Pan had woken up in the middle of the night. She was sitting with her back against the bed's headboard. Pan looked over at her now sleeping husband. They had just spent their first night together as husband and wife, and she was just thinking about it.
She couldn't help but feel like she had been lied too. She had waited till her wedding night to lose her virginity. She knew that waiting was the best option, but now that she had lost it, she was feeling weird about the whole thing. Almost regretful; should she be feeling this way?
She had once asked Bra about it, but made sure to ask her not to go into detail. Bra had said that it brought Goten and her together as a couple, and that the love she had for him was at a new level.
Sure she loved Grayson, but she felt like they were missing something.
She didn't have enough time to dwell on the fact because Grayson's cell began to ring. Pan looked over at the clock and saw that it was four o'clock in the morning. She quickly slipped under the covers and pretended that she was sleeping, just as Grayson began to stir.
Grayson picked up his phone, and knew who was calling immediately, "Sir…Yes sir…Yes sir, I'm leaving right away." Grayson hung up his phone, and looked over at his 'sleeping' wife.
Pan knew what the phone call meant; she had been warned that this might happen. That's why they had decided to have their honeymoon in their own home.
Pan felt Grayson lean over and kiss her on the forehead. Then she heard him say, "Pan?"
Pan waited a few moments before responding, and acted like she had just been woken from a deep sleep. "Yeah?" Pan asked groggily.
"Sorry to have to wake you up so early, but I just got called in for an assignment, and I have to leave now."
"For how long?" Pan asked
"Not sure, a week at least. I'll call you later with more details when I get them."
"Ok" was all Pan could say. Pan was a little disappointed, but in a way she was relieved.
Grayson quickly put on his uniform and grabbed his things. He kissed Pan one last time and left.
Pan returned to her sitting position against the headboard. Why was her life like this? Sure she knew that life wasn't easy, but she never imagined that her dreams could never come true.
She blamed her parents in a way; no not her parents, but the stories her parents had told her when she was little. The stories that every child is told; the one where the guy is a prince or a knight and slays the dragon or evil creature and saves the girl and they live happier ever after. What a bunch of bull…
Those stories always make true love sound so great, but in real life true love is harder to find. Sure you could always find love, but you never know if it is the love you are meant to find.
Sure the idea of a one true love is a nice one, but how are you suppose to find them in a world with six billion plus people?
Pan had to laugh herself. Since when did she turn into such a cynic? Especially when she has such great examples of love in her life.
Her Grandpa Goku and Grandma Chi Chi had only seen each other twice in their childhood. Then they saw each other again in adulthood one more time, and they were engaged. But the thing is that they were truly meant for each other. Who else besides her Grandmother would be able to love her Grandfather, but be strong enough to hold herself together when he was gone? Now with Goten moved out and married, she was all alone. But the one time Pan had asked her about it, Chi Chi said she would not change one moment in her life. Pan really needed to go visit her more often.
Then on the other hand there was Bulma and Vegeta. Now there is a story. First Vegeta was an enemy, then an ally, and then slowly became a friend. That's sort of how there relationship evolved. First he was an acquaintance, then a lover, and then he slowly became a partner to her. Sure most of the time they were yelling at each other, but everyone knew they are totally in love with each other. No one could imagine the one with out the other.
Her parent's story was also another unbelievable one. They hated each other; well really only her mother hated her father. Her father was too concerned with hiding his secret to hate her. But then a friendship began to form. Then Buu struck, and they were ripped apart. That time gave them time to think, and with that time they thought about each other. Their love began to grow in overdrive because of a crisis. What Pan would give for one of those now.
Well that really wasn't fair; Pan had already seen her share of earth-threading villains. There were the black star dragon balls, Baby, Android 17, Omega Shenron, and a bunch of other bad guys they meet along the way. If only she had been a few years older, maybe every time they would have been in danger it would of pushed her and him…
"No, Pan no." Pan said banging her head against the headboard trying to erase that thought. "You love Grayson, you really do. Sure it is not how you would have planed it, but life is never how you plan it right? Life is just…well, life is just life. And now I need to just make the best of what my life is going to be. He sure has..." Pan hit the back of her head again, "Stop it Pan!"
Pan just listened to the sound of her breathing for several minutes, until she felt her eyelids getting heavy. Pan then slipped under the covers and fell asleep.
The Next Morning
Pan awoke the next morning from a dream she rather soon forget. Pan then just sat up in bed and listened to her own thoughts for a while. But she quickly wanted to forget where they were going, so she decided to get up and unpack her things.
After getting dressed and grabbing a quick bite to eat, Pan got to work on unpacking all her belongings. The house was Grayson's, but he said she could do anything to make herself feel right at home. With was great for Pan because unpack was a really effective way of drowning out her thoughts.
To bad she couldn't add the one thing that could really make this place feel like home, a gravity room. But that area was a bit of a rough part of her life, which was her own fault. It was her fault because Grayson didn't know she was a Saiyan. Everyone told her to tell him, but she was headstrong about her decision. Grayson knew about the flying and the unusual strength, he just didn't know how strong she really was. She explained it by saying it was the genes she got from her grandfather Mr. Satan. Since she wasn't able to ascend to a Super Saiyan, she was sure that any children she would have wouldn't be able to do it either. Why should she worry him on that fact?
Everyone had begrudgingly agreed to her decision, but they told her they wouldn't hide who they really are. But that really didn't matter, except for one person, Vegeta. But that really wasn't a big deal, Grayson and Vegeta would never be hanging out together enough for Grayson to see what Vegeta was truly capable of. In fact, Grayson would be gone on missions most of the time anyway.
Pan unpacked till about noon, and then she took a break for lunch. But to make sure that her thoughts would not come creeping back into her head, Pan turned on the TV for background noise. While Pan was cooking something quickly, the TV was tuned to one of the many thousand of talk shows that are on during the day time. She wasn't sure what the show was about nor did she care, but then something came up that caught her eye.
The TV started to flash the local news' colors, and the words 'Breaking News' flashed across the screen. Pan turned to see one of the local news anchors starring back at her. "Good afternoon everyone, and sorry for the interruption." The anchor began, "We have just received some breaking news out of Capsule Corp. and we now are going live to the press conference now be held."
Pan now turned her full attention to the TV expecting to see Trunks come on screen, but was surprised to see Bulma in his place. Bulma looked stern and focused, and in a way it was cold. This was not the Bulma Pan knew.
"Good morning ladies and gentlemen, and thank you for coming." Bulma's voice sounded just as cold as her gaze. "I called this conference today to announce that my son, Trunks, will be taking a temporary leave of absence and I will be returning to the company as CEO while he's gone."
Pan felt her jaw drop and in the time it took her to realize it, the room erupted in a frenzy of questions.
"Mrs. Briefs, where is your son?" A reporter off camera asked.
"He is taking some time off in one of our family's vacation homes." Bulma said.
The Briefs owned many homes throughout the world, and Pan could remember a few of the houses she got to visit.
"Mrs. Briefs, Is his wife with him?" Another reporter asked.
"Yes" Bulma said without going into detail.
"When will your son be returning to his position?"
"Whenever he is ready" Bulma said bluntly.
Pan's face scrunched up in confusion. This wasn't making sense. Question kept coming, but Pan was too lost in her thoughts to pay attention.
Trunks would never leave the company, and not give a timeline for when he is coming back. In fact, Trunks would never leave the company. The last time he was gone, was the time when they were searching for the black star dragon ball. But that was forced upon him. Trunks didn't take vacations; in fact he rarely took weekends. Trunk was the classic definition of a workaholic. This was a total out of character move, and anyone close to Trunks would know that.
Pan began to search the globe for that all so familiar ki. And then she knew something was really wrong because she found it. If Trunks had gone on vacation, he would have been sure to hide his ki. It was like he wanted to be found, or that he wanted her to find him.
Either way, Pan knew that he probably he needed a friend for whatever was going on. Pan was about to take off that instant, but then a thought entered her mind; Chloe. But for some odd reason Pan felt like she was the whole reason for this mess.
After a few minutes of contemplating, Pan grabbed a few things and took off towards the direction of his ki.
After a few moments of flying, Pan's target came into view. It was the Brief's south island vacation home. "Of course" Pan thought to herself. Trunks was never one for the cold, and would avoid all the house that were in the mountains, or at ski resorts. Pan searched for his ki, and sure enough it was coming from the house.
Pan landed on the doorstep, and knocked. But there was no answer. Pan knocked again, but again no answer. Pan searched the house again wondering if she had gotten it wrong, but no she was sure he was there. So she went in.
The house was dark inside, and getting darker by the second because the sun was setting. Pan let her senses be her guide because she hadn't been in this house in years, and it was huge.
While Pan navigating through this maze of a house, she remembered that there might be a chance of Chloe being there as well. Pan searched the house for a weaker ki, but there was none. It was just her and Trunks for miles.
"What is going on?" Pan thought to herself.
Pan finally found doors that seem to lead to wherever Trunks was hiding. With one deep breath Pan opened the door, and tried to prepare for anything that might happen.
Pan's breath was instantly taken from her and the sight of the beautiful sunset right in front of her. Pan was so captivated by the sight, that she didn't even realize that Trunks was no where in sight.
Pan was snapped back to reality when she heard a voice to the side of her. "It is a great view isn't it?"
Pan turned to the right, and saw the all too familiar figure standing ten feet away. Pan's eyes travel to his face, and instead of seeing the fun loving smirk on his face, she only saw pain. Pan but her lip, her heart was aching to see him like this. But not wanting to bring it up, she decided to answer his question.
"Yes it is." Was all she said.
Pan walked over to his side, and placed her elbows on the rail of the deck and just looked out towards the great view. Both of them just watched in silence for a few minutes, and then Trunks broke it.
Trunks exhaled, "What are you doing here Pan?"
Pan turned her head in shock, "Do you not want me here?"
"No it's not that," Trunks paused, "You just got married yesterday, and you need to be with Grayson."
Pan eyed him, she was pretty sure he made sure to say Grayson's name so that he showed her that he was listening. "Actually, I don't"
Trunk looked at her in confusion.
Pan rolled her eyes, "He got called in early this morning, and he won't be back for a while."
Trunks' eyes returned to there original pained expression. "I'm sorry Pan that really sucks."
"I knew what I was signing up for before I got married." Pan said in defense.
"Why would you sign up to be alone for most of your life?" Trunks asked.
Pan signed, "There is a lot things that I signed up for, that I never expected to. But I did it because other opportunities fell threw."
"I noticed you didn't say anything about love."
"Because it goes without saying." Pan said bluntly, "Why are you trying to avoid the subject?"
"What subject am I avoiding?"
"The reason you're here, and why you're mother took over the company again without a timeline for your return."
"How do you know that? It was just decided this morning."
"You're mother held a press conference and I headed down here after I heard it."
Trunks was looking really confused. "Did my mother tell you where I was?"
"No"
"So you were at CC?"
"No Trunks I wasn't, I told you I watched the press conference on TV and then I took off directly from my house."
"Did my mother call you, or you called her?"
"No!" Pan was starting to get really confused, and frustrated, "The press conference wasn't even over when I left."
Trunks looked truly shocked, "How did you find me?"
Pan rolled her eyes, "I sensed it duh."
"How?"
"What do you mean how? You know how we sense people."
"I mean, I've been wearing this ever since I left." Trunks rolled up his sleeve to show what was on his wrist.
It remind Pan of the bracelets that the ancient Greeks use wear, and she had told Bulma that when she had first invented them. Pan knew what it was instantly, and her mouth fell open.
All Pan could say was, "Is it broken?"
Trunks examined the ki hider on his wrist, "No, my mother and I made sure of that before I left."
"Then how am I sensing you?" Pan asked utterly confused.
"I don't know, but I need to figure it out."
"Why?"
"Because I didn't want to be found." Trunk said.
Pan tried not to act hurt at this, but it did hurt her. He was after all her best friend. "Why? What happened Trunks?"
Trunk didn't answer her right away, but once he did. Pan could see that the wounds were still fresh.
"Do you ever feel like your life should have been so different?" Trunks' voice cracked a little, as if he was holding back tears.
"Yes" Was all Pan said, because that's all she could say.
"Well, right now, I'm regretting every choice I made in the past years."
"Why?"
"She left Pan, and she's not coming back."
"Who?" Pan didn't know why she asked that, she knew exactly who he was talking about. But she needed to hear him say it for some reason.
"Chloe"
"Where did she go?"
"I don't know" Trunks' grip tightened on the deck's railing, and Pan could hear the wood crackling under it. "She left a note"
"What?"
"Can you believe it? She left a note, she didn't even have the guts to face me when I found out that she didn't love me and she had found someone else."
Pan couldn't believe her ears, or the timing this all had. Pan just said the only thing she could say, "I'm sorry, I truly am."
"It's not your fault" Trunks said trying to calm down.
"I can see why you didn't want to be found, I guess I should leave now." Pan turned to leave him so he could sort out his own emotions.
Trunks grabbed Pan's arm, and spun her around. "No, I want you to stay with me."
Pan's breath was caught in her throat. There were many times in her past she would of killed to hear him say that, but now it was too late…
So what do you guys think? I'm trying to go with a more mature story line, so don't expect anything like the love at first sight stories. And I am trying to work different elements into this story, so don't expect just another love story. It's my story, and I am never one to copy someone. Please keep reading, and comment. I love hearing from you guys.
