A.N. Okay so for whatever reason fanfiction decided to cut off two of my most important thank yous, hopefully it won't do it this time

Mrs Gotenks (go read her stories they are way better than mine)

19 (seriously read her stuff, "Could This Be True" is what made me love Trunks and Pan)

anyhoo now that thats rectified,

on with the story and as always enjoy

Chapter 14 Definition

Pan stood at the door of the gravity room.

She took a huge breath and went inside to confront Vegeta.

"Wow you were only standing out there for two minutes. Used to take you five." He smirked arrogantly.

"God, how can that smirk be so sexy when Trunks does it, but on him, it just makes me wanna punch him in the face." She thought angrily.

"Well, what can I say, you must be less intimidating now. Maybe your losing your touch." She retaliated.

The smirk quickly left Vegetas face at her remark.

"What do you want brat?"

"Okay Veggie, lets try and be grown ups about this. You know whats going on between Trunks and I." She said sternly, trying not to let him become aware of how much he actually did intimidate her.

"No, I know what Trunks thinks is going on between you two." He stated.

"Which would be?" Pan asked, her curiosity peaked. Maybe Trunks had taken it upon himself to define their relationship.

"Your his mate." He stated as if it was nothing.

"What?" Pan said, shocked that Trunks would make such a huge assumption.

"Or, he wants you to be his mate and you won't let him or, something." Vegeta scoffed.

"Did he say that?" Pan asked, still a bit offended.

"No."

"Yeah, basically." Vegeta shrugged.

"He's lying. I didn't say that." Trunks said defensively.

"Trunks, do you mind. I'm trying to talk to Vegeta." Pan told him sternly.

"Oh what, is he your boyfriend now" Trunks mocked.

"Oh thats very mature Trunks. Your the one that made me talk to him." She jokingly complained.

"Just cause I didn't wanna." he whined.

"So why are you eavesdropping?" she asked almost rhetorically.

"Cause I'm bored. Hurry up, come back and entertain me." He said slyly.

"Well, this would go a lot faster if you would shut up and go away." She said in the same stern tone but he could tell there was slight amusement in her voice.

"Oh fine. But just so you know, your gonna pay for that one Panny."

"Do your worst." She thought letting a small grin grace her face.

"Oh God, you two are talking through the bond aren't you?" Vegeta said with a look of disgust on his face.

"Shut up Veggie, don't act like you don't do it with Bulma." She grinned mockingly at him.

"Not in front of company." He stated.

"Anyway, thats why I came to talk to you. I need to know about the mental wall." Her face becoming serious again.

"The mental wall?" Vegeta sighed, having already gone threw this with Trunks.

"Yeah. Trunks said Bulma told him something about it but not much. I was just wondering if you could tell me more." She was nervous to ask but didn't want to let it show.

"So, you don't want Trunks in your head, huh?" He smirked arrogantly, he had the whole situation figured out.

"Its not that, Its just…" She began but was cut off.

"Well too bad, building the mental wall takes great time, energy and mental will power, which neither of you have. So, you'll just have to deal with it." He snapped.

"What? You can't be serious. Me and Trunks are two of the strongest people on the planet. We can handle it." She stated, feeling as though Vegeta had just insulted her and Trunks honour.

"No you can't." Vegeta scoffed.

"Says who?" She snapped.

"Me. Now shut up and get out, I'm sick of you two always interrupting my training with your stupid domestics." He said as he started pushing her towards the door.

"Figure it out yourselves." He stated slamming the door shut from the inside with Pan now on the outside.

She let out a growl off frustration and headed back to Trunks room.

Pan was furious as she walked down the hall. "Stupid Vegeta, thinks he's such a smart ass." She thought as she stepped into Trunks doorway.

She felt her frustration being lifted as she saw Trunks lying on his bed, one hand behind his head, the other out stretched holding a ki ball which he was pulsing bigger then smaller again in the palm of his hand as he whistled.

"Wow. When you said I was gonna pay, I thought you meant you were gonna spank me or something, not blast me" She grinned entering the room and closing the door behind her.

He looked up at her, grinned widely and Extinguished the ball in his hand as he sat up when she joined him on his bed.

"Well spanking was plan B." He joked. "So, you find out what you wanted?" He asked curiously.

"That, would be a huge no." She stated dishearteningly.

"What do you mean?"

"He said we had to figure it out for ourselves." She stated passive aggressively.

"And we're meant to do that how? We know nothing about it."

"I know. Plus he said to build the wall, it would take great time, energy and mental will power, which he doesn't think either of us have."

"Thats bullshit. He knows how strong we are, he's just saying that to mess with us."

"Yeah probably." She sighed.

Trunks could see her disappointment. Pan didn't like to not be in control of certain aspects of her life.

He pulled her close to him for a comforting hug.

They sat for a few seconds in a contended silence while Trunks held Pan and gently stroked her hair until he broke the silence.

"Huh... Thought."

"What?"

"Really? You need to ask? You didn't hear it?" He grinned.

"I wasn't paying attention, now get to the point." She jokingly glared.

"Okay, well, if my dad says building the mental wall takes so much energy and time, then it must be pretty damn powerful."

"Yeah, your point being?" Pan shrugged.

"Well, if it has to be that powerful to keep our thoughts out, imagine how strong our thoughts must be." He grinned.

"Still not seeing your point."

"Think about it Pan, what if we could learn to control our bond, it could be a huge advantage."

"You mean like in battle? I don't know if it works like that, Trunks."

"Is there any harm in trying?" He said clearly excited about the idea.

"I guess not but.."

"Worse case scenario, we start to drive each other crazy with our thoughts. So we make my dad teach us about the wall, then work on that."

"Thats true." She grinned now warming up to the idea.

"But, won't you go crazy hearing all my stupid, girly musings? And I thought you didn't want me hearing all your perverted thoughts?" She smirked.

"Well I guess theres some thoughts I'll just have to not let you hear." He grinned.

"Oh really? You think you could keep me out if I really wanted to get inside your head."

"Your already always inside my head." He smiled sweetly.

"Oh no, you can't smooth talk your way outta this one. You really think you can keep me out?" She continued grinning.

"Well, I managed it this morning didn't I?" He said arrogantly before he realised what he was saying.

"What?" She snapped.

"….." He smiled at her innocently.

"I knew it! I knew you were blocking me out this morning, what the hell Trunks?" She said angrily.

"What? You want me to just give you full access to my mind? If I remember correctly, you were blanking me too." He said defensively.

"Yeah, but.. that was different. I was just trying to save myself some embarrassment. Yours was probably much worse." She retaliated.

"Oh, okay, so its okay for you to block me out cause I'v to take your word that its a completely innocent thought your keeping from me, but I can't keep thoughts from you cause you just assume they're awful." He stated blankly.

"Eh…yeah." She said hesitantly. Hearing it said like that, she could see his point.

"Okay, so I have evil thoughts, and you have innocent ones yeah? Tell me Pan, what exactly do you think I'm keeping from you?"

"I don't know, I guess I just jumped to conclus.."

"Your damn right you just jumped to conclusions!" He broke her off angrily.

"Well can you really blame me Trunks?"

"What?" He asked confused.

"We have this great friendship, then suddenly, we have this completely different relationship and I have all these different feelings for you. Then we're keeping it a secret from everyone, then this whole bond thing, I'm just kinda... thrown by life right now." She hurriedly admitted as if she had been dying to for a long time. "I mean, what are we doing here Trunks, seriously?" She sighed having finally asked him the question she had been wanting to ask him since they first slept together.

"What do you mean?"

"I mean, we were friends, then we slept together, now we love each other.. So what are we?" She asked sheepishly, looking down at her feet.

"Well, I like to think that your at least my girlfriend, I mean if that's okay with you." He smirked as he gently cupped the bottom of her chin tilting it up so he could look in her eyes.

Pan smiled gently at his sweet gesture, then her face became serious again.

"Are you sure thats all it is? Its not more?" She asked shakily.

Trunks face also became serious at her question.

"Are you asking for you, or 'cause of what my Dad said?" He asked flatly, hoping it was for her and secretly cursing his father for bringing this up.

"…."

He sighed. "Okay, fine you really wanna know what I was blocking from you today? When I went to ask my dad about the wall, he told me about the bond and the third stage of mating and what it meant. I was blocking that from you because I didn't wanna freak you out by having you think that I wanted that from you."

"You wanted what from me?" she asked still confused about the situation.

"To be fully mated."

"Why is it such a big deal? Why would I freak out?" She asked curiously.

"Cause with Saiyan mating….its, kind of a…. for eternity….kinda thing." He sheepishly told her.

"And do you want that from me?" She asked cautiously.

"Shit Pan, this has somehow turned into a really important conversation, so I'm gonna be completely honest with you, okay?" He gestured towards her.

She took in a deep breath, let it out and nodded.

"Okay."

"Yeah, I want that from you, but I'm not asking for it from you."

She looked at him staring at her with nothing but love in his eyes.

"I love you Pan and I don't want to be with anyone else. I love the idea of spending an eternity with you. But just because I want that, doesn't mean we have to complete our bond right away. We can just be together until you decide if or when eternity with me might not be so bad." He smiled sweetly.

Pan couldn't believe how sweet he was being but at the same time realistic, he was declaring how much he loved her and wanted to be with her, but was also willing to put aside his own wants so he wasn't pressuring her. But she had to be honest too, she owed him that now more than ever.

"Trunks, you know I love you...but …eternity…that's a long time and it all just feels too soon right now to know…"

"I know." He smiled. "That's why I blocked it from you. To avoid this awkward conversation where I come across as being 'adorably sweet'." He snickered. "But noooo, you just had to pry." He grinned.

"Heh, 'adorably sweet'."

"Hay. Don't go thinking I'm sweet, go back to thinking I'm sexy." He smirked.

"Oh, and when was I thinking your were sexy?" She grinned.

"You think my smirk is sexy." He stated almost proudly.

"Thats true. But according to you, I smirk just like you. Therefore, I must be sexy too." She smirked.

"Your sexy even without my smirk." He said bringing his face closer to hers and kissing her softly.

Pan smiled and sighed contently before placing her arms around Trunks neck.

"So, I'm your girlfriend huh?"

"If you wanna be." He smirked.

"Then that would make you... my boyfriend."

"Yeah thats usually how it works, Panny." He grinned.

"Huh, its just weird is all. I'm 'Trunks Brief's' girlfriend."

"Ooh, say that again." He said gruffly.

"What? I'm 'Trunks Brief's' girlfriend?"

"Uh huh." He nodded with narrow eyes before bringing his lips to the spot on her neck that he knew was her weak point.

She moaned lightly "I'm 'Trunks Brief's' girlfriend."

"Oh shit Pan. I can't wait to hear you tell people that."

Pan eyes shot open.

"Eh.. so we're gonna be telling people now." She said nervously

He stopped kissing her neck and brought his face up to look at her.

"Well…I mean …I just thought…you know." He shrugged.

"What?"

"Well, I mean like, you were thinking earlier there really isn't that many people left to tell. Who all knows again?" He grinned at her as if she was to blame.

"Well Vegeta cause you told him." She said defensively.

"No I didn't, he had it all figured out already." He countered.

"Okay whatever. Bulla obviously knows." She rolled her eyes. "I think my Mom and Uncle Goten are suspicious."

"Why?"

"Cause you had to lie to Goten about my eyeliner and your a terrible liar."

"Look no offence to your family Panny, But Gotens not really that bright."

"Yeah I know, but you're that bad a liar that even he caught on." She mocked.

"Ouch Panny, ouch." He said in fake offence.

"Anyway. My Mom probably knows cause she somehow always knows everything. And your mom probably…" She stopped herself, seeing the expectant look on his face.

"Your mom probably told her." She sighed out knowing what he was about to ask.

"And how exactly did my Mom find out Panny?" He asked, grinning as she was to blame for once.

"Look, its not my fault. She already knew just like your dad." She snapped defensively.

"When were you even talking to her?"

"When you were talking to Vegeta in the gravity room, she was in the kitchen and we started talking and she asked me why I always stand up for you. She told me its cause I wanna protect you. Then she asked me why I wanna protect you. She told me its because I love you."

"This sounds like a really one sided conversation Pan." He smirked.

"See, I told you she had everything figured out."

"Okay, Okay. Whatever you say. So that just leaves your family, more specifically…"

"My Dad." Pan finished for him.

"Well, I don't see why telling him should be any different from telling anyone else." He shrugged.

"Yeah, but Trunks, we haven't actually told anyone. They've all either figured it out, or walked in on us. What would you even say to my Dad, 'Oh hay Gohan, last week I 'banged' your daughter and now we're dating.' " She said sarcastically.

Trunks couldn't help but smirk at her crude interpretation on things.

"Well, I was just gonna do you on the kitchen table but your way sounds more subtle." He smirked.

She couldn't help but grin at him. "Trunks, seriously."

"Well, I don't know." He shrugged then sighed. "I guess I would just walk up to him, man to man and say..."

He puffed out his chest and said in a slightly deeper voice than usual.

"Gohan.. I'm 'doing' your daughter." He then grinned playfully at Pan.

She stared at him blankly.

"Okay, that's it. You are now officially not allowed to tell my dad."

"Oh come on, I was just kidding. I'll figure out what I'm gonna say…" He smiled sweetly.

"uh, no you won't. I just told you, your not telling him." She stated firmly.

"So your gonna tell him then?" He asked.

"Nope."

"Pan, what the hell?"

"I didn't wanna tell him in the first place." She shrugged.

"Panny, he's gonna find out eventually and I'm not gonna be honest with everyone else and keep lying to him."

"We're not lying, per say, just not telling the whole truth." She grinned innocently.

"Alright, If that's the way you wanna play it, fine, I won't tell him but if he asks me any direct questions I'm not lying."

"Okay, fine." She sighed.

"By the way, its not so bad having people know about us."

"What do you mean?"

"After Bulla found out, get this, she said she was happy for us."

"No way, really? Bulla said that? I always thought she didn't like me very much."

"How come?"

"Cause she always liked girly things and I liked hanging out with you." She grinned.

"Huh guess Bulla was right."

"Right about what?"

"Oh nothing, just right after she said she was happy for us, she said it was about time. That you had been in love with me 'for like ever.' " He finished doing a terrible Bulla impression.

"Pfft what? That's a load of crap. I only started not hating you last week." She mocked.

"Whatever you say, Panny." He smirked.