Breaking into song and dance!

The Grace beside him slapped his face with both hands and turned his head to face her. She was pushing his cheeks together and his lips looked like a fish. "I'm over hear~! I'm not in the sky~!"

Alex laughed. "You're right. I was talking to the wrong person. I should just look forward instead."

Grace smiled and nodded. "You get it~!"

Alex nodded. "Yup, my promise is enough. I can't be trapped in the past forever. So, I should just keep my promise and forget about the rest, right?"

Grace hummed before nodding. "Yup! Don't think about other people~! You are with me!"

Alex smiled and laughed. "Why do people named Grace always help me out?"

Grace gasped in shock before burping again. "I helped you?"

Alex chuckled. "Yeah, I realized something because of you. I feel like I figured out my feelings and what to do from now on."

Grace smiled and blushed. "I-I figured out my feelings two! I-I WUV YOU!" Her face turned bright red as she screamed as loud as she could.

Sarah's ears perked up. "A rival?" She muttered under her breath.

Alex burst into a fit of laughter. He grabbed the drink that was supposed to be Grace's and ruffled her hair again. "I think you've had a little too much." He said with a smile.

Grace pouted. "N-no! I'm a b-big girl!" She slurred her words.

Alex smiled. "Yup you are. And big girls need lots of sleep, right."

Grace started nodding before stopping herself from falling into Alex's trap. "N-no! Not until you answere my cunfesstion!"

Alex was shocked, he thought for a moment before smiling. "You're too young."

Grace shook her head. "Wrong! You ansewered rong!"

Alex chuckled and scratched the back of his neck.

Grace moved closer to Alex and grabbed his shoulders. "Y-you're only 14! I-I'm 12! You're not too old!"

Alex was shocked. "What? Who told you that?"

Grace grabbed her nose and squeezed it. "Red nose!"

Alex smiled. "Is that so?"

Buggy suddenly felt a shiver down his spine. He looked over at April. "Is it cold in here, or is it just me?"

April put her finger to her lip and thought before answering. "I think it's just you."

Meanwhile, Grace smiled.

"S-so. That meanz u accept wright?" She asked.

Alex sighed. "12 is too young. Ask me again when you're older. If you grow up well and prove yourself. Then maybe I'll say yes."

Grace beamed. "REALLY?"

Alex scratched the back of his neck and replied. "Really, but you have to grow up well and become a big strong girl."

Grace laughed like a little maniac. "I will! Hehehehe! Alex is my husband~ hehehehe!"

She giggled as she fell over onto Alex's shoulder, unconscious.

Alex sighed.

Shanks, who had been laughing for a while pointed at him. "You're a little lady killer!"

Alex grit his teeth. "I think you're darling is waiting for you, Shanks. Should I call her over?"

Shanks's smile faded and he turned serious. "Don't you dare. Or, would you like Sarah to hear about her new rival in love?"

Alex looked at Shanks with a straight face.

The kid beside Shanks started to sweat. Scared the two would break into a fight.

"DAHAHAHA! / AHAHAHA!" The two boys started laughing.

Eventually, Shanks calmed down enough and pat the kid he picked on the back. "Looks like I won, eh?"

Alex laughed. "Yeah. But, I took out more pirates today."

The two smiled. "So it's 1-1." They said at the same time.

Shanks gripped his sword. "Shall we settle it then?"

Alex laughed as he grabbed his staff from Lugh. "A tie just doesn't sit right with me."

The two were about to charge at each other when both of them were lifted off their feet.

Dragon smiled and burped with his cheeks flushed red. "There you are~ I've been looking for you guys!"

Alex and Shanks looked at him confused.

Dragon laughed. "Bwahahaha! Let's dance!"

Alex and Shanks both laughed and agreed.

Dragon put the two down on the table before jumping on it himself. "Let's get some music!" Dragon screamed.

A few villagers, who had showed up for the celebration, began to play a song.

Dragon gave a hearty laugh and wrapped his arms around Alex and Shanks, pulling them towards him. He started to dance with them on the table while singing a song called: Roll the Old Chariot Along.

"Oh, we'd be alright if the wind was in our sails,

We'd be alright if the wind was in our sails,

And we'll all hang on behind,

And we'll roll the old chariot along,

We'd roll the old chariot along,

And we'll all hand on behind,

Oh, we'd be alright if we make it 'round the horn…"

Alex and Shanks joined in. Singing a song that they learned on their crews after finishing the song Dragon started.

"We spied sails on the horizon and we tried to make a run,

The pirates raised a black flag and our running it was done~,

And when those pirates boarded us,

They told us one by one,

'You can die or join me crew me boys,

Time flies when you're having rum!'

Time flies when you're having rum me boys,

Time flies when you're having rum,

When you're sailing under the black flag and you're firing all your guns,

When you take a Spanish treasure ship,

You divide by the rule of thumb,

Our voyage will be over soon enough,

Time flies when you're having rum!

With a pistol to my forehead, well my choice was all too clear,

I took leave of that merchant ship and became a buccaneer,

And thought they spared my life, I think that if the truth be told,

I'd join them for the promises of adventure, rum and gold!

Time flies when you're having rum be boys,

Time flies when you're having rum!"

Alex and Shanks laughed as they finished singing one of their favourite songs: The Gael… Time Flies.

The marines around them looked concerned about the contents of the song and Sarah and Maya cried while remembering the 'backstory' that the two boys had told them.

Dragon laughed and swung his arm. A gust of wind picked Buggy up and flew him to the top of the table. Buggy flailed his arms and legs as he was flying in the air. He spun around and his drink spilled all over himself.

"Bwahaha! Dahaha! Ahahaha!" The dancing trio laughed at Buggy.

Buggy fell on his ass. He scowled before standing up and running at the three. He tried to smack Shanks in the face with his mug.

Shanks laughed and ducked under the blow. Buggy lost his footing and was about to fall off the table face first when one of Alex's fingers stretched out and a pair of tongs grabbed his collar. Alex laughed as he pulled Buggy back towards him and wrapped an arm around him.

"C'mon! Give us a song Buggy! I know you had to learn a few from that nutjob, Rayleigh! He loves to sing!" Alex called out happily as another one of his fingers stretched out and grabbed a drink.

Alex's other finger turned into a corkscrew and pulled the cork out of the top as he poured it down his mouth.

The people started chanting. "Buggy! Buggy! Buggy!"

Everyone but Buggy laughed and Shanks and Dragon took a drink from Alex's bottle.

Buggy looked averse to the attention until he spotted April chanting his name too. Buggy sighed and started singing.

"Yo-hohoho! Yo-hohoho! Yo-hohoho!

Going to deliver Binks' Sake!

Following the sea breeze! Riding on the waves!

Far across the salty depths! The merry evening sun!

The birds sing as they draw circles in the sky!"

Buggy started to sing before the other three men on the table joined in. The marines cheered and drank to the song that Buggy sang. A few marines even threw some $1 belli notes at Buggy!

Alex and Shanks laughed when they saw that. One of Alex's fingers turned into a pair of scissors as he started to cut up Buggy's clothes. One of the others turned into a sewing machine and he replaced Buggy's marine outfit with a beautiful pink dress.

Shanks fell off the table while laughing at Buggy and landed on Maya's lap. His face turned white and Alex started rolling on the floor while laughing at Buggy and Shanks.

Dragon smiled and with a swipe of his wrist, Alex was sent flying and landed in Sarah's arms.

Alex looked at Dragon, betrayed and Dragon burst into laughter. He started slapping his knee before resting his elbow on Buggy's shoulder as the two both pointed at Shanks and Alex and laughed.

Buggy was in his pink dress with a tiara Alex had made and Dragon was still not wearing a shirt and only had his marine coat on.

Alex and Shanks looked at each other while in their girls arms and laughed.