Chapter 15: FameInfamy

A/N: So this one doesn't have much of Luffy but it's a two parter that will be continued next update~

It had been three days since the fight between the two. After the event Law had called Ace asking if Luffy had come down there to his and Marco's apartment. At first Ace was furious at him. He hung up on Law and stormed up to his place hell bent on breaking every bone in his body. But after Law had explained what had went down, without going into too much detail, the overprotective brother calmed down. While Law was in the wrong so was Luffy. He'd told Law he'd do what he could and went back to his own apartment. Luffy came back the next afternoon. Bepo had sat by the door the entire night whining and waiting for Luffy to come back. Law kept him company.

Monday rolled around and they went to get coffee as usual. Luffy was silent most of the time and Nami and Usopp avoided the topic.

Law stopped his car in front of the English hall and put it park. "Have a good day." He waited but got no reply. "I'll call you when I get off for lunch and if you want Ace, Zoro, and Sanji will pick you up."

Luffy shrugged and grabbed his bag and hopped out of the car. Law frowned and took a deep breath before turning the car radio up really loud to drown out any thoughts. He then drove to the Grand Line Hospital and walked in, slipped his doctor's coat on, and 'happily' went off to work.

"You have Mrs. Dempsy in room 698, Law." Shachi said the moment he saw him. He had a look on his face that told him that it wasn't good.

"Dempsy again?" Law asked. "I just saw her last week."

"You know how she is." Shachi shrugged, handing him Dempsy's clipboard and taking a drink of his large mug of coffee. "Glad you were here though, I was about to have to send Penguin in there to sedate her."

"Damn, I knew I should have taken the long route today…." Law halfway joked. "She's much more tame sedated." He sat his cup on the counter and Shachi looked at it in spite.

"Tell me about it." His friend shook his head, his eyes moving from his hospital coffee to Law's. "Take Luffy to Grandbucks?"

"Every morning." Law sighed. He loved his talks with Nami and Usopp but he was beginning to worry about what the caffeine intake was doing to his heart.

"Didn't get me anything?" the other doctor pouted. "I hate the coffee here."

Law shrugged. "Get your own."

"Hell no, that shit's expensive." Shachi stuck his tongue out and waved him off. "Go

give her some pills or something and send her away before the nursing staff chops my head off."

"Why didn't you deal with her?" Law asked clearly not in any mood to. "You're more than qualified."

"She asked for you specifically, Doctor Trafalgar." Shachi grinned.

"Oh, okay. That's total bullshit. But whatever." Law huffed. "Next time she comes in, I'm making you deal with her." He pointed at the other doctor and narrowed his eyes before turning and walking towards the elevator.

"Aye, aye Captain." Shachi laughed as the doors shut.

"Hello, Mrs. Dempsy, what seems to be the problem?" Law asked as he opened the door to the woman's room and ignored the sighs of relief from the sixth floor nurses.

"Doctor Trafalgar, you are late!" The old woman scolded. "Your colleagues are extremely rude, why weren't you here earlier?" She glared him down.

"I was dropping my boyfriend off at class." He said, pulling his stethoscope from around his neck to his ears. "Also my shift doesn't start until eight thirty so technically you were early." He pressed the end to her chest where her heart should be and listened for a while, moving it around every few heartbeats. "Nothing sounds wrong. What are your complaints?"

"My heartbeat races all the time no matter what I do." she scoffed. "Fix it."

"Have you cut back on the coffee and alcohol?" He asked, raising an eyebrow and leaning up against the counter on the other side of the room.

"You can take away anything you want from me," She started, crossing her arms. "But you can never take away my alcohol."

"Mrs. Dempsy, your condition will only worsen with time if you do not change your drinking habits." Law warned.

"Whatever." she huffed. "So, how is your boyfriend? Still doing well in school, I hope."

"He's fine." Law said stiffly. Luffy wasn't a subject he wanted to talk about. No matter what Law had done the past week Luffy hadn't forgiven him for the fight. "But the next time you want to talk to someone just give me a call. Stop terrorizing the staff."

"At my age this is the most fun I'll have." She stood and patted him on the back. "Take care of him, Law. I'll see you next week."

Law shook his head and wrote some half assed excuse for her visit and placed it in the plastic box outside the door. The two of them had worked out a sort of friendship over the past year and a half when he was still working part time. She was like the crazy old aunt Law never had. It was nice to talk to her though, and she cared about him and Luffy so if he had to put up with her every week then so be it. God knew she needed the company.

After a few more visits from patients it was finally his lunch break and he hung his coat on the hook in his locker before reaching into his pocket to call Luffy. When he didn't answer Law frowned and tried again. After a few more tries and failures he grabbed up his keys and walked back into the hospital. It wasn't like Luffy to just not answer his phone. If he was busy he'd send a text like he always did.

"Penguin," he called out to the nurse. "I can't get Luffy to answer his phone so I'm going to go try and see if he's okay. If i'm not back by three then call me." Penguin nodded and wished him the best of luck.

"Oh!" Penguin called out to him. "There's supposedly a bad wreck by the campus so there might be traffic." Law nodded and headed out the door.

He'd just reached his car when his phone started ringing. Looking down at it and hoping it was Luffy he saw Zoro's name on the caller ID.

"Hello?" He answered, unlocking the doors and sliding in the drivers seat.

"Oh thank god you picked up!" Sanji's audibly distressed voice sounded from the other side. "Have you left the hospital?"

"Not yet," he answered, fear welling up in him. "Why?"

"There was a wreck here on campus and when the suv hit the other car and sent it flying up on the sidewalk. Luffy was there waiting on us to come get him and he, oh god, he was hit." Sanji muttered another "oh god" and Law could now hear sirens and Ace and Zoro's voices yelling above them. Law's grip tightened on the phone and his breath caught in his throat. "Law, he doesn't look good."

TO BE CONTINUED...