A/N: Well here I am back with another T/P just thought it would give me a break from all the seriousness in Understanding. Hope you enjoy!! Oh and I didn't have anytime to edit it, so I hope it's alright.
Pan stumbled out of the police station, hiccupping as she followed Trunks to his car. She fumbled to grasp the handle and kept jabbing at the door, her hand just missing its intended destination. Finally Trunks growing impatient, lent over and opened the door and watched as Pan fell into the seat next to him.
"Honestly Pan, this was the third time this month! What's the matter with you? You never even used to drink, now you can't get enough into you! What the hell happened?" Trunks questioned her, running his hands through his hair in frustration.
"Awww Twunksy...I...hic...Just wanted a lil fun!"
"Fun!!! You call this fun?! You blew up half of the building for crying out loud! You won't believe the amount of money I had to pay to get the journalists off the scene and to come up with a cover story so that it looked like an accident. Not to mention the eye-witnesses that I had to pay off! Goodness Pan, what if Gohan had of found out? He would have skinned you alive! It's bad enough he knows that you flunked out of Uni a week before you last paper. Are you trying to get yourself killed?" Trunks groaned at her in exasperation.
"Really Twunksy, why do you think I called you? I knew you'd get me out of this mess." Pan said with a mock serious face and he finger jabbing into his chest. "That's why I love you Trunks, cos you're the best friend in the world!" She Gloated triumphantly while planting a sloppy kiss on his cheek. "Pan and Trunks, best friends forever!"
"Oh no you don't Pan! That's not going to work with me this time and don't you even think about bringing out those puppy-dog eyes! It ends here, look at yourself you're a wreck!"
"Oh you don't mean...hic..it!" Pan slurred while trying to focus her eyes on Trunks, who for some weird reason kept swaying from side to side.
"I do dammit! Pan from now on it ends! I'm not paying for anymore of your little escapades and further more you can work for me to pay back the money you owe." Trunks hated to tell her this. He didn't mind giving her the money at all but giving it to her wasn't solving anything. She was just getting worse. Maybe if she realised she had to work to pay for her mistakes, she'd stop doing them. Even if she didn't, he could keep her busy working so that she didn't have time to drink.
"No it's O.K Twunksy, you can keep your money. I already have a job." Pan replied innocently.
"No don't you get it Pan? I ain't asking you to work, I'm demanding that you work! You don't have a choice Pan!" Trunks growled deep in his throat. Couldn't this girl take anything seriously?
"I don't have to do anything Briefs! So if you don't mind, will you stop the damn car!" Her voice coming out in a deathly whisper.
Trunks winced when she called him Briefs. She only did that when she was angry. "Come on Pan we ain't ev-
"STOP THE DAMN CAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Trunks reluctantly brought the car to a stop and watched helplessly as Pan jumped out of the car and slammed the door behind her.
Pan went to storm off but found that she couldn't move. Something was tugging at her leg, refusing to let go. Angry that her progress was being barred, she pulled back furiously and after a CRRRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKK, she was immediately let go, face planting into the pavement as she found she had nothing pulling back at her.
Trunks groaned, jumped out of the car and then walked around to the opposite side. He found Pan out cold on the concrete and in nothing but a white t-shirt and a lacy black pair of undies. The silly woman had ripped off her pants while trying to get away and had left them dangling from the car door. Deciding that it would be faster to fly, he capsulated his car, flung Pan into his arms and took off into the night sky. Boy was this going to be a long night.
Trunks landed on his apartment balcony, startling a flock of birds in the process. He opened the sliding door and walked stiffly into the guest room. He walked over, flung back the covers and proceeded to lay Pan down. But just as he was about to lay her in her bed, she clutched onto his neck like her life depended on it. Very nearly ending his own as she unknowingly strangled him.
"Dammit Pan, even when you are a sleep you still won't do what I want!" He rasped as he ripped off her hands. Her nails taking a bit of his skin in the process.
With a shake of his head, he pulled the covers over her and walked out of the room.
"Sweet dreams."
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Pan awoke to a mind-splitting headache. It felt like she had dived off the top of a building, landed on her head, then flown back up and done it again. Boy did she hate hangovers! Getting up, she trudged over to the bathroom and splashed water on her face to better wake her up. "Damn Pan, you sure look like crap." Noting the bags that were under her eyes and the slight green tinge to her pale features. "If only Bra could see you now..."
Trunks sat at the kitchen table, sipping away at a hot chocolate as he read the new reports. He heard a BAG, followed by a "OWWWWWWWWWWWWW" and then a BAM, BOOM, THUD as he watched Pan tumble down the stairs and land in a heap on the kitchen floor.
"Well I see Sleeping Beauty is finally awake. Tell me Pan, how's your head?" Trunks asked with a smirk.
"Shut-up Trunks, it's too early in the morning for this!" Pan snapped back.
"Pan it's 2:30 in the afternoon and you've made me late for work. This reminds me, I want you to start working now. There are some dishes that need washing."
"You can forget it, there's no way in hell that I'm washing dishes! I've got better things to do. Speaking of work would you mind dropping me off at the office? I really don't feel like flying." Pan whined as she sat down across from Trunks, rubbing her temples.
Shaking his head he replied in a gruff voice. "Pan it surprises me that you still have a job! What with the way you've been acting all crazy and all but yeah whatever I'll drop you off. You just have to promise me that you will at least think about my offer." He said as he walked over and picked up his car capsule.
"Please don't start on me Trunks. I don't need it, especially from you and yeah I promise to at least think about it." She sighed as she walked over to the front door.
"Uh Pan?!"
"What?!" She said annoyed as she span around to face a smirking Trunks.
"Oh nothing just thought you might want to at least put on a pair of pants before you walk into the office and give all those middle-aged men the fright of their lives!" He replied coolly as his gaze fell upon her hell raising, creamy, toned legs.
Pan looked down at her bare legs and groaned." Mind if I borrow some sweats?"
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Thirty minutes later Trunks parked outside a large photography agency.
"Thanks Trunks, you're the best!" Pan rushed as she lent over and pecked him on the cheek.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, now hurry-up and get out of here!" He replied as he shooed her out of his car.
"Goodbye Trunks-Kun!"
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"Ding!"
Pan steeped out of the elevator and calmly walked out in search of her office. Un-noticing all the stares that were directed her way, she flung open her door to find a young-man sitting at her desk, rattling away on the phone.
"No, no, I can't that's not possible I...Hang-on Bruce, I'll call you later, seems I have a visitor." Plonking down the phone, he raised out of his chair to come eye-level with a very confused Pan.
"Hello I'm Tsukino Nick, the new photography director and you are?" Nick asked extending a hand towards.
Taking the hand, Pan replied nonchalantly. "Son Pan...The new director you say?" Raising an eyebrow in question.
"Ah Son Pan, yes they told me that you'd be coming along sooner or later. Though I had hoped later." The last sentence mumbled as he ran his hand through his hair in frustration.
"Uh I'd hoped I wouldn't have to tell you this but ummm well you've been replaced by me." He said, nervousness clearly showing in his eyes.
Inwardly Pan screamed WHAT!!!!!!! Anger rising to the surface and threatening to boil over but on the outside she was serenely calm and didn't show a hint of the madness that was raging beneath the skin. "Oh well I guess I'm not needed here now am I? Well I'll see you around perhaps, Tsukino-San. It was nice meeting you." She replied as she gave a rather convincing smile and walked out the door before he could utter a single word.
Grabbing her phone out as she walked back to the elevator, she quickly dialled Trunks."You wouldn't mind coming back to get me now would you?...Uhuh...Right O.K, I'll be down in a sec." Flipping her cell shut, she returned all the staring gazes with a beautiful smile before blowing a kiss as the elevator doors closed.
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Trunks sat patiently waiting for Pan, it didn't take him long to come back to pick her up. Reason being??? He hadn't left in the first place. He had been too engrossed in his own ponderings of what had happened to the beautiful cheerful woman that he used to know and for the life of him, he still couldn't figure out why she had changed. Why had his Panny changed into a small shadow of her former self? What had happened that made her behave like this? More importantly, who had done it?
He was interrupted in his ramblings as a very annoyed Pan jumped into the seat next to him.
"Just take me home Trunks, it really isn't my day." She whispered as she strapped herself in and turned to look out the window, indicating the conversation was closed.
Sighing Trunks ignited the engine and headed off in the direction of Pan's apartment.
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"Panny wakeup, we're here." Trunks whispered as he tried to shake Pan from her dream world.
When she didn't stir after the fifth attempt, he unclipped her seatbelt, took her into his arms and started to climb the thirty flights of stairs to Pan's one bedroom apartment.
Reaching her door, he went to take out his key when he saw a small notice hanging from the door handle. SON PAN, I WANT YOU OUT BY THE END OF THE WEEK. NO EXCEPTIONS. BOB.
Snatching the notice off the handle, he trudged back down to his waiting car, with a very tired Pan still securely in his arms.
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Pan woke-up to find herself back in Trunks guest room. Trying to figure out how she had gotten here, she searched around the room until her watch fell upon a very worried Trunks slumped in the corner of the room.
"How..."
But all Trunks did in response was hand her a very small note which took her a few seconds to read.
"Oh no, this is all I need. No job and now no house to live in. This is just great!" She cursed under her breathe as a frustrated groan escaped her lips. "Dende, what did I do to you? If this is about the time a chucked a bucket of cold ice over you when you were sleeping, I already told you that wasn't my fault! Oh man what am I going to do? There is no way I'm going back to dad's!"
"Well..." Trunks started as he sauntered to stand directly in front of her. An air of mischief and triumph hanging thickly around him. "There's always that offer I made you. You did promise me you were going to think about it. I think now now's as good a time as any." He grinned at her with a absolute conquering smile gracing his lips.
A/N: Well there you go folks, I hoped you like it. It was just an idea that popped into my head while I was rocking it out to T-Pain lol Well R&R please! Constructive criticism is gladly appreciated instead of just telling me you don't like it. It's good to know why you don't cos then I can improve it!