Disclaimer: I do not own One Piece. All hail Master Oda.
Chapter 2
After dinner, the strawhats went outside to the lawn except Sanji who stayed behind the kitchen to wash the dishes. The sky was no longer emitting the orange glow given by the sun earlier as the night came. The moon came out from hiding, basking the ship with a soft white glow. Nami felt the wind and instantly she knew that they're in for a calm night so they have nothing to worry about. She looked up the sky and saw the stars. "Beautiful", she thought. Out of her peripheral vision, Nami saw Usopp walk towards the railing.
"Oh, the city looks beautiful at night!", the sniper exclaimed, eyes widening.
Nami also looked over at the city."Wow", she thought, eyes also widening a little. Different colored lights from the buildings glowed like fireflies making the city look like a big amusement park. They were docked somewhere along the outskirts of a town they found earlier that day. They were running low on food and cola so, not wanting to go out of her room, she asked Robin a favor and told the raven haired woman to look for a town to resupply. Luckily, they found this town.
She saw Chopper and Luffy approach Usopp and they yelled with amazement as they also noticed the city's magnificence.
"Sugoi! Looks fun! I wanna go!", Luffy squealed excitedly as Chopper nodded vigorously at his statement.
"No, you're staying here", Sanji said, emerging from the kitchen. Everyone looked up at him. He took a cigarette from the pocket inside his suit and lit it up.
Luffy looked at Sanji with pleading eyes when he realized the meaning of the words that came out of the cook's mouth. "Demo Sanji-", he complained.
"No, we talked about this, you're staying here. It's your punishment for eating all the food in the pantry", Sanji said, his voice serious. "Shitty rubber, he can even eat unprocessed food now, seems like we also need a lock for the pantry", he thought. He took a drag and then held his cigarette using his right hand, removing it from his mouth, as he exhaled a puff of smoke. He placed his left hand inside his pants pocket and looked at their captain sternly.
Luffy cringed involuntarily as he remembered Sanji's beating when the cook found out about his trespassing. He couldn't help it, Usopp and Chopper was too busy to play with him back then and he was starving. He was so hungry and bored at that time.
"It's not even cooked so I didn't really enjoy it! I won't do it again!", Luffy begged.
Sanji frowned in annoyance at Luffy's words. It's as if the rubber idiot is expecting that it is supposed to be some sort of a consolation for the cook that he did not even enjoy eating the unprocessed foods. "You're staying here", he said for the third time.
Luffy, knowing that Sanji won't budge with his decision, turned and looked at Zoro for help instead. He saw the swordsman picking something up near the foremast. "Zorooo-", he whined.
The swordsman sighed as he tucked the white cloth he used earlier for shining his swords inside his pocket. "Ero-cook's right", he said. Sanji's face turned into a deep scowl as he yelled, "What did you say, you shitty Marimo?!" when he heard the hateful nickname that Zoro baptized him with. However, Zoro paid no mind to him as he faced his begging captain. "There's a marine base here, it's too troublesome to get caught by them", he continued to say to Luffy as he remembered the countless times when the rubber idiot managed to get them into trouble.
"We're not gonna get caught! We'll just fight them off!", Luffy said proudly, slightly annoyed at Zoro for siding with Sanji.
"Baka, didn't we decide to go to the city at night so that there's less of a chance for us to get caught and get into a fight?", Usopp explained, head swaying from side to side and tongue clicking disapprovingly at their captain's rash decision.
Sanji went down the stairs and joined the strawhats at the lawn before saying, "Only those who need to buy something gets to go. Be sure to buy everything you need, we're gonna have to leave early morning to avoid detection by the marines."
"I need to buy meat!", Luffy said right away as he raised his right hand, still attempting to go to town. However, Sanji ignored Luffy's pathetic excuse and turned to Franky.
"Franky, if you don't mind, I need you to buy a lock for the pantry. I can't attend to it anymore. I have to buy a month's worth of food. It might be awhile before we could find an island again. I'm not taking any chances.", he told the cyborg.
"I'm on it! I also need to buy new equipments anyway", Franky answered as he grinned. He gave Sanji the thumbs up. Sanji smiled, appreciating the cyborg's cooperation.
"I also need to go to a nearby bookstore. I believe Chopper also needs to go too?", Robin stated as she looked over at the little reindeer with a smile.
"Un!", answered Chopper happily as he ran over Robin's side. Luffy watched Chopper leave his side with a frown.
They didn't notice Brook emerging from the men's quarters. He was holding his green guitar. "Yohohoho, Sanji-san, I hope you won't mind if I go along too? I need new strings for my guitar, you see", Brook explained as he held up his guitar for the cook to see the broken strings. Sanji just nodded as he took another drag from his cigarette.
"I'll go too", Zoro said. Sanji's eyebrow twitched as he turned around to look at the swordsman. "You have no business in town, shitty swordsman", he said annoyingly.
"Stop ordering me around dart brow", Zoro said calmly.
"You'll cause us trouble as much as Luffy can, you national treasure!", yelled Sanji.
"I need equipments to shine my swords eyebrow freak, why the hell should I listen to you?", Zoro exclaimed, not able to contain his annoyance anymore. Sanji ticked.
"YOU WANNA FIGHT MARIMO?!"
"I'LL TAKE YOU ON ANYTIME ERO-COOK!"
Zoro unsheathed all his three swords while Sanji raised his leg. Their faces wore a comical scowl as both of them emitted an aura of fierce fury. Luffy's laugh can be heard on the background, he always find it funny to see Zoro and Sanji annoy each other. The others, except Robin who was smiling, just sighed. They're already used to their extreme bickering. Sanji's left leg was about to turn red, activating his Diable Jambe, when Usopp stood between them.
"Oi, yamero, you two! This isn't the time for that!", Usopp said, exasperation evident in his voice. "Really, these two are hopeless", he thought.
Both men calmed down when they saw Usopp standing between them. "Tch, I'm going cook", Zoro said with a hint of annoyance as he sheathed his swords. Sanji just turned away from him muttering profanities. He walked over to the railing and looked at the city. He sighed. If he can't stop the shitty swordsman, then..
"Oi Usopp, go with that marimo. If he gets lost, it's trouble for us", he said as he turned around to look at Usopp.
Usopp frowned but then remembered that he also needed to buy something for his latest invention. He smiled and said, "Leave it to me!"
Zoro just grunted. He has no problem going with Usopp but that cook is really annoying him. Since when did he get lost? Besides, the town isn't that big. Only a moron would get lost in a town that small. "Whatever, I don't want to fight with that Ero-cook anymore", he thought grudgingly.
"All right, that settles it. Be back as soon as possible", Sanji said as he prepared to jump down on the ground below. Everyone followed suit and made their way to the railing. Luffy groaned loudly with a big frown on his face as he watched each of his nakama preparing to jump down below. He felt so sad. He sat down on the grass and crossed his arms.
Sanji was about to jump when he heard Luffy groan. "Wait a minute", he thought.
Sanji released his hold on the railing and stood up straight at the lawn once more. He looked at Luffy who was sitting on the ground and just stared at him, his mind in a daze. Robin noticed the cook's actions and also released her hold on the railing. She looked at Sanji with a confused expression. The other strawhats also stopped moving, their poses on the railing awkward as they turned to look at Sanji to know what the hold-up was all about. Even Zoro was curious.
However, Sanji paid them no mind. Sanji was wearing an unusual expression, as if a beautiful woman just slapped him across the face. Luffy, noticing the weird expression on the cook's face and still a bit annoyed at Sanji's disapproval of letting him go to town, said bluntly, "What's wrong Sanji? You look ugly."
With Luffy's statement, Sanji's consciousness returned. He ignored Luffy's jibe. Instead, he looked at his other crewmates near the railing, eyes wild, and yelled (except at his Robin-chwan), "Who the hell will guard this idiot?! We just can't leave him alone here! Who knows what he'll do while we're gone!"
The rest of the crew stared at Sanji for a brief second, a little surprised at his tone of voice, before realization also hit them. They all released their hold on the railing and looked at Luffy, all wearing a problematic expression. "Oh yeah, we forgot about that..", they thought.
Luffy heard what Sanji said and his frown deepened. At first he got annoyed at Sanji's statement. It's not like he'll call or get noticed by the marines or do anything in line with that intentionally. If ever that happens, they should know that it's an accident and purely non intentional. He didn't mean any of the bad stuff that happens, anyway. It was all an accident, can't they understand that?
He was about to tell Sanji off but then his big brain thought of something utterly amazing. "If they leave me here alone.. Hmm.. Then I could sneak out to town! If I made it back on the ship before them, they won't even know a thing!", he thought. His eyes went wide and he smiled. His somber mood was immediately replaced by that of excitement. The prospect of sneaking out made everything all the more exhilarating, nearly quenching Luffy's thirst for adventure after a long week of nothing but calm skies and tranquil waters.
"Hahahaha! You're funny Sanji! I'll be fine by myself! I won't do anything!", Luffy yelled happily. He grinned widely at the cook.
Sanji looked at their captain and felt himself tick at the idiotic expression that the rubber idiot was wearing. He could feel the tip of his eyebrow twitch as he took another drag, trying to calm his nerves. "Does he think I'm stupid?", he thought angrily. He clicked his tongue and then walked over to where his captain sat.
Luffy watched as the cook slowly walked the short distance between them. His grin widened. "This is going to be so much fun", he thought, oblivious of the fuming aura of the cook. He could feel Sanji towering above him and he looked up, smile still in place.
Without warning the cook raised his leg and thumped Luffy hard on the head. Luffy yelled in pain while the others cringed. "That must've really hurt", they thought. The blonde had, no doubt, activated his haki. He never fully appreciated the usefulness of his newfound power until now. It was proving itself more useful over the past few days.
Luffy clutched his throbbing head, eyes firmly shut. It hurt like hell! That may have been the strongest kick Sanji had ever laid on him so far. He's starting to regret being too relaxed around his nakama. He thought about the various thumps that they willingly give him, especially from Nami and Sanji, and decided that from now on he would always activate his Kenbunshoku and Busoshoku Haki. Nami's thumps ain't so bad, it doesn't really 'hurt' him per se. But still, any normal person in the world (though he's far from being normal) wouldn't want constant knocking on their head, right?
When the pain subsided a little, he stood up and yelled, "Dammit SanjI! What was that for?!"
"It's for your stupidity you shitty rubber! If it hurt you that much that means you have no brain at all!", Sanji retorted. His cigarette fell on the grass between them. He stepped on it to extinguish the small fire and picked it up; he'll be damned by Franky if he left it there. He felt something on his mouth and spit it out on his hand. To his surprise, it's his cigarette butt. He must've chewed on it too much due to his rage. "Dammit, another good cigarette wasted, and it's all because of this idiot", he thought angrily.
"I didn't do anything!", Luffy bellowed. He was starting to feel angry too, not entirely because of Sanji's kick, but mainly because of the possibility that his plan might be compromised.
"I'm not stupid like you, I know you'll sneak out the moment we set foot on the island!", Sanji yelled back. He reached for his coat pocket and tried to light another cigarette, trying and failing to calm his nerves. He didn't mean to hit Luffy that hard but sometimes the extent of the rubber man's stupidity really put him over the edge.
Luffy groaned in annoyance and sat back down forcefully on the lawn. He lowered his hat on his head, covering his eyes, and crossed his arms. Dammit, he really thought he could get away with it. It was the perfect plan!
When Luffy made no indication to fight back, Sanji glanced back at the others near the railing. He noticed their expressions and shook his head. They were amused at the scene before them, to say the least. Sanji glanced at the starry skies and thought, "We don't have much time, we have to go now.."
Sanji turned his back on the mumbling Luffy and faced the others. He took a much needed drag and cleared his throat before saying, "So much for that. We have to go, who will volunteer and stay behind with this idiot?" He pointed his thumb behind him, towards Luffy.
They all looked away from him. Chopper tried to hide behind Robin and the dark haired archeologist tried to avoid his eyes by smiling down on the little reindeer clutching her leg. Not that he would ever stop his dearest Robin-chwan from going of course. Franky placed both of his gigantic hands behind his head, eyes suddenly interested on the moon above them. He couldn't let Franky babysit anyway, he desperately needed a lock and Franky was the best man for the job. Who else in this crew knows the best lock out there but him? Brook turned his back on him with his guitar, held on by a leather strap, gracing his back, as if reminding him of his purpose in town. He looked at Usopp, his last hope, but the sniper was wearing this goofy grin on his face and just pointed at Zoro. He didn't even bother to look at the monstrosity at the end of Usopp's pointed finger. He felt that if he even saw a glimpse of Zoro's face now, he would just go berserk.
Sanji sighed. Dammit, he thought, why must this rubber idiot always complicate things? There was a moment of awkward silence.
Finally, Sanji decided, "Chopper, stay behind with Luffy".
Chopper gave a jolt and clutched Robin's leg tighter. "But I need to go to the bookstore!", Chopper whined. Robin gave Sanji a small frown, obviously not happy with his decision.
Sanji closed his eyes. He didn't want to see his Robin-chwan's frown. It's like daggers digging into his heart. But he had no choice, someone must stay behind. "I'm sorry Chopper but unless someone stays behind, none of us can go to town", he tried to explain.
Chopper frowned and tried to think of an excuse to change Sanji's mind. He really wanted to go to town. He wanted to see the bright lights and he wanted to know if there are any new medical books that he can buy. When the reindeer can't think of anything to convince Sanji, he turned to his last hope: Robin. The little reindeer tugged at Robin's pink sari-like skirt and tried to put on his cutest pouting face so far.
Robin looked down at Chopper and her eyes soften. Robin always has a soft spot for Chopper. After all, who in the world could resist the cutest pout she had ever seen in her life?
She looked at Sanji and said bluntly, "I'm sure Usopp will be happy to volunteer".
"What?!", Usopp bellowed, not believing what he heard.
Usopp could feel Sanji's eyes shift from Chopper to him. He looked at Sanji and tried to say, "Wa-wait a minute, wh-what about Zoro-kun? We wouldn't want him to get lost now, would we? R-right?". Usopp looked at Sanji with wild eyes, as if trying to remind Sanji to be reasonable.
Sanji sighed and said regrettably, "Usopp's right Robin-chwan. It'll be bad for us if marimo got lost." Sanji turned away from Robin, knowing that what he said brought another sad frown on his beautiful archeologist. "Chopper, you have to stay", he said, his tone ringing with finality. Usopp let out a sigh of relief. Chopper's eyes squinted angrily.
"But I don't want to stay here!", Chopper whined.
"You have no choice Chopper, you have to!", Usopp said, afraid that Sanji might change his mind once more.
"You don't have business in town! You're the one who should stay!", Chopper yelled at Usopp.
The two started bickering loudly.
"I do have business in town! Plus, I need to watch Zoro!"
"My business in town is much more important than yours!"
"No it's not!"
"Yes it is!"
Usopp was getting irritated and advanced towards Chopper. Chopper turned into his "human form".
"Oi, stop it you two", Zoro said. But they did not seem to hear the swordsman.
"Why you-!", they both yelled.
"I'll babysit him", a lone voice said.
Everyone turned their head at the direction of the voice and their eyes widened as they saw Nami standing just a few feet away behind Luffy. They totally forgot about her. Maybe it was because they were getting used to her being locked up in her room for the past week.
"Na-Nami-san..", Sanji muttered, his visible eye wide with disbelief. He can't believe that he failed to notice the beauty standing behind him until now.
Nami furrowed her brows, crossed her arms in front of her and sighed. She watched everything that transpired between her nakama and was a little annoyed that they seem oblivious to her presence. When she sensed that Usopp and Chopper weren't doing just some friendly banter, she decided to finally make her presence known. Further irritated by their reaction, she thought, "What the hell's wrong with them?" Even Luffy was looking at her with a dumb expression. Well, dumber than his usual anyway.
"I don't have to go to town, I'll watch over him", she said.
Sanji blinked a few times, trying to snap his mind out of its daze, then said, "But Nami-san, don't you want to explore the town? It's beautiful!". Sanji tried to convince the beautiful navigator. She already spent too much time locked up in her room. She needs to go out, at least beyond the boundaries of Sunny.
Nami tilted her head at the side as she considered the cook's suggestion. The town did look absolutely amazing and it's been awhile since her feet touched solid ground. However, she had other plans. "No, I'll stay here. Don't you need someone to guard Luffy?", she said and raised her eyebrows.
"Y-yes, but-", Sanji started to mutter but his pathetic reasoning was cut short by his arch nemesis.
"Well, that's settled then. Let's go.", Zoro said. Without a second's warning, Zoro jumped down from the railing. The fight on the lawn had gone on long enough and the night isn't getting any younger. He wanted to sleep, more than anything else. He just wanted to go to town, buy his shining equipments, return to Sunny and get this whole fiasco over with. He wanted to get out of the island as soon as possible; it caused enough distress to his nakama already.
"H-hey wait up, Zoro! You'll get lost!", Usopp yelled. Without looking back at Chopper and the rest, the sniper jumped over the railing and joined Zoro in his walk towards town.
Soon enough the rest of the straw hats, except Sanji, started to leave the Sunny. Chopper, in particular, was literally dragging Robin. He was afraid that Sanji might force him again to guard Luffy so he wasn't taking any chances. They all nodded their thanks to Nami and then waved and said their goodbye's to Luffy, promising to buy him a big amount of meat on their return. However, it did little to lift their captain's mood. Luffy looked at them with pleading eyes and a frown like no other. He never waved goodbye to any of them, he felt annoyed and a little betrayed. How could they leave him?
Brook was the last one to dismount the ship, bowing to Nami before laughing his way down. Soon enough only Sanji, Luffy and Nami remained on the lawn.
Luffy groaned loudly and lay down on the lawn. It's final, he's really staying on the ship and the thought itself sickens him. He sighed. At least he would have tons of meat when the rest got back, but still, the adventure he was missing out on was too much of a lost for him.
A moment of silence passed them by, only broken by Luffy's occasional whimpering. Nami looked at Sanji and wondered how long the cook was going to stand there. When Sanji made no sign to leave the ship, Nami sighed. "Sanji-kun, you have to go. You're wasting time", she said.
Sanji's big frown turned deeper at her statement. He really wanted her to go out and enjoy herself. They could shop for clothes, buy new shoes and perfumes and maybe even have a nice midnight walk around the park. It'll be the perfect date for the perfect couple! Sanji's eyes started to flutter as his thoughts took a wrong turn. All sense of urgency flew out of his dazed mind, so what if there are Marines in town? It doesn't matter as long as he's with his beautiful, precious Nami-swan. He cleared his throat and decided that he's going to persuade Nami to go into town. He won't allow her to miss the most romantic night of her life.
Nami felt her face twitch as she saw a hint of drool on Sanji's open mouth. In an instant, the navigator knew what the cook was thinking. She glared at him, hoping against hope that her disapproval would get through thru his thick, lovesick head.
He started to speak but the look on Nami's face stopped him from convincing her of his plans. "I'm staying here Sanji-kun", she said firmly.
"But Nami-san-!"
"I'm staying!", she half yelled at him. Arms still crossed in front of her, she clicked her tongue and glared at Sanji's beseeching eyes. She knew that he, along with the others, had been very worried about her due to her odd behavior over the past week and that underneath the cook's perverted fantasies, there's that small part of him that really wanted her to go out and enjoy herself. She appreciated that, really, mainly because she knew the good intentions that lie within the perverted thoughts. However, she was not lying when she said that she really had no intention to go to town. She had other plans to spend the night and she just wished that the blonde would take the hint and leave her alone with her decision.
Sanji, taken aback, just stared at her with pleading eyes but when Nami's glare did not falter, he sighed. He hated it when his precious angels get mad at him, it breaks his poor heart! He gave in; she's not giving him much of a choice in the first place.
"Okay Nami-swan, I understand now. I'm sorry.", he said with an apologetic tone. Upon his request for forgiveness, her eyes softened slightly and she gave him a small smile. The cook smiled in return.
"This is so lame", Luffy muttered to no one in particular. He'd been completely oblivious of the tension between his navigator and cook. He was still sulking about all the fun and adventure that he was missing out on.
Both Sanji and Nami looked down at their captain lying on the lawn. They nearly forgot that they were not the only ones on the ship. Luffy's eyes were directed at the stars above them but his unfocused gaze and gloomy expression tells that his mind was obviously on the town beyond. Nami rolled her eyes and shook her head slightly. Typical Luffy, she thought. Sanji took a drag and placed his hands inside the pocket of his pants. "It's because of this idiot that my dear Nami-swan had to stay here", he thought angrily.
Without warning, Sanji shoved the heel of his shoe on Luffy's forehead. Luffy gave a little jolt of surprise but made no attempt to remove Sanji's foot away. He felt too depressed to care much about anything else, let alone his forehead.
Sanji stepped harder on Luffy's rubber forehead before saying, "Listen up you shitty rubber, you better behave yourself. If you give Nami-san even just a tiny bit of trouble, it's me that you'll have to deal with. I'll kick your ass in ways your stupid brain can't even begin to comprehend. You got that?"
Nami watched as Luffy gave an incomprehensible small noise. She half expected Sanji to try and get a much more concrete response from Luffy but it seemed like a good enough answer for the cook. She watched as the blonde gave a final push on the rubber boy's poor forehead before removing his foot.
"Good, we've reached an agreement then", he said firmly. He then looked at Nami.
"Nami-san, I'll bring a baby den den mushi just in case. Call me whenever this dolt gives you trouble or when you need something in town", he told Nami softly with a small smile.
Nami smiled in return before saying, "Hai, arigatou Sanji-kun".
She watched as Sanji disappeared in one of the rooms on deck, undoubtedly to look for the baby den den mushi. When she heard Luffy mutter something rude about the blonde, she heaved a sigh and looked at the poor figure whimpering and cursing underneath her. She frowned when she saw him rub his now reddish forehead. She had to admit, she felt sorry for the guy. It was painstakingly obvious that he wanted to go to town more than anyone else. She could almost feel his disappointment diffusing throughout her own body and she shivered at the weird feeling. Sometimes, it's hard to believe that Luffy is the captain of one humungous and powerful ship, let alone a mighty crew such as them. The way he was treated on a daily basis, it was like he was at the bottom of the food chain. He was definitely lacking the kind of respect a captain of a 'notorious' pirate ship deserves. Not that she's complaining, mind you, since she's one of the main torturers anyway. But it's not like she enjoyed whacking and punching the guy. It's just that his stupidity, antics and idiosyncrasies was just a little too much for someone with a minute patience like her.
She heard a door close and her mind drifted back to reality. She turned her head and saw Sanji emerging from one of the rooms, tucking the baby den den mushi inside his pocket. He reached them after a few long strides. He bowed at Nami then said, "Shall I take my leave now, mademoiselle?". He completely ignored Luffy's dagger-like glare at him.
"Go, you've wasted too much time already", Nami urged, rolling her eyes at the exaggerated chivalry of the cook.
"If I bring back something nice for you will you love me more, Nami-swaaaaan?", the cook exclaimed. All the frustration and annoyance that he felt awhile ago for the rubber boy flew out of the window as his whole demeanor turned into his usual love mode.
Nami closed her eyes and shook her head at the cook's sudden change of mood. He can be so fickle at times when it comes to his emotions. He could be fighting an all out war with Zoro and then he could be swooning over her and Robin the next second. Not wanting to deal with his nonsense, she said the only thing that she could think of: the easy way out kind of answer, "Hai, hai". Although far from the truth, Kami knows she could never possibly love Sanji more than a nakama, she doesn't care. She just wanted him to be on his way.
Sanji, oblivious of the navigator's lazy tone, literally screamed in delight. He wiped his drool and the little blood trickling from his nose before saying to himself, "Yosh! I'll buy all the perfect ingredients and the perfect gift for my angels!". Feeling fired up with his new vigor, he started to run towards the railing. With a wide smile, he took one last look at his dear Nami-swan and then said, "I'll be back as soon as possible Nami-swan, remember to call me in you need anything!". Nami just nodded in return. Without further ado, he jumped down and ran towards town.
Now, there was only Luffy and Nami onboard.
Author's Note:
To Daseki no Kama,you have my utmost gratitude for reviewing! I will try my best to abide by your request. Since my main pairing is Luffy/Nami, I need to work on Luffy and Nami's relationship first, more than anything else. There would definitely be hints of ZoRo but I'm afraid that it would take a few more chapters for that. I deeply hope that you like this chapter though. :)
Rating may change to M on the next chapter. Actually, there's a high possibility for that. I just don't want to finalize it because I've never done an M-rated before and I'm not that sure if I can pull it off. Haha.
To whoever's reading this story (are there any?), I'm sorry for the late update. The lack of reviews really disappointed me and it made me kinda lazy to continue it. I don't want to write if my heart's not in it. Writing should be for fun. :)
I'm also sorry for the slow pacing of the story. I promise you (especially those who love the Luffy/Nami pairing), the story will be interesting from here on out. Forgive me for the wrong spelling/grammar/punctuation in this chapter.
Last but not the least, this chapter is dedicated to my boyfriend who encouraged me to continue writing. I had fun writing this chapter because of him. Happy 50th month. ;)
Review please? :)