DISCLAIMER: I do not own One Piece even though I wish I did because then there would be ZoNa going on, HA!

Zoro: Oi, you're insane woman.

Me: SILENCE!

Robin had been sitting on the upper deck for three hours now not talking to anyone and simply looking out at the sea. It made the other crew members a little worried as they watched her and a few of them wondered what happened to make her so upset.

"Oi, I bet it was that wretched Marimo that hurt her," muttered Sanji beneath his breath. "After all he seems to have a way of attracting the lovely ladies only to take advantage of them like he did my lovely Nami-swan." His voice was gravely bitter as he spoke but the rest of the crew however, decided to ignore him.

"Eh, I'll go speak to her," said Franky suddenly standing up from the place he'd been lounging on deck while messing around with some sort of contraption. He figured if anyone should speak to the dark haired archeologist about what was upsetting her it might as well be him. After all they were closer to each other then to the other members of the crew something he couldn't help but find himself wondering about at times. Slowly her made his way up the stairs to the upper deck, the others watching from their places curiously when Luffy heard the door to below deck open behind him and he spun around to see who it was.

"Zoro," Chirped Luffy in slight happiness upon seeing the green haired swordsman thinking that perhaps he could shed some light on Robin's sadness for the rest of them. Zoro looked at him in surprise and slight annoyance the same as he always did before shaking his head and sighing.

"What is it?" he asked. Luffy opened his mouth to speak but was quickly cut off by Sanji who was suddenly standing in front of him, hands wrapped tightly around the swordsman's neck.

"What did you do to Robin you green haired bastard?" screamed Sanji as he tightened his hold on Zoro's neck. Zoro gasped for breath as he sharply pried Sanji's hands from his throat and threw the cook back hard, causing the blonde haired man to fly back into a ship railing almost going over board if it weren't for Usopp and Brooks who quickly grabbed hold of him.

"Oi, Stupid cook I'm not in the mood to fight with you," Zoro spat out dangerously low. "I came up here looking for Robin now where is she?" The other members looked at Zoro a slight amazement at the edge in his tone though their fear that had sprung a little quickly died away as they realized Zoro was just plain upset and didn't want to deal with anyone besides the sad woman he sought out now.

"She's on the upper deck, talking to Franky," said Chopper softly from his place beside Luffy as he looked up at the green haired man. Zoro nodded and turned looking up at Robin and Franky and he took a deep breath.

"I don't know Franky, maybe…Maybe I overreacted I mean, I guess I was expecting a little too much," said Robin softly looking down at her hands as the man/cyborg next to her let out a soft sigh.

"No Robin, You didn't overreact I mean you walked in on your boyfriend kissing another woman, and that woman was your best friend and the mother of his child to boot, you had every right to be upset," said Franky looking at Robin, unconsciously he reached over then and took a hold of one of the hands in her lap. She was surprised at first and tensed up a little but quickly relaxed then looked at him and smiled softly.

"Thanks," she said softly.

"For what?" asked Franky confused why she was thanking him. She only smiled again and shook her head.

"For listening, I know how awkward it must be to listen to my love life problems, you're a really good friend," Robin said. Franky smiled softly then.

"Hey don't mention it, that's what friends are for right, I mean sure the others would laugh at me if they knew I was being like this and all but for you Robin I'd listen to all your problems," said Franky looking straight into Robin's deep blue eyes as she looked up at him. The two stared at each other for a while and held one another's hand only to be pulled apart from their trance by the sound of a voice clearing behind them.

"Sorry if I'm interrupting," said a deep voice and Robin tensed a little.

"No, No it's alright Franky here was just helping me deal with some issues," spat out Robin to the man behind her and Franky. Zoro sighed and simply ran his hand over his face before looking at Franky.

"Do you mind, I think we need to talk some things out," said Zoro nodding his head at Robin but looking at the cyborg who only glared at him but relented and let go of Robin's hand before standing up and heading back to the lower deck as Zoro took his seat beside Robin and faced her.

"Well..." she muttered refusing to meet his gaze. "You wanted to talk so talk." She closed her eyes as she listened to him take in a deep breath before opening his mouth to speak.

"I'm sorry," said Zoro a little more softly then he intended. But then again he wasn't used to having to apologize that much. Robin scoffed as she glared at him now.

"Sorry? For what? For kissing Nami? Or perhaps for breaking my heart? Tell me Zoro what is it exactly that you're sorry for?" Yes Robin was very bitter at this point but the weird thing was it wasn't for the reasons she spat out at him now. The truth was she was bitter because as much as she tried to ignore it over the years and tried to believe they were perfect for each other, when she'd walked in on Zoro and Nami she'd realized she hadn't been hurt. She'd realized that even though the two had never seemed like it every little suspicion that she'd had of the green haired swordsman and the red haired navigator liking each other had been true. And she was bitter because she'd realized she'd been a fool to place her own heart in the care of a man who never really had promised his heart to her in return.

"Oi Robin I don't know, I guess I'm sorry I hurt you. I never meant too…" Zoro said before being cut off as Robin raised her hand to stop him. She let out a soft sigh then as she ran the same hand she'd held up through her hair.

"I know you didn't mean it Zoro, I'm just… I guess I'm just angry that I was such a fool to place myself in a relationship that even I knew was more of a fantasy then anything else," said Robin her voice a little shaky like she might start crying though she knew she wasn't going to. She could see Zoro opening his mouth to protest her but she only held up her hand and he shut up. "I knew it was a fantasy because I remember once a few years ago asking you something along the lines of how you felt about Nami. I remember how you laughed and said she was the most annoying, frustrating woman you'd ever meet, but I remember how your eyes traveled up towards her tangerine grove where she was working at the time and a smile that revealed what you thought crossed your face. And I know that you still deny it. I can read your facial expressions well enough by now you know. But you can't sit there and tell me that it was just falling down together that made you think to kiss her back there in the kitchen. And you can't tell me that's the same reason why you didn't apologize for kissing her." Zoro just stared at Robin after she made her little speech. He was surprised by how many of the words she'd said actually rang true in his ears now that he'd heard them and thought about what she was saying.

"Oi, Robin you're right about a lot of that. So maybe I do feel something for Nami and maybe that's why I kissed her. And Yeah I'm not going to apologize for the fact that I kissed her, cause I already told her that earlier down in the cabins after bringing Star back to her room. But you're wrong in saying it was just a fantasy between us, I mean I really did…you know I guess I felt something for you once. I guess…it's more like of feelings for a nakama (friend) now." Zoro took a deep breath surprised that he'd been able to even speak that many words without feeling like a wuss for saying them. The dark haired woman beside him just smiled sadly but nodded her head.

"You know… I think what you said is true too, I mean about the whole Nakama feeling part, which is another reason why it really was a fantasy built relationship," she sighed then, "I'm not upset anymore Zoro. I think this is what I needed was for us to get it all out in the open like this. Sure we won't be together in the same way as we were but I guess we can try being friends overtime. And perhaps the same for me and Nami." Zoro just smiled softly before running a hand through his short green hair as he stood up from his chair and nodded to Robin, who smiled softly in return and watched as the swordsman walked back down to the lower deck then through the door back to the cabins. Each ignoring the stares of the rest of their crewmates who had watched the whole thing.

Later that day Nami sat in her cabin going over some of the maps she'd found in her dresser. She smiled as she traced the faded lines with her fingers remembering each one and the day she'd drawn them. She felt like this was the more appropriate thing for her to be doing right now. Though she knew it was supper time, she didn't feel as though she should be sitting around with the others at the table right now. She still felt guilty about the whole situation that happened between her, Zoro, and Robin earlier that day. She knew that Zoro and Robin had spoken together and the way he'd explained them to her, after coming to ask if she and Star planned to eat with the rest of the crew where she promptly said she wasn't but he should take Star who had already launched herself into her father's open arms, it sounded like things weren't all that bad. But still she felt uneasy about it so instead she'd taken up the task at hand that she was currently doing now. Her concentration was focused on the paper beneath her fingers as a free hand searched around in her desk for a pencil or something to retrace the lines when she heard a soft knock on the door. She let out a sigh and stood up from the chair she was sitting on to open the door assuming it was Zoro bringing back Star for the evening. Opening the door she gasped as she came face to face with a pair of soft blue eyes.

"Robin, what….What are you doing here?" She asked. The other woman smiled softly at the redhead's nervous behavior.

"It's alright Nami I am not here to yell at you, or smack you, or whatever else you may be thinking," said Robin a slight laughter hidden in her tone.

"But, why? I mean isn't that what you should be doing after all you walked in on me kissing Zoro," replied Nami a frown on her face as Robin actually did laugh.

"You know your right I should be doing those things, but the thing is Nami I don't want too." Said Robin.

"But why?" asked Nami.

"Well I'm sure you know that Zoro and I talked earlier today," she said not waiting for Nami's answer since she already knew they had. "The thing is Nami when we talked, and I mean when we really talked I think we both came more to a realization that all we really ever were was just friends, kissing friends, but friends none the less. And yes while I was angry and hurt about seeing you two kiss I realized it was more or less likely because of the fact I was jealous of the way he was kissing you not because he kissed you."

"Wait what?" said Nami a little more then confused by Robin's words, which caused the dark haired woman to laugh again.

"Look why don't you let me in your room and I can explain it better," said Robin as Nami nodded and stepped aside to let her in.

"Daddy, Daddy," came the small sound of Star's voice as she looked up at Zoro from where they sat at the table the other members of the crew working on their desserts that Sanji had just dished out for them. Zoro looked down when he felt her tug gently on his hand placing his fork on his plate.

"What is it?" he asked.

"Can I have another pwiece of pie, Pwease Daddy?" Star asked her large eyes growing larger as she pleaded looking up at her father. Zoro laughed along with the rest of the crew much to Star's confusion. But then Zoro stopped laughing and simply looked down at her with a smile.

"Sure kiddo, just ask the ero cook over there for one," he said motioning with his finger over to Sanji who shot him a look in return before smiling at Star and placing a fresh piece of pie on her plate.

"Here you go little Star-san," said Sanji and Star squealed with delight.

"Yay! PIE."

Author's Note: Yes I finally finished this chapter. Sorry for not updating for a while I've been busy with school stuff lately. But well here it is, my new chapter sorry if it seems a little OOC. Well anyway you know the drill, tell me what you liked, what you didn't like, what you want to see happen in the story just be sure to READ AND REVIEW.