Chapter 10: Law's first day at school ~part 1~
Law was now six years old, his mom was dead for three years now and the boy still had the dream to become a doctor. Corazon didn't manage to stop smoking but he smoked way less than three years ago.
It was evening and Law actually had to sleep already, when the boy walked towards Corazon who still worked. The blond man heard a noise and turned around. "Hey Law, why are you still up, shouldn't you already sleep? It's your first day at school tomorrow, you should be", Corazon asked and smiled a bit. "I can't... I'm nervous about tomorrow...", he sighed. "But why?", Corazon closed his laptop to pay full attention to his son. "I don't know... I'm afraid the other kids don't like me or the teachers don't like me or that I do something wrong...", he murmured. "Oh Law", Corazon giggled and put a hand on his son's shoulder. "You don't have to worry about that. Just be yourself and people will like you. You know, I felt just like you before my first day of school, but then I went there and everyone was friendly. Just be friendly too and you'll make that. I'm sure of it. And if something goes wrong I'll come and pick you up", Corazon told the little boy and smiled at him. "And next year, Ace goes there to school as well so you both can go together. And you sure make friends anyway", he smiled and Law smiled now as well.
"You're right, Papa Cora.", he giggled. "Do you want a glass of warm milk before you go back to sleep?", he asked his son. "Yes please!", Law loved Cora-san's warm milk, especially when he could not sleep. "Okay, just wait a minute.", Corazon walked into the kitchen, heated up some milk and put some cinnamon and honey into it. He poured it into two cups and handed one to Law. "When do you go to sleep, daddy?", Law asked while he took a sip of his milk. "Oh, I'll just finish that and then I will go to sleep, I promise", he chuckled.
As Law finished drinking his milk, Corazon put them in the kitchen into the sink. He brought Law back to bed and made himself ready for bed as well.
The alert rang at six in the morning. Corazon groaned and turned around, trying to turn off the tone of the alarm clock. He sighed a little in relief before the fact came back to his mind, that it was Law's first day of school and that he still had to prepare some stuff. He got up, cleaned his teeth and got dressed before he walked down into the kitchen and prepared a little breakfast for his son and some food for school. Since Lilly died, his cooking skills really got better and he and Law often cooked together, what Corazon really helped since he dropped a lot of things, slipped and fell on the ground and sometimes even let the food catch fire.
As he finished, he quietly walked upstairs to wake his little son. "Hey Law, get up! You gotta get ready for school", Corazon said smiling. Law murmured something inaudible and pulled the blanket over his head. His young father chuckled and got up, raising the curtains, so the warm summer sun could shine into the boys room. "Dad... Just five more minutes", Law mumbled under the covers. "C'mon Law, I already made breakfast. You just have to clean your teeth and get dressed", he said smiling. As Law still didn't react, Roci sat on the edge of the bed and started tickling Law's sides. He heard the child chuckling and slowly pulled the blankets away. "Okay... I get up now", Law said a little breathless. "That's my boy!", Corazon smiled and stood up.
About 45 minutes later, he drove the dark haired boy to his school. Nervously, Law looked at the building. "Papa Cora... I don't feel well... I think we should go back home", Law said and looked up at Rocinante. "You're just nervous, that's all."
Corazon got out of the car, getting Law's backpack. Little Law took a deep breath and followed his dad, who held a list in his hand. "Class 1-A...", he mumbled and walked into the building, Law walked a few steps behind him. He looked around at all the students with their parents, at the elder students who walked in little groups into their classrooms, talking about their holidays. He saw two boys with their parents. One of them wore a a big green bonnet, that reminded Law of a balloon, and who had brown hair. Next to him stood a boy with a big bonnet as well, it was black-white and with a red bobble on the top and something was a word on this bonnet that started with "P", but Law couldn't really read it. He looked around and spotted his tall father a few meters away from him. "Hey Dad! Wait!", he said and ran towards his father. "Ahhh, I found it!", Corazon said. "C'mon, Law", he walked into the room. Just a few kids were sitting at some tables. "What about a nice seat next to a window?", Corazon smiled. "Okay", Law nodded and sat down. Corazon placed the the little backpack next to Law. "Have lots of fun , Law, I'll see you later. I love you!", he smiled. "Dad!", the boy blushed deeply, what made Corazon laugh, "See you, little one", he spoke out and left the classroom.
Law watched him leave and sighed, getting out his stuff and watching the kids who entered the room. Some of them looked normal, some looked really weird. One kid entered the class, who had orange hair and was quite tall for his age and who held a little robot in his hand. Then, a quite cute girl with golden snake earrings. And at last, the two boys he saw some minutes before entered the room and sat behind Law. Law turned around and looked at both of them. "PENGUIN", was the font of the bonnet of the boy who sat behind him. The boy felt a little awkward as Law stared at him. "W-what's wrong...?", the boy asked Law. "A funny bonnet you have there.", Law said and pointed at the boys head. "Th-thanks... What's your name?", he asked. "Trafalgar Law. But you can call me Law", he said and reached out his hand. "My name's Penguin, and this is Shachi", he said and pointed at the boy behind him, while shaking Law's hand. "Nice to meet you guys", Law grinned. So that was how to make friends. Actually pretty easy, Law thought and turned around as the teacher entered the room.
Corazon in the meanwhile walked back towards his car, and as soon as he wanted to entered, he felt a fist gently hitting his head. "Hey there, shorty!", someone said teasingly.