Prologue

Older

'I wish I was older

So the gap was gone

I wish I was bolder

And insecurity done

I wish was more beautiful

More of woman too

I wish I wasn't pitiful

I wish I wasn't blue

I wish you loved me

Like I love you…

If you only knew, Trunks,

If you only knew…'

-Pan Son, date 792 AD

Pan finished her poem and leaned back into her chair while biting the end of her pen. She felt a little better now that she wrote her feelings down on paper, but it wasn't enough, nearly. She folded the piece of paper and stuck it underneath her bandana. She sighed deeply and stared at the pictures on her desk. The one on the left was of herself and her best friend Bra. The one in the middle was of her standing in the middle and her family all around her; her mother Videl and her father Gohan behind her, her grandpa Goku next to her and her grandmother Chi Chi next to Goku. On her other side there was her uncle and friend Goten. The picture on the right was of only her and Trunks, she took a hold of the picture and pressed her lips against Trunks his face. A tear rolled down her cheek. "Oh, Trunks," she muttered, "if you only knew…