𝙤𝙗𝙨𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙘𝙤𝙤𝙡 { 𝙨𝙖𝙣𝙟𝙞 | 1 }

Chapter 8:Questions & lies

*the next day*

Victoria pov
I got to school on time this morning. The first class I had was French. Sir Crocodile handed us all a dialogue to translate, then a class set. While we were doing that, Sir Crocodile was marking some work from some French junior tests.

"Waaaaaaahh....Shovel-chan, help me!" Luffy whined.
I had a anger mark. "Its Chevallier, not Shovel! And its easy!"
"But but but I get fish mixed up with horse!"
I facepalm. "Luffy, horse is cheval, and fish is poisson! How can you get them mixed up?!"
Luffy pouts. "Please...?"
I sighed. "Fine fine..you owe me Cherry Cola."

And so, I ended up doing parts of his work sheet for him. When the period ended, it was time for me to go to PE.

Just as I was about to walk into the changing rooms, I saw Nami walking along.

"Hey! Nami!"

I quickly ran to catch up to Nami. She had her hair in pig tails, and wore a cute blue dress, and a pair of blue heels. She looked at me.

"Oh..hey Victoria."
I tilted my head, immediately catching onto her tone. "Hey...are you okay? You don't seem happy."
"I'll explain it to you later..I don't want anyone else to hear."
"So after class?"
She gave me a small smile. "Yeah...I'd like that."

We walked inside the girls changing rooms. All of the girls that were in there were either changing into their fitness gear, or changing into their regular clothes. I changed out of my ripped jeans, white & black striped shirt, green bomber jacket & combat boots, into a pair of grey biker tights, a black Wonder woman shirt & a pair of white sneakers.

Once Nami & I were changed, we checked the whiteboard, and found that our PE class was outside on the school field. I grinned, getting this feeling that we might be running.

Nami & I walked outside, seeing the rest of our class there. Everyone was either talking, hiding from the PE teacher, or just waiting for the teacher to arrive. I spotted Sanji, and waved at him. He waved back, but when he saw Nami, he avoided her gaze.

'Huh? Whats up with that?'

Nami sighed. "Things didn't go well last night.." She said quietly.
"Really-"

But, the almighty presence of Ms Boa shut me up. She strolled in, head held high. All the guys were blushing upon seeing Ms Boa. She simply ignored them, and started up the lesson.

"Alright, seeing as you're all here, I'm going to cut straight to the point: I don't want to deal with you guys, so just go for a run around the school field, non-stop. If I catch any of you eloping or stopping, thats one lap around the field at lunch time. You can walk..but only if you need to. Now go!"

We all groaned, but went running anyway.

'Running for the whole period? I guess I can do that...'

As we ran, I noticed that everyone was running in their gender groups. The guys were up the front, while the girls were at the back. I narrowed my eyes, and begun to run at the same pace as the fastest boys in the class: Luffy, Zoro & Sanji.

*timeskip*

Eventually, Sanji & I were the only ones at the front of the class.

"So...what really happened on the date?" I asked. "Because Nami's being saying that it didn't go well."
Sanji gave me a sideways look. "It did go well. No one interrupted us."
"But, why is Nami saying that something went wrong?"

Sanji breathlessly sighed. "Its complicated.."
"Well?"

Sanji pov
'What do I say? I can't exactly tell her that when I kissed Nami-chan good night, I imagined that it was her instead of Nami-chan.'

"Well...what happened was, was that I...accidentally touched her inappropriately." I lied.
"Oh? How so?"
"I touched...her breasts. It was on accident!"
She hummed. "Well...did you try to tell her?"
"No...I tried to say that it was on accident, but she didn't want to hear it. And now, she isn't talking to me."
"Hmm...well why don't you talk to her?"
"I-I'll try..."

'Why did I lie to her? Well...if I told her what really happened, then I don't know of she'll really forgive me. I'm no man.'

*timeskip*

"Nami-chan!"

She stopped walking, and turned to me. I panted, trying to catch my breath. Once I finally caught my breath, Nami-chan held up a had.

"Is this about last night? Because if it is, then I'm over it."
I scrunched my eyes with confusion. "What?"
She smiled sadly. "Hey, its okay, Sanji. I understand."
"Are we still friends?" I asked.
"Depends....I'll decide about that later. But anyway..its okay. I get it now. I shouldn't have hoped & hoped that we were going to get back together. I'm happy for you, that you're moving on from us now. But, I want you to promise me something: If you hurt Victoria...you're dealing with me."

"Nami-"

She turned, and walked off. I stared at her back, and tried my hardest to understand what she meant about that. Within me, I felt...relieved. Like dead weight on my shoulders had been lifted. I stood up straight, and sighed.

'I had a feeling she wouldn't take me back..I guess it is time to move on, and think about something else.'

I went the opposite way, and found Victoria standing there.

"How long have you been standing there?" I asked.
"I only just got here...do you feel okay?" She asked.

I stared after Nami-chan, and saw her talking to Rebecca-chan & Robin-chan. All three of them were chatting, and/or laughing about something. I put on a small brave smile.

"Yeah...everything is fine now."