The full title of this chapter would be, And while she looked so sad in photographs.

Still at Ace's home

Dang, it's already 5 o'clock, I think it's time I took her home.

I looked to the side of me and see Luffy still crying. Her body all curl up in a ball.

"Luffy, Luffy," I shake her. Luffy's head move up and questions me with her teary eyes.

"I think it will be best if we brought you home." She just nods her head and gets up.

Outside

"I'm sorry Ace for staying so long. And now you have to take me home too." Luffy says this, with her hands at her back and she shyly looks at the ground. Her face is all red as well, but I couldn't tell if she was blushing or because of her crying for so many hours.

Man, she looks so cute like that. I just want to hug her. Oh, wait she's apologizing. What should I say? It needs to be cool or something smart... Ahhh! I think she's asking me a question but I wasn't listening.

Luffy's big owl like eyes stares me down, just waiting for an answer.

"Um... what did you ask me?"

Bringing her head down, which causes her tangled hair to cover her face like curtains, she quietly ask, "Do you want to come inside?"

That was really fast. Could have sworn we only walked like two blocks! I look around, just to notice that we actually live in the same neighborhood. That's weird. How come I never notice? Oh well, at least I can see my beloved angel whenever I walk near(past) here.

"Yes I would like that, Luffy." Yes, I get to go inside! I wonder if I'm the first guy she brought home. Either way, I get to see my angel's home. Bet Thatch didn't see that coming. Who's awesome? I am.

"Ace, aren't you coming?" And I see Luffy at the door just waiting for me.

"Uh... Yeah." I quickly sprint to where to the door. Stupid me, acting stupid in front of Luffy.

Inside of Luffy's Lovely home

"It seems like nobody is home. Well, I need to go change. You can make yourself at home." I noticed that Luffy doesn't even seem surprised that nobody was home.

Interesting. Maybe her parents are usually out. Ah, what to do, what to do?

I started to look around the house. Surprisingly, there isn't much stuff around here. The kitchen had an oven, big fridge (Well, she does eat a lot. Just a unique attribute that my cute angel has.), a sink, etc. Everything l kitchen usually has.

Her living room has a couch, one of those old box-like TV, a table with chairs. Oh wait, what that? I head my way to the shelf. Instead of books, they held albums, videos, anything physical that is able to capture a moment. Hey this album says baby. I pull that one out. I went to her green couch to view the picture there.

Aw, she look so cute. And that smile... Flip. Ooo that outfit was cute to. Keeps flipping. She look like a princess in that one. Flips to the last page. Darn, that was all.

I got up and went to the shelf again. I found another album. It was 10 times bigger than the baby album. Weird, this one has no label. I grabbed it and went back to the couch.

Opening the album, the first thing I see was a old picture of a man and a woman. I think these are her parents. The lady had long black hair, that past her shoulders. Her face was round and had big blue eyes. I guess Luffy got her looks from her mom. When I looked at Luffy's father, he had a stern face. Compare to the mom's be grin, the dad's lips were straight. If you look closer, you could see it curve at the edges. Of course he had to have dark brown piercing eyes. Well, Luffy has the same eye color as her dad. And he looks scary.

As I keep flipping, I saw many pictures of Luffy's parent. There's was some at the beach, the zoo, wedding, and many other fun places. Oh look, Luffy's mom is pregnant. I guess Luffy is about to appear. There was a few more of Luffy's mom stomach getting bigger. The the next page shows a toddler looking Luffy, all dress up and smiling so big it takes up half her face, with her dad. And several more pictures of Luffy with her dad. Maybe the mom is the one taking the pictures. Was the excuse I gave myself. The next page was pictures of Luffy, about ages five or six. Her dad wasn't present anymore. Her smile got a little bit smaller.

I started flipping through fast, as if it was a flip book. In a way, it was like a flip book. Each passing pages, as Luffy grew bigger (and more beautiful) her smiles were growing smaller. The I stop at one, where her smile was big again. Only you can tell this wasn't like a real smile. And her eyes just look so sad and tired. What happened? Where are Luffy's parent? Well, I can tell they are gone, but why?

I kept of flipping, and just watch as she continue this happy facade. I stopped at another picture. This time you can clearly see how fake her smile was. And tears were rolling down her face. What's going on?

I heard a door opening, so I immediately look up to see Luffy looking at me with big, wide open eyes.

Sorry it took so long. I hope you guys like this and I tried to write more this time as well. Thanks for those who followed and favorite the story, I really appreciate knowing that you guys actually look forward to this story. I just feel bad you have to endure my crappy writing and laziness of not working on this story.