MEANT TO BE | GRUVIA

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Gray still isn't home," Ur said. She let the kitchen curtains fall back into place. His car wasn't in the driveway.

"Where could he be?" Ur asked herself. It was almost nine o'clock PM, and he still wasn't home.

Ultear came into the room. She set the house phone on the counter. "Jennifer said she couldn't find him either. I guess Juvia is still missing, too."

"What happened, anyways?" Ur asked. All she heard was that they both ran off.

"They got into a fight," Ultear said. "Juvia ran off and Gray followed after her. Jennifer said he ran out a few minutes after her, so he wouldn't have found her right away."

"They had a fight?" Ur asked.

"Jennifer said they were yelling about her kissing someone. She said a few guys were there, but they left pretty quickly," Ultear explained

"Wendy!" Ur yelled. The little girl came running into the room. "We're going to go search for them. Get David to call their friends to help."

X

Gray walked as fast as he could. He wasn't even sure what time it was, since he left his phone at home. He's been running around for a few hours, and he still couldn't find Juvia. He wasn't even sure what happened earlier.

He stopped to think. Last time she ran off, she hid somewhere to drink. If she was going to do that, where would she go? She would surely go to an abandoned area so she didn't get caught.

He knew just the place.

X

Juvia took another drink from her bottle and sighed. She just couldn't stop thinking about the fight. Usually when she got drunk, she forgot everything. The three empty bottles beside her proved that her theory was wrong. She still had two more, plus the one she was drinking, so she had hope.

"Damn," she mumbled. She threw the fourth bottle to the ground. She looked out to the ocean. She discovered this cliff a few weeks before. Everyone knew about it, but it didn't seem like anyone went there.

She opened the next bottle and started drinking it. She wished she knew what time it was. She already threw her phone over the cliff, so she had no clue. It wasn't the smartest idea, but neither was drinking. She knew it didn't break or hit the water, though, because she would hear if ring every few minutes. Or maybe every hour. She lost track of time two bottles ago.

X

"Where could they be?" Gajeel asked.

"It's all my fault," Levy said. She started crying again. "If I didn't take them."

"Hey, don't cry," Gajeel said. He pulled her into a hug. She squeaked in surprise. "You're smart, where would they be?"

X

"Gray! Juvia!" Wendy cried.

"Shh, don't cry," Ultear said, picking the girl up. She started rocking her. "We'll find them."

"How do you know?" Wendy tried to stop her tears, but her plan wasn't working that well.

"I just do."

X

Juvia yelled out in frustration. She was out of alcohol, and she was still thinking straight. She stood up and grabbed one of the bottles.

"Stupid Gray!" she screamed, throwing it over the edge. She picked up another. She threw it harder. She threw the others, but left one. She clenched the neck of the bottle. She threw it so hard she fell backwards.