"Jellal!" Meredy spoke loudly in a small cheer, moving to give the male a hug. I couldn't help but have a strong feeling I knew him from somewhere. Something that somewhat nagged the back of my head. I had many moments like that. I forgot a lot of things, people sadly being some of the things I would forget. If only I could forget Evergreen's ugly face for good. That would've been something I would gladly thank being ill for. It was rare that I would run into her but she always tried doing something like this. 

She enjoyed pulling stunts like this all those years. Some people sadly never change until something bad bites them back. "I can't believe that woman, she should grow up" Mirajane spoke with pure hate in her voice before turning to look at me. She straight away asked how I was feeling if Evergreen had upset me or set off my illness. It was sad to admit I got used to being called a liar or fake. I...at many times would pray or wish that I really was. The pain, the suffering you got from Myalgic Encephalomyelitis...I wouldn't wish it on anyone.

No matter how much I hated them. I just couldn't. The suffering of being ill, the effects it had on you both physically and mentally was horrible to live through. "I'm fine Mira, just please stop bringing attention to us. I have enough problems to deal with" I soon whispered getting Mirajane to give another emotional sorry. People like Evergreen always made things just bothersome, purely and utterly bothersome. I had enough problems in life to deal with. I was dying from an illness that can put me in and out of a wheelchair.

An illness that means if I ever got the flu or common cold I would be in the hospital, fighting for my own life. I had to deal with issues that most people wouldn't bare lasting with for five single minutes let alone for their whole lives. Mirajane knew that better than anyone though. She knew how I felt. I didn't want to deal with that horrible side of life anymore. I only wanted to have the best life I could get even with my limits and restrictions. Mirajane was giving off another sorry, giving off a promise of not going overboard as she would. 

She always ended up being the one to give this promise. She couldn't help it. She was defending me. Like she normally was. "Though sadly now we gotta be in a classroom with her for the next hour and a half" Mirajane soon had let out a worried sigh getting me to look at the door of the classroom then back toward my childhood best friend. I understood what she meant easily. It seemed our class was sharing the room with the business students. I only let off a small shrug knowing Evergreen wouldn't cause a scene with a tutor in the room.

"Sit with us, Jellal here can scare off anyone!" Meredy soon spoke causing me and Mirajane to turn our heads to look at pink-haired and blue-haired people standing next to her. Meredy had a bright smile on her face while Jellal had a small one, it was easy to see that he didn't really care for what was really going on. "We would be dragging you into our issues with Evergreen for the rest of the college year if we do so" Mirajane rubbed the back of her neck, giving me her normal worried look. 

She knew my emotions sadly affected my health. It made life difficult to manage but I always found some way to deal with it. "I said I'm fine Mira" I only spoke knowing that my best friend wouldn't believe me straight away. It made it only just more bothersome at times but it meant she cared. I understood that. I knew it was just her being over-worried for me but it made you feel so useless. When overs would always checking up on you, telling you to chill or relax, it was nothing but something that made it worse deep down.

It made you feel like some useless piece of...it just felt so upsetting knowing you dragged people you loved down. "Just sit with us this lesson. If Meredy gets worked up with worry she'll end up getting sick" Jellal then spoke causing Mirajane's head to peak up. She was looking toward Meredy with a large smile. I was standing there wishing Jellal never said those words for a single second. I knew Mirajane better than anyone after all. "So Meredy you understand what Erza goes through?!?" Mirajane asked in her hyper but sweet tone.

I almost facepalmed but I knew there was no stopping her now. There was a bright light in her eyes. I almost wished I was just dealing with Evergreen more. "Erza you have that issue too?" Meredy asked in shock looking at me with the exact same light in her eyes as Mirajane did. I felt a chill go down my spine seeing it. Two Mirajane's. It somewhat sounded like a nightmare personally. It was hard getting one to stop over worrying about me as it was, let alone now having two of them around. 

"Enough talking, it's time for class" a voice came from the door we were waiting outside of. I was saved by the tutor. Our tutor for the mac room was Reedus Jonah. A tutor with orange curly hair and extremely dark brown eyes to the point they could've been black. He was wearing a dark vest over a light shirt with rolled-up sleeves, dark pants and striped shoes with plain tips. Around his neck is a large, and light-coloured ribbon, he wears a dark top hat with a light band around it and a pair of glasses-like goggles on his eyes.

Slowly a mixed group of Therapy-Counselling class and business class entered the room, Reedus was letting us sit where we wanted. "Counselling students you already know your task for this lesson so go on ahead and try working with each other while I set up the business students tasks" Reedus then spoke loudly while everyone took their seats. Somehow Mirajane had dragged me to sit with Meredy and Jellal. She wanted to talk to them more and wanted me to sit with her, knowing Evergreen was in this room.

Mirajane sat in the corner computer, me next to her, Meredy then on my other side while Jellal was at the other side of her. Everyone from both classes did what they could to not sit near us. Meredy was correct about the whole scaring everyone. It seemed everyone was trying to avoid us as a group. Though it made me question why. Then again I didn't really want to get involved in someone else's drama. Like I spoke about before, I have enough problems in my life to deal with, let alone someone else's baggage. 

"Erza you never answered me!" Meredy whispered over to me, getting me to look at her. The look in her eyes reminding me of Mirajane. The light, excitement and wonder that would also remind you of a child. I learnt from growing up with Mirajane, they were no way to calm them down or get them to step back. We had both logged into our macs but they were taking the normal long time to log into the system. "I have an illness called Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, known also as M.E, emotions can set it off or make it worse" I soon explained getting Meredy to look even more excited. 

The light in her eyes just grew by tenfold. "Just like mine! I have Fibromyalgia, also known as F.M" Meredy soon replied the two of us keeping our voices down so we didn't get in trouble with Reedus. He was a tutor who didn't mind chatting but when he was explaining or talking himself, he didn't like to speak over other people. Something many tutors in college had in common. It was understandable. You were meant to be an adult listening to brief and important information, in the workplace, you wouldn't be allowed to do so.

"I've heard of F.M, at one point in time doctors believed that's what I had" I had replied with some shock. Fibromyalgia was very and I mean very similar to Myalgic Encephalomyelitis. They had so many common symptoms and medical issues to the point it was hard to tell what the difference was. Even now I didn't know what that difference was personally. It was something that caught my interest years ago. "I can't believe I finally met someone who's like me!" Meredy then whispered in pure joy. 

Those were words I wasn't very used to. I heard many people say it towards and about Mirajane but I've never met anyone...and I meant anyone who would use those exact same words towards or even about me. Meredy and I had ended up talking about some of the strangest things. About different types of doctors we've met or had the same, medication and joking around with it. I was speaking to someone who understands the pain and struggle of just getting out of bed. It...it was something I never thought would happen in my whole life.

It was rare to meet anyone who understands the simplest things about your own illness. Even if they had the same Myalgic Encephalomyelitis affected each and every single person ill differently. It was why there can't be or ever will be a cure. We were just stuck ill with it. If you get it at a young age there was a chance that around the age of sixteen-seventeen you could somehow wake up one day and be freed. Be freed from the horrid illness that attacked your every fibre and being. 

When people who had similar symptoms spoke, I heard that they could speak hours on end about it, joking around and even giving tips and hints to keep on living. For the first time in fifteen years, I had met someone I could talk to about this type of thing. I never would've looked at Meredy believing she was also suffering from an illness. From the way she was talking she felt the exact same with me. invisible illnesses were really the name, they were invisible to the point you could never tell who was really suffering. 

You never knew how hard someone's life really was. The people you bully, the ones you ignore to help or reach out to, just anyone you could know or love, they could be suffering in secret, just hiding how they really felt or what they were going through with a fake smile. We never showed people how ill we really were. The days you see us we are having a good day, the days you don't see us...well we would be crying ourselves to sleep from how much pain we were in, slowly wishing ourselves to be dead to stop the suffering. 

That was something that would never change. No matter how much I wanted it to. I had heard adults with these illnesses say having a lover is what got them through the darkest of times. It was by some sheer luck I was still alive from those times. There have been so many moments in life where I just wanted to end it all. Just to end the suffering I have and what I give to other people. By the time Mirajane and Jellal had been allowed to work and talk to the two of us, they couldn't get a single word in. 

Both looked in shock seeing how both I and Meredy were chatting away, giggling and unable to stop talking for even a single second. We were able to finish off each other's sentences, talk about how we had many similar things happening in our past and present. Looking back at this moment...I would've never guessed that Mirajane asking a single question would start the events that would change my life forever.