Fallin' for you

Moving up

Chapter 2

The province of Era is known for its preserved historical sites such as old churches and houses, government establishments and even cobble stoned roads. The place is also known for the sandy beaches bordering it, popular especially among surfers who are fond of ors big waves and white sands.

The gang arrived at the capital of the province at around noon. They decided to have lunch before looking for a place to stay. Around 2:00 they checked in in a hotel. The room they have had 4 beds which they decided to arranye side by side to accomodate all of them. Erza layed down on the bed until dozing off to a deep slumber.

It's almost dark when she woke up, she slowly opened her eyes and scanned her surrounding. She noticed that everyone was missing. She suddenly sat up.

"Good morning sleepyhead!" Gray greeted her who just entered the room from the porch.

Erza rubbed her hand on her eyes and sighed, "I guess I was tired from the trip...where is everybody?"

"They're at the bowling area..."

"Oh, ok. Why didn't you join them?"

Gray blushed lightly and turned to the porch, "I was enjoying the view! It was very very relaxing!"

Erza giggled and stood up, "I'll just freshen up and join them. And I'm also getting hungry.."

After a few minutes Erza finished taking a shower. As she went out of the bathroom, she heard Gray arguing with his girlfriend over the phone. She slowly sat at the edge of one of the beds while combing her hair. A few moments later, Gray came in from the porch obviously looking bumed about his earlier conversation on the phone.

"Juvia?" Erza asked.

Gray sighed, "Yeah..."

"And?"

"She is angry because she just found out that she failed three subjects..."

Erza's eyes grew wide, knowing Juvia is a smart girl, she never expexted this to happen. "Oh, geez why, what happened?"

"I don't care what happened, I'm just pissed because she is taking it out on me. I mean, it's not my fault right?"

Erza put her hand on her friend's shoulder and took a deep breath, "maybe she is just really really upset? Now I'm starting to feel scared, what if I failed too?"

Gray's anger seemed to have vanished, then he faced Erza and held her hand, "Hey don't think like that, we all are going to make it. The 11 of us will be third years in three weeks time!"

"Thanks Gray," Erza smiled and hugged him tightly, "you know, Jellal always tells me that I will fail, that I will repeat a year or two. I dont know, maybe that's how low he sees me. But I promised myself, I will never let that happen..."

"You guys promised to look at the results together after we get back to Magnolia so that you won't stress out about it.. Let's just enjoy our vacation and stop thinking of the results, med school, even Jellal and Juvia for a while, ok?"

With almost teary eyes, Erza smiled and looked straight into Gray's eyes. She is thankful for having a great friend like him. Their group may not be the smartest students but they are good persons worth making memories with.

"Uh finally you are awake!" Natsu said and sat down between them. "the others said we will go out and eat and they sent me to get you."

"Yeah! We are getting ready to go down and join you guys anyway!"

"Ok lets go then!" Natsu stood up and walked toward door. "oh dont forget to tame the key!"

Gray nodded and stood up, he reached his hand to Erza and she looked at him. Gray smiled at her and she smiled back then taking his hand as she stood up.