turned . "Hello welcome to - Mira stopped and her eyes opened wide when she looked down and erza and gray who were holding hands. "NO WAY PLEASE TELL ME IM NOT IMAGINING" Mira said . "Is erza and gray really holding hands or is this a dream ?" Mira said wiping her eyes over and overs "I assure you this is not a dream" gray said smirking lifting their hands even higher . "OMG I'm not imagining !" Mira said . "Laxus come over here now !!" Mira said laxus rushed over . "What's wrong Mira what happen !" laxus said with a worried face . "Take a look" Mira said he turned to erza and grays "no way ! congrats " he said leaning on the counter. "When did this happen? and who confessed first !" " Mira said "well yesterday and I did, wait what do you mean confessed first ?" gray said. "Oh you didn't know ?" Mira said . "No Mira don't tell him !" erza said turning red. Mira smirked evilly "erza was planning on confessing too" Mira said. Gray eyes open wide and his smile grew wider "so you liked me to ?" gray said erza looked down . " I fell in love with you the moment I laid my eyes on you " gray said and grabbed erza and brought her close .

Erza eyes soften looking at it she suddenly shook her head and came back to the real world she removed her hands and keep walking towards the door. She placed one hand on the handle and turned to look at the exact there spot she closed her eyes and turned away and opened the door and left.

Christmas had passed for gray and he had continued to drink and drink not a day went by went he did not regret his decisions and not a day went by when he did not remember those brown eyes looking at him with pain and tears falling he remember everything and it haunt him making him hurt more and more how could he have hurt her like that how does someone hurt the person they love. After Christmas had passed he had already been almost all around the world. There was a knock on the door. "Show starts in 5 mins " it said. "Okay " gray said. He turned to look at himself in the mirror to others they might see a successful handsome man but what he saw was a selfish ignorant person someone who didn't deserve what he had. He looked at himself one last time and got up. He heard the people out there waiting for him "welcome GRAY FULLBUSTER !!" That's when he got out and faked smiled to the world. The crowd went wild and everything it was time for the show to begin.