Stay With Me

Chapter 70

The sky was the same blue cloudy sky, with the sun up high. A normal Saturday as usually other people would say but not for Erza. "Hurry up Erza come out we wanna see you already" Lucy called. "Okay hold on" Erza called from the restrooms. The girls waited patiently for Erza. That's when she stepped out. Her beautiful white dress and her hair in lose curls with her veil and her make up a natural look with her bouquet. The girls eyes widen "you look so beautiful Erza" Mira said "indeed you do" juvia said "I agree" levy said "I think we all do" Lucy said. "Thanks girls that means a lot" Erza said stepping in front of a mirror. She looked at herself everything was perfect  but what was missing is her smile. "You know you would look more pretty if you smiled" said Lucy as she held erza shoulder "huh oh sorry" Erza said and flashed a weak smile. The girls looked down they knew as much as Erza said she was in love with Jellal she wasn't but they didn't say nothing anymore because Erza just wouldn't listen. "You know.. You dont have to do this Erza" juvia said. "What do you mean? This is what i always wanted to get married" Erza said "yeah but married to the guy you love" Mira said "I do love him" Erza said "if you say so Erza.." Levy said. "Well Erza we have to get going to see if the guys are ready we'll be back with the limo for you in the mean time please think about this and try not to get dirty" Lucy said. They all left that's when Erza sat down. Today was her day the day she would get married but why wasn't she happy? Maybe because she knew Gray wasn't coming. It had been two week since that day when Annie died and gray had told her he wasn't going. She had been depressed about it trying hard for Jellal not to noticed. "Snap out of it Erza your marrying Jellal" Erza said to herself she stood up looking at herself in the mirror. That's when she heard a knock "come in" she said still looking at herself. "Hey" her eyes widen as she saw in the mirror Gray. She turned "Gray!!" Erza said and ran and hugged him. He hugged her back and lifted her up spinning her around and placed her down. He looked at her up and down "wow you look so .. Beautiful" he said. Erza blushed "thank you gray but I though you said you weren't coming?" Erza said "I felt bad I know it would mean a lot for you for me to be there but I can't I'm um kinda busy but I still wanted to see you so I um came and I um wanted to give you this.." Gray said looking away as he pulled out a small present box. Erza grabbed it and opened it it was a necklace of a heart with diamonds around it "Gray it's so beautiful" Erza said. "I wasn't sure if you'd like it.." Gray said "well I love it" Erza said and hugged him once more. "Can you put it on for me?" Erza said gray nodded she turned around gray careful place the necklace on and tied it for her. She looked at it in the mirror "wow it's so pretty" Erza said. Gray looked at her she looked so happy and so ready to get married he couldn't help but feel sad. Erza looked at the mirror and saw how sad he looked "gray are you okay?" Erza said turning to him "huh? Me? Oh yeah haha perfectly fine!" Gray said laughing and he turned and saw her looking at him with worried eyes "hey I'm fine don't worry about me" gray said as he placed a hand on her cheek. She looked at him and hugged him "thank you gray.. For all you've done for me.. You have always been there for me, always cared for me, and I just can't thank you enough gray it really means a lot to me" Erza said. Gray held her tight "you don't have to thank me I do it because I want to I'll always be there for you.. No matter what" gray said laying his head on hers. They stood there "just promise me.. You'll be happy.." He said. Erza nodded. "I know.. He'll treat you right.. I know he loves you.." Gray said. He just held her for the longest time. They finally pulled away. "Well Erza I also came to tell you good bye" gray said "what do you mean?" Erza said looking at him. "Next week I head to another state pretty far from here and since you'll be on your ... Honey moon I just wanted to say good bye and congratulate you and I just wish you the best. Because you deserve all the happiness in the world" gray said Erza looked down "ohh okay.. And thank you gray.." Erza said. Gray lifted her chin "till next time Erza" he said and kissed her check. They soflty let go of each other's hands and gray turned and waved bye one last time and closed the door. Gray then signed and looked back at her door. "She looked so pretty.. I guess this is really it I lost her forever" gray said as a tear slipped out and he wiped it away and kept walking. Erza stayed watching the door and let her hand dropped slowly to her side he was going to leave forever she would probably never see him again.