Thank you to everyone who reviewed. Summer is going by so fast. I'm finally going to learn how to drive. But, I'm not so excited. I prefer someone driving me around. Heh. I feel like I'll crash or something since I daydream so much. HAHA. It's so true. But, one of the worst things happened. My friend is in the hospital with critical injuries. A truck crashed into her. She's going to make it, but it's scary. I just want her to get better soon. The doctor's say it'll take a long time for her to recover. But, I'm just happy knowing she'll get better. Anywayz... on a brighter note, here's the next chapter... Hope you like it.


Ages

Trunks: 28

Pan: 21

Bra: 22

Goten: 28

Marron: 23

Uub: 27


Pan, Bra, and Goten did not notice the large number of shocked and disgusted people watching them as the three saiyans ate their pizzas at the mall. However, Marron noticed and wasn't at all perturbed by it. They were her friends and she was used to it. As long as she didn't find it disgusting, who cared what others thought.

A couple minutes later, all four of them were done eating. Goten, who was now satisfied, said, "That was some really tasty pizza right there."

"I completely agree with Uncle G. That was good." Pan's watch beeped. It was nine. "We should get going you guys."

"Okay," said Marron. "Wait. Aren't your mom and dad at some banquet or something?"

"Yeah, but I want to take a shower and change my clothes. Don't you remember? Stupid Bra here made this dork Goten laugh so hard that he spit his drink out and it landed on me."

Marron and Bra let out a smile and Goten blushed. "Oh yeah," Marron said laughing. "I can't believe I forgot that. It was hilarious."

"Not for me it wasn't," mumbled Pan.

"Why don't you wear one of the new dresses we bought you?" asked Bra.

"Because the soda went through the shirt and so my body is kind of feeling disgusting." Then, she mumbled, "Also, I don't feel like wearing one of those dresses right now."

"Oh," Bra said, "I see."

"Anyway, let's go. I really want to change."

The others agreed and stood up to leave. They walked a little bit when Pan realized she forgot something. "Wait," said Pan. "I think I left my cell phone there. It must have slipped out of my pocket or something." She turned and began to walk back to their table. "You guys go on ahead. I'll meet you outside." The others nodded and continued on their way.

Before she reached the table, however, she bumped into some guy. This person was obviously taller than her since she was eye level with his chest. She looked up. The young man she had bumped into was handsome, but not as handsome as Trunks (in her eyes). "Hey!" she shouted. "Are you blind or something? Watch where you're going!"

He just smiled. "Actually, it's your fault I bumped into you..."

"MY FAULT???" Pan said cutting him off. "How in the world is it my fault that you bumped into me?"

"Well, you turned around and I saw your face..."

"My FACE!!!" she said loudly, cutting him off once again. "What's wrong with my face?"

He let out a small chuckle. "How about I finish saying what I was saying first? Then, you can yell and scream at me all you want. Anyway, I was trying to say it was your fault that I bumped into you. When you turned around, I saw your beautiful face glowing with brightness. I was mesmerized by your beauty and unable to see where I was walking as my eyes were only on you. So, as you can see, it was your fault. If you didn't look so perfect, then this never would have happened."

Pan eyes widened and she opened her mouth to say something, but she couldn't. She was speechless. No one had talked this way to her before. No one had ever told her she was beautiful. Well, her family told her, but they didn't count. She meant that no guys (who weren't related to her) had really said that before.

Besides, didn't this guy notice her shirt? It was stained from the soda that Goten spit out. Luckily, she wasn't wearing a white shirt.

Before she could bring herself to say anything, the young man in front of her spoke. "However, I was walking this way because I found a cell phone at the table you were sitting. I was sitting at the next table so that's why I saw, and I assumed it was yours because it was in your seat."

He put his hand up and in it was her phone. She grabbed it quickly. She had finally found her voice. "Um. Thank you for giving it back. I was just going back to get it."

"You're quite welcome." He held out his hand. "By the way, my name is Seth."

She shook his hand. "I'm Pan. It's nice to meet you."

"Likewise. It's nice to make the acquaintance of such a ravishing and appealing young woman like yourself." As he said this, the expressions on his face seemed to change. His eyes went from happy to cold and heartless. He looked her up and down with hunger.

Pan shifted her eyes from his and took a step back. She was uncomfortable with the way he was looking at her. At the same time, she was ashamed of herself. She was a strong saiyan. By stepping back and diverting her eyes, she was showing weakness. She let it go however.

"Also, I'm sorry about yelling at you. I should have listened to you first."

"No problem," he said going back into his normal state. His eyes went back to the way the originally were. Pan began to walk away, but he stopped her. "I was wondering if you maybe wanted to hang out sometime. So we could get to know each other a little better." He took her cell phone from her hand. "I'm just going to add myself to your list of contacts. Is that okay?"

"Yeah. Um. It's fine. I guess it would be nice to hang out sometime."

When he finished, he gave her the phone back. He took out his phone and asked Pan for her number. When she finished giving it to him, he said, "Well, I'll call you soon. Maybe we can catch a movie and go for dinner."

Pan smiled. "That would be fun. Anyway, I have to go. My friends are waiting for me outside." She began to walk away. "I'll talk to you later."

"Alright. Bye Pan. Oh wait. I want to say one more thing."

"What?"

"I like your shirt," he said smirking.

Pan walked away confused and flustered, ignoring his last comment. She was happy to have finally gotten a male's attention. Well, several guys noticed her. However, they never kept their focus on her when they figured out how much stronger she was than them or when they saw how much she ate.

Still, she was confused about what had just happened. She shuddered when she remembered the way his eyes and expressions changed so quickly. The way he had looked at her was unnerving. She felt like he was examining her while she was wearing nothing.

Only time would tell. She would talk to Seth if he would call and maybe go out with him. However, she promised herself that she would never go anywhere alone with him. Maybe a double date or something. "What am I thinking? Double date? He hasn't even officially asked me out yet. He just said we should hang out. That doesn't mean he was serious about it." She sighed. "Well, if he does ask me out, I'll take someone along or if we go alone, I'll just make sure we're in a place full of people." She, then, stopped abruptly in her tracks. "Freeze. Let's rewind a bit. I'm a saiyan. He's not. I'm stronger than him! Why am I getting scared about being alone with him?"

A minute later, she reached the car and saw her three friends standing there laughing. Bra saw her first. "Hey Pan! It's about time you got here. You took forever. Did something hold you up?" Bra raised an eyebrow.

"Just bumped into someone," mumbled Pan. She didn't want to tell Goten, her Uncle, about Seth. Well, she would tell him later. She wanted to tell Bra and Marron first. She would feel more comfortable.

Bra and Marron got the message when she said that. They understood she must have run into a guy. They looked at each other and smiled. They couldn't wait to hear all the detail.

However, Goten didn't realize that Pan didn't want to talk about just who she ran into. "Who did you see? Do we all know the person? Is it a guy or a girl?"

"No one you know," she said with a sigh. "It doesn't matter anyway." She looked down at her watch. "And hurry up. I have to get home on time."

"Fine. Fine," he mumbled to himself.

The ride home was quick. Everyone was talking and having fun. Pan was glad that her friends made her go to the mall. She hadn't been in this good of a mood for a while. Although their brief encounter with Trunks and Kyoko was a downer, the rest of the day was great.

During the ride home, Pan's mind only wandered to Trunks a few times. Her mind was preoccupied with thoughts of Seth. She liked him in a way, yet she felt she should be wary of him.

Pan got of the car and said bye to her friends.

"Pan," shouted Bra, "you have to call us tonight. Actually, wait!" Pan walked back to her begrudgingly. "Why don't you just spend the night at my house? Your parents aren't going to get home until way later. You might as well."

Marron quickly realized that it probably wouldn't be a good idea to have the get together at Bra's house because of the fact that Trunks would be there. So she quickly said, "Let's do it at my house instead. It'll be more fun. I just got a new TV for my room anyway."

Pan sighed in relief. She didn't really want to have the sleepover at Bra's house. "Hang on. Let me call my dad and ask."

She took out her cell phone and quickly called him. When Pan asked him whether she could spend the night at Marron's, he said yes (quite happily actually). He was glad that his daughter was beginning to revert back to her normal routine.

"He said yes," Pan said smiling. She was going to get back into the car, but stopped. "Wait. I'll be back. Let me get some extra clothes because I don't think Marron's clothes will fit me. Wait... what about my shower?"

Marron rolled her eyes. "You can take your shower at my house. Now hurry."


A little while later, they reached Marron's house. Krillin and 18 greeted them. Of course, they knew about what had occurred between Trunks and Pan, so they were surprised to see her. However, they were glad that she had come out of her previous state because that was not like Pan.

The girls ran up to Marron's room after grabbing a bunch of food from the kitchen.

"Oh my gosh!!!" screeched Bra as Pan began to cover her ears. "You said you just got a new TV. You liar. You have a new everything. Why didn't you tell us you redecorated you whole room?"

"I wanted it to be a surprise," Marron said with a shrug.

"You need to stop being that loud Bra," said Pan uncovering her ears. "I'm going to go deaf one day. You're as bad as that Kyoko."

Bra gave her an are-you-serious look.

"Okay... Never mind... You're definitely as loud as that screechy voiced woman."

"Enough of this," said Marron. She turned to Pan. "So Pan... Tell us about this person you bumped into today."

Pan told them everything. She told them about how he called her beautiful and the comment he made about her shirt. When she told them about the shirt comment, they laughed hysterically.

"But, he gives me this weird feeling. I kind of like him, but I also know that I have to be careful around him. There's just something strange about him. It felt... as if... there wasn't something... human about him."

"You're just being a worrywart Pan," said Bra. "He likes you. That's it. You're just probably feeling this way because... well I don't know why exactly."

"Why don't you hang out with him? If he does ask you out, make it a double date. We'll come with you. We'll convince Goten and Uub to come as our dates." Marron's expression changed into a worried one as she looked at Pan. "You're instincts are usually right Pan. What if he really isn't a human? Were you able to sense his ki?"

Pan shook her head. "I didn't even pay attention to that. I was kind of distracted by him and the things he was saying."

"Well, let's see if he calls first."

At that moment, Pan's cell phone rang. The girls jumped in shock. Pan picked up her cell phone to see who it was. As she realized who the caller was, her eyes widened in surprise. "It's him."

"Answer it," said Bra hurriedly.

Pan put on speaker so that they could all hear what he was going to say. "Hello."

"Pan? Hey. It's me... Seth. How's it going?"

"It's going great. How's everything with you?"

"Oh the same. I was just thinking about you and I figured I'd give you a call. But, actually can I ask you a question?"

"You already asked a question, but I guess you can ask one more."

The girls heard him let out a small laugh at that. "Are you busy this Friday? I was thinking that maybe we could go to this one restaurant to eat. I'd really like to go out with you Pan. You seem like a nice girl, and I really want to get to know you."

His voice lowered when he said the last two sentences and all three girls felt a shiver run down their spines. Bra and Marron looked at each other. Pan was right. The way he said that sounded... inhuman. There was definitely something different about him.

"Um. Uh." Pan looked at the other two who were nodding their heads. "Sure. I'd love to go out with you. But, I was wondering..."

"Great," he said with glee, cutting off Pan. "I'll pick you up at seven from your house. Where do you live?"

Bra and Marron waved their hands signaling Pan to not tell him where she lived. "Actually, I was wondering if we could make it a double date. Well, it's more like a triple date because two of my friends would come along with their dates. Is that okay with you?"

He was silent on the other line for a few seconds before he said anything. "That's fine."

"Great. Also, I was thinking that maybe we should all just meet up at the restaurant at seven."

They heard him sigh with frustration. "Fine. If that's what you want. Have you heard of that restaurant The Luminarium?"

"Yeah. We'll meet you there then."

"Okay. I'll see you later. Bye."

Pan hung up the phone and looked at her two friends. "So what did you guys think?"

Marron was the first to speak up. "I think you were right Pan. There is something weird about this guy."

"Yeah. We should find out what he really is. He seems kind of creepy."

The three girls were silent for a minute before Pan decided to go take a shower. When she left, Bra and Marron began talking in hushed tones. They spoke so quietly so that not even Pan's saiyan ears could pick up their conversation.

"The guy is weird," said Marron. "But, I think if we tell your brother about him, he might be jealous."

Bra smiled. "Yeah. Then, maybe he'll realize that he loves Pan, not Kyoko. We'll make sure Pan doesn't spend too much time with this Seth guy. Just enough to get Trunks jealous."

"When you get home tomorrow, call Goten and tell him about Seth. Make sure Trunks is around when you call though and be sure to mention that Seth asked Pan out. I bet you anything that Kyoko and Trunks will somehow end up at the same restaurant on the same day at the same time."

The two girls giggled. They would try and make Trunks jealous so that he might realize what was right in front of him. Along with that, they would try to figure out what Seth really was. They felt a little bit bad for using Seth to try and get Trunks jealous, but they had to do it.

Bra furrowed her eyebrows in worry. "We have to find a way to get Trunks and Pan together as soon as possible. If Trunks doesn't realize the truth soon..." Well, she didn't even want to think of what would happen if he didn't realize. She was more worried now because of the conversation she overheard this morning between her father and mother. She learned what would happen to Pan if Trunks didn't admit his true feelings. The consequences would be bad. She shook her head. She would try not to worry. Trunks and Pan would get together. She was sure of that.


So, what do you think? I know there was no Trunks/Kyoko in this chapter, but they'll be there in the next chapter. What do you guys think of Seth? Did the flow of the story seem a bit choppy to you? I need to know. I think it did (just a bit), but tell me what you guys thought. Don't forget to R/R.