Chapter 4:

Luffy showed up early in front of Nami's house. She was so excited yesterday that she couldn't fall asleep. There were dark circles around her eyes, but she was grinning like crazy from excitement. The neighbors passing by Nami's house glanced at Luffy and walked away quickly. They didn't this person to see them and follow them back to their homes. Not only did Luffy look crazy, she was talking to herself and jumping around like a praying mantis.

After Luffy rang the doorbell fifty times in fifty seconds, Nami slammed open the door with an angry glare on her face.

"Luffy! What are you doing!" cried Nami "I told you a million times that no sane person can get to their doors and open it in a second."

"Sorry, Nami" said Luffy "I was just so excited to come over today."

Nami sighed loudly. She couldn't ever stay mad at Luffy despite all the annoying things Luffy managed to do and get into. Nami made a mental note to get a new doorbell that could be remote controlled so she could adjust the volume and mute it if she wanted to. It was an unnecessary and a waste of money, but this was the hundredth time Luffy did this. Luffy was always excited.

"Come in" said Nami. Luffy took off her shoes and followed Nami into the kitchen.

"Lunch is ready" said Sanji as Robin started to set up the table.

"Yay!" yelled Luffy "I'm starving."

"When are you not hungry" asked Sanji

"That's true, but I'm especially hungry because I haven't had any of your cooking" said Luffy as she smiled at Sanji

"I don't know why you guys need to work on Luffy's smile" said Sanji "Look at her smile right now. If I was interested in girls, I would be smitten by Luffy right now"

"That's because you have not seen how Luffy was acting around him. Everytime we hang out, your eyes were glued to either Zoro's face or butt. If not, they were closed because your tongue was jammed down his throat" replied Nami

"None of you said anything about it…." said Sanji quietly as he looked for a hole to hide from this embarrassment

"We all thought your honeymoon phase with Zoro would end in a couple of months" said Robin "Who knew that it'll last two plus years"

"It's okay Sanji!" said Luffy "I don't mind it. I liked how happy the two of your look together. It makes me really really happy. I prefer it over than when you two would argue and fight"

"Anyways" started Nami as she drew attention away from Sanji who was now trying to blend into the wall behind him. He was recounting all the times he thought no one was looking as he stared blatantly and lustfully at Zoro. All the times, he and Zoro thought no one was paying attention as they sneaked off to have sexy time together or all the times they were walking behind the group and making out. Can I please be evaporated on the spot by a lighting bolt, cried Sanji mentally.

"Sanji was right" continued Nami as she stared at Luffy "that was a really pretty and bright smile. It was the perfect epitome of Luffy's personality."

"Luffy, what were you thinking of when you were smiling at Sanji right now?" asked Nami

"Umm… I was only thinking about food" said Luffy

"Food?" said Nami while Robin chuckled over her cup of coffee

"This will be easier than I thought" said Nami "Let's eat first before we try something I have in mind"

"Yosh" said Luffy as she dug into the feast before her plate

Five minutes later everything was eaten clean.

"Let's go to the mall" said Nami "I want to test something it out"

"I'm going to go home" said Sanji weakly as he ran to put on his shoes and then slammed the door shut after himself.

"I think Sanji had too much of a shock today" chuckled Robin

"I thought he knew" replied Nami

"Let's get some more food at the mall" shouted Luffy. She also ran out of the door.

"Luffy, wait for us" cried Nami as she ran after Luffy.

While they were at the mall, Nami and Robin watched as Luffy ran from store to store buying food and eating as she ran around. When Luffy was finally satisfied and came to sit down on the bench with the two of them that Nami told them her plan.

"I want you to go up to the guys we pick out and ask them for their numbers. You have to smile at them first before asking."

"Okay! Smile and then ask" repeated Luffy

"We will follow you around and observe your smile" said Nami " If my guess is correct, if you think about food while smiling, the smile we saw earlier will appear. If it can consistently appear, then our first step will be complete and we can move onto the next step"

"If smiling is all that you are looking at, then why do I need to ask for their phone number" asked Luffy

"Because we need to see the effect of your smile on the opposite sex. The two of us and Sanji thought it was pretty, but we aren't the best persons to ask"

"Okay, that makes sense" said Luffy.

"The first guy is the guy in the red sweater over there" said Nami discreetly pointing at the bench across from them. Luffy ran over and sat down next to the guy as her two friends watched.