A/N: I'm sorry I'm updating only once a week but that doesn't mean you shouldn't review! I'm busy with 3 stories at once! I should start updating faster soon though, because I'm getting around to ending on of my current fics. So please review and I'll try to update faster, kay

CHAPTER 7

Orb

"sleep well, okay?" Luffy whispered in her ear before she feel asleep.

"Okay." Nami answered simply before they fell asleep. I'll sleep just fine as long as your with me, Nami thought right before she feel asleep in his arms.

Luffy kissed her on the check again before also falling asleep. As long as he was with her he could sleep well too.

The next morning was as HOT as ever! Instead of the sun's brightness waking them up it was the sun's insane heat! And the blanket Nami had brought only made it hotter inside that small shelter.

Luffy groaned and threw the blanket off of them. There was no way it could get ANY hotter inside that shelter.

Nami tuned over on her other side and moaned, she was too tired to get up but too hot to get to sleep. If only Sanji haddent chased them out of their own hotel. Nami was really missing the nice air conditioning.

Luffy sighed knowing there was no possible way so get back to sleep so he sat up right and yawned.

"Stupid sun…" Nami mumbled.

Luffy then crawled out of the small shelter and stretched his arms and legs, then rubbed his eyes. Luffy didn't need to get Nami out of the shelter; the sun would get her out for him.

Nami soon followed Luffy out of the shelter and yawned, covering her mouth then rubbing her eyes.

"G'morning." Luffy greeted, now sitting down in the sand looking behind him and up at Nami.

"Morning…" Nami mumbled back. This morning was anything but good.

Luffy smiled at her tired and dazed expression. Nami was still cute even when he was looking at the scary, grumpy, morning version of Nami.

Then he felt his stomach grumble, he was hungry. He looked up at Nami and looked as if he where asking do-you-have-any-food?

Nami threw him the pack with all the food they had packed for themselves, "Don't eat it all, of else." Nami warned.

Luffy nodded and dug through the pack looking for what he felt like eating.

As Luffy rummaged through the food Nami sat down and laid down in the sand next to him. The sun still bugged her, but at least she knew she would get a good tan out of it.

Then it hit her, sun-tan lotion. The sun was so hot it would bun them up without it.

She hastily got back up and grabbed one of the packs with the sun-tan lotion in it. But when she searched through the bag it wasn't there! She searched through all the bags they had brought and nothing, no sun-tan lotion…

Shit…Nami thought as she clenched her fists, what could be any worse?

"What'cha looken' for?" Luffy asked with his mouth full.

"The sun-tan lotion…" Nami scowled.

"Did you find it?" Luffy continued to ask, swallowing his food.

"It's not here…" Nami whispered, "Why did we have to forget the sun-tan lotion…?"

"Sorry, I forgot to pack it!" Luffy laughed as if it were funny.

Nami turned over to him with that oh-no-you-didn't look. Luffy then knew he shouldn't have said anything, and now he was in for it.

"LUFFY YOU FREAKING IDIOT!" Nami yelled to the top of her lungs, "OF ALL THINGS TO FORGET, YOU HAD TO FORGET THE SUN-TAN LOTION! IT'S FREAKING SUMMER, LUFFY!"

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" Luffy covered his head, just in case she decided to hit him.

Nami slapped her forehead and sighed, no helping it now. Town was too far away, and it was too early to fight with Luffy anyway.

She sat next to Luffy and took deep breaths, it was going to be a long day; she could already tell.

( Back at the hotel in town)

Sanji decided he'd stay in Luffy and Nami's hotel room, thinking they might come back, and just because nobody was using it at the moment anyway.

As the sun softly shined through the white curtains, signaling Sanji to get up, Sanji opened his eyes and stretched in the bed. He yawned loudly and rubbed his eyes.

Then he looked around the room, still no Luffy or his so-called "Nami-swan."

But at the moment he didn't really care, he didn't think Nami was as cute in the morning.

Sanji lazily dragged himself out of the bed and changed out of his night clothes and back into his black suit.

He decided he'd go out and walk around town, maybe he'd find something to give to Nami that would make he forgive him. He didn't want to get anything for Luffy though, after all, Luffy "stole" Nami from him.

In the end though, he just ended up spending almost all his money on food and cooking supplies. If there was anything he liked more than Nami, it was cooking.

He wasn't shopping all day though, he was mostly staring and the passing women.

So like Sanji.

(Back to Luffy&Nami)

It was getting a bit late, and the sun was slowly setting in the horizon.

Nami could finally relax, the sun was leaving, meaning she could cool off in the coolness of night.

She laid back in the sand and sighed of relief. They both made it through the bay without a sun-burn. Thank god. The last thing they needed was a sun-burn.

"Wanna swim before night falls?" Luffy questioned smiling down at Nami.

Nami opened one of her eyes and looked up at him, "Sure."

Hey, it was hot and Nami figured cooling off in the ocean couldn't hurt.

She took of her shirt, revealing the top of her swim suit that she had already put on before just in case.

Luffy grinned and threw off his shirt and splashed around in the shallower part of the ocean, so he wouldn't drown; he couldn't swim after all. The water reached up to his waist, so he could still touch the sand at the bottom.

Nami followed him and splashed him from behind, laughing as he splashed her back.

Nami splashes got harder each time until instead of splashing him she was playfully pushing him.

Luffy couldn't resist, she looked too damn good in the water, and he had to hold her.

He caught Nami off guard and wrapped his arms around her, holding her tight.

Nami was shocked, wasn't he just splashing her?

"Uh…Luffy? Do you feel okay?" She questioned, totally confused.

He slowly moved his lips to her ear and whispered, "I love you." He whispered, his lips just barley touching her ear.

She blushed so hard she resembled a cherry; she wasn't expecting that out of him right at that moment. But she shrugged it off and placed her arms around his neck.

He softly kissed her cheek and removed the wet hair from her face.

"I love you too." Nami finally whispered back.

Luffy giggled a little, as if something where funny.

Nami was totally bewildered, "What?" she questioned.

Luffy only laughed a little more and removed his hands from around her waist and onto her shoulders.

What's going on? Nami thought. Luffy was acting kinda weird. She was supposed to have the mood swings, not him.

Nami removed her arms from around his neck as he whispered in her ear, "Tag, you're it!" Then splashed through the water towards the beach and away from Nami.

"WHAT!" Nami was way too confused. He was going to get it.

She splashed through the water after him and onto the beach.

Luffy looked back at her and stuck him tongue out, "You can't catch me!" he teased.

"You just wait!" Nami ran after him.

As Luffy continued to run, he felt something under his foot and immediately stopped.

"OWCH!" He screamed sitting down on the beach and checking his foot.

Nami ran up to him and knelt down beside him, "What is it?" she asked.

Luffy held up a purplish, shiny orb. It was the most beautiful thing Nami had ever seen. She wanted it so badly.

Luffy saw the urge to have it in her eyes and smiled. He took out a string and strung the orb onto the string and leaned in closer to Nami, and tied it around her neck for her.

"It's for you." Luffy smiled as Nami blushed.

"Th-thank you, Luffy." Nami looked down at the orb again, then back up at Luffy; who was still smiling sweetly at her.

Luffy got up on his knees, just like Nami was.

Nami felt her eyes watering up, he was too sweet. She felt a small tear or two role down her check.

"Wh-why are you crying?" Luffy asked, softly placing his hand on her check, and softly caressing her check; also whipping the tears away.

"Thank you…" Nami sniffed. She didn't deserve him. He'd always done so much for her. He fought Arlong to free her, he carried her up a huge mountain when she was sick; just to get her a doctor. And she had never even said thank you. Not once.

"Thank you…" She repeated, "For everything…"

Luffy smiled softly, "Anything for you, Nami." Then, he softly kissed her lips, and she responded by kissing her back.

That night, they watched the sunset together and feel asleep on the beach next together.

I love you, Luffy…Nami thought before she fell asleep.

To be continued.

A/N: Yay! I finally decided to update! I hope you enjoyed this chapter! I enjoyed writing it! REMEMBER TO REVIEW!