Chapter 3
"Nami, please report to the dean's office."
Nami glanced at the ceiling where the annoying voice had come from and glared as all the heads in the room turned to look at her. Nami sighed and grabbed her books. "Sorry Arlong," she said getting out of her seat.
"It's alright, just check online later for the homework, and if you stop by later I'll have a copy of notes for you."
Nami nodded and walked out of the classroom as she headed down the hall to the dean's office, hopefully this little meeting was about her probation period and how it was over. Hopefully. After being stuck at Grand Line Prep for a week now, Nami was ready for the weekend, and ready to sleep right through it. She wasn't getting any sleep during the week because of all the classes she was taking, and how much work they all called for; and just like she'd wanted, she'd gotten out of athletics and into Astronomy, so there was even more work. She didn't think that it would be this hard, but as long as she could keep her grades up, she could keep Astronomy, but as soon as they slipped below a C, they were taking it away from her and putting her back into athletics.
She walked into the dean's office and was told to have a seat. Sighing she sat down and flipped through her Music book, running over the song she'd be singing for class, trying to get a head start. Hopefully she'd be out of the office by then, she really hated missing class, only because it meant missing notes, and that meant there would be something she wouldn't get on the test.
"Nami," she looked up and saw the headmaster standing in the doorway. "You can come back now," he said as Zoro brushed past him and left his office. He glanced at Nami and smirked as he left the office. Nami glared at the back of his head and walked into the headmaster's office. "How are you enjoying school so far?" he asked as they sat down.
Nami glanced at the name on the desk as she sat her bag and books down. "Fine," she mumbled. What kind of name was Crocodile; especially for a school official.
He nodded and looked through some papers littering his desk. "Your teachers have been sending in daily updates, letting me know how your grades and things have been," he smiled and looked up at her, "they seem to have taken to you." She didn't really know what to say, so she opted to keep her mouth shut until she actually had something to say that wouldn't ruin her probation hearing chances. She felt like a convict honestly. Why did she have to be put on probation just because she was new? Did they do this for all of their new students? "Well, I'm pleased to announce that your probation period is over, congratulations," he said with a slight smile.
"Thanks," Nami muttered. She glanced at the clock, nervously bouncing her leg. She wanted to get out of here, she didn't like the way this guy was so friendly with her. "Can I go?" she asked. Crocodile nodded and Nami wasted no time getting out of there, only to regret it. Staying with the creepy headmaster had to be better than walking into the hallway only to run into Zoro. "Skipping class are we?" she asked as she walked past him and headed down to the drama room since there was only five minutes left of class, she didn't see the need to go back.
"You could say that," Zoro mumbled as he followed her, a crooked smile on his face. "What about you? Did cherry do something bad to get sent to the headmaster's office?" he asked, obviously finding it amusing that she was called down.
Nami, however, wasn't going to play his game. "No, actually, I didn't. I was on probation since I'm new," she explained.
Zoro chuckled and continued to follow her. "So they assumed that you'd be a bad girl," he seemed amused. "Maybe you should prove them right," he whispered, so close to her ear that Nami could feel his hot breath fanning over her skin, teasing the hairs at the nape of her neck. She tried to hold back the blush, but she wasn't able to and it slowly spread over her cheeks, coating them in a thin pink color. She heard Zoro chuckle again as he turned around and walked the other way.
"Ugh!" Nami growled as the bell rang and walked down to her drama class.
Nami was still fuming by the end of class, and it didn't look like her temper was going to cool any time soon. When she walked into the music room for class she knew that it wasn't going to cool down at all. Zoro was sitting there in the front of the room with a guitar on his lap and it looked like he was tuning the strings or something. Nami did her best not to make eye contact with him as she moved to her seat. What the hell was he doing here? She glared at him through her hair as she pulled out her sheet music and glanced at the board. All of the color drained from her face.
Mandatory Auditions Today
How could she forget that Jango was making them do auditions today? Zoro must be there to play for them, though she didn't know why, Jango was just fine on the piano that should work just fine. She didn't want to sing in front of Zoro. He seemed oblivious though, something she was thankful for. She didn't want him to see her freaking out because he was going to get to hear her sing. Jango walked in and looked at Zoro before turning to the rest of the class. "Alright everyone, we have mandatory auditions today, so Zoro's here to play for us," he explained putting his things down on his desk. He started calling people up to sing, and thankfully Nami wasn't first. They gave Zoro their music, waited for him to get ready and gave their auditions. The whole time Nami was freaking out, she was so nervous she was shaking. Why of all people did it have to be Zoro? "Alright Nami, you're up."
Nami nodded, still shaking as she got up and walked to the front of the room. She handed Zoro her sheet music. She heard him chuckle when he looked at the title of the song but set up and got ready. Once he was ready to play for her he gave her a little nod and started strumming the strings on his guitar.
Nami took a small breath to steady her nerves before she began to sing. She wasn't planning on singing the whole song, just part of it, thank god. The sooner she could get this over with and get away from Zoro the better she would feel. "For a shield from the storm, for a friend, for a love to keep me safe and warm, I turn to you. For the strength to be strong and for the will to carry on, for everything you do I turn to you yeah." She took a breath and closed her eyes, trying to drown out everyone around her, especially Zoro. "For the arms to be my shelter through all the rain, for truth that will never charge for someone to lean on; but for a heat I can rely on through anything. For the one who I can run to, oh I turn to you."
Happy that she hit all of the notes she took her sheet music back from Zoro and went back to her seat as everyone clapped. She could feel a hot blush on her face, but she didn't care anymore. She just wanted class to end so she could get out of there. Unfortunately she looked back up at Zoro, and then immediately wished she hadn't. He was staring at her, looking her dead in the eye with a crooked smile on his lips that made him look dangerously handsome. Nami knew that if he asked her to do anything while smiling that crooked smile, she'd do it. There was no way in hell she would be able resist that smile.
She looked away quickly as Jango called the next person up to audition and tried to get the blush on her face to go away, but every time she looked back up at Zoro, he was staring at her and it only intensified the blush. She really hated him.
"Nami, can I see you for a minute?" Arlong asked as the bell rang, signaling the end of the school day. Nami nodded and grabbed her books as she walked up to his desk. She was still flustered from earlier, and not all there when it came to paying attention. She knew Arlong had been able to tell that she had been distracted and was expecting him to say something about it. So she wasn't at all ready for what he really said. "I want you to enter a competition."
She looked at him trying to figure out what he was talking about. "What kind of competition?" she asked.
Arlong pulled out a flyer form somewhere on his desk and handed it to her. "It's for advanced map makers, but I think you've got what it takes. At least give it some thought."
Nami nodded and told him she would as she walked out of his room looking at the flyer on her way to her own room. Once safely locked behind the thick oak door she turned on her iPod and let her Asking Alexandria play list play while she put her books on the desk she had moved into her room and sat down on her bed, staring at the ceiling. She was thinking about going out tonight. It didn't seem like a bad idea after the week she had, and her fake I.D. would be able to get her into virtually any club in the city, and the school rules said that the students were allowed to go out on the weekends…
Mind made up Nami quickly showered and dressed before grabbing her keys, her I.D. and whatever cash she had on her, and pocketed it as she walked out of her room. Her car was parked in the student's parking lot and she realized that she wasn't the only one who needed a break from the school when she walked outside. At least half of the school was out there in the parking lot making their way to cars while yelling across the cars trying to decided where they were going to meet up, what they were going to do, and who was going.
Nami ignored everyone and quickly walked to her car, hoping to get in there and get out before anyone caught her. But just like the rest of her day, nothing had been going the way she wanted it to. Just as she was about to open the door, Law came and leaned against it, arms crossed over his chest and a crooked smirk, almost as dangerously handsome as Zoro's on his face. "Where are you going?" he asked looking her over.
"Out, as soon as you get off my damn car," Nami growled.
Kid smirked and moved away from her car but kept his hand on it, keeping her from opening it. "Where?" he asked again.
"I was going to go find a club, why?" she asked, deciding that it was better to just tell him so she could leave.
"Get in," he nodded to the other side of the car as he got into her driver's seat. Law pulled out of his cell phone. Nami looked at him like he was crazy. Did he really think that he was going to just order her around like that and drive her car, taking her god only knew where. "Follow us," he said into his phone, snapping it shut he looked up at her, raising one of his dark eye brows. "Are you coming or what?" Glaring at him Nami walked around the car and got into the passenger's seat as he pulled out, three more cars following them as they left the school.
"Do you mind telling me where we're going? It's the least you can do since you hijacked my car," Nami said as she plugged her iPod into the radio and turned up the volume as iNot the American Average/i started to play.
Law glanced at her from the corner of her eye and smirked. Looking back at the road he shrugged, "Why don't you just sit back and enjoy the ride?" he suggested. Nami huffed, she really didn't want to go anywhere with him. She wanted to go out and loosen up, maybe flirt with a guy or two, but if Law was going to hang around and stick to her like glue she knew that wasn't about to happen. Not only that but he'd have his little gang of friends with him.
Nami sighed and supposed that if it was just Law that was fine, at least Zoro wouldn't be there, knowing that she could at least open up a little and try to have a good time.
Law finally pulled up to a club and parked the car. Nami quickly got out, feeling that the small confines of the car were too claustrophobic for her and sucked in the cool night air. This is what she needed, a time to let loose and relax with heavy music, erotic dancing, and endless, shameless, lusty, flirting. She didn't wait for Law; Nami walked right up to the door, flashed her I.D. and walked inside looking around, trying to decide what she wanted to do first. Listening closely she picked up the beat of the music and decided that was just what she needed to relax. Stalking out to the dance floor she found herself a nice little spot in the middle and let the music take her away.
Nami was too into the music to pay attention to who she was actually dancing with. All she cared about was the two strong arms around her waist, the hips grinding against hers, and the beat of the music in her ears, she was too busy listening to the music, to notice Law come up behind her and wrap his arms around her as his lips brushed over her neck. "You're a very naughty girl you know that?" he whispered into her ear. Nami glanced over her shoulder at him as she continued dancing. "Letting all of these men touch you," he murmured as his hands gripped her hips and pulled them closer to his. "All of these strangers pawing at you, eyeing you, like you were a piece of meat." His hips ground into hers, extracting a small gasp from Nami when she realized just how much he was packing. "Maybe I should punish you for being a bad girl," he hummed.
Nami bit her lip and wrapped her arms behind her to enclose around his neck, pulling his head closer to her neck as his lips assaulted her skin. Law might not be her first choice in a one night stand, but for now, with his lips pressed against her neck, and his body pressed into her, grinding into her ass, she was up for just about anything right now. Law lifted his head as someone came to stand in front of them. Nami could feel them standing there but didn't open her eyes, until Law growled deep in the back of his throat. "What are you doing here, Roronoa?" Nami looked up at him, taupe eyes narrowing on the idiot who'd been making her life a living hell since she came to school.
Zoro wasn't even looking at Law; he was too busy looking Nami in the eyes. "I'm just wondering why you're dancing with her when she obviously needs a real man who would treat her right." He smirked, never taking his eyes off of her.
Law chuckled behind her as his arms wrapped possessively around her waist. "We'll see about that, she's with me isn't she?"
Zoro chuckled, his eyes meeting his for a brief moment before going back to Nami's, his dark eyes burning into hers. "For now," he leaned in close, so his breath fanned over her skin, "we'll see who she's with at the end, when she realizes what you are."
Nami felt Zoro's lips ghost over her cheek before he turned on his heels and stalked away, getting lost in the mass of bodies on the dance floor. Nami glanced back at Law as he shook his head. "You okay?" he asked looking at her.
"Yeah," Nami nodded and pulled out of his arms, "Let's go get a drink." Law followed her over to the bar and bought them both drinks. Nami was hoping a little alcohol would clear her mind, because after that little chat with Zoro, she was confused. What did Zoro mean by, iwhen she realizes what you are/i? She had a feeling that Zoro was just trying to confuse her, play with her, especially after the week she'd been having with him playing with her, teasing her, but there was something in the back of her mind that told her that there might be something right in what he said.
A few hours of flirting, grinding, and drinking later found Nami pressed up against the door of her room with Law trying to suck the breath right out of her as he kissed her. Breathless and with limbs that felt like they'd turned to jell-o Nami pushed Law off of her and looked up into his eyes. "What's wrong?" he asked, trying to kiss her neck.
"I think we should stop for tonight," she said breathless. She had no idea where things were going to end up with Law, but she didn't want them to go any further tonight.
Law tensed up but sighed and nodded. "Alright, I'll see you tomorrow then?" he asked pulling away to look at her. Nami smiled and nodded. Well it looked like it was going further than just one hot night at the club together if he wanted to see her the next day. "G'night," he said smiling.
"Night," Nami said with a small smile before disappearing into her room. As she climbed into bed she had a feeling that this next week was going to be better than the previous one.