When you awoke you found yourself in your uncles' truck, blinking and rubbing your eyes you slowly sit up, "Hey... how you feeling kiddo?" he asks you, "I was told you had a pretty bad panic attack," you frown, yeah, it was a panic attack. You hadn't had one in a while,

"I... I just feel kinda numb now," you mumble, "what time is it?"

"Just after noon, Rosinante called me this morning but I wasn't able to pick you up until my lunch break," he pulls to a stop at the lights, "Shakky's got a delivery today too. But you've slept through the morning; do you want to talk about what caused it?" you bite your lip, if your honest, you really don't want to but he's bound to find out eventually,

"Someone from my old school transferred in," you respond quietly, Rayleigh frowns,

"Were they the one who...?" he leaves the question hanging there not wanting to make you feel more uncomfortable,

"No, he isn't the one who did it. But he was there,"

"Right," the lights change and he shifts back into drive, "I'll talk with the principle, make sure that boy is kept an eye on. We can switch your school if you want?"

"What? No! That would just be running away from the problems," you rush, he gives you a smile,

"Good, I was hoping you would say no. You know, you have a lot of friends at this school. They were all worried about you," he chuckles, "Rosinante's lad got pretty annoyed at them trying to crowd into the nurse's office," you groan a little,

"What about my car?" you suddenly ask having just remembered it,

"Don't worry, Newgate's boys will bring it back tonight,"

"Wait... one of them can drive?" you frown,

"Yeah, Ace got his license around the same time as you actually, from what I understand, Sabo has been meaning to but school council duties have kept him busy,"

"Ace drives... can he do that with his narcolepsy?"

"Apparently so, you will have to talk to him about it. They will probably want to talk to you later, I know Luffy will," you lean back in the seat and sigh,

"Don't know if I have the energy for that,"

"Just take it easy for now," he pulls up outside the house, "go take a bath and relax, maybe read a book, your friends said they would collect notes and homework for you,"

"Okay, sorry I caused you to miss your lunch..."

"It's fine kiddo, just take it steady for the rest of today, maybe stay home tomorrow too?" You frown, "That was a suggestion from Rosinante,"

"Okay, I'll see how I am tomorrow."

You spent the rest of the day doing exactly as you were told, resting. You also tried to distract your mind so it wouldn't think back to the cause of the panic attack by playing your guitar or reading, Robin had recently lent you a book and you were quite enjoying it. Shakky returned home late afternoon, checking in on you and talking with you for a while, the boys dropped off your car but you weren't feeling up to talking with them so Shakky told them you were sleeping. You felt a little guilty but you know they would want to know what happened and you simply couldn't talk to them about it, not yet at least. As you listen to your aunt sending the boys away your phone rings, upon picking it up you see Camie's image flashing across the screen, you swipe to answer and her worried voice practically screams out, "(Y/N) are you okay?! Vivi sent me a message saying you got sent home from school, she's really worried, did something happen? Are you okay? (Y/N) you're not answering me!"

"Because you're not giving me a moment to Camie," you chuckle a little,

"Ehhhhh! Oh gosh I wasn't, was I? So, what happened? Are you okay? Are you hurt?"

"Camie, breathe, I'm okay, I just had a panic attack," silence follows for a moment,

"What triggered it?" with a pained groan you flop onto your bed,

"Grant transferred into the school,"

"WHAT! I knew he left but I didn't realise he moved that way! I'm so sorry (Y/N) I should have let you know,"

"It's not your fault Camie, you weren't to know he would come here. It'll be okay, it's just him..." but you're still worried, you just wanted to forget what happened in the past,

"Things are different now," Camie says as if reading your mind from miles away, "it's not just you and me, you have all those friends too. Vivi was telling me about everyone, I'm really glad you have people around you (Y/N), and if Grant tries anything, just get Ace, I bet he'll protect you," she teases, you puff out your cheeks,

"I haven't even told him about what exactly happened, I can't ask him for help like that,"

"Of course you can! You're friends, right? Even if you have a crush on him,"

"I don't have a crush..."

"Yeah, yeah, keep telling yourself that. Are you going to the homecoming dance with him? Vivi said you have a date,"

"No, I'm not going with Ace, Shachi asked me, as friends," you pause before adding, "but Ace did ask me to save him a dance..." her squeal makes you hold the phone at arm's length and rolling your eyes,

"That is adorable! You said yes right?"

"I said I'd think about it," the conversation soon drifted onto what you would wear and eventually you had to say goodbye as she had to get to work. Upon ending the call, you find a message from Ace.

Freckles – Hope you're feeling better, here if you wanna talk.

You smile a little and type out a quick reply.

(Y/N) - I'm okay, just tired now. Just had a bit of shock really, I'll be fine. Talk to you tomorrow.

You set your phone down and decided maybe some sleep would be a good thing.

The next morning you decided to skip the day off school since you weren't really feeling up to it and your uncle was allowing it, you gave Ace your keys in the morning since they knocked on, it took you a few minutes just to get them to leave, "I'll bring it back later," Ace promises while walking backwards, the other two were already in the car,

"Just don't fall asleep and crash," you suggest while leaning against the door frame,

"Ha, ha," he rolls his eyes, "I'll take good care of it don't worry," he pauses in his steps, "will you be up for the game tomorrow?" you hesitate in answering, "you don't have to come,"

"I'll be there," you decide, you won't be alone and the grin he gives you makes you feel more confident that you will be okay. He waves and hurries to the car while you turn back inside and prepare to sleep the day away. Your sleep is interrupted later that day much to your annoyance, blinking you glance at your clock and sit up, "I slept all day..." your clock flashes four p.m. at you, the banging on the front door reminds you of what woke you up. You hurry downstairs and open the door to find Nami, Robin and Usopp on your doorstep,

"Get changed," Nami orders while pushing her way past you and into the house,

"Um... what?" you're still half asleep at this point, Usopp gives you an embarrassed smile,

"We're taking you out," Robin smiles and gently pushes you back to the stairs, "go get yourself ready,"

"Uh... Okay?" you frown but do as demanded, quickly changing into clean clothes and coming back downstairs to find Nami scrolling through the channels on TV, Usopp telling the red-head she shouldn't be making herself so comfortable in other people's homes and Robin eyeing the various books your aunt has. "So, is there a reason you barged in?" you put your hands on your hips,

"We need to get dresses!" Nami turns the TV off, throwing the remote to the side and jumping to her feet, "you said you weren't a dress person right, so we're going to help,"

"And by help she means force you into as many dresses as she can possibly make you," Usopp warns,

"Yep, and Usopp kindly volunteered to carry our stuff," she grins before skipping to the door, Robin chuckles and follows her, you look to Usopp,

"We will endure the pain together," you pat his arm, making him chuckle and give you a grateful smile. Your aunt enters the house as your grabbing your jacket, well, it's Ace's jacket. You let her know what's happening and she gives you her credit card insisting you use it despite your refusal. You're then dragged off to Robin's car, sitting in the back with Usopp.

Shopping wasn't too terrible, you managed to convince Nami to let you have a dress that wasn't all skimpy straps. You wanted to cover your scar but you didn't want to have to explain it to her as you knew questions would rise if you mentioned the scar, Robin became your hero and helped in persuading the she-devil. You slump in a chair beside Usopp as Robin pays for her dress and Nami tries on yet another, "How long do you think she will take to pick one?" you ask Usopp as you pull out your phone finding a message from Ace telling you he was borrowing your car a little long as him and the boys were going to double dans,

"She's most likely going to wear the first dress she found," he tells you,

"Then why are we still here?" you whine,

"Because she's the devil spawn," he snickers quietly,

"I heard that!" Nami's voice reaches you both from inside the dressing room, you both share a look and burst out laughing. Nami waltzes out, "Okay, I think I'm done, I'll take this one," and sure enough, she picks up the first dress she tried on making both you and Usopp giggle again,

"Hey, do you think we can go get something to eat?" I ask, "I kinda haven't eaten since like breakfast,"

"Food sounds really good right now," Usopp agrees,

"Anywhere you fancy in particular?" Robin asks,

"We could go to the Baratie," Nami suggests, you hadn't heard of the place,

"No way, you three will get free meals if Sanji is working because he will insist on paying but I'll have to pay and that place is out of my budget," Usopp scowls,

"I only know double dans so..." you shrug,

"Oh, I could go for one of their shakes now I think about it," she walks off to the counter with her dress and pulls out her phone,

"Double Dans it is then," Robin chuckles.

You enter the diner being practically dragged by Nami, the girl guiding you through the busy tables and over to where your friends are sat taking up most of the back corner of the place, "Hey guys," Nami grins down at the boys, "Did you drag everyone here Luffy?" she chuckles, you glance around seeing this must be true as pretty much most of your friends have spread over four tables, you leave Nami talking with Luffy and make your way over to the table Ace, Sabo and Zoro are sat at, Ace currently asleep mid eating again. You're stopped briefly by a hand, you look to meet a steely gaze,

"How are you feeling?"

"Oh, I'm much better. Thanks for yesterday..." you smile awkwardly,

"If you want to thank someone, thank Eustass-ya, he came and dragged me out of homeroom," he nods over to where the red-haired giant is sat with his girlfriend Bonney and Killer, Luffy is now at their table, seems the boy is bouncing from one place to the next,

"Noted, I'll do that at some point,"

"It was hilarious, teach wasn't impressed though," Penguin snickers, you roll your eyes picturing it,

"He just came in, grabbed Law by the arm, grunted at the teacher and drag him out," Shachi snorts,

"He didn't explain at all," Law sighs, "just rushed me to you," his grey eyes meet yours again, "you have been resting yes?"

"Yes doc, slept most of the day and probably would have continued if the devil that is known as Nami didn't come and force me into a shopping trip," you scowl a little, "she made me buy a dress," you hold up your bag,

"Ooh, can I see?" Shachi tries to peek,

"Nope, you can see tomorrow," you laugh making the boy pout, Luffy is then suddenly at the table and diverts the conversation. You give the boys a little wave before turning back to Ace's table, finding him awake now and watching you, he grins noting he has your attention, you roll your eyes and drop into the empty seat beside him,

"How was your shopping trip?" he asks sweetly,

"I've never known anyone who can try on so many dresses, I kind of feel sorry for Usopp," you glance over at the long-nosed boy who's ordering his food and talking to Sanji, "she made him carry so much stuff,"

"He needs to learn to say no," Zoro mutters,

"Don't you do the same though when she drags you with them?" Ace points out,

"I see it as training," he shrugs, this makes you snicker,

"Is that Ace's jacket?" Sabo asks leaning forward a little,

"Yeah... I borrowed it some time ago," you respond, Sabo looks surprised and turns to his brother,

"You lent her your favourite jacket?" his favourite? You snap your gaze to the now slightly flushed boy,

"I have more than one favourite," he huffs, a girl comes to the side of the table and smiles down, effectively ending that conversation for the moment,

"Hey guys," she looks at you, "you must be (Y/N), the boys talk about you a lot," she winks, you raise your brows at her questioningly,

"They do? Who exactly...?" she grins at you mischievously and Ace beside you, quickly clears his throat,

"This is Sakura (Y/N), she's the double dans niece,"

"Nice to meet you (Y/N)," the girl chuckles, "can I get you anything?" you order some food and she skips away. You note that Zoro watches her as she weaves between the tables, when he turns back, he notices you watching him and quickly looks away as his cheeks turn rosy.

"So, did you buy a dress?" Ace asks,

"Sadly yes, that girl is a demon, if it wasn't for Robin, I think we would still be there."

The large group ended up staying at the diner till quite late, you head home with the boys after making sure to thank Kid who just shrugged it off, all the while being glared at by Bonney. You just ignored her and hurried to the brothers, swiping the keys from Ace and jumping in your car.