Ah! Hello my readers 3 thank you for getting this far and waiting for me to update. Sorry it took so long. Just got to uni and such and was getting my computer fixed :/ Anyway good luck with this chapter… I really apologize for it . and I promise to update soon so you don't go too crazy about it…. LOVE YOU! Please don't kill me .

Chapter Eleven

Pretending to be too busy with her phone, Hancock strolled through the hall trying her best to ignore all the stares. Zoro didn't care since he got stares all the time. Hancock did as well but usually they were of admiration. Stares of longing and disappointment were new.

She wanted so badly to just turn around and yell at everyone to get a life. It wasn't as if half of them ever had a chance anyway! They never even attempted to speak to her. Luffy was the first…

Then it was Zoro. Thinking about how they met angered Hancock slightly and caused to her release a huge sigh. About a year had gone by since they had first met at that stupid party. Hancock was such a bitch, she knew she was.

She sighed heavily again. She never really had the right to poor that drink on his head… and seeing him come out of a room with that pink haired bimbo! It just made him look sleazy… Did he ever actually go through with it? Hancock remembered him saying he hadn't so she believed him… though at the time he didn't really have to tell her the truth did he?

Frowning, Hancock told herself off. It was in the past either way. It wasn't like she was a virgin either… but it wasn't her fault! She had only ever been with one man, regrettably she had tried quite a few times to get with other men just to erase those filthy memories from her head but she couldn't go through with it ever.

Hancock suddenly stopped walking and created fists at her side.

Stupid bastard!

Grunting loudly and swinging her fists at her side Hancock shook her head and continued walking. It was all behind her now. She needed to focus on forgetting him. The nightmares would linger still but her family seemed to take her stepfathers excuses about them. There were nights where she would scream and shout for him to get off her, the heaviness of his body all over her but when she woke up in a cold sweat she was alone in her room. Soft knocks at her door alerted her that people had heard her fits of fear. Never had she opened the door. The deep gruff voice of her stepfather would always interject and tell them it's because of her new insomnia medicine or she was under a lot of stress at school. How could her family not know? At least her mother would have known right? Eventually her door got changed to a sound proof door, one that didn't alert the family of her screaming, one that allowed her stepfather to make as much noise as he wanted, and one that alienated her even more than she already was separating her from her family and making her feel like she would never have the chance to tell them about the horrors she had been put through. Slowly the nightmares were becoming worse, now that the threat of him being in the house was gone, the fear of him returning got worse. Hancock felt dread twist at her stomach whenever she was alone, something she didn't allow herself to be a lot. Would she ever really heal?

Zoro was the only person keeping her sane right now, the fact that he knew everything about her was the biggest relief ever, bigger then she could ever imagine it could be. She never knew that it was a weight that was crushing her and now Zoro was helping her keep it up, reminding her every day that she was safe now and that he was never going to let that bastard touch her again.

He was gone now yet she was too embarrassed to tell her family. Shame kept her secret locked in the dark parts of her heart where she hoped to never need to mention it again. Four years this had been going on and now she needed to learn to get over it.

"You seem to be thinking deeply" Zoro said hitting her lightly on her shoulder to pull her out of her trance.

"Oh! Hi…" Hancock smiled widely causing Zoro to blush besides himself, she rarely smiled properly but when she did…

"I was just thinking how much we've been through since we met properly. I mean it was pretty hectic wasn't it?"

Zoro nodded thinking about their past as well. They definitely went through some things that were unusual.

"I didn't think I would go through so much effort for a moron like you!" Zoro exclaimed quietly with a smirk on his face.

Hancock glared at the man with disgust.

"How dare you…" With a smile she hit him right on the top of his head with a force that was probably going a little too far if it was anyone but this guy.

"Bitch!"

"You deserve it!"

The two stared at each other with anger but then simultaneously cracked into wide smiles. Hancock laughed beside herself and how comfortable things were between them. How perfect it felt. Nothing bad could affect them now.

Zoro grabbed Hancock's hand and brought it tenderly to his lips forcing her face and neck to go bright red. He was sweet when he wanted to be but this was all new for Hancock and she had trouble dealing with it. Even still she enjoyed the affection that felt genuine unlike the sickly affection she would get from her stepfather. This affection didn't make her cringe in disgust and fear what was going to happen next.

Hancock and Zoro walked down the hall together for a little while before Zoro had to pull away from her for his next lesson. Hancock wasn't alone but without him she definitely felt like it. No one knew her. They knew the façade that she put up for the world to see. Letting someone in was painful but it sure as hell felt better then only ever being seen as the perfect woman who never had any blemishes in her life. The worst was that people resented her because they thought that she got anything she ever wanted. Well she would trade he life with anyone else's if she had the choice.

Even with her anger at the people who knew nothing, she still kept them at a distance. Who besides Zoro would love her after they knew? She didn't need their pity. They had no idea what she was going through, either way it would be a shallow love for something she couldn't control.

Heading off to class Hancock sat in the back as usual not paying all too much attention. Whilst on autopilot she took as many notes as she could without her hands cramping and speaking when cued to do so. No one would have known she wasn't paying attention. She had, had years of practice to perfect her autopilot because her stepfather loved her paying attention whilst he ruined her.

"Are you truly happy with him" One of the girls near Hancock asked whilst the teacher was distracted.

Hancock showed no alarm to the question but inside she was very surprised at the tone of voice used, as if her being with Zoro was the worst decision ever, there was jealously as well as a tone that told Hancock that the girl thought Hancock was too good for Zoro.

"Yes, I am happy with him" She replied matter of factly never looking up from her notes.

Why should she need to tell anyone anyway, it was her life!

The rest of the class she spent ignoring the rude girl but she just kept trying to strike up a conversation

"How did you get close to him?" she asked again.

"Why do you care?" Hancock responded no longer caring about being nice. This girl was getting on her nerves and she could realize that whoever it was she had never spoken to her before.

"You know I had him first"

A flash of pink and a few seconds passed before Hancock lifted her head and had a good look at the girl who was being way too rude for her liking. She was finally happy and someone had to go and be a bitch about it.

Hancock set her lips in a hard line unable to hide her obvious anger. She recognized the girl. She knew also that this particular girl didn't go to the school and obviously didn't attend this class. She snuck into her class to do what…? Piss her off?

"I've been working on getting with him for a while, and then your whore ass butts in and gets in the way, what did you do to get him? You know he doesn't keep the girls he fucks for long, unless you're me"

With a smile she pushed one long curly pink pigtail behind her shoulder. Her smile wasn't beautiful at all because it contained resentment as well smugness.

"We still text you know" She went on

"So why did you want him hmm? Is it because you saw him leaving the room after he fucked me?"

Hancock was slowly brimming with anger. Who did the bitch think she was? And why was no one questioning her being in the class. It was obvious she was too old for the class! What the fuck was this?!

"If he really did like you or likes you, why is he with me?" Hancock said cooly looking towards the board in the front of the class. Being nonchalant about everything was her specialty. She would win nothing by showing the bitch she was angry. He said they never had sex…

The girl sat silent for a while obviously not expecting a calm comeback.

"He is just waiteng till he gets out of school! He is mine!"

"How can you stake your claim over anybody?! How dare you! He is his own person!" Hancock said in a harsh whisper, not trusting herself to yell.

"You Bi-"

As if on cue the bell went for the end of class and Hancock realized she could get away from the pink haired bimbo who was obviously in love with Zoro but didn't know how to handle him dating anyone else, even with knowing all this Hancock felt the knot in her stomach twist as she watched the bitch leave the classroom. She was probably going to look for Zoro.

No… I need him! I love him…

Hancock huffed and gathered her stuff quickly. Attempting to find Zoro first was what she needed to do, but what was she going to say?

Rushing out with her back on her left shoulder she ran down the hall quickly. Her hair flying behind her. She looked like a raven gliding through air as she darted between people.

No one had ever seen her so flustered at school and they parted as if she was on fire letting her through with no resistance what so ever.

At the end of the hall she spotted him but to her dismay the pink haired girl was leaning against his locker. He looked frustrated and clearly didn't want to talk to her, seeing him like that made the knot in Hancock's stomach loosen and warm up, he clearly loved her over the pink haired girl.

She smiled and slowed her stride, casually strolling up to her boyfriend.

"Hey honey" She purred when she reached his side.

The pink hair girl scowled at the interruption.

"Have you told her?" the girl said to Zoro as if Hancock wasn't even there.

"Shut up Perona!" Zoro said through gritted teeth.

Hancock felt as if she had been punched. He was keeping something from her…

"Well she needs to know… Did you know dear… what was your name again? Handjob?"

"Perona!" Zoro warned grabbing the girl by her wrist and attempting to pull her away

Hancock glared at Perona and said nothing. It was clear she knew her real name and was just attempting to piss her off. The fact that Zoro was touching her sent electricity through her body, her blood boiled with searing pain.

"Did you know…?" Perona stepped forward placing her hand gently on Zoro's shoulder but he shrugged her off roughly.

"That your boyfriend has fucked me on multiple occasions… and asked me out once? I said no… but now I wish I had said yes… I wonder, who would he choose?"

A load roaring was all Hancock could hear. Zoro was obviously saying something to her but she couldn't hear him. This was worse than the physical pain she had to endure for so long. Zoro, the first man she had properly decided to trust had betrayed her… had lied to her. She may have been overreacting but she had been hurt so many times before. She was fragile.

Turning away from Zoro, Hancock steadily walked in the other direction unable to stop the tears from falling. If Zoro was following her she wasn't sure. She was too distraught to turn around and check. Was she really unlovable?

Zoro called after her but she didn't seem to hear. He tried explaining to her that he didn't mention this because he didn't want her to overreact like she was right at that moment.

He stepped forward in an attempt to run after her but Perona caught his arm.

"Forget about her! I'm ready to be with you now" She said with a smirk on her face obviously expecting him to pick her over Hancock.

"Fuck off bitch! If you think anything will ever happen between us again then sadly you are mistaken!"

Shoving Perona a little too hard out of the way Zoro made his way after Hancock. He didn't see what direction she went so on instinct he ran to the science lab she decided to hide in the last time she ran from him. He could hear Perona yelling behind him but he didn't care, he needed to find the only woman he had ever loved.

"Fuck you! You are missing out! You would have been lucky to have me" She yelled through the halls.

Running to the door he pushed it open only to be rewarded by a surprised looking freshmen science class and a spluttering teacher who was terrified of Zoro ever since his own freshmen year. He had the decency to apologize and run back out in search for the stupid woman who really needed to get this flight thing out of her system because he really didn't know how to deal with the woman when she ran from him.

The only place he could think of looking for her was the dojo, either the room itself or maybe the locker room where he had originally discovered her secret.

Zoro ran as fast as he could in the direction of the dojo, and managing to bump into several people. He was no longer patient enough to apologize to the unfortunate people that were in his way and continued running.

Pushing the giant doors open he jumped into the dojo. Empty.

He ran towards the locker rooms and knocked feeling that if other people were in there, that he would earn himself a false title. No answer.

He slowly opened the door to find the locker room too was empty.

Where is she?

Zoro stood stunned for a few moments. Did he not know her well enough to guess where she would have run to?

Being pulled out of his thoughts Zoro pulled out his vibrating phone and checked the messages he had just received.

Help!

He came back!

Zoro stared at his phone and dropped it as if it had just burned him.

Hancock… no!

Grabbing his phone off of the floor again Zoro ran towards the front gates of the school.

Dialling as if it was second nature Zoro found himself getting a constant messaging service from Hancock's phone and eventually a message telling him her phone was switched off.

Fuck! I promised to protect her!

Before even making it to the empty parking lot and not finding a trace of her he dialled the police, his voice shaky and broken.

"911 emergencies how can we help you?"

"I think my girlfriend just got kidnapped" He said collapsing at the front doors of the school. He didn't care who saw him. His worst nightmare had come true.

"I couldn't protect her… it was my fault"