I have returned with Chapter 2! I worked hard on this one. I tried to make it long and not all mixed up. I hope i did a good job. Enjoy reading it!

Zoro: She doesn't own One Piece, or any of the characters. She does own that pain-in-the-ass daydreamer.

Luffy: What was that? -cracks knucles-

Zoro: Nothing... O O;;;

Key:

" " - Dialogue

' ' - Thoughts

Flashbacks

Chapter 2

'Luffy. Doesn't sound like a good name for him,' thought the student by the window, which she started staring out of again. She felt a tug on long, white hair, and whipped her head around to see Robin pointing towards Luffy. The bored student looked towards the front to find Luffy looking at her. He quickly averted his gaze out towards the teacher.

"Go take the seat in front of her," said the teacher pointing at the student Luffy was looking at. He slowly walked down the rows of desks to his seat. On the way, he heard whispers and laughing which made him clutch his book bag tighter.

"Hey, you loser," remarked the same green haired boy.

"Zoro, you just earned everyone another book report for everyone to finish," snapped the teacher. He got a slap in the back of the head by one of his "friends". Luffy quickly sat down in his seat, and took his text books out.

"I'll give you guys a study hall today," remarked the teacher. "You four can do what you want during it. The rest of you come up here to receive your book." The class broke into talking and whispering as they got up. Luffy put his text books back and sat quietly as the classroom grew louder.

"I'm going to get juice. What do you guys want?" asked the daydreaming girl.

"Green tea for me," replied Robin, who was continuing to read her book.

"I want… Milk Tea," replied Usopp who was stretching. The girl looked over at Luffy. He was looking down and frowning at himself while being laughed at by the red haired girl and her friends.

"What a loser to be wearing a girl's uniform when you're a guy," she remarked. The girl walked up to her and replied, "Well now, at least he doesn't look like you in the uniform." She gasped and backed away a bit. The girl scoffed and went back to her friends.

"What about you?" she asked while tapping him on the shoulder. He looked up and was silent for a moment. She looked at him with a bored expression, but he still felt the kindness from her heart.

"Milk is fine," he answered in a whisper, fearing what the other girls would say. She looked at him for a minute and told him, "You don't need to be afraid of what other people think. Just care about what you think, and be yourself." He thought about what she said as she headed for the door.

"Thanks… ummm…" he stuttered. She looked back over her shoulder and replied, "Terin," as she slide closed the door behind her. He stood up, pushed in his chair, and went after her. When he opened the door and looked down the hall, he saw her standing in front of a bulletin board. Terin looked over and saw him walking towards her.

"What are you doing out here?" she asked.

"I wanted to come help bring the juice," he answered with a smile. She just looked him with an absent expression, but he still smiled at her. She glanced back at the bulletin board with a saddened expression, and then began walking down the hall.

"Bring your parents to school and show them everything you've done to make them proud," he read after finding the poster she glanced at. He scratched his head in confusion, and ran to catch up with Terin.

'I wonder what made her look at the poster that way,' he thought as he looked at her with worry. They reached the juice machine, added the money, ordered the drinks and waited for them to come.

"It's nothing to worry about," she said after noticing his unsettling face. He jumped from the sudden answer, but smiled widely with relief. They grabbed the drinks and headed back to the classroom.

"Why are you wearing the girls' uniform?" she asked after thinking about it for a long time.

"I like how I look in this one better. That's why," he answered. She watched him walk with a smile on his face and life in his steps, something completely different than what happened earlier.

"If you like the uniform, how come you were afraid of what they said about it?"

"I wasn't afraid of what they said about the uniform. I was just nervous about coming to a new school, and what they said didn't make it any better." Terin didn't think about it that way. Most guys would've been more embarrassed to be in a girls' uniform than being the new kid.

"We're here!" he said with a joyous feeling. Terin opened the door and both of them went to her friends. Terin sat down next to the window and the rest sat around her. Just as they were about to have a sip of their drink, Zoro came over in a relaxed fashion. He came up behind Terin, and bumped into her roughly, making her spill her drink all over her desk.

"Oops. My bad," he "apologized". Terin was about to stand up, when Luffy shot up from his seat.

"Back off!" he yelled after clenching his hands into fists. Zoro looked at him up and down, and smirked.

"Quit being a pervert," remarked Usopp while drinking his tea. Normally he wouldn't say this, but he had his friends with him, and they were all in a classroom.

"Shut up!" he yelled after blushing. "I'll get you laterfor that and you too." He gestured to his snickering friends and they all left to their seats.

Terin came back with some paper towels to clean up the mess. Robin and Usopp took them and gladly cleaned up for her. She sat down on the edge of the window, and began staring out of it again, thinking.

'He stood up to Zoro even though he barely knows me. He was probably returning the favor. Who'd stand up for a person like me?' She was interrupted from her thoughts by Luffy coming up from behind her, worried again.

"Is something wrong?" he asked her. She looked at him in a sort of awe for a moment before shaking her head. She noticed the clock on his wrist which was a Jolly Roger with the cross bones as the minute and hour hands. She saw the time and hopped off the edge. She grabbed a thick text book, and stood a few feet away from the door. Luffy tilted his head in confusion, and saw her friends watching her.

'5… 4… 3… 2… 1'

Ta-Da! A Cliffy! What's gonna happen? Why is she counting down? Next time on Chapter 3! Reviews are appreciated.