Away Together {Jerza} [Fairy Tail]

Chapter 3

Erza's POV

I finally manage to finish my test even though it was hard because I kept shaking. I looks like no one has finished yet, excluding Levy of course, she's always the first one to hand it in. I slowly get up from my seat trying to make little eye contact with Jellal, mainly because I'll start shaking again.

Soon enough the entire class hands out the assignment five minutes before the bell rings for our nest class, art. Unsure of what to do I sit back at my seat and fiddle with my thumbs, I can see the blue haired boy beside me awkwardly trying to find something to do. I start working on some homework for my other classes when I see him looking at me again and debating if he should say something. I'm praying he won't.

At last the bell rings. I grab my things and rush to my locker as fast as I can trying to sort my thoughts about Jellal. But guess who's my new locker buddy, Jellal. What a wonderful day! I mutter to myself sarcastically. He's trying to open his locker and you can tell he's having a hard time, trying to stay calm after his fifth attempt he kicks the door.

"Do you uh, need help?" I ask him

"I guess you could say that" he forces a smile moving out of the way.

I grab his lock.

"What's your code?"

"Um, 25-10-13" he whispers

I spin it counter clock wise a few times and enter the code one number at a time, i manage to open it the first try, of course.

"Thanks...!" He said with a quick smile "Back at my old school the locks were. let's just say 'easier to open' "

"It's no problem really. By the way we have art right now so grab a pencil and your sketch book."

When we finally arrive to class together I can see Lucy raising an eyebrow. Talk about awkward.

Jellal's POV

Ahh, art class, the one class I'm not actually that bad at. I look around for a seat and the only one left is beside Erza, lucky me. I can see her eyeing me and moving her things.

"Okay class, today we will be learning how to draw different body types. Including male, female, medium builds, and age differences." Our teacher Aries explains.

I immediately start taking notes and drawing an example beside them. Erza seems to be having a hard time drawing, her face looks tense as she tries to copy the sketches at the front of the class. She looks at mine to see how im doing and she seems surprised.

"I didn't know you could draw..."

"Well I have improved since first grade." I say hopping she remembers all the drawings we did outside together. "I'm the one who made myself this... Permanently" 

"I-I thought you just got someone to do it for you... I didn't think the cover up I made when I was young was that important to you..." She mutters with a small blush

I hold my hand up pointing at the red mark across my eye. "Of course it is, I made it so I would always have something to remind me of you wherever I went." Now she was really embarrassed an uncomfortable, she buries her face with her hands covering her expression. 

---Time skip--- (After school)

Erza's POV

I throw my bag on the ground and jump on my bed examining the ceiling. ''What are you doing Erza!? Warriors don't... don't... l-love...'' I mumble and feel a tear rolling down my cheeks. I sit up and try to control myself ''This has to stop... For my sake and my future.'' I wipe of the tears on my face with my shirt sleeves. Suddenly I can't seem to control myself any longer.

"WHY JELLAL! WHY DID YOU LEAVE ME!" Now I can't stop crying "Don't you know how many nights I cried myself to sleep!!! Don't you know how broken I felt when you left?!" Now I'm screaming. Luckily my mom was picking up groceries so no one was there to hear me. I remember even years after he moved I tried to stay strong and remind myself he would come back for me, he never did for ten whole years until now. I never show my emotions to anyone, even sometimes I reject Lucy because of the fear I'll get hurt the same way I did when Jellal left.

Now, I feel completely broken. Empty to be more precise. I don't really know what to do anymore, or how I feel about the blue haired boy I used to know. Does he know how much grief he put me through?... I mutter sobbing while blowing my nose with a kleenex.

"Oh Jellal, if only you knew how I felt..."