Chapter 6

"Well, I'm done!" Adella stood back and looked at her creation. It was a chocolate bunt cake with the works.

"The ice cream's ready," said Sanji placing a huge glob of ice cream next to the cake. "It's vanilla."

"Yum! I love vanilla!" She giggled and licked chocolate frosting off her fingers. "And chocolate is every woman's weakness. Thank you Sanji for helping me."

"So, what's the occasion?" He leaned against the counter.

"Nothing. I just made this cake especially for someone."

"Who?"

"…Zolo."

"Why!" Sanji was baffled.

"Because."

"Because why!" He thought a little. "Adella, do you…"

She smiled at him. "I'm gonna go give a slice to Zolo." She cut the cake and put a slice on a plate. She then took a scoop of ice cream and put it on the plate. She left the kitchen carefully, trying to make sure that she didn't drop the cake. She saw Zolo lifting some weights. "Zolo?"

"Yeah?" He didn't look.

"Um, I made you something," she responded timorously. He put the weights down and looked at the plate she held out. "I made this just for you Zolo. It's chocolate cake and vanilla ice cream. Sanji helped me with the ice cream."

Zolo looked at the ball of ice cream and piece of cake. "Uh…gee…Adella, I'm really not one to indulge on sweets."

She looked down at the lovely plate, then back to Zolo. "So you're saying that you don't…like it?"

"No, no. It's not that I don't like it. It's just that…I don't want it. Sorry. Maybe Luffy will eat it." He went back to lifting his weights.

Adella sighed. Knowing that he doesn't want it makes me feel worse! "Okay." She returned to the kitchen with the plate and put it on the table. She sat down before the plate.

"Adella, what's wrong?" asked Sanji as he sat with her.

"Zolo didn't want it. He said that he doesn't 'indulge on sweets'."

Sanji took the plate. "I know you want someone to eat your cake, preferably a man, so I'll eat it if that idiot doesn't want it." He shoved a forkful into his mouth. "This is good! Zolo wouldn't know good cooking if it bit him in the ass."

"Is it really that good?"

"Sure is!"

She smiled. "Thank you Sanji. Even though Zolo didn't want my cake, I'm glad someone likes it. But that's okay. I respect that he doesn't eat sweets. I have no problem with that! Maybe I should make him a health plate next time." I want to get my point across to Zolo, but how. "Sanji, is the saying 'A way to a man's heart is through his stomach' really true?"

Sanji put the empty plate in the sink and sat back down. "Well, it depends what type of man you're dealing with. Take Luffy for example. He's the type of guy that saying pertains to."

"Is…Zolo that type of guy?"

He looked at her intriguingly. "I'm really not sure. I think he's the type of person that falls under the loveless category. He's not really into love."

First it was Nami and Vivi, now it's Sanji! I will prove to them all that Zolo is capable of love! "I see. What type of man are you?"

"Me? I'm the type of guy that would love a woman no matter what. It's what's inside that counts." Adella raised an eyebrow disbelievingly. "Okay, okay. And the outside too. But if the outside is beautiful and the inside is ugly, that's not my type of girl. And what about you?"

"Well, I'm the type of girl that loves a man because of what's inside. But I believe in true love, and not falling in love with so many different people. That's why I have yet to experience my first kiss."

"You haven't kissed yet!" Sanji was actually amazed. "But you're so--"

"I'm so what?"

"So…beautiful. It's hard to believe that someone like you hasn't had a boyfriend or something."

She turned a few shades of red. "You really think I'm that beautiful?"

"Adella, if a man didn't think that you were beautiful, then he must be gay."

"Wow, I never knew that I was that beautiful."

"Has Zolo ever told you something like that?"

"H-Huh? Well, no…"

"Maybe he doesn't see you for who you really are." He stared at her longingly.

"Sanji, I…"

"But you should never hide your feeling form someone. If you don't tell them how you feel and keep putting it off, something might happen one day that you'll regret for the rest of your life. Then you won't be able to tell that person how you feel."

"You're right Sanji." I think I'll take Sanji's advice!