Stephers Here and Boy do I feel good. I got two count 'em TWO chapie's done in ONE day! he he he. I hope you guys like. This one was a little moody and sad and I almost made it a cliffie but I'm a nice person so I didn't so that. I really like how this story is going and I keep getting great idears. I'm gonna be depressed when it finishes. But that wont be for a while I hope. So jsut continue reading. Gotta go bed is calling.

Person #2: no own

Love found

Quick Description

With all the training that has been done our body is now lean with little if any fat on it. We wear tan capris that are cut off at the knee with the same black studded belt. We now wear either flip-flops or no shoes at all. For a top we wear a white tank top that flows and shows our bare shoulders. We wear a sapphire blue pendant on a long chain around our neck. Our hair has gotten darker and now is almost black. Our skin is no longer fair but tanned with a slight tinge of yellow in our skin. We wear 2 rings one on your (right) ring finger and another on your(right) thumb. Both rings are made out of silver but the one on our ring finger has a diamond in it. We have two piercings on our ears one in our earlobes and the other in (these are on both ears if you're an idiot and don't know) and one on the top of your ears( only one and on your right ear) . And that's it so uh thank you for uh listening to what we look like now. Also this means that you are now like 19 so ya and Luffy's 19 and ya so yup back to the story.

Back to the Story

It's the next day when the feared Straw hat crew was suppose to show up. I thought that it would be better that I lived life like it was normal. It was a dreary day raining fiercely outside of the pub that I worked at. Shanks and crew were sitting in a dark corner where they couldn't be seen. I knew that Luffy would come to this pub because not only did I spread rumors that Shanks frequented this place and that Gold Roger had come here before, the last one wasn't a lie. So I knew Luffy and his crew would come they just had to. I waited all day and most of the night. It was thundering outside as the grandfather clock struck 9:00. The wind was beating down on the windows and then suddenly the door burst open.

"MEAT! GIMME MEAT!" there he stood, Monkey D. Luffy in all his wonder soaking wet and still only wearing those damn pants and a red tank top with his hat.

I let a smile creep onto my lips as I walked over to him and his crew. No one recognized me, not even my best friend Stephanie. 'Oh well' I thought sighing as I went to get their drinks and Luffy's meat. I tipped Shanks off that Luffy had finally arrived and that he could commence operation retrieve hat.

Zoro came over to me and asked " Hey there, would you come over to our table and get acquainted with us." in a husky voice.

I couldn't control myself and I started chuckling at how he was coming onto me. The last time I had seen him he was accusing me and now that he doesn't remember me he hits on me? This was going to be a very long and interesting night.

Slowly I saw Shanks creep over to Luffy's table, so close in fact that he was sitting right behind Luffy. I walked over to Luffy and asked for them all to sign something for me playing the biggest fan. The crew accepted and told me that I was the first person to have this request. I started out with Sanji who wrote on a napkin. Then Nami who wrote on the same napkin. Then Zoro decided that he was going to come onto me again and signed my pants, around the butt area. Then came Luffy, he didn't understand why Zoro signed near my ass but Luffy decided that it was a competition and he was going to win. Well he shocked me real bad. He signed MY SHIRT! Right over my heart he wrote ' Love, Live, and Dream, It's the only way to be' I was touched by his words and smiled sweetly at him. Then came Stephanie, the one I was worried about the most even though I knew Shanks was studying my every move I just had to get close to her to see if she would remember me. She took out a pen, sat me down and started writing on my leg. I started laughing as she tried to write into my skin with the ink. It tickled what can I say.

"Stop it STOP Please its torture!" I said in between fits of laughter.

"I knew it, no one else could laugh like that. I mean, sure you look a little different but I bet you have been getting better all the time. You always never thought that you were never good enough for anything that you got. But that's okay Steph. Or do you go by Ashley now? Humph.. Oh well your still Stephanie in my mind and you always will be. Come here and Give me a hug. I've missed you every day since you left You WHORE!"(A/N dead pan and sweat drop she loves me so much can't you feel it?) Said Stephanie as she pulled me into a bear hug while crying. I started crying to.

"I missed you so much Stephanie, were like the ying yang twins 'cept better lookin'." I said laughing a little through my tears I looked around at the crew.

"Ussop you can sign me something if you want to. Just no signing body parts okay Luffy and Zoro did enough of that already." I said trying to seem made at Zoro and Luffy for what they did. It didn't work.

Then Luffy did something unexpected, he came over picked me up and sat me in his lap. I looked over at him puzzled. Tear stains forming on my cheeks.

" You made my life dreary and lonely. And you come here and you don't even cry for me. Nothing at all. I know that I only got to know you for a week but I felt empty without you. I need to know something before I do anything else." said Luffy with a serious face.

I gulped, I hade no idea what Luffy was doing and was about to say 'what are you going to do' I even had my mouth open when his lips gently pressed against mine. My mind went blank as my eyes closed. I swear that fireworks went off behind us or something. For those 45 seconds my life was pure bliss and I wanted nothing more. I wrapped my hands around Luffy's neck his hands went to my hips and we started to deepen the kiss when we heard wolf whistles and shouts all around us. We pulled away blushing profusely.

"Well mate I guess this means that you have yourself a girl," said Shanks as he took a seat next to Luffy" And since we both like her I am going to settle this, mine not yours and that's good you can keep the hat if you want know." said Shanks in his sexy English accent as he pulled me into his lap and started playing with my hair.

"Shanks! You can't so that." said a Luffy as he tugged on me.

" Oh really mate and who's going to stop me?" said Shanks as he pressed my fragile body up to his.

Its not that I didn't like Shanks. He is a total hottie and I really like him but when I was pushed back into his chest with his warmth it just didn't feel right. It wasn't even close to the warm feeling that I had when I was in Luffy's arms. I didn't feel comfortable I had to much space and if I moved the slightest I would have to little. It just didn't work for me. My face was right infront of his so I kept having to duck. When he put his hands on his thighs it created almost an armchair so I tried it out and he immediately made me move when I had finally gotten comfy.

Finally I just gave up and tried to get out of his lap to move toward Luffy. "Shanks let me go." I said as I struggled to get out of his grasp. Each time I started to wiggle free shanks would tighten his grip on me.

"Sorry love but I just can't do that." he said tightening his grip so much that I felt a surge of pain and let out a whimper.

"Now I don't mind if you tried to hurt Luffy, but no You had to take 'er. Now get yer hands off a her ya grease ball." said Sanji ready to hurt Shanks and anyone else that tried to harm me.

"Thanks Sanji" I said weakly, I had stopped trying to get free for fear of breaking my wrists.

"Shanks, I don't need your hat anymore. I already have all that I need and she is sitting in your lap. So if you would please just hand her over then we won't have to hurt you." said Luffy in a steely voice as his eyes hardened like steel.

"No" I said my voice cracking and my body trembling.

"What? What do you mean No? No what?" asked Luffy as he looked at me like I was a puzzle that he just couldn't figure.

"No, I'm not all you want Luffy. Nor will I ever be. I am truly sorry but now that I have caused so much trouble I'm just going to leave. Luffy always remember that I'll never forget your love. And in return I only want you to remember that no matter how cold or lonely life may get I'll always, always love you." I said with a sad look on my face.

I turned to Shanks and did something that I still regret. I kissed him and no matter how great a person Shanks may be his kiss wasn't the same as Luffy's, Shanks were aggressive, fiery, passionate, and lustful... but there were no fireworks, no love, no tenderness. It was just flesh on flesh.

"That's all I needed to know. Shanks I fear that I don't love you nor will I ever love you." with this I wormed my way out of his grasp and ran for the door.

"You think that this is gonna make it easier! That running away from him will solve your problems! It won't you'll just cause more pain. Stop running Stephanie, your not helping anyone least of all yourself." said Zoro as he advanced on me.

Each step he took forward I took one back until I had pinned myself against a wall with no way out.

"You see that girl standing over there looking like she's on the brink of tears." said Zoro

I simply nodded

"Well I care a lot for her, and never have I seen anyone hurt her more than you. And no matter what she's forever loyal to you. After you left she just fell apart without her 'other half'. No amount of comforting would get her out of her depression not even after we started going out. A few days ago she just stopped crying and she said that she would see you soon and that you wouldn't want her to live in misery. Well I think that you forgot about her. I think-" Zoro was cut off because 'he had a meeting with my palm'

"Don't you ever think that I would purposely hurt anyone that I care about! Don't you even DARE think that I forgot about any of you! You see this white rose! Ya I know you do everyone always says that it looks so beautiful on me. Nobody knows that the only reason that I wear it is because it shows my feelings. I am blank now! You got that BLANK! Emotionless! As in nothing matters anymore! Do you know why you selfish pig! I'll tell you why because every night I cry myself to sleep and everyday I look at the wanted posters Searching for- you guessed it- You people. And you know what no matter how bad I hurt any of you it hurt me more because the two people that ever really cared about me I left! Knowing that I hurt them and that I wouldn't be able to look them straight in the eye ever again ripped me apart. So I went into another depression and shut everyone out. Every single night I cried I would cry harder and wallow in self-pity because it was all my fault!" I screeched falling into a fit of hysteria.

I looked around and found that Zoro's expression couldn't be more different than what I thought it would be. His face showed surprise, empathy, and understanding. Next to Zoro stood Stephanie holding tightly onto his arm which was draped over her shoulders in a protective and nurturing fashion. Then was Ussop whose face looked stupid as always.(A/N sorry but I think that Ussop is a full blown retard and I really don't like his character so there)

Nami was standing next to Sanji and both looked saddened by my speech. Luffy was the last on the list because I simply had skipped over him. When I did look him in the eye I saw perfection and if possible I broke down even further. I ran into his arms and cried on his chest. I waited for his arms to wrap around me protectively and for him to whisper that everything would be alright. But it never happened. Instead I cried into a stiff chest until I was pushed away.

"You were going to leave me after breaking my heart. You have hurt my crew and myself and now you want me to let you cling onto me and for me to say that everything will be alright. I don't think so princess. You have got to pay for what you have done to me and Stephanie. We are broken and unless you can find a way to mend us soon I will have no problem in killing you." said Luffy his eyes hard as steel and cold as ice.

I couldn't believe it just a few minutes ago he said that he loved me. Now he wants to kill me. I racked my brains trying to figure out how I had hurt him in the last few minutes when I remembered.

"Luffy, you have got to believe me I love you I really do. But I don't have any solid proof that you can see. That kiss that I gave Shanks was to figure out if he and I loved each other. And maybe He loves me but all I felt was discomfort when I was in his lap. I felt cold and awkward. With you I felt like there was a fire burning up inside of me. When we kissed I felt bliss like everything was perfect. Your all I have ever wanted and I'm just sorry that I will never be able to satisfy your every need. And Stephanie I just know that you believe me about the depression because you know that I have even taken pills for depression that I have had before. I am extremely sorry and for every time that I hurt you both I'll make the wound in my heart deeper. I don't know how to mend broken hearts. So before you kill me just know that I will bleed for you if need be but that I will never hate either of you. Believe it or not I love you guys more than life itself." I said no longer crying but instead completely serious.

"Your right Stephanie. You don't know how to mend a broken heart. But you knew that our hearts were broken. Even though I didn't say so. Now I'm fine with what you said but the truth is if Stephanie is okay with it. So Stephanie what do you think we should do." said Luffy his eyes weren't quite as cold anymore.

"I say that we make her pay dearly for what she did," said Stephanie her eyes dark and distant" I suggest that we make her part of our crew and that she has to cook all the meat that Luffy could ever want for a day."

"I can't even begin to understand how that is a punishment except for feeding Luffy. That's like murder." I said trying to lighten up the mood.

"Welcome to my life" said Sanji in jest. Everyone except Luffy laughed.

I ran over to Luffy and jumped into his arms. Its safe to say that he wasn't expecting me because we both fell to the ground. I pouted.

"I'm not that fat am I?" I asked playfully.

"No your not but now I have you exactly where I want you!" he said as he started tickling me.

"Noooooooo. You're a Cheater! AHHH Your cruel!" I said in-between laughs.

"This is your punishment for being so damn cute all the time." said Luffy

I just sat up and decided to play a game.

"TAG YOUR IT!" I yelled as I ran off away from Luffy.

"Hate to rain on you guysez parade but we need to get back to the ship before the navy comes after us." said Nami (the party pooper).

"Okiely Dokielys! Last one to my house is a rotten egg!" I said as I ran to my house which was right near the dock.

"No fair You cheated!" said Stephanie when the crew had finally reached my house exhausted all except Luffy that is because he was way to hyper to be tired.

Everyone boarded the ship and hurried inside because it was still drizzling outside. I put my stuff away in the Ladies quarters and went back outside. Life was good. But still I felt a little homesick for my parents who must have thought that I had died or was kidnaped. I guess I'll never know. But I jsut think about them all the time and hope they believe that I'm still alive.