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Chapter 3

Nami made a quick dash towards her house once she had hopped out of Zoro's window. 'Oh my gosh! I hope I'm not gona be late!'

She quickly unlocked the door to her house, and a miniature dachshund came trotting from the kitchen. "Good boy, Chopper! But, I'm sorry, Zoro didn't have any leftovers from dinner to give to you…" She cooed at the small dog. Sometimes, Zoro would have some leftover meat from his dinner, if he felt like cooking at home, and in the mornings, when Nami went over to bring him breakfast, he would give them to her as a treat for the young dog.

The pup lowered his head, seeing as his owner didn't have anything for him, then dashed out the open door. Nami let him be, since she was in a hurry to get to work. She quickly skipped steps on the stairs to her office on the second floor and grabbed all the maps off her desk. 'Oh, most definitely don't want to forget this!' She thought as she had spotted a map in particular of an ancient region just outside of the country Arabasta. Her bag was lying in a corner until she picked it up and placed all the maps in neatly.

Hastily, she flew down the flight of stairs and out the door, closing it on her way out and headed to her car. And noticed something. 'MY KEYS!'

"Ugh! I blame Zoro for this…" She murmured to herself as she headed back inside to retrieve her keys. Once she had locked the door and started the engine, she head off to her job.

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Scratch! Scratch!

Zoro had just finished wrapping a towel around his torso once he was done taking a shower when he heard the scratching sounds at his front door. He grinned to himself, happy to hear the sound of his neighbor's wiener dog knocking on this front door.

He went to the front, and once he had opened the door, the stubby little dog sprinted to his kitchen. "Geez, Chopper. Doesn't Nami feed you?" He chuckled to himself and opened the fridge.

"Here." He said, and threw him a chicken leg. The dog snatched it up off the floor and headed towards the living room where Nami and Zoro had eaten breakfast, and jumped onto the couch with his short legs. "You're gona get fat if you keep coming to me!" He warned the small creature that was chewing up the meat. 'He reminds me a lot of Luffy…' He smirked at that.

After Zoro had put on some clothes, he walked out of the house with Chopper right on his heels. He was going to take a walk to a friend's restaraunt. It was just across the main street of their neighborhood entrance. This wasn't usually a daily routine of his, but even if that blonde-headed cook was a pervert, he was still, some-what, a friend.

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Nami entered the huge building. Her work doesn't start until 10 o' clock, but she tries to be there 30 minutes before most people to get a head start of everybody. She strolled by security, showing them her identification badge, and took the elevator up to her office.

She was on the 29th floor now, and unlocked her office door to dump her bag on her untidy desk. "Sigh… Time to get organized!"

"Knock, knock." A soothing voice had entered the room about 15 minutes later.

"Hey!" Nami beamed up at the sight of one of her clients and best friends.

"Nami, you are such an over achiever, do you know that?"

"Robin, I just wana be ahead of the game!" She winked at the older woman. Robin was holding one cup of coffee in each hand.

The raven-haired woman chuckled. "Here, I brought you some coffee." She extended her left hand out to the cartographer.

"Oh, I already had some at Zoro's place, you can just set it down over there." She motioned to a side table that was placed by her window.

"Hmmm…" Robin walked over to the table and set the coffee down, and gave Nami one of her "knowing" looks. "Is there something going on between you and…"

"Oh, I have your maps and charts for Arabasta!" Nami said, trying to avoid the topic.

Robin smirked. "That can wait. We still have about 15 minutes until I'm your client. Right now, I'm your friend."

"Then, no. There's nothing going on between me and Zoro." Nami said, trying to act casual by tidying up her desk some more.

"Oh, please, Nami. You go to his house every morning to bring him breakfast-" Robin was cut off.

"Cause he'll be too lazy to wake up and make his own!" Nami retorted.

"You don't worry about him going in and out of your house anytime he wants,"

"That's, cause… cause, just in case he'll need something…"

"You go in and out of his house anytime you want to."

"Cause I know he doesn't mind."

"And why doesn't he mind? Maybe, he likes you back…" By now, Robin had taken a seat in one of the two chairs in front of Nami's desk.

"He doesn't like me back." Nami looked straight into the archaeologist's eyes.

"Then you do like him!" The raven-haired woman smiled and took a sip of her coffee.

"What? When did I-"

"Nami, it doesn't matter if you said it. You implied it just now."

"W-what?" The red head stammered and blushed a bit.

"You're also blushing."

"B-because, because… OH, I don't have to explain to you!" The younger woman huffed and crossed her arms over her chest.

"Nami, I'm just messing with you." Robin smiled genuinely at her.

"Hmph." She huffed once more.

"If you don't like him, then you don't like him. But, I don't see what's not to like about him. I mean, he's an excellent swordsman, hardworking, he cares about you…" Robin glanced at Nami.

"I don't like him ." Nami insisted.

"Okay… but you still can't ignore the fact that there is something between the two of you. You're probably the only girl that he completely trusts. Maybe it's because you've known him the longest out of all of us, or it's because he likes-"

"Please don't say he likes me." Nami pleaded as she rubbed her temples.

"I wasn't going to say that… I was going to say… He… Likes… your dog! Yeah… that's what I was gonna say!" Robin was about to say that Zoro liked her, but since the red head seemed a bit annoyed by it, she tried to cover it up with that simple sentence.

"Okay, whatever. Do you want your maps or not?" She smiled at Robin, tired from their little dispute.

"Ahaha, alright. Lemme see that artistic map you've made."

Ring! Ring! Ring!

"Ugh! Danggit! Where'd I put my phone?" Nami searched her entire desk. "Sorry, Robin, it might be important."

"It's right here." Robin picked up the cellular device from the floor and placed it in the hand of the cartographer.

"Hello?" Nami answered as she accepted the call.

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"Oi, swirly brow." Zoro called out once he had entered the Barattie with Chopper being held in one arm. He wouldn't let the pup cross the street by himself!

"Go away, you Marimo head!" Sanji's voice came from the kitchen. He exited out, and entered the dining room. "This is a high class restaurant, as you can see." He motioned with his arm towards all the fancy people eating, which wasn't much, since it was only nine thirty in the morning.

"No I can't. I don't know why you open this place up for breakfast. I don't see what's the point in eating fancy food in the morning." Zoro made air quotes around the word fancy.

"Of course you don't, because you're of the lowest in human society." Sanji glared at the tan man.

"Ouch… Bahahaha!" Zoro chortled out a laugh. "Don't get your panties all up in a knot. I just stopped by to ask if you were coming over to Nami's place tomorrow."

"Of course I am! I would never miss it for the world!" Sanji huffed.

"Hey! Don't forget 'bout me! I'm coming too!" A voice came from the back of the restaurant. The two of them looked towards the bathrooms, and out came Luffy with a wide smile spread across his face. He skipped over to them with a big bag of garbage.

"You Idiot!" Sanji yelled as he kicked him upside on his head.

"Whaaaat?" Luffy whined, as he held the trash bag and his head.

"Go throw that away! Can't you see people are eating? They don't wana see all that filth!" Sanji threw his arms in the air, then placed them across his chest. "I can't believe you convinced me to hire you as the chore boy!" He murmured.

'What the? I came here 3 days ago for that job!" Zoro glared at Sanji.

"Okay! Okay! Didn't have to kick me…" Luffy said as he skulked out the back door. But, once he reached the door, he called back to Zoro "There's gona be a HUGE turkey, right?" He grinned.

"Yeah, I'm gona help Nami cook it today." The green haired man chuckled, forgetting for a moment about the unfairness about the job offer.

"WAHOOOO!" And out the door Luffy went.

"What?" Sanji looked at Zoro with a dropped jaw.

"Laters, curly brow!" Zoro dashed out the door before Sanji could start throwing a fit about how he was going to help Nami, and not him, who actually owned a high quality restaurant. "Serves you right…"

"Oh wait! Zoro!" Luffy ran to the front of the restaurant, with his hand on his hat so it wouldn't fall off. "Is it okay if Ace-"

Zoro didn't slow down one bit. He didn't want to hear that person's name at the moment. Or ever, if possible. "Sorry Luffy! Gotta go!"

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"Who was it?" Robin asked as Nami hung up the phone. The raven haired lady was curious because right when Nami hung up, she gleamed with excitement.

"Oh, it was nobody… Um, oh! Your maps!" She took them out of her bag and showed them to Robin.

"Nami, this is amazing!" Robin exclaimed as she took a look at the map, forgetting all about the mysterious phone call.

"Awh, it's alright I guess." The red head scratched the back of her head, trying her best to be humble. She had actually spent a good deal amount of time on that map. Anything for her friends.

"No, Nami! I- this- Thank you!" The elder woman gave her a tight hug. "This'll be a big help!"

"Your welcome!" Nami smiled at the archeologist's bright smile. "Oh, by the way, when are you leaving for Arabasta anyways?"

"Huh? Well, I was planning on leaving tomorrow with Franky and Vivi. I wana get started on the excavavation as soon as possible… Why?"

"Oooh… Well, I'm having a Thanksgiving party tomorrow, and… well, since you're leaving-"

"Oh my gosh Nami! I'm so sorry! Why didn't you tell me in advance though?" Robin looked at her friend with disappointment.

"I'm sorry! I just-" Nami stammered.

"But, of course I'll go! You could have at least told Franky, you know!"

"But, what about getting started early on the excavation?"

"Hey! I can just leave the next day! Besides, Franky and I will be gone for 7 months and Vivi plans on moving back there, so might as well spend the last day here with all our friends." She smiled a gentle smile.

"Robin… You're the best! It'll be at 5 o' clock. I want us all to catch up with each other before we eat and all. Usopp and Kaya are also flying in from Syrup Village."

"Oh, that's great! Who else do you know is going?" Robin questioned.

"Well, mostly everyone. Zoro's probably going around right now to some of them who live close and asking if they can still make it. Hopefully, everyone can." Nami sighed.

"Okay, well you can count on us to be there! I have to go now, Franky and I have lunch reservations at Sanji's restaurant, and I have other things to do before that."

"Alrighty! See you tomorrow!" She walked Robin to the elevator and down into the lobby.

People started to come into the building for a long day of work.

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Yeah… I made Chopper a doggy…. Don't be mad(if you are). It's just kind of weird if someone had a pet reindeer-_-

And also… Sorry sorry for the late update!. And, I guess you'll all have to say good bye to my co-author, Lalaine for now. She's having surgery on her teeth and we haven't contacted each other about getting together and making this story work… This led me to not work on it at all. So, I'm taking matters into my own hands right now, and just continue the story without her.

Lalaine, if you're reading this, you still have credit for the first 2 chapters;] And, it's not you, it's me… lol FORGIVE ME! It's for the good of the fans, you know? Get better Soon so you can resume the title of my co-author!(: