Serendipity - A Gruvia Story [COMPLETE]

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Serendipity

The occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way

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Once they fell into a routine, Gray's life with having a child and a girlfriend became much easier as he grew used to having them both in his house, since Juvia spent most of her time in there with them and having Juvia around to help with the girl stuff he didn't know about was an extra plus. It was a relief that when Meredy showed interest in ballet, Juvia was right there to help her get ready and to discuss it about, because he sure as hell didn't know anything about plié, elevé or passé. What he did know was that his niece did look cute on her tutu.

Juvia was the one in charge of ballet and she was the one who would take Meredy to her classes twice a week, but since she had to go to work-related meetings out of town for three weeks, Gray was the one who drove and picked up Meredy from her classes and he hated it.

The class in itself wasn't all that bad: Meredy's movements were funny and entertaining enough that he didn't care if he had to stay an hour watching her (and every time she stopped to wave at him, he would feel a wave of affection towards the pink haired girl).

One thing he didn't like about going to those classes was the moms. Gray was feeling uncomfortable with all those women staring at him like he was some kind of meat and they were hungry wolves and it made him want to grab his niece and run away and never come back. So, when his phone rang and he saw the picture of Meredy and Juvia, he jumped on the opportunity to let it clear that he was very taken.

"Hi, babe." He said, happily and making a point to let the women know he was talking with his girlfriend. Gray got up and walked towards the other side of the room so the women next to him couldn't hear the rest of the conversation.

"Huh?" Gray heard Juvia say. "Gray-sama?"

"Yeah."

"Are you being kidnapped?" She asked.

"What?"

"You never call Juvia 'babe'. So, either you are being kidnapped or having a stroke."

"Yes, haha. It's just... I'm at Meredy's ballet class and these women keep staring at me like I'm a piece of meat." Gray whispered on his phone and heard her chuckle. "Don't laugh!"

"They are just bored housewives." Juvia said and he could almost hear the smile on her face. "You are safe as long as you don't interfere with their daughters' training schedule: they turn into sharks when it comes to their girls being the best."

"They are six."

"Juvia knows. But some of the moms are very competitive."

"That's messed up." Juvia hummed in agreement.

"It is." The blunette answered. "But don't worry, Juvia told them that her boyfriend was going to take her place for a few weeks on taking Meredy-chan to the ballet. Trust me, those women know not to mess with you. Juvia warned them enough not to get funny with you." He could almost see her shrug.

"And that's messed up as well." Gray couldn't help but to grin at her possessiveness. "Hey, what did you call me for anyway?"

"Oh, right." She was excited. "Juvia's coming home earlier."

"Really?" Gray smile widened, she had been away for two weeks and he really missed her. "I thought you still had another week!"

"Me too, but they cut the meetings short because the last client will not be able to arrive in time, so Juvia is coming home tonight."