Prologue

My name is Erza Scarlet, or Erza Dreyar. I married Laxus Dreyar 3 years ago, it wasn't an arranged marriage but it wasn't exactly because of love either.

3 years ago, Laxus's ex girlfriend Cana, broke up with him and ran away to Paris with one of his friends Hibiki.

After that Laxus was a mess, always getting into trouble, and putting himself in dangerous situations. Everyone was to scared go to him and say anything, so he continued to drink his troubles away and got used to it.

3 years ago, I was also dating someone. A man named Simon, he was my childhood sweetheart. When we were younger he had a huge crush on me, then in middle school we started dating. We had been together for 11 years, we started dating when we were 13.

None of us have never even kissed anyone els, none of have ever been with anyone els. So I guess it wasn't surprising when I found out he had been cheating on me with one of my childhood best friend, Millianna.

11 years is a long time, of course he was going to get tired of me eventually. When I found out, I wasn't very mad at him like most people would have thought or expected, I was hurt most of all. That day I lost 2 very important people in my life, 2 people that I cared deeply for.

Laxus and I met at a bar one night while we were both drinking our troubles away, we decided to go home together and try to forget about our loved ones that had caused us pain.

Soon after that we started to what most people would call dating but we didn't put a label on it, we were just their for each other when it came to physical needs.

We would talk to each other about some things that we couldn't tell other people, we wouldn't judge each other since were both just as equally a mess.

Soon we started to hang out with each other more, and it wasn't as much as a physical relationship as it used to be.

More people also started to find out and calling us a couple, we went along with it since we didn't care. Soon his grandfather and my grandfather met and wanted us to get married as soon as possible.

So thats what we did, we weren't in love but we did care for each other. One day while we were sitting on the couch at my apartment watching tv Laxus asked me to marry him and gave me a ring.

I agreed, we got married to please our grandfathers since they meant so much to both of us. We had a huge wedding since thats what they wanted and we went along with.

I remember walking down the ail, in the church with my grandfather next to me, and seeing Laxus on the end of the small path with a smile on his face.

Not a real smile, of course I knew better. And I started to get tears in my eyes, everyone thought they were tears of happiness but Laxus and I knew the truth.

And the truth was, I didn't want to marry him, and he didn't want to marry me. I had always imagined this moment but instead of Laxus standing their I imagined Simon. And Im sure he imagined Cana walking toward him and not me.

Laxus and I had never talked about us getting married before, we both saw it as a pointless ceremony that only ended in you being poor. And if two people love each other why throw a huge party to prove it.

Whenever we would talk about marriage it ended with one of us, or both of us crying. Since it would only remind us, that its because we think this way that we lost Simon and Cana.

One of the reasons Laxus lost Cana is because she wanted to get married and live a romantic life with Laxus. But Laxus is anything but romantic and he wasn't whiling to change so she chose Hibiki who told her to run away to Paris with him, how more romantic can you get then that.

I remember Simon always telling me how when he proposed to me he wanted it to be in a huge extravagant way in front of everyone, but of course I would always make fun of him and tell him not to do that or els I would say no.

He would tell me how he wanted to have a romantic wedding that was huge and extravagant. I would disagree with him every time he brought it up, but deep down I also wanted it like that if it was with him. But I would never tell him because pride is just as horrible as jealousy and hate.

But I still smiled and so did Laxus because our loved ones that took our parents places and raised us, were happy and so we were.

After our reception, we went to our hotel room. It was on the top floor, you can see the entire city through the window.

We were standing there looking out to the city, when we decided that since we only got married because of our grandfathers that when they pass on we could get a divorce.

After our honeymoon, we bought a house together. We continued on with our lives, I was an editor for the magazine brand I worked at.

And Laxus was a CEO in Farytail Lightning, they are in charge of electricity. Our lives were for the most part peaceful.

We didn't see each other much anymore, he was always working and so was I. We weren't really like a married couple, more like roommates that sleep in the same bed and every once in a while indulge in our needs.

But not often, since were never home at the same time. And Laxus is always traveling closing business deals with important people, and he has a little thing going on with his assistant.

Not that I really mind, as long as the nobody finds out, and especially not our grandfathers he can have a fling with every girl he works with for all I care.

Plus, I have a feeling Laxus is starting to visit the bar as often as he used to when Cana left. The stress from work is getting to him, he has come home drunk 4 times already, and twice I have gotten a call from the bartender saying he has passed out.

I sight as I come home and see Laxus isn't there, truthfully I haven't seen or talked to him in almost two weeks. I may not love him but I care for him and I miss him, when I have hard day at work he would make me laugh and help me relax by making me a meal.

I know how to cook, but I hate to cook when Im only making food for myself. So most of the time I end up eating take out or frozen meals. I look around the house, and for the first time since I broke up with Simon I truly feel alone again.