Hai Minna! This is basically my first AceLu pairing _ hope you like it!

Warnings: Mentions of abuse, Bullying, Language and sexual conversations in later chapters.

Enjoy!

It all happened so fast.

The argument with grandpa, the stomping off, the car, the yells , the pain, the hospital.

If he wasn't such a brat, as his gramp's had called him, he would never have been in this mess.

He would not have to spend to a month in this stupid, stuffy hospital.

Although he did like the free food, the kindness of the other patients and nurses that constantly commented on how cute he was. Thats right, the nurses even called him cute…

His grandpa, his only remaining family member came to visit him four times a week. He hated it. Gramps would always fall asleep and snore very loudly that one time one of the staff members asked Monkey D Luffy, to wake him up and ask him to leave… Very awkward indeed.

Well his grandpa wasn't the only family member he had left, no he had Shanks. The man was amazing on every level but he often got a horrible temper when drunk or he would always end up in a jail cell the next morning for trying to do something stupid. Gramps hated Shanks as he always filled the kid-Luffy's head full of junk and nonsense, so Monkey D. Garp made sure Luffy kept his distance from him.

When Luffy was released from hospital, he had trouble getting around without any help as the crash damaged his legs badly. So much that if Luffy wasn't careful he would need surgery again. His grampa would have to help him up the stairs and down the stairs. Very awkward indeed.

But this was in the past, at least three years ago infact, and Luffy was now 17 years old and a normal, socially-awkward teenager at high school. Well he was until he met Portgas D. Ace.

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Beep, beep, beep, beep.

The boy poked his messy haired head out from under the comforter and shut off his alarm clock. Moaning and groaning the boy slipped back underneath to the warmth and softness of his bed. It was Monday. Upon realising this, the tired young boy groaned even louder and felt like punching a hole in the wall in frustration. Two days of no school just wasn't enough! Especially when you have teachers and bullies on your back constantly.

As much as he would like to stay curled up in bed, but any longer then it would be harder for Luffy to get up, so throwing back the dark blue covers and carefully swinging his feet around to the side of the bed, Luffy gripped his night stand for support as he stood. His legs were not what they used to be since the accident three years ago much to the teen's frustration. This meant he couldn't take part in some sports that all his friends were part of, no he had to sit and watch. Also he had to move slowly when walking around, once again he hated it, especially at school, what with ignorant people pushing and shoving. It was horrible.

But aside from all that, Luffy looked forward to seeing his close friends and school.

Usopp, whom he was slightly closer too, was great at art and storytelling but sometimes his stories sounded more like lies than fact to Luffy.

Nami, her sister is quite popular in the senior school but she doesn't get any attention from it, much to her anger. She is kind of greedy with money and and gets frustrated pretty easily.

Sanji, his father and Luffy's grampa are kind of good friends. Plus his dad owns a fancy restaurant uptown so the young cook couldn't hang out with them much because of shifts. Nami along with everyone else calls him a pervert for some reason…

Zoro, he is pretty tough and strong in a fight. He and Luffy first met on their first day. Luffy was having trouble with a group of bullies and Zoro stepped in. Ever since that day he and Luffy were friends.

They were also good friends with their history teacher, Miss Robin. She was kind and sweet to all her students but sometimes she just had to put her foot down.

"Luffy! Hurry up and I can drop you off to school on my way to work!" A deep gruff voice yelled upstairs. His gramps…

Ugh, Luffy avoided riding in cars with his grandpa, he always received a lecture about Luffy training hard to become a police man..

But Luffy just wanted to do other things for himself. After countless tries, Garp ignored his grandson.

"No gramps! I'm meeting friends on the bus, go on ahead!" The younger boy yelled back. No answer, the old man had probably fallen asleep in his donuts. Typical.

After changing into his short sleeved white shirt and black dress pants, Luffy grabbed his red backpack and hit the road. He would grab breakfast at school, the teen didn't want to risk another argument or lecture from the old man after all.

Walking at a steady pace to keep his legs from paining and cramping, Luffy finally reached his streets bus stop. It was empty as always, it was nice to have someone to talk to but...he just wanted to sleep. The teen sat on the bench and folded his arms, his head began to bob up and down as he felt his blue eyes drooping shut.

A sudden vibrating came from his pants pocket. Reaching down, he pulled out his phone and read the text message from Usopp.

Almost at your stop, dnt fall asleep on me again now XD

Luffy smiled widely before replying back,

Asleep? I went to bed early last nght! Anyway got any food i'm starving!

He pressed send as his bus finally pulled up. Smiling, the younger teen picked up his rucksack and pocketed his phone before climbing the metal stairs. He paid the driver, who was called Mr H. Jango before turning and seeing his friend Usopp wave at him playfully. Luffy smiled back and proceeded to walk to the back of the bus to his long nosed friend. Just then Luffy found himself on the floor. The other kids laughing and teasing him as the trembling and confused teen picked himself back up again. Nani? Looking around, Luffy found the reason to why he tripped.

A foot sticking out in his path. That person did it deliberately. He was used to these things after all but he hated hearing people tease his legs and call him a rag doll. Gazing up to his tripper, Luffy saw that is was the popular senior, Portgas D Ace. The freckled faced older teen, looked at Luffy with a smirk on his face but also a little sorrow?

Shaking his head, Luffy struggled to stand up and his friend Usopp helped him to stand up and carried his bag for him until they reached the back of the bus.

"Luffy you okay?" Usopp asked worriedly, his gaze looking at his feet and legs. Luffy huffed and covered them with his bag and glared at the back of Ace's head. What a jerk! What did he ever do to him! Luffy was so mad that he felt like confronting Ace, but Usopp told him to forget it that Ace's family are rich and dangerous and his father is the leader of this shifty mysterious gang. And plus the older teen knew how to fight. Luffy sat back and gazed out the window, he would forget about it, for now.

Thoughts? Let me know what you think :) Should I continue?

-MINX x