Freed and I were sitting on our sofa I was holding Freya who was giggling happily "Are you ready for your play date with Yuki and Ryos my baby girl?" I said in my baby voice Freya giggled again and I turned to Freed and asked "What time are we meeting them?"

"In an hour. We are meeting everyone at Natsu and Gray's house" Freed said taking Freya off of me. "I'm just gonna go change her then we should get going" Freed smiled getting up and taking Freya to change her nappy.

I grabbed my coat and prepared to go to the Salamander and the snowflakes place. "Ready?" Freed asked carrying Freya in his arm and picking up his coat.

"Yeah let's go" I replied kissing his forehead and wrapping my arm around his waist. We walked in silence through the town until Freed asked me sadly "Laxus how do you think Sting's holding up ever since..." he trailed off

I shrugged "I'm not sure babe honestly I don't know how he is coping with it all" I said sadly thinking how Sting must feel at the moment none of us had seen him since...

"Laxus! Let's fight" Salamanders voice yelled as we approached their house I simply punched him and said "Not in front of the kids"

I turned back around to see Freed and Gray talking happily Yuki and Freya we're smiling and clapping their hands happily.

"Shall we go inside?" Gray asked us we nodded and followed them into their house. We sat down in their living room as Natsu went to get snacks and drinks.

"When's Sting coming?" Freed asked

"He should be here in a little bit he has to come all the way from Crocus" Natsu said walking back into the room carrying a tray of crisps and water.

"So how are you two adjusting to the sleepless nights?" Freed asked me and Gray. We looked at each other and groaned in unison we all laughed "Yeah we can relate" Laxus said smirking

"But it's worth it" Gray said picking up Yuki and bouncing him on his lap. I smiled at them I really did have the perfect little family.

"Hey sorry I'm late" a familiar voice said from the doorway we all turned and saw Sting standing their holding Ryos

"Sting!" I said happily

"Your not late Sting come in come in" Gray said getting him a drink of water. Sting gratefully took it and sat down next to me I snuck a glance at him and saw the dark bags under his eyes which were stained red from crying. Exhaustion was clear on his face in fact he didn't look much different from Rogue in his pregnancy before...

"So Sting how've you been?" Freed asked trying to sound casual and not say what we were all thinking

"I-I'm good" Sting lied holding Ryos closer to his chest. "How's fairy tail?" He asked

"It's really good" I said happily trying to get Sting to smile "Hey why don't we go to the guild? Everyone would be so happy to see you"

"Y-Yeah sure sounds great" Sting said still not smiling. We all walked to the guild together and once we got there we were greeted by happy shouts from the rest of the guild. Many people came over to Sting and complimented how cute Ryos looked "He looks just like Rogue it's unbeliev-" Mira said to Rogue but quickly covered her mouth. Crap.

Sting froze tears pricking at the edge of his eyes. "Sting I'm so sorry" Mira tried to apologise but Sting was shaking. I handed Yuki to Gray and took Ryos from Sting giving him to Erza as I led Sting to a room away from the main room.

Sting's body was wracked with sobs as I pulled him into a hug. "Hey shhhh shhh it's okay"

"How can you say that?" Sting said pulling away from me "Rogue's dead. He's gone"

"I know Sting but Fairy Tails still here for you and Ryos you still have a family" I said

"Yeah you do lightbulb" a rough voice said walking into the room.

"Gajeel?" I asked surprised

"Yo Lightbulb Rogue loved you he would want you to be happy he wouldn't want to see you moping around. Imagine if he was here what would he say?" Gajeel said gruffly to Sting

"Gajeel that's enough" I said but Gajeel continued "No. Sting needs to here this if Rogue was here he would tell you to get over yourself and pull yourself together. Your not the only one who misses him he was my brother but you gotta stay strong for Rogue and for Ryos" Gajeel said

I looked at Sting unsure of what his response would be. "You're right" Sting mumbled "I'm acting like a child" he then looked up and smiled slightly at Gajeel then said "I can see why Rogue wanted you to be the Godfather"

Gajeel looked shocked for a second then said "Really? Rogue chose me"

Sting nodded "we agreed that if anything was to happen to us that we would want Ryos to come to Fairy Tail as we knew you would treat him like family. Rogue was desperate to have you as Ryos' godfather."

Gajeel was speechless then muttered quietly "well thanks kid"

We walked back together to the main hall and Sting took Ryos into his arms and tickled him to make him giggle. Sting grinned and said to me "I'm lucky to have such a great family"

I was glad to see Sting smile again and I knew that with time he would be okay. I looked around the guild hall and saw Gray and Freed happily playing with Freya and Yuki and I knew that no matter what happened we would always be a family.