Tiffany7898: lol. I'm slowly becoming a Marron lover. Forever 21 has the cutest clothes!
kimdc413 : After reading ur review I decided to make Goten's reply into replies. ;) Hope you enjoy this exciting episode of Brother Complex!
loveSetoxSerenity4ever: In Bulla's world, any text can be bad, like a 'you just missed out on a 50% off everything sale!' text. Ur review made me make all the texts slightly annoying for her :D Mwahaha.
Cornichon92: Haha thanks. I'm evil! I hate it when other people leave their chapters on a 'cliff hanger' but I LOVE doing it. :) And so I've decided to do it again! But it's not too bad.
Chase 'N' Dreams: For a second, I wasn't going to have Goten text back but , you're review influenced that decision too, and so Goten has indeed texted back. ;)
Guest & Gohan18 : Arigato!
fkp5 & Thrasher &FoxyMonday & lavenblue & wittykittylizzie & mAdLyInLoVe : I wasn't going to reveal the contents of the text messages until I read ur reviews, so ta da! You get to find out! yay!
Selym : Hmm. I wonder if I should keep her a brat when she grows up? I wonder. . .
Perfect Carnage: Yep, yep. Can't live with em, & ya can't live without em- - but that was before the whole theory of artificial embryos, so maybe you can now. :O
BTfan11: Since you love it, I might make more Bulla & Marron squabbles. Hmm. . .
Gohan123: Bulla: "Screw that! I'm starving! *burp* " :D
snoro: yayyyyyy! Hurrrayyyy!
MarronChestnut: I'm hoping you don't get whacked with the belt or the stick with thorns ( it hurts!). OR no desert! (the worst for Goku!)
Awesomegirl789: She's fine. lol. It's her phone we should be worried about.
Galaxylam84 & Brii-Chan14 : I came * pinches fingers together * this close to making that happen, my conscience even wanted it, but then a more evil idea came to mind. . .
maxridelover: And now she's making more! Piling on the mistakes! mwahahaha.
Mars: You will be curiouser, and curiouser. . .
oermione: It wasn't going to happen for another 4 chapters until I read ur review, and so it shall be. :D
Starfire Grace: lol, that sucks! Your poor brother, did he have to walk home?
All of you who reviewed influenced this chappy in some way.
If I forgot to awknowledge somebody who reviewed, well. . . sucks to be you :P Lol. no no I'm just kidding! I'm kidding! Aw, that was mean. THAAAAAANK YOUUUUUUUU!
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It should've made me happy that thirteen of the text messages were from Goten, and only one was from Marron, but I wasn't happy at all. I was furious.
"Wow. A double date. R u sure Vegeta will let you?"
It's none of Dad's business who I decide to go out with! I can't believe this was the first text he sent me! This isn't what I wanted to hear at all. . . and he's right, Dad doesn't want me to date anybody yet! That jerk, I hate it when he's right about bad things.
"Who's the guy, do I know him?"
I smiled at this text. Wow. Maybe he is jealous. Of course, since my phone was on vibrate, I couldn't respond right away. Goten waited ten minutes before texting. . .
" I c u don't want 2 tell me. I get it. He's ugly. Don't judge him yet. It's what's on the inside that matters."
Why not force me in a white dress and push me down the aisle Goten? It took everything I had not to call him and shout in his ear.
"I have a feeling this guy wont disappear like the others. ;) "
" lol. I was just joking."
"Bulla?"
"Now I'm worried. Is the guy an ex convict?"
"BULLA?"
I had to smile at this. He was actually worried about me. Unfortunately, not in the way I hoped.
"I know Trunks wouldn't want u to b with a bad guy. Since he's not here, I think I should meet him."
Brother could care less if I decided to date an old man! Knowing this fact only irriated me some more. Brother wasn't here to be a big brother to me, even if he was, he still wouldn't care who I dated! He's never cared! Goten shouldn't take over Brother's responsibilities just because they're best friends. Ugh, Brother is ruining my life!It's his fault that Goten sees me as a little sister.
"Mom, I have a tummy ache."
"Oops. Sorry, Bulla. I texted u by mistake :D "
"But do u know what cures tummy aches?"
"Nevermind. I'll ask Gohan. Goodnite Bulla."
The last text was from Marron.
" C u 2moro at the mall in front of F21 at 12:30. Wear cute jeans!"
It's amazing my phone didn't break after I threw it through the wall. That's one tough phone. I've thrown it across the room and dropped it multiple times, it has plenty of scratches ( battle wounds) but it hasn't broken yet.
I angrily texted Goten my response.
"FOR UR INFORMATION MY DATE IS AN UNDERWEAR MODEL! HE'S RICH, CUTE, AND SMART UNLIKE U! U R AN INSENSITIVE JERK & I NEVER WANT TO SEE OR SPEAK TO U EVER AGAIN! I DON'T NEED U! I HATE U SO MUCH!"
I didn't think twice before hitting send. My phone beeped two seconds later.
"What did I do?"
I rolled my eyes and typed my response.
"Sorry Marron. The text wasn't 4 u! Stupid phone. I was texting 'My Man " ( Goten's name in her contacts list ) not "Moron."
" T_ T you know that's not my name, right?"
Who cares? I have more important things to think about besides her name! I re-sent the message to Goten.
I waited for him to respond.
He never did.
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Marron's date was hot, his little brother- -my date- - wasn't hot, he looked like Shaggy from Scooby Doo. He was fine with me calling him Shaggy and his brother Scooby, since I couldn't remember their names.
Shaggy was shy, but sweet. He pulled my chair out for me when we ate at the food court in the mall. He even threw away my food wrappers without me having to ask! He was also rich and happily bought me a cute stuffed kangaroo and a heart-shaped necklace. I think he might've explained what he or his family did for a living, but I wasn't listening. I was too busy texting Goten about the wonderful time I was having with my new boyfriend. Only, I made Shaggy seem more like a prince than a servant.
"So. . ." Shaggy stuffed his hands down his pockets, and glanced over at Scooby and Marron, whom were giving each other an intimate goodbye kiss." Did you have fun?"
I briefly looked up from my latest text. Geez, why wasn't Goten texting me back at all? I wasn't getting any response out of him, not even a " I get it. Stop texting me!" text. Did he know ignoring me was the best way to make me angry? It was definitely working.
"Yeah. I had a lot of fun with you today, thanks." I said, gathering my hair and pulling it back over my shoulders.
Marron hopped into the driver's seat of her convertible and honked the horn, it gave the wimpiest, most embarrassing beep. Shaggy opened the car door for me, and I smiled my thanks.
"Do you think we can go out again?" Shaggy asked hopefully, his voice slightly rising to a higher pitch from the anxiety.
" Sorry, can't. I'm in love with someone else." I said simply, strapping my seatbelt in.
Shaggy was stunned.
Marron quickly drove away.
"You should've gone out with him. He was really nice AND he liked you," Marron said pointedly, reaching out to answer her ringing cell phone." Crushing the poor guy's confidence was uncalled for. Haven't you ever heard of karma? One of these days you'll find yourself in the same situation and- -hello?" Marron fell silent as she listened to whoever was on the other end speak.
I rolled my eyes. Puh-lease. I'll never be as pitiful or weak as Shaggy. No boy will ever break my heart the way I can break theirs. My thoughts wandered along with the breeze that pushed through my hair. I hadn't realised we weren't going in the right direction, or that Marron was completely silent until the car stopped.
We were parked in front of the hospital.
Marron turned to look at me. I tensed in my seat, not used to seeing Marron with tears streaming down her cheeks without a smile.
"Goten. . . his appendix. . . ruptured." Marron gasped in between sobs." He's. . . been taken into Emergency surgery. . . They're not sure if he'll make it."
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Chichi, Gohan, Videl, Marron, and Mom stood together in the hallway, listening intently to the surgeon. I stood further away from them, too guilty for all the mean texts I'd sent Goten to look at them. Why did I tell him I hated him? I'm so stupid! I shouldn't have sent him that mean text! I don't hate him at all!
Chichi moaned and fell to her knees, burying her face into her hands. Videl and Gohan slumped to the floor and hugged her tightly. Marron turned to Mom and hugged her. Mom patted Marron's head, then glanced at me.
I backed away. No. No. No! Slowly, I edged down the hall, getting as far away from them as I could. No. Goten can't be dead. He can't die! Not yet!
"Bulla. . ." Mom called after me.
I shook my head and sprinted down the hall. I wanted Goten to be alive, I didn't want someone to tell me he was gone forever.. . that's why I ran. By running, he could stay alive just a little bit longer.
People only saw a blur of blue when I passed them on the road. I didn't know where I was going. My body was in control, and my feet chose to lead me home, and into Mom's lab.
My hands typed frantically on her super computer, knowing all the keys that would help make me feel better, to stop my tears. Once I finished typing, I sat in the chair, hugged my knees close, and waited.
An image slowly appeared on the monitor. Common household objects floated across the screen.
"GIVE ME THAT!" Pan angrily shouted from somewhere off-screen.
"Danger! Danger!" A robotic voice cried.
"Both of you stop it, now!" Brother yelled, floating past the screen. I whimpered, unable to form a coherent sentence. Brother must've heard me, and soon floated back in front of the screen. His eyes widened, and both of his arms reached out to grasp the screen, keeping him from floating away.
He stared at me. I buried my face into my knees, embarrassed at having Brother see me like this. Why did I come here? I'm only causing trouble for him. I lifted my head and reached out to turn off the monitor when Brother spoke.
"Bulla?" He asked. His voice sounded low and surprisingly sad." Bulla, don't cry. Everything will be okay."
For the first time in my life, I cried out his first name." Trunks!" Then more tears came, and I didn't care if he saw me cry. He didn't sneer or scowl at me for being weak.
Brother cooed comforting words, doing his best to make me feel better.
"What's going on?" Pan asked. Her gloved hand snared Trunks' blue bandana, and she pulled herself into view, holding a small robot close to her body. I giggled through my tears.
Trunks smiled at me through his grimace, and I understood how much he wished he could throw Pan out of the spaceship. She's my best friend, and I always throw her out of my bedroom window when she's annoying.
I always forget she can fly.