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Chapter 1: Pick Up Lines
(SanjiXOC Modern Day AU)
"Did it hurt when you fell from Heaven?" Sanji mused to the blonde sitting next to him at the bar. She rolled her eyes and, taking her drink, strode off. Sanji wistfully watched her as she disappeared into the crowd. Sighing he scanned the bar while contemplating going outside for a smoke.
"A bloody mary, please." A soft voice stood out from the noise around him. Sanji turned to see the speaker, a young woman a couple seats down. She wore a simple lace dress and her hazelnut hair cut in a sophisticated bob. She gently pushed up her square glasses with one hand, nervously fingering her drink with the other as she looked around the bar.
Grabbing his own drink Sanji slid smoothly into the seat next to the woman. She whipped her head around to face him, her hazel eyes alarmed. Regaining her composure she smiled. "Hey." She greeted him, her voice like a light bell.
Sanji melted a little at the sound. Gathering himself he mustered the courage to use the line he'd been saving all night. "You're so cool you make ice insecure, baby doll." Fuck, he thought to himself as he flushed bright red, That did not come out right.
To his surprise the woman giggled. "I've never heard that one before," She laughed, "Where'd you hear it?"
Sanji sat shocked at her light-hearted reaction. He smiled at himself and replied awkwardly as she sipped her drink, "From some asshole I knew..."
The woman giggled again, the sound like sweet music to Sanji's ears. "My name's Charlotte." She introduced herself between sips of her bloody mary. Sanji swore at that moment her smile was brighter than the sun itself.
"Sanji..." He breathed.
Charlotte stood, finishing her small drink. "Would you like to go for a walk with me Sanji?" She questioned, blushing slightly and leaving the money for the bartender under her empty glass. "I really don't care for bars."
Sanji downed the rest of the brandy he'd been nursing all night, the strong alcohol burning his throat. Ignoring the sensation he stood and paid for his drink. "If you don't mind me smoking." He replied, smiling and holding up a pack of All Blue Cigarettes.
Charlotte nodded, turning bright red, and chuckled, "You already are."
