I got a writer's block on my other story... I don't really like where it's going so I thought I'd take a break and write a DBZ story instead! :)
Disclaimer: I don't own DB/DBZ/DBGT or any of its characters in this story, nor do I own the places I mention in here either... the only things I own are the people I've made up and this story it's self!
Oh and this is a pan/trunks story if you don't like the pairing don't read it, I don't want to get any reviews saying that it's wrong so on and so forth. I have gotten it before and ignored it so I'll do the same on this story too :P although Trunks is a little closer in age, Pan and Bra are about 18 and Trunks is 23
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'Another boring assignment, great...' Pan thought as the teacher wrote on the white board.
Suddenly the bell rang, all the students raced for the door.
"Remember class, I need your assignments back by next lesson NO exceptions." The teacher called out after them. She turned and began rubbing at the board.
"Mrs Steele, what do you mean research a happy place?" Pan asked approaching the front of the room.
"Well dear, it could be a shopping mall, the cinema, a park or even another place altogether. Anywhere that makes you feel safe or happy." Mrs Steele replied continuing with what she was doing.
"See you next class." Pan said as she walked out of the room.
"PAN!" yelled Bra excitedly running over to her, boyfriend of the week following behind her. "You want to come over to mine for a bit?" Bra asked as they walked out the door together.
"Sorry I can't today; I promised Pa I'd help him at home." Pan lied, she knew Bra would either forget her when her new boy toy gave her attention, which Pan didn't want to see, or Bra would try to drag her to the mall.
"Ok then Panny." Bra said as they stopped at her car. "What place are you going to do your assignment on? I'm going to do the mall." Bra smiled brightly, hopping into her car.
"I haven't decided." Pan answered truthfully. "Anyway, I'll catch you later." Pan turned and began walking home.
"Bye Panny!" Bra yelled driving passed. Pan smiled and shook her head as her best friend turned the corner.
'I wonder when I'll get a boyfriend' Pan thought with a sigh, 'It's been what, a year since I've had a boyfriend.' Pan walked slowly home, she was deep in thought. 'Would I get a boyfriend if I dressed like Bra?' Pan suddenly panicked, 'Why am I thinking that? I don't want to wear what Bra does!' Pan was slowly giving herself a heart attack thinking about what she just thought.
Pan was that caught up in her thoughts that she didn't notice Trunks standing in front of her; it was only after she ran into him that she snapped out of her thoughts.
"You alright Panny? You seem a little distracted." Trunks asked a worried look across his face.
Pan looked up to him, her eyes wide and she looked a little paler than normal. "I just pictured myself wearing what Bra does and it was scary!" Trunks couldn't help himself he burst out laughing. "It's not funny!" Pan said going bright red.
"Why on earth were you thinking that?" Trunks asked, once he'd stopped laughing.
Pan's head fell; she didn't really want to tell Trunks why. "Forget it... why are you here?" Pan asked, changing the subject as they walked up the steps to her front door.
"Um... no reason... can we go inside?" Trunks looked around, like he was worried about something.
"Ok..." Pan said as she opened the door and walked in. "Mum, I'm home! And Trunks is here too!" Pan yelled towards the kitchen.
"Ok honey! Hi Trunks!" Videl called back.
Pan walked upstairs to her room, once she and Trunks were in there she closed her door. "Now, why are you here?" she said rounding on him.
"Hiding from mum." He gave in, sitting on the end of Pan's bed. "She wants me to start dating this daughter of another associate."
"So is that the only reason you came?" Pan was a little disappointed, she hadn't seen Trunks in a long time, and his company was the only thing that wasn't repetitive like everything else in her life.
"I wanted to see you anyway." He said falling backwards onto her bed. "Been up to anything?" He asked while yawning.
"No, nothing interesting." Pan sighed dumping her belongings out of her bag onto bed.
"Ow," called out Trunks as a book hit him on his head. "Jee the books are a lot heavier then when I was at school."
Pan laughed a little "I bet the assignments are a lot crazier now too."
"Why?" Trunks asked curiously as he sat up.
"My social studies teacher wants us all to do an assignment on a happy place." Trunks frowned. "Somewhere where we'd like to go or love going." Pan explained.
"That sure is strange." Trunks grinned. "So where's your place?" Pan shrugged.
"That's just it, I don't have anywhere." She sat down on the bed next to him. "I have people I love to hang with, but no places I really love to hang around."
"What about your grandparents... or even Capsule Corp? You love those places." Trunks suggested.
"I can't write about grandma and grandpa's I've got to research them... I don't think the teacher would believe anything I could write about my family... or even that I'd want to tell her." Pan answered, "I don't think Bra would like me talking about her house either."
"You've got a point." Trunks said as he flicked through one of Pan's books.
"Where would you put?" Pan asked flicking through an atlas.
"I'd probably put Australia." Trunks said deep in thought.
"Why there?" Pan asked flicking to it in the atlas. "It's so far away."
"That's the point!" Trunks said with a small laugh, "It's so far away from my mum!" Pan had to laugh at that which in turn made Trunks smile. "But seriously, it's a nice place; I was in the city called Adelaide a few weeks ago to close a business deal."
"But aren't there kangaroos? You know, jumping around everywhere?" Trunks had to laugh.
"No, there are no kangaroos in the cities, maybe out in the country." Trunks gazed into Pan's eyes.
"You've intrigued me... I think I may just look this place up." Pan answered slowly looking back into Trunks deep blue eyes. 'Move Pan move! You'll do something stupid otherwise.' It was then that Pan noticed she was holding her breath. She broke the eye contact and walked over to her laptop sitting on top of her desk.
"So where's Adelaide?" she asked, trying to make herself busy.
"It's in South Australia." Trunks said, Pan thought she heard a hint of disappointment in his voice but she dismissed the idea. "I'll take you there someday if you like." He added.
"I'd like that." Pan turned and smiled at him.
"Anyway Panny, I better get going." Trunks said as he walked over to her. "I think mum will have given up on this crazy idea of her by now... hopefully..." he smiled as he bent down to give Pan a kiss on her cheek.
"Yeah, you hope." Pan laughed turning her head to look at him... their lips met, it was brief but it happened.
"Pan... I'm sorry!" Trunks said going red. He didn't have time to back away because Pan pulled him into a proper kiss. 'What the hell am I doing?' Pan thought as Trunks kissed her back. 'Though he's a good kisser...'
Finally they broke apart, "Um..." was all Pan could say. She had no idea to explain what had just happened.
"I better go..." Trunks managed to make out. He waited a few seconds to see if Pan would say anything but she didn't, just stared blankly at the wall behind him. He turned and walked out the door.
'What did I just do?' Pan put her head in her hands and sunk as low as she could go in her chair. 'I've just changed my boring life... but I might have just stuffed up one of the best friendship I've got!'
Pan continued to think about what had happened all night, after tea, while she did her assignment and as she got ready for bed. 'Why was I so stupid?' she thought again as she laid in bed wide awake. 'Now my life is going to be worse than before!' she lightly touched her lips. 'I let my childish feelings get in the way...' she sighed. 'I guess he's more to me then a crush... His lips were so... GAH! Stop it Pan!' she sighed out aloud, 'what's done is done... there's nothing I can do to stop feeling the way I do about him...' Pan slowly closed her eyes, of course all she saw was Trunks' handsome face but for once she didn't care, she'd finally admitted to herself just how much he meant to her and how she actually felt.
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Trunks sighed out aloud as he tried to do some paperwork. It had been 3 weeks since he'd been to Pan's but he still hadn't been able to get her out of his thoughts. "Why does this always happen?" he asked no one. "Every time I see her I can't concentrate... just think of her... but now... since she kissed me... it's even worse!" Trunks ran his hands through his hair sighing, he covered his face and lent on his desk.
"Sorry to listen in on your venting Mr Briefs, but if you like her this much, tell her how you feel." Trunks' receptionist Katii said poking her head around the open doorway separating them. "If she's kissed you, there's a good chance she likes you to." Trunks lifted his head out of his hands; he gave Katii a weak smile and a polite nod. Satisfied with his response, Katii went back to work.
'But how do I tell her...' Trunks thought as he tried to focus on his computer screen and get back to working.
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'He still won't answer...' Pan thought sadly as she tried Trunks' mobile for the second time that day. 'I've tried his home, his mobile and he still won't answer me.' Pan sighed out aloud. Images of their kiss flashed into her mind, 'It's been a month... why hadn't he talked to me... has it really ruined our friendship?' Pan felt the tears start forming in her eyes and decided to distract herself and avoid thinking on the current subject too much again. A good way for her to accomplish that was finding something amusing on the internet, but as she signed on she noticed Trunks' sign in name was active.
'Should I message him...' Pan bit her lip as she thought. 'No, if he doesn't want to talk to me then I won't make him.'
TBceo: Hey Panny, sorry that I haven't answered my ph, been flat out work
Panny: So u've been that busy for a month? When am I gonna c u again?
TBceo: Not sure, schedules full for the nxt few wks
Panny: -_- ...
Panny: I got an A on that assignment
TBceo: U mean the happy place 1?
Panny: Yeah, I did it on Adelaide. It really does seem like a nice place :)
TBceo: It is... I promise I'll take u there some day
Panny: U'll b 2 busy 2. I can take myself... tho I would enjoy ur company :P
TBceo: lol, there u go proving u can do anything u set ur mind on
TBceo: listen Panny... sorry to cut this short but I should b doing my work
Panny: R u going to make mine and Bra's graduation in 2 wks?
TBceo: Sure Panny, I'll try
Panny: Promise?
TBceo: I promise
Panny: Ok :D c u there
TBceo: Catch u
Pan watched as Trunks' name disappeared from the active list. 'I hope he comes...' Pan thought as she got off the net herself. A sweet meat like smell drifted up the hallway and into Pan's room. 'Mum's cooking hamburgers tonight.' Pan licked her lips as her stomach grumbled, sniffing the air a little more she followed the trail downstairs to the kitchen.
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'I can't miss it.' Trunks thought as he hurriedly go in his car. 'I promised Pan.' It was the night of Pan and Bra's graduation, everyone else was already there and Trunks was running late.
"Did..." Trunks panted. "Did I miss it?" After Trunks had found a park he'd run as fast as he could to get to where the graduation was being held.
"No you haven't missed Bra." Goten whispered to him. "But Panny got an award and she looked beautiful." Goten's classic Son smile beamed as he said it.
Trunks felt so low, he'd missed Pan's part. He'd just have to hope she didn't notice his missing presence... or find a way to make it up to her... even though he still wasn't sure he could face her... 'Get a grip! It's almost been two months since you saw her...'
Bra walked out on stage to collect her graduation certificate. There were a few guys in the first row who began wolf whistling at her, Trunks' temper began to rise 'She may be eighteen now... but she's still my little sister...' Trunks was beginning to think about having a word to those guys down there but was distracted when he noticed his ki wasn't the only one rising. His father and Goten's were as well. 'I understand why my father's is rising... but why on earth is Goten's...' Trunks frowned, and was about to confront him when his eyes caught sight of what he thought was an angel... until she punched him in the face.
"Ow! Pan what was that for?" Trunks couldn't help himself. He had to look Pan up and down, she was wearing a very tight blue dress, and it fitted her perfectly and showed off all the curves no one really saw.
"I punched you because you missed me." She scowled as she sat down next to him, "And because I knew you'd stare at me... just like you're doing now." Pan gave Trunks daggers as he blushed.
"Sorry Panny... not used to you wearing a dress." Trunks darted his gaze away from her. "You look... beau- nice." Trunks mentally hit himself on his head. 'Real smooth you idiot'
"Um... Thanks." Pan mumbled in return.
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Pan was quietly sitting at the back of the living room watching all her friends and family enjoying themselves. 'Everyone's having a great time.' Pan thought, she was sad, all she had wanted to do was go home and go to sleep but no, Bulma had to insist that they had to have a party and celebrate.
"Hey Panny." Trunks said quietly as he took a seat next to her. "I'm sorry I missed you." Trunks didn't look at her.
"It's alright Trunks," Pan didn't look over at him either. "It wasn't as eventful as when Bra was on stage."
"What do you mean?" Trunks asked turning to look at her, a frown creasing his face.
"Everyone looked bored, like they knew what was going to happen with the award... and it's not like anyone wolf whistled at me." Pan said, taking a sip of her raspberry Breezer.
"I would have whistled." Trunks said before thinking about it. A light blush crossed his cheeks afterwards.
Pan didn't know what to say, she felt her cheeks getting slightly warmer. "I think you've been drinking a little too much." Pan tried to joking standing up.
"Pan, I haven't drunk anything tonight." Trunks grabbed her hand before she could move away. "I meant what I said, and I think you look beautiful." He kissed her on the cheek before she could say anything and then he walked away. Leaving Pan startled with her heart racing a marathon inside her chest.
'I think I'm just going to walk home...' Pan thought, not really wanting to stay at the party any longer. 'Is Trunks being serious?' Pan felt confused 'Is he just being nice... I don't know what to think! He's never acted like this before.'
"Hey mum," Pan said once she'd reached her, she was happily laughing away with Bulma. "I'm not feeling too well so I'm going to walk home."
"Why what's wrong?" Videl frowned and checked her daughter's forehead.
"Why don't you lay down in one of the rooms here?" Bulma suggested. "There are plenty of them."
"No, its ok, I think the fresh air will do me some good." Pan smiled politely and headed for the door. She past Bra and Goten who were in a deep argument so she thought it best to leave them be and not get caught in the cross fire. 'I wonder what that's about...'
Pan slowly began walking, she could fly if she wanted to but she didn't feel like it. 'What's happening to my life...' she thought as she walked. 'One minute I'm thinking it's boring and I want a change... then the moment something changes...' she felt her lips again thinking of her and Trunks' kiss. 'I want it back to the way it was...' she sighed to herself. 'But you like this attention from Trunks...' a little voice in her head said. 'I don't know.' She replied to the voice. 'He changed your life, he makes you happy... and you love him... don't you?'
"I just don't know..." she whispered out aloud. "I'm not sure, this is complicating... I need time to think..." Pan blinked a couple of times; her thoughts had been going over and over in her head that much that she was home already.
Once Pan was in her room she felt wide awake. 'That rules out going to sleep.' She picked up her atlas that now sat on her bedside table, she flicked through it to the page of Australia, and 'I wish I could go there...' Pan thought looking at the city called Adelaide. 'You've just graduated with no plans for now... you could...' the little voice told her.
"That's it," she smiled. "My minds made up, I'm going to go for a holiday." Pan quickly began packing. 'Maybe I can clear my head and decide on Trunks...'
It didn't take long for Pan to finish packing, 'I'll just buy some stuff while I'm over there.' She thought looking at her small bag. 'Now... how to tell mum and dad...' Pan bit her lip in thought, 'I can't talk to them about it... they'd panic then I'd never end up going...'
Pan picked up one of her old school books that lay on her table; she tore a sheet out of it and wrote
Dear mum and dad,
Don't worry, I haven't run away or been kidnapped.
I promise I'll come back.
I've decided to take a holiday, I don't want you to follow me and bring me home. I'll let you know when I'm there ok.
If you see Trunks tell him I'm sorry and that I'm just a little confused about everything right now.
I love you both! Take care.
Love
Your daughter Pan
'That should give them enough, I know they'll be mad... but I need to do this.' Pan sighed and put the paper, folded, in the middle of her bed. 'They'll find it in the morning.'
Pan then put on some warmer clothes, put her bag on her back grabbed her atlas to guide her, and shot out the window. 'I'm free.' Pan thought as the wind swept through her hair.
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Well I hope you all like it! I was just going to do a one shot but I think I may break it into two parts... possibly even three :)
Please review and let me know what you all think! It's always great to hear from people and know if they like my ideas or not! I should really focus back onto my other Naruto story... but until I can think of a few more ideas for it I guess it's on hold... I hate doing that with stories...
Anyway until next time!
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