𝙤𝙗𝙨𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙘𝙤𝙤𝙡 { 𝙨𝙖𝙣𝙟𝙞 | 1 }

Chapter 23:False gossip

Nami pov
I stretched my limbs, and yawned. The sun outside was setting, yet it was still shining inside the classroom that Robin & I were in.

"Robin?" I called. "I'm done."
Robin looked up from her book, and smiled. "Good, well shall we leave?"
I was already packing my things away. "Definitely. I'm getting sick of this place."

We locked the windows & the door. As we walked down the hallway, Robin & I chatted.

"Hey, thanks for staying behind with me." I said.
Her smile returned. "Its nothing to be thankful for."
"Maaaan, I had better get that good grade! If I don't, then I might have to burn this building down."
She chuckled. "I'm sure that accounting teacher of yours will give you a good mark. I assure you."

Just as we were about to grab some books from our lockers (for study), my ears perked up when I heard some gossip in the background.

"-and did you hear that gossip thats been spreading around about Nami?"
"About Nami? Really?"

Robin & I looked at each other, before we quietly shut our lockers, and poled our head around the corner. There we saw, was Monet, Perona & a girl thats in my accounting class. She had dirty blonde hair, and brown eyes

"Yeah.." That girl said. "From what I heard, Victoria said that she's happy that she got Sanji, instead of Nami having him."
"Ooooh! Spicy!"
"Yeah, I would feel the same to be honest." That girl sighed. "I wonder what will happen if things really do go downhill? It'll be soo funny!"

"Nami-"

"HEY!" I yelled, charging straight towards them. "Victoria would never say that!"
That girl smirked. "Well, you're wrong, sweetpea. Thats what Victoria told me. I remember clearly how she expressed herself as well. She said it with such a confident smirk, you'd think she'd be a Uchiha."
"So much for you having a close friendship!" Monet sneered.

They already walked off, laughing to themselves. I glared at them, my blood boiling.

"Nami..." Robin started.
I growl. "There's no way that Victoria said that!" I wiped away some tears. "Robin...I don't believe a single word that they said!"

*timeskip*

Victoria pov
This morning, it was grey & cloudy, yet it was still warm. When I got to school, everyone had a umbrella with them, something that I didn't bring.

'Dang..maybe if it does rain, I might need to ask Marco of I can catch a ride with Ace & Luffy.'

I opened up my locker, and a note flittered out. I bent down, and picked it up.

"I know I should've texted you, but I ran out of credit. Victoria, I need to talk to you. Meet me behind the hockey turf at morning break.

-Nami."

I raised my eyebrows with thought.

'What? I hope its nothing bad. Hey, she might need help with writing that essay in English. Yeah, thats probably it.'

After grabbing some books for today, I kept the thought on my mind, and went to cooking.

*timeskip*

"Nami? You here?" I called.
"Victoria?"

Coming around the corner, was Nami & Robin. I breathed a sigh of relief, and walked up to them.

"Hey, I hope its nothing bad."

But then, I got a good glimpse of their expressions. They both seemed serious about something, like I had done something wrong. Nami had more of a sad look in her eyes.

"Hey, whats wrong?" I asked. "You seem...upset about something."

Nami sighed. "Victoria...we're friends, right? All three of us?"
I nod. "Yes, of course! We're all best friends here, right?"
Nami then breathed a sigh of relief. "Oh good..."
"Nami? Whats happened." I demanded.

"You know how yesterday, I stayed behind with Nami to support her with her assignment?" Robin asked.
"Yeah?"
"Well, we were leaving, when we heard a group of girls gossiping. They were saying how you were happy that Sanji was dating you, instead of Nami." Robin explained.
"What the-I'd never say that!"
"Thats what we believed." Nami said. "We just had to ask, and make sure that you actually didn't say that."

I shook my head. "No way would I ever say something like that! If I ever said that, then call me a bitch. Whoever said that..." I scrunched my fist. "They've got another thing coming."
"I don't know what her name is..." Nami sighed. "But I do know what she looks like."

'But what will I do? I promised Marco at the start of the year that I wouldn't get in trouble! I need to do this for that sweet violin I saw. But that girl...if I don't do something about it, then she 'll get away with saying shit about Nami & I...Damn it! What should I do?!'